I'm the Culinary God

Chapter 1171: Chapter 472: How Many Ways Can You Make Black Sesame Paste? Brushing Quests Out of Boredom! [Subscription Requested]

Lin Xu finished making four kinds of Black Sesame Paste, and Shen Jiayue was almost full from drinking.

"Are you done? If so, I’ll start making something now, giving our online audience a new assignment. The journey of culinary delights shouldn’t be abandoned halfway, and the god of small appliances is rising."

At first, this girl declared herself as the Air Fryer Fairy but was always ridiculed as the Air Bangs Fairy, so in a fit of anger, she became the God of Small Appliances.

An air fryer alone is too limited.

To do it, you must become the king of all small appliances.

Lin Xu transferred the filming material to the computer, and Shen Jiayue reset the camera to start shooting.

The shop is too messy right now, so editing the footage will have to wait until later.

What to do next?

Lin Xu thought about it, opened the system panel, checked the task list, and wanted to know what tasks he hadn’t done recently, to tackle them all at once.

With nothing else to do, why not complete some tasks and see what rewards can be gained?

It’s just like playing a game: once you’re idle, you open the task center and complete tasks, and you might gain significant benefits from them.

After looking through the task list, there were quite a few uncompleted tasks, but none that could be done in the near term.

At the end, he found a side task that could be completed: [Appearance Enhancement]. This task was mainly about improving the appearance of Skin Residue and, incidentally, selling five hundred portions within three days.

The task calculation period was from the start of the sale for three days.

And because the calculation starts from the sale, the task hadn’t reminded him.

Because as long as Lin Xu didn’t sell Skin Residue, theoretically, this dish would never expire.

Since he’s idle now, he might as well do this task.

Skin Residue is a snack that is quite well-known in Yinzhou and the surrounding areas. The taste is superb, but its only flaw might be the appearance.

How can you improve the appearance of Skin Residue?

Lin Xu thought the improvement should start with the method. In the process of making Skin Residue, there is a step of adding Dark Soy Sauce for coloring. Why not try removing the Dark Soy Sauce?

He imagined the look of Skin Residue without the Dark Soy Sauce, it should be a grayish-white color. Instead of enhancement, it would become inappropriate.

This kind of color easily reminds people of construction lime, making the appearance worse than before.

How about adding other colors?

In cooking, there are various relatively natural colorants, like making jade green with Spinach puree, adding red with red beet, and so on.

But these seem unsuitable for adding color to Skin Residue.

Because these colors paired with the grayish Skin Residue would look a bit odd.

Just then, Xu Xinhua came up from the stairs, saw Lin Xu busy, and smiled, asking:

"Preparing to edit a video?"

"No, just pondering something... Why did you come up? Are you here to show off to Niu Chuan and the others again?"

The pickled goods department’s performance improved, Xu Xinhua walked with a spring in his step, always starting with how the pickled goods department did something, saying things that provoke others.

Making Niu Chuan and Ma Zhiqiang want to kick him when they see him.

"No, no, no, why would I show off, the Gardenia downstairs is used up, I sent a message to Chezi to send me some, but he ignored me, this is greatly delaying our pickled goods department progress..."

Clicking his tongue, is he starting again?

Lin Xu was about to speak when Xu Xinhua’s previous words suddenly jumped into his mind... Gardenia?

Eh?

This could improve the color!

Making the Skin Residue as yellow as possible, brushing some egg yolk on top just before steaming it done, layering the noodle color while keeping yellow as the base tone.

Such Skin Residue could indeed look appealing.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu decided to try it.

Anyway, Skin Residue costs are relatively low, and the method is quite simple.

Thinking of this, he walked into the main kitchen and saw Xu Xinhua rushing out with a bag of Gardenia, with Niu Chuan and the others chasing him like dogs after a rabbit.

It’s obvious he couldn’t resist showing off again.

Lin Xu said to Chezi:

"Get me some Gardenia."

"Alright, coming right up... Boss, are you making a new dish?"

"Doing a little experiment, if it works, the shop gets a new dish, if not, it becomes a treat for everyone."

First, he simmered Gardenia into water, took some out to cool, and began soaking sweet potato starch.

As for the noodles, they were directly cooked in Gardenia water.

Gardenia dyes the noodles yellow, solving the problem of noodle color leaning towards black, which gives a better coloring effect compared to Dark Soy Sauce.

Noodles done, he scooped them out into a bowl, seasoned them, then added the Gardenia water soaked sweet potato starch.

Mix evenly, spread it out evenly on an oiled steaming tray, smooth the surface, and place it into the steaming cabinet to steam.

At this point, the surface wasn’t set. If you poured eggs on it now, they would mix with the starch. Wait until it’s fully steamed and set, then spread the egg liquid, giving it a nicer color.

Actually, completing this task could be quite simple, just coat the Skin Residue with Pork Skin and steam it, similar to Pork Steamed Starch.

Not only would it improve the appearance, but the task of selling five hundred portions in three days would be easy.

But doing so would completely diverge from the essence of Skin Residue.

Skin Residue is a treat for those who can’t afford meat. Wrapping it in Pork Skin loses its soul and goes against the emotional connection locals have with Skin Residue.

Promoting local delicacies shouldn’t betray their original intent and sentiment.

Otherwise, it wouldn’t be promotion; it’d be spoilage.

Twenty minutes later, he opened the steaming cabinet and pulled out the steaming tray.

The Skin Residue inside had solidified, with a golden color significantly improved from the previous dingy shade, and this color gave the noodles a sort of crystal-clear appearance.

Seems like there’s hope for success.

Lin Xu held the freshly beaten egg liquid and evenly poured it over the surface of the Skin Residue.

Then he placed it back into the steaming cabinet to continue steaming.

In the small kitchen nearby, Shen Jiayue was persistently pounding White Glutinous Rice in the mortar:

"An acquaintance chef said pounding ingredients like this makes them very fragrant, so after finishing this Black Sesame Paste, I plan to pound some roasted peanuts to see if I can make some Peanut Paste... hmm, applying knowledge from one context to another, I can do that too!"

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