I have become a god with hot pot

For a while, even the priestess froze. She didn't even know how to translate and introduce this magical "ice pot" to the guests.

In the quiet silence of everyone, only Guo Guo completely ignored the pressure of sight in the entire tent, and methodically spread the ice in the bucket into each hot pot.

On the table was a man with a long beard who looked like a leader, and finally couldn't help but stand up and exploded on the spot: "Master Priest, some of our leaders came from a long way hungry, it's time to eat meat and drink in big bowls. But you asked someone to set up a table full of ice cubes, what does that mean!?"

Someone next to him also wanted to chime in: "You also specially asked us to bring a cook here to learn how to cook. What do you learn to do? Just put the pot on the table and put ice cubes in it? My lord priest, if you don't have a good cook here, our cook It’s just outside, and you can call in immediately to cook for the brothers.”

They didn't pay attention to Guo Guo at all, but looked at him, full of disbelief and absurdity.

According to the local customs, if the host does not treat guests well when guests come from afar, it means extremely rude neglect and contempt, leading to serious misunderstandings, and even bad-tempered ones will draw their knives on the spot.

At this time, even the seemingly calm priest was a little panicked. She didn't expect Guo Guo to play cards out of common sense. explain the situation.

Guo Guo didn't hear anything outside the window, and was only making hot pot.Now all he had in his eyes was the hot pot feast that had just begun, and he brought up the mutton cubes.These mutton pieces have just been placed outside for a while, and now there are slight ice slags on them, obviously showing signs of freezing because the temperature is too low.

The mutton itself is tender red in color, with a little bit of ice, but it can still be seen that it is a freshly slaughtered sheep with even fat and lean body.

It's just that everyone is wondering at this moment, can the meat really show its full deliciousness according to the current unreliable method?

Guo Guo spread the mutton evenly on the ice, and a layer of red mutton was spread on top of the transparent crushed ice. The color contrast was obvious. Even the bearded leader who spoke ironically before couldn't help but cast his gaze on the ice. in the pot.

After putting in the mutton, Guo Guo took out a box of wild onions that had been prepared in advance.He didn't know that there were green onions on this island before, until yesterday when he went hiking with Jiang Si, he found a piece of natural wild onions halfway up the mountain.

These wild onions have thin stems and long leaves. Compared with the white scallions that Guo Guo usually cooks in hot pots and can be cut into large sections, such onions are not suitable for long-term boiling.If you put the wild onion in the pot like this, the green onion leaves will be boiled and discolored soon, which will greatly affect the appearance of the food in the pot.

So Guo Guo grabbed the wild scallions, expertly knotted a small handful of scallions with scallions leaves, entangled them and threw them back into the pot, so that the knotted scallions would not be easily boiled, and at the same time, the taste and flavor were guaranteed. beautiful.

Cooked with mutton, usually green onions, ginger, onions, etc. are essential.While bringing out 100% of the mutton aroma, these auxiliary materials can also effectively remove the smell of mutton in the meat.

This territory is very barren, and the choice of ingredients is very limited. Guo Guo was able to find such a handful of wild onions, which can be regarded as a surprise.

This is thanks to Jiang Si who discovered the wild onion field at that time...but now his whereabouts are unknown.

Guo Guo took a deep breath and quickened his movements.

Then he took out his second secret weapon, which was the spice that he confirmed could replace onion and ginger after tasting the leaves one by one in the mountains.

He found a tree plant similar to bay leaves in the mountains. The leaves exude a strong fragrance. If you put it in your tongue, you can taste a slightly bitter and spicy taste.

Last night, he dried the fragrant leaves collected on the stove for almost half a night before successfully drying the leaves.

After drying the leaves, the bitter and spicy taste is much less.

Seeing Guo Guo put these weeds and leaves that can be seen everywhere on the mountain into the pot, the people who had doubts about his cooking showed a look of disbelief.

What is this man trying to do?

Let them eat grass?

Faced with many doubts, Guo Guo was still as stable as Mount Tai. He took the mountain cherry wine specially brewed in the village and lightly sprinkled some on the surface of the mutton.

The dark red cherry wine rolled down from the mutton block and fell into the transparent ice, and the red color faded into the crystal ice, the color was clear and beautiful.

People who live in this bitter cold place all the year round, besides eating hot meat, also like drinking fine wine.

Mountain cherry wine can be regarded as a wine that men, women and children like, but the wine that can be drunk now is the last bit of stock brewed from last year.

Seeing such a delicious sour and sweet mountain cherry wine being poured into the ice like this, these wedding guests couldn't help showing a look of regret when they saw that such a good thing was "wasted" involuntarily.

The irritable bearded leader wanted to get angry on the spot, but when he stood up and saw the face of the oriental-looking chef with black hair and black eyes, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

Amidst the hostility and doubts, Guo Guo looked relaxed and calm. He didn't feel ashamed about wasting fine wine, nor regretted that he put in strange things. He looked very calm, calm and confident, as if Everything is under his control.

So these five big and three thick guys suddenly tasted a little aura that he had never seen in others in Guo Guo's "steadiness".

Maybe... Does this person really have any special abilities?

Otherwise, how could he be so confident, so calm and gentle, and being stared at by 40 people on the field, he was not affected at all.

And... This appearance is different from the people here who have been exposed to the wind and sun, with delicate facial features, and taking advantage of the calm and breezy momentum at this time, they show a sense of nobility.

Guo Guo is as stable as Mount Tai, and he methodically puts the corresponding ingredients into the nine pots on the field, and finally pours the ice water melted in the wooden barrel into the pots along the sides.

Finally, he covered the hot pot and put it on the charcoal stove to cook. The layer of pot cover blocked people's curious sight of looking at the mutton in the pot.

After that, Guo Guo didn't do anything anymore.

The priest waited for a long time with ups and downs in his heart, and finally couldn't help asking: "What are you going to do next?"

"Next, wait patiently." While Guo Guo was speaking, he moved his hand to a pot that was being heated.

He looked like he was feeling the temperature of the pot.

After all, some experienced chefs can roughly guess the temperature in the pot and judge the state of the food at this time just by placing their hands on the pot in the air.

Therefore, everyone present did not suspect anything, but felt that his action made him look more like a reliable chef.

Only Lan Huaite, who was standing at the door and kept his eyes on Guo Guo for a moment, had his eyelids twitch slightly.

In a trance, he seemed to feel the subtle changes in the aura around Guo Guo at that moment, but in a blink of an eye, Guo Guo seemed to have no special changes from usual.

That was... a delicious aura. He didn't smell the mutton in the pot, but he felt the smell of Guo Guo.

Lan White seemed uncontrollable, licking his lips in the dark.

Guo Guo suddenly moved his hand away, opened the lid of the hot pot, and said to the guests at that table: "Okay, you can eat."

Not only did the people at that table fail to react, but even the priest was a little confused, why is it all right?

Can you tell if something is cooked without even opening the pot to take a look?

Guo Guo quickly shuttled between the tables, lifted the lids of the nine pots and took them away.The villagers who had been prepared a long time ago handed out the dishes and condiments with a wink.

Guo Guo introduced succinctly: "The mutton in the pot is already ready. After taking it out, you can dip it in the special sauce and eat it."

In this land, people don't use chopsticks, they use spoons more, so when Guoguo prepares food, he considers the local tableware and adjusts the size of ingredients.

The mutton was cut into a size that could be eaten with a spoon. Lan White's knife skills were solid. Guo Guo believed what he said before that he had learned how to cut meat from a butcher.

The mutton is cut into pieces along the texture, and the tendons, fat and thinness are picked cleanly to ensure an even taste when entering the mouth. This requires effort, and Lan White helped a lot.

He was even thinking that if the handsome guy had this intention, he would pay a little more to hire Lan White to cut the meat when he opened a shop in the future.

It's just... I don't know if the handsome guy is willing to continue to be a butcher.

Withdrawing his thoughts, when Guo Guo opened the lid of the pot, the guests on the table made a surprised sound.

The ice in the pot has disappeared, and it has become the familiar form of water, and the mutton is rolling in the clear water.

The bearded man who took the lead in questioning him said disdainfully: "So what is this? Ordinary white water boiled mutton, if it is boiled in ice, wouldn't it still turn into water? The same thing, the same taste, such a gimmick What are you here for? It’s gimmicky, but it’s not useful.”

After he finished speaking, he sniffed vigorously, "But don't say it... This meat smells very good, and it really is the sheep fat raised in your village."

He had a sarcastic look on his face, belittling Guo Guo's ability to enhance the taste of ingredients through his own skills... This look was maintained until he put the first piece of mutton into his mouth with a spoon.

Then his expression froze after the great change, and stopped at unbelievable astonishment.

Anyone who is familiar with this leader knows that he usually eats a leg of lamb for 2 minutes in a rough man's style. He has never seen him like this. Because of a small piece of meat, he dare not chew it for a long time look?

It was as if this small piece of mutton had become a rare treasure in his mouth, which made him reluctant to treat it in the rough and reckless way in the past, but held it in his mouth preciously and savored it carefully.

Everyone was amazed by his reaction. When she just opened the lid of the pot and saw a hot pot of boiled mutton in white water, the priestess was actually very disturbed.

But at this moment, looking at the man's expression, she suddenly thought of herself who was amazed by the almond soup herbal tofu pot that day.

Her anxious heart suddenly became stable. She knew that she couldn't eat more meat now, but after seeing the bearded man's reaction, she was full of curiosity about Guo Guo's mutton.

No matter what, she quickly picked up the spoon and scooped up the mutton piece from the pot, and put it into her mouth.

The next moment, she suddenly opened her eyes wide, moved her mouth a few times, and chewed and swallowed the mutton.

She asked in shock: "How on earth did you do it? Why... the meat has such a texture and taste? It's so tender that it's like a ball of snow. After it's in my mouth, I don't even need to bite it. It just melts away in your mouth!"

The priest, who was excited about eating, immediately switched back to his own Gulu language, and said to everyone: "Now the heat is just right for eating, don't be dazed and eat quickly! Such delicious food, you are stupid if you don't eat it!" !"

Her words woke up the long-bearded leader who was still in great shock. As if awakened from a sweet dream, the long-bearded leader dug out another piece of mutton from the pot and put it in his mouth with an extremely pious expression.

The next moment, his eyes burst into an astonishing light: "This is what my grandfather once said... the food picked from the clouds! Does this wonderful taste really exist in the world? This...how could it be What about the mutton? No, this taste is completely different from the mutton I have eaten before, this is the cloud you stole from the sky!"

The bearded leader closed his eyes and tried his best to experience the feeling, "In addition to the incredible soft taste, if you taste such fresh and tender mutton carefully, you can taste the original fragrance of mutton, but the smell of mutton is gone. , how on earth did you do it?"

"And... not only that, the faint aroma of the kirsch has infiltrated into the meat after being diluted. This sweetness is extremely refreshing, and the taste of the mutton has become richer!"

Guo Guo smiled but didn’t answer, he didn’t take it seriously, but the more he said, the more moved he was, “I have eaten boiled mutton for more than 40 years since I was born. Mutton... If I hadn't watched you make it all the way, I would even suspect that you cast black magic on the mutton and turned it into something else!"

While eating the meat, the priest sneakily translated.In the entire banquet hall, those who were afraid to speak lightly based on the strange reaction of the leader started to move one after another.

They took out the mutton rolled in the clear soup in the hot pot with ice, ate it into their mouths, felt the vibration on the tip of their tongues, and immediately opened their eyes one by one. It took a long time to react, and they immediately rushed to eat Grab the meat from the hot pot on the table and start eating.

In just three to two minutes, the crowd never dared to be confident and watched with cold eyes, and seamlessly switched to the large-scale real-flavored meat-eating scene that was in full swing.

The person who just satirized Guo Guo felt his face hurt a little now, but...can you eat your face? No!Hurry up and put down your face, and grab a few more pieces of unbelievably tender mutton and eat them in your mouth, which is the pragmatic and smart way.

Seeing the priest dipping the mutton into the dipping sauce on the plate without saying a word, the long-bearded man realized that he dipped the mutton into the sauce in front of him and put it into his mouth in the same way.

But he didn't expect that the whole mutton had a different taste because of the addition of such a familiar yet unique taste.

"What is this!?" the long-bearded leader yelled.

Guo Guo walked up to the priest and said a few words, the priest nodded and started the consecutive interpretation: "This is the common salty sauce on our island. Ice boiled mutton pot, fine-tuned the taste of salty sauce."

"He sprinkled in the salty sauce a little layer of spices and hay leaves he picked up from the mountains, which he had roasted and dried in the kitchen, then ground into a powder with hazelnuts and mixed into the sauce... "

Translating to this point, the priest himself couldn’t help sighing, “The salty sauce that I’m used to eating is showing such a wonderful taste today for the first time—the aroma of hazelnuts, ground spices and hay, slightly spicy and salty sauce I never knew that our salty and bitter ordinary bean paste could have such a flavor!"

Unexpectedly, even a plate of sauce was mixed with such a novel and delicate thought. Everyone hurriedly brought over the sauce that they had just ignored. After they tasted it themselves, they had to admit that they didn't recognize it at all. This is what they usually eat. of salty sauce.

Dry the leaves, grind them together with mountain hazelnuts, and add them to the paste?

How did this person come up with such a delicate approach?

Those who questioned Guo Guo’s ice hot pot just now seem to have lost their memory collectively. No one of them dared to underestimate this mysterious chef at this time, and they all looked at him with respect, and then lowered their heads to fight for the last piece of mutton in the pot. Red in the face, red in the ear, very happy.

You Qi, the long-bearded leader who took the lead in questioning him just now, left his seat excitedly, walked over and held Guo Guo's hand tightly, "Master Guo, how do you cook your mutton? How do I do it?" I can’t even figure it out, why does the mutton become so tender after adding ice cubes to it?”

Guo Guo smiled and taught: "This is similar to the principle of slow cooking at low temperature. Because ice cubes are used to cool down, the mutton is not heated in boiling water for too long, which ensures that the meat quality is not overcooked, and more The moisture is retained in the original meat, so the lamb is extra tender."

"So I froze the mutton outside for a while to ensure that the temperature when they enter the pot is as close as possible to the ice cubes, and the cooked mutton will not have the hardness when it is fully cooked, but the teeth will bite. When it comes to mutton, the meat will be completely broken, and it is not the same as the sticky texture of raw meat, so it looks extremely soft."

In recent years, Guoguo has kept pace with the times. In order to make hotpot well, it can be said that it is both Chinese and Western. This pot of ice-boiled lamb actually involves the principle of molecular gastronomy.

After the protein is heated for a long time and the secondary bonds are destroyed, the biological activity of the protein will be lost and the taste will change.

This is Guo Guo's original intention of choosing ice cubes to cook mutton. He wants to use the existing materials at hand to create a "low temperature and slow cooking" environment, so that the mutton that is often eaten every day is full of surprising texture and taste.

Of course, his first choice was mutton mushroom pot. After this kind of hot pot couldn't really take shape, he immediately changed the type of hot pot. The ice-boiled lamb pot he prepared temporarily achieved his desired purpose without any risk.

The diners in the banquet hall were already shocked by so many tricks contained in one dish of Guo Guo, and they realized how superficial their previous understanding of food was.

No wonder the priest asked them to bring their chefs here. If they could learn one or two classic hot pots and some advanced and practical cooking concepts from Guo Guo and bring them back, wouldn’t the food in the whole village improve by leaps and bounds?

Among them, some older leaders with life experience admired Guo Guo's attitude of being neither arrogant nor impetuous at this time. Before the meal was finished, he had already planned to send people to his village.

With such a culinary expert at your side, daily eating will become enjoyment, and you can easily live for another ten years!

Guo Guo explained: "And these ice cubes and water are not ordinary snow water, but the ice that was specially smashed from the mouth of the spring where the ground spring water gushed out."

"The spring water is rich in minerals, so the water quality is hard and the bottom flavor is rich. It is perfect for stewing this pot. The mutton enhanced by the spring water is seasoned with leaves and wild onions. In fact, this pot of mutton soup also shows It has a completely different flavor, you can drink and see."

After the priest translated with a smile, Mr. Long Beard didn't have time to connect with Guo Guo, so he rushed back to his seat, picked up the bowl and started to drink the soup.

For a while, no one spoke in the tent, only the sound of many men holding bowls and drinking soup.

This mutton soup tastes very delicious, and it doesn't have the smell of mutton that their mother-in-law can hardly get rid of when they cook mutton soup.But at this time, in less than ten minutes, Guo Guo taught on the spot how to stimulate the meaty aroma of mutton and block out the annoying taste, making drinking mutton soup a kind of enjoyment.

The warm meaty aroma flowed into the body from the mouth, almost eliminating the exhaustion and bitterness of driving in the cold wind and snow all day. People drank one bowl after another, and couldn't stop at all.

Seeing that the soup in the hot pot quickly bottomed out, Guo Guo quickly stopped and said, "Wait a minute, there are other things in this hot pot besides mutton and soup!"

"You need to keep half a pot of soup in the soup pot. You can eat wild vegetables, bean skins and noodles. These foods are very suitable for the taste of mutton. If you eat things in the pot, this is the real hot pot."

As Guo Guo's voice fell, the priest immediately translated it, and the villagers hurriedly brought the food that Guo Guo had prepared in advance to the table.

According to Guo Guo's instructions, the diners put the delivered dishes into the pot, and after they were cooked, they flocked up, and were immediately captured by this way of eating!

Why do wild vegetables soaked in mutton soup not taste bitter when dipped in sauce?Those elders who don't like vegetables are eating wild vegetables with a small fishing net at this time, and they can eat traces of sweetness from the bitter vegetable leaves in the past.

And what kind of magic is this bean curd? Why does it taste so delicious?

The priest raised his voice and explained the origin of "tofu" and "bean curd". Everyone was stunned when they heard it, and felt that this "hot pot" was very high-end and grand, and there were so many unheard of things in a small pot. recipes and ingredients.

For a while, everyone had no time to talk to each other, so they ate and let go of their appetites. The scene was in full swing, and people were very involved in eating.

If you eat a little slower, the contents of the pot will be taken away. It would be a pity if you eat a few more mouthfuls of this magical and wonderful taste.

The banquet scene was going on with unprecedented enthusiasm. The priest couldn't eat more meat because of his old illness. At this time, he ate wild vegetables and noodles in the pot, and ate leisurely.

Looking at the people below who were eating in such a mess and happiness, she suddenly felt that her worries just now were unnecessary.

Why do you have the idea of ​​doubting Guo Guo?Now that I think about it, I was really stupid.

He obviously told everyone that he is the chef who can best communicate with natural ingredients in this territory. Since he is familiar with the characteristics of each food, how can he easily miss it?

Guo Guo talked to the priest in a low voice, and said to everyone in the hall slowly in the Gulu language he learned and sold: "Please remember, this is hot pot."

"Hot pot? What kind of new term is this?"

"Remember, remember! Such a delicious thing is called hot pot, hot pot is delicious!"

The people of these primitive tribes ate at an unequivocal speed, and wiped out all the food on the table. At first, Guo Guo thought they would have to eat for at least half an hour, but after more than ten minutes after the banquet, the pot began to bottom out.

Everything is going smoothly, even smoother than he imagined.

Although Guo Guo couldn't understand their language, he felt the power of faith flourishing in these people at this moment.

It's almost time.

Guo Guo took a deep breath, and naturally raised his hands on his legs at an angle.

Lan White, who had been standing by the door, suddenly raised his head.

what just happened?

In an instant, the temperature in the entire room dropped by at least one and a half to two degrees.But none of the people in the room who were happily eating around the hot pot seemed to notice.

Lan White squinted, and his first instinctive reaction was to look at Guo Guo.

He looked at Guo Guo who was standing in the middle, and Guo Guo seemed to be standing in the middle as usual, even his expression was as peaceful and stable as ever.

Is it your own delusion?

Lan White didn't make a judgment immediately, his eyes lingered on Guo Guo for a long time, and finally noticed something strange.

But if you look carefully, you can see that Guo Guo's wrist is slightly turned upside down, his whole arm is in a tense state, slightly lifted up and placed in the air, as if he is pushing something hard.

But in front of him, there was obviously a mass of empty air.

So... what was he doing just now?