They Gather Here

The girl raised her nose arrogantly: "Humph——"

Lost to her.

Hearing a "snap", the crucian carp was placed on the cutting board, Luo Zhen took a handy kitchen knife, aimed at the fish body and scraped it, then changed the position and did it again.

He used two understated knives, and the chopping board was covered with fine fish scales.

This is the benefit of fresh crucian carp——

Fish scales are extremely easy to handle.

Luo Zhen took the knife again, touched the scales with his left hand, and scraped with his right hand from time to time to completely remove the fish scales that slipped through the net.

Then, the third knife.

The crucian carp on the chopping board was disembowelled. Luo Zhen reached in and took out all the viscera. After that, it was salted and marinated with cooking wine. These were some routine processing steps.

Then it's easy -

Saute the pot with garlic and oil first, then put the ginger and crucian carp together, fry the crucian carp on both sides until fragrant, then add water, put amomum, dill, smilax, pepper and pepper into the pot.

At this moment, Luo Zhen paused slightly.

"Luo Jun, what's the matter?" Kato Hui asked.

"There is no smilax." Luo Zhen replied.

"b... um... it's 'pipera', what is that?"

"It is a kind of spice, distributed in the southeast to southwest of Yunnan, and a small number of areas in Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi, and can only rely on imports."

"You can't even find Xiaoqian?"

"Well, the frequency of use of Smilax is too low, and neon is very rare in China."

Dill is often used in the aftertaste (return to the mouth, often referred to as "mouth lingering") part of a group of spices to enhance the fresh aroma of the aftertaste.

Amomum has a rich and thick aroma, and it is paired with relatively fresh dill. Under balance, it can not only enhance the aroma of seafood, but also show the deliciousness of seafood. This method is very effective for fish, especially when paired with Add pepper and commonly used ginger, and the aroma of fish contributes to the full power of the taste buds.

Therefore, even in Nihong, where the production of spices is poor, due to the abundance of seafood, the two often combine their swords.

But smilax is not good, because the taste is very similar to pepper, so it is often ignored, and naturally you can’t buy it in Neon, not even Chitanda’s.

There is no way, Luo Zhen can only skip this kind of spice.

He covered the pot, boiled until half of the water was left, added salt and sugar to taste, and boiled until the soup was thick.

Crucian carp soup, you're done.

Luo Zhen didn't expect this kind of cooking to shine, so he didn't give a damn, and lifted the lid very simply, letting the billowing water vapor diffuse in the air.

He said, "Try it~"

Several girls came over immediately.

Against the background of white water mist, the fish soup is as white as snow, and the crucian carp in the juice is looming.

Index finger moves!

Without even thinking about it, they immediately started tasting.

In general, the fish soup must have a delicious flavor at the entrance, but Luo Zhen's cuisine is not, but a faint fragrance, which should be the effect of spices.

After the fragrance, there is a delicious and strong fish soup, and the fresh tongue wants to swallow it in one bite.

hiss……

Actually bit it!

Kato Megumi covered his mouth, grinning in pain.

Such a delicious fish soup is still finished in the absence of spices.

If enough?

The girls couldn't help but imagine.

Kato Megumi asked: "Mr. Luo, that b you mentioned just now... um... What is the smell of sarsaparilla?"

"It's hard to describe." Luo Zhen replied, "I can only say that it is similar to pepper in taste, but its richness and penetration are higher than that of pepper, but the degree of aroma is not as good as pepper."

"You said 'richness' and 'penetration', it's a bit difficult to understand."

"Smilax has a numbing feeling, so it is more targeted to use. Generally speaking, when the main ingredient is chili or pepper, it is used when building a compound aroma. After cooking, it will emit a special herbal aroma. Aroma There's a hint of pine in it."

"Your...Your Majesty."

"It's the main spice, and the opposite word is 'ingredient'. It's easy to understand when you think about the words 'monarch' and 'apostle'."

still don't understand...

However, it sounds very tall!

Megumi Kato always feels that if this crucian carp soup has enough spices, it will be so delicious that it will break through the sky.

She pondered for a moment, then suddenly grabbed Luo Zhen's hand.

He shook and shook coquettishly: "Luo Jun Luo Jun, I want to eat the full version of crucian carp soup."

Yukinoshita: "Bie Laluo..."

Ying Lili: "Scared!"

Chitanda: "Sawamura-senpai, Luo-senpai is very sad."

The three girls were unanimously dissatisfied.

Kato Megumi didn't care, and asked, "Don't you want to eat?"

This time, no one spoke, and instead turned their longing eyes on Luo Zhen, as if saying "I want it too!", "There's me!" and so on.

These foodies...

After Luo Zhen complained in his heart, he fell into deep thought.

If we say that the place with the most abundant neon ingredients, there is only one——

Totsuki Academy.

Luo Zhen decided to ask Erina for help. In addition to smilax, there are Chinese magnolia, dried pine, and fresh rosemary, marjoram, thyme, etc., which can also be obtained.

He immediately sent Erina an email.

result……

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Eri:

Come to Yuanyue to find me this weekend and wait for you.

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━━∑(￣□￣*|||━━

Luo Zhen was petrified, and always felt that there was something about "waiting for you".

Because there are still two weeks before the cultural festival, he didn't want to spend too much time, so he continued to send emails to the other party: "You are a dignified Yuanyue Shijie, such a big sister, can't you send someone to send it to me?"

It's a pity that the aggressive method is useless.

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Eri:

My majestic Yuanyue Shijie, such a big sister, can't even call you here?

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Selling now?

After being told like this, Luo Zhen had no choice but to agree.

Chapter 9 Spices and Carp Soup ([-])

On Sunday morning, Luo Zhen and Chitanda went to Yuanyue together.

Even if it was not working hours, the tram still seemed very crowded, and the two were forced to a corner after getting on the train.

Luo Zhen was afraid of crowding into the tool man, so he used his body to protect the man firmly, and remained motionless in the corner.

Chitanda was a little embarrassed: "It's a bit crowded..."

She didn't need to come with her, but Mr. Chitanda Tetsugo asked someone to bring some rice crackers made of special rice, and asked his daughter to help deliver them to Yuanyue, so it became like this.

Of course, the three seniors from the neighborhood committee also entrusted the girl to watch over them, not to allow Senior Luo and Miss Erina to sneak away. This is the second reason.

I hope I don't guard myself.

Thinking of this, Chitanda couldn't help but blush a little.

Suddenly, the tram stopped at the platform.

Almost no passengers got off the carriage, but many people poured in, some of them were wearing Yuanyue's uniform.

It stands to reason that Yuanyue is a dormitory system, and the school supplies (materials) are completely purchased by the school, so there is no need for students to go out.

Luo Zhen estimated that this group of people should go to the morning market and fish market outside the school to conduct first-hand selection of materials.

So crowded.

He couldn't hold it any longer, and moved forward a half step to get closer to Chitanda.

The girl was startled, but quickly settled down, unexpectedly she didn't dodge, but leaned back.

Although her height was not as high as that of Yusu Dongshi and Yukinoshita, she was considered tall among girls, and Luo Zhen could smell the fragrance of hair all over her nose.

Luo Zhen was a little embarrassed, and continued the topic just now: "The reason why it is so crowded should be related to the autumn selection."

The autumn selection is a major competition held at the beginning of autumn every year. Through the selection of students who have performed well in ordinary times, they are selected as contestants to enter the competition based on this standard.

The competition takes the form of a knockout round, which is divided into preliminaries, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals. The preliminaries are also divided into Group A and Group B. The four students with the highest scores are selected from these two groups to enter the quarter-finals.