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——I saw that Shen Qing washed the meat a little, put it in a large pot of boiling water, let it cook, and then took a rest, watching each other's every move with great interest.

Hey, don't be lazy, look at how people process it, do you want to cut a few knives anyway!Some impatient people couldn't help but yelled out.Of course, the calm three people were deaf to these voices.

After another half an hour, the time expired.Both sides stopped and let the maid take away the three dishes on the stove.

According to etiquette, the guests come first, so the first thing everyone tastes is the country-sick dishes.

The first dish was pork belly. As soon as it was served, the emperor was stunned.The meat in front of me was actually raw!

He glanced down and found that the meat in the bowls of the officials was all cooked, and his face immediately became a little unhappy.

"Your Majesty the Emperor," Prince Mita stepped forward and said, "Please allow me to finish making this meat for you." After he finished speaking, the other two chefs behind him brought up a small stove and put it on the stove. It is a black iron plate with hollows.

Mi Da walked in front of the emperor, picked up the portion of meat, and spread it piece by piece on the iron plate.As soon as the meat hits the iron plate, there is a sound of "Zi La" immediately, and the lean meat begins to become lighter, while the fat meat turns from translucent to completely white.The aroma of the meat and the sauce mixed together and slowly dissipated. The emperor immediately put aside his hesitation, looked at the meat on the iron plate, and his eyes gradually glowed green.

"Okay." Mi Ta took out the meat piece by piece and handed it to the emperor: "Please enjoy Siguo's most famous barbecue."

The emperor picked up a piece of meat, the piece of meat was very thin, he lightened his hand for fear of breaking the meat.

The sliced ​​meat exudes a shiny luster, and the orange-red sauce is even more attractive.The emperor put the meat into his mouth, and immediately felt a strong and complex aroma, which contained both meat, oil, and garlic in the sauce.The meat is grilled to a crispy surface, but it is not old at all.When you bite it lightly, a little bit of oil will flow out, which is very smooth.

"Gudu", while Shen Qing watched the emperor's reaction, he heard the sound of swallowing heavily from beside him.

He turned his head to look at Ran Mingyuan, saw his neck stretched out, wishing he could touch the plate of meat in front of the emperor, so he could only pat him lightly: "Don't do this, bear with it now, I'll do it for you later. "

Siguo's second course is a grilled vegetarian dish.That's right, it's still the same as pork belly, but the ingredients are replaced with potatoes, mushrooms, eggplants, etc.

Although the method is the same, the taste of these materials is completely different from that of pork belly.It was the first time for many officials to eat roasted vegetarian dishes, and they felt that they were quite fresh, so they ate a large plate of vegetarian dishes.

Tsk tsk tsk, Shen Qing stroked his chin.These people are still senior members of the court, and they can't control their mouths at critical moments.Hmph, these old men are not allowed to yell that they can't eat their food later!

Finally, the staple food of Siguo is also a very famous food in their local area - Da cake.

The cooked glutinous rice that has been beaten repeatedly is cut into small pieces and wrapped with bean noodles, sugar, sesame noodles or honey, which completes half of the sweetness; then cut the remaining glutinous rice balls into thin strips, add Siguo pure chili sauce, stir-fried with various seafood and vegetables, makes the other half of the salty taste.The sweet cakes and salty cakes were carefully placed on a plate and placed in a beautiful shape, which was the finished product in front of everyone.

Ran Xiaoguai was also sitting in the crowd, he took a bite of the sweet rice cake, and immediately opened his eyes wide, showing an extremely sweet expression, which made Shen Qing and the others find it a bit delicious.

"If the boy doesn't open his eyes so wide after eating our food, I'll spank him when I get back." Ran Mingyuan swallowed again and said angrily.

Prince Mida knew that his side's dishes would be tasted first, so he made a large portion of each dish. After tasting their side's dishes, many people were already full.

The emperor glanced at the stove at Daning's side seemingly inadvertently, seeing Ran Mingyuan winking at him with a smile on his eyes, he felt confident, and ordered the head chef: "Next, let's serve Daning's dishes. Bar."

Different from the previous serving order, this time Shen Qing and the others ordered the first dish to be a vegetarian dish.After the chef gave an order, the maids brought small plates to everyone.

Seeing what was on the plate, almost everyone's eyes lit up. Even those who felt full before couldn't help but move their chopsticks, and then began to discuss in small groups.

In the plate, there are light yellow round lotus root slices, bright red lantern pickled peppers, and light green Wuling carambola slices. The plate feels cool to the touch and smells sour, no wonder it whets the appetite.

Many of the people here are not familiar with carambola, and it is the first time they see this shape of fruit, they feel quite fresh, and the drowsiness caused by eating before has completely disappeared at this moment.

"Delicious!" Ran Xiaoguai's two-word evaluation spoke out the thoughts of most people present.

The second dish is cherry meat made by Shen Qing.

It was still a small plate, filled with small square pieces of meat, although each piece of meat was not much larger than a fingernail, but each piece was still clearly textured, with several layers of thin and fat.Although the deep red color looks like thick oily red sauce, but with diced carrots and cucumbers, it has relieved a bit of the greasy taste.

After putting it into your mouth and tasting it, you will know that this dish is definitely different from ordinary Dongpo pork. In addition to being fresh and sweet, it also has a slight fruity sour taste.

Seeing that the plates on one table after another were empty, Mida couldn't believe his eyes. He looked at Shen Qing: "What did you add to the meat? So that people with a full stomach won't feel tired?"

Shen Qing said: "I made cherry vinegar myself."

Mida was a little confused: "fruit vinegar?"

"Well, wash and dry the cherries, put them together with vinegar and rock sugar and seal them, and after three months, they will become vinegar with a strong cherry aroma." Shen Qing patiently explained to him.

Ran Mingyuan puffed out his chest proudly. He also helped a lot when brewing fruit vinegar!

Hearing this, Mida ran to a table with chopsticks, looked at the only piece of meat left on the plate, picked it up and put it in his mouth.Pity the owner of the table in this chapter, the chopsticks were hanging in the air, just before they were set down, and he could only watch the meat from his mouth fly away.

Mida chewed slowly a few times, with a look of surprise on his face, he turned his head to look at Shen Qing, but his eyes were quite different from before.

Shen Qing moved his body awkwardly, and asked Fu Mingxuan to block Mita's gaze for him - it was not good to be stared at by such a fat man.

In the end, what the maids brought was a still small bowl.

The bowl is filled with hawthorn and white fungus porridge.The hawthorn is bright red, the white fungus is white, and the millet is golden. Together, it is a very beautiful picture.

The porridge is thick, with a little rock sugar added, the taste is warm and sweet.Drink it down, warming from the tip of the tongue to the stomach.

Mi Da took over an official's porridge, couldn't let go of the spoon after taking a sip, and looked at Shen Qing with a little more reverence.

After eating four kinds of dishes and two kinds of staple food, everyone during the dinner had satisfied expressions on their faces, and some even hiccupped in front of the emperor regardless of their image.

The emperor put down the empty bowl with satisfaction, and asked Shen Qing: "Shen Aiqing, Prince Mita's three dishes are all nostalgic. What's the meaning of your three dishes?"

Shen Qing took a step forward and said: "I think that it is difficult to tell the difference between high and low food. Some people have bland tastes, some prefer heavy flavors, some like sweets, and some like spicy food. So a Dishes are judged by different people, and there will be different results.”

"The ministers read a lot of information and guessed that Prince Mida would cook barbecue and cakes. Although these things are delicious, they are not easy to digest for the stomach, so the ministers designed this set of dishes, with sweet and sour To arouse the appetite, and most of the ingredients have the effect of nourishing the stomach. We believe that for people who cook, they should not be too obsessed with winning or losing, and the most important thing is to make people who eat vegetables happy and healthy. "

After Shen Qing finished speaking, he let out a long sigh of relief.He had been preparing for a long time before he came up with such a polite sentence.

The emperor smiled and looked at the judging table. Seeing that the five highly respected judges were all stroking their beards and nodding frequently, he asked, "Where are the judges, what do you think of today's victory?"

Several people refused for a while, and the oldest one stood up and said, "Prince Mita's dishes are fresh and have local characteristics; Prince Ran's dishes are not only good in taste, but also pay attention to health preservation. , really, they are inseparable..."

"In this case, let's call it a draw." The emperor made the decision easily, and then looked at Mita: "This competition is an ordinary event between the two countries. Using the city as a bargaining chip is too serious. The people eat For God, in the future, Prince Mita can have more discussions with our chefs in Daning, it will be a good talk!"

Shen Qing looked at the amicable banquet, and finally let go of his raised heart: Fortunately, I didn't become an eternal sinner today.

Ran Mingyuan rubbed Shen Qing's arm, leaned over and complained softly in his ear: "It's so uncomfortable to be able to watch but not eat, don't forget, I will cook that kind of country-sick special barbecue when I go back soon!"

Snacks!With no burden in his heart, Shen Qing felt a lot more comfortable all over. He touched Ran Mingyuan's head.Although he felt sore from cooking such a large amount of dishes just now, but when Ran Mingyuan mentioned this, he suddenly felt that he still had a lot of strength—as long as he could satisfy his precious little prince, no matter how hard he was, he was willing to do so.

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37. Street fried noodles