Abnormal Gourmet Chronicle
Chapter 413 - 235 Master Qin Has Me in His Heart! _2

Chapter 413: Chapter 235 Master Qin Has Me in His Heart! _2

As for the poor Knife Skills...

It’s not important. For a Master Pastry Chef, no snack requires them to personally chop the vegetables.

Qin Huai’s persistence over such a long time to continuously practice Fire Control is something Huang Shengli greatly appreciates.

Huang Shengli admires Qin Huai, who has cemented his status as a top-level chef, commanding the kitchen with a single word, having meals reserved for him when arriving late, receiving tea with just a gesture, and having assistants rush to work with just a glance. As an experienced chef, he still humbly seeks advice like a novice apprentice, practicing diligently, and working hard in the kitchen every afternoon to perfect various meat dishes.

This spirit alone is worthy of praise.

If Qin Huai knew what Huang Shengli was thinking, he’d definitely tell him: Master Huang, hold your admiration, hurry up and help me figure out how to improve my Fire Control proficiency.

Improving Fire Control proficiency is just too hard.

Even though Finger Skill proficiency is currently the least efficient, Qin Huai makes so many dumplings every day that theoretically, his Finger Skill proficiency should skyrocket, breaking through Intermediate, reaching Advanced level, and heading straight for Master Level.

But imagination is abundant, and reality is lean; the mechanism of Finger Skill proficiency is as abstract as Cheng Gong’s side quests, making it unclear what it really is about.

In terms of difficulty, dumplings are definitely top-notch, maxed out. As a chaotic adaptation of apple dough balls, the difficulty of Finger Skill is quite high, which is why no one in the kitchen can assist Qin Huai when he’s making dumplings.

The requirements are too high. In terms of skills, only Zheng Da and Zheng Siyuan could assist Qin Huai, but with their skill levels, it’s impossible for them to be assistants.

Wang Jun and Tan Wei’an can help color the dumplings because they have far superior artistic talent, otherwise, they wouldn’t even qualify to add color.

This Finger Skill proficiency is a mystery to Qin Huai, so he’s simply letting it increase on its own.

He doesn’t have an immediate need to improve his Finger Skill right now.

But Qin Huai really does need to improve his Fire Control proficiency; many dishes are just missing the Fire Control, waiting impatiently for Qin Huai to level it up.

Longevity Noodles are one, dumplings are also one, and Three Meat Buns count as half. (The S-level dish rating is too high; Qin Huai doesn’t dare to dream of it for now)

From the current recipes he’s figured out, there are indeed lower-level ones, but very few, mostly ranging from A-level to S-level. Qin Huai knows the higher the recipe level, the higher the skill requirements in all areas for the chef.

You can have weaknesses, but one weakness needs other strengths to compensate.

An A-level dumpling can be completed jointly by Qin Huai and Huang Shengli, but what about an S-level one?

Qin Huai knows very well that making an A-level dumpling together with Huang Shengli is actually him taking a shortcut. In the original dumpling recipe, meat cooking had a greater emphasis than pastry.

He uses B+ Level snacks paired with Huang Shengli’s A+ Level filling, relying on luck to blend an A-level or even A+ Level dumpling, but not every snack is as special as dumplings.

Self-strengthening is necessary, and as his yeast and filling skills increase, the lack of Fire Control becomes more apparent.

Qin Huai also wants to improve his Fire Control proficiency, but it’s not moving.

Regular stir-frying of vegetables and meat results in mediocre proficiency gains; boiling Four Happiness glutinous rice is slightly better, yielding about 10~20 proficiency points per pot. However, boiling Four Happiness glutinous rice is time-consuming and mentally exhausting, and Qin Huai can’t just boil without wrapping.

Making a Four Happiness glutinous rice that satisfies Gong Liang is also one of the urgent tasks.

He can’t stop practicing Four Happiness glutinous rice just to improve proficiency; that would be putting the cart before the horse.

As Qin Huai’s thoughts wander further, his gaze on the soup dumplings becomes increasingly vacant.

It almost feels like "I’m spacing out" is written all over his face.

Ouyang is also zoned out, staring at the clock on his phone.

After consuming soup dumplings for such a long time, Ouyang has gained some experience.

The freshly boiled soup dumplings must not be eaten immediately; especially those with red bean filling and sesame filling—the heat is no joke. At best, you might end up doing a tap dance, and at worst, you risk a burn that requires a trip to the hospital.

If your tongue gets burned, it’s all over; it won’t heal quickly and will severely impact eating.

Therefore, after numerous attempts, Ouyang finally calculated the optimal time to eat soup dumplings.

minutes and 50 seconds after being taken out of the pot!

If you scoop up the dumpling and blow on it, this time can be slightly reduced, specifically based on each person’s lung capacity.

Ouyang stares at the time as his wandering thoughts gradually return.

minutes and 48 seconds.

minutes and 49 seconds.

minutes and 50 seconds!

Time’s up!

Start!

Ouyang moves swiftly, lightning fast to the point of only seeing a blur; in almost a flash, he has a bowl of soup dumplings closest to him in hand, and in the next second, scoops up a large and plump dumpling, bringing it to his mouth.

He tries to pop it all in his mouth.

Can’t fit it all in.

Opting for second best, he takes half a bite.

Congratulations to Ouyang, he’s won; it’s the Mixed Fruit Filling!

Ouyang dons a mask of agony.

Ouyang begins to silently scream, frowning, stomping his feet, internally weeping, takes a sip of the tasteless soup dumpling broth, chews it thoroughly, swallows it in one gulp, and with a look of grim determination, he swallows the rest of the half dumpling in one mouthful.

Ouyang dejectedly scoops up a second dumpling, eager to relieve the torment brought by the Mixed Fruit Flavored dumpling just now.