gourmet chef

Chapter 300 The Showy Bai Xiaobai

Based on the extremely high value of the bet, all the guests put on a posture of listening attentively.

Chen Chen took his time and finally asked the second question:
"Among you, who can tell the brewing process of my treasured rice wine, and how many years the wine is? I will give him this string of agarwood bracelets."

After the question was uttered from Chen Chen's mouth, all the guests present were whispering to each other and there was an uproar.

This rice wine also has a unique fragrance of plum blossoms, so it is impossible to have a unique brewing process.

In addition, let's talk about wine that has been aged for a few years...

It is estimated that even if a professional wine taster answers, it is enough
What's more, it is undoubtedly too difficult for urbanites like them who don't distinguish grains and don't get mud on their feet to guess the brewing process of rice wine and how many years old it is.

All the guests were at a loss, but because the bet was too tempting, they were unwilling to give up easily.

During the banquet, a male guest spoke first, "Mr. Chen, I said that your jar of wine must be plum blossom wine made from plum blossoms, so it tastes like plum blossoms?"

Chen Chen shook his head and said, "No, I made this jar of wine myself. It's either plum blossom wine or yellow rice wine."

The female guest said wittily, "That's why plum blossoms were added to the wine when it was brewed, so it is so fragrant."

Chen Chen still shook his head and said, "It's still wrong, guess again."

All the guests' subsequent statements were denied by Mr. Chen one by one.

None of them got it right.

Because of this second problem, Mr. Chen didn't say publicly that he couldn't Baidu, so some female guests secretly put their mobile phones between their crotches and Baidu quietly.

However, these efforts were in vain, and ultimately nothing was achieved.

Seeing such a tempting bet, Bai Yuanshan's heart was already moved. He couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Isn't it after the rice wine is brewed that it is made with plum blossom petals, so that it has this fragrance? It's similar to traditional Chinese medicine brewing wine." .”

Chen Chen still denied and shook his head.

After Bai Yuanshan answered wrongly, he kept blinking at Bai Xiaobai who was seated far away.

Bai Xiaobai was eating crabs silently, and seeing his uncle winking in front of him, winking at him like a wink, a row of black lines suddenly formed on his forehead.

He naturally knew what my uncle meant, and hoped that he could answer this question and get the agarwood bracelet.

However, with such a high stake on this second question, it is naturally impossible to answer it so easily.

Although Bai Xiaobai was eating crab meat, he was actually thinking about Chen Chen's problem in his heart.

The wine has the fragrance of plum blossoms, but it is not a wine made from plum blossoms. What is the matter?

Bai Xiaobai was slightly lost in thought, searching for relevant knowledge in his mind.

In fact, brewed flower wine has a long history and has existed since ancient times. In ancient times, it was also favored by literati and refined scholars.

Throughout ancient China, the five most famous flower wines were chrysanthemum wine, sweet-scented osmanthus wine, lotus wine, rose wine, and coconut flower wine.

As early as the Wei and Jin Dynasties, chrysanthemum wine and cornus officinalis became a folk custom of the Double Ninth Festival, and almost every household brewed it.

Osmanthus wine has a long history. As early as the Warring States Period, Qu Zi of the Chu State wrote in the "Nine Songs" that "Hui Yao steamed with Lan Ji, and osmanthus wine with Shu Jiang" was handed down, which clearly reflected the Chu State at that time. , it has become very popular to make wine with sweet-scented osmanthus.

The lotus wine brewed from lotus flowers in the south of the Yangtze River was once a special flower wine for the Qing Palace during the Qing Dynasty.

Coconut flower wine flourished as early as the Tang Dynasty. This kind of raffia wine is rich in fragrance, sweet and easy to get drunk, and it was one of Li Bai's favorites during his lifetime.

As for rose wine, because of its special floral fragrance, it was recorded as early as the Qing Dynasty that distillation was used to make the "royal rose drunken wine", and it has gradually developed into a new force in the wine industry in modern times.

In addition to the above five famous flower wines, although there are some other flower wines, their reputation is obviously far less than the top five.

For example, although there is also plum blossom wine, but few people in China make this kind of flower wine, and there are few records in ancient times.

When Bai Xiaobai thinks of plum blossom wine, he thinks of plum blossoms again, and also thinks of Miaoyu inviting Bao Daichai to drink tea brewed with snow collected by plum blossoms and snow cores in "A Dream of Red Mansions".

There are also some fragmentary records about plum blossom wine in the famous food and drink book "Shi Zhenlu" during the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

All kinds of gourmet knowledge flooded into Bai Xiaobai's mind all of a sudden.

Strange to say, after Bai Xiaobai sorted out the relevant knowledge in his mind, his mind was clear and his logic was clear.

I suddenly had a little thought about why there is plum blossom fragrance in the wine.

In order to verify their own ideas.

Bai Xiaobai stood up and walked to the side of Old Chen's seat, and took a closer look at the earthenware wine jar used to hold the wine.

Sure enough, it was basically consistent with the guess.

Bai Xiaobai checked the movement of the wine jar, and Bai Yuanshan caught it, and he felt very baffled.

This eldest nephew doesn't know what the hell is going on?

Why are you staring at the wine jar?
Could it be that he didn't drink enough and wanted to see how much wine was left in the jar? ? ? ?

Can't tell that the eldest nephew is also an alcoholic?

A funny thought emerged from Bai Yuanshan.

After watching the wine jar, Bai Xiaobai didn't say anything, and sat back in his seat calmly.

At the moment, all the guests have racked their brains and answered wrongly.

After all the guests were quiet for a while, Bai Xiaobai said:

"The reason why this rice wine has the fragrance of plum blossoms is not made directly from plum blossoms, but because it is brewed with plum blossom snow water."

Bai Xiaobai didn't add "should", "maybe" and other uncertain words in this passage. His answer was a completely affirmative answer, and he sounded confident.

This shocking statement caused a lot of discussion among the guests.

There was a male guest with a bit of scientific literacy, and he said to Bai Xiaobai without any scruples, "Young man, snow water is the dirtiest, containing a lot of impurities and bacteria. It is generally not used to make tea. It will turn sour and sour if it is used to make wine." broken."

The female guest next to the male guest answered, "Snow water is very dirty, but after heating it, drinking it is no problem at all."

The male guest continued, "If the snow water is heated, then there is no point in using plum blossom snow. The aroma will disappear immediately after heating."

When the guests heard this, they said that it made sense.

Bai Xiaobai was not affected by any of the guests' conversations. He said indifferently, "Science is so advanced now. Generally, barreled and bottled drinking water can be sterilized by special filtration methods without heating at all. I think Mr. Chen is brewing When making rice wine, we use specially physically filtered plum blossom snow water, which can retain a certain aroma of plum blossom.”

Except for Bai Yuanshan and Gao Chao, all the guests questioned Bai Xiaobai's statement.

"I still don't believe that this fine nectar can be brewed with plum blossom snow water."

"That's right, this brat has been showing off all the time. I admired him for guessing the rice wine just now, but what he said now is exaggerated and has no scientific basis at all."

"This Bai Xiaobai, what kind of plum blossom snow water, is talking nonsense."

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Chen Chen didn't say a word at first, but after listening to Bai Xiaobai's words, he continued to ask, "Brother Bai, what else do you want to say?"

Bai Xiaobai replied frankly, "Using plum blossom snow water is only the first critical step in wine making. If I guess correctly, there is a second critical step."

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