Gourmet: Midnight Vending

Chapter 460 - 388: Skinless Tea Eggs! (3)

Chen Mo held a stainless steel chopstick and gently tapped it against the eggshell, the progress bar in front of him indicated the tapping force. The chopstick rose and fell onto the eggshell from top to bottom, and at the moment the light ball slid to the sparkling point, maintained the force of that instant.

Crack!

The eggshell developed a very fine crack.

He promptly picked up the chopstick and tapped it again.

Repeating this process, each tap achieved a "Perfect" rating. Before long, the surface of the eggshell was covered in cracks, yet, magically, the egg white did not leak out.

Chen Mo took a pair of small tweezers from the cabinet and placed the egg on a wine glass.

"Now, you need to use the tweezers to pick off the eggshell, but at the same time, you mustn’t let the egg white spill out. You have to protect this membrane from breaking, can you do that?"

Wang Xiaoling gaped at the cracked egg, then at Chen Mo, "I... if I break it with the tweezers, I can’t afford to pay for it..."

Sigh.

Chen Mo pressed the tweezers into her hand, "This is a very meticulous task, something only a girl can do well. Even if you accidentally break the egg with the tweezers, you won’t have to pay for it, alright?"

Seeing Wang Xiaoling still hesitating, Chen Mo added, "And you don’t have to remove it all, just take off ten pieces."

Shell-less tea eggs don’t really have no eggshells at all. If they did, during the boiling process, it would be hard to maintain the original shape of the egg.

Besides, that wouldn’t be a boiled egg, that would be a poached egg.

The so-called shell-less egg actually refers to removing part of the eggshell from a raw egg and then boiling it. This way, the flavor of the tea broth can penetrate the egg internally through the membrane in advance.

As to whether it’s delicious, that remains unknown, but the recipes provided by the system never turn out bad.

Wang Xiaoling asked, "Really?"

"Yes."

She then sat on a small yellow stool, with her arms resting on the table, taking several deep breaths, carefully pinching a piece of eggshell, as the onlooking girls watched nervously, their noses beaded with sweat.

Xiao Pang, munching on a potato cake, was also stunned, holding the cake in hand for ages without taking a bite, staring intently at Wang Xiaoling.

The tweezers gently tore outward, and Sun Jianhong held his breath for fear of disturbing Wang Xiaoling, then they heard a very faint sound.

The membrane broke.

Wang Xiaoling exhaled, somewhat apologetic and a bit scared, she rolled her eyes up to look at Chen Mo.

"Tsk, you’re using the wrong amount of force, let me show you."

Chen Mo took the tweezers and demonstrated on the broken egg, "You should apply force sideways. If you pull directly outwards, it’ll break, like this."

A small piece of eggshell was pinched by the tweezers, and the torn-off membrane was intact, faintly revealing the egg white wrapping the yolk inside.

Wang Xiaoling nodded, half understanding, and took back the tweezers.

"I’ll try again."

Chen Mo gave her an encouraging look.

Shell-less eggs are made by removing part of the eggshell, and this step can only be done by someone meticulous.

Boys, by nature, are curious about anything powerful and tend to be destructive. Repeatedly doing the same thing will bore them out of patience.

But girls are different.

They are careful, calm, patient, and even when repeating a task, as long as they keep achieving results, they won’t find it tedious.

"I hope this will be somewhat useful."

Chen Mo took a deep breath, uncertain whether his method would eventually prove effective.