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Chapter 426 The Tong Family's Cash Cow Tree
Seeing that Ling Zikai was silent there, Mr. Tong said: "If you want to talk about the cooking method of these eight treasures, although it was handed down by my ancestor of the imperial cook back then, after more than two hundred years, it is not too big to be passed down to now. It’s a secret. In the past, because Bazhen Pavilion was so famous, colleagues in other restaurants tried their best to get the secret method of Bazhen cuisine. This secret method has been leaked a long time ago. But even if they got it There is no secret method, and it is impossible to make Bazhen dishes with the same flavor as ours! Do you know why?"

Although Ling Zikai knew the reason, he still pretended to be puzzled and asked, "Why?"

"Because they are missing one cooking ingredient, like when cooking, if there is one missing MSG, can the taste be the same as ours? And this missing ingredient can only be obtained by Bazhen Pavilion."

Seeing a proud smile on Mr. Tong's face, Ling Zikai asked deliberately: "Wouldn't they find a way to find that kind of food?"

"Even if they have the ability to go to heaven, they can't find that ingredient!"

Mr. Tong glanced at Ling Zikai, thinking that the other party would definitely ask about the origin of the ingredients, but saw that he gave a light oh and then didn't respond.

It's like when I was punching, I could hit the opponent with one punch, but suddenly found that there was nothing, I felt a little uncomfortable in my heart, and couldn't help asking: "Do you want to know what the ingredients are?" ?”

Seeing that Mr. Tong looked like a child hiding a treasure in his arms and wanted to show off in front of him, Ling Zikai secretly thought it was funny, so he pretended to be disapproving, and said, "Isn't it just in every way?" Did you add a few small mushrooms to Bazhencai!"

After saying this, the expression on Old Master Tong's face became wonderful, as if he had seen a ghost, he stared at Ling Zikai for a long time before stammering and asking: "How do you know this secret? "

"Actually, I also guessed it inadvertently.

In the past, I have also eaten Bazhencai in other restaurants.Whether it is the name of the recipe, the ingredients used, or the cooking method are similar.The only difference is that I found that among the eight delicacies you cook, there are several small mushrooms in each dish.

Perhaps, this ingredient was originally used in your recipes, so there is nothing strange about it.

It's just that after eating those few Bazhen dishes, you will find that all the dishes have the same umami taste, and this umami taste all comes from the small mushrooms.

I don’t know if you have noticed in the past, but this delicious taste is already overwhelming in several dishes.In other words, it overwhelms the taste of the main ingredients in that dish.

For example, it was originally a chicken soup, and it was supposed to taste the umami of the chicken, but because of the addition of small mushrooms, everyone could not taste the taste of the chicken, only the umami of the mushrooms.

On the other hand, if those little mushrooms were not added, the chicken soup would not be so delicious!

Then, the Bazhen dishes made by your Bazhen Pavilion are probably no different from those made by other restaurants!
Of course, if you hadn’t just said that other people’s Bazhen dishes lacked an ingredient, maybe I wouldn’t have thought of this little mushroom, but with your reminder, it’s not difficult to find the flaws in it if we compare them again .

Old man, do you see if what I said is right! "

After listening to Ling Zikai's explanation, Mr. Tong couldn't help giving a thumbs up: "Brother Ling, I've completely convinced you!"

Ling Zikai waved his hand modestly, and asked tentatively: "Old man, there are many mushrooms in my forest farm, and I often pick them for cooking. Although the taste is also very good, it is not as good as what you use. It's much worse than that. What kind of mushrooms do you have? Where did you buy them? Can you buy some for me?"

After going around in circles for so long, Ling Zikai finally revealed the main purpose of his visit this time.

Old Master Tong laughed and said, "Brother Ling, I'm afraid your wish will be hard to come true. Even if you search the entire Xing'an Mountains, you may not be able to find this thing, let alone buy it!"

"Could it be that this mushroom is a new species cultivated by you yourself?" Ling Zikai asked puzzledly.

"If I could grow such mushrooms, I would have made a fortune long ago. Do I need to work so hard to open this restaurant!"

Mr. Tong shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't go around in circles with you anymore. To tell you the truth, this little mushroom was found in a small cave after my great-grandfather escaped from the palace and returned to his hometown.

In the ravine in my hometown, there are many small caves like this, and some villagers have transformed these caves into storage rooms or used them to raise livestock.

The cave that Taizu found was not big, only one meter square and five meters deep.

The difference is that a hundred-year-old iron birch tree grew in that hole.Half of the trunk is in the hole, and half of the trunk grows out of the hole.

You run a forest farm, so you are familiar with iron birch trees!
This is a common tree species in Xing'an Mountains.Because of its slow growth, the density of wood is very high, and its hardness can be compared with that of steel plate. It is known as the hardest tree in the world. Folks like to use it to make some farm tools.

Because of its high hardness and long growth years, its bark will have some cracks.If the weather conditions are right, some fungi will grow on those cracks! "

"Grandpa, do you mean that these little mushrooms came from the iron birch tree that grew in the hole?"

Ling Zikai interrupted Mr. Tong, and said with some doubts: "If you say that part of the trunk of the iron birch tree grew in the cave, the environment is humid, and the cave is warm in winter and cool in summer, some cracks in the trunk grow There is nothing strange about fungi. It’s just that the trees that can grow fungi mostly occur on those dead trees and rotten wood, and what grow out are oyster mushrooms, fungus and the like. High hardness or living trunks like iron birch Can it grow mushrooms too?"

Mr. Tong said: "You are right. Because it is rare to see mushrooms growing on iron birch trees, my great-grandfather was very curious. He picked those small mushrooms and took them home to make them. I ordered a dish. I don’t need to talk about the result!”

Ling Zikai nodded, and thought to himself: It's really a trick of good fortune, this accidental discovery has made Bazhen Pavilion a century-old signature.

Looking back on the past, Mr. Tong was still unsatisfied, and sighed: "After this discovery, our Tong family sent people to look for this kind of mushroom that grows on iron birch trees, first on the ground of Chaigegou, and then expanded to In the forest area within the county, almost the entire Xing'an Mountains have been searched for over a hundred years. Although some people have found similar mushrooms, they are completely different from the ones that grew in the cave."

"So, until now, only the iron birch trees in the cave can grow this kind of little mushroom?"

"Fortunately, a hundred years have passed, and the iron birch tree will grow a batch of mushrooms every other month. It can pick about three catties of mushrooms at a time, barely enough to maintain the amount of ingredients needed by Bazhen Pavilion."

Ling Zikai said: "This is also the main reason why you have formulated that you can only supply ten seats per day."

Mr. Tong nodded helplessly.

(End of this chapter)