Food starts with noodles

Hold the dough in your hands, fill it with some fillings from the waist of a spoon, then wrap the dough like a bun, and press it lightly to form a round thick cake.

This willow ear pie is wrapped.

After Xu Zhuo made the pancakes, the old man just wrapped up all the pies, without any delay, he put them directly into the frying pan and started baking them.

To bake pies, you need to cover the pan with a low heat and slowly pancakes, let the heat slowly soak into the meat filling, and wait until the meat filling is completely cooked before taking it out of the pan.

Xu Zhuo is no stranger to this thing, so he will continue to operate it.

The old man got some flour and started to make pimple soup.

For people in the Central Plains, pimple soup is not uncommon at all, but the taste of pimple soup with willow ears is very different.

While the old man was making it, he told Xu Zhuo that in the past, in the spring, he could eat a bowl of soup with willow ear lumps, which was really just like Chinese New Year.

It is easy to make pimple soup. First prepare the pimple soup and adjust the taste, then put the blanched willow ears into it, stir well and then take it out of the pot. The taste is stimulated, and at the same time, it can ensure the taste of the willow ears like meat.

When the pimple soup is ready, the pie is almost out of the pan.

The old man took a few chai eggs and beat them into a bowl, added some salt, and stirred the egg liquid, then took out some willow ears, squeezed the water, put them into the egg liquid, and stirred evenly.

Heat the oil in a pan, slide the pan first, and then add cooking oil again.

For scrambled egg dishes, the amount of oil is more delicious. After the oil is heated, the old man pours the egg liquid into the pan.

This dish is the simplest, only salt is enough, and no other seasonings are needed.

The eggs had just been scrambled, and Xu Wenhai and Chen Guifang also came over.

Now there is only one cold dish left. The old man didn't do it himself, but handed it over to Xu Wenhai. By the way, let's see if Xu Wenhai's craftsmanship has deteriorated in the past year.

Well, the simpler the dish, the more intuitively it reflects the cooking level.

Especially cold dishes, in addition to borrowing some knife skills, the rest depends on one's own understanding and application of seasonings, and there is no trick to borrow.

Xu Wenhai was not afraid, and immediately rolled up his sleeves and started making.

But these three ingredients, he did not make one dish, but two dishes: willow ears mixed with tofu and willow ears mixed with fungus.

Put the empty tofu in a small basin, then put the dried willow ears, then add red oil, sesame oil, salt, light soy sauce and balsamic vinegar in turn, and shake the basin for a few times to fully integrate the ingredients and seasonings. Pour into a plate.

Then put the fungus and willow ears in, add garlic, salt, sesame oil, light soy sauce and mature vinegar, mix well with chopsticks, and then put them on the plate.

After all the dishes were served, Yu Keke took the lead to take pictures with his mobile phone.

Then came Chen Guifang and the old lady.

One was sent to Moments to show off, and the other was sent to Yu Keke's grandma to share.

After everyone finished filming, the willow fringe feast officially started tonight.

But as soon as he started eating, the old man received a message. He looked at it with his mobile phone, and was immediately happy: "Yo, Weiguo is going to accept apprentices at the end of the month, and the date has been set... Has he found any good seeds?"

Chapter 973

Can Grandpa Feng finally bear it?

Xu Zhuo told the old man that Feng Weiguo wanted to accept Guo Xingwang as his apprentice.

The old man was a little surprised: "Guo Xingwang's talent is average, and his personality is a bit impatient. Otherwise, Guo Shuying would not let him cook for several years to hone his mind. What is Wei Guo thinking?"

What do you think?

It's not that he can't find apprentices who are too talented.

What Feng Weiguo is looking for is someone who can inherit the mantle, not just to teach people how to live. That is to say, cooking should not only be regarded as a craft, but also as a hobby.

Under such conditions, it is not so easy to find a good apprentice.

Moreover, Feng Weiguo has to guard against whether the other party is thinking about his property, so he will not rashly pull someone and train him as a successor.

Even when facing Guo Shuying's cousin, he had to be more cautious.

So I began to investigate Guo Xingwang years ago, and it is only now that this matter has been settled.

But Xu Zhuo still has a question,

"Grandpa, if Guo Xingwang worships Grandpa Feng as his teacher, wouldn't his seniority be messed up?"

The old man smiled: "Guo Wei will not directly accept him as an apprentice, but will ask Guo Xingwang to worship one of his apprentices as a teacher, and then Wei Guo will teach the teacher on behalf of the teacher, otherwise this generation will be completely messed up. "

Xu Zhuo didn't know anything about seniority at all, so he simply didn't think about it, and started to eat the delicious food in front of him wholeheartedly.

A table of delicacies made of willow ears, ranging from willow ear porridge to willow ear pies to cold willow ear salad, all tasted really different.

The first is two cold dishes. The diced tofu has a tender taste because it has been blanched in water. The combination of red oil and balsamic vinegar makes the diced tofu taste extra refreshing.

Not to mention the willow ears mixed in the diced tofu, the freshness has a hot and sour taste, and the willow ears have a meaty taste, which is particularly enjoyable to eat.

The taste of willow spikes makes this small and refreshing dish much richer.

The same is true for the dish of willow ears mixed with fungus, but this dish has garlic paste, which makes the taste more unique. The taste and texture of willow ears are also set off by the garlic paste.

After tasting the cold dishes, Xu Zhuo took another bite of scrambled eggs with willow ears. It tasted like scrambled eggs with Sophora japonica, and the umami taste was stronger than that of Sophora japonica, even the scrambled eggs served as a foil.

It's delicious, it's really delicious.

Xu Zhuo didn't know what words to use to describe it for a while, but he felt that the willow ears were really delicious. When he was in school, he couldn't catch up with the season to eat willow ears. After graduation, he turned into an otaku for two years and didn't like spending time with his family.

Although this is refreshing, it misses a lot of delicious food.

For example, this delicious Liu Sui, Xu Zhuo felt very annoyed when he thought about it.

Well, I will go to pick willow ears tomorrow morning, and try to eat as many times as possible while the season is not over.

In fact, the old lady only started to eat willow ears in the past two years. She ate too much when she was living a hard life, and then there were endless rumors about the poisonous willow ears, making people unable to love this thing at all.

In addition, there were few willow trees in the past, and people prefer to plant poplars that are more expensive and grow faster. Like willows, they were planted on grave mounds in the early years, so few people eat them.

However, in recent years, weeping willows have been used as greening trees in various places, and the number of willows planted has increased significantly. In addition, when people have money, they want to eat some newer foods, and willow ears have come into everyone's field of vision again.

Compared with Yuqian and Sophora japonica, the presence of Liusui in food is much lower, but this does not mean that its taste is not good.

On the contrary, Xu Zhuo felt that the taste and texture of willow ears were really addictive.

For example, now, he took a bite of the pie made by the old man. It was obviously a very greasy filling, but the addition of willow ears made the filling a little fresher.

However, although there are willow ears in it, and a lot of it is put in, it can't be eaten at all, and it feels that it is all meat except for a few vermicelli.

The taste of Liu Sui is really close to that of meat, especially under the wrapping of lard, it is really hard to distinguish.

Eating this delicious pie and drinking the fresh porridge full of willow ears, Xu Zhuo felt full without knowing it.

And Yu Keke was so full that he nestled on the sofa, rubbing his stomach while sharing the novel delicacy that he ate today with Sun Panpan.

People in the Central Plains still have some impressions of willow ears, but Yu Keke, a native of Yangzhou, really didn't know that willow ears can be eaten, and the taste is so delicious.

In the next few days, whenever Xu Zhuo had time, he went to the embankment to pick willow ears, as diligent as a La Traviata.

Now there are not only willow ears, but also elm money.

But elm money can't be picked, and even if Xu Zhuo finds an elm tree, he can't climb it. Fortunately, there are some for sale in the market, and Xu Zhuo bought some, which is considered enjoyable.

When we were young and yellow, plants such as elm, willow ears and wild vegetables were all life-saving food for the common people, but now they have become food for adjusting our lives.

Life is really getting better and better.

At the end of the month, when I was a little tired of eating wild vegetables, Feng Weiguo finally ushered in the apprentice banquet.

Thanks to the label of Xu Jimin's younger brother, and Feng Weiguo's popularity, there were several heavyweight guests at this apprentice banquet.

The first is Guo Shuying. As Guo Xingwang's elder, he is naturally willing to see his children and grandchildren have a bright future.

So when it was heard that Guo Xingwang was going to inherit Feng Weiguo's mantle, Guo Shuying said that he would attend the apprentice banquet.

In addition, Yu Peiyong, as a witness, also came from Yangzhou. Others, such as the old man Zhao Jinma, needless to say, all attended.

In addition to these familiar faces, some new faces also came, such as several apprentices of Feng Weiguo in the early years, who flew here from Shanxi specially to support the master.

Don't look at the old man who has taken in so many apprentices, and the family often has apprentices coming to visit, but this is the first time Xu Zhuo participated in such a banquet with a strong sense of ceremony.

Guo Xingwang first worshiped one of Feng Weiguo's apprentices as his teacher, and then the apprentice proposed that because the two sides worked too far away, he begged Feng Weiguo to teach him on his behalf.

Although this was all rehearsed in advance, the sense of ritual was still strong, making Xu Zhuo very enjoyable to watch.

But compared to this novelty, Xu Zhuo is more interested in the rewards of the system.

Well, I found an apprentice for Feng Weiguo. Although he always thinks about rich women, he is still a very good person.

In this case, the reward should be more affordable, right?

When he was happily using his mobile phone to find out what the top ten famous dishes of Jin cuisine were, the system beeped.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the random task of helping Feng Weiguo find an apprentice, and a special reward for the B-level Jincai dish——Shanxi Guoyourou. Congratulations to the host."

As expected, it was oily meat, Xu Zhuo rubbed his hands happily.

Finally, another dish can be served in the store.

B-level dishes, even if they are shooting cucumbers, they must have something special.

Just as he was getting excited, there was another notification sound.

"The host has completed the task ahead of time, and the special reward is the C-level signature dish - fermented bean curd meat. Congratulations to the host."

Tsk, there is still a surprise?

Chapter 974

Unknowingly, he accumulated three Shanxi dishes, which made Xu Zhuo a little happy. Feng Weiguo might learn all the Shanxi dishes if he didn't ask him to cook.

When the time comes, don't blame me, the younger generation, for pretending to be ungrateful.

Four days after Feng Weiguo's apprentice banquet, before Xu Zhuo had time to ask Feng Weiguo to suggest that he cook Shanxi dishes, the other party came first.

"Xiaozhuo, do you still remember the Wenxi cooking cake I told you last time? Do you want to learn? If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Two days ago, Guo Xingwang went back to his hometown with Guo Shuying to celebrate the Ching Ming Festival, and spent time with his family by the way. This made Feng Weiguo, who had just accepted an apprentice and prepared to teach him Shanxi cuisine systematically, a little at a loss.

After so many days of teaching enthusiasm, he finally got a chance to practice, but the students ran away. Feng Weiguo had no choice but to focus on Xu Zhuo again.

Well, at least I have to get through the addiction of teaching first, and then I can maintain the feeling of being a master.

Save a few days for Guo Xingwang to come back, he has lost his enthusiasm for teaching apprentices.

It just so happened that I told Xu Zhuo about Wenxi's cooking of pancakes last time, and I dug a hole at that time, so I took this opportunity to make it today.

Maybe it will add another delicacy to the snack department of Sifang Restaurant.

Xu Zhuo was naturally overjoyed by Feng Weiguo's initiative, and said repeatedly: "Grandpa Feng came just in time, and I am going to ask you for advice.

It will be May Day in 20 more days, and the online store is going to hold a promotional event, and by the way, a new snack will be launched. This Wenxi boiled cake just meets the store's requirements. "

Feng Weiguo was very satisfied with Xu Zhuo's attitude, and he said slowly, "What a coincidence, I have nothing to do today anyway, so I'll teach you how to make Wenxi pancakes."

Wenxi boiled cake is a famous specialty of Wenxi County, Shanxi Province. It is said that it originated in the late Ming Dynasty. Some people also said that when the Western Qi conquered Zhou, the military rations used by Wen Taishi when he went out to fight were Wenxi boiled cakes.

This is of course an unfounded rumor, let alone whether there is a grand master in history, even if there is, it is impossible for them to use fried snacks as military rations.

We must know that sugar was a luxury in ancient times.

Not to mention using it in military rations, even ordinary people can't eat it once or twice a year.

And in that slavery society, it is hard to say whether there are fried foods, so this is nonsense.

But there are two other baseless legends about Wenxi boiled cake dessert.

The first legend is that Qianlong passed by Wenxi County on his southern tour, and local officials offered Wenxi boiled cakes. Qianlong Longyan was very happy, and personally named them Wenxi boiled cakes.

The person who made up this legend has a high probability of failing in geography.

Although Qianlong visited the south many times, he couldn't get around Shanxi no matter how many detours, let alone give a dim sum a name.

Only people in southern Shanxi call frying and cooking. For example, fried dough sticks are called boiled dough sticks, and fried dough sticks are also called boiled cakes.

Qianlong was not from southern Shanxi. How could he name a deep-fried dessert boiled cake?