bookbashuk Chapter 290 Delicious
Chapter 290 Delicious
In the cooking practice space, Xue Xi sprinkled the prepared potassium salt on the pork hind leg meat, and then lovingly gave it a comfortable massage, squeezing, pressing, kneading, and pairing it with some highland barley wine. The immersive massage technique made this ingredient reach its peak moment.
Finally, the processes of drying, washing, hanging, and fermentation all require accelerated time to quickly form authentic Nuodeng ham!
The weather changes in the virtual Nuodeng Village are also quite realistic. The altitude of 1800 meters, the mild climate and moderate rainfall create the best microbial environment for ham fermentation.
The most suitable fermentation time for Nuodeng ham is generally three years. Time flies quickly in the virtual cooking practice space, and air-drying and oxidation reactions occur alternately on the ham.
Xue Xi watched the delicious food being cooked naturally under the magic of nature as a bystander, and she gained a new understanding of cooking skills in her heart.
As a chef, you should not only regard the pots, stoves, and bowls in front of you as your only possessions. You should have the attitude that everything can be cooked and can be cooked.
She also found that her attitude towards food had become very utilitarian over the years. When she first came here, she only cared about a bowl of cat ears and a crab roe soup dumpling. But with the emergence of more and more fancy special-effect food recipes, she even looked down on the food under the golden recipe.
This is an attitude that a person who aims to be a cooking god must never have. No wonder his progress in cooking skills has been so tepid after so many years.
Suddenly realizing her problem, Xue Xi no longer pursued perfection in the golden recipe, nor paid any attention to the fermenting Nodeng ham. She picked up the forgotten purple recipes and reviewed them page by page.
His somewhat restless mood slowly calmed down, and he even ignored the Nuodeng ham that had already fermented on the side. Instead, he concentrated all his attention on the ingredients in his hands.
She hadn't been so immersed in the cooking process for a long time. It seemed that she had lost her perception of everything except the cooking space in front of her. Even her original body in Chaos City had closed his eyes at some point.
Even the Kitchen God's domain that had been operating in the kitchen suddenly dissipated. The confused diners suddenly became busy. Some knowledgeable masters immediately stopped the rioting crowd and looked at Xue Xi, who had her eyes closed, with envy.
She had been cooking with such concentration for an unknown period of time. Anyway, she was called back to her senses by Ai Chen who had returned from training. She looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table, from pasta to desserts, from meat to soups. All the recipes in her gourmet catalog had filled up the virtual practice space without her realizing it, and every one of them was a top-level dish!
She was stunned, and first replied to Ai Chen who had been sending messages: "I'm fine." After that, the mailbox became quiet, and Xue Xi slowly recalled her previous mysterious state.
This was the first time she had experienced such a selfless cooking state. She looked at the real timer on the side and saw that only less than ten minutes had passed!
What does this mean? This menu is to fully utilize the chef's domain, and it will take at least one or two hours!
Xue Xi thought about the state she had just been in through all the information, and finally found some clues in the ancient book that was a reward for unlocking the big book. To put it in understandable terms, she had entered a state of enlightenment.
What is sudden enlightenment? It is the state of unity between man and nature, and between man and Tao. This is a rare state. In ancient times, swordsmen realized the unity of man and sword through sudden enlightenment. From then on, it became easy for them to comprehend swordsmanship, and their combat power also skyrocketed in this state.
Therefore, Xue Xi concluded that she had just temporarily comprehended a little bit of the truth of the God of Cooking's Laws and temporarily merged with the God of Cooking's Laws, so she was able to cook this batch of high-quality universe-level dishes in a short period of time!
However, now that she has exited this state, no matter how Xue Xi tries to recall the scene just now, she cannot enter that state again.
Of course, after going through that state just now, she didn't just gain experience from cooking that table of virtual dishes. She looked at the list of anchor information on the front page of the big book. The column of culinary laws was not as 100% as the completely understood laws of water and fire.
However, her progress in the Laws of Cooking had reached one-third of the level of comprehending the three profound laws of space, which meant that now, in terms of the Laws of Cooking alone, she was at least an immortal king.
Moreover, she had a premonition that if she entered the state twice more, her culinary principles would reach the bottleneck of complete understanding, just like the laws of space.
After understanding what had just happened, Xue Xi accepted this unexpected surprise that happened during her cooking practice. However, she was someone who often hung out with the Lord of the Universe, and had long since developed a big heart. She quickly put the matter behind her and disposed of the extra virtual dishes with a wave of her hand.
Then she looked at the fermenting Dunno ham hanging in the air with shining eyes. With a hissing sound, Xue Xi swallowed her saliva. She had never eaten such high-end ham before. No matter whether it was the effect of the golden recipe, her mind was now filled with the desire to taste what this thing tasted like!
First, he simply used his divine sense to explore the internal structure of the ham. The ham was rosy in color, rich in protein and moderate in fat, more than ten kinds of amino acids, multiple vitamins, and rich in minerals such as potassium.
Moreover, Dunno ham has gone through three winters and summers, and after a long period of fermentation and decomposition, it is said that the meat can be eaten raw.
Xue Xi couldn't help but pick up the kitchen knife in the virtual space and prepared to cut. After fermentation and air-drying, the fat on the ham had been oxidized into a special delicacy. Each part had different ways of eating, and the meat close to the middle bone was the best.
Of course, there are some techniques for cutting ham. The thinner the slices, the better. Do not cut along the fibers of the meat. Cut the fibers horizontally, otherwise the meat will feel tough and sticky.
Xue Xi cut a piece of ham as thin as a cicada's wing along the muscle texture.
Without any processing, she picked up the meat slices with a knife and put them into her mouth. Suddenly, a strange and rich fragrance spread from her mouth and was transmitted to the brain nerves through the taste buds.
Xue Xi chewed gently with her teeth. Her first feeling was that the ham was fine in texture, low in fat, and rich in lean meat. The lean meat was salty and sweet, while the fat was fragrant and not greasy. The delicious taste made Xue Xi almost bite her tongue.
She couldn't help but sliced the meat several times before stopping, feeling unsatisfied. In addition to eating ham raw, there are actually many other ways to cook it.
One is to slice it and cook it with other ingredients, such as ham chicken, Nuodeng ham and winter melon soup, ham mixed pot dishes, and ham hot pot.