"What's your name?" The fat woman opposite looked at Li Muye with a smile and said in Russian with a strong Altai accent: "This is the first time I've seen someone peel potatoes like this."
"Pingyuan country governance." Li Muye answered without raising his head. He put a potato in his palm and gently fiddled with it with a knife. After turning the potato in his palm a few times, the skin was shaved clean.
The fat woman has obvious Kamchatka facial features, with high eyebrows, a round nose, and a big red apple-shaped face. Although his pronunciation of Russian is not very good, he is a very talkative master. He asked again: "Are you an Ainu?"
Li Muye nodded and said yes, then asked: "How many more potatoes do you need to prepare? The amount here should be enough to feed hundreds of people."
The fat woman smiled and said: "Hundreds of people are not enough. Our kitchen is responsible for food for two thousand people, and there are three others of the same size."
"You have to hurry up." Li Muye put down the work in his hands and said, "Sister, I will help you here."
The fat woman became anxious when she heard this: "How is this possible? Your guard has already agreed to send someone to help with the cooking."
Li Muye said: "But I was not assigned to help with the cooking."
The fat woman was a little confused: "Then why did I call you in to help?"
Li Muye said: "Because you asked me to help. I like cooking, so I came here. But now you tell me that I have to cook a lot of food. How can I have so much time?"
"So that's it. It's easy to solve." The fat woman said, "You stay here and continue to help. If someone comes to trouble you, I will naturally help you."
"Okay, then I'm relieved." Li Muye didn't really intend to leave, but he saw that the fat woman was very dependent on him, so he deliberately played hard to get, so that the real cook would not be able to explain clearly when he came. So he readily agreed and picked up the knife and potatoes again.
Breakfast is boiled potatoes, pickles and sashimi, plus three rice balls per person. Li Muye accidentally stumbled into the palace's back kitchen, and through some insidious inquiries during casual chat, he learned that the fat woman's name was Anyar, and she was from Kamchatka. After marrying an Ainu, she was selected to work here.
There are a total of twenty-two people in the kitchen. When they are too busy, they will apply to the guards to help cook. I have never seen anyone who can match up to ten like Li Muye. Thousands of servings of boiled potatoes, one serving of two equals 2,000 potatoes. It usually requires five people to work non-stop for two hours, but Ono did it all by himself in one and a half hours. The efficiency is simply incredible.
Anyal stared at Brother Xiaoye and insisted on staying to help no matter what. Li Muye played hard to get, and after pretending to shirk for a few times, he finally agreed to stay and help after Anyar repeatedly assured that there would be no trouble. Agreeing to stay this time was more than just peeling potatoes. He directly participated in the kitchen, killing fish, deboning, and cutting pickles into flowers. His skillful assembly line-like skills attracted the attention of the female kitchen workers, who exclaimed in admiration from time to time.
When the meal was ready, Anyal, as the head chef, gave an order and announced that the meal was ready. Li Muye followed the others and put the meals into lunch boxes neatly and put them on the food delivery truck. Anyal said part of it was to be sent underground. Li Muye volunteered to help deliver meals. Anyal said the rules do not allow kitchen helpers to deliver food. Li Muye said, I have been here for many days, but I have only heard that there is a base down there, but I have not yet gone in to see it. Anyar couldn't bear to refute his face and agreed.
There is an elevator directly from the kitchen to the underground. Li Muye, Anyal and others each pushed a food delivery trolley into the elevator.
The elevators here are open during limited hours and will be open at other times unless there is an emergency such as a fire or the spread of a deadly infection.
"Don't look around casually after you get down there." Anyar reminded: "There are a lot of rules here. We just deliver the food and don't ask about anything else. We just follow the fixed route, hand out the food, and finally take the lunch box back. , you are not allowed to talk, and you are not allowed to leave the designated area casually, otherwise the consequences will be serious."
Li Muye naturally had no words to agree at this time: "Sister Anyar, don't worry, I'm just curious and I will never cause trouble for you."
While talking, the elevator reached the bottom floor. Li Muye noticed that there were six floors in the underground fortifications. The kitchen Anyal was in charge of was specially designed to serve the sixth floor. He didn’t know if it was the same place as the one he had visited before where giant tanks and many military supplies were placed. same floor.
When the elevator door opened, Anyal went out first, followed by the others. Li Muye was caught in the middle, trying not to show off his appearance and followed the team inside. Observing with his peripheral vision, he discovered that this floor was not the one he had been to last night. The first thing you see when you enter is a spacious and bright hall. There are many tables in the central area. There are many people in white coats sitting around the tables and looking at computers, with documents on hand for comparison and research.
The dining car was pushed all the way to the dining room, and the steward rang the bell to remind everyone to eat. The group of people filed in, each received a meal and went to their respective seats to dine quietly. The rules for eating were very strict. No one spoke at all, so naturally there was no way to hear any secrets. From what I saw along the way, I can be sure that this is a place for theoretical research. It is very likely that Liu Changfeng's manuscripts are being studied here.
Until the end of the meal time, Li Muye remained calm and followed the others to pack their lunch boxes and return the same way.
Back in the kitchen, Anyar took the initiative to persuade: "Brother, you can stay and continue to help in the kitchen. Now you have to train with the guards when you go back. It's hard and boring. It's not like us here, where there are men and women, talking and laughing."
Li Muye readily agreed and said, "I also like the feeling of working in the kitchen."
Anyar asked: "You are so good at cooking. Did you learn it before?"
Li Muye admitted with ulterior motives: "Yes, I used to specialize in cooking when I was in Sapporo, and I studied systematically for a long time."
"I'm just telling you, it turns out it's a professional level, no wonder it's so good." Anyar said to the other cooks: "This is such a rare opportunity, we have to learn from it."
Everyone laughed and cheered in unison.
Li Muye did not show any modesty and politeness, and asked in a serious manner: "How about we start with lunch today? What was your original plan to make for them?"
Anyar said: "We have a recipe. Except for the rice balls, it is the food of the Chukchi and Kamchatka people. They always say it is very delicious, but we don't know anything else. Don't look at those people eating. He doesn't say a word at all, and is actually very difficult to serve. He often runs behind his back to Mr. Yoshida Kaneaki, who is in charge of internal affairs, to complain." Li Muye asked: "Will their complaining bring trouble?"
Anyal said: "If the evaluation is too bad, the shrine will deduct our wages, and we may even lose our job."
"How was it solved before?" Li Muye asked.
"How can we women solve the problem? In the past, Kim Miko went to accompany Yoshida-sama to solve the problem. Recently, Kim Miko became ill, and the assessment day is coming soon this month. I am worried about how to satisfy Yoshida-sama. "
"Where's the recipe?" Li Muye asked, "Can you show it to me?"
The essence of the art of mixing poisons is to use the principle of mutual restraint of physical and sensory substances to turn ordinary non-toxic ingredients into poisons harmful to the human body. In practical application, in addition to understanding the basic knowledge of physical properties, life and death, you must also master exquisite and exciting cooking skills.
Guo Xiongfei, a famous chef at Yanhailou in the Ming Dynasty, once said that seasoning in the kitchen is like marching and fighting, and the focus should be on the heart. There is no uniform standard for good taste. The best cooks must know how to adjust the taste of their creations according to the needs of different diners. Cooking food should be done to the heart of the person, making people want to stop eating it. For example, eating puffer fish, even though you know it is highly toxic, you still can't help but move your index finger, and it is difficult to resist the temptation of its taste.
The most popular flavor here is naturally Japanese cuisine.
Japanese cuisine originated from the Japanese islands and gradually developed into dishes with unique Japanese characteristics. Pay attention to natural color, delicious taste, diverse shapes, and have high requirements for the sense of season. There is a school called Kaiseki cuisine, which is famous for its exquisite health-preserving food.
Li Muye has not dabbled in Japanese cuisine much, and is far from the level of excellence. However, this Japanese cuisine was formed after learning from Fujian and Cantonese cuisine, and Brother Ono has received guidance from famous experts in Fujian and Cantonese cuisine. Although there are slight differences in the pursuit of shape and taste, the fundamental principle is that they reach the same goal by different paths.
Sashimi, miso soup, white rice, grilled food, fried fish and shrimp, the Japanese call the frying technique Yangwu. Li Muye specially told Anyal and others to highlight the details of Japanese catering culture and indicate it in the recipes, which will definitely be popular.
After all, the variety of Japanese cuisine is limited, and if you want to use the method of mixing raw food to mix toxins, there are even fewer dishes to choose from. If there is enough time, Li Muye can slowly adjust the dishes to help these little devils accumulate toxins to a sick or fatal amount. Unfortunately, time is running out at the moment. Li Muye is eager to know what plan Cunning Jingchun wants to use the God of Death to implement. Liu Changfeng's relics fall into his hands. Every day that is delayed increases the chance that he will succeed.
There is still a lot of purple dragon wood blood powder, mix some into water, this water will be the best seasoning in the world. On this basis, the collagen toxin condensed from the insect king's stomach is mixed with water and mixed into the food, which is a murderous meal. As long as those people on the sixth floor underground are eliminated, it will inevitably affect the progress of Ciao Jingchun's plan.
The collagen toxin formed in the stomach of the Earth Insect King will condense into crystal form when exposed to water. When humans and animals eat it, there will be no problem at first. However, it will dissolve when exposed to gastric acid, and they will surely die from the poison two hours later. This kitchen has to take care of the food of thousands of people every day. Since the poison is poisoned, it is impossible to only target the two or three hundred people on the sixth floor underground. To poison so many people at once, even if he is as ruthless as Brother Xiaoye, it can only be done in a short time. It's hard to make this decision... (End of chapter)