Devil Pokémon

Chapter 120 Redefining Food

Lucy felt very confused.

But Lucy didn't dare think or ask.

Because Lucy was worried that her ignorance would be exposed if she asked.

This is what Lucy doesn't want to see.

So Lucy kept her mouth shut tightly and pretended she understood.

After pretending like this for a while, Lucy found that she couldn't pretend anymore, because this thing was finally handed over to the kitchen for cooking.In other words, if Lucy didn't know what Ding Cheng wrote in the notebook, she wouldn't be able to make it, and then she would make a joke.

Lucy:

Lucy was shocked. She didn't know why, but she suddenly felt like she had stepped on a thunderbolt.

What is a dumpling of lard?

It's not really what I understand it to be.

Lucy panicked. She felt that her guess was definitely wrong, but she couldn't think of any other reasonable explanation.

So Lucy had no choice but to ask Ding Cheng tactfully: "Mr. Ding. Is this big dumpling of liquid lard a way of describing it? I mean, for example, we make a bread with egg yolk filling and turn the egg yolk into liquid filling. shape"

Lucy said tentatively, but the more she spoke, the less confident she felt.

What is this all about?

Bread filled with runny egg yolk is not outrageous

Lucy was very unsure, but she could only guess this way. She couldn't be allowed to make a real lard-filled bun, that would be outrageous.

So this runny lard must be an adjective, describing something.For example, the Internet celebrity dirty buns are actually chocolate bread.So here, Lucy also reasonably guessed that the four words "liquid lard" meant something else.

But what exactly do these four words refer to.Lucy couldn't guess it. After all, she hadn't been online for many years and couldn't keep up with the trend.

So Lucy could only make some reluctant guesses, very reluctant, so reluctant that she couldn't convince herself. Of course, such rhetoric couldn't convince Ding Cheng.

Ding Cheng frowned.

"Are these six words difficult to understand?"

Ding Cheng felt very depressed, and Lucy didn't know where her mind was going.

Ding Cheng unfolded the notebook and spread it under Lucy's eyes, "Are these six words difficult to understand?"

Lucy was about to cry.

Lucy's first reaction was surprise, like a bucket of cold water being poured over her head. She had thought that her guess might be outrageous, but she didn't expect that it was actually outrageous.

Mr. Ding was obviously a little angry and asked angrily, why are you so stupid and can't understand such simple vocabulary?

Lucy's mentality collapsed at that time, and she felt that she was so sorry for Mr. Ding's high expectations that she couldn't figure out even this little thing.A particularly embarrassing feeling now lingered in Lucy's mind.

But Lucy really couldn't figure it out. Lucy really couldn't figure out what the words "pork lard" meant.The meaning of this word was obviously beyond her cognitive scope.

Lucy felt that she was particularly bad, because she had doubts about her professionalism.Lucy was originally a very confident person, but when she met Ding Cheng, she lost her confidence for some reason. She felt that all the professional experience she had accumulated over the years had collapsed. She just felt that her work was in vain and that she was not good at it.

Especially like being fucked by a scumbag.

But Mr. Ding would never be a scumbag, so Lucy felt that these were all her own problems.Lucy is such a person. When encountering problems, she especially likes to look for the reasons within herself first.

I feel like I’m really bad, I can’t even do such a small thing well.Really don't know how to continue.Lucy now felt as if a weight was weighing down her heart, so under the heavy pressure, Lucy cried directly.

"5555555"

Lucy's cry is not only full of emotion and emotion, but also has movements and a little bit of acting in it.But at the same time, Lucy really felt that she was wronged, so after acting for a while, she went straight into the scene, squatted down, held her head and cried loudly.

Ding Cheng:

What kind of confusing behavior is this?

Ding Cheng looked at Lucy in confusion. If he understood correctly, he seemed to have just asked Lucy a question, and then she was like this

Ding Cheng raised his head and glanced out the window in confusion. This was not Cedar Mental Hospital, but Aqua's castle.

But the Lucy in front of her really looked like a psychopath.

She looks more like a psycho than the real psychos in the hospital.

"Okay, stop howling." Ding Cheng looked at Lucy helplessly and said.

"Please put away your tears."

"It's over, it's over. Hey sister, it's really not like this. It's not necessary."

"Do you think it's strange for you to be like this? Just get up quickly. There's no stage here, so there's no need for this."

Ding Cheng looked down at Lucy and said, thinking that Lucy would be angry and excited if he said this, and would rush towards him and howl harder.

But what she never expected was that after hearing this, Lucy actually stood up, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with her sleeves, and then acted like nothing was wrong.

Lucy stood there as if nothing was wrong, and even gave Ding Cheng a warm smile.

Ding Cheng:

Ding Cheng was confused by Lucy this time.

Lucy sheepishly took out a tissue and wiped the corners of her eyes, and sheepishly apologized to Ding Cheng: "I'm sorry, Mr. Ding. I lost my temper just now. I didn't control my emotions."

"I just feel that there is a big gap in my heart, because I have always felt that I am very awesome, and everyone supports me, so my positioning of myself is quite high. But today in front of you, my positioning suddenly fell into place. After I got off, I felt like I couldn’t do anything well, it was really useless, so my mentality collapsed.”

"Of course, I don't mean to criticize you by saying this. On the contrary, I want to thank you because you let me experience this pain, and the pain will only make me stronger."

Lucy shyly went to the bottom of her heart with Ding Cheng, and when she got to the heartbreaking place, tears started to flow down her eyes again.

Ding Cheng smiled and said, "It's okay. I can't tell you're being pretentious. Let's talk about the menu. You see, you're going off topic."

Lucy was startled, as if awakening from a dream, and quickly got back on track.

"Mr. Ding, to be honest, I don't quite understand the meaning of lard flowing into the heart. Please help me clarify my doubts."

Lucy asked Ding Cheng sincerely and stopped pretending.If she hadn't pretended at the beginning and asked directly, this series of things wouldn't have happened, so all of this was caused by Lucy's pretense.

"What's the profound meaning of this?" Ding Cheng was stunned.

"The lard dumplings are literally what they mean."

"Big dumplings of lard fat, literally, I don't understand what's wrong, right?"

Ding Cheng patiently explained to Lucy.

Lucy was stunned.

It's really lard

The expression on Miss Lucy's face is very complicated now.

Because according to her intuition about life experience, Lucy instinctively felt that this was wrong, this shouldn't be, this was outrageous.

But it happened that these outrageous words were said by Mr. Ding. As we all know, what Mr. Ding said must have its reason, so Mr. Ding would not be outrageous.

Then the outrageous person becomes Lucy.

Lucy:

I'm outrageous

Lucy was shocked, deeply confused, and deeply doubtful about life, but she couldn't say what she wanted to say, so she could only hold it in hard.

Lucy held it in hard. Lucy really thought this was ridiculous, but she couldn't believe that her judgment was right, because Lucy had lost confidence in herself, so she also lost her ability to judge.

By now, Lucy was panicking.

I'm very nervous. I don't know what to believe, whether I should believe in my own standards, or what is bad or good. My mind is thinking rapidly, but I can't find the answer. Everything is always unclear. Stir together and then become more chewy.

This twisted mentality is reflected in a constipated expression on his face.

Lucy is constipated.

Ding Cheng naturally saw Lucy's reaction in his eyes, and then smiled slightly.

Lucy gets distracted and confused, which is fine.All this was in line with Ding Cheng's expectations. As the person who raised the question, what Ding Cheng had to do next was to solve the problem for Lucy.

"Lucy, do you think using lard to make bun fillings is outrageous and disgusting? This is wrong."

Ding Cheng asked in a very inductive manner.

The innocent Lucy was unprepared. After hearing Ding Cheng's words, she nodded vigorously, and then reacted the next second and shook her head violently.

"No, Mr. Ding, I'm not challenging your authority. But this matter really goes against my knowledge, so I'm thinking about it. Maybe after thinking about it for a while, I can follow your thinking." Lucy said humbly. .

Ding Cheng smiled: "If you say this, it means you still don't understand. You don't know how to pretend to understand."

Lucy:

What a good person who doesn’t understand but pretends to understand

Lucy was ashamed for a moment, and cold sweat suddenly flowed down her back. It turned out that Mr. Ding had already seen the little Jiujiu in her heart.

"Lucy, let me ask you, what do you think is the essence of Chinese food?" Ding Cheng asked.

"The essence of Chinese cuisine" Lucy tilted her head and thought: "It is the rich ingredients."

"No." Ding Cheng shook his index finger.

"That's a long history, profound geo-culture" Lucy tried to answer.

"Don't give me some written language. This is not a test. Tell me something down-to-earth, which is true."

"I understand, I want to speak human language." Lucy took a breath and thought again: "It's MSG."

I have to say that this answer is very close to the correct answer, but there is still a long way to go.

"Think more concretely" Ding Cheng induced Lucy.

"Think more specifically." Lucy frowned, and then she suddenly had an idea: "Is it green onions? As a Shadong native, my favorite food is green onions."

Ding Cheng:

"This answer is very close. Think about it again. It has wider applicability."

"A seasoning with wider applicability." Lucy became interested and thought seriously: "Is that garlic? Garlic can be called the soul of the north."

Ding Cheng:

"The scope can be wider. Think about it, those things that are fragrant and loved by the people, what are they put in them?"

"What's in the dishes that are loved by the people?" Lucy tilted her head and thought: "Isn't it still MSG?"

"If you think about it carefully, MSG is umami, and what is fragrant?"

Ding Cheng was a little anxious. This Lucy was too stupid. She couldn't figure it out for so long. She really didn't think about it when she should think about it, and she didn't think about it when she shouldn't.

"Something that smells good." Lucy's slow brain turned slowly, and she finally found an answer.And before the answer came out, Lucy was shocked.

"You mean that thing is lard"

Ding Cheng clapped his hands, finally living up to my guidance.

"That's right, the answer is Lard Lucy, you are so smart," Ding Cheng praised against his will.

"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Ding, for your guidance. You are so polite." Lucy said happily, and then recalled Ding Cheng's words, "So the essence of Chinese cuisine is lard."

"right"

Lucy nodded, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with saying that.

But what does this have to do with adding lard into the stuffing of steamed buns? Forget it at 01:30. The key is that there is no other filling in the buns, just lard.Then the lard has to be made into liquid.

Is this true?

Lucy felt that this didn't make sense, so she expressed what she was thinking directly on her face. Of course, Lucy's expression was fully visible to Ding Cheng.

"Are you not thinking too much about it?" Ding Cheng asked friendly.

"Yes." Lucy nodded sharply.

"Let me give you some ideas."

“The essence of Chinese cuisine is lard.”

"Lard is good."

"Does what I say make sense?"

"That makes sense" Lucy nodded.

"That's right," Ding Cheng continued, "We want to make delicious food, which is to make good things for customers. Here we have adopted the form of making steamed buns. Why did we choose steamed buns instead of dumplings, wontons or noodles? Because of the format of steamed buns It’s very meaningful, it can represent a group of people’s memory of food.”

"You're right. I can understand that too." Lucy showed a smile that made sense.

Ding Cheng smiled: "So, when we make lard dumplings, we take out the most essence of Chinese food and put it into a form that can best stimulate collective memory. Is there anything so bad about this?"

"There's nothing so dark." Lucy followed Ding Cheng's words, but she always subconsciously felt that something was wrong.

All the arguments are correct and every sentence is reasonable, but when these words are connected together, why is it so wrong?

Lucy was a little confused, but it didn't matter. Lucy was now able to understand Mr. Ding's thoughts.

Mr. Ding has made it very clear. There is nothing to be ashamed of. If Lucy still can't understand it, it means she is still far from Mr. Ding's level.

Lucy has been successfully stunned

Ding was pleased with the situation and pursued the victory, making several demands on Lucy.

"3. The skin of the buns should be rolled out very thick, preferably [-] centimeters, because the buns are filled with lard. If the skin is not thick enough, the lard will flow out of the skin."

"[-]. How to make liquid lard: first make a large barrel of lard, let it cool and solidify, scoop a spoonful directly into the bun when making it, and then steam it in the steamer, the lard will melt, this is the liquid lard. Heart lard. What you need to pay attention to here is that the raw material must only be lard, and do not let the chef put other things in it. Because we want to present the most essence of Chinese cuisine to our guests, we must keep it Purity.”

"Okay." Lucy listened and took a small notebook to write down carefully.

Lucy actually doesn't understand it very well yet, but she believes she will understand it soon.