Innateness It is important to know that all things have innateness, just like people have their own talents.

Human nature is stupid, even though Confucius and Mencius taught it, it is beneficial; the physical properties are bad, even if it is easy to cook, it is also useless.

Referring to its rough outline: pigs should have thin skin and should not be fishy; chickens should be tender and should not be immature; crucian carp should have a flat body and a white belly, and a black-backed one will be stronger than the dish; eels should swim in lakes and streams, and rivers are the best.

Those who are alive must rub their joints until their joints are rubbed; the ducks fed on grains are fat and white; the bamboo shoots grown in Kui soil have few joints but are sweet and fresh; they are the same ham, but they are very different in beauty and ugliness; they are the same turtles, but they are beautiful.

Evil is divided into ice and charcoal; other debris can be classified by analogy.

In most cases, the chef's contribution to a good meal is the sixth, and the comprador's contribution is the fourth.

When it comes to cooking ingredients, you should know that a cook’s cooking ingredients are like a woman’s clothes and jewelry.

Although he has a great appearance and is good at painting, his clothes are blue and blue, and Xizi cannot tolerate them.

Those who are good at cooking should use fujiang for sauce and taste it first; use sesame oil for oil and check whether it is raw or cooked; use fermented wine for wine and remove the residue; use rice vinegar for vinegar and check the rules carefully.

Moreover, the sauce can be divided into light and thick, the oil can be divided into meat and vegetables, the wine can be divided into sour and sweet, and the vinegar can be aged or fresh, so there can be no mistakes.

Although other onions, peppers, ginger, cinnamon, sugar, and salt are not used much, they should all be of high quality.

The Suzhou store sells autumn oil, which is available in top and middle varieties.

Lower third grade.

Although the color of Zhenjiang vinegar is good, the taste is not very sour, which loses the original purpose of vinegar.

Banpu vinegar ranks first, followed by Pukou vinegar.

Instructions for washing: Remove the hair from bird's nests, remove mud from sea cucumbers, remove sand from shark's fins, and remove odor from deer tendons.

The meat has sinews, and if you cut them, they will become crispy; the duck has kidney odor, and if you cut them, they will be clean; the fish's gallbladder will be broken, but the whole dish will be bitter; the eels' saliva will remain, but the bowl will be full of fishy smell; the leaves of leeks will be cut off, but the leaves will remain white, and the edges of the vegetables will be discarded.

Heart out.

"Nei Principles" says: "The fish will get rid of the ugly, and the turtle will get rid of the ugly." This is what it means.

As the proverb goes: "If you want fish to be delicious, wash it until the white tendons come out." This is what it means.

Notes on dispensing: The method of dispensing should be based on the substance.

There are those who use both wine and water, there are those who use special wine without water, there are people who use special water without using wine; there are people who use salt and sauce wells, there are people who use special clear sauce without salt, there are people who use salt but not sauce; if something is too greasy, it needs to be fried with oil first

For those who have strong smell and strong fishy smell, spray vinegar first; for those who prefer rock sugar for freshness; for those who value drying so that the flavor can be absorbed into the body, as well as for frying; for those who value more soup,

Let its flavor overflow to the outside, and the things that are clear and floating will be like this.

Things to know about matching: The proverb goes: "A girl matches her husband." "Records" says: "[Everyone doubts] people must be in accordance with their ethics." Why is the cooking method different?

Everything needs help when cooking.

It is necessary to match the pure with the clear, the thick with the thick, the soft with the soft, and the hard with the hard, then there will be a wonderful harmony.

Among them, mushrooms, fresh bamboo shoots, and winter melon can be either meat or vegetarian.

Those that can be meat but not vegetarian include onions, leeks, fennel, and new garlic.

Those that can be vegetarian but not meat include celery, lily, and sword beans.

It is common for people to put crabmeal in bird's nests, and put lilies in chicken and pig meat. Isn't it that Tang Yao and Su Jun were sitting across from each other?

There are also those who have achieved mutual success. They use vegetable oil to stir-fry meat and vegetables, and use vegetable oil to stir-fry vegetables.

Note for single use: If the smell is too strong, it should only be used alone and cannot be combined.

For example, Li Zanhuang and Zhang Jiangling are top-notch, and they must be dedicated to their talents in order to make full use of their talents.

Among the foods, eels, turtles, crabs, anchovies, cattle and sheep are all suitable to be eaten alone and cannot be mixed with other foods.

Why?

These things are very rich in flavor and powerful, but they also have many disadvantages. Only by blending the five flavors and treating them with all your strength can you take advantage of them and eliminate their disadvantages.

Why bother to abandon the main topic and add details?

People in Jinling like to eat sea cucumbers with soft-shelled turtles and shark fins with crabmeal. I often frown when I see them.

The taste of turtle and crab powder is not enough, but the taste of sea cucumber and shark fin is insufficient; the disadvantages of sea cucumber and shark fin are that the taste of turtle and crab powder is more than sufficient.

The most important thing to know about the method of cooking cooked food is the heat.

If you need to use fire, frying is the best. If the fire is weak, the food will be tired.

If the fire needs to be gentle, it is better to simmer. If the fire is too strong, the food will wither.

If you use strong fire first and then slow fire, it will be the way to soak up the soup; if you are impatient, the skin will be burnt and the inside will be uncooked.

Some foods become tender the more they are cooked, such as kidneys and eggs.

Some are not tender after being lightly cooked, such as fresh fish and clams.

If the meat rises too late, the red color will turn black; if the fish rises too late, the live meat will turn to dead.

If the lid of the pot is opened repeatedly, there will be more foam and less aroma.

If the fire is put out and then burned again, there will be no oil and the flavor will be lost.

Taoists regard elixirs as nine-turn as immortals, while Confucians regard no faults and less than perfection as the middle.

A chef who can know the temperature of the fire and serve it with care is almost a Taoist person.

When fish are about to eat, if they are as white as jade and are solid but not scattered, they are alive; if they are as white as powder and do not stick to each other, they are dead.

It is extremely hateful to have fish that is not fresh even though it is fresh.

It should be noted that the eyes and nose are adjacent to the mouth and are also the mediators of the mouth.

Delicious food arrives.

When it reaches the nose, the color and smell will be different.

It may be as clear as autumn clouds, or as bright as amber, and its fragrant air will hit your nose. You don't need to pick it with your teeth, just taste it with your tongue, and then you will know its beauty.

However, if you want a beautiful color, don't stir-fry it with sugar, and if you want a fragrant fragrance, don't use spices.

Any attempt to whitewash it will hurt the taste.

Please note that if you are here to treat a guest, please make an appointment three days beforehand.

If a guest arrives and is in urgent need of a quick meal; if he is away as a guest, he sails to the hotel, how can he take water from the East China Sea to save the Nanchi from burning?

You must prepare a quick dish, such as stir-fried chicken slices, stir-fried shredded pork, stir-fried shrimps and tofu, minced fish, tea legs, etc. You must know that speed can lead to cleverness.

It should be noted that one thing has its own flavor and cannot be confused with the other.

Just like a sage setting up a teaching, educating people according to their talents without sticking to the rules.

The so-called beauty of a gentleman's adulthood.

Now I see a common cook, who cooks chickens, ducks, pigs, and geese in the same soup, making them look the same and taste the same as chewed wax.

I'm afraid of chickens and pigs.

The geese and ducks have spirits and will surely complain in the dead city.