Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

The juggling show was over, and several maids in the back kitchen hugged Li Kuer and asked her to peel the grapefruit for everyone to taste.I want to know the difference between the pomelo produced by this trick and the pomelo grown on the tree, whether it is sweeter, or whether it is more like water.

The maids gathered around the stone table in the back kitchen yard. Li Kuer carefully sliced ​​the green pomelo apart with a knife. It took a lot of effort to peel the thick skin, and finally took out the snow-white flesh. They couldn't wait to divide up.Li Ku'er reluctantly snatched back two pieces and held them tightly in her hand, one piece to taste by herself, and the other piece to He Weiran.Xiao Qu's hands were quick, and she peeled off the pomelo peel in two or three strokes. Li Kuer watched her excitedly sip it down, and then sipped it out with a bitter face...

"Bah, bah, you can't eat it, it's not cooked yet."

Hearing what she said, the other girls put the grapefruit petals back on the table with their mouths curled up. Those who didn't believe me also tasted it, and their reactions were the same as Xiaoqu.

Li Ku'er suspected that they were being tricky, so he tore off a corner and took a bite thinking that maybe it wasn't so bad to eat... Hey, it really couldn't be eaten, it was bitter and astringent, and it didn't taste good at all.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm really happy for nothing."

"It's not as good as the ones grown in my yard."

"I thought how delicious the grapefruit conjured up by the trick is."

"I guess it was picked randomly from a wild tree by the roadside. This troupe is also petty. Why don't you buy a few good fruits and use them for magic tricks?"

Everyone complained and went to work. Li Kuer looked helplessly at the grapefruit on the stone table and said in a low voice: "If it can grow on the tree for half a month, it will definitely be liked by people." of."

Sighing, He Weiran came out from the kitchen, walked to her side and said, "If you feel it's a waste, I'll teach you how to make a good dish with this object, and I'll be happy this time."

"Really?" Li Kuer's eyes immediately glowed, but he looked down at the grapefruit petals that had been peeled to pieces, wondering: "But they have already been bitten."

He Weiran picked up the grapefruit peel that was thrown aside, and said, "I still need this for cooking."

"Can grapefruit peels be used for cooking? It's the first time I've heard of it. Which restaurant doesn't eat grapefruit peels even when they're starving. Is it delicious?"

He Weiran smiled slightly, stroked Li Kuer's temples and said, "Kuer, you have to remember that everything that can be eaten in this world, no matter how high or low it is, will become delicious as long as you cook it with your heart. Okay, let's do things first. She took out a piece of paper, which recorded various ingredients: "Buy these as soon as possible, and go back to your house together after the banquet, and let Aoi and Meihua try this grapefruit peel dish." "

The old prince appreciated the performance of the Huanxi class very much, and specially invited them to have dinner together. This was a busy time for everyone in the kitchen, even worse than the lunch at noon.

Since they ate together, He Weiran couldn't escape it. Six tables of meals, but not all the dishes were served by one person, and she had to personally cook several big dishes.Li Kuer took the note and went to the market to buy in the carriage of the family. It was getting late and many stalls were closed. Such a temporary job made Li Kuer quite difficult.Fortunately, after one year, I became acquainted with the street vendors who frequented them frequently, and when I couldn't buy anything, I rushed to other people's homes, and Ah Liao's house also went to buy a lot of grass carp, and even kept them in the tank for my own food. I didn't miss a few of them.

The carriage returned with a full load and returned to the back kitchen. Although it was a bit rushed, it was not a waste of time anyway.Everyone processed the ingredients together, killed chickens and fish, washed vegetables and peeled beans.Several pots in the kitchen have been boiled with soup and stewed meat, and the smell wafts through the entire back kitchen, making people's stomach growl.

He Weiran came out and went to Mama Ye who was washing the fish, and picked up a few sets of internal organs that she had left aside.Mother Ye didn't understand, and asked her: "Miss Yo He, what are you doing with these filthy things?"

He Weiran smiled, wrapped the viscera into lotus leaves, tied it with hemp rope, and said, "I'll be a guest at Ku'er's house in the evening, and I'll wash some fish intestines and make a side dish for dinner."

"Fish intestines? How troublesome is that thing? It's not so delicious if it smells fishy. Who would spend that effort? They don't want to throw it away. You don't have to be jealous of us. Here, just take a whole fish and eat it." , and no one will say a word.”

Xiao Qu, who was peeling beans with Li Kuer next to him, also continued: "Isn't it? Sister He, you don't have to save the money for the palace. Even if the prince knows, he will definitely not feel that something is inappropriate."

He Weiran shook her head and smiled, "I still want to make fish intestines for Ku'er. She must have never tasted fish intestines before." Then, she looked at Li Kuer and asked, "Yes. no?"

Li Kuer nodded: "I haven't eaten it. Although it looks disgusting, if Sister He made it, it must be delicious."

Xiao Qu looked at her enviously, and said: "Sister He is so kind to you. Hey, I want to go to your house to eat and see what flavor the fish intestines can make, but it was agreed tonight Go to Han Cai's house for dinner. Remember how to make it, if it tastes good, teach me."

"Teach you?" Li Kuer was puzzled: "When will your family need you to cook?"

Xiaoqu rolled her eyes and said, "I'm about to get married, so naturally I have to hurry up and learn good cooking skills to serve my husband's family. Hey, by the way, you are also quite smart. You can learn from Sister He. I haven't settled down yet, I'll practice this skill first, so I'm well prepared."

"What are you talking about!" Li Kuer couldn't see Xiao Qu's ambiguous smile, and said righteously: "I learned cooking from Sister He not to marry in the future to please my parents-in-law and husband. I, I won't marry anymore."

"Hahaha, Ku'er, you are so funny. You are taller than me and look like a child. Your parents have been away for so many years, and you still don't want to find someone to work with? How about I ask Han Cai to help you Pay attention, he knows a lot of scholars, and they used to go to school together. Your father is a scholar, and you will definitely like scholars."

"That's not sure, what if I like the cook. You don't have to worry about me, just marry yourself first."

Hearing her words, Xiao Qu snorted, "I'm still a cook. Who in this town can cook better than Sister He? I guess there is no other cook who can catch your eye."

Li Kuer answered in his heart: "Then I like Sister He."

At night, the sky is full of stars, and the dinner party is finally over.Li Ku'er carried the small bamboo basket, which was left by the Lord River God to keep the food fresh. Inside it were fish intestines wrapped in lotus leaves, whole green pomelo peels, and some sausages prepared by He Weiran. material.

The two of them were walking in the alley home with a lantern. The black cat, perhaps smelling fish guts, also jumped out and followed Li Kuer's feet.

When the two returned home together, Ah Kui was so happy that she clapped her hands and shouted that there was another delicious meal.He Weiran patted her head and said that he wanted to have dinner tonight, and he had to be busy.

Take a bucket of well water, pour a bowl of white vinegar, take out the previous fish internal organs, remove the fish liver, and soak the fish intestines in white vinegar.

"Fish intestines have a fishy smell, and white vinegar can remove the fishy smell. Many people like to use salt, but this will dehydrate and toughen the fish intestines, which will affect the taste of the dishes. So white vinegar is the best. After soaking, cut the fish intestines with scissors, Wash away the dirt in the intestines, peel off the fishy intestine membrane, rinse the acetic acid smell with clean water, and wipe off the water on the fish intestines with a cloth."

Li Kuer and Meihua followed He Weiran's method, and each took a pair of fish viscera to learn how to deal with them. After a while, three sets of fish intestines were lying on the chopping board tenderly.He Weiran quickly cut the fish intestines into small pieces, put them in a bowl, and marinated them with minced ginger, sesame oil, salt, and spicy pepper powder.

On the other side, take the green pomelo peel, peel off the cyan part on the surface, and leave the soft white part, cut into pieces, petal by petal.

"Pomelo greens are bitter. If you want to cook them, the first thing you need to do is to remove their bitterness. The first step is to overfire, and the second is to pass through water. It takes a lot of work. If you overfire, you have to roast it..."

As she spoke, she picked up a piece of grapefruit peel with her chopsticks and roasted it in the stove.Li Ku'er also took a piece and squeezed it together with her to bake.

"It's about roasted until it turns yellow, and the bitterness is half gone."

After roasting a few slices of grapefruit peels, they began to soak in water.

"Put water in the pot, put the pomelo peel, bring it to a boil, take it out and soak it in cold water, when the pomelo peel is full, take it out, squeeze it dry, change the water and soak it again, do this ten times, and the bitterness is almost gone. "

"Sure enough, it's a troublesome thing. It takes ten times, but the grapefruit peel is so soft to the touch. It's so interesting." Li Kuer is happy to do this, but he doesn't know what the taste of the bitter grapefruit peel is.

"All these are ready, and you can start cooking. Put oil in the pan, add ginger slices, garlic slices, and tangerine peel until fragrant, then add fish intestines to fry, add a spoonful of bean paste and grapefruit peel to stir fry, and then Add water and half a teaspoon of brown sugar, bring to a boil and simmer for half an hour on low heat."

He Weiran took advantage of this opportunity to cook a few simple side dishes with the ready-made vegetables at Li Kuer's house. After they were all out of the pot, the four of them and a cat sat around the Eight Immortals table in front of the hall, and finally they were ready to eat.

Curiously, Li Ku'er picked up a piece of fish intestines. The fish was full of flavor, but it couldn't taste the fishy smell. It had a different taste from fish meat.Add another piece of pomelo peel, the pomelo peel that has absorbed the soup juice is crystal clear and glowing with amber luster, making it almost impossible to imagine its original appearance.Take a bite, it is soft and unbearable. After chewing, your mouth is full of rich soup, and there is a fragrance of grapefruit, which is very delicious.

He Weiran naturally stayed behind at night, the two were lying on the bed chatting, Li Kuer was still delighted with everything he had experienced today: "It's a good day, I watched such a wonderful juggling show during the day, and I had dinner at night. You, Aoi, Sister Plum Blossom, and Big Black Cat are together. It’s really lively. By the way, it would be great if Lord River God was here. I miss her, and I don’t know how she and Sister Su are doing. "

He Weiran thought for a while and said, "It must be a very satisfying life, and I can eat my favorite zongzi every day."

But Li Kuer said: "I hope that Lord River God likes Sister Su as much as he likes rice dumplings."

He Weiran covered his mouth and laughed: "You, do you still want to take care of other people's bed?"

"What happened in the quilt?" Li Kuer's face flushed, and no one could notice because the candlelight was dim: "Why, Sister He, I didn't think about it so much, it's obvious that you wanted to go to other people's quilt. "

"Pfft. Hehehehe... just think it's my fault."

Li Ku'er also laughed, and the two of them joined together, laughing so much that the bed shook...but they were laughing, and suddenly they both fell silent again.

Li Kuer held his breath in his heart, after much deliberation, he decided to speak out.

"Sister He..."

"Ok?"

"Actually, I really envy Sister Su." She said.

"why?"

"Because she can always be by Lord River God's side forever, and be with the person she likes forever."

He Weiran sighed, and said: "She has suffered, she has been lucky, and today's retribution is all her own good fortune."

Li Ku'er pursed her lips and said, "If I could be with you forever, I would be willing to suffer as much, no matter how painful it is."

"Kuer..." He Weiran turned her face away. In the candlelight, she stared deeply at Li Kuer's eyes, full of pity: "In your eternity, we will not be separated. In mine , and I will never forget you."

"Really...really..." Li Kuer suddenly choked up after hearing her words. She thought that one day, she would be gray-haired and old, and she would be approaching death day by day, but He Weiran was still the same She still has a beautiful appearance, but will she still treat her like today?And in the years after her death, will He Weiran find another person worthy of her love for the next hundred years, or will she wander alone in the world?It seemed that no matter what the possibility was, it was not what she wanted.

Tears poured out of her eyes as if uncontrollable, and Li Kuer cried, "Sister He, what you said is really cruel. I...I want...I want to live in your eternity. I don't want to leave you either, woo woo woo..."

"Bitter, don't cry..." He Weiran held her face in his arms, gently kissed away the tears on her face, and said in a low voice, "I've been alone for too long, so why would I be willing to let the only warmth leave me?" And go? But there are not so many Su Qingbracelets in the world, and there are many things that I can’t do anything about. I have had relatives and close friends. Watching them age and pass away one by one, I was heartbroken. Later, I stopped staying, Don’t talk to anyone anymore, don’t tell any mortals your secrets until you meet and get to know each other.”

"Sister He..." Li Kuer was pleased to hear her say this, but when she thought of the unchangeable facts, she was still so desperate that she wanted to cry.

However, He Weiran pressed her lips up at this moment, and gently sucked Li Kuer's soft lips... During the exchange of breaths, she said: "Kuer, if you are willing, I will allow you to love forever... In the next life, I will come to you again."