Chapter 1030: Sense of Smell
"Dry and oily? Since you, Heath, recommend it so much, then I will definitely have one portion. Just give me one portion to try." Mr. Code smiled. To be honest, he knew Heath's cooking skills very well. In Code's opinion, Heath's cooking skills were impeccable. However, looking at the dry piece of meat, Code felt that the taste would definitely not be very good. After all, Code had eaten a lot of food before, and the overly dry food often did not taste very good. Code did not like dry food such as potato chips. In his opinion, only freshly peeled potatoes would taste better.
It was the food Heath recommended, so although Code didn't hold out much hope, he didn't reject Heath's suggestion, because he knew that since Heath recommended it, it proved that the dish must have its merits, so what if the dish was still very much to his taste? It was also for this reason that Code didn't say much, but waited silently.
Heath didn't know what Code was thinking. After taking a look at Code's requirements for food, he went back to start cooking. Because the taste of dried meat is salty and fragrant, Heath did not choose to make fried rice or something, but planned to use white rice directly. However, eating only oil-drizzled dried meat is not very good, so Heath decided that it would be best to eat it with tomato, eggs and other side dishes. Then Heath also specially made a soup and a seaweed soup. In this way, a simple Chinese meal is ready, with a meat dish, a vegetable dish and a soup, which is basically enough to eat.
In fact, most people's lunch is very simple. Only some rich and powerful people are very particular about what they eat. Most ordinary people only have one meat and one vegetable. What's more, the portions provided by Heath are not small. If the portions are that of fast food, more dishes would be needed, otherwise it would be too little.
Heath started to cook. The rice in the dining car was not cooked yet, but fortunately it would not take too long. However, there were actually quite a lot of controversies when it came to cooking. Heath had heard that people in some places only washed the rice once when cooking, while in some places they insisted on washing the rice until the water became completely clear. It was said that the rice cooked in this way would taste better and would not be particularly sticky. Heath was skeptical about this, after all, he knew what it meant to want the water to be very clean when washing rice.
Heath gave the preparation work of cutting vegetables to Onion Duck, and asked Xiaoyao to sit next to Onion Duck and watch it cut vegetables. This way, Xiaoyao could learn how to cut vegetables in advance. After all, cutting vegetables is a basic skill for a chef.
Cutting vegetables looks simple, but it is actually easy to learn but difficult to master. Almost every chef has had the experience of cutting his hand with a kitchen knife, and it must be said that it is very painful. Heath once accidentally cut off a small piece of meat when he was cooking, which made Heath grit his teeth in pain. However, Heath continued to cut as he was supposed to afterwards, and he did not develop a fear of kitchen knives just because he had cut a piece of meat before.
By now, Heath has become an expert at cutting vegetables. If Heath wants to try harder, he can even cut vegetables with his eyes closed. However, Heath feels that this is unnecessary because this kind of cutting does not make the vegetables better. Instead, it is prone to problems and is a pure act of showing off. Heath himself does not like to show off his skills. For Heath, it is better to make the guests satisfied with the food.
Farfetch'd is also quite good at using a kitchen knife. I don't know if it's because he often holds his onions. Speaking of Farfetch'd's onions, Heath thought of the lush onions in his own lounge, all of which were grown by Farfetch'd. Heath had obtained props that could be used to grow Farfetch'd's onions before, but he didn't grow them often. After all, it was very easy to find onions suitable for Farfetch'd in the Kanto region. But who knew that Farfetch'd became interested and changed his job to become a farmer.
There is a small row of green onions in Heath's dining car now. Onion Duck goes over to change them from time to time. However, the onions that Onion Duck doesn't want are also properly utilized. Heath collects those onions and uses them to cut into chopped green onions for cooking. It must be said that Onion Duck's onions taste really good, and because Onion Duck grows its own onions, there is no shortage of onions in Heath's dining car now.
"Master, Senior Brother has cut the Scallion Duck." Xiaoyao came over with the cut ingredients excitedly. Heath took a look and nodded. The thickness of the dried duck was just right, not too thin. If it was too thin, it would be easy to fry it very crispy, but then it would not taste as good as one with the right thickness. It was not too thick either. This kind of dried duck met Heath's requirements, and Heath was very confident in the skills of the Scallion Duck. After all, the cooking skills of the Scallion Duck were there.
It can be said that it is not a big problem for Farfetch'd to go out and set up a Pokémon stall now, but Farfetch'd still prefers to travel with him . Heath thinks that when he finishes his travels and settles down in the future, he might be able to open a theme restaurant with Farfetch'd's avatar as its trademark. At that time, he can let Farfetch'd be the chef and invest his own money. It would be so cool.
"Okay, you can go find your senior brother Farfetch'd and ask him to give you some ingredients for practice, but remember to be careful and don't cut your hands." Heath instructed Xiaoyao. After this period of training, Xiaoyao can now flip the wok for a while. Although it is not very long, Heath thinks it is already very good considering the physical fitness of a girl of Xiaoyao's age. It is time for Xiaoyao to start practicing other basic skills.
Xiaoyao swallowed her saliva as she looked at the sharp kitchen knife, but thinking of her own ambition, she still plucked up the courage to go cook. Heath looked at Xiaoyao waving her fist to cheer herself up and wanted to laugh, but didn't say anything. Instead, he took the dried meat over, heated the oil in a pan, and poured the dried meat in when the oil temperature was right. Instantly, a fragrance came out, and one could feel how salty this food was just by smelling it.
It has to be said that the human sense of smell is very magical. It can even distinguish between salty and spicy. For example, when you are making chili oil or frying peppers on the street, as soon as the smell comes out, people will subconsciously secrete saliva because their sense of smell has already sensed it. They can also sense the salty and fragrant smell, but most people's noses are not that sensitive.
