I am Qinxing No.1

Chapter 462 Beautiful and Picturesque (Happy New Year)
In the large azure soup basin, it looks like a fine landscape painting is in full bloom. Let alone eating, just looking at it for a few times is already a great enjoyment.

"Master Xiao Zhou has put his heart into it."

Looking at the lotus leaf and lotus pod soup in this big soup basin, Mr. Shang suddenly said loudly: "The lotus pond is green in spring, the jackdaw has already crossed the river, no one on the bank can speak, only praise the fragrance of red plums!

Good food, good food, Mr. Zhou, what is the name of this dish? "

The last step of this bowl of lotus leaf and lotus pod soup is to cook the chicken soup with the chicken skin. With knife masters like Zhou Dong and Huang Sixia, the ugly goose bumps are directly peeled off, and the remaining thin chicken skin is still thinner. Then it was cut into four or even five layers, and finally it was as transparent as cellophane.

These chicken skins are submerged in the broth, just need to be rolled a few times, and the rich collagen in it will be released. It is true that women eat it to nourish the skin, men eat it to nourish energy, the elderly eat it to prolong life, and children eat it In short, being smart is a first-class good thing.

It is recorded in "Dream of Red Mansions" that Jia's house often uses chicken skin in soup, such as "sour bamboo shoots and chicken skin soup", "shrimp balls and chicken skin soup" and so on. Grandma Liu often ate it and screamed, marveling at the luxury of Jia's house .

Moreover, these treated chicken skins are added to the hung clear chicken soup, and the layers become richer. It looks like the soup is deep and deep, and if there is an undercurrent, it looks like a lively pool of clear water, with a natural charm.

In this mountain of clear water, there are a few green lotus leaves emerging. Between the lotus leaves, a few lotus heads protrude halfway out of the water, bending slightly, as if paying tribute to the old Shang. There are light purple or pink lotus flowers in full bloom, and there are still dewdrops on the layers of petals.
Beside this pool of clear water, there is also a blue embankment, and there are red plums blooming on the bank, which corresponds to the previous impromptu poem of Shang Lao. As for why there are plum blossoms in the season when lotus flowers appear?Who would be such a master, don't you know that there is a freehand brushwork in Huaxia's landscape paintings?

Is this still a dish?
Mr. Shang is well-informed, and this is the first time he has seen such an exquisite plate arrangement; and can this be regarded as a plate arrangement?No matter how clever the plate is, there is also the word "plate". It can be seen that a dish is a dish, and a plate is a plate. After all, one thing carries another thing. How easy is it to achieve a perfect blend?
But Zhou Dong seemed to bring out a painting of a lotus pond directly, making people forget that this is actually a dish, and their minds also sneaked into it along with this dish.
At this moment, he had long forgotten all the worries before, only felt his stomach growl twice, and a lot of saliva gushed out of his mouth, as expected, it was his father who had vision, and this Xiao Zhou was really extraordinary in his actions.

"Mr. Shang, this is the lotus leaf lotus pod soup recorded in "A Dream of Red Mansions". Master Huang and I tried to restore it according to the records in the book."

Zhou Dong didn't forget to add Lao Huang, he really did a great job.

"Oh, it's the soup in "Dream of Red Mansions"?
It really bothered Master Zhou. "

Old Shang looked at Zhou Dong, didn't have anything to say, but said to Huang Sixia with some blame: "I still know about this soup dish, it needs to use very fine molds, it is said that it is made of silver?

The book says that for this mere soup dish, the Jia family will have to pay 20 taels of silver, right?

Master Huang, Xiao Zhou doesn’t know, but you do. I’ve always opposed extravagance and waste. When did you secretly prepare this set of molds? "

"Old Shang, no."

Huang Sixia's face turned bitter, Mr. Shang really misunderstood.

Zhou Dong hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Mr. Shang, we didn't use any silver molds. The molds for these applications were all made by Master Huang and carved out of wax gourd.

In fact, after removing this set of very cumbersome molds, this lotus leaf and lotus pod soup is just a common food, not a luxury at all. "

"Oh, if that's all right, then I'll try it?"

In fact, from the first time he saw this lotus leaf lotus pod soup, Mr. Shang felt hungry and had an urge to eat up this soup.

But in front of his son and grandson, as well as Zhou Dong and Huang Sixia, he still had to be reserved. First, he picked up the spoon and gently took a sip of the soup into his mouth.

"It's delicious!"

Old Shang secretly praised that he drank too much chicken soup, and most of it was made by the chef Huang Sixia himself, so it was naturally not too bad.But today’s chicken soup is not only delicious, but also has an amazing touch. The invisible soup in the past seems to suddenly become something tangible, flowing on the tongue and teeth, as if being gently touched by a warm hand past
Then it melts in the mouth. This melting process is very layered. The chicken skin that was carefully separated by the two chefs has already been perfectly integrated into the soup, but it has not completely melted away, with rich collagen. , and Shang Lao's eloquent tongue continued to linger, and the moment it melted away, it was like a warm current, quickly absorbed by the stomach, and then slowly nourishing the old man's body.

This kind of change like spring rain can make the old man clearly feel it. If the old man could describe his feeling at this moment in one sentence, it would be that after drinking this soup, it was as if he had entered spring from the cold winter. Warm, the wind is warm, even the heart is warm.
A mouthful of soup will make you feel refreshed and at the same time whet your appetite!

Shang Lao put down the spoon, took the chopsticks that Shang Qingxiong handed over quickly like a dog's leg, and gently picked up a lotus pod. This lotus pod was naturally fake, but because Huang Sixia's carving mold was really first-class, and Zhou Dong was almost Perfect-level pastry skills have reached the level of deceptively real ones.

The whole lotus pod is mainly green. Naturally, the rice noodles of "Qian Cui Di" are used. The other two types of rice noodles are in a reasonable proportion, either to increase its fragrance or sweeten it, so that its taste is more layered and textured. richer,
In addition, when the rice noodles are put into the mold and steamed, real lotus leaves are laid on the bottom of the cage to borrow its fragrance. It was difficult to find fresh lotus leaves in this season. Lotus leaf, with such a good thing, also adds a lot of color to this soup.

Shang always knew in advance that this was a fake lotus pod, otherwise he might not be able to tell the real from the fake at first glance. That's it, he took it to his eyes and took a closer look: "Good craftsmanship, it is almost possible to confuse the real with the real, and there are still lotus seeds?"

Except that the lotus pod is edible as a whole, everything else is the same as the real lotus pod. On the head of the lotus pod, there are bulging bumps, which look like lotus seeds are hidden underneath.

Zhou Dong laughed and said, "Mr. Shang, it's like eating a real lotus pod. You can see the lotus seeds when you peel off the lotus pod skin."

"Oh? That's very interesting, let me try."

Mr. Shang suddenly had a childlike innocence, and put the lotus pod on the plate in front of him, picked up his chopsticks and poked lightly at one of the protruding parts.

"puff."

As a burst of hot air rose, the lotus pod skin near the protruding position easily sank, revealing a white lotus seed. Mr. Shang took a lotus seed and put it in his mouth, chewing it lightly a few times: "It's delicious, It seems to taste like lotus seeds, but it seems to be more tender and crisp than lotus seeds?"

　Time flies so fast, it's another year before you know it, how are you doing it?

　　Today is the New Year's Eve, and I wish you all a New Year's greetings in advance. In this extraordinary New Year, I only wish you and your family healthy forever!

　　
　
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