A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 536
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Stone-grained cake
After Sister Maenghee, there wasn’t any special dish.
The dishes that followed were all skewered dishes.
When I said that I would only judge snack-based dishes, excluding meals, everyone brought similar dishes.
Even though they are all broadly categorized as skewers, there are still quite a few different types.
From skewers of beef and horse meat, whose slaughter is prohibited and whose future sale is uncertain, to roasted pigeons, a favorite of the Central Plains people, could there have been any special features?
Also, since Bokju is located near a port, various grilled fish, grilled shellfish, and grilled shrimp are available.
Because it is a place rich in seafood, a variety of seafood skewers have appeared.
This was particularly evident for certain challengers.
A large number of women’s groups that were aiming for the recovery ring advanced to the main event, and they had prepared a lot of seafood skewers, a local food.
It feels like skewers of ingredients that are easy to find and eat on a regular basis?
‘No, but the recipes are too formulaic.’
However, since it is a skewer dish, it was disappointing that most of the recipes were simple, just putting the food on a skewer and sprinkling salt on it.
Old beef and horse meat are seasoned with relatively strong spices to get rid of their smell, but freshly caught fish are fresh, so they are simply seasoned with salt and grilled.
Because it was such an ordinary dish, the ratings were only average, average, average-low, or average-high.
“Hmm, well, everything is just so-so.”
“I think so too, Sister Young-young.”
“I guess the dishes that left a deep impression at the beginning were the ones that came out, so the other dishes weren’t as good.”
“That’s definitely true, sir.”
Because there are so many dishes that leave such a strong impression in the beginning, the dishes that appear in the middle are inevitably weak.
It was just as I entered the next stall.
-Whew! Whoa! Whoa!
A loud noise is heard.
The chef was already at work before I even announced that he was going to start cooking.
They said that I could prepare in advance if I wanted to, but it feels like I’ll need to prepare in advance.
It was just as I was turning my gaze to the chef’s wok that the sound was coming from.
-match!
Young-young clapping louder than the loud noise coming from the wok.
Yeong-yeong exclaimed with a look of excitement, saying that a dish she knew had appeared.
“Ah! I know this dish! I’m so happy!”
“Is this a dish that Sister Young-young knows? Huh? Okay, gravel?”
The reason Young-Young was delighted was because the chef was putting a lot of pebbles in the wok and heating it up.
Perhaps Yeong-yeong thought the chef was trying to make his best dish, Seokjagaeng (???).
When I saw the pebbles, I naturally thought of a stone pit.
Because it’s not that common to make dishes with gravel.
That’s why Yeong-yeong smiled with a very arrogant expression.
“Haha. This is a stone bowl, right!? This time, I can take a closer look. Let’s see if there’s anything lacking… Huh!? No, I have to boil it first!”
The sight of Young-young trying to train like me.
Yeong-yeong was delighted that a dish she knew had appeared, but it was clear that it was definitely not Seokja-gaeng.
The only dish that Yeong-yeong knows how to make is Seokjagaeng, which is made by putting mossy stones in boiling water, and it didn’t seem like that was the dish that the chef was trying to make right now.
‘Judging by the oil and pebbles that are heated, it is probably a stone-baked cake.’
The stone crab soup made by Yeong-yeong is a type of freshwater clam soup.
That’s why you need a moderately large stone with a lot of moss on it, but the pebbles that chefs are using now are all hard stones of a consistent size.
Because it was a completely different feeling.
‘They say it was made before the Tang Dynasty, and it certainly exists in this era as well.’
A slightly welcome sight, as it is clear that they are making a stone bowl.
There were two cooks for this dish, and although they were wearing masks, they looked like a married couple, and they had awkward expressions on their faces at Young-young’s words.
“That, that···.”
“That’s not a stone pillar…”
“It seems that the taste was brought out by frying the stones in oil first, but if there is not enough moss called Seokjagaeng in the first place, you won’t be able to make delicious Seokjagaeng. I will teach you the method for sure, just like our Gaga. First, you need to find a place where the stones get a lot of sunlight and the water current is weak. And···”
A dog that has studied at a private school for three years can recite poetry. A woman who became a shaman because her husband was a cook and abused her assistants.
If I just left it alone, Yeong-yeong’s blanket would probably get caught in the legs tonight, so I quickly pulled Yeong-yeong back and asked.
“Yes, are you preparing the Seok-o-byeong?”
Then the couple’s eyes brighten.
The eyes of the man and woman behind the masks sparkled as if they had found salvation.
“Yes, Ryu Dae-in, that’s right, Seok Oh-byeong.”
“That’s right, Ryu Daein.”
“What? Wasn’t it Seokjagang? Oh… That’s good. But what is Seok-o-byeong? Are there any other foods made of stones besides Seokjagang?”
For a normal person, it would be an embarrassing situation enough to make them kick the blanket at night, but Yeong-yeong is a woman who knows no shame.
In a calm voice, Yeong-yeong asked what Seok-o-byeong was.
“Seok-o-byeong is a rice cake baked in stone.”
“You’re baking it in stone?”
The Korean translation for Seok-O-Byeong is Dol-Tteok, and the English translation is Stone Cake.
This dish originated in the Shanxi and Shaanxi provinces, and is a thin, cookie-like bread made by baking wheat dough with heated pebbles.
Although there are differences in the thickness and the amount of meat inside, they have one thing in common: they are roughly baked on a heated stone.
In the previous life, it was said that it was a dish that originated from the Stone Age or the Shennong era, but this is not certain, and the only thing that is certain is that it was a very high-class dish that was presented to the emperor during the Tang Dynasty.
It is believed that this dish was created in ancient times when cooking tools were not developed and flour dough was baked on heated stones.
“Yes, you can think of it as a dish where you place the dough on a heated stone and bake it. Then, let’s start cooking.”
“Understood, Ryu Daein!”
-Whoaaah!
As soon as the word to start cooking was given, the man stirred the heated stone again, and the woman broke off a lump of the dough she had prepared and sprinkled sesame seeds on it.
Perhaps the two have always done business this way.
In his previous life, these two merchants often did this together, so he nodded.
And there are many versions of Seok-o-byeong, but it seems like they are trying to make the basic plain Seok-o-byeong.
Because it has a plain taste with only sesame seeds sprinkled on the wheat dough.
Some contain various types of meat and some contain various spices, but it feels like that hasn’t been developed yet.
-Thud!
The dough sprinkled with sesame seeds is slammed onto the floor, and the next step is to roll it out with a rolling pin.
-Sigh.
The woman folded the dough, which was very wide and thin, into a square, then rolled the square dough out again to make it thinner, and then spoke to the man.
“I’m ready.”
“Understood, ma’am.”
-Whew!
A man scooping up half of the gravel and moving it to the side using a wok slightly smaller than the one used to heat the gravel.
A blazing heat was rising from the heated gravel.
“Is it too hot? I guess I’ll have to wait a moment.”
The gravel feels like it’s too hot.
The man waited for a moment, then flattened the remaining gravel and placed the dough his wife had made on top.
Then, the pebbles that had been prepared in advance were evenly scattered over the dough.
This is the stone bowl made by placing heated pebbles on top and bottom and baking them with the heat.
Soon the delicious smell of baking bread began to rise from between the heated gravel.
“Hmm… It smells good. It smells delicious.”
“That’s right, teacher. It smells really good.”
Seok-o-byeong is characterized by being thin and slightly crispy when baked.
And it is baked in an instant by baking it on a hot stone.
As expected, not long after Young-young said in a voice full of anticipation that it smelled delicious, the man split the gravel and took out the dough.
-Whoa.
The golden-brown baked dough revealed itself between the oily, black, and shiny pebbles.
The appearance of a stone bowl with sunken areas where pebbles were embedded.
A bread that looks like something a person with trypophobia would have to refrain from eating is now fully formed and revealed before your eyes.
-Knock knock.
The man knocked off a few stones stuck to the dough with a wooden stick and placed the stone bowl on a tray to cool, saying:
“The Seok-o-byeong is complete. Please try it.”
It may not be skillful or flashy, but the basics are solid.
Even after cooling down for a while, the stone-baked stone bowl is still incredibly hot.
“Oh my, it’s hot.”
“Be careful. Gaga.”
It was so hot that I switched hands and folded the stone bowl in half. It split in half and made a delicious sound.
-Ouch.
“It looks really delicious.”
“I’m going too.”
There is a voice that even Garin, who has little appetite, is looking forward to it.
As soon as Garyeon put the piece of stone bowl I cut into her mouth, an exclamation of deliciousness flowed out.
-Crispy.
“Oh, it’s delicious. It’s so delicious that I want to keep eating it.”
“Where… I should try it too. Really? It’s really delicious. It’s not that great, but it’s unique.”
Reviews for the special dish Seok-o-byeong, which has appeared after a long time, are mixed.
Although the method of making it was unique and it was tasty, it did not have a performance that really caught the eye, so the evaluation of the Seok-o-byeong was consistent from top to bottom.
After finishing the evaluation of Seok-o-byeong, the next thing that appeared was skewers again.
[Skewered food again? Sigh. I think I’m going to get sick of it.]
[Honestly, I’m also a son-in-law who is a bit of a troublemaker.]
Everyone looked disgusted at the reappearance of skewers.
That was to be expected, since he had already tasted thirty or forty skewers before.
That’s why he made a disgusted expression at the skewer that appeared again.
But here, since the cooking skills of the past chefs must be tested, I instructed them to proceed with the cooking.
“You can start cooking.”
“Okay, Mr. Ryu. Delicious venison skewers. They’re definitely different from any skewers you’ve ever tasted.”
A skewer made with four large pieces of meat strung together in a row.
Yeong-yeong and Ga-ryeon stared blankly at the man skewering the meat, then looked at me and shook their heads.
That’s not something.
I approached the man and asked him.
“You’re saying that what you’re making are skewers made with deer meat?”
“Yes, Mr. Ryu.”
The man’s answer was a smile that made him feel so good.
Yeong-yeong and Ga-ryeon shook their heads again at the man’s answer.
‘So you’re saying it’s not venison?’
In Central Plains, venison is considered a high-quality meat, second only to lamb, but the problem is that there is not much venison distributed in Central Plains.
That’s why most people who sell venison are scammers, and most of the venison skewers sold are actually old horse meat.
Judging from the way Young-young and Ga-ryeon were behaving, it was clear that the man had been scammed or had brought a fake.
“Wait a minute. You can stop cooking.”
“Huh? Oh, why haven’t we even started yet?”
When I told him he could stop cooking, the man stopped skewering and looked at me with a puzzled expression.
I looked at Young-young and asked.
“Do you know what kind of meat it is?”
Then Yeong-yeong nodded and answered.
“It’s old horse meat. Gaga.”
“I see. I’m sorry. If the chef doesn’t even know what kind of meat he’s making, then it’s okay to go back to something that’s obvious without even looking at the dish.”
“yes!?”
Trying to cook a counterfeit from the sacred culinary past is a disqualification for a chef.
Everyone looked bewildered at the first disqualification.
He’s never been disqualified before, so this is his first disqualification.
“Am I going to go back without even trying to cook?”
“You are very decisive.”
“If you don’t know exactly what meat is in the dish you’re making, there’s no point in trying to cook it.”
This was after three more people were eliminated for bringing counterfeit products.
A new dish.
As I watched the man’s hand movements, I couldn’t help but ask him a question.
“Are you really going to make that?”
The reason I asked the man back was because he was making a dish that some of the judges would reject.