Chapter 17 "Battle of Silver Needle Potato Shreds"
Although Minister Huang’s professional ethics are not very good, his cooking skills are indeed outstanding. Not only is his skill in cutting knife far exceeding most chefs, but his rhythm of jumping knife is also very stable.
It took less than a minute to complete the processing process of potato chips to shredded potatoes.
When she used the knife surface to stick to the bottom of the chopping board, she picked up the potato shredded balls that looked not very different, and gently threw them into the prepared water basin next to her.
All the potato shreds suddenly became like flowers blooming, slowly spreading and separated in the water, turning into crystal clear lines, only silver needle silk as big as hair.
"Xie Qingfeng, right? I have already given you a demonstration. This is the project you are evaluating."
Minister Huang was very satisfied with his work and looked at Xie Qingfeng with a slightly provocative look, pointing to the potato shreds in the basin and said, "It is a good thing for young people to have confidence, but overconfidence is easy to suffer. I look forward to you to meet my standards."
"I am worthy of being a chef who has obtained the special title. The silver needle potato shreds are indeed perfectly cut. Each one meets the standard of hair, and the sizes of both ends are the same. Minister Huang, I feel ashamed of your hand skills." The fat bald examiner was very smooth and flattered at the first time.
"It's pretty average. I've had too many business pragmatisms on hand recently, and I'm a little bit erect. This level is far from my highest level." Minister Huang said modest words, with a proud smile between his eyebrows.
The thin examiner is quite straightforward and does not flatter him like the fat bald examiner. But he had to accept Minister Huang's sword skills. He looked at Xie Qingfeng with a hint of worry.
"It's hard for anyone to achieve this without more than ten years of long-term practice in this knife skills. Xie Qingfeng suffered a loss at a young age. It seems a bit difficult to pass this assessment project."
The thin examiner was secretly worried. Minister Huang, who was flattered by the bald examiner, wiped his hands with the towel next to him, left the operating table and walked to Xie Qingfeng, and said with a disgusting face: "If you feel that you are not capable enough, I advise you to leave as soon as possible and not to embarrass you here."
"Leave? Haha, I will leave, but after two minutes, I will leave with my own things." Xie Qingfeng, with his height advantage, smiled condescendingly at Minister Huang and strode towards the front of the operating table.
"Why does this kid look weird?" Minister Huang didn't know what was wrong with him, and a strong sense of anxiety suddenly popped up in his heart.
Xie Qingfeng does have only more than 8 years of experience in a chef, but during these eight years, he brought two soldiers from the kitchen squad to cook for more than 100 people in the company every day.
The number of dishes needed for cooking more than 100 people is calculated based on large pots. Three meals a day requires more than 200 kilograms of various ingredients.
More than eight years is equivalent to nearly 3,000 days, which is more than 600,000 kilograms of ingredients.
Even though the standard in the cooking class is three cooks, the food that has been processed and cut by Xie Qingfeng has exceeded 200,000 kilograms.
In addition, in order to practice knife skills, Xie Qingfeng cut newspapers, cut winter grass, and helps the production team cut hundreds of kilograms of big white radish a day, etc., the ingredients processed by Xie Qingfeng are definitely more than 400,000 kilograms.
In the special environment of the army, Xie Qingfeng, with his hard work, has practiced knife skills in these eight years, even compared to the old chef with 30 years of experience.
If Minister Huang had always maintained his peak level and had not been abandoned by various social engagements that satisfy vanity, Xie Qingfeng might not be able to compare with her, but now...
"I've decided to get the identity card!" This is the confident answer that Xie Qingfeng gave himself in his heart.
Assessment: sharpen the hair of the knife, peel the potatoes, remove the edges, shape the ingredients, cut off the outermost potatoes, and prepare a cut for the cut.
The potatoes that needed to be processed were ready. Xie Qingfeng wet the knife in water with the surprised eyes of the three examiners, and then touched a thin layer of cooking oil on the knife surface on the right.
"Put oil on the knife? What are you doing? Aren't he afraid of slipping when cutting?" Minister Huang couldn't understand what this was, and he looked confused.
Xie Qingfeng did not explain to the examiner because this was a slicing technique he found from the huge amount of ingredients cutting and matching work.
The kitchen knife and ingredients are ready, and nearly half a minute has passed.
In order to complete the silver needle potato shreds within 2 minutes, Xie Qingfeng did not use the easiest way to put the silver needle plate flat with the needle plate.
Instead, with confidence in your own knife skills, I used the cold processing speed faster but relatively more difficult straight knife method, using the forearm to push forward and downward with the help of my forearm, which can also achieve the "pushing knife" of cutting thin slices.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
Every time the kitchen knife collides with the chopping board, there will be a piece of potato slices as thin as a cicada's wings, which will bend along the blade under the action of gravity.
"So that's it. This young man is indeed capable!" Seeing this smooth scene, the thin examiner finally understood why Xie Qingfeng had to apply oil on the back of the knife, and only touched the right side of the back of the knife.
Slicing of ingredients is usually stuck to the knife surface, which not only blocks the vision and affects the accuracy of the knife, but also causes "climbing the knife", causing the cut ingredients to run around the chopping board.
The effect of dipping the knife surface is very short, and it takes a little oil to last longer!
Compared to the surprise of the thin examiner, Minister Huang, as the chief examiner, saw Xie Qingfeng skillfully using the more difficult knife technique and using the double lubrication of oil and water. The cut potato slices were no worse than his own, and the proud smile on his face was instantly gone.
"According to the information, he is only 26 years old now. How could he have such exquisite knife skills? This is impossible to happen." Minister Huang's uneasiness became more and more serious, and his eyes were locked in Xie Qingfeng's hands, praying in his heart that he would make mistakes in the future.
Unfortunately, Xie Qingfeng is not only a focused person, but also a person who is extremely strict with himself. Once he enters the state, he will do his best.
To put it in that sentence: Men should be more cruel to themselves!
At an average speed of two to three knifes in one second, the potatoes placed squarely above the cutting board were all turned into transparent slices at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Moreover, the cut potato slices do not need Minister Huang to arrange them one by one. The potato slices cut with a push knife are neatly placed on the right side of the knife.
"Tu tuk tuk..." The light, dull and rhythmic sound of jumping the knife replaced the previous slow sound of pushing the knife.
Enter the second step of cold processing - Xie Qingfeng cuts into pieces, try to keep his breathing smooth and adjust the muscle groups of his hands.
The left hand slowly retreated accurately and slowly, and the right hand holding the kitchen knife used his wrist to drive his arm, maintaining a steady and powerful rhythm and jumping on the cutting board.
Seeing Xie Qingfeng's skillful and fast knife skills throughout the whole process, Minister Huang's brows were already tightly frowned, which was the most vivid contrast with the thin examiner who had a increasingly intense smile on his face next to him.
"Bang!" The potato balls drew an arc and splashed in the basin.
The potato shredded into pieces quickly split into the entire basin with the rippling waves of water, and turned into thousands of crystal silver needles inside.
It took just two minutes!
"Your skills are indeed average." Xie Qingfeng habitually quickly cleaned up the arrangement, and pinched out three potato shreds of obvious size from the basin filled with the potato shreds cut by Minister Huang, and placed them on the edge of the basin.
Then he strode to the long table and picked up his ID card, leaving the assessment room without looking back.
"Good knife skills, this is the top silver needle potato shredding. A hero is a young man. It's amazing, it's really amazing. It seems that the top chefs in this world are expected to win the championship in Hunan Province, haha." Looking at the perfect silver needle shredding in the basin, the thin examiner laughed happily.
"Okay, very good, I remember you, Xie Qingfeng!" Minister Huang, whose face was beaten crisply by the slap, felt the hidden sarcastic gaze of examiner Pan Tuding and the thin examiner. His face turned dark and blue in shame and anger.
He made up his mind secretly and sinisterly that in the next audition game, he must find a way to kick Xie Qingfeng out to avenge his face this time.
Zhang Dadong, who had been waiting outside for a long time, held the fireworks he had just bought in his hand. When he saw Xie Qingfeng coming out, he immediately made three consecutive bangs, giving him a warm celebration.
As the various fireworks and ribbons floated, he walked up and hugged them and said, "Squad leader, you finally figured it out. I knew you would definitely pass the assessment, haha."
Xie Qingfeng did not make things difficult for him and told Zhang Dadong about it. He also said happily: "I am in a good mood today, your squad leader. Let's go back and make a big meal for you. Let's have a few drinks of good wine."
Chapter completed!