Palace Full of Delicacies

One month's time is limited. In order to train good apprentices quickly, Su Yu goes to Xianmantang early every day. The two young apprentices are also very hardworking, so they simply live in the back kitchen.Seeing the two of them making a floor shop in the utility room, Su Yu couldn't see it. He discussed with Mr. Yuan and rented a small courtyard next door. A little two lives.

Speaking of which, the waiters in Xianmantang were all servants transferred from Prince Zhao's Mansion, and all the expenses were paid by Prince Zhao's Mansion. Su Yu carefully looked at the accounts and felt that it was inappropriate to do so.He wants to cooperate with King Zhao for a long time, it is always bad to take advantage of others.

"The new mistress has been recruited, so there is no need to bother." Mr. Yuan stopped Su Yu from dividing the account, "They are domestic slaves, and it is impossible for them to leave Prince Zhao's Mansion."

"I was confused." Su Yu suddenly realized that although the servants of the palace are slaves, many people are unwilling to give up their status. In the eyes of others, the waiter in a restaurant is naturally different from the servants of the palace.

The new mistress is still in training, and will be able to take up the post in a few days. Su Yu is not good at this, so he handed over all of them to Mr. Yuan. He just repeatedly explained that the accounts must be clearly separated from now on, and the prince must suffer again. Then concentrate on teaching the two apprentices.

Two apprentices, each learning seven dishes, should be enough for one month.

The most difficult thing in cooking is the control of the heat and seasoning. Time is tight, so Su Yu prepared the seasonings of these fourteen dishes and put them in different small jars. What Feng needs to learn is the processing of heat and materials.

Seafood ingredients are more particular than other ingredients. Where they can be eaten, where they are used to make soup base, and where they should be cut off in advance, the order must not be wrong. Su Yu chose simple fish, shrimp and scallops. The three main ingredients are to be made Fourteen dishes are not difficult.

"Today, I will make fried shrimp with sauce." Su Yu took out a pot of prawns and handed it to Zhang Cheng, asking him to pick out the shrimp threads.

Stir-fried shrimp with soy sauce is not simply stir-fried with soy sauce. In the era when Su Yu lived, chefs were often lazy and directly used the prepared Maggi sauce.There is no industrially produced Maggi sauce here, so it needs to be prepared by hand.

"The most important thing about seafood dishes is not after cooking, but before cooking." Su Yu inspected the processed shrimp and handed Zhang Cheng a bunch of seasonings.

To remove the fishy smell, cooking wine is needed, and of course there is no cooking wine in Da'an Dynasty.When Su Yu looked through Su Ji's recipes, he found that many dishes contained a seasoning called "Hua Diao".

Huadiao, also known as Huadiao wine, is a kind of rice wine.Su Yu bought Huadiao on Dongdajie, and bought more than a dozen types of rice wine, such as Zhuangyuanhong, Jintan Wine, Hua Baiyang, etc., tried them all, and found that these types of rice wine had basically the same effect on removing fishy smell. I don't know why the ancestor of the Su family only wrote the flower carving, which made him guess for several days.

Minced garlic, minced ginger, soy sauce, sugar, Chinese prickly ash, rice wine, all the seasonings are ready. Remove the heads of the fresh shrimps, marinate them in the seasoning for half an hour, then drain them before putting them into the pot.

This is the first time for Zhang Cheng to watch Su Yu handle the materials carefully, and he saw the slender and white fingers flying, spread the materials, loosen the powder, and order the sauce.

There are always some people who look very ordinary when they are free, like Su Yu, whose appearance can only be regarded as above-average, and how he behaves in the world is also mediocre, but when he steps into his domain, he can Turning into a god in an instant, that kind of radiance is unrivaled.

"Do you remember?" Su Yu stopped his movements and turned to ask the little apprentice.

"Master, why do I feel that you don't seem to be cooking, but rather..."

"Boom!" There was a crisp sound, which interrupted the conversation between the master and the apprentice. Su Yu looked up and saw a small pot of flour that was originally used for making snacks by the window knocked to the ground, and a fur covered in flour Tuan looked very angry, and while sneezing, he didn't forget to slap away the basin that dared to be in charge.

"Sauce!" Su Yu's eyes lit up, and he ran over in three steps at a time, picking up the white kitten.

Stupid slave!Amber's eyes were already full of anger, An Hongche raised his paw and slapped Su Yu's hand away, struggled to jump back to the chopping board, shaking his hair vigorously.Damn it, pickle the shrimp, pickle the shrimp, put on that attractive look for anyone to see!Looking up at Zhang Cheng who was stunned aside, His Majesty Mao became even more angry, and couldn't help baring his teeth at him.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry," Su Yu suppressed a smile and picked up the kitten again, and leaned over to kiss the cat's ears that were still stained with flour, "It won't be uncomfortable if we wash it for nothing."

Damn it!

Using the usual means, the flour cat in his arms really stopped moving. Su Yu patted the cat's head in satisfaction, told Zhang Cheng to pickle the cat again, and then left his apprentice to bathe the cat.

The weather was getting hotter and it was noon, so Su Yu took a small wooden basin, scooped hot water from the steamer and mixed it, tested the temperature of the water, and then put the hair balls in.The depth of the water is just right, and the body can be completely submerged when lying on the stomach. Uncle Cat lay down comfortably and rested his head on the side of the basin.

"Sauce, why did you come out at noon?" Su Yu hadn't seen this guy in the daytime for a long time, and he only came here twice in the middle of the night this month. It was bigger than before.

The kitten, who was squinting its eyes to enjoy, raised its eyelids to look at him, and raised its front paws. The witty cat slave immediately held it, and carefully cleaned the batter in the crevices of the paws with his fingertips.

Take a rest today, I come to take a bath!An Hongche yawned and responded casually.

However, this sentence was just a few "meow woo woo" to Su Yu's ears, and he couldn't understand it at all, but he could still chat happily, "What do you want to eat, I will cook it for you in a while, it is You need to eat more when you grow up... Hey, by the way, do you still remember where I put my name card, I didn't hand it in at all, why did Zong Zhengsi invite me to the general election?"

An Hongche didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and let him chatter away.

After washing the cat, Su Yu wiped the uncle cat from head to toe with a cloth towel, and the fur was half-dried, afraid of being blown by the wind, he simply took another dry cloth towel, wrapped the cat and carried it in his arms.

An Hongche struggled uncomfortably to remove the cloth towel, and some damp hair wet Su Yu's underwear. It was already summer, and Su Yu didn't wear anything else except this one, and the touch of his skin was conveyed through the soft wet clothes. , His Majesty the cat couldn't help but froze.

"Boss, something happened up ahead," the waiter who passed the dishes hurried over, "a person who claimed to be your elder brother wanted to keep accounts, but Mr. Yuan refused, so he yelled for you to go."

Su Yu frowned, and raised his hand to take out the cat from his arms so that he could go over and see the situation.An Hongche, who was in a daze, subconsciously grabbed Su Yu's clothes with his claws, causing him not to take them out.Su Yu, who had always been used to him, didn't force it, so he simply went to the lobby with the cat in his arms.

Sure enough, Su Yu's cousin, Su Ming, was standing in front of the counter, yelling endlessly, and the guests in the lobby watched the fun while eating.

"Su Yu, tell me, am I your elder brother?" Seeing Su Yu coming, Su Ming immediately became more energetic and clattered the table.

These days Su Ming couldn't bear to see Su Yu's smug look, he wanted to eat and drink for free, and credit Su Yu's account with a wipe of his mouth after eating, so that he would suffer from being dumb.The clinker is fresh and full of food, which needs to be paid first before the food is served. The shopkeeper refuses to enter the oil and salt, but refuses to put it in Su Yu's account. Seeing the people in the lobby start to laugh at him in whispers, Su Ming couldn't help but become angry. Get angry.

Su Yu had a headache, took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Yuan, as I said, all troublemakers will be sent to the capital."

"Understood," Mr. Yuan smiled, "I have sent someone to invite people from the yamen."

"Su Yu, what do you mean!" Su Ming panicked when he heard the person who was going to invite the yamen, but he didn't want to show his timidity, so he bluffed and grabbed Su Yu's lapel, "Oh!"

As soon as he got close, a sharp claw scratched out a deep blood mark.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing the dinner of the guest officials. There is no table here today to send a pot of sour plum soup." Su Yu patted the hairball in his arms comfortingly, and cupped his hands towards everyone.

At a table by the window, An Hongzhuo stared at the tuft of golden fluff exposed from Su Yu's skirt, with a playful smile in his long and narrow eyes.Turning his head to look at Su Ming, who was thrown out by Xiao Er, who was still cursing, he raised his chin slightly, "Follow him."

"Yes." Someone beside him responded, followed Su Ming's footsteps, and gradually disappeared on the bustling East Street.

In the evening, after finishing the last dish, Su Yu rubbed his sore shoulders, turned his head to look at the golden kitten who was concentrating on catching fish by the fish tank, and couldn't help but smile a little, "Sauce, let's go home. "

The golden fur ears moved, An Hongche looked up at him, in the warm candlelight in the kitchen, that not-so-handsome face looked softer, he let go of the fish tail he just hooked, and flicked his paws, really, stick Even if I dote on you, you can't act like a baby in front of others.

Back at Su's house, Su Yu's yard was pitch black. Just as he stepped into the yard, the kitten in his arms suddenly jumped onto his shoulder. At the same time, there was a muffled sound behind the door, and a black figure rolled away. come out.

"Ouch!" The black shadow fell to the ground and wailed.

"Su Ming? Why are you here?" Su Yu lit a candle, and saw clearly who was coming. It was his cousin Su Ming who made trouble during the day. He probably had been hiding in the dark just now. I also took a net bag, not knowing what to do.

Su Ming's face was pale, he looked nervously at the dark place, then glanced at Su Yu again, and ran away.

"What's the matter?" Su Yu scratched his head, he didn't think that Su Ming was hiding in his room to do something good, either to steal money or to beat him up, but why did he fall out by himself and still be so frightened?

Standing on his shoulders, An Hongche's eyes were full of coldness. It was wishful thinking to catch me with a net bag for catching rabbits.

The next day, Su Ming fell ill, and the eldest aunt insisted that it was broken in Su Yu's house.Su Yu was so annoyed that he simply didn't go home and lived directly in Xianmantang to keep his ears clean.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of July, the day of the general election for the palace.

Mrs. Zhao called Su Yu back the day before, taught him a lot, reminded him to make friends with those nobles, and gave him several sets of clothes and accessories to tidy up.

At the beginning of the Mao Dynasty, Su Xiaozhang had already driven Su Ying to Zongzhengsi in a donkey cart, but Su Yu missed the donkey cart, so he could only walk over with his burden.When Maozheng arrived at the front yard of Zongzhengsi, many honorable children came, all in brocade clothes and luxurious clothes, in twos and threes to make a pile.

Su Yu didn't know anyone, so he could only hide in a corner and pretend to be a quail.