Chapter 1048: Chapter 432: Sweet-Skinned Duck Now Available! Geng Lishan Brings His Calligraphy: The World’s First Duck!

The autumn pear syrup in the pot has become much thicker compared to before the meal. Its color has changed from dark brown to blackish-brown. The sweet aroma of pears is very rich, complemented perfectly by the medicinal scent and honey.

Lin Xu brought over a stainless steel garlic mortar and took the prepared Chuan Bei to grind into powder.

While he was busy, Qi Siliang, who had silently observed for a long time, curiously asked:

"Boss, could we add the honey now instead of when it was boiling? It always feels a bit wasteful to add it then."

Lin Xu replied:

"You can, but you need to halve the amount."

"Halve it? Why?"

Having just prepared a dish of Crab Yellow Tofu, Zhuang Yizhou gestured for Qi Siliang to wash the pot, then said:

"Siliang, you need to ponder more rather than just ask. Take this autumn pear syrup, for example. Its name isn’t Autumn Pear Honey Syrup. If the honey flavor dominates, it overshadows the main ingredient. In Chinese cooking, like in traditional Chinese medicine, you must balance the primary and secondary ingredients clearly."

This dish primarily uses pear’s cooling and lung-moistening properties for bodily regulation.

If honey was the dominant ingredient, it would become a food that nourishes the intestines.

The focal point and effects would completely change, so pairing needs attention.

Lin Xu poured the crushed Chuan Bei into a bowl:

"It’s okay to ask. Sometimes one sentence from others can be worth months of pondering... Siliang, what made you suddenly interested in learning the method for autumn pear syrup?"

Qi Siliang said:

"I want to make a jar for my grandpa. He’s always coughing. Hospital checks say it’s because of smoking too much when he was young, and his lungs aren’t very healthy."

Well... the autumn pear syrup can’t solve this.

But it can help relieve it.

Lin Xu told him:

"I’ll give you a jar later. This thing is complex and cumbersome. Spending half a day making it might not be as worthwhile as focusing on your culinary skills. Once you become a great chef, I think your grandpa would be happier."

"Yeah, yeah, I understand, boss. Thank you!"

"No problem."

Lin Xu stirred the autumn pear syrup in the pot. At this rate, it might take at least another half an hour.

He instructed the assistant to keep an eye on the pot, then went to the banquet hall to chat with the elders.

At the same time, under the topic of Lin Ji’s Food, customers enjoying the pork ribs mischievously taunted online friends:

"Guys, guess what fantastic new dish Lin Ji secretly released this noon?"

"I hate those clickbait posts. If you keep teasing, I’ll block you!"

"Northeast Sauce Pork Ribs [picture][picture][picture]"

"Good buddy, any left? Can you help me order one?"

"No more, but Boss Lin said there’ll be limited one hundred pounds available tonight... These ribs are classically made, so delicious. Love them; definitely bringing her to munch on some braised pork ribs!"

Seeing there would be more available in the afternoon, netizens expressed they would definitely visit.

The taste aside, just the inviting red color and swaying look are worth a try.

Blind cab driver: Not driving in the afternoon, perfect time to try. Anyone want to table-share?

Liang Mountain drought: I can virtually share from the tower crane.

Lost Roasted Whole Sheep: Sure, just back from a business trip, and I’m ready to find my lost soul at Lin Ji.

Invisible Chicken Wings: Count me in. I’m not a big eater.

Blind cab driver: Come off it, last time you devoured a whole roast lamb leg alone, don’t think I don’t know.

Invisible Chicken Wings: Blind man, you keep rambling, and I’ll make you truly blind.

Bobo Not Happy: Add me for tonight. I’m on the high-speed rail to Beijing, planning to jazz up first at Lin Ji then go skiing in Changping.

Chaikefu tearing chicken: Is Not Happy brother’s life always this down-to-earth and dazzling? Envious.

Lin Daiyu uprooting willow: Who else for tonight? Hurry and privately message the blind man; let’s get a small group together like last time, still AA.

Soon, Beijing netizens gathered a group.

Lu Lu made a call to Shu Yun and secured the last private room.

Half an hour later, Lin Xu returned to the kitchen.

The autumn pear syrup in the pot became thicker, looking a bit dark, enough to seem like it’s turning into glue.

Bringing over the bowl of Chuan Bei powder, Lin Xu added some water to the bowl, mixed it into a gooey texture, then poured it into the pot and stirred evenly.

Adding water to make it gooey is to ensure the Chuan Bei powder can blend into the autumn pear syrup faster once poured into the pot.

If poured directly into the pot, the powder tends to clump, and you’d have to stir vigorously to break these clumps apart.

As the moisture evaporated, the syrup in the pot became increasingly thick.

Now it requires constant stirring with a spoon to help evaporate the moisture and prevent the syrup from burning due to uneven temperature.

Once large bubbles appear in the pot, turn off the heat but continue stirring.

This keeps the temperature dropping quickly.

Take the autumn pear syrup to the cold storage for rapid cooling.

Once it’s no longer hot to the touch, grab several glass jars and fill them with the syrup.

A hundred pounds of pears made over nine pounds of autumn pear syrup.

Seven jars fit perfectly with the small glass containers.

Once the temperature fully cooled down, seal them, and by this time, relatives and friends upstairs had finished eating.

Lin Xu kept the jar for Yu Daxia, gave the remaining six jars to Han Shuzhen.

Such an opportunity for gift-giving is best given to mother-in-law.

Han Shuzhen distributed fairly, with one jar each to Mrs. Shen, the Han family’s elderly couple, and Chen Yan’s grandmother, and gave the remaining two jars to Geng Lishan and Ren Chongmo.