Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 83 - Breaking Through the Shackles
"Ding, the auto-crank system has been activated. The goal is to braise 200 kilograms of pork elbow, 100 kilograms of beef shank, and 100 kilograms of beef tendon."

Wang Fan enjoys the process of making delicious food, but he never misses the time when the system is idle.

It was mainly because of the system's flawless techniques and craftsmanship that truly amazed him.

Moreover, the muscle memory he gained from hanging up the phone each time also benefited him a lot.

Wang Fan, who was on AFK, had also started to pick up the beef ribs.

The ox knee bone is located at the hind leg of the cow. It has more soft tendons and tastes soft, crispy and chewy. It is also rich in collagen, calcium and protein.

Beef ribs are about 30% bones, 30% meat and tendons, and 40% oil. If they are cooked well, they are soft, chewy, and very good to go with rice or wine.

Cleaning and soaking in blood water, the simplest step of hanging up, Wang Fan also did it meticulously.

Looking at Wang Fan who was methodical and proficient in his work, his second uncle, who was secretly watching him, couldn't help but scratch his head.

"Could this kid really be one of those innate chef's holy bodies? Otherwise, how could he be so skilled?"

After processing the ox trotter bones, Wang Fan began to clean the beef tendons and then put them into water to blanch them together with the ox trotter bones.

Then start braising.

New marinade ingredients have just been added to the braised meat pot, and the timing is just right.

Wang Fan was very satisfied with the braised pork pot in front of him.

He guessed that these props produced by the system all had some spatial properties, just like the food storage box was very spacious, and this braised pork pot was also very spacious.

A normal 60-liter pot can only braise 100 kilograms at most. His pot doesn't look too big, but the maximum amount of braised meat is 250 kilograms. He prepared 400 kilograms of ingredients and planned to braise them in two batches. First, braise the beef ribs and tendons, and then braise the pork elbow. In this way, there is still 200 kilograms left for each time.

The blanched beef tendon is put into the pot first. This thing is the most difficult to soften among the three. If it is not cooked enough, it will become as hard as wood.

If you put the beef trotter bones in together, the beef tendon will definitely become mushy when it is cooked.

Wang Fan had a systematic countdown in his mind, and he thought that he would put other things when the countdown ended.

Wang Fan's consciousness did not look at the time, but he used his ability to listen to the wind and identify the smell to carefully feel the changes in the smell in the steam.

"This is the time!"

Before Wang Fan, who was on the AFK, could make any move, his consciousness took over his body again and poured the beef shank into the pot without hesitation.

Uh... After pouring the ingredients, Wang Fan was suddenly stunned. It seemed that the time set by the system had not arrived yet?
Wang Fan felt a little embarrassed and wanted to say sorry to the system.

I seem to be a little too rash. I hope the system won’t be angry?

"Ding, the set time has not been reached."

"Ding, it's detected that the host is putting in the ingredients at a better time."

"The system time is set to be infinitely close to perfect time. The host breaks through the shackles through his own experience and cognition, and his cooking skills reach a higher level."

"Ding, Breaking Through the Shackles level has been raised to level 25, rewarding the Observing Expressions skill."

"Observing Facial Expressions: The host will become extremely sensitive to the colors of various ingredients, and can tell the freshness of various ingredients simply by color. They will also become particularly sensitive to the degree of maturity of ingredients."

Wang Fan stared blankly at the system prompts one by one, feeling a little unbelievable.

I just rashly interrupted the system and placed ingredients directly into what I thought was a perfect node. And I unexpectedly broke through some shackles? And even gained a skill because of it?
Looking down at the pot again, Wang Fan felt that something had changed in his eyes, the most important being the color.

He was not color blind, color weak, or nearsighted before, but now when he looks at the beef tendons and oxtail bones in the pot, he feels very different from before.

The moment he sees the ingredients, he seems to be able to capture every change in the color of the ingredients, and can even simulate the details of the color changes in his brain.

"Fuck, that's awesome."

Wang Fan, whose academic performance is not very good, can only think of these four words to praise himself.

"Gurgling, gurgling, gurgling..."

The broth in the braised meat pot kept bubbling, and Wang Fan knew the smell and color changes of the braised meat very well.

This feeling is really magical.

……

“今日卤肉：猪肘子40块1斤，60块一个。牛窝骨：40块1斤。牛蹄筋：60块一斤。”

As soon as it was dawn, Wang Fan hung the cards outside the car again and added the fresh ingredients he had made last night.

No customers have arrived yet. Wang Fan and his second uncle each hold a large bowl with a piece of beef shank bone, half a piece of beef tendon and half a large elbow in each bowl, and a spoonful of red soup specially made by Wang Fan poured on top. The food tastes so delicious that your mouth is full of oil.

Although eating these in the morning is somewhat greasy and is a huge challenge to the stomach, I have to say that it is really refreshing to eat them, so refreshing that you will feel bubbly.

The second uncle swallowed a mouthful of rice and couldn't help but praise: "Our Northeast rice is the best. It has a strong aroma. Your stewed meat is also very good. The aroma is almost making me dizzy."

Wang Fan said, "Although the doctor didn't say anything in particular to avoid, I think you should eat less greasy food these next two days. I'll stir-fry some vegetables for lunch."

Second Uncle immediately refused to agree: "That won't work. The doctor didn't tell you not to eat it, so why are you still avoiding it? Besides, this way it's much easier. Wouldn't it be even more troublesome if you cooked another dish?"

"Boss, boss, hurry up and give me a big pork elbow. I've been here twice and both times I missed out because I gave up my seat to those southerners. Today I came at 6 o'clock and I don't believe anyone can get it before me, hahaha!"

As the two were chatting, they saw a tall figure wrapped in a military coat jogging towards them. Wang Fan felt that the man looked familiar. He seemed to be the big brother who was selling leek boxes not far from him.

Ma Weiliang stared at the braised meat in Wang Fan's hand with shining eyes and couldn't help swallowing.

I was annoyed by this little smell all day yesterday, so I have to have a taste of it today!
I wanted to buy it yesterday morning, but there were too many people lining up and I didn’t feel comfortable competing with those southerners. I set up the stall a little late in the evening, and when I arrived, they were almost sold out, so I missed out.

Today I came here to buy some while the stall was open, and I had to satisfy my appetite no matter what.

"Hey wait."

Ma Weiliang suddenly noticed what was in Wang Fan's bowl. It seemed like there was more than just pork elbow. Curiously, he pointed at the bowl and asked, "What are those two things?"

Wang Fan picked up a small piece of beef shank bone. The bone with tendons and meat was red and translucent, and looked extremely delicious.

"This is beef shank bone, 40 yuan per pound."

Then he picked up a piece of beef tendon. The beef tendon was cooked very soft and glutinous. It looked very similar to the Northeastern rice noodle, but it was more chewy than the rice noodle.

"This is beef tendon, 60 yuan per pound."

(End of this chapter)