The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

Wei Shiyi and Li Sanshu decided to cook grilled fish first.The prosperity of Bianliang has led to a lot of foodies, and many people are willing to spend money on food.

Wei Shiyi found out that people in Bianliang like to eat fish, and they are willing to spend money to eat fish, so they started with grilled fish on iron plates.

Grilled fish on an iron plate, as the name suggests, is to grill fish on an iron plate.But the grilled fish should be careful not to scatter, so it cannot be dry-roasted, otherwise the fish will scatter and it will not look good.

Wei Shiyi and Li Sanshu decided to start experimenting with grilled fish the next day, and went to the blacksmith's shop to help them make iron plates that night.Last time Uncle Li also made iron pots there, so this time he also chose to make iron plates here. The only difference is that this time he brought Wei Shiyi with him.

Hot pot has a long history, and it existed before the Northern Song Dynasty, so the hot pot is very easy to make.However, the iron plate did not appear at this time, so Wei Shiyi needed to bring the iron plate needed for grilling fish on the iron plate.

"Shopkeeper Li, you came to my place to make a few iron pots two days ago. I thought your house was going to be a hot pot, but I didn't expect you to make a spicy hot pot." Looking at the quality of the soil Wei Shiyi handed over, he smiled and talked to Li Sanshu, "What are you going to do with the iron plate this time?"

The business of the blacksmith's shop is not very good. Generally, it takes a long time for an ironware to break down. Therefore, as long as customers come, the master will welcome them very warmly.Because the hot and spicy pot made by Li Sanshu sold well in drunk driving, and later Li Sanshu made several iron pots here, and the business of the blacksmith shop was better.

Now the master saw that Li Sanshu was making a new pot, so he asked happily and angrily.

Uncle Li also smiled, and said: "This time we are going to make a new dish, Master Yun, you have made the iron plate for us, if the new dish sells well, I will continue to make this iron plate in the future. "

The master smiled even more happily when he heard it, "Okay, just watch it! My little gentleman, please tell me what needs attention on this iron plate." The master turned his head and said to Wei Shiyi with a smile.

Wei Shiyi then told the master blacksmith what needs to be paid attention to in making iron plates.

There are not many things to pay attention to on the iron plate, as long as the iron plate is smooth and flat, and two ears are added on both sides of the iron plate as handles. The depth of the iron plate should not be too shallow.

After talking about the precautions, Wei Shiyi asked when he could get the iron plate, and the master said it would be three days later.However, they had to test the taste of grilled fish on the iron plate first, so they couldn't waste the three days.

Uncle Li ordered ten iron plates at the blacksmith shop in one go. Wei Shiyi thought about it, and asked if he could make one first, and they would use it first.Master Yun thought about it and thought it could be typed, so he asked Wei Shiyi and Uncle Li to come and pick it up tomorrow morning, and Wei Shiyi and Uncle Li left the blacksmith shop.

With new dishes in mind, Wei Shiyi and Li Sanshu set off to the blacksmith shop early the next morning, while Li Sanniang took Xiao Shihuan to the restaurant later.

When he arrived at the blacksmith shop, Master Yun had really forged an iron plate.

But the iron plate was not as clean as Wei Shiyi had seen it before. Instead, it was shiny and dirty as if it hadn't been washed.

Wei Shiyi was about to ask this question, but saw Li Sanshu smiled, took the iron plate and said a lot of words of thanks to Master Yun.Master Yun waved his hands with a smile, and just said that Uncle Li would patronize his business frequently in the future.

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Wei Shiyi had the opportunity to ask the doubts in his heart.After hearing this, Uncle Li smiled and sighed that Wei Shiyi is really a scholar, he didn't understand anything, so he told Wei Shiyi the reason.

It turns out that before using new ironware, you have to burn it with oil first, and you can't directly cook it. This way, the pot will not rust in the future and can be used for a long time.

Last night, Master Yun saw that they were in a hurry to use the iron plates, so after building the iron plates overnight last night, he helped them wipe the iron plates with oil, reducing their workload.

After listening to Wei Shiyi, he couldn't help feeling that Master Yun was careful.Although there are sneaky people like Chen San in this era, there are also cute and amiable people like Master Yun.

They took the iron plate, but Wei Shiyi and Li Sanshu didn't go back to the restaurant immediately, but went to the vegetable market to buy fish.Since we are going to grill fish on a iron plate, we cannot use less fish as the material.

"Brother Shi, shall we still go to Miss for help this time?" Uncle Li and Wei Shiyi talked about the way of pushing vegetables.

The effect last time was good, and Uncle Li thinks it can still be done.

Wei Shiyi was silent for a while, and said: "Third Uncle, you must have discovered these days that other restaurants also advertise their dishes like us, if we ask the lady to help, the effect should not be as good as the spicy pot. "

Their advantage is that the way of publicity is strange, and now those shops are all promoting like this, if they find a lady again, the effect will not be so good.

Uncle Li also understands this truth, but he has to publicize it.

Wei Shiyi thought for a while and said, "Third Uncle, let me think about it again." The vegetable market has arrived, so he continued, "Let's go buy fish first."

There are a lot of materials needed to grill fish on a hot plate, not only fish, but also some big ingredients as condiments, and even some condiments are not condiments but medicinal materials, such as fennel and so on.

When they arrived at the vegetable market, the two decided to split into two groups. Wei Shiyi went to buy condiments, and at the same time went to the pharmacy to buy the necessary medicinal materials. After all, he was also a doctor in name.Uncle Li went to the vegetable market to buy fish, and he wanted to buy quite a lot of fish, because in addition to grilled fish on the iron plate, the restaurant also had fish dishes.

But when Wei Shiyi bought the condiments, he found that Li Sanshu hadn't bought the fish yet.He went to look for Li Sanshu with the condiments, walked for a few minutes, and finally found him in front of a fish stall.

When Wei Shiyi passed by, he heard third uncle talking to Boss Yu.The boss of the fish had a sad face, looking distressed, and Uncle Li was also frowning.

Wei Shiyi: "Third Uncle?"

"Brother Shi, are you here?" Hearing Wei Shiyi's words, Uncle Li turned his head to him and said, "Brother Shi, you study a lot, can you see if this fish is edible?"

What's going on?Wei Shiyi stood next to Li Sanshu, looked at the fish stall in front of him, and saw a few long purple-red objects with round heads and long tentacles placed on the fish stall.

Isn't this squid? !Wei Shiyi's eyes widened.Bianliang is inland, so where did the squid come from?

Before Wei Shiyi could speak, Boss Yu said with a distressed expression: "I thought this was something fun, so I bought it from a merchant, but no one bought it here."

Li Sanshu asked Wei Shiyi again if he knew how to eat this stuff, and Wei Shiyi knew why Li Sanshu hadn't bought the fish yet.

Li Sanshu has a very good relationship with the fish boss, and he buys fish here on weekdays.Just now Uncle Li also planned to buy fish here, but when he came to the fish stall, he found that there were no other fish on the fish stall, only these two strange things.

Bianliang has recently appeared many rare fish species, causing the price of fish in Bianliang to rise steadily, making local fish unaffordable.So the fish boss also found another way to enter two or three strange fish.

He also thought that he could sell it for a price, but he forgot that when no one knows how to eat the fish, it is not a rarity, but a monster.Now the squid is a monster.

All the other fish on his stall were almost sold out, but none of the three squids were sold.Because it is the first time I have seen squid, the price of this squid is not low.Throw it away, the fish boss is reluctant, don't throw it away, and no one will buy it.

Just when the fish boss was struggling, Uncle Li came, so the two discussed the strange fish again.The fish boss secretly scolded the traveling merchant for lying to him, saying that the fish could be eaten at the seaside, but Li Sanshu told the fish boss to wait a little longer, saying that Wei Shiyi could find a solution.

So, when Wei Shiyi came, Uncle Li asked him if he could eat the fish.

It might not be possible to put this problem on others, but Wei Shiyi really has a solution.

Under the expectant eyes of the fish boss, Wei Shiyi said slowly: "In the past, someone caught a strange fish at the seaside. He had eight sets of fish. It was delicious and chewy. It was called squid. Uncle, I It looks like your fish should be squid."

Wei Shiyi made up a paragraph in a pretentious manner, which is quite plausible.

Boss Yu's distressed expression immediately disappeared, "You said it was squid, which means you can eat it?"

"Yeah." Wei Shiyi nodded, "Not only is it edible, but it also tastes good when it's cooked."

When Boss Yu heard this, a smile immediately appeared on his face.Wei Shiyi also smiled, but the next moment he saw the owner of the fish started to close the stall, put the squid and other fish into buckets, and actually closed the car and left.

"Uncle, don't you sell these fish?" Wei Shiyi asked.

Boss Yu waved his big hand and said, "It's not for sale anymore, close the stall and go home, and eat this... this squid!" When talking about squid, he gritted his teeth.

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Uncle Li patted Wei Shiyi on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Brother Shi, that's what Lao Zhang is like. Let's go too." Then he followed Boss Yu.

"Where are you going?" Wei Shiyi was suddenly a little confused.

Uncle Li took it for granted, "Of course I went to Lao Zhang's house."

Wei Shiyi: "But we haven't bought any fish..."

Boss Yu looked up at this moment and received: "Young man, I will take care of all your fish. Today you help Uncle pick up this squid and eat it, and your Uncle Yu will give it to you."

Because of this squid, Boss Yu was really upset.Now that I know how to eat squid, I am very happy.

Uncle Li obviously knew the character of his friend very well. Wei Shiyi had no choice but to follow Uncle Li to Boss Yu's house.

When they arrived at Boss Yu's house, Wei Shiyi and the others didn't delay and started processing squid in the kitchen.

Wei Shiyi has never killed squid, but he has seen videos of squid killed.Following the steps in the video, he removed the ink in the squid's eyes and the ink bag in its belly, then cut along the middle line of the squid's abdomen, and then slowly lifted the skin.

The slippery skin of the squid was not easy to peel off, and it took Wei Shiyi a lot of effort to peel off the skin.In the end, he didn't want the squid's head, just cut off the tentacles and the body behind it.

"Ah! It's still moving!" The fish boss suddenly yelled, and then cursed, "Okay, you red-skinned fish, you dare to move when you're dead!"

When I didn't know the name of the squid before, the fish boss called it red-skinned fish, but now I can't change it.It can be seen that Boss Yu hates the squid very much. Now that the squid has been killed, he is also very angry when he sees its tentacles move.

Wei Shiyi: "..."

Uncle Li: "..."

Uncle Li coughed twice and asked Wei Shiyi to continue processing.

Wei Shiyi cleaned the squid with a twitching corner of his mouth, then cut the tentacles and everything else, and cut them obliquely at 45 degrees, so that the squid would not break and the cut lines would look good.In the end, Wei Shiyi also cut the squid slices horizontally and vertically, and then put them on the plate.

The squid with white powder is placed on a plate, which looks pretty good.

Seeing Wei Shiyi's skillful handling, Master Yun believed that Wei Shiyi really knew how to eat squid.But he didn't let Wei Shiyi deal with the remaining two, he was very angry and did it himself.

After he finished cutting the other two squids, he said bitterly: "It looks weird, but it's pretty good-looking." Then he asked Wei Shiyi: "Young man, can you make it and eat it now?"

Of course, Wei Shiyi nodded. He looked at the iron plate on the dining table and said, "Then let's make an iron plate squid today."

Unexpectedly, instead of making grilled fish first, they made iron plate squid first.