Chapter 1419 - 554: This Tofu Truly Deserves the Top-grade Title! When It Comes to Temptation, Leave It to the Professionals! [Bonus 1]

Chapter 1419: Chapter 554: This Tofu Truly Deserves the Top-grade Title! When It Comes to Temptation, Leave It to the Professionals! [Bonus 1]

Take the gluten dough out of the bowl, place it on the cutting board, first slice it in half with a knife, then cut it into slices, and finally cut into strips.

Lin Xu stretched the cut strips, pulling them as long as possible.

Then, wrap one end around chopsticks, and wind the rest of the gluten around the chopsticks, pulling backward as you go, to make the gluten more chewy.

Once finished, scrape the gluten onto the chopsticks, then push the wrapped gluten upward to cover the top end.

Push downwards again, and one stick of gluten is complete.

Shen Jiayue watched amazed:

"You can just roast it now?"

Lin Xu tossed the wrapped gluten into water to soak, chuckling as he said:

"Not yet, it needs to be boiled to set. Only when the gluten is cooked can it be roasted over charcoal."

Everyone washed their hands and picked up chopsticks to start winding.

Thinking this was basically a kindergarten craft class instead of cooking.

Chen Shaokang boldly remarked:

"It’s a bit childish for Moli and the others, but just right for me."

He was still thinking of posting pictures later, letting classmates see the grilled gluten he made, wouldn’t they drool?

With more people, work goes faster, and soon there were a lot of chopstick-bound gluten soaking in the bowl.

Once soaking was sufficient, Lin Xu took the gluten out, removed the chopsticks one by one, then tossed the large caterpillar-like gluten into the pot to simmer on low heat for half an hour.

When removed again, the gluten appeared noticeably shrunken.

However, they felt more elastic and had a strong wheat aroma.

Soak these gluten in water, meanwhile the duck soaked in brine was ready.

Lin Xu took the duck out and hung it on the clothesline in the yard.

At this moment, with wind and sunshine, plus the dry weather, the duck dried fairly quickly.

Next, he took some bamboo skewers, threaded the cooked gluten onto them, then sliced them in circles with a kitchen knife, stretched them open, and the blank for grilled gluten was officially prepared.

In the evening, just brush on special grilling sauce, and they can be cooked on the grill.

Once the gluten was cut, he took out the purchased chicken wings and other ingredients from the fridge, slicing, soaking, marinating as needed.

The entire afternoon, Lin Xu was busy drying the duck, soaking the duck, and preparing barbecue ingredients.

Before it was completely dark, Chen Shaokang couldn’t wait:

"Done yet, cousin? Can I start the fire?"

Lin Xu was threading potato slices and saw his impatient cousin, so he said:

"Start the fire, we’ll roast the meat shortly."

A lot of barbecue ingredients were ready today, including chicken wings, chicken feet, large shrimp, beef brisket, fish tofu, fatty intestines, pork belly, lamb chops, and other meat, as well as eggplant, gluten, potato slices, chives, green peppers, tofu rolls, and other vegetarian items.

The variety was more abundant than the average street vendor.

Lin Xu put on gloves on his right hand, grabbed a bunch of meat skewers, and started grilling them over the charcoal fire.

To avoid grandparents being unused to it, Lin Xu specially used shrimp and leftover dough from last time to make a small pot of bump soup, served with fried dumplings.

But surprisingly, the three elders quite liked the grilled skewers.

Perhaps they’d never had it before, so they didn’t associate this street food with junk food.

As for the middle-aged group, well, no need to say more, they gathered around the restaurant’s charcoal stove, with iced beer and various cold dishes on the table, as if they were eating at a sidewalk stand.

As the oil sizzled on the skewers, Chen Shaokang brought out his phone and started recording a video.

Shen Jiayue looked and said:

"Give me the phone, I’ll shoot for you."

She zoomed the camera in to three times focus, capturing the oil drizzling down the meat skewers in a ten-second close-up, then slowly zoomed out to show the full view of the skewers.

When Lin Xu sprinkled chili powder, she switched to slow-motion mode perfectly capturing the scene as chili powder sprinkled onto the skewers.

To improve the effect, she took out the video lighting she usually used, and illuminated the skewers from the front and back.

With professional assistance, the posting video instantly seemed more high-end.

The footage was delicious and enticing, even with a touch of human warmth, making Lin Xu’s heart sigh repeatedly.

As the sister-in-law, you really want Chen Shaokang to be beaten up by all his classmates, huh?

With such a video, not to mention posting it in the class group, even in Lin Ji’s Food fan group, it would spark criticism, and it would take a couple of red envelopes to quell the anger.

But considering Chen Shaokang’s young age, a little loss isn’t necessarily bad, so Lin Xu didn’t stop them.

"I think the idea of brushing honey on chicken wings is brilliant, they roast particularly tasty and delicious."

Little Lei praised Lin Xu’s craftsmanship while eating the skewers.

Cousin Lin Bin agreed:

"Yeah, super delicious. Yesterday’s cola chicken wings made by sis-in-law were also very tasty. I ate till I was stuffed yet still wanted more."

Hearing this, Shen Jiayue happily said:

"Does Xiao Bin want more cola chicken wings? If you want, I’ll make more tomorrow!"

Little Lei immediately said:

"Make more, make more. Yesterday Moli was at home craving, and her dad had to buy a few pounds of chicken wings without even eating dinner."

Well, I thought only Chen Shaokang was posting temptations, but there’s someone else showing off in front of Moli too, truly inheriting Shen Jiayue’s essence.

While preparing to grill gluten, Lin Xu asked:

"Any preference for the texture of the gluten?"

"I want it crispier."

"I want it softer."

"Spicy, spicy, if it can make me cry, great."

"Less sauce please, I don’t like it too salty."

"..."

The youngsters chattered away expressing their preferences, while the middle-aged folks inside seemed indifferent, having no demands for the skewers, any roast would do.

After all, eating street food in summer is mainly for drinking beer to cool off.

The taste just needs to be passable, not finicky.

Lin Xu grilled the gluten and sat by the charcoal stove munching, when Dundun sneaked outside and circled around the stove.

Lin Xu looked at it and asked curiously:

"What’s up? You want some grilled meat too?"

"Meow~~"

Oh, looks like the little one was tempted by the meat aroma.

But the prepared ingredients were seasoned and not suitable for it to eat.

Lin Xu thought for a moment and went to the kitchen.

In the afternoon, Lao Huang sent the chilled lamb along with a large piece of Wagyu beef.

Remembering the small one enjoyed Wagyu last time, Lin Xu cut it into thin slices, planning to sear them on the charcoal stove, making charcoal-grilled Wagyu.

Without the right meat, he decided to temporarily use Wagyu, hoping the little fellow wouldn’t mind.

The meat was quite hot initially, so Dundun hesitated as it wanted to eat but was afraid to.

However, once it cooled to warm, it lowered its head and munched the beef eagerly, Shen Jiayue recorded the scene and posted it in the fan group.

The entire group erupted instantly:

"Wow, is Dundun eating Wagyu?"

"Welcome to the series where people envy cats."

"I’ve never felt such genuine envy for a cat before."

"Here’s a 200-month-old kitten seeking a loving lady to adopt."

"You call that seeking adoption? I won’t even bother to point it out!"

"Adoption’s fine, let’s neuter first!"

"..."

The group was lively, Shen Jiayue casually browsed, then put away her phone and enjoyed her skewers.

She ate while glancing at the duck hanging in the yard, beginning to look forward to the salt water duck for tomorrow...

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After two months, it’s finally updated three times again, impossible to calculate the number of Chapters owed before, so let’s estimate at thirty Chapters. I’ll gradually update as I go. This Chapter is 5500 words, asking for monthly tickets, brothers! Today’s three Chapters total over sixteen thousand words, time to take a breather.