food color system

Zhuo Yichen's taking over the post of food supervisor is more conducive to accumulating his "food value". He is in charge of supervising ingredients and serving spoons in Taichang Temple and Ouchi General Dining Room. Will he be able to take the turn of Imperial Dining? .The emperor, the Eastern Palace, the Empress Dowager, and high-ranking concubines all have their own small kitchens, and their cooking skills are more refined than those in the main dining room in the palace. Zhuo Yichen is the small kitchen in the Eastern Palace.

This is the time when preparations for the winter festival are underway. Apart from being in the palace, Zhuo Yichen has to go out of the palace every day to supervise the ingredients at Taichang Temple, and occasionally to host meals.As more dignitaries come into contact with, the "food value" accumulates very quickly. Zhuo Yichen can feel that his sense of smell and touch have become more acute, and he can tell which ingredients are used in it just by the smell.The problem is, although the various senses have become more acute, the most serious sense of insensitivity - not lifting, has not been resolved!Zhuo Yichen thought that his efforts were not enough, so he had to work harder to accumulate "food value".The host is so straightforward, if he doesn't tell him the truth, he will really be unable to understand the mystery of "food value" for the rest of his life, so the system gentleman who has been silent for a long time has no choice but to speak.

[Host, host. 】

When this rigid voice suddenly sounded in his mind, Zhuo Yichen was concentrating on rolling the dough, so he didn't pay much attention to it.He didn't notice until the System Lord called for the third time.

Mr. System told him bluntly: [Host, "food value" can cure obstacles in culinary skills, but it can't cure obstacles in x!Poison discrimination, smell, taste, touch, kitchen knives, etc. are all related to cooking skills. Do you think it may not be cured? 】

Zhuo Yichen was silent for a while, "Not lifting can be regarded as one of the chronic diseases of the body..."

Mr. System had no choice but to say clearly: [This is the range that can only be cured by "color value", host! 】

Zhuo Yichen: "..."

After a while, Zhuo Yichen asked confusedly, "How do you accumulate 'color value'?"

[Can't disclose more, this is against the rules.Host, think about it yourself. 】

After Mr. System said this sentence, "噗" disappeared again.

Zhuo Yichen became even more worried now, and he said why he was trying so hard to accumulate "food value", but a certain disease still didn't improve at all!

He slowly put down the rolling pin in his hand, and stared blankly at the skin as thin as a cicada's wing on the chopping board. If you want to say, this food also has "color", as the saying goes, "color and fragrance", can't this aspect be accumulated "Color value"?

The system is silent: Host, you are so upright!

Hey……

Zhuo Yichen sighed in his heart, and decided to bring this matter up with Zhuo Yun at dinner today.Apart from being tireless about food, Zhuo Yichen is not so enthusiastic about other things.Ordinarily, this unresolved illness is quite a big deal for a man, and it is impossible for him to marry a wife and have children. If he is still in modern times, he may really become a widow and be pointed out by others.Zhuo Yichen began to rejoice that he had crossed over.

The host of Mr. System is probably born with a calm and optimistic temperament. Not everyone can experience the mental journey from worrying about illnesses to being grateful for everything in front of him.

Zhuo Yichen thought it was no big deal after thinking about it, and he devoted himself to cooking the food again.

The most classic meat stuffed soup dumpling has as many as 32 folds, which are carefully folded on the thin and small dough, which is as fine as you can imagine, and the intervals between each fold are the same, which Quite a test of the swordsman's eyesight and ingenuity.The buns are steamed in a cage, and the heat of the steam is used to incorporate the essence of the ingredients into the soup.

The essence of the fresh soup in the soup dumpling is extremely thick gravy, which is in a semi-colloidal state at low temperature, so it can be wrapped with crab roe, chives and other fillings.Once steamed in the pot, the jelly-like gravy melts into a liquid, which cooks and blends with the fillings, creating the unique deliciousness of the soup dumpling.Especially the dough wrapping the hot gravy, which is as thin as paper and has amazing toughness.

When Zhuo Yichen prepares soup dumplings, he can also use meat stuffing to make "clear stewed lion's head", which is also called sunflower big chop meat in scientific name.This dish uses the most commonly used "flat knife method". In order to obtain the ultimate soft taste, the lean and fat pork belly should be finely chopped into particles the size of pomegranate seeds.It is precisely because of the appropriate size that the meat granules are easy to hug and hold in the hands of the chef.Hang up two pots of ginseng chicken soup in advance, put the lion's head into the chicken soup, and simmer on low heat for nearly an hour (two hours), the big meat dumpling can still maintain a complete shape and not disperse.After combining the deliciousness of pork and chicken soup, skim off the top layer of slick oil and put it into another pot of clear chicken soup.A stewed lion's head is finished.

Zhuo Yichen knew that some of the servants in Shen Yunyuan were helping others, so he always did it himself when it came to food.Moreover, the ancient times paid great attention to the uniqueness and confidentiality of culinary skills. Chefs would not allow outsiders to observe while cooking, and Zhuo Yichen was happy to accept this.In this way, it is difficult for outsiders to tamper with food.

Zhuo Yichen steamed two baskets of soup dumplings and pinched four lion heads.He put one of the meat dumplings and chicken soup in a sandalwood food box, and sent someone out of the palace to Tianyi Pavilion.Today is the first trial of Tianyi Pavilion's "Famous Sword Club", he dare not forget this matter.

When Zhuo Yun came to his elder brother's Shenyun Courtyard, he happened to see him putting the dinner dishes on the table one by one.

Zhuo Yichen noticed someone coming in, but the maid did not report but retreated silently, so he knew who it was.He sat down at the table, looked up with a smile, and pointed to the soup dumpling on the table, "Come here quickly, this thing has to be eaten while it's hot."

Zhuo Yun walked over and took a look, "Buns? Could this be the special pasta you mentioned earlier?"

I saw that the steamed stuffed bun was indeed bigger than normal steamed stuffed buns, about the size of a palm, but the skin was so thin that the soup wrapped inside could almost be seen.

Zhuo Yun naturally thought of a question: "It's strange, it's really special, how do you wrap fresh soup in it?"

"This is originally a very viscous gravy. It will melt naturally after steaming, and it will become a fresh soup. I didn't pour the soup into it." Zhuo Yichen urged again, "Try it quickly, this soup dumpling Once cold, the fresh soup inside will congeal."

Zhuo Yun picked up one with jade chopsticks, but the soup dumpling was so soft that he couldn't bear it. He was worried that the thin skin would be broken, so he didn't dare to use too much force, he hesitated for a while.

Zhuo Yichen smiled and said, "This soup is delicious."

He gave Zhuo Yun a demonstration, "clamp the mouth of the soup dumpling with chopsticks, gently lift it up, and put it on the plate. Then make a small bite on the top, drink the fresh soup inside first, and then put the steamed stuffed bun finish eating."

Zhuo Yun did as he said, but when he bit open the mouth of the soup dumpling, he used too much force, opened a big mouth, and the delicious soup inside gushed out like a broken one, and slid his mouth straight, even And splashed on his face.

Zhuo Yun was a little stunned, how could he be so virtuous after eating a steamed stuffed bun? !

Zhuo Yichen watched from the side and laughed, and quickly found a handkerchief to wipe it clean for him.

Zhuo Yun finished the soup dumpling, and the hot fresh soup lingered between his teeth, so the taste and texture needless to say.

There are indeed many skills in cooking food. The truth seems to be very simple, but the ingenuity of the concept is often amazing.

Zhuo Yun poked the pink and tender meat dumpling with his chopsticks, "You also made a lion's head?"

"En!" Zhuo Yichen looked at him expectantly, and urged, "Try it!"

Zhuo Yun couldn't help laughing.As long as it is about food, my brother will take the initiative to ask him to taste it, but in other aspects...

"What are you doing just looking at me? Try it quickly." Zhuo Yichen urged again.

Zhuo Yun took a sip and rolled it on the tip of his tongue, "The taste is light but delicious, um, it's very good. I have eaten lion's head stewed in sauce before, but this kind of clear stew is not common. Because there are many meat fillings , clear stewing may be difficult to taste, or it may make the soup muddy."

"So I divided the ginseng chicken soup into two pots, and pounded it twice to keep the umami taste. How about this dish, can it be compared to sauced lion's head?"

"It's comparable, and it's not worse than the imperial meal."

"Then I will try this dish for the first time, can I enter the next round?"

"Brother, are you still going?"

"Of course." How could he miss the opportunity to compete with famous chefs?

Zhuo Yun smiled, "Okay, let's go out of the palace in low clothes for the second and third rounds, and I'll go to see you compete. But, brother, you promise me one thing."

"what's up?"

"Don't try to win the first place, just go to the end of the competition and hide your true level."

Zhuo Yichen was puzzled.

Zhuo Yun explained: "The top three will probably be sent to serve the imperial meal. But accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger, even if there is a slight mistake, I don't want you to go."

Zhuo Yichen smiled and asked back, "You forgot, you are also a king yourself."

"No, I am different from the emperor, at least to you." Zhuo Yun rarely became serious in front of his brother, "I can obey you in everything, but you have to listen to me in this matter. "

Zhuo Yichen raised his eyes and gave him a gentle look, "Okay."

After dinner, palace lanterns and candles were lit in the hall, and Menghan incense was burning in the censer.Zhuo Yun hugged him, bowed his head and pressed a kiss between his brows: "I went to the imperial hospital to get some medicine a few days ago, you can try it tonight?"

Zhuo Yichen felt a little weak when he heard this, Zhuo Yun was more concerned about this matter than himself.

"It really doesn't work, it doesn't work..."

"How do you know if you haven't even tried? Brother, don't worry, only you and I know about this matter, so don't shy away from it, and don't be ashamed."

Zhuo Yichen was a little embarrassed, "I'm not shy, it's...it's really not good, you can't help me with these methods..."

"But you said that there is a better way, but you have never seen anything from you, and you don't want to tell me, then I have to find a way." Zhuo Yun's words are also reasonable, Zhuo Yichen doesn't know what to do It's better to explain to him, do you want to tell him that you must accumulate color values?Zhuo Yichen really couldn't say such embarrassing words.

Zhuo Yun grabbed hold of it and asked again: "Have you eaten the deer blood and Bu Wan?"

"I don't want to eat that kind of thing..." It's too cruel, isn't it, deer blood!

Seeing his brother's expression like this, Zhuo Yun knew that he must have taken those supplements, he tightly hugged Zhuo Yichen's waist, "Can't you listen to me? No, I have to try the medicine tonight anyway. Don't procrastinate. The imperial doctor told me that this kind of disease must be stopped and cured as soon as possible, otherwise you will get used to it after a long time!"

Zhuo Yichen said in a low voice: "Actually...Actually, we are treating..."

No matter how sharp Zhuo Yun was, he still couldn't understand the meaning of these words, but he didn't care about these, he lifted Zhuo Yichen's chin, pried open his teeth with the tip of his tongue, and just stuck in.Zhuo Yichen didn't refuse, he was treating a disease anyway.

The smoky aroma lingers between the two, which seems to make people more emotional.However, at this moment, Zhuo Yun suddenly stopped and let go of the person in his arms.Zhuo Yichen was taken aback by this action, that embrace was so warm and tender that he almost drowned in it, but he was suddenly interrupted.

Zhuo Yichen's dimples were slightly red, and he was about to ask a few words, but Zhuo Yun made a silent gesture to him, staring fixedly at the side of the window lattice.He followed Zhuo Yun's gaze, but he didn't see anything.

Zhuo Yun took him into his arms and whispered in his ear, "There is someone."

Zhuo Yichen's heart skipped a beat. He originally thought that Zhuo Yun had transferred half of the servants here, and after observing the servants sent by the House of Internal Affairs carefully for so long, he didn't notice that they had any different intentions. He thought that the rest of them could be used , there are still unfaithful people.

"Damn it!" Zhuo Yun's eyes turned cold, and the heat in his heart cooled down a little bit, "I didn't force them, but they forced me instead."

Zhuo Yichen knew who the "they" Zhuo Yun was referring to, and in order to fight for the reserve position, he was calculating to such an extent that even his Shen Yunyuan was eyeing him, except for the two older princes. No one else has the guts to do so.

Zhuo Yichen shook his head and sighed: "It seems that we have to get rid of these slaves. But even if we change people again, there is no guarantee that some of those people will be disloyal. What do you think we should do?"

After Zhuo Yun calmed down, an idea came to his mind.

"Brother, do you still remember those servants in Prince Jing's mansion?"

Zhuo Yichen nodded immediately, "Of course I remember." When Zhuo Yun asked, he guessed the other party's plan, and continued to ask: "Can this be done? Naturally, I am relieved of them, and those people left I'm afraid Prince Jing's Mansion really has no place to go, if they can really come to Shenyun Courtyard, it would be the best way to achieve the best of both worlds. But they are outsiders after all, can they come in?"

Zhuo Yun said: "You were also a person outside the palace before, didn't you come in? I will go to Dali Temple tomorrow. They are all innocent and innocent. It is not difficult to think about it. Leave this matter to me."

Zhuo Yichen breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his tightly pursed lips slowly relaxed, "This is the best way..." Not only smashed the plot of the spies, but also took in the people who had nowhere to go.

Zhuo Yun looked at the side face of his brother who had calmed down, and the anger and anger that was hard to vent in his chest just now gradually calmed down.It seems that as long as this person is there every time, it feels like the sky is falling and there is no need to panic.Thinking about it carefully, it seems that my brother has never panicked. Whether it is facing Prince Jing's embarrassment, or an emergency situation, or even forcing the city to quell chaos, or entering the palace to face him, he is calm and unhurried.

Zhuo Yun stretched out his arms, pulled him into his arms, and said softly, "Brother, do you blame me?"

"What do I blame you for?" He smiled.In fact, no one understands the meaning of Zhuo Yun's words better than him. It is actually guilt, apology, and failure to let close people live a comfortable life.

"Actually, it's the same everywhere. Even if I stay in Zhuo's family, I still have to deal with a lot of troubles, and maybe there are difficult relatives. Or, my parents will urge me to marry a wife and have children." Even if it is In modern times, we have to face these too.There is always good and bad in the world.Zhuo Yichen has been alone for so long, he has already gotten used to it.Even if he knew just now that the spies were inevitable, he wasn't surprised or even scared, everything was within his expectations.

Zhuo Yichen raised his head, his eyes were clear, "For me, maybe it's the same everywhere. I just want you to accompany me now, so that we can be safe and sound, no matter where we are."

He glanced at his brother, but couldn't hold back after all, and hugged him tightly.

"Before those people were transferred to your Shen Yunyuan, you slept in my bedroom."