Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 143 - 123 Model Teaching

Chapter 143: Chapter 123 Model Teaching

Qin Huai sat at Luo Jun’s house and finished the fruit platter, and Luo Jun started to urge him to leave. Before leaving, Qin Huai, embodying Chen Huihong’s excellent style, took a bag of fruits with him.

Qin Huai didn’t go to the cafeteria, he went straight home and sprawled on the sofa to watch TV in the same posture as Luo Jun.

To be honest, this posture was quite comfortable, but after a long time, it’s a bit hard on the waist, not good for the back.

While watching TV, playing music through the speakers, playing on his phone, and eating fruit, Qin Huai began to message Zheng Siyuan.

Qin Huai: Are you there?

Zheng Siyuan: ? What’s up?

Qin Huai: I just got two snack recipes from old Mr. Luo, they are said to be secret recipes he bought from a famous chef in Shu years ago. Want to study them together tomorrow?

Zheng Siyuan: Sure.

Zheng Siyuan: How much for the recipes? I’ll split the cost with you.

Qin Huai: No cost, Mr. Luo only asked that we let him taste the results as soon as they’re made.

Zheng Siyuan: Got it, we’ll start researching tomorrow.

Qin Huai wasn’t lying; he did get two snack recipes from Luo Jun. After Luo Jun casually exposed that he had bought the recipes from Jiang Weiming sixty years ago, Qin Huai just casually asked if the recipes were still around.

Turns out, the bought recipes were long lost, but Luo Jun remembered them.

This guy doesn’t remember what his wife looks like very clearly, but remembers the recipes perfectly—Qin Huai really didn’t know what to say about him.

But the snack recipes Luo Jun bought were beyond Qin Huai’s expectations.

From the conversations between Jiang Weiming and Liu Tao that he remembered, it seemed clear that Luo Jun was a pure meat lover; he didn’t like eating vegetables at all, not even vegetarian dishes. Tofu had to taste like meat, and cabbage had to be boiled with chicken broth.

So when Qin Huai heard that Luo Jun bought two snack recipes from Jiang Weiming, his first reaction was that they must be meat-filled snacks that Qin Luo liked.

Result? They weren’t.

The recipes Luo Jun bought were for lotus root starch osmanthus cake and milk buns, both not very difficult and commonly enjoyed sweet treats popular among many women.

These two snacks were certainly not to Luo Jun’s taste, they must be Liu Tao’s favorites.

Of course, Jiang Weiming also thoughtfully included the recipe for apple dough ball, asserting firmly that this thing wasn’t a dough ball, but a new type of bun.

Qin Huai got bored watching TV and decided to look at the two recipes Luo Jun gave him.

Qin Huai already knew how to make lotus root starch osmanthus cake. It’s a frequent guest in palace drama series, often appearing among the snacks of the concubines, used as an important prop to show the emperor’s favor.

Qin Huai learned to make lotus root starch osmanthus cake from Snack Encyclopedia. His version didn’t look as good as the pictures online—it wasn’t translucent and glossy enough, nor did it taste as fragrant, sweet, and chewy. Sprinkling dried osmanthus flowers on top only added a faint osmanthus fragrance, not enhancing the taste much, and even imparting a bitter taste from the dried flowers.

Qin Luo tried it once and thought the concubines had no taste. It wasn’t as good as jujube and yam cake.

The recipe Luo Jun bought was very detailed. The ingredients needed for the lotus root starch osmanthus cake were pure lotus root starch, sugar, osmanthus honey, and water.

The entire recipe was basically foolproof, any pastry chef could understand and execute it.

The recipe precisely specified each step: whether to add sugar or osmanthus honey first, what color and boiling state the osmanthus sugar syrup should be, when to add the lotus root starch to the syrup and how long to stir it, and what extent it should reach before being placed into a steamer.

Even aspects like fire control, when to add fuel, and the color of success or failure were clearly written.

If conditions allowed, Qin Huai thought Jiang Weiming might even want to record a teaching video and guide step-by-step.

He really knew how to teach!

Qin Huai felt Jiang Weiming’s recipes were easier to learn than Jiang Chengde’s video tutorials.

Both having the surname Jiang, how could there be such a big difference?

The milk bun recipe was even clearer. If making lotus root starch osmanthus cake required some culinary skills, then milk buns really only required basic ability.

In simple terms, milk buns are made by pouring milk into a pot, bringing it to a boil over high heat, and then simmering to form a thick milk skin. The milk is strained, and the milk skin is pressed with sugar to make a richly flavored sweet milk snack.

As long as the ingredients are selected properly and the milk doesn’t get burnt while cooking, there should be no problem.

The milk bun recipe was also foolproof, detailing when the milk should be cooled and rested, to what extent it should be pressed to form small balls, how much sugar to add, and how to add it. From the text alone, one could see the thoughtful intention of the recipe creator.

It’s as if they were afraid the reader wouldn’t be able to learn from it.

Chewing on a pear, Qin Huai finished reading the text version of the two recipes and thought he should strike while the iron is hot and watch some video tutorials.

Qin Huai clicked on the game panel, double-clicked the [Apple Dough Ball level B], and launched the video tutorial to start watching.

The video tutorial started with kneading dough.

Qin Huai was very familiar with the scene; it was the small kitchen he remembered. The video only showed Jiang Weiming’s hands, but from the voice, it was clear that Liu Tao was right next to him.

"To knead dough, you need to use skill, focusing the force on the base of your palm. If you only use wrist strength, it’s easy to hurt your wrist."

"The dough for guo’er should be firm, so when kneading, don’t use too much force—knead less, rub more. If the dough is too soft, it’s hard to shape."

With each sentence, Jiang Weiming demonstrated an action, letting Qin Huai appreciate it as a perfect teaching video.

Master Jiang, take note, this is what a teaching video should be!

Liu Tao’s voice chimed in, "Master Jiang, are you teaching me to knead dough? I’m not very good at this; I can only make stews."

"Sorry, Mrs. Luo, it’s a habit."

"Did you take apprentices when you were in the north?"

"No, but I have four younger brothers. I’m used to teaching them, so whenever there’s someone around, I tend to teach while cooking."

"Then you’ll surely be a great master, able to train apprentices who match your skills," Liu Tao said with a smile. "When you’re old, having apprentices and children to care for you, you can enjoy your old age."

"Thanks, Mrs. Luo, for your kind words."

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Qin Huai seriously watched the entire tutorial video.

An excellent teaching video indeed.

As Jiang Weiming mentioned, he was used to teaching his brothers while cooking, so whenever someone was around, his actions would naturally slow down to teach. This wasn’t only demonstrated in the dough-kneading but also in the frying of the fillings.

Reflecting on the frying scenes from memory, Qin Huai only thought the technique was impressive. Watching it again with a learning mindset, he realized it was truly remarkable.

As expected from the game system-certified famous chef from Shu, his mastery of fire control was astonishing.

While sautéing, the oil was controlled perfectly. Since it’s for dough balls, the filling shouldn’t be too oily, or the oil would seep out and affect the overall shape.

But it couldn’t be too dry either, as dry meat fillings aren’t tasty.

The sautéed filling was in such an ideal moist but not dry state that Qin Huai considered it an art piece. He even wanted to ask Jiang Weiming if the hand holding the spatula was the same as the one kneading dough.

Was there a buff on his hand when holding the spatula?

Let alone the simmering of the chicken broth post-sautéing, Qin Huai did this every day, preparing fillings for the Five Fillings Bun and Three Meat Buns.

Chefs generally seemed relaxed while cooking, but Qin Huai was truly relaxed, while Jiang Weiming had a controlled relaxation.

Jiang Weiming had reached a level of mastery over fire control that allowed him to chat while cooking the fillings. Qin Huai was completely unaware that cooking fillings required fire control mastery, so he would chat while cooking.

After watching the teaching video, Qin Huai deeply felt it made sense for Luo Jun to be dissatisfied with the filling of his Dream Come True Sesame Bun.

They used to eat so well in the past.

After watching once, Qin Huai couldn’t get enough and watched it again.

Then watched it again!

And one more time!

Another time!

During this leisurely day of goofing off, Qin Huai didn’t remember a single plot point from the TV series he watched; his mind was completely filled with the delightful states of sautéing and simmering fillings in the pot.

Oh, it was just too perfect.

That night, Qin Huai dreamed of nothing but golden, gleaming, perfect fillings.

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