Do you learn to cook on the Nth day at home? No, have you learned to make Liangpi?
During the epidemic, people who were unable to go out were tortured by food for a long time, and finally developed from a friend’s circle to eat hot pot to a do-it-yourself, full-fledged stage. Everyone who did not have the power of a kitchen knife became a New Oriental chef This is a common photography contest in the circle of friends, which turned into a culinary competition.
The topic of # 宅 家居 美食 才艺 大 比拼 # on Weibo has been read 370 million times and discussed more than 100,000. Even the stars who shine on weekdays have become kitchen cooking mads during these days when they stay home. Tens of millions of Chinese people picked up a kitchen knife. Is it the awakening of cooking or the loss of food?
There are thousands of delicious food, only Liangpi can not be disappointed
The enlightenment of cooking for many people starts with Liangpi. This traditional noodle dish originated in the Guanzhong region of Shaanxi and is popular in the north. Why has it become the C place in this national cooking competition, and many have never tasted it? Its southerners have also fallen?
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Unlock the mystery of Liangpi’s popularity, and the reason for the rise of this nationwide cooking trend, you can also find more than half of the answers.
How many steps are there to make Liangpi? Three steps: noodles, wash noodles, steamed noodles. It doesn’t look complicated, and the actual operation is really simple. Even the tools have no special requirements. The flat iron bottom and aluminum basin can be made.
So why did Liangpi become popular, and the answer came out: simple. As for the success rate, judging from the popularity of friends and Weibo, I believe that many people have gained a lot of confidence from Liangpi.
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Following the same development path is rice cooker cake. The method is as simple and rude as the name, the difficulty is slightly higher than that of Liangpi, and the display index on social networks is naturally higher.
To sum up, Liangpi and rice cooker cakes can make it out of the circle simply because they are simple and delicious, and there are many popular homemade foods on the Internet. Of course, there is a very cruel thing in common-these are delicious The cuisine is basically a heat bomb.
What are people thinking of cooking at home?
In the barrage and comments of some food tutorial videos, you can also see that many people are puzzled by the time-consuming and laborious task of making a bowl of Liangpi: “A few bucks and a bowl outsideIsn’t it fragrant? “
Not to mention whether you can buy off-the-shelf Liangpi, asking this sentence shows that you have not yet realized the essence of Liangpi. Making Liangpi and cakes is more than just knowing you.
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Fiona, who has been at home for more than half a month, said, “It’s boring at home and kill time.” A bowl of cold skin is out of the pot, at least for most of the day, and it definitely kills time.
She also calculated a bill for me: Takeaway is expensive, and going out to take out the food also wastes a mask, so you might as well do it yourself.
It’s not just the office workers who are panicking at home. They don’t have the burden of online classes, and they don’t need to worry about finding a job. They are also the main players in this home cooking contest. Xiao Chi, who was still studying clinical medicine, laughed at himself “He took the scalpel before he got the scalpel”, but his enthusiasm for cooking was mainly driven by his classmates, “Everyone is studying, and I can’t fall behind.”
▲ Fiona’s hand-made pizza was ruthlessly mocked and rejected by the family
However, don’t look at the online tutorial to make it simple. In practice, it is the difference between a buyer’s show and a seller’s show. I do n’t know if it ’s a coincidence or a common phenomenon. At least a few of the interviewees I contacted stated that it is impossible to strictly follow the tutorial. Fortunately, it depends on luck.
▲ Screenshot of “Next Teacher” Station B
The most famous UP master “Xia teacher” of B Station has made a representative process of lasagna in the latest issue. The phrase “more noodles with more water and more noodles with more water” said countless people Aspirations. “It’s really delicious.” The next teacher emphasized to me.
What to do if the cream breaks? What skillful remedy does not exist, eat Fang Xian directly to eat.
Even if it is cold skin and rice cooker cake, it will be too swell for novices after reading the tutorial because it is too simple. It is not until there is a wall between theory and reality that there is a gap between theory and reality.
▲ Carmen: My friend said at first glance that another cutting board was placed on the cutting board
Carmen working in Guangzhou toI haven’t figured out why my rice cooker cake came out into a noodle cake, “Maybe I didn’t use a sieve to sieve powder, anyway, it’s not impossible to eat.”
▲ A large pot of bean sprouts is enough to fry a small dish
The failure of the cake did not hurt Carmen’s enthusiasm. When others were still ordering alarm clocks and ordering food, she and her roommate had already planted vegetables on the balcony, initiated bean sprouts, and lived a life of parents in advance.
Will I still cook after the epidemic?
This epidemic has brought fire to many previously tepid industries, such as community group purchases, remote offices, etc. After cooking by yourself, the use of recipes has also ushered in a wave of growth.
The data from Qimai shows that since the beginning of February, the popularity of “Going Down the Kitchen” has soared. From mid-January to mid-February, downloads have skyrocketed by 6 times. “Doudou Gourmet” also revealed to the media after the epidemic began Platform traffic doubled. After all, although Liangpi is easy to make, it can’t stand it every day. If you want to renovate, you have to apply recipes for further training.
But the enthusiasm of the people for cooking came because of the epidemic. Will it also be dispersed because of the epidemic? As the pace of life returns to normal, cooking after work seems to add to the already exhausted body, but the answers we get are somewhat unexpected.
Fiona believes that whether or not they can continue to cook depends on how far the company is from home and whether they have to work overtime. “If you are not busy, you will do it yourself, which is cheaper and healthier than takeaway.”
The teacher who also realized how uneconomical the takeaway is also thinks that he will “do it occasionally” after the epidemic is over.
“It should be done, but it doesn’t necessarily take that much time,” Carmen told me. It seems that cooking for the whole population may not be the norm, but it is also a good way to adjust life.
Only J, who had eaten noodles and dumplings for a month at home, and Xiao Chi who was still at school were more determined.
“It shouldn’t be, it’s hard to get everyone together like this. This epidemic is really a very special experience,” said Xiao J.
Xiao Chi hopes that the school will start soon: “I love learning, and learning makes me happy.”
But the phenomenon of cooking for the whole people is short-lived, just because you do n’t have the energy to cook after work? The truth for the teacher:
There are no problems during cooking. The problem is what to eat today.
Even if you learn to cook, you still can’t solve the century problem of “what to eat today.” That’s still called takeaway.
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