Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! - Chapter 813

c813 Now that the atmosphere has been set up here, let’s get started

“Oh, these fish scales are so hard!”

According to the traditional method of killing fish, the fish scales can be scraped off directly with the back of a knife. However, this fish was so big that Lin Xu couldn’t scrape it off with the back of the knife.

Uncle Gao said:

“You can’t scrape this kind of fish. You have to push it. Hold the handle of the knife with one hand, press the knife surface with the other hand, and push forward with the edge of the knife head, and the fish scales will come off.”

In fact, there is an electric brush in the kitchen for scraping fish scales, but when the thing is turned on, the fish scales fly everywhere, so forget it.

After all, Lin Xu was planning to cook at least two dishes for the scales of this fish. If they all flew out, how would he be able to cook them?

The scales of the fish were very big. Xie Baomin held them and looked at them:

“If these scales are fried directly, they may not be fully fried. Junior brother can steam them later and then fry them after steaming.”

Generally, fish scales can be fried through, mainly because they are thin and can be fried through easily. However, if they are too thick, it will be difficult to fry through. You need to dip them in warm oil and fry them until they are soft, then increase the oil temperature.

This frying method is not suitable for frying, and it is difficult to control the time, so the best way is to steam it first, and while steaming, you can also make the fish scales without delay.

Lin Xu agreed:

“Okay senior brother, I’ll try it later.”

After scraping the fish scales, Lin Xu patiently put them into a basin. Zhu Yong, who was standing next to him, immediately took them aside, sprinkled them with salt, put on anti-cut kitchen gloves and scrubbed them carefully.

This kind of old scales is as sharp as a knife, but you can’t wash it directly with your hands, otherwise you will be cut.

After scrubbing with salt, the scales were much cleaner, and the mucus and some dirt on them were washed away. Zhu Yong was worried and scrubbed again with white vinegar and starch.

The thoroughly washed scales were white and somewhat transparent, much cleaner than the dirty appearance before.

Spread the scales into a deeper steaming plate, add purified water, some salt, a few slices of ginger, a few pieces of green onion, and pour some rice wine on top.

After preparation, put it in the steaming cabinet for steaming.

There are crystal elbows in the store, and everyone knows that jelly-based dishes look clear when steamed, but they look much turbid when boiled.

On the other side, after scraping the fish scales, Lin Xu pulled out the fish’s gills.

It was said to be picking, but in fact it was torn off with force.

Then the fish was disemboweled, including the head.

Pull out the internal organs. Be careful not to puncture the gall, otherwise the whole fish will be ruined.

Clean the black membrane in the belly of the fish, then remove the fish head, cut open the chin, remove the fish teeth and the black membrane in the mouth, finally separate the head and carefully dig out the fish brain flowers.

The fish is big and there are many brains. If you dig them all out, it will fill up to half a bowl.

When Shen Jiayue saw this scene, she couldn’t help but want to show off her cooking skills and make steamed eggs with pig brains. After all, she had made pig brains many times and was quite good at it.

Clean the fish head, cut the thick part of the fish with a knife, and then marinate it with onions, ginger and various condiments.

After processing the fish head, start playing with the body of the fish.

Use a kitchen knife to cut from the tail of the fish, fillet the fish on both sides against the body, and then remove the ribs of the fish.

Lin Xu originally planned to use the backbone and ribs of the fish to make soup, but Uncle Gao said:

“Chop these fish bones and make dry-fried fish steaks. The meat close to the bones is the most delicious, and fish meat is no exception. It would be a waste to make other fish steaks and ribs with such a large size.”

“Okay Master.”

Lin Xu agreed, and with a kitchen knife, he chopped the fish fillets and bones into sections, marinated them in a basin, and then fried them after they were marinated thoroughly.

Next it’s time to process the fish.

The three masters and apprentices were very busy slicing the fish into slices, cutting into sections when it was time to cut it, and scraping the fish paste into paste when it was time to do so.

Once all the fish is cooked, start cooking.

Put lard in a casserole, place whole garlic ginger slices and green onions underneath, then put the cut fish segments on top, top with light soy sauce and jelly sauce, put it on the stove and start simmering.

Then make braised fish belly, raw fish balls, spicy fish segments, boiled fish fillets and other dishes.

While Lin Xu was cooking, Xie Baomin put half of the fish head into a large pot and fried it, then simmered it with sauce. At the same time, he asked Ji Minghui from the pastry department to make some scallion pancakes, and put them into the fish soup later. It has become a fish head puff pastry that people in Beijing will never forget.

At six o’clock in the afternoon, in the banquet hall upstairs, dishes made of fat-headed fish were served on the table.

A 70-pound big fish was cooked in more than 20 dishes, many of which were served in pots, and the portions were full.

Lao Suntou specially brought a jar of old wine that he had collected for many years from home, intending to celebrate this memorable day with his fishing friends.

It has been several years since he retired, and he has never been so happy as he is today.

He poured wine for everyone, looked at Lin Xu and asked:

“Have you eaten it for Dundun? This fish has its merits.”

“I steamed a piece of fish tail meat with egg yolk and ate it very happily.”

Upon hearing this, Old Suntou felt relieved. He held the wine glass and said with a smile:

“Come, come, let’s all drink together. With such a good meal, I won’t go home until I’m drunk today!”

Almost all the dishes on the table were cooked by Lin Xu, which made everyone salivate. After the meal started, everyone reached out with their chopsticks and started tasting the dishes on the table.

Shen Jiayue held a glass of kvass and pretended to clink the glasses with Geng Lele, drinking heavily, which aroused Chen Yan’s contempt.

However, Chen Yan cannot drink alcohol now that she is pregnant, so she can only drink pumpkin soup.

Everyone ate the food on the table and talked about Lin Xu’s recent program on the topic of fishing.

“Boss Lin, what are you filming recently? It seems you have been busy for a while, right?”

“That’s right, I saw someone broke the news in the topic, and it was like a state banquet.”

“State banquet? Aren’t they all pre-made dishes? I saw someone on the Internet saying that it is not difficult at all to prepare state banquets with pre-made dishes, and even high-end chefs don’t bother to cook them.”

“This is pure nonsense. No matter which country’s state banquet it is, it is related to the country’s face. The so-called disdain to do it, does it mean that you are not qualified to do it?”

“…”

Everyone was having a good chat, but when it came to the state banquet, Uncle Gao became unhappy.

He took a sip of soup and said:

“This time we are filming a documentary about the state banquet. When it is broadcast, you will be able to see the first banquet of the founding of the People’s Republic of China to the recent state banquet of the Winter Olympics, and the entire series of major state events and diplomatic activities. For banquets, I don’t know if high-end chefs disdain state banquets. Anyway, at every state banquet, some well-known chefs from all over the country actively find ways to join the kitchen working group, and even do not hesitate to give gifts through connections…”

Many people participated once and then used the name of state banquet chef to defraud people.

If the state banquet was really attended by a low-level chef, then why was he pretending?

Uncle Gao has worked in the field of cooking all his life and participated in countless state banquets. If someone makes fun of his personal emotional life, he doesn’t care, and he even takes the initiative to laugh at himself.

But if you want to question the work he loves and the countless state banquets he has participated in, he will not tolerate it at all.

The fishing guys eating around were very excited after hearing this:

“Here, is it really a documentary about the state banquet? You guessed it right!”

“Haha, when will it be broadcast? I will watch it on time even if I lose my job.”

“Me too, I just want to see the faces of those who say that the state banquet is a pre-made dish. They say they are not good enough and they don’t bother to participate. How dare they say such things?”

“I have to tell my friends quickly, they are all guessing about this.”

Everyone stopped caring about eating and took out their mobile phones to share with their friends. Some even posted it to the topic of Lin Ji Food.

Such a lively event naturally has to be shared with fans.

Zeng Xiaoqi originally wanted to wait until the filming was over before promoting it, but she didn’t expect that Uncle Gao would actually say it now. She looked at Chen Yan and said helplessly:

“Okay, I’ll go back and work overtime after I finish eating.”

This thing should be a hit on the Internet soon, so we should take advantage of this opportunity to quickly edit a trailer, and then wait for the official release to be fully publicized.

When the filming first started, the person in charge of contacting CCTV in the company gave many warnings, fearing that the CCTV people would reveal the program.

In the end, I didn’t expect that there would be no problem with CCTV. Instead, it was Uncle Gao who revealed the matter first.

Chen Yan previously wanted to pretend to be an insider and reveal the matter bit by bit, and then reveal it after the filming was completed, but she didn’t expect that Uncle Gao didn’t give her this chance.

But it’s okay to warm it up in advance so that it doesn’t become popular when it’s scheduled to be aired later.

She said to Zeng Xiaoqi:

“When editing the trailer, remember to inform Director Luo and the people at CCTV to communicate first. When the trailer is ready, let everyone post it to raise the topic. Starting tomorrow, I will start to reveal some behind-the-scenes footage. , constantly stimulating the emotions of netizens.”

Originally, I wanted to finish the filming honestly, and then warm up and hype step by step.

But now that it’s become a hot topic, let’s just come. Anyway, these state banquets have been held, and there is information to check, and there is no need to worry about it being revealed by Reuters.

Zeng Xiaoqi left in a hurry after not eating for long. When she left, she specially packed a few meals. These were for Hao Qingfeng and two later brothers. They were playing games online at the company before they got off work. After receiving the call, they started Start editing.

When I got downstairs from the company, I happened to meet Luo Jiayao who was driving there.

“What’s going on, Director Zeng? I see that there are already people discussing the hot state banquet documentary on the Internet.”

Zeng Xiaoqi smiled helplessly:

“Someone said on the Internet that state banquets are all pre-made dishes that even high-end chefs don’t bother to cook. When he heard this, Uncle Gao became anxious and told us about our documentary about the state banquet, and then it exploded.”

The fishing guys forwarded the news, originally just to share it, but unexpectedly they actually stirred up a hornet’s nest.

Today’s Lin Ji Food topic was originally discussing Lin Xu’s failure to update the video. Everyone was speculating about what he was busy with. Although the mysterious person posted a photo before, there was no information at all.

Everyone was making wild guesses, and now it was suddenly revealed that the documentary being filmed was a state banquet, and fans immediately became excited.

Idol didn’t update the video, not because he was lazy, nor because he had trouble with MCN, nor because he was waiting for advertisers to get the job, but because he was busy recording new programs.

What is dedication? That’s it!

Compared with those pigeons who always ask for leave and postpone work, Lin Xu’s professionalism is as good as the conscience of the industry. Under such circumstances, everyone will naturally criticize him.

In this way, starting from the topic of Lin Ji’s food, the popularity of state banquet documentaries quickly increased.

This also caused discussion among netizens:

“Damn it, someone just said that the state banquet is not worth mentioning, so Boss Lin made this documentary. Isn’t the cost too high just to slap someone in the face?”

“No matter what, let’s wait for a while. By the way, Aite’s gambling and drug brother is preparing to make a comeback.”

“I just want to know when it will be aired, I can’t wait.”

“How about updating some of them first? Without Boss Lin’s video, nothing I’ve eaten in the past three days has tasted good, and nothing I’ve done has been interesting. I feel like I’m getting tired.”

“Damn it, I have this symptom too. I used to watch Boss Lin’s videos before eating, but now I’ve turned over the pages and can’t find a suitable video.”

In the store, after Shen Jiayue had eaten and drank enough, she went to the second floor, put on her headphones, sat on the booth and started editing videos.

By the time all the fishermen upstairs had eaten and drank, the video was almost finished editing.

“Xubao, come here and take a look. Is it okay to edit the whole fish feast video like this?”

Lin Xu sent his master downstairs and was about to go to the kitchen when he was stopped by Shen Jiayue.

He walked over, clicked on the preview button on the editing software, and quickly watched the video from beginning to end:

“Okay, there are no problems. Just add the opening and ending credits and then post it to the long video account so that netizens can enjoy watching it at once.”

Previous birthday banquets and wedding banquets were all one-hour long videos.

Today’s Fish Feast is a little shorter, but it still exceeds forty minutes. Some UP owners would definitely edit it into five-minute segments and upload them eight times to maximize broadcast revenue.

But Lin Xu didn’t bother to do this, and he didn’t expect the revenue from broadcasting to support his family. He directly uploaded the entire video to save himself trouble and netizens would have more fun watching it.

Shen Jiayue added the title and ending, and then generated it into a video in 4K60 frame format.

After the generation was complete, Shen Jiayue immediately logged into Lin Xu’s long video account to upload.

It didn’t take long for the video to be updated, and she quickly forwarded it using Lin Xu’s account and her own account.

“Wow, the video has been updated!”

“It’s actually an all-fish feast. I fell in love with it.”

“Damn it, isn’t this the fat-headed fish that Uncle Sun caught this afternoon? Upload it now. It seems that Boss Lin really doesn’t have any manuscripts in hand.”

“My takeout is still available in five minutes. You must hold back and wait until the takeout arrives.”

“Ha, I just tore open a bag of potato chips and watched Boss Lin’s video without eating. It’s a bit disrespectful.”

“Hold your claws, I’m eating potato chips too!”

The video was uploaded successfully, and the fans were very happy. Even if they had just eaten, they planned to have some more snacks to show their respect for the food.

After Shen Jiayue uploaded successfully, she closed her computer and went downstairs with Lin Xu to get off work.

Dundun was getting a little impatient by now. After dinner, it was time for him to watch TV. Now he actually stayed in the store until this point and still didn’t go back. The little guy was so anxious that he kept meowing.

“Okay, okay, let’s go home now. Watching a cartoon is so exciting.”

Shen Jiayue held Dundun in her arms, said goodbye to Shu Yun and left the store. In the car, as soon as she put on her seat belt, she received a message from Chen Yan:

“Cook more noodles tomorrow morning and I’ll drive there to eat. Don’t starve this pregnant woman.”

Tsk tsk, exercise the rights of pregnant women all the time, don’t go back and gain weight to 150 pounds.

She replied:

“Don’t worry, there will definitely be enough for you!”

Just now, Lin Xu specially packed some green vegetables and some crispy noodles from the kitchen, just to use them when cooking noodles.

After arriving home, Dundun couldn’t wait to lie down on the sofa and started watching “Detective Conan”. After Lin Xu turned on the TV, he touched the remote control with his big head and raised the volume.

Shen Jiayue hummed a song and went to the kitchen to wash fruits, planning to watch cartoons with Dundun.

Just when Lin Xuda was about to take a break, Zeng Xiaoqi sent the trailer and asked him to preview it.

This video is actually simple. As long as it shows the state banquet dishes that have been made, it will definitely attract a lot of people. He watched it again and confirmed that there was no problem, so he replied:

“Okay, let’s start uploading it while it’s popular right now. Don’t forget to publish it jointly with CCTV to increase the popularity.”

“OK!”

Soon, the trailer appeared on the short video platform, and because Zeng Xiaoqi added CCTV, Lin Xu, Xie Baomin and other institutions and UP owners in the creator column, the video appeared on the homepage as soon as it was uploaded.

Netizens were naturally as happy as celebrating the New Year, especially the dishes in the documentary, which made everyone dizzy.

Before the heat had fully risen, Lin Xu quickly posted a message in the comment area:

“Originally I wanted to promote it after filming, but now that the atmosphere has reached this point, it seems a bit unreasonable not to promote it… Students who want to learn the state banquet, don’t leave, pay attention to the broadcast time, follow the instructions when the time comes, and you can make it Authentic state banquet dishes.”

After sending the message, Shen Jiayue also washed the fruits.

She fed a blueberry to Lin Xu’s mouth and asked curiously:

“Xubao, what are the dishes for the photo shoot tomorrow?”

“There are quite a few, such as the winter melon cup, as well as the butterfly platter, flower basket tofu, and the crab-shaped mandarin fish that Nixon praised highly. They are all classic dishes.”

Winter melon cup is a famous dish in Shanghai and Guangdong. It is not difficult to make, but the taste is not simple. It also has certain therapeutic effects on chronic diseases such as kidney disease and diabetes. It is a famous summer heat-relieving dish.

The butterfly platter is as artistic a first course as the flower basket cold cuts. The shape of the butterfly is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has impressed both Chinese and foreign reporters.

The flower basket tofu is relatively simple, just put some crab roe tofu in the shape of a flower basket.

As for the crab-shaped mandarin fish, it is a dish that combines crab and mandarin fish. The mandarin fish meat is made into the shape of crab legs and fried in batter. The fried crab powder is then stuffed into the crab shell. The two are put together to create a perfect combination. Into the shape of a crab.

Not to mention the taste, just this way of eating crab meat without picking it is enough to make many people who are not good at eating crab want to try it.

Among them, Shen Jiayue is naturally included:

“Is it true that you can eat it without peeling the shell? Then I will eat a few more tomorrow to experience the joy of eating crabs!”

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