Intelligent management, the cooking machine is efficient and fast ■ Jia Haotian, fan Longjia, Zhang Junhong "I'm still training now. Can I make lunch in time?" Some time ago, the author walked into a brigade of the 81st group army and saw that the soldiers of the cooking class of the guard service camp were still struggling on the training ground at 10:30 a.m. and couldn't help but wonder. In order to find out, the author came to the back kitchen. The kitchen was not as full of oil smoke as expected, and there was no bustling scene. Only the Chief Secretary Zhao xiuqiang and a cook stood next to a machine emitting the aroma of food. "This machine is preset with 2000 recipes. Just put the simple processed ingredients into the machine according to the daily recipes and the number of diners, and then it can cook automatically." While talking, Zhao xiuqiang clicked the "one button start" on the machine screen. Soon, the fragrant shredded fish meat came out of the pot. He told the author that in the past, the improvement of the training results of the cooks was always accompanied by the decline of the food quality. With this machine, the two cooks on duty for one hour can ensure the dining needs of 200 people. "There is no need to be tied in front of the stove, there is more time and energy to invest in training, and the food quality has been greatly improved." This cooking machine is part of the intelligent food management system of the brigade. Last year, in order to improve the intelligent level of food support, the brigade introduced this system. The system includes recipe customization, material procurement, food processing and other links, which solves the problems of time-consuming and laborious manual filling, good and bad dishes. "The work completed in the past hour now takes only more than 20 minutes." Zhao xiuqiang told the author that not only cooking has become much easier, but also the efficiency of physical acceptance and warehousing has been greatly improved through this system. Each catering unit only needs to input the data such as weekly recipes, food material consumption and number of diners into the management terminal, and the supplier will deliver the table purchase plan to the door. After weighing with the special scale connected to the management terminal, all data will be directly entered into the system without the time and effort of the cook to report, review, summarize and settle between the organ and the company. In fact, when we just introduced the intelligent food management system, we didn't have a good understanding of this "new guy". Every time the food materials are registered in and out of the warehouse, the cook on duty will still check against the schedule and fill in the warehouse registration form for the bottom. But a food weight test has changed everyone's view. That day, Zhao xiuqiang was checking the type and weight of dishes with the supplier. The system suddenly prompted that the detection was abnormal, indicating that the weight of cabbage was inconsistent with the purchase plan. Zhao xiuqiang reweighed the cabbage and found that it was indeed 2.5kg less. Since then, everyone's concerns about the intelligent food management system have "disappeared". In the twinkling of an eye, the aroma in the canteen overflowed. At the end of the meal, several soldiers rated the dishes of the day through the terminal in the canteen. Zhao xiuqiang told the author that this is his favorite system function - "online star canteen evaluation". Opening the system, you can see that the most popular dish of the battalion in the second week of December last year was curry beef, and 153 officers and soldiers praised it. "With the support of data, the preferences of officers and soldiers are clear at a glance, which provides a basis for the next scientific and rational formulation of recipes," he said Fast food supply, ready to eat without dishes and chopsticks ■ Zhao Haojun, LAN Xitong, and di Bowen, special correspondent of PLA Daily In the deep winter, the cold wind roared in the northern desert. On the training ground of a brigade of the 81st group army, two soldiers walked towards the evacuation and concealment area with several bags of fast food. "I want tomato sirloin and chicken rolls", "I want Kung Pao diced chicken and scratch cake"... Under the camouflage net, officers and soldiers gathered in a circle to receive dinner. The author saw at the scene that all dishes were packaged in liquid food bags, and the staple food was packed in independently packaged plastic bags. With a gentle squeeze, the soldiers can eat the food into their mouths without using dishes and chopsticks. After eating, you don't have to spend time cleaning tableware. You can collect a row of garbage with a simple bag. "Eat a bowl of sand in summer and mix it with ice in winter. It's difficult to wash dishes in the desert due to lack of water. Wipe it with paper after every meal." This is a true portrayal of the brigade's officers and soldiers dining in the field in the past. In recent years, officers and soldiers of the brigade have worked hard to win, and nearly half of their time is spent on the training ground every year. However, the harsh environment in the desert makes it difficult to "have a good meal", and the brigade leaders see it in their eyes and worry about it. "It's said that good food can hold up half of the instructors, but it's not easy to be a good instructor on the training ground where the cold wind is howling and the sand is raging." According to the leaders of the brigade, they have tried many times to provide hot food support on the battlefield. At first, they let the cooking class accompany the security, but in windy and sandy weather, the sand can always get into the food during cooking, meal sharing and dining. In desperation, they changed to camp cooking and delivery security. However, the cooking cost is high and the meal sharing time is long. Especially in autumn and winter, the food is often cold before it reaches the hands of officers and soldiers, and it is inconvenient to deal with a large amount of garbage after the meal After several attempts, the brigade changed its thinking and finally found a practical guarantee way. Using the idea of "take away fast food" for reference, they formulated a demand plan for cooked food products that are convenient for processing, transportation, distribution and consumption, short-term storage and waste treatment. The cooking team only needs to simply heat the packaged dishes and staple foods and put them into the heat preservation car, which can be directly distributed to the officers and soldiers. There is no need for dishes and chopsticks, open bags and ready to eat, and the harvest is highly praised. Subsequently, according to the characteristics of large demand for porridge, soup and water and easy self-made, under the technical guidance of local catering companies, the brigade purchased 6 food packaging machines at its own expense to quickly package porridge, soup and drinking water and deliver them together with fast food, so as to ensure the full supply of "battlefield fast food". Cheng Xiaoguang, instructor of the second synthetic battalion of the brigade, introduced that this "battlefield fast food" was used in conjunction with self heating food for individual soldiers, which effectively solved the problem of eating for officers and soldiers during tense exercises and training, which was widely praised. Micro discussion record Dare to explore true knowledge ■ Hou Junfei In the recently popular film "Changjin Lake", volunteers lay dormant on the ice and snow battlefield for several days, but the food supply was only potatoes frozen as hard as stone, in sharp contrast to the turkey and bread eaten by the enemy. This picture made countless viewers sad and cry. The volunteers' spirit of hard work and bravery is moving, but the impact of food support on the war is worth pondering. After decades of development, our army's food support has become more and more scientific and sophisticated, and "eating well" is no longer a new thing. With the continuous deepening of practical exercise and training tasks, "eating fast" has increasingly become a common demand of the army. Whether it's dining in peacetime camps or field supplies in wartime, we should explore innovative support modes so that officers and soldiers can eat fast and well in different tasks and environments. To enable soldiers to "eat" out of combat effectiveness, we must focus on actual needs and seek the best benefits of food support. From the cooking machine entering the kitchen to the packaged liquid food appearing on the training ground, more and more easy-to-use, effective and practical food support modes are emerging. Dare to explore true knowledge. I believe that with the development of science and technology and the change of thinking, food support in the future can further free officers and soldiers from the cumbersome cooking support and use their strength to forge the "blade" of combat effectiveness. (outlook new era)