"Go to the shopkeeper, is the cook's business arranged properly?"
Li Kuan came to the Homecoming Tavern again the next day after solving the problem of meat ingredients. This time he came naturally to understand the chefs. The shopkeeper shook his head and smiled bitterly. The chefs he knew before heard that his tavern was reopened, even if it was. They are reluctant to come no matter how much wages are given.
In their opinion, the shopkeeper who has to leave is simply impossible to give them higher wages. If the bamboo basket is empty, it will be nothing. In order to support their families, most of them choose to decline the invitation to return to the shopkeeper. Some speak more bluntly, without giving any face.
Li Kuan also guessed that this was not so easy to do. As a cook, he was a good craftsmanship in the Tang Dynasty. If the cook could cook any dishes, the taste would be expensive. After all, no pub or restaurant owner is willing to let people go easily, and the number of guests will naturally decrease when the chef leaves.
The homecoming tavern is a clear example, placed in front of everyone. At this time, the tavern was halfway through its renovation, and all the dirt and other debris were cleaned up. Even the lake behind the tavern was cleaned up. If the cook was no longer found, the rest of the matter would be more difficult.
Wine and delicious dishes are indispensable in the tavern. Li Kuan has already made arrangements for the wine. In order to classify the wines, Li Kuan also tried to distill the fruit wine, including all the related wines in his mind. The real success is only Distilled liquor and fruit wine are two major categories, but the concentration of alcohol has increased to about fifty degrees.
There is no alcohol meter at the moment, so I have to guess roughly, and Li Kuan has also set up a plot of land in the mansion to grow grapes. He also wants to try to make wine. For this reason, it took a lot of effort to plant grapes, and waited for the grapes to mature before brewing into wine.
"If it doesn't work, go directly to the major taverns to dig people!"
Li Kuan immediately decided to let the shopkeeper go to dig people with money. There is no reason why people don’t believe it. Then take the money to see. There are still people who doubt it. As for those who refused before, let the shopkeeper go again, but it must be digging. An old cook with superb craftsmanship, this is related to the next step of the plan.
Three days later, Li Kuan came again and returned to the shopkeeper. He paid a lot of money and finally spent a lot of money to dig out eight old cooks. This is also the death order Li Kuan gave him. There must be eight cooks. As for the number of staff, he decides. The number of people was decided by Li Kuan himself.
Because he wants to teach all the recipes of the eight modern cuisines to these eight people, in order to avoid repeating the recipes of each one of the cuisines, including cooking methods. Although some ingredients cannot be provided in this era, Li Kuan thought of alternatives. The taste has changed slightly, but it tastes much better than the dishes that he eats now.
According to the summary of the cuisines in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River in the "Qi Min Yao Shu" in the late Northern Wei Dynasty: The above is the framework of Chinese cooking techniques. The eight modern cuisines were not completely determined until after the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the techniques of the eight cuisines are summarized and mentioned in the book.
The reason why Li Kuan wants an old cook is because he has not only mastered 100% of his cooking skills, but at least 70 to 80%, plus his experience is so old that he can definitely meet his requirements. Li Kuan has tasted the dishes and other flavors in the palace. He doesn't think that the people in the food bureau must have superb cooking skills. The saying that the master is in the folk is not casual, it must have its truth.
The eight old chefs were a little surprised by the masked Li Kuan. Now they all know that Li Kuan is the real owner, so they are naturally very polite. Until Li Kuan separated the eight of them, and tested everyone's cooking skills, it was still not enough to make the eight of them even more surprised.
These eight people are not well-known chefs, they are also famous local chefs. They are definitely good at cooking. Li Kuan's proper evaluation made them understand that the owner is definitely an expert. Then, the eight people were arranged with recipes for the eight major cuisines.
Li Kuan searched for the names of the eight major cuisines in his memory, including the recipes and the proportions of ingredients. If there is a lack of chili, replace it with pepper; if it lacks starch, replace it with kudzu root powder. In short, he can think of alternative items. I thought about it.
Next was when the eight chefs showed their strengths. As chefs, they naturally knew the recipes well. Now that they saw the recipes given to them by Li Kuan, not to mention the names and even the methods they had never seen before, they thought it was a pass. The old antiques that came down are very cherished.
Sichuan and Hunan cuisines are the most terrible, because the pepper is missing as the main ingredient, most of them can only be replaced by peppers and the like. Losing the original cuisine color and flavor, only spicy and spicy. If cooking skills such as steaming and frying, Li Kuan Needless to say, of course, the only thing that needs to be ordered is stir-frying, how to use oil reasonably.
Except for cold dishes, most of modern cuisines need oil. This is why Li Kuan asked the Wangs and his sons to squeeze oil constantly. Through the hard work of the two fathers and sons for almost two months, they have stored thousands of catties of rapeseed oil, vegetable oil, soybean oil, etc. As for some vegetables that require olive oil, this era can only be replaced by vegetable oil.
In addition, Li Kuan taught the chef all the fried buns and pot stickers that he had eaten, even skewered. The barbecue was all sorted out by Li Kuan. In short, I think about all the food I can think of. Li Kuan is a little grateful that modern himself still likes to eat very much. You can eat all kinds of dishes, especially authentic dishes, which are rare and good dishes, coupled with modern technology. It makes cooking very simple, not only video tutorials, but also recipes about cooking.
If it weren't for Li Kuan to live alone, maybe he really doesn't remember so many dishes. Even if he thought about more than three hundred dishes of the eight major cuisines, in fact, compared with the actual recipes of the eight major cuisines, they were insignificant, so he had to add snacks such as barbecue and fried buns.
For modern times, as long as the old chefs can make these, it is delicious, not to mention the color, flavor, and flavor. Chefs of this era are really embarrassed by them. Li Kuan did not urge them to try each dish himself. However, I couldn’t bear to eat too much. In the end I only ate two bites, and the rest was all evenly distributed, including the big dishes. The people in the Dudu Mansion are no exception.
Never waste food, this is a habit that Li Kuan has always maintained!
After half a month, these eight people can finally be on their own. Under Li Kuan’s advice, everyone will cook a cuisine, and they also mastered barbecues, fried buns and other snacks, which is also a big improvement. At the same time, the homecoming tavern was completely rebuilt.
No matter from any angle, the entire tavern has been completely renewed, and the once dirty and messy situation has been completely improved. Li Kuan pays attention to the environment, so the entire tavern must not have any taste, and bonsai flowers are placed on each floor to improve the air and refresh the heart. (End of this chapter)