[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City
Chapter 151 Northern Song Dynasty
Excited to see him so enthusiastic, in the end Lu Xiaofeng could only swallow the words in his mouth, the only thing he borrowed from Bai Jinxi on the boat was Xia Anran's handicrafts, so at this moment he used——Maybe Brother Xia Craftsmanship can turn mortals into wonders to convince themselves.
It's not that Lu Xiaofeng and Huamanlou are too delicate to eat pork. They really like to eat mutton, but the origin of mutton is basically in the north. Although Huamanlou from the south and Lu Xiaofeng who lives in the south can afford mutton, they just think There is no need.
Especially lake fresh, river fresh, and seafood are all available in Hangzhou. This is a plain irrigated area, so there is no shortage of cattle, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away.
In terms of luxury... these two usually eat beef.
In this world, eating illegal food is always more proud than eating legal but expensive food. Pork is also on the menu of Hua’s family, but their family usually eats sows or suckling pigs, sows The smell of mutton and suckling pig is light, and the meat quality is more delicate.
Both of them had tried Jinhua ham, and the result of the experiment was that Lu Xiaofeng asked himself why they wanted to eat stale pickled products in areas where fresh pork was available?
Finally, the two put their chopsticks together to rinse their mouths.
He also wants to ask Xia Anran this question now.
There is obviously fresh pork to eat outside, why go to eat pickled products
But the role of pickled products is to keep the food in the barely edible range. People in the Northern Song Dynasty like to eat, but they also pay attention to many.
Not eating from time to time is even more particular about Jiangnan people.
This is the most extravagant attention, what to eat in what season, this is the stubbornness that can only be found in areas of surplus.
For example, in later generations, only pork is used.
In spring, there are pink and crystal-clear cherry heads, in summer, steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is fragrant and light, in autumn, it is a sauce recipe simmered with sauce, and in winter, it is a sweet, happy and energy-filled honey fire recipe.
The ingredients and cooking methods throughout the year will change according to the season and the needs of the human body. It is the most beautiful to nourish the body with food without adding burden to the body.
So for Xia Anran's attitude of insisting on eating pickled products, several people present were puzzled. These people couldn't understand Xia Anran's obsession with Jinhua ham.
After waiting for an hour, wisps of fragrance told them the answer.Relying on the poor sealing technology at this time, the taste of the food is revealed before it is out of the pan.
What Xia Anran used was the piece of meat between Zhongfang and Shangfang.
There is no bone and meat, and the meat is the most compact and delicate. This is the fire side, which is the only precious ingredient in a whole ham.
The fire cube is cut into pieces and steamed twice, the first time to remove the saltiness, and the second time to add sugar, honey, lotus seeds, and dates to extract its flavor into the fire cube. The production method is very simple, and it can even be said to be a home cooking level. The technique of removing the fishy smell is completely the original taste of ham.
No water is added to the meat, no cooking wine is used, no sauce of any kind is used, and the meat is seasoned entirely by the gravy of the ham itself.Every time before steaming, the gravy will be poured from top to bottom, gradually increasing the taste of the sauce.
After two long steamings, the sweet aroma of lotus seeds and red dates will gradually penetrate into the texture of the gradually softened fire with the water vapor. Salty and astringent, add your own taste.
Finally, thicken the gravy containing all the delicious gravy with honey and starch into a sweet juice, and pour it over the fire.
It is completely different from the sweetness of cherry meat. The color of Honey Juice Fire Fang is like a peerless beauty that has accumulated over the years. She stands alone and has a strong aura and confidence. Although she does not have bright colors, she attracts others with her charm.
Today, Bai's family bought a sea bass.
This sea bass was dead when it was delivered, but thanks to the weather these few days, the meat quality has not changed, and it is even considered fresh.
This fish is caught from Sanmen Bay in Taizhou, which is just east of Jinhua. Every winter is the fishing season for sea bass. This is one of the few catches that Zhejiang people can eat in winter.Different from fish in rivers and lakes, seafood has a stronger umami taste because it contains more sodium glutamate. Sea bass is also a carnivorous fish, and its meat is more delicious and delicate.
Xia Anran, who had a rare chance to get this ingredient, finally chose stew, which is only inferior to steamed cooking method. The reason why he didn't choose steamed food was because his keen sense of smell was from this dish that had been dead for three days. The fish smelled a little strange.
The clear stew can use some mild spices to remove this part of the peculiar smell without losing the graceful taste of the fish itself.
The razor clams sealed in the mud were also purchased together. When buying the razor clams, you need to pay the price of the mud together, because only in this way can you ensure that the razor clams can be transported to the relatively inland Jinhua area. For these razor clams, salt-baked The most luxurious and delicious way to eat.
At the same time, in order to reflect the wonderful taste of ham, there is also an extremely simple local dish.
The bottom part of the ham is called dripping oil, because the ham has to be hung during the curing process. This part of the meat gathers the salt and fat of the ham. This is the saltiest and fattest part of a ham.This special meat quality is destined to be the best match for stew, or to find a light ingredient to neutralize its taste.
Xia Anran chose wax gourd.
As a standing vegetable in winter, wax gourd has the advantages of long-lasting storage, and the price is cheap enough. At the same time, the wax gourd has a lot of juice. When frying, you only need to add a little bit of water to make the winter melon soft and rotten. The rest does not need to use any seasoning .
Finally, there is a salt and pepper steak that has been recognized for its deliciousness.
Stir-fry the bean sprouts that have become reserved dishes, and the table is complete.
In fact, not all the dishes on this table were made by him himself. Cooking is a craft, but all crafts require a long period of basic skills and training, and it is definitely not something that can be done well just by knowing how to do it.
And the cooks of the Bai family are excellent craftsmen themselves, they only need a little guidance from Xia Anran, they can cook very well, this is why Xia Anran can come to the banquet together relatively refreshingly.
Honey sauce fire recipe, salt-baked razor clams, stewed sea bass, fried ham with winter melon, fried leek with double bean sprouts, pork chops with salt and pepper.
Because it is for male customers, the portion of these six dishes is a bit bigger.
Before the five men moved their chopsticks, the door of Bai's house was pushed open.
The young man in a moon-white flower cloak threw the reins of the horse to the guard, and a pair of awe-inspiring black eyes glanced at the Hua family's carriage parked at the door, paused for a while, and then stepped in with a flick of his hem.
I saw that he was handsome and handsome, but there was a shining silver long sword hanging on the place where the accessories were hung. This person was the third young master of the Bai family who had finally found out that something was wrong and rushed back from Songjiang.
Bai Yutang.
The return of the youngest brother of the Bai family made the banquet even more lively.
Only in this way, the table of six dishes was not enough, but fortunately, when Bai Yutang returned to Jinhua quickly, he bought a lot of famous products from various places along the way, and these famous products immediately became a dish on the table of the Bai family. Road food.
After Bai Yutang and his elder brother's friends saluted one by one, their eyes fell on the smiling Xia Anran. In front of his elder brother, this proud and unrestrained Third Young Master Bai looked obedient and well-behaved.
Even when he heard that Xia Anran was the teacher hired for him by the eldest brother of the Bai family, he just nodded slightly, showing no dissatisfaction at all, not at all like the kind of existence who would get mad at his husband.
But Xia Anran felt that he would behave like this probably because he was somewhat guilty.
After all, the third young master of the Bai family left the entire Bai family behind and went to Songjiang to pursue the update.
It's just that if he succeeds in chasing him, it's fine. In fact, he can be said to have returned without success.
Fortunately, because outsiders were present, his two elder brothers did not ask him about the result of his trip.This made Bai Sanshao slightly relieved.
But there was always a fire of anger burning in his heart.
The directionality of this flame is extremely obvious, it is the author of the "Martial Arts Alliance", Young Master Shen Qi.
He felt that he had never been so ashamed in his life!I ran to Songjiang with great pains, searched in the local area for nearly a month, and almost dug three feet of the ground, but failed to dig out the person.
Bai Yutang felt that he was considered sophisticated. He started with the channels for purchasing brushes and inks, and then checked the local scholars. Later, with the help of Lu Fang, a native of Songjiang, he also found foreigners.
He did catch clues about the author. After all, Xia Anran handed in manuscripts once every ten days, so the appearance of such regularity would naturally attract the attention of others.
Bai Yutang was happy to spend money, he was willing to pay, so naturally some people were willing to think about it, and some people were willing to investigate.
Following the clues all the way, he quickly found the hotel where Xia Anran used to stay.
Xia Anran is not low-key at all in Songjiang, but any good-looking young man can't keep a low profile in these ages of looking at faces, not to mention that he didn't hide his consciousness at all when he first arrived here.
Soon, under the huge sum of money, someone remembered the young gentleman who had borrowed the kitchen.
"Wai Yuan, the cloud candy in your hand was invented by Mr. Xia Lang."
At that time, Bai Yutang was holding a string of "Songjiang specialty" cloud candies in his hand. The white fluffy flocs were strung on a thin pole, which really looked like clouds.
The three brothers of the Bai family are all delicious, and his second brother often sent back various food guides after he left home. As far as Bai Yutang can remember, the Bai family has been on the rise, and his elder brother and second brother are capable. Naturally, there are no less treasures.
In this regard, he is the same as his second brother, Bai Yutang eats light food, and he grew up in Jinhua, where there are lake, river, and mountain delicacies, so he is only a little interested in seafood now.
When he arrived in Songjiang, he was like a mouse falling into a rice bowl, and he happened to catch up with the flood season of winter fishing. At this time, it is the time when the fish from the Yangtze River swim into the East China Sea for the winter. But the disadvantages can also be weakened by special cooking methods.
After confirming that Mr. Xia Lang is the person he is looking for, the next step is to investigate his movements.
In his heart, he originally thought that with his ability, it would be easy to find someone in this small place. After spreading the news of the missing person, he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, holding a fishing rod, and waited for someone to bite him. hook.
While waiting for the news, he accidentally got a booklet of Songjiang delicacies.
It is said that this booklet was written by a foreign tourist. He came in the summer when the fish season was the most abundant, and he ate in almost every restaurant in Songjiang. Click on the historical stories of the store and the little secrets of the boss, as well as the special cooking method of the ingredients and the secret menu.
It's just that the writing always feels a little inexplicably familiar.
It can be seen that this person has a good understanding of the way of gourmet food. Following this food list, Bai Yutang entered many small shops that he would never go into before.
The taste is really good, especially the shop's signature dish, which surprised him a lot.
Especially wine.
The alluvial plain soil is soft and fertile, formed by the impact of the sediment carried by the Yangtze River.
The place is close to the sea, and the water vapor from the seawater moistens the land. The rich fishery and its surplus products are often made into fertilizer and buried under the soil. The open and mountain-free environment can attract sunlight to nourish the rice every moment.
In such an environment, the rice grown by irrigation is full and articulate, and the rice is used as raw material, and the clear spring water of Songjiang is also used as the water for wine making. Under the influence of the subtropical monsoon climate, the four seasons are distinct, and the rain and heat bring the best environment conducive to microbial growth.
It is this series of heaven-sent and graceful climate that gave birth to the National Geographical Indication product in later generations - Chongming Laobaigan.
Of course, it is not called this name at this time, but it is just a thick white slurry like curdled fat, with a tangy aroma and almost no spicy taste.
The rice wine that Bai Yutang drank was brewed in March in Yangchun, and it has been cellared for nearly eight months, which is the best time to open the altar.
In the third month of the lunar calendar, the unique cold spring conditions in the southern coastal climate make the quality of wine brewed every year uncontrollable.
However, the most wonderful thing about winemaking is that the quality is uncontrollable. Different raw materials, climate, and even the rain will make the quality of wine produced in a year different.
Therefore, the collection of wine in later generations pays attention to the farm and year. Only when the time and place are put together can the wine of this year become a unique existence.
Coincidentally, last year, the weather was smooth and the sunshine was sufficient, which made the rice grain filling smooth and the starch content high.High starch promotes fermentation, and April this year was a rare good year, and the excellent "April White" was brewed
The wine in the cup is fragrant with rice, and tastes a bit like fermented glutinous rice, but the taste is clearer. When you turn the cup, the wine is thick enough to hang on the wall. When you drink it, the entrance is slightly sweet, followed by just the right sour taste. The combination of sweet and sour is very refreshing.
It's just that if you think it's a drink among girls and ignore it, you'll be wrong. It only takes a moment of stamina to let people see the unique steel bones of the south.
The one that Bai Yutang gave a good review was a small wine shop. The wife's family is a local winery and has the official right to make wine, so this man took advantage of this convenience and asked his wife and uncle's family to "specially provide" some wine for him. It has a special proportion and introduces the aroma of pear blossom. A pot of pear blossom wine is only for friends, not for customers.
But since this [Qing Qingzihe] made a recommendation, this store has been entangled by wine bugs who came here admiringly, and they want to be a confidant with this store.
The store owner was also harassed, but it did attract a large number of customers, so he could only enjoy himself while suffering, and absolutely did not bring out alcohol.
"This year's drink has been finished, we can only wait for next year," "No more, really no more!" "Who is this author? I don't know!"
Bai Yutang was full of curiosity, but when he arrived, the store was already a little edgy, to the point where anyone who said the word "wine" to him would get angry.
Naturally, it was difficult for him to ask for wine, but the clever Bai Sanshao went directly to the store's wife's uncle's shop and asked for the same batch of wine as this Li Huaniang.
The taste is really good, at least it proves that the quality of this batch of wine must be excellent.
Immediately, he rolled his eyes and used some tricks, and finally succeeded in drinking this cup of pear blossom brew.As for the means?Can't say can't say.
It was also from this shopkeeper that Bai Yutang found Xia Anran's trace.
According to the memory of the shopkeeper, the only person who may have written this travel diary was also surnamed Xia.
How likely is it that there are two people with the Xia surname and similar writing in one place in Songjiang at the same time?
No.
Bai Yutang pinched the note with the person's full name on it, and after inquiring, he knew that the person had gone to Bianjing.
Now that things have happened, how could he still not know the mystery?
Now that the northward waterway has stopped, if you want to go to Bianjing, you can only ride a horse, but Bai Yutang calculated the time, and his elder brother should be home by this time.
So he planned to go home first, the elder brother came back from Bianjing, maybe he could have some information about this person.
Unexpectedly, when he returned home after a long journey, what he saw was this gentleman surnamed Xia waiting for him at home.
It's not a waste of time
Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes slightly, and he didn't know why, when he saw this person, he felt that his smiling face was a bit distasteful, he always felt that this person smiled at him so hypocritically!
Xia Anran didn't know that the first time they met, Bai Yutang became obsessed with his favorability.
He just looked at Bai Sanshao with a smile, and the handsome young man he saw in his eyes was equivalent to Bai Huahua's mission points!
Besides, Bai Yutang is the type that people are easy to like.
He was young and reckless, his clothes were bright, and his appearance was aggressively handsome. He was still young, but it made people feel like seeing a crouching dragon and a phoenix.
Xia Anran is a person who loves talents, almost the moment the two eyes meet, he has a heart of love and compassion.
As for Bai Yutang's vague hostility... To be honest, in Xia Anran's eyes who knew exactly what he was thinking about, it was no different from the little milk leopard in the room.
Bai Yutang has a clear distinction between likes and hates, seven points of chivalry, three points of justice, as long as he does not touch his rebellious scales, in fact he is extremely gentle towards others, especially those who are not good at martial arts.
Where does the confidence come from? Of course it's because this is Bai Jinxi's younger brother!
He fully believed in Bai Jinxi's educational ability.
Everyone took their seats to pick up their chopsticks. This time, Bai Yutang brought Chongming rice wine bought from Songjiang, just to accompany the meal.
In front of someone, Big Brother Bai and Second Brother Bai gently let go of his younger brother's behavior of running away from home. As for what happened after the guests left...it is unknown.
There were six people at a table, because they were afraid that the food would lose its taste when it cooled down, so they stopped exchanging greetings. Among the six people, Xia Anran was the one who had confidence in the dishes on the table, and maybe the two elder brothers of the Bai family, Bai Yu Tang just saw the floating ham in the dishes, but he was in a hurry all the way home, and he mostly used dry food to deal with it. He was really hungry at this time.
Besides, his brothers were all there, and he didn't have the time to speak. He silently raised his chopsticks and picked the most error-prone winter melon to eat.
Winter melon is a versatile ingredient, but this versatile ingredient is more challenging to cook because of its flavor-absorbing properties.
When Bai Sanshao saw the ham served in the same plate as the wax gourd, Bai Sanshao refused in his heart.
He had the same idea as Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng.
This is not the season of lack of pork, why eat pickled products?
But when he glanced around the table, his elder brother and second elder brother dropped their chopsticks almost without hesitation, which gave Bai Yutang a little more confidence, and he stuffed the winter melon into his mouth.
The entrance is soft and glutinous, but it does not lack the unique sense of involvement of winter melon.
The moment the tip of his tongue touched the juice wrapped in the wax gourd, his eyes widened.
Tasty.
This kind of umami is different from the freshness and sweetness of fish, and also different from the mellow feeling of mutton. This kind of umami taste has a complex layered feeling, and it is captured by his taste buds bit by bit with chewing.
That is the unique taste of meat.
But pork... or rather, ham, is it that fragrant?
Bai Yutang's eyes widened, and the one who had a similar reaction to him was Lu Xiaofeng who had eaten a mouthful of Honey Juice Fire Fang.
The sweetness of the fire party has the solid taste of meat. The hard fibers that were turned into lumps due to dehydration are softened by honey water and soup, so that each fiber is brought with a strong original flavor of the ingredients.
The original taste of ham itself is very salty, but because of the cooking techniques used, it adds sweetness to the salty taste. Sweetness is the simplest way to reduce saltiness. The combination of sweet and salty, as long as the ratio is right, you can get a unique taste. of umami.
At the same time, the inexhaustible saltiness in ham can dilute the greasy feeling brought by the sweetness, which can be said to complement each other, making the taste more delicious.
This dish shocked not only Lu Xiaofeng, but also the two brothers Bai Jintang and Bai Jinxi.
They knew that Xia Anran had a way to remove the meaty smell of ham, but he had never tried such a labor-intensive dish like honey sauce fire recipe.
As tasters, the two elder brothers of the Bai family have never tasted it before, so they are not mentally prepared. It can be said that this honey sauce fire recipe has reached the pinnacle of Xia Anran's previous dishes.
It's just a pity that due to a little delay before eating, the dish cooled down a little, and then it was reheated to ensure the taste, so the taste should be affected.
Even so, the taste is still excellent, changing the traditional impression of ham in the minds of several people.Everyone looked at Huamanlou who had a keen sense of taste and had eaten a lot of rich and luxurious dishes.
The latter gently put down his chopsticks and "looked" at Xia Anran with a smile, "It's a pity that brother Xia should not be a cook in this life."
The implication is that if Xia Anran were to be a chef, he would definitely come to hire him.
In the Song Dynasty, it was extremely normal for the chef to be a man, just like it is in modern times, especially the ancient kitchen utensils were heavy and women could not easily lift them.But in the middle of the Song Dynasty, as a luxury, the cook began to stir up a whirlwind in the food circle of the Song Dynasty.
It is precious only because it is rare.
But at this moment, it is still very normal and even quite elegant for a gentleman to cook, especially among friends, cooking a few dishes and inviting friends to have a meal together is a common communication method for literati and bureaucrats... Of course, the premise is that Those who cook must really have self-knowledge!
Compared with the two ham dishes, the two seafood dishes are very common. After all, the three of them just came from the river, sea and lake. The seafood and lake freshness are still fresh, but they also got the two of them to learn from each other for their cooking methods. praise.
Surprisingly, the salt and pepper steak has received unanimous praise from several men.
Like the two elder brothers of the Bai family, they all commented on this-the best drink.
These dishes are naturally not enough for a few big men. The cooks of the Bai family added two soups in time. They can be the cooks of the Bai family, but they also have to serve the extremely picky Bai Yutang. Not too low. After learning various ways to remove the fishy smell of Jinhua ham, they tried to add shredded ham to the soup to enhance the freshness.
In fact, after cooking the dishes for this banquet in the kitchen, the chefs themselves are also testing the dishes. It is precisely because of this that they can serve a big dish that does not lose face under the sudden request of the hosts.
The shredded ham stewed in the soup has a smaller area and a wider contact surface with water. The fat and fermented substances in it are all melted into the soup. The soup made with mushrooms, pork bones, tofu, and mustard greens, It looks light, but extremely fragrant.
It perfectly dissolves the greasy feeling of the last fried food.
"It's really impressive," Lu Xiaofeng commented, he took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth, and raised his teacup to Xia Anran, "Brother Xia must live a long life, brother, I really want to eat this feast until I die Woolen cloth."
Xia Anran didn't know what he meant by what he said, but just smiled and said, "What's so difficult about it, I'll write down how to cook ham later, Brother Lu, let the chef let him experiment."
"The chefs are all highly skilled. If you are willing to study this thing, you will be able to make it more delicious than me."
Seeing that he didn't understand the meaning behind the words, Lu Xiaofeng just clicked and stopped, and then the two jokingly talked about the purchase of ham, and mentioned a few words about the way to eat pork. Bai Yutang who came back even took out the food review recipes brought back from Songjiang to share with everyone, which attracted Lu Xiaofeng repeatedly saying that he must go to Songjiang to eat next year.
Seeing this cookbook, Xia Anran's eyes drifted away, which made Bai Yutang affirm his identity.
Everyone who ate at the Fengfeng Banquet this time was extremely satisfied, and they didn't leave until the middle of the month.
From Xia Anran's point of view, it might be because Bai Sanshao was full of wine and food. When the two met again on the second day, Bai Yutang saw that his attitude had turned gentle, and he was no longer the same as when they first met. hostility.
He even participated in a warm-up activity with small animals early in the morning.
Early in the morning, Xia Anran was woken up by the chirping sounds of small animals at home, and when he opened the door, he saw that Bai Yutang was being attacked by three dogs, two cats and one bird.
The main attacker is the fine dog mother, and the auxiliary attackers are Duoduo and a big yellow cat. The other three cubs play a role in disrupting the battle.
At this moment, Bai Yutang was dressed as a martial arts student, dodging the attacks of dogs and cats, and even dodging air strikes from time to time.
During this period, the three cubs running around on the ground were like bombs from time to time. They acted wantonly, without any rules or scruples. self-confidence.
Different from the little milk dog running around, the little milk leopard has a much stronger desire to attack than them. It has strong jumping ability, so it wants to jump on Bai Yutang's back from time to time. Although it is young, it also knows the correct way to hunt. It jumps on the back of the prey, throws it down, and then bites the prey by the throat.
It's just that for its purposeful attack method, Bai Yutang switched positions every few steps, making it impossible for the little milk leopard to jump up... until finally the angry little milk leopard hung directly on his pants superior.
This policy quickly made Bai Yutang have to free one hand to hold the waistband of his trousers that was about to fall due to gravity.
It can be regarded as a perfect harassment tactic.
Its unexpected move made Bai Yutang stop at a relaxed frequency, and his steps suddenly became chaotic.
This chaos resulted in the big yellow cat who had been on the sidelines rushing towards his face.
This yellow cat has lush hair, and it suddenly blocked Bai Yutang's sight perfectly, but for some reason Bai Yutang didn't tear the cat off, but instead had two felines hanging on his body to dodge the puppies and cats by hearing. Parrot attack.
Puppies can't hide their footsteps, they will whine and threaten before attacking, and they often hug each other. Parrots are climbing birds, and their flying ability is not strong. They mainly fly short distances, so the sound of flapping their wings is louder. Martial arts practitioners have a keen sense of hearing, even though Bai Yutang has never been trained in listening to sounds and identifying positions, he can still distinguish them to this extent.
The only threat is the family puppy.
This small dog was raised by Bai Jinxi since he was a child, but it can almost be said that he grew up with Bai Yutang and practiced martial arts with him. He probably knows him better than Bai Jinxi who has not been home for a long time.
Although he is still breastfeeding, for some reason, Bai Yutang feels that based on his current feelings, he doesn't know what his second brother did to the dog after he came back, but he always feels that the dog's attack is more sharp.
However, his second brother also ordered Xiaohu not to fight back no matter what he did, so he could only let the yellow cat stay on top of him.
He couldn't see with his eyes, so he was naturally extremely passive, and now he felt a little bit step by step.
But for a moment, there was a sense of embarrassment.
Inadvertently, he took a wrong step, and at the same time he heard the second brother's voice, "Steady."
Bai Yutang took a deep breath, resisting the tingling sensation of the yellow cat's fluffy and soft fur constantly pricking his nose. The three brothers of the Bai family all have a certain degree of cleanliness. The eldest brother of the Bai family has been in business for a long time, so he has a little patience. Qiang, Bai Yutang doesn't know how the second brother is doing, but as far as he is concerned, the filth is absolutely unbearable for him.
It's just that he also knew that the eldest brother and the second brother would make such a request, and it was also to test his patience.
Aside from that, it is written in "The Alliance of Martial Arts" that there is a gentleman in the martial arts world who likes white clothes. He once suffered from some bad villains. Those villains used cow dung to make cow dung eggs. , repeatedly attacked that gentleman, the cow dung balls cannot be chopped, if they are chopped, they will scatter, and this trick was used to force that young swordsman with excellent swordsmanship into him because of his Xijie hobby. trap.
And those despicable villains took farmyard manure to seal the exit, and laughed at the swordsman outside the cave to see if he was going to get out covered in filth or starve to death inside.
When he saw this, the goosebumps on Bai Yutang's whole body exploded. He endured and endured, but he still couldn't bear the disgusting feeling in his heart, which directly made people boil the water and soak it in the bucket first. After half an hour, I washed it from top to bottom.
After soaking in the water, he suddenly thought: Even after soaking in water now, wouldn’t it be disgusting to wait to read the text?
After getting out of the water, he struggled for a while, and simply took the manuscript and read it in the room, but there was no content that made Bai Yutang uncomfortable in the following text, on the contrary, it was extremely refreshing.
The swordsman in white was forced into a desperate situation and still did not rush. The adventure he had in this territory was actually a way to break through the boundary and learned the method of melting ice with internal force. The pile of salted meat was all frozen, and then luckily, with the power of swallowing clouds, he smashed the iceberg at the door.
Even though the enemy is full of evil schemes, this side will deal with them calmly, stabilize their minds, and crack them one by one.
It can be said that one force will drop ten meetings.
... Cough, because of this, when Bai Sanshao encountered such a predicament, he still forcibly restrained himself, because he really didn't want to encounter someone who would treat him in this way one day.
If there is such a day...
No, in fact, his cleanliness is really not that serious, and he can still work hard to overcome it!
Bai Yutang made a turn, he had an intuition that it was impossible to advance, so he changed his footwork to retreat, and he felt a gust of wind blowing just after taking two steps.
His heart trembled, knowing that the family dog had discovered his desertion just now, so he concentrated on stepping on his steps to dodge, until a moment later he heard the sound of his second brother calling to stop.
Bai Yutang hurriedly took off the yellow cat hanging from his head and threw it on the ground. He pressed his hair vigorously. If the yellow cat wanted to hang on his face, it naturally hooked his long hair with its claws. It felt like a few strands of my hair had been forcibly grown enough.
pain!
He pressed the root of the hair, only to feel a tingling pain.
It's just that right now he doesn't have more time to comfort himself, Bai Yutang still has to wait for his second brother's evaluation of his actions just now.
He walked quickly to Bai Jinxi's side, only to find that there were quite a few people watching his martial arts training, including his brother's two friends.
... When did you come?
At the beginning, these two people were clearly not there. During this period, he tried his best to catch the sound, but he didn't notice the footsteps. These two people must be extremely masters!
Bai Yutang's eager eyes swept over the sides of the two, but seeing that the waists of the two were empty, he immediately lost eight points of interest.
There are many kung fu masters in the Jianghu, and many of them use ordinary weapons other than swords.
Bai Yutang majored in both swords and swords, and knew a little of both, so he would instinctively look for someone who majored in both.
He had heard of Lu Xiaofeng's reputation in Jianghu, who claimed to be able to catch all weapons with his two fingers... I don't know, can his own sword be caught?
But before he could say a word, he felt that the atmosphere suddenly became chilly, and his second brother's gaze drifted over.
Bai Yutang immediately stood up straight, his second brother has been away from home for several years, although he doesn't know how advanced his martial arts are now, he also knows that with his aptitude, his second brother must be much better than him now. .
This is not self-deprecating, but he is indeed a little inferior in age and experience.
Moreover, his second elder brother has been able to achieve the same level as ordinary people when he first entered, and he can freely retract and release his internal energy, so it can be seen that he has entered the realm.
Bai Jinxi is the one who enlightened him in martial arts, so he is looking forward to his second brother's evaluation at this time.
The third young master of the Bai family looked at his brother with sparkling eyes.
The author has something to say: I updated a part of it, the author missed the food appreciation part when writing the article! !
... The author has nothing to say today, I am hungry for writing myself...
These dishes are so good!Each family has its own method of honey juice fire. In fact, the more authentic one is to put rock sugar, because the melting speed of rock sugar is just right.But rock sugar has not been made in the Northern Song Dynasty... (The author also studied how to make rock sugar! But it's too troublesome... I don't want to write it) so I used white sugar instead.
Eating seasonal dishes instead of greenhouse dishes is the stubbornness of many private kitchens. Their recipes are not fixed, and they will be refreshed every month. The author has eaten it once... silently wiping his saliva, which belongs to the kind that eats once and thinks about a year , Wow, this is really too cruel!
Sea bass is not a sea bass, but a sea fish, and it is also an economic fish that is eaten more in our country.In addition, there are largemouth bass, an introduced species, but the perch that has been eaten in our country is actually Songjiang perch, but the number is very small.Now the country and the Songjiang area are protecting and breeding. I think I will be able to eat it once in my life. After all, it is the fish that Su Shi praised so much!
But the sea bass is also delicious!
Meat and fish are delicious!
As for ham, in fact, I think the simplest method is the most delicious. The author asked a local Jiyoujun to recommend her fried ham (although I suspect that she may know this one, after all, not all Girls can cook like the author!)
Winter melon is really a versatile vegetable.Both boiled soup and braised are delicious, but wax gourd is not an easy-to-appetize dish, so it must be peeled and sliced thinly.
You can put scallops, dried shrimps, and seaweed in the soup, and you can drink it for a long time~
Nowadays, there are usually ingredients for buried seaweed and egg drop soup. You can add winter melon to it for a rich taste and cover up the fact that you don’t know how to cook! (Hello)
For razor clams, you should buy mud razor clams in the vegetable market, not water razor clams, even if mud razor clams are more expensive, because razor clams will absorb water very much when placed in water, and they will shrink after a pot.
There used to be a shop called "Miss Zhao Not Waiting for a Seat", which had delicious salt-baked razor clams... now I don't know why, I haven't eaten it for a long time.
The author of Chongming Rice Wine likes to drink it! ! ! !In fact, I like to eat fermented glutinous rice, especially the faint smell of wine.So my Jiuniang Xiaoyuanzi always puts a lot of Jiuniang... ahem.
Although Xia Miao doesn't know, I think Bai Sanshao's change of attitude must be due to:
Bai Sanshao (angry!!!)
Bai Sanshao: Hey, why did this person enter my second brother's room?
Bai Sanshao: Hey, his bird has also flown in, his cat has also entered, and his dog has also entered! ! !
Bai Sanshao: ... Anyway, I always feel that I can't be offended.
Sauce purple.
The cool thing about writing a novel within a novel is that it’s like having a golden finger, everything that goes wrong can be solved with books hahahahaha! ! ! !
It's not that Lu Xiaofeng and Huamanlou are too delicate to eat pork. They really like to eat mutton, but the origin of mutton is basically in the north. Although Huamanlou from the south and Lu Xiaofeng who lives in the south can afford mutton, they just think There is no need.
Especially lake fresh, river fresh, and seafood are all available in Hangzhou. This is a plain irrigated area, so there is no shortage of cattle, and the sky is high and the emperor is far away.
In terms of luxury... these two usually eat beef.
In this world, eating illegal food is always more proud than eating legal but expensive food. Pork is also on the menu of Hua’s family, but their family usually eats sows or suckling pigs, sows The smell of mutton and suckling pig is light, and the meat quality is more delicate.
Both of them had tried Jinhua ham, and the result of the experiment was that Lu Xiaofeng asked himself why they wanted to eat stale pickled products in areas where fresh pork was available?
Finally, the two put their chopsticks together to rinse their mouths.
He also wants to ask Xia Anran this question now.
There is obviously fresh pork to eat outside, why go to eat pickled products
But the role of pickled products is to keep the food in the barely edible range. People in the Northern Song Dynasty like to eat, but they also pay attention to many.
Not eating from time to time is even more particular about Jiangnan people.
This is the most extravagant attention, what to eat in what season, this is the stubbornness that can only be found in areas of surplus.
For example, in later generations, only pork is used.
In spring, there are pink and crystal-clear cherry heads, in summer, steamed pork with lotus leaf powder is fragrant and light, in autumn, it is a sauce recipe simmered with sauce, and in winter, it is a sweet, happy and energy-filled honey fire recipe.
The ingredients and cooking methods throughout the year will change according to the season and the needs of the human body. It is the most beautiful to nourish the body with food without adding burden to the body.
So for Xia Anran's attitude of insisting on eating pickled products, several people present were puzzled. These people couldn't understand Xia Anran's obsession with Jinhua ham.
After waiting for an hour, wisps of fragrance told them the answer.Relying on the poor sealing technology at this time, the taste of the food is revealed before it is out of the pan.
What Xia Anran used was the piece of meat between Zhongfang and Shangfang.
There is no bone and meat, and the meat is the most compact and delicate. This is the fire side, which is the only precious ingredient in a whole ham.
The fire cube is cut into pieces and steamed twice, the first time to remove the saltiness, and the second time to add sugar, honey, lotus seeds, and dates to extract its flavor into the fire cube. The production method is very simple, and it can even be said to be a home cooking level. The technique of removing the fishy smell is completely the original taste of ham.
No water is added to the meat, no cooking wine is used, no sauce of any kind is used, and the meat is seasoned entirely by the gravy of the ham itself.Every time before steaming, the gravy will be poured from top to bottom, gradually increasing the taste of the sauce.
After two long steamings, the sweet aroma of lotus seeds and red dates will gradually penetrate into the texture of the gradually softened fire with the water vapor. Salty and astringent, add your own taste.
Finally, thicken the gravy containing all the delicious gravy with honey and starch into a sweet juice, and pour it over the fire.
It is completely different from the sweetness of cherry meat. The color of Honey Juice Fire Fang is like a peerless beauty that has accumulated over the years. She stands alone and has a strong aura and confidence. Although she does not have bright colors, she attracts others with her charm.
Today, Bai's family bought a sea bass.
This sea bass was dead when it was delivered, but thanks to the weather these few days, the meat quality has not changed, and it is even considered fresh.
This fish is caught from Sanmen Bay in Taizhou, which is just east of Jinhua. Every winter is the fishing season for sea bass. This is one of the few catches that Zhejiang people can eat in winter.Different from fish in rivers and lakes, seafood has a stronger umami taste because it contains more sodium glutamate. Sea bass is also a carnivorous fish, and its meat is more delicious and delicate.
Xia Anran, who had a rare chance to get this ingredient, finally chose stew, which is only inferior to steamed cooking method. The reason why he didn't choose steamed food was because his keen sense of smell was from this dish that had been dead for three days. The fish smelled a little strange.
The clear stew can use some mild spices to remove this part of the peculiar smell without losing the graceful taste of the fish itself.
The razor clams sealed in the mud were also purchased together. When buying the razor clams, you need to pay the price of the mud together, because only in this way can you ensure that the razor clams can be transported to the relatively inland Jinhua area. For these razor clams, salt-baked The most luxurious and delicious way to eat.
At the same time, in order to reflect the wonderful taste of ham, there is also an extremely simple local dish.
The bottom part of the ham is called dripping oil, because the ham has to be hung during the curing process. This part of the meat gathers the salt and fat of the ham. This is the saltiest and fattest part of a ham.This special meat quality is destined to be the best match for stew, or to find a light ingredient to neutralize its taste.
Xia Anran chose wax gourd.
As a standing vegetable in winter, wax gourd has the advantages of long-lasting storage, and the price is cheap enough. At the same time, the wax gourd has a lot of juice. When frying, you only need to add a little bit of water to make the winter melon soft and rotten. The rest does not need to use any seasoning .
Finally, there is a salt and pepper steak that has been recognized for its deliciousness.
Stir-fry the bean sprouts that have become reserved dishes, and the table is complete.
In fact, not all the dishes on this table were made by him himself. Cooking is a craft, but all crafts require a long period of basic skills and training, and it is definitely not something that can be done well just by knowing how to do it.
And the cooks of the Bai family are excellent craftsmen themselves, they only need a little guidance from Xia Anran, they can cook very well, this is why Xia Anran can come to the banquet together relatively refreshingly.
Honey sauce fire recipe, salt-baked razor clams, stewed sea bass, fried ham with winter melon, fried leek with double bean sprouts, pork chops with salt and pepper.
Because it is for male customers, the portion of these six dishes is a bit bigger.
Before the five men moved their chopsticks, the door of Bai's house was pushed open.
The young man in a moon-white flower cloak threw the reins of the horse to the guard, and a pair of awe-inspiring black eyes glanced at the Hua family's carriage parked at the door, paused for a while, and then stepped in with a flick of his hem.
I saw that he was handsome and handsome, but there was a shining silver long sword hanging on the place where the accessories were hung. This person was the third young master of the Bai family who had finally found out that something was wrong and rushed back from Songjiang.
Bai Yutang.
The return of the youngest brother of the Bai family made the banquet even more lively.
Only in this way, the table of six dishes was not enough, but fortunately, when Bai Yutang returned to Jinhua quickly, he bought a lot of famous products from various places along the way, and these famous products immediately became a dish on the table of the Bai family. Road food.
After Bai Yutang and his elder brother's friends saluted one by one, their eyes fell on the smiling Xia Anran. In front of his elder brother, this proud and unrestrained Third Young Master Bai looked obedient and well-behaved.
Even when he heard that Xia Anran was the teacher hired for him by the eldest brother of the Bai family, he just nodded slightly, showing no dissatisfaction at all, not at all like the kind of existence who would get mad at his husband.
But Xia Anran felt that he would behave like this probably because he was somewhat guilty.
After all, the third young master of the Bai family left the entire Bai family behind and went to Songjiang to pursue the update.
It's just that if he succeeds in chasing him, it's fine. In fact, he can be said to have returned without success.
Fortunately, because outsiders were present, his two elder brothers did not ask him about the result of his trip.This made Bai Sanshao slightly relieved.
But there was always a fire of anger burning in his heart.
The directionality of this flame is extremely obvious, it is the author of the "Martial Arts Alliance", Young Master Shen Qi.
He felt that he had never been so ashamed in his life!I ran to Songjiang with great pains, searched in the local area for nearly a month, and almost dug three feet of the ground, but failed to dig out the person.
Bai Yutang felt that he was considered sophisticated. He started with the channels for purchasing brushes and inks, and then checked the local scholars. Later, with the help of Lu Fang, a native of Songjiang, he also found foreigners.
He did catch clues about the author. After all, Xia Anran handed in manuscripts once every ten days, so the appearance of such regularity would naturally attract the attention of others.
Bai Yutang was happy to spend money, he was willing to pay, so naturally some people were willing to think about it, and some people were willing to investigate.
Following the clues all the way, he quickly found the hotel where Xia Anran used to stay.
Xia Anran is not low-key at all in Songjiang, but any good-looking young man can't keep a low profile in these ages of looking at faces, not to mention that he didn't hide his consciousness at all when he first arrived here.
Soon, under the huge sum of money, someone remembered the young gentleman who had borrowed the kitchen.
"Wai Yuan, the cloud candy in your hand was invented by Mr. Xia Lang."
At that time, Bai Yutang was holding a string of "Songjiang specialty" cloud candies in his hand. The white fluffy flocs were strung on a thin pole, which really looked like clouds.
The three brothers of the Bai family are all delicious, and his second brother often sent back various food guides after he left home. As far as Bai Yutang can remember, the Bai family has been on the rise, and his elder brother and second brother are capable. Naturally, there are no less treasures.
In this regard, he is the same as his second brother, Bai Yutang eats light food, and he grew up in Jinhua, where there are lake, river, and mountain delicacies, so he is only a little interested in seafood now.
When he arrived in Songjiang, he was like a mouse falling into a rice bowl, and he happened to catch up with the flood season of winter fishing. At this time, it is the time when the fish from the Yangtze River swim into the East China Sea for the winter. But the disadvantages can also be weakened by special cooking methods.
After confirming that Mr. Xia Lang is the person he is looking for, the next step is to investigate his movements.
In his heart, he originally thought that with his ability, it would be easy to find someone in this small place. After spreading the news of the missing person, he sat firmly on the Diaoyutai, holding a fishing rod, and waited for someone to bite him. hook.
While waiting for the news, he accidentally got a booklet of Songjiang delicacies.
It is said that this booklet was written by a foreign tourist. He came in the summer when the fish season was the most abundant, and he ate in almost every restaurant in Songjiang. Click on the historical stories of the store and the little secrets of the boss, as well as the special cooking method of the ingredients and the secret menu.
It's just that the writing always feels a little inexplicably familiar.
It can be seen that this person has a good understanding of the way of gourmet food. Following this food list, Bai Yutang entered many small shops that he would never go into before.
The taste is really good, especially the shop's signature dish, which surprised him a lot.
Especially wine.
The alluvial plain soil is soft and fertile, formed by the impact of the sediment carried by the Yangtze River.
The place is close to the sea, and the water vapor from the seawater moistens the land. The rich fishery and its surplus products are often made into fertilizer and buried under the soil. The open and mountain-free environment can attract sunlight to nourish the rice every moment.
In such an environment, the rice grown by irrigation is full and articulate, and the rice is used as raw material, and the clear spring water of Songjiang is also used as the water for wine making. Under the influence of the subtropical monsoon climate, the four seasons are distinct, and the rain and heat bring the best environment conducive to microbial growth.
It is this series of heaven-sent and graceful climate that gave birth to the National Geographical Indication product in later generations - Chongming Laobaigan.
Of course, it is not called this name at this time, but it is just a thick white slurry like curdled fat, with a tangy aroma and almost no spicy taste.
The rice wine that Bai Yutang drank was brewed in March in Yangchun, and it has been cellared for nearly eight months, which is the best time to open the altar.
In the third month of the lunar calendar, the unique cold spring conditions in the southern coastal climate make the quality of wine brewed every year uncontrollable.
However, the most wonderful thing about winemaking is that the quality is uncontrollable. Different raw materials, climate, and even the rain will make the quality of wine produced in a year different.
Therefore, the collection of wine in later generations pays attention to the farm and year. Only when the time and place are put together can the wine of this year become a unique existence.
Coincidentally, last year, the weather was smooth and the sunshine was sufficient, which made the rice grain filling smooth and the starch content high.High starch promotes fermentation, and April this year was a rare good year, and the excellent "April White" was brewed
The wine in the cup is fragrant with rice, and tastes a bit like fermented glutinous rice, but the taste is clearer. When you turn the cup, the wine is thick enough to hang on the wall. When you drink it, the entrance is slightly sweet, followed by just the right sour taste. The combination of sweet and sour is very refreshing.
It's just that if you think it's a drink among girls and ignore it, you'll be wrong. It only takes a moment of stamina to let people see the unique steel bones of the south.
The one that Bai Yutang gave a good review was a small wine shop. The wife's family is a local winery and has the official right to make wine, so this man took advantage of this convenience and asked his wife and uncle's family to "specially provide" some wine for him. It has a special proportion and introduces the aroma of pear blossom. A pot of pear blossom wine is only for friends, not for customers.
But since this [Qing Qingzihe] made a recommendation, this store has been entangled by wine bugs who came here admiringly, and they want to be a confidant with this store.
The store owner was also harassed, but it did attract a large number of customers, so he could only enjoy himself while suffering, and absolutely did not bring out alcohol.
"This year's drink has been finished, we can only wait for next year," "No more, really no more!" "Who is this author? I don't know!"
Bai Yutang was full of curiosity, but when he arrived, the store was already a little edgy, to the point where anyone who said the word "wine" to him would get angry.
Naturally, it was difficult for him to ask for wine, but the clever Bai Sanshao went directly to the store's wife's uncle's shop and asked for the same batch of wine as this Li Huaniang.
The taste is really good, at least it proves that the quality of this batch of wine must be excellent.
Immediately, he rolled his eyes and used some tricks, and finally succeeded in drinking this cup of pear blossom brew.As for the means?Can't say can't say.
It was also from this shopkeeper that Bai Yutang found Xia Anran's trace.
According to the memory of the shopkeeper, the only person who may have written this travel diary was also surnamed Xia.
How likely is it that there are two people with the Xia surname and similar writing in one place in Songjiang at the same time?
No.
Bai Yutang pinched the note with the person's full name on it, and after inquiring, he knew that the person had gone to Bianjing.
Now that things have happened, how could he still not know the mystery?
Now that the northward waterway has stopped, if you want to go to Bianjing, you can only ride a horse, but Bai Yutang calculated the time, and his elder brother should be home by this time.
So he planned to go home first, the elder brother came back from Bianjing, maybe he could have some information about this person.
Unexpectedly, when he returned home after a long journey, what he saw was this gentleman surnamed Xia waiting for him at home.
It's not a waste of time
Bai Yutang narrowed his eyes slightly, and he didn't know why, when he saw this person, he felt that his smiling face was a bit distasteful, he always felt that this person smiled at him so hypocritically!
Xia Anran didn't know that the first time they met, Bai Yutang became obsessed with his favorability.
He just looked at Bai Sanshao with a smile, and the handsome young man he saw in his eyes was equivalent to Bai Huahua's mission points!
Besides, Bai Yutang is the type that people are easy to like.
He was young and reckless, his clothes were bright, and his appearance was aggressively handsome. He was still young, but it made people feel like seeing a crouching dragon and a phoenix.
Xia Anran is a person who loves talents, almost the moment the two eyes meet, he has a heart of love and compassion.
As for Bai Yutang's vague hostility... To be honest, in Xia Anran's eyes who knew exactly what he was thinking about, it was no different from the little milk leopard in the room.
Bai Yutang has a clear distinction between likes and hates, seven points of chivalry, three points of justice, as long as he does not touch his rebellious scales, in fact he is extremely gentle towards others, especially those who are not good at martial arts.
Where does the confidence come from? Of course it's because this is Bai Jinxi's younger brother!
He fully believed in Bai Jinxi's educational ability.
Everyone took their seats to pick up their chopsticks. This time, Bai Yutang brought Chongming rice wine bought from Songjiang, just to accompany the meal.
In front of someone, Big Brother Bai and Second Brother Bai gently let go of his younger brother's behavior of running away from home. As for what happened after the guests left...it is unknown.
There were six people at a table, because they were afraid that the food would lose its taste when it cooled down, so they stopped exchanging greetings. Among the six people, Xia Anran was the one who had confidence in the dishes on the table, and maybe the two elder brothers of the Bai family, Bai Yu Tang just saw the floating ham in the dishes, but he was in a hurry all the way home, and he mostly used dry food to deal with it. He was really hungry at this time.
Besides, his brothers were all there, and he didn't have the time to speak. He silently raised his chopsticks and picked the most error-prone winter melon to eat.
Winter melon is a versatile ingredient, but this versatile ingredient is more challenging to cook because of its flavor-absorbing properties.
When Bai Sanshao saw the ham served in the same plate as the wax gourd, Bai Sanshao refused in his heart.
He had the same idea as Hua Manlou and Lu Xiaofeng.
This is not the season of lack of pork, why eat pickled products?
But when he glanced around the table, his elder brother and second elder brother dropped their chopsticks almost without hesitation, which gave Bai Yutang a little more confidence, and he stuffed the winter melon into his mouth.
The entrance is soft and glutinous, but it does not lack the unique sense of involvement of winter melon.
The moment the tip of his tongue touched the juice wrapped in the wax gourd, his eyes widened.
Tasty.
This kind of umami is different from the freshness and sweetness of fish, and also different from the mellow feeling of mutton. This kind of umami taste has a complex layered feeling, and it is captured by his taste buds bit by bit with chewing.
That is the unique taste of meat.
But pork... or rather, ham, is it that fragrant?
Bai Yutang's eyes widened, and the one who had a similar reaction to him was Lu Xiaofeng who had eaten a mouthful of Honey Juice Fire Fang.
The sweetness of the fire party has the solid taste of meat. The hard fibers that were turned into lumps due to dehydration are softened by honey water and soup, so that each fiber is brought with a strong original flavor of the ingredients.
The original taste of ham itself is very salty, but because of the cooking techniques used, it adds sweetness to the salty taste. Sweetness is the simplest way to reduce saltiness. The combination of sweet and salty, as long as the ratio is right, you can get a unique taste. of umami.
At the same time, the inexhaustible saltiness in ham can dilute the greasy feeling brought by the sweetness, which can be said to complement each other, making the taste more delicious.
This dish shocked not only Lu Xiaofeng, but also the two brothers Bai Jintang and Bai Jinxi.
They knew that Xia Anran had a way to remove the meaty smell of ham, but he had never tried such a labor-intensive dish like honey sauce fire recipe.
As tasters, the two elder brothers of the Bai family have never tasted it before, so they are not mentally prepared. It can be said that this honey sauce fire recipe has reached the pinnacle of Xia Anran's previous dishes.
It's just a pity that due to a little delay before eating, the dish cooled down a little, and then it was reheated to ensure the taste, so the taste should be affected.
Even so, the taste is still excellent, changing the traditional impression of ham in the minds of several people.Everyone looked at Huamanlou who had a keen sense of taste and had eaten a lot of rich and luxurious dishes.
The latter gently put down his chopsticks and "looked" at Xia Anran with a smile, "It's a pity that brother Xia should not be a cook in this life."
The implication is that if Xia Anran were to be a chef, he would definitely come to hire him.
In the Song Dynasty, it was extremely normal for the chef to be a man, just like it is in modern times, especially the ancient kitchen utensils were heavy and women could not easily lift them.But in the middle of the Song Dynasty, as a luxury, the cook began to stir up a whirlwind in the food circle of the Song Dynasty.
It is precious only because it is rare.
But at this moment, it is still very normal and even quite elegant for a gentleman to cook, especially among friends, cooking a few dishes and inviting friends to have a meal together is a common communication method for literati and bureaucrats... Of course, the premise is that Those who cook must really have self-knowledge!
Compared with the two ham dishes, the two seafood dishes are very common. After all, the three of them just came from the river, sea and lake. The seafood and lake freshness are still fresh, but they also got the two of them to learn from each other for their cooking methods. praise.
Surprisingly, the salt and pepper steak has received unanimous praise from several men.
Like the two elder brothers of the Bai family, they all commented on this-the best drink.
These dishes are naturally not enough for a few big men. The cooks of the Bai family added two soups in time. They can be the cooks of the Bai family, but they also have to serve the extremely picky Bai Yutang. Not too low. After learning various ways to remove the fishy smell of Jinhua ham, they tried to add shredded ham to the soup to enhance the freshness.
In fact, after cooking the dishes for this banquet in the kitchen, the chefs themselves are also testing the dishes. It is precisely because of this that they can serve a big dish that does not lose face under the sudden request of the hosts.
The shredded ham stewed in the soup has a smaller area and a wider contact surface with water. The fat and fermented substances in it are all melted into the soup. The soup made with mushrooms, pork bones, tofu, and mustard greens, It looks light, but extremely fragrant.
It perfectly dissolves the greasy feeling of the last fried food.
"It's really impressive," Lu Xiaofeng commented, he took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth, and raised his teacup to Xia Anran, "Brother Xia must live a long life, brother, I really want to eat this feast until I die Woolen cloth."
Xia Anran didn't know what he meant by what he said, but just smiled and said, "What's so difficult about it, I'll write down how to cook ham later, Brother Lu, let the chef let him experiment."
"The chefs are all highly skilled. If you are willing to study this thing, you will be able to make it more delicious than me."
Seeing that he didn't understand the meaning behind the words, Lu Xiaofeng just clicked and stopped, and then the two jokingly talked about the purchase of ham, and mentioned a few words about the way to eat pork. Bai Yutang who came back even took out the food review recipes brought back from Songjiang to share with everyone, which attracted Lu Xiaofeng repeatedly saying that he must go to Songjiang to eat next year.
Seeing this cookbook, Xia Anran's eyes drifted away, which made Bai Yutang affirm his identity.
Everyone who ate at the Fengfeng Banquet this time was extremely satisfied, and they didn't leave until the middle of the month.
From Xia Anran's point of view, it might be because Bai Sanshao was full of wine and food. When the two met again on the second day, Bai Yutang saw that his attitude had turned gentle, and he was no longer the same as when they first met. hostility.
He even participated in a warm-up activity with small animals early in the morning.
Early in the morning, Xia Anran was woken up by the chirping sounds of small animals at home, and when he opened the door, he saw that Bai Yutang was being attacked by three dogs, two cats and one bird.
The main attacker is the fine dog mother, and the auxiliary attackers are Duoduo and a big yellow cat. The other three cubs play a role in disrupting the battle.
At this moment, Bai Yutang was dressed as a martial arts student, dodging the attacks of dogs and cats, and even dodging air strikes from time to time.
During this period, the three cubs running around on the ground were like bombs from time to time. They acted wantonly, without any rules or scruples. self-confidence.
Different from the little milk dog running around, the little milk leopard has a much stronger desire to attack than them. It has strong jumping ability, so it wants to jump on Bai Yutang's back from time to time. Although it is young, it also knows the correct way to hunt. It jumps on the back of the prey, throws it down, and then bites the prey by the throat.
It's just that for its purposeful attack method, Bai Yutang switched positions every few steps, making it impossible for the little milk leopard to jump up... until finally the angry little milk leopard hung directly on his pants superior.
This policy quickly made Bai Yutang have to free one hand to hold the waistband of his trousers that was about to fall due to gravity.
It can be regarded as a perfect harassment tactic.
Its unexpected move made Bai Yutang stop at a relaxed frequency, and his steps suddenly became chaotic.
This chaos resulted in the big yellow cat who had been on the sidelines rushing towards his face.
This yellow cat has lush hair, and it suddenly blocked Bai Yutang's sight perfectly, but for some reason Bai Yutang didn't tear the cat off, but instead had two felines hanging on his body to dodge the puppies and cats by hearing. Parrot attack.
Puppies can't hide their footsteps, they will whine and threaten before attacking, and they often hug each other. Parrots are climbing birds, and their flying ability is not strong. They mainly fly short distances, so the sound of flapping their wings is louder. Martial arts practitioners have a keen sense of hearing, even though Bai Yutang has never been trained in listening to sounds and identifying positions, he can still distinguish them to this extent.
The only threat is the family puppy.
This small dog was raised by Bai Jinxi since he was a child, but it can almost be said that he grew up with Bai Yutang and practiced martial arts with him. He probably knows him better than Bai Jinxi who has not been home for a long time.
Although he is still breastfeeding, for some reason, Bai Yutang feels that based on his current feelings, he doesn't know what his second brother did to the dog after he came back, but he always feels that the dog's attack is more sharp.
However, his second brother also ordered Xiaohu not to fight back no matter what he did, so he could only let the yellow cat stay on top of him.
He couldn't see with his eyes, so he was naturally extremely passive, and now he felt a little bit step by step.
But for a moment, there was a sense of embarrassment.
Inadvertently, he took a wrong step, and at the same time he heard the second brother's voice, "Steady."
Bai Yutang took a deep breath, resisting the tingling sensation of the yellow cat's fluffy and soft fur constantly pricking his nose. The three brothers of the Bai family all have a certain degree of cleanliness. The eldest brother of the Bai family has been in business for a long time, so he has a little patience. Qiang, Bai Yutang doesn't know how the second brother is doing, but as far as he is concerned, the filth is absolutely unbearable for him.
It's just that he also knew that the eldest brother and the second brother would make such a request, and it was also to test his patience.
Aside from that, it is written in "The Alliance of Martial Arts" that there is a gentleman in the martial arts world who likes white clothes. He once suffered from some bad villains. Those villains used cow dung to make cow dung eggs. , repeatedly attacked that gentleman, the cow dung balls cannot be chopped, if they are chopped, they will scatter, and this trick was used to force that young swordsman with excellent swordsmanship into him because of his Xijie hobby. trap.
And those despicable villains took farmyard manure to seal the exit, and laughed at the swordsman outside the cave to see if he was going to get out covered in filth or starve to death inside.
When he saw this, the goosebumps on Bai Yutang's whole body exploded. He endured and endured, but he still couldn't bear the disgusting feeling in his heart, which directly made people boil the water and soak it in the bucket first. After half an hour, I washed it from top to bottom.
After soaking in the water, he suddenly thought: Even after soaking in water now, wouldn’t it be disgusting to wait to read the text?
After getting out of the water, he struggled for a while, and simply took the manuscript and read it in the room, but there was no content that made Bai Yutang uncomfortable in the following text, on the contrary, it was extremely refreshing.
The swordsman in white was forced into a desperate situation and still did not rush. The adventure he had in this territory was actually a way to break through the boundary and learned the method of melting ice with internal force. The pile of salted meat was all frozen, and then luckily, with the power of swallowing clouds, he smashed the iceberg at the door.
Even though the enemy is full of evil schemes, this side will deal with them calmly, stabilize their minds, and crack them one by one.
It can be said that one force will drop ten meetings.
... Cough, because of this, when Bai Sanshao encountered such a predicament, he still forcibly restrained himself, because he really didn't want to encounter someone who would treat him in this way one day.
If there is such a day...
No, in fact, his cleanliness is really not that serious, and he can still work hard to overcome it!
Bai Yutang made a turn, he had an intuition that it was impossible to advance, so he changed his footwork to retreat, and he felt a gust of wind blowing just after taking two steps.
His heart trembled, knowing that the family dog had discovered his desertion just now, so he concentrated on stepping on his steps to dodge, until a moment later he heard the sound of his second brother calling to stop.
Bai Yutang hurriedly took off the yellow cat hanging from his head and threw it on the ground. He pressed his hair vigorously. If the yellow cat wanted to hang on his face, it naturally hooked his long hair with its claws. It felt like a few strands of my hair had been forcibly grown enough.
pain!
He pressed the root of the hair, only to feel a tingling pain.
It's just that right now he doesn't have more time to comfort himself, Bai Yutang still has to wait for his second brother's evaluation of his actions just now.
He walked quickly to Bai Jinxi's side, only to find that there were quite a few people watching his martial arts training, including his brother's two friends.
... When did you come?
At the beginning, these two people were clearly not there. During this period, he tried his best to catch the sound, but he didn't notice the footsteps. These two people must be extremely masters!
Bai Yutang's eager eyes swept over the sides of the two, but seeing that the waists of the two were empty, he immediately lost eight points of interest.
There are many kung fu masters in the Jianghu, and many of them use ordinary weapons other than swords.
Bai Yutang majored in both swords and swords, and knew a little of both, so he would instinctively look for someone who majored in both.
He had heard of Lu Xiaofeng's reputation in Jianghu, who claimed to be able to catch all weapons with his two fingers... I don't know, can his own sword be caught?
But before he could say a word, he felt that the atmosphere suddenly became chilly, and his second brother's gaze drifted over.
Bai Yutang immediately stood up straight, his second brother has been away from home for several years, although he doesn't know how advanced his martial arts are now, he also knows that with his aptitude, his second brother must be much better than him now. .
This is not self-deprecating, but he is indeed a little inferior in age and experience.
Moreover, his second elder brother has been able to achieve the same level as ordinary people when he first entered, and he can freely retract and release his internal energy, so it can be seen that he has entered the realm.
Bai Jinxi is the one who enlightened him in martial arts, so he is looking forward to his second brother's evaluation at this time.
The third young master of the Bai family looked at his brother with sparkling eyes.
The author has something to say: I updated a part of it, the author missed the food appreciation part when writing the article! !
... The author has nothing to say today, I am hungry for writing myself...
These dishes are so good!Each family has its own method of honey juice fire. In fact, the more authentic one is to put rock sugar, because the melting speed of rock sugar is just right.But rock sugar has not been made in the Northern Song Dynasty... (The author also studied how to make rock sugar! But it's too troublesome... I don't want to write it) so I used white sugar instead.
Eating seasonal dishes instead of greenhouse dishes is the stubbornness of many private kitchens. Their recipes are not fixed, and they will be refreshed every month. The author has eaten it once... silently wiping his saliva, which belongs to the kind that eats once and thinks about a year , Wow, this is really too cruel!
Sea bass is not a sea bass, but a sea fish, and it is also an economic fish that is eaten more in our country.In addition, there are largemouth bass, an introduced species, but the perch that has been eaten in our country is actually Songjiang perch, but the number is very small.Now the country and the Songjiang area are protecting and breeding. I think I will be able to eat it once in my life. After all, it is the fish that Su Shi praised so much!
But the sea bass is also delicious!
Meat and fish are delicious!
As for ham, in fact, I think the simplest method is the most delicious. The author asked a local Jiyoujun to recommend her fried ham (although I suspect that she may know this one, after all, not all Girls can cook like the author!)
Winter melon is really a versatile vegetable.Both boiled soup and braised are delicious, but wax gourd is not an easy-to-appetize dish, so it must be peeled and sliced thinly.
You can put scallops, dried shrimps, and seaweed in the soup, and you can drink it for a long time~
Nowadays, there are usually ingredients for buried seaweed and egg drop soup. You can add winter melon to it for a rich taste and cover up the fact that you don’t know how to cook! (Hello)
For razor clams, you should buy mud razor clams in the vegetable market, not water razor clams, even if mud razor clams are more expensive, because razor clams will absorb water very much when placed in water, and they will shrink after a pot.
There used to be a shop called "Miss Zhao Not Waiting for a Seat", which had delicious salt-baked razor clams... now I don't know why, I haven't eaten it for a long time.
The author of Chongming Rice Wine likes to drink it! ! ! !In fact, I like to eat fermented glutinous rice, especially the faint smell of wine.So my Jiuniang Xiaoyuanzi always puts a lot of Jiuniang... ahem.
Although Xia Miao doesn't know, I think Bai Sanshao's change of attitude must be due to:
Bai Sanshao (angry!!!)
Bai Sanshao: Hey, why did this person enter my second brother's room?
Bai Sanshao: Hey, his bird has also flown in, his cat has also entered, and his dog has also entered! ! !
Bai Sanshao: ... Anyway, I always feel that I can't be offended.
Sauce purple.
The cool thing about writing a novel within a novel is that it’s like having a golden finger, everything that goes wrong can be solved with books hahahahaha! ! ! !
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