After the Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty and Du Shengcai went back to prepare, the Supreme Elder felt a little unsure when he heard that Qing Mo actually competed with so many types, and the opponent was a fifth-grade spiritual chef!
The main reason is that he is afraid that after Qing Mo loses to the opponent, he will take out the newly brewed wine and give it to the opponent to drink as much as he can. Thinking of this, the Supreme Elder's heart can't help but twitch with pain!
Then the Supreme Elder looked at Qing Mo and said worriedly, "Qing Mo boy, the other party is a fifth-grade spiritual chef! You have to work harder, you must not lose, you know?
Otherwise, the old man will drink up all the wine he has been keeping for several days!"
Qing Mo waved his hand and said with a smile, "Supreme Elder, don't worry! I dare to say that compared with these things, it is absolutely certain. This time I will be a little more Shinichi and help us Morning Cloud Sect grow longer!
I even thought about what dishes to use for comparison. The cold dish is Dengying beef, the soup is clear soup, the hot dish is braised beef with state banquet sauce, and the pasta is lion puff pastry!"
When I heard the names of the dishes reported by Qing Mo, except for two dishes with beef, Taishang Elder and Bai Ruyi understood that they were made with beef, I had never heard of other dishes like Buddha Jumping over the Wall and Lion Waking Cake!
Bai Ruyi asked curiously, "Junior brother Qing Mo, what does Buddha jump over the wall mean? Does this soup require Buddha to jump over the wall to make it?"
Qing Mo explained, "This Buddha Jumps over the Wall! It is a delicacy in my hometown. Legend has it that an official once went to a place, and the officials of that place invited him to a banquet. When he ate a dish called 'Fu Shou Quan', he thought it was very good and wrote it down!"
After returning home, I asked my chef to copy it according to the law, reducing the amount of meat and adding a variety of seafood!
As a result, the cook later opened a restaurant and served this dish to a gathering of literati. After everyone tasted it, they were amazed. Someone immediately wrote a poem and said, "The altar is opened and the fragrance of meat floats around, and the Buddha heard that he abandoned Zen and jumped over the wall!"
Hence the name of the dish Buddha Jumps Over the Wall!"
After hearing Qing Mo's explanation, the Supreme Elder and Bai Ruyi nodded. They didn't expect that a dish actually had such a story, and there were also scholars writing poems for it, which shows that it is indeed a delicious dish!
Qing Mo continued, "Senior Sister Bai, this time I will teach you how to wake up the lion cake. You will definitely like it after you make it!"
When Bai Ruyi heard what Qing Mo said, he quickly said, "Okay! Thank you, junior brother Qing Mo!"
Then Qing Mo started writing the required materials, and asked Bai Ruyi to quickly prepare it. After all, the dish of Buddha Jumping Over the Wall is not simple. After all, it is known as the best dish in the world in Qing Mo's hometown. The steps and ingredients are very rigorous!
The first step in making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is to boil a pot of soup. This soup alone requires pork knuckles, ribs, old chicken, pork belly, chicken feet, ham, tangerine peel, and pepper!
Blanch all these ingredients in advance, then put them into the casserole one by one. Bring to a boil first and then lower the heat. If you see foam on the soup surface, you can't scoop it out, and you can't add water in the middle. Just open the lid and let it simmer slowly for three hours!
After simmering for three hours, filter out the soup and meat residue, and then slowly skim off the fat from the soup. Because the pure soup is very thick and difficult to eat, so add some second soup into it!
The second soup is to use the previous meat residue and continue to cook it for an hour, which is called the second soup. After these are processed, it can be regarded as the soup base for Buddha to jump over the wall!
Then prepare fish maw tubes, dried abalone, dried sea cucumbers, and dried shark fins, and send these things to the knife, because here Immortal Cultivation World, it will take a few days to send all these things West City, but using spiritual power here can greatly shorten the time required!
Qing Mo uses soft-shelled turtle for better nutrition. After killing and processing the soft-shelled turtle, blanch it and saute it with ginger and green onion, then rinse it with water!
Then simmer the cooked things for a few minutes, then get a special pot, put all the ingredients in, add the soup, add some rice wine and cover the lid. Seal it with lotus leaves and mud to keep the temperature and prevent the fragrance from dispersing, then slowly burn it under the fire, and slowly simmer it for four to five hours!
As for the Dengying beef, you need good beef tenderloin, and the sauce-roasted beef needs good beef ribs. The most important thing for the lion puff pastry is to crisp it up, and you also have to pay a lot of attention to your knife skills!
Qing Mo and Bai Ruyi have been busy preparing materials for the competition, and the day of the competition soon came. Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's Supreme Emperor and Du Shengcai also came to the Morning Cloud Sect on time!
The Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty came to the side of the Supreme Elder. After Qing Mo and Du Shengcai were ready, they tasted each other's works, and then tasted their own works!
The Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty said with a smile to the Supreme Elder: "Old guy, you seem to have great confidence in that young cook?"
The Supreme Elder responded, "That's right, this boy is very good at cooking, and he is very popular with me! I'm afraid you won't be able to enjoy this wine!"
Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's Supreme Emperor remained calm-faced when he heard the Supreme Elder's words. He didn't believe that such a young person as Qing Mo could make dishes that were more delicious than the fifth-grade spiritual chef!
After all, given the age, it takes time to learn all these things. How much has he learned at such a young age as Qing Mo, so the Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty is not panicked at all!
Then he said, "Old guy, don't be so harsh! That guy is so young, how many years has he learned cooking skills? How can he beat my fifth-grade spiritual chef!
I think it's better if you take out the wine now? Anyway, you'll have to take it out later so I can drink enough. It doesn't matter if you take it early or late!"
While these two old men were chatting, Qing Mo and Bai Ruyi had already begun to process the ingredients. After all, Bai Ruyi had been learning cooking skills from Qing Mo in the past two days, and Du Shengcai saw that Qing Mo was a mortal, so he didn't mind Morning Cloud Sect sending a female monk over to help him!
Besides, he has learned a lot from his niece in the past two days. As time goes by, the two contestants are preparing their own dishes in an orderly manner!
Du Shengcai finished it one step ahead of Qing Mo, and said, "Young man, I have already finished it! How long do you need?"
Qing Mo lowered his head and was frying the crispy cakes. He was not too hungry and said, "It will be ready soon! Please wait a moment, senior, it will be done within a quarter of an hour!"
Hearing Qing Mo's words, Du Shengcai nodded, and then used his spiritual power to protect the temperature of the dishes, because there was a significant difference between being hotter or colder!
Qing Mo placed the dishes he prepared opposite Du Shengcai's dishes, and then both sides introduced the dishes they prepared. However, Qing Mo's dishes were all covered with lids and would be opened later!
But before Qing Mo could speak, he noticed something strange! The cold dish Du Shengcai made was cold preserved eggs, the soup was tomato and egg soup, the hot dish was fried pork with peppers, and the noodles were soup dumplings. Aren't these the home-cooked dishes in his hometown?
How could Du Shengcai be made, and it seems that in addition to teaching Xia Qiyue and Qu Ziyun, I also have my own maid Mo Wangshu!
Qing Mo thought about it carefully, then smiled at Du Shengcai and said, "Old senior, you did a good job with cold preserved eggs, tomato and egg drop soup, fried pork with chili and soup dumplings!"
Hearing Qing Mo's words, Du Shengcai's eyes widened. The dishes he cooked today were all learned from his niece, and he had never shown them in front of others. How did the young man opposite know?
Du Shengcai then said, "Young man, how do you know the names of these dishes? I just made these dishes in front of outsiders today?"
Qing Mo smiled and said, "Don't rush this now, let's talk about it after the competition!
Now it's my turn to introduce the dishes I cook! The cold dish is Dengying beef, the soup is clear soup, the hot dish is roast beef with sauce, and the pastry is lion puff pastry!"
As Qing Mo opened the lid, a burst of aroma filled his nostrils. Du Shengcai looked at the dishes cooked by Qing Mo with eyes full of disbelief. He couldn't believe that this young cook could cook so much better than him!
The Supreme Emperor and Supreme Elder of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty smelled the aroma of the dishes, and immediately came to the table. They compared the dishes made by Qing Mo with the dishes made by Du Shengcai, and they could tell which one was better just by looking at it!
But since it was a competition of cooking skills, the most important thing was the taste. I saw the Supreme Elder pretending to take two bites of Du Shengcai's dish!
As soon as he turned around, he found that Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's emperor had used his chopsticks to create residual images. He immediately knew that the dishes Qing Mo cooked this time were completely different from the ones he cooked before!
Then the two old men with white hair and beards fought hard for the food cooked by Qing Mo, which made Du Shengcai salivate. Especially after they took a sip, they both wanted to hold the cup of Buddha Jumping over the Wall and pour it directly into their mouths!
The Supreme Elder clamped the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty Supreme Emperor's wrist tightly with his chopsticks, gritted his teeth and said, "Old man, it's almost done! Who goes to someone else's house to eat like this? Don't leave anything for the host's family, right?"
Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's Supreme Emperor was eating abalone in his mouth, and said vaguely, "I rarely come to your place, why are you so stingy, old guy?
It's not your cook's fault that I eat like this. Who made his food taste so delicious? My life has been in vain! The chefs in the palace are not even worthy of carrying this young man's shoes!"
Watching the two old men finish a cup of Buddha jumping over the wall in three strokes, they then set their sights on the braised beef in sauce. Because this time the beef ribs were an odd number, the two of them almost got into a fight over who took the last bite!
Seeing this situation, Du Shengcai lowered his head and came to Qing Mo and said, "Young man, I am convinced that I lost this competition! Your cook is far better than me, maybe compared to my master, no, I should say that my master is not as good as you!"
But I still have a question, why do you recognize all the dishes I cook and can pronounce the names? Again, I have never cooked these dishes before, have you eaten them elsewhere?"
Just when Qing Mo was about to explain, Wu Menghan returned to the small kitchen courtyard of Purple Cloud Peak. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he found his uncle, the Supreme Elder and an old man with the same white hair and beard competing for food!
Then she said, "Uncle, why didn't you tell me when you came to the Morning Cloud Sect? I just wanted to explain to you that this is the junior brother who I told you is very good at cooking!
I learned all the dishes I cooked at home from him, how about it? Isn't it good?"
Du Shengcai heard Wu Menghan say that the dishes she cooked at home were all learned from Qing Mo, so if she cooked the dishes she learned from Wu Menghan in front of Qing Mo, wouldn't that be just copying the same recipe?
Du Shengcai immediately looked frustrated. Wu Menghan saw that the atmosphere was not right and asked Bai Ruyi what happened. Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan found out after a brief explanation.
It turns out that my uncle insisted on pestering me to learn these four dishes two days ago, and they were used to compete with junior brother Qing Mo today. This is really...
However, Wu Menghan smelled the fragrance all over the courtyard, so Qing Mo must have cooked a new dish again. She immediately said, "Junior brother Qing Mo, what dish did you cook this time? It smells so good! And this lion doll is so cute! Can you give me one?"
Wu Menghan saw the lion awakening cake and immediately wanted to get it, but she used a little more force and the lion awakening cake shattered on the ground. Wu Menghan was stunned. She never thought that this was not a doll!
Bai Ruyi covered his mouth and snickered. "This is the new pastry made by Junior Brother Qing Mo, Wake Up Lion Cake! It is edible, not a doll! If you want to learn it, I will teach you tomorrow. Junior Brother Qing Mo has already taught me!"
Du Shengcai saw this situation and immediately said, "Little brother, can you teach me how to cook? I found that I have been studying cooking for hundreds of years, but I still look like a layman in front of you. I want to learn from you and start learning again!"
Hearing Du Shengcai's words, Wu Menghan immediately said, "Uncle, do you want to ask Junior Brother Qing Mo to be your master? Are you a fifth-grade spiritual chef?"
"Xiao Han, uncle is determined! As long as he can learn cooking skills from his little brother's side! What is a fifth-grade spiritual chef? The highest seventh-grade spiritual chef may not be my opponent!"
Bai Ruyi and Wu Menghan were both shocked when they heard Du Shengcai praise Qing Mo without hesitation. After all, the person in front of them was a fifth-grade spiritual chef!
However, in response to Du Shengcai's praise, the Supreme Elder and the Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty nodded repeatedly. The two of them almost got into a fight today because of the dishes Qing Mo cooked. They also knew very well how delicious these dishes were and how high Qing Mo's cooking skills were!
Especially the elder Taishang was a little panicked at first, but when he tasted it to the end, he realized that the dishes Qing Mo cooked before were really just a little fuss, but this time he really made Morning Cloud Sect proud!
Then Du Shengcai saluted Qinwu Imperial Dynasty's Supreme Emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I am sorry for your expectations! I would like to resign from my position as the head of the royal kitchen in the palace. I want to stay at the Morning Cloud Sect and follow my little brother Qing Mo to practice my cooking skills!
After I improve my cooking skills, I will return to the palace to serve you! I hope your Majesty will be kind!"
The Supreme Emperor of the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty heard his fifth-grade spiritual chef say this and originally planned to agree, but when he saw Qing Mo standing aside, he rolled his eyes and immediately became embarrassed!
Then he said, "Master Du, I should have agreed originally, but if you stay here, who will be responsible for my food?
You also know that in the entire palace, the dishes you cook are the most suitable for me, and no one knows how long you will be here to practice intensively. Poor me, I am very old, and I will have to live a life without food or food in the future, alas...!"
The Supreme Elder heard something was wrong. When Du Shengcai heard what the Supreme Emperor said, he immediately said, "What should I do? The Supreme Emperor! I really want to learn cooking from little brother Qing Mo!"
Hearing Du Shengcai say this, the Emperor's eyes flashed with a cunning light, and then he said to Qing Mo, "Qing Mo, little friend! You have also seen it, just take pity on me! Master Du insists on following you, and I can't do it without his cooking!"
How about this! Just go back to the Qinwu Imperial Dynasty with me, and you will have the final say over the entire imperial kitchen. In this way, Master Du can cook for me, and he can learn cooking skills from you, killing two birds with one stone!"
"You fart!!!"
A roar from the Supreme Elder resounded throughout the sky!