If you become a monster, you will succeed

Subtraction is a word that is often seen in various cooking programs, but most cooking programs will not tell you explicitly what subtraction is.

In other words, most programs that mention subtraction do not meet the standards that require subtraction, so it is only specious.

It is not about leaving something blank, nor is it reducing the quantity to increase desire, nor is it the so-called thin mouth and light taste.

Because subtraction is not the result, but the process of getting the result.

In fact, just like the martial arts drill in kung fu movies and martial arts novels, you will be told a lot of bells and whistles, but people who really understand will tell you that this thing is "keep your elbows at your waist, palms facing up" Just like "turn your arm and punch", the real message is often very simple.

As for this subtraction method, there is a very classic method in daily cooking——

In dishes, snacks, and even desserts that highlight the sweet taste, you are often asked to add salt. Even Dongguo will sprinkle salt when eating watermelon.

Among them, the salty taste seems to weaken the proportion of sweetness, but it highlights the presence of sweetness and makes the sweetness more full. This is a kind of subtraction.

Tang Sanzang's steamed buns are perfect, but the reason why he can never get tired of eating his staple food is because of its bland taste.

When grilling, the moisture in the steamed buns will evaporate, and the original soft texture will become hard, which will undoubtedly destroy the flavor of the steamed buns themselves. At the same time, the addition of various barbecue ingredients is not enough to make up for this disadvantage, which leads to more It is a delicious steamed bun, and it becomes a dark dish after grilling.

But now, Chen Shanzang has taken the initiative to reduce the perfection of the steamed buns. Whether he intends to use this to improve compatibility or highlight the flavor brought by barbecue ingredients, it is an attempt in the field of subtraction.

If you can think of this when you are exploring recipes, you have the most important "creativity", rather than a cook who only refers to recipes but does not understand why the recipes are done the way they are.

but……

The understanding of cooking skills will not soar to the level of enlightenment like cultivation, so even if Chen Shanzang realizes the three-point secret of this subtraction...

It should taste bad but it will still taste bad.

"Bah!" He spat out the wet steamed bun residue in his mouth into the kitchen trash can. Shun Lie looked like he didn't know how to scold him even if he wanted to scold him. There was nothing he could do about it. If Chen Shanzang's previous trial works were based on ordinary If the recipe is processed but the taste is average, then this thing is a complete interpretation of the dark dish of squid feet wrapped in peanut butter.

And as an out-and-out gourmet, he no longer even knows how to scold this kind of thing.

Although he did not get Shun Lie's accurate evaluation, just by looking at his expression, Chen Shanzang silently withdrew his probing eyes, broke off a small piece and put it into his mouth, then immediately turned around and started to redo it.

However, to Shun Lie's surprise, although Chen Shanzang gave him a "lower limit breakthrough" move at the beginning, he was optimizing at a very fast speed after having this bottom-breaking blow. .

Although it is still very unpalatable, every bite of the steamed buns can be clearly felt to be better than the last time. As long as he makes some mistakes, he will basically not do it again...

"Didn't I say that adding water is useless? Although steaming and roasting are both 'dehydration', the focus of steaming is to retain the most essential flavor of the food, which is the choice to maintain the original taste, while the focus of roasting is to improve the taste. , if you increase the water content of the dough, it will only make the steamed buns have a pulpy texture that cannot be saved by baking them later. The purpose of combining the two cooking methods is to allow the ingredients to obtain the advantages of the two methods, not In order for you to use the latter method to make up for the mess left by the failure to do the former!"

Shunlie, who originally thought that Chen Shanzang would not make mistakes twice on the same issue, looked at Mi Naqian's Qi Xingzhong and immediately broke his defense, feeling bad all over.

When Chen Shanzang heard this, he muttered words such as "taste" and "original taste" and began to knead the noodles again.

"Interesting idea." Sun Xingzhe looked at the Qixingzhong steamed buns that Shun Lie didn't even move, but the corners of his mouth turned up. When Shun Lie heard this, he said angrily:

"Just pamper him. Only those people who engage in abstraction and post-modern art will like this style! I guess they can give it a literary name... Well, you think it's called 'The End of Steamed Buns' Or 'Cause of Death in Restaurants'?"

"That's not what I said." Sun Xingzhe didn't care about Shun Lie's resentful tone and just said with a smile on his face:

"Your kung fu has not reached this level, so you don't understand. After those of us who practice martial arts can be called masters, there are actually three levels."

"Oh?" Shun Lie suddenly became interested. Although he knows how to use two hands, he still knows the gap compared with the accomplished person in front of him who claims to have "understood the Qitian Martial Arts Sutra".

Sun Xingzhe did not hide this, and explained generously:

"The first master level is called 'learning the world's martial arts'. It does not mean to learn all the martial arts in the world, but to understand all the martial arts ideas. For example, there are thousands of boxing techniques in the world, but in the final analysis, There are only so many muscles in the human body. No matter how many names there are, they are essentially dozens or hundreds of punching routines. If you understand all these routines, no matter what moves your opponent uses during the battle, you will understand them. His intentions, knowing the flaws in them, will naturally be unfavorable."

Sun Xingzhe said it easily, but Shun Lie didn't think it was easy at all. He only felt that this was the highest level, but for Sun Xingzhe, this was just the entry point for a master.

However, after thinking about it, he also realized that this master is for Sun Xingzhe. After all, for this big boss, if he cannot reach this level and cannot connect with him with a single punch, how can he be considered a master? ?

Seeing Shun Lie's expression change several times, Sun Xingzhe was very satisfied and continued:

"This second realm is 'integrating the world's martial arts', which means integrating the theories and principles you have mastered into a set of martial arts."

"Is there any difference?" Shun Lie frowned slightly, because in his opinion, there seems to be no change between this state and the previous state. After all, when your opponent punches you, you choose one of the kung fu skills you know to fight back. It is better to fight back with self-created skills. The difference does not seem to be big, just that the level is a little higher. But in his opinion, Sun Xingzhe obviously will not divide the realm based on pure "leveling".

When Sun Xingzhe saw Shun Lie asking questions, he did not disappoint his expectations. He shook his head and said:

"The key point lies in the word connection. Although there are always people who say that they are good at making moves but forget about them. It seems that routines are of no use. But to put it bluntly, it is just the first state. The reason why there are no moves to win is because one's own state is overwhelming. Pressure, so what if two people who don't stick to their moves meet together? A gangster fight? Can't beat each other's moves? Compete in physical fitness? But what's the point of talking about state?"

Hearing this, Shun Lie couldn't help but think about it, but Sun Xingzhe didn't give him much time, because this was something that a person who was not even a master could figure out.

He just smiled and said:

"The so-called routine is not just a set of formulas corresponding to different situations, but also a connection. The same set of martial arts often has a process of changing moves, and this process is easy for rookies to use, useless for experienced players, and good for masters. Find something useful."

"..." Shun Lie nodded lightly. He was now in the realm of "thinking that gaining 20 kilograms of weight is not as good as adding routines." However, after thinking about this statement, he found that it was not so difficult to understand.

After all, what Sun Xingzhe said is so clear. When two masters who don't stick to moves fight, they will know what the other is going to do by just looking at the opponent's raised hand, and then immediately change their moves. Often the two sides have changed more than a dozen times in an instant, but each other The result of the game is that no one can use any moves. If you want to win, you must be faster and stronger, so that the opponent's moves are not as fast as your own, and you cannot block the attack with restrained moves.

But in this way, we fall into what Sun Xingzhe said is the vicious circle of fighting for physical fitness. Therefore, in this embarrassing state, when physical fitness is not considered, the role of "connection" that can make the changes of moves smoother is highlighted. Out.

When masters compete with each other, if you go faster, it will be infinitely faster!

Looking at Shun Lie's expression, Sun Xingzhe knew that this boy understood, so he continued:

"Masters who have reached this second level will have a martial arts that is unique to them. This martial arts may not be strong, and it may not be passed down, but it must be the most suitable Kung Fu for the master. Look at those high-level martial arts. A big family claims that a certain kung fu was once powerful in the martial arts world, but for hundreds of years, few people except the original creator have been able to master it. In the final analysis, this is the reason, because most of this kind of martial arts are moves that are only suitable for one person. Law."

"What about the third realm?" After listening to Sun Xingzhe's explanation, Shun Lie felt that the door to martial arts had been opened, and couldn't help but ask. Sun Xingzhe smiled, raised his chin, and pointed at Chen Shan. Zangna’s grilled buns have a post-modern abstract art quality.

"No way?" Shun Lie looked at the thing that he was embarrassed to call a steamed bun, but couldn't connect it with a top expert. When Sun Xingzhe saw this, he was not surprised and just said:

"It's because most people think like you, so most masters feel that they have reached the top when they reach the second level. Even if they still want to improve, they just look for other masters to learn from each other while polishing their own skills. It’s just a set of skills, even I only saw this third level after I understood the Qitian Kitchen Sutra.”

"So, what exactly is this third layer?" Shun Lie still didn't understand the subtleties of it, but Sun Xingzhe reached out and grabbed a piece of abstract steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, grinning and saying:

"wrong."

"Wrong?" Shun Lie's eyebrows knitted together, becoming more and more incomprehensible. Sun Xingzhe spit out the steamed buns in his mouth into the trash can, stood up, took two steps, and then said:

"It's just wrong, or you can call it drawing parallels, exploring the underlying logic, or something like that, but it feels a bit like a secret book that uses a bunch of high-sounding nouns to confuse people."

"The underlying logic...the essence of martial arts?" Shun Lie asked tentatively, but Sun Xingzhe sighed:

"I knew you would think wrong if you said that."

As he said that, he pointed at the steamed bun again:

"Do you know molecular gastronomy?"

"I understand, it is a technology that analyzes the flavor-giving substances in various foods from a scientific perspective, and then performs cooking techniques at a microscopic level. Do you think, like those researchers, that the future of cooking lies in molecular biology?"

Although Shun Lie was not a conservative old man, he always believed that pure machinery could not replace the chef. Sun Xingzhe just looked at him with a meaningful look until he was covered with hair, and then said:

"Do you know where stinky tofu comes from? Where's the stinky mandarin fish? Where's the hairy tofu?"

"Of course I know this. When poorly preserved food goes bad, ancient people who were not rich in material were reluctant to throw it away and could only eat it."

"Don't you understand this very well?" Sun Xingzhe spread his hands and said:

"Even if you master all the cooking skills in the world and understand all the ingredients in the world, you only have 'everything' that you have now, and you don't have anything outside of this 'everything'."

"I understand!" Shun Lie felt as if he had been enlightened, and his whole body became much more enlightened:

"You mean, study mistakes and then find new possibilities from countless mistakes?"

"That's right!" Sun Xingzhe clapped his hands with satisfaction and said:

"The third level of a master is to explore the still unknown direction after mastering all the existing knowns. And the method of exploring the unknown is 'wrong'. You know that this way of exerting force is wrong, then Why is it wrong? In addition to not using it, can it be compensated for by some kind of change, making it another 'right', or applying it in other places? The same goes for cooking, you know two ingredients It’s a hell of a combination. In addition to not letting these two ingredients go together, can you add new ingredients to make three or more ingredients harmonious? Corrupted food cannot be eaten, but if it is combined with specific cooking , can this corruption be reversed and turned into delicious food?”

"You mean, Chen Shanzang has reached this level?" Shun Lie's eyes suddenly changed when he looked at Chen Shanzang, but before the thought of looking up at the mountain could arise, he was slapped to pieces by Sun Xingzhe:

"What are you thinking? Chen Shanzang started to learn sprinting from videos before he even learned to crawl. Your role is to teach him to crawl and walk while he is running."

Having said this, Sun Xingzhe pointed to the mobile phone that was playing the Qitian Kitchen Sutra video repeatedly and said:

"Why do you think so few people have been able to understand what's inside for so many years? Because when everyone sees cooking skills, they can't help but see the martial arts part, and when they see martial arts, they can't help but see the cooking aspect. Go in, but in this video, both martial arts and cooking are 'wrong'. It's okay to learn one type alone, but as long as you mix a little bit of the other side, you will be completely wrong."

"I understand!" After hearing this, Shun Lie finally clapped his hands and said with emotion:

"You were able to understand Qi Tian's Cooking Sutra because there is no cooking in your eyes. Wu You has reached the state of 'integrating martial arts from all over the world', but how did Chen Shanzang do it?"

"His little effort is entirely for the sake of cooking. He has no martial arts in his eyes. His cooking skills are only basic and half-baked. He has no understanding of his own. Instead, he can accept the ideas inside from the beginning."

Having said this, Sun Xingzhe thought for a while and finally concluded:

"Probably the kind of 'genius' who happens to be able to practice martial arts that no one has mastered for hundreds of years... Although this secret book is 'wrong'."

The new book will be released in two days, I am too lazy to divide the volumes...