I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 884 - 378: The Reason for the Loss of Crystal Sugar Jade Paste! Dough—Profound Knowledge in Ramen Making!
Arriving at the cold storage, Lin Xu noticed the temperature of the kelp paste had already dropped, and it had a slight solidifying feel.
However, since it hadn’t completely cooled yet, the kelp paste was only slightly solidified at this point, not fully set like jelly.
It looked like a slurpable jelly, a bit runny, but overall quite elastic.
Lin Xu carried a few portions back to the kitchen, drizzled them with just-made caramel sauce, placed a spoon, and delivered them outside:
"Come on, try this out. Eating too much is hard on the stomach, so don’t be greedy, one serving each."
Seeing the caramel sauce drizzled on top, the few people immediately perked up:
"Wow, this looks really nice."
"The sight of caramel gets my DNA moving."
"Me too, I super love caramel... Wait, let me take a picture and send it to the group. Yan Bao went to Professor Tian’s house for dinner and hasn’t returned yet, let’s tempt her a bit."
After taking the picture, the three held their bowls and each scooped a taste with their spoons.
"Wow, this texture is so delicate and still elastic."
"Is this kelp, bro? Really delicate, and no fishy taste of kelp, quite nice."
"Never thought kelp could be eaten like this, really informative."
Listening to their praises, Lin Xu took a bite from his own bowl. At this moment, the kelp paste was still a bit warm, and with the slightly thick caramel, it tasted quite good.
The texture of the kelp paste was delicate, slipping smoothly down the throat, with a faint hint of sweetness, but not overwhelming.
The caramel did well to enhance the sparkling freshness of the kelp flavor.
To be honest, once this stuff cools down completely, it definitely needs crystal sugar water to make the texture feel like ice jelly, more refreshing.
But in this warm state, pairing it with caramel is definitely better.
"Xu Bao, can such a delicious treat be added to the store’s new menu?"
"Not for now, I need to improve it further."
Shen Baobao thought it tasted great, the texture and the taste with caramel were good, unexpected that her Xu Bao still seeks excellence, such dedication was truly touching.
However, Lin Xu’s mind was full of thoughts on how to neutralize the cold nature of kelp.
In Cantonese sweet soups, kelp is used quite a bit, but only in small amounts, because it’s cold-natured, and too much can upset the stomach, although the risk is low, it’s better safe than sorry.
Still need to think of a way to adjust it to a more balanced state, otherwise this Crystal Sugar Jade Paste can only be added to the summer menu.
And even then, in summer, one must be cautious since every household has air-conditioning; everyone practically stays in air-conditioned rooms, eating highly cold kelp under such conditions might be somewhat unsuitable.
While pondering, the system’s prompt sounded in his mind:
"Host recognized dessert’s shortcomings, triggered side quest [Dessert Improvement]: Please improve the Perfect Level dessert [Crystal Sugar Jade Paste] to a year-round snack within two weeks, upon completion, earn one Perfect Level dish lottery."
Hey, there’s such a good deal?
Better research it properly then.
After the store’s lunch peak passed, Lin Xu drove behind Shen Baobao’s Continental vehicle, taking Dundun home to rest.
After arriving home and finishing freshening up, he went into the study.
Putting on disposable gloves, he took down the sandalwood box from the bookshelf, carefully opened it, and took out the few volumes of "Imperial Food Records" to peruse.
The texts inside were in traditional characters, written vertically from right to left, with no punctuation, making Lin Xu’s head spin.
"Xu Bao, what are you looking at?"
"Today’s kelp dessert is a royal treat, checking if it’s recorded in these."
Hopefully, the Prince who recorded various royal dishes was a dessert enthusiast; otherwise, with all those meats, it’d be a letdown.
Looking through, Lin Xu found the dishes were indeed diverse.
For example, a dish called "Clear Tiger Ball Soup" surprisingly involved simmering the testicles of a Northeast tiger in chicken soup for several hours, then peeling the membrane to soak in sauce, finally eating it as a dip.
No wonder the Northeast tiger population is so low, all eaten by them.
There was also a dish involving dissecting a pregnant leopard and cooking the cubs and the placenta altogether, making Lin Xu click his tongue repeatedly.
"Is this a gastronomy collection or a dark cuisine compendium? The kind that easily leads to melancholy."
Being an emperor, can’t you pursue something more modest? Always eating such things, watch your hypertension, dude.
While griping, Lin Xu found today’s made dish Crystal Sugar Jade Soup:
"Kelp cleaned and put into a clay pot, add crystal sugar and simmer on a charcoal stove for five hours plus one incense time, take out, mash, strain through a sieve, cool into paste. Add crystal sugar water to eat; tastes splendid."
Eh, actually there is indeed one.
And it’s exactly the same as the system’s given recipe.
Official endorsement, it seems.
Just as happiness crept in, Lin Xu noticed a line of small characters, seemingly added later.
"In the winter of that year, elder brother gave up eating the dish, diarrhea continued, ordered execution of the chef, this cooking method may be lost, regrettable!"
Tsk tsk, this Prince is interesting; rather than lamenting for his elder brother, he regretted the possible loss of the method—if reported, he’d sure get admonished in the royal family’s office.
Shen Baobao leaned over for a peek, curiously asked:
"Why did the cooking method fall into oblivion just because the Emperor had diarrhea? Couldn’t the Prince secretly do it at home?"
Lin Xu shook his head, looking at this girl and asked:
