Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"However... Xuanwei ham can't taste like this. What did Ah Xing use?" In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Liu Maoyuan shifted the topic back to the cooking showdown.

"Not only the meat quality, but the appearance of the meat inside doesn't look like ham..."

Ham and "ham sausage" are different concepts. Ham is the hind legs of pigs that have been cured and fermented, and it can also be said to be "raw". Ham that is long enough to be eaten raw, but generally not recommended, unlike sausage.

Moreover, ham is a product of air-drying, and its toughness is not as good as that of fresh meat even after being boiled. How could it be like this now?

In Chinese cuisine, the original prototype of ham appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and it was confirmed that the name "ham" was in the Song Dynasty, because the local people used marinated pig hind legs to condolences to the army. Considering the freshness of the army's ingredients, it was marinated After making it, hang it up to air-dry. The color of the dried ham is fiery red, so it was named "ham" by the famous general Zong Ze at that time!

"That's right, and I remember that ham in Chinese cuisine should not be suitable as the main ingredient, but more as an auxiliary ingredient for seasoning..." Yu Mei said with a frown.

Indeed, most hams in Chinese cuisine need to be "salted" many times, even seven or eight times, while Parma ham and Ibias ham, which are also the world's three largest hams, only need two or three times, so the former will have a stronger taste... …

Therefore, the ham in Chinese cuisine is usually used with other ingredients, such as the "aloe ham and eggs" mentioned by Liu Maoyuan, and the "ham and cabbage" and "ham tofu" that use ham as soup ingredients. Fish, vegetables, grains and more are steamed together.

And usually when using ham from Chinese cuisine, at least the ham should be sliced ​​or even chopped.

Eat it directly...the taste is too strong!

But looking at the three judges on the judging table, eating Liu Maoxing's "comic meat", either this thing is not made of pure ham, or their sense of taste has suddenly deteriorated!

"Several judges are..."

"Looks so appetizing!"

"Even Mr. Chapelle... oh my god! Mrs. Chapelle can eat like this!"

"Just looking at it like this, there is obviously no smell coming out, but it makes me feel a little hungry..."

"What will it taste like?"

"I care more about its taste..."

That's right, at this time, all three judges seemed to be "carnivores", biting Liu Maoxing's "comic meat", because of the unique texture of Liu Maoxing's "comic meat", the feeling of "biting" was particularly obvious, every bite Going on, the "comic meat" will cause a pulling deformation, which is obviously very resilient.

In the dining etiquette of French cuisine, the most taboo is to grab food directly with your hands, but at this time Chapelle has apparently selectively forgotten this point...

"Is it cheese?" Erina said suddenly.

This time, she didn't taste the comic meat that Liu Maoxing had left for her, but discovered it from some of the judges' "tearing"!

"That's right, it's 'Mozzarella Cheese'. I prepared some in the preliminaries of the Top Ten Competition, but I didn't use it. I didn't expect it to be used this time." Liu Maoxing said.

Mozzarella cheese is a mild Italian cheese that is often used in pizza.

However, during the qualifiers, Liu Maoxing only used it in the initial practice recipes, and then replaced it with "Mongolian cheese eggs" as the raw material...

And this time, because of the need to create a tearing feeling of "comic meat", Liu Maoxing added the leftover "mozzarella cheese" to it.

"In other words, what you use to make 'comic meat' is minced meat... No! It's not 'meat' at all, but..."

"I use soy products such as dried tofu cut into pieces, chopped tofu skin after rolling, and small pieces of wheat gluten, taro flour, starch... After adding hot melted mozzarella cheese, mix it It's a 'vegetarian meat'!" Liu Maoxing said.

"Wait! Don't say 'manga meat', it's not 'meat' at all, is it?" Erina complained.

"No, soy products and gluten are used to make 'vegetarian meat' as a meat substitute, which is very common in Chinese cuisine." Liu Maoxing said.

"but……"

"The title is just 'comic meat', and it didn't say 'comic animal protein', right? Although the vegetable protein I use is mainly vegetarian meat, as long as it is the same as 'comic meat', it can give people the feeling of 'meat'" Right?" Liu Maoxing said.

"It gives people the feeling of 'meat'? Don't tell you that you want to give the judges the feeling of 'meat' just by using the appearance of 'manga meat'." Erina immediately retorted.

And at this moment, Jingpu Jiushang, who just finished eating all of Liu Maoxing's "manga meat", said, "No, Miss Erina, that's not the case...Liu Maoxing's manga meat did give me 'meat' 'felt it!"

At the same time, Chapelle and Jun Xijian obviously agreed with each other...

"What? After all, vegetarian meat is only out of dietary health or economic considerations, so the so-called 'substitute' that was born is actually different from meat in texture and taste, right? How could..."

Erina really couldn't figure out why these three professionals would say that "vegetarian meat" has the feeling of "meat"?

"Then how about trying it for yourself?" Liu Maoxing said and handed over a plate with "comic meat".

"Just try it! Don't try to deal with it easily, you know my shee best, right?"

After Erina finished speaking, she actually regretted it...

What do you mean by "you know my shee the best"? Why does it sound like an illusion that he is often "tasted" by him!

And Liu Maoxing didn't know whether he didn't react, or he just followed the trend, and responded, "Of course, it's the same as knowing my own tongue..."

The audience on the field was already boiling, even if Liu Maoxing was the first of the ten heroes, he dared to make such remarks at this time, he still had to bear the anger of the single dog!

"Bastard! What are you talking about? What's the same as knowing your own shee?"

"Damn it... do you want to say that Miss Erina's forehead has been with you for as long as my own?"

"...Did I hear it wrong? It seems that it was Miss Erina at first..."

"No! That's an illusion! It must be an illusion!"

After Erina glared at him with a blushing face, she also reached out and took the "manga meat", bit it down hard, and then tossed her head...