"Oh, good."
The little girl looked at Lu Yu as if she was looking at a fool.
Lu Yu could also feel the deep malice in the opponent's eyes.
Can't help it, walked over and stretched out her hand to pinch her cheek, squeezing her shape strongly.
Once he let go, his face bounced back, like a jelly, and it shook back and forth twice, really elastic.
Lu Yu pinched again directly, the other side was symmetrical.
Then led the little girl to the back kitchen and asked softly: "What's your name?"
"cocoa."
"Well... It's a very greedy name."
Lu Yu turned his head and took a look, especially when he walked around her small body, looked at her small butt, and wanted to go up and pat it, it should be full of elasticity.
But still hold back.
Facing the small stove in front of him, there was a pot and said, "First teach you how to cook. To cook, you must first master three skills. The first is heat, the second is oil, and the third is...knife sharpening."
Turning his head to look at Coco, he asked, "Which one do you want to learn first?"
Cocoa asked: "Which is more important?"
"Um... Well, if I say it, it's a knife sharpening."
"Oh, then learn to sharpen the knife."
Cocoa didn't ask why.
Sharpening knives, so those who learn to cook are afraid that the first step is to learn this, and the apprentice of hairdressing is also the first to learn this.
One is because this work is necessary in the future, and also because the process of sharpening the knife is long and quiet, and it is a superficial mastery of something that is invisible and unclear.
Unless someone has a particularly good eye, you won't see whether the blade is sharpened, but by mastering the angle and strength, as well as the grindstone, you can still master these things sideways.
This is a mode of thinking that needs to be mastered.
On the other hand, both of these tasks need to be able to endure loneliness. Whether a person can endure loneliness or hard work depends on sharpening the knife.
In his previous life, Lu Yu had seen a master grinder, who was called a master. Any knife placed in his hand would be grinded by him... It doesn't seem to be a thing anymore!
He is very old and thin. It looks like a gust of wind can blow away, but his ten fingers are particularly thick.
Every morning, he would make a pot of hot water, soak his hands in it, cut a piece of ginger, and rub each finger back and forth. The whole process lasts for more than half an hour before starting the day's work.
This process is very ritual. Everyone is saying that this is to make the fingers secrete as little sweat and oil as possible, so that when he is grinding the sword, his fingers will not leave any marks on it, so that he can make a handle. The sword achieves the best effect, because everyone can often see him only holding a piece of fine sandpaper with a side length of less than one centimeter and rubbing it back and forth on the knife. The action is not very fast, but it can really be worn to others anyway. Unattainable effect.
Everyone passed it on again and again, as if the facts were really the case.
But in fact, the process of making ginger blisters in his hands every morning is just because his fingers are swollen and painful in the early morning so that they can’t bend at all. Only when the hot water runs through and the ginger juice is over can the swelling and pain be eliminated. normal work.
What kind of hard work will make your fingers look like that? How much pain do you have to endure? He has never told anyone, and this is the price a master must pay.
So... the first thing Lu Yu taught Cocoa was to sharpen the knife!
Seven stones in a row, rectangular and flat, were placed on the desk and fixed by Lu Yu.
Picking up a knife next to him, Lu Yu said: "You are optimistic, what I do, you have to do it, you have to consider why I want to do this, do it if you want to understand it, and ask if you can't figure it out."
Coco nodded hurriedly.
But his gaze has not left on the stone.
After all, when she sharpened her knife on weekdays, she really only used a stone, and she could continue to use it after a few strokes. How could it be so complicated now? And looking at the stones, they turned out to be... They look pretty!
Especially the last stone looks crystal clear, like a piece of ice, with indescribable oiliness on the surface, like a gem, and like a piece of freshly cut meat.
Lu Yu held the kitchen knife in his hand and grinds it piece by piece from the first piece. The movement is not fast. The sound of the blade slashing back and forth on the magic stone is sometimes slightly harsh, but it is not unpleasant.
The strength in Lu Yu's hand was already extremely clever, so in half an hour, a kitchen knife was polished by him.
When the blade passed the last grindstone and turned a certain angle, the thin blade reflected the light, giving off a jewel-like luster!
"Why do you need to use a good knife for cutting vegetables? On the one hand, it must be fast, on the other hand, it is not to let the knife affect the rhythm of the whole cooking."
Speaking of picking up a piece of food next to it, lightly carrying it, the blade seemed to be swiping it randomly, but in fact, hundreds of knives had already been cut.
Lu Yu picked up one of them and spread it out on the board. The wooden lines on it were clearly visible through the translucent ingredients.
"Cut evenly, so that the ingredients can achieve the same heating. If some are big and some are small, they will not be cooked at the same time. Either they are raw or the fire is big. Even if there is a small difference, even if few people can taste it subjectively, But I still subconsciously feel that there is something wrong. This is the first point, and the second point is also for aesthetics. Is the food delicious? Naturally, it is a very subjective thing. If you look good and have an appetite, This delicacy adds a few points, and sometimes, it is higher than others, just above this point."
Cocoa is stupid.
I walked over in a daze, then picked up a slice and looked carefully in front of her eyes. She never knew that this piece of food would turn out to be like this. It's really... it's amazing!
Lu Yu handed the knife to Coco and said, "Come and feel its sharpness."
Coco nodded, took a piece of food, and was about to cut it... As a result, before she could do anything, she pressed it down based on the weight of the knife itself... The food was cut in half! And the angle at which she held the knife was not straight, so she made a diagonal cut, which made her almost throw the knife away smoothly.
Lu Yu hurriedly held her finger and said, "As a chef, you can doubt everything, but there are two things you absolutely cannot doubt, your own knife, the fire in front of you, these two things... are your skills! In 2015, this stuttering culture was all over the world!"
Cocoa blankly asked: "China?"
"Uh..." Lu Yu scratched his head through the cloak, and said, "Oh, nothing, that's my hometown."
"Oh… "
"Well, you also try this knife, sharpen it first, then cut it, let me see your comprehension."
Coco nodded again, took the other knife Lu Yu handed her, then... grind, then cut vegetables.
The small body... makes Lu Yu look a little silly!
because…
In this short period of time, her movements have turned from a child who is unfamiliar with everything to extremely calm and calm.
Because serious.
Because wholeheartedly, there is nothing left in her heart.
Concentrating on such a situation is extremely rare, and it can even be said that it is an extraordinary talent!
When the sharpened knife fell straight, slowly splitting a piece of food into two... the corners of Lu Yu's eyes even twitched.
With this cut alone, I'm afraid it was put in a previous life, and I don't know how many old chefs will be pissed.
Because of a knife, because of the charm.
With'rhyme'.
"Okay, we can proceed to the next step."
Lu Yu took a deep breath, then said with satisfaction.