[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

fresh!fragrant!If Xue Pan were to talk about the five-spice powder, he could only comment on these two words.

It's simply amazing!

As if the five-spice powder ignited the flame of creation for the cook, Xue's lunch was extremely satisfying.

Satisfied until these people ate a full stomach.

The fattiest part of the skin of the roasted pork is fried to a crisp. I don’t know what is added to the ingredients. The taste is not as strong as when it is eaten dry, but it is more fragrant and softer, especially when the skin is dipped in spices, because the skin is relatively hard. It is smooth, and the material is just right, neither salty nor bland, and the gravy bursting in the mouth is surrounded by various spices, and the fresh aroma of the meat is completely drawn out.

Grilled lamb chops have the same effect. Xue’s usual way of eating it is marinating, which makes it more tender and delicious, and does not leave any miscellaneous taste in the mouth.

This is mainly because no matter how you grind cumin, there will be sawdust-like things left on the meat, but now that it is ground into powder, the aroma is added, and the taste is deeper and richer.

After the chicken soup is sprinkled with powder, the taste is slightly different. The cook should have improved the five-spice powder according to each different ingredient. For example, in the mellow chicken soup, the original spicy taste of the five-spice powder is reconciled with the aroma of pepper , Several flavors are tanned together, highlighting the deliciousness of chicken soup.

As for boiled fish fillets, it is undoubtedly the most amazing dish today.

There are not many chili peppers at present, not because they can’t afford them, but also because they can’t be bought. Xue’s family would not dare to put chili peppers in such a drastic way when cooking. Yes, I had a sudden idea and used chili to make spicy oil. This is not the best season to eat silver carp. Before the fish head is full, silver carp itself has many spines, and the meat quality is not fat, but today there is no other The fish is gone, so the cook picks out the bones of the fish, slices the fish into pieces, puts them in the water, and then pours the chili oil on them until it is served, the boiling chili oil is still sizzling.

This fish is not cooked until it is served on the table, so there is no need to mention the taste.

Adding chili oil and a lot of chili peppers made Xue Pan and Xue Baochai choke and cough a few times, but they just couldn't stop, couldn't stop at all.

Most of the usual dishes put a little bit of spiciness in the dishes, but Xue's family never knew that the spiciness could be so aggressive if it was put in too much.

In this dish, the five-spice powder is less effective.The main reason is that the spicy pepper is too overbearing, covering most of the other flavors.

Xue Pan was persuaded by this younger brother Xia's thinking. He had a detailed discussion with the cook. From the cook's point of view, he was actually not very in favor of using this kind of powder, because it would easily make the dishes lose their flavor. spirituality.

According to the chef's words, this spirituality is to fine-tune the condiments according to the four seasons and the physical condition of the host's family, regardless of food and medicine.

For example, when autumn is dry, it is not suitable to use condiments that increase the burden on the five internal organs. Even if you want to use them, the dosage will be greatly reduced, and the main thing is to nourish the body. If you use this powder, how can you master the degree of it? ?How can you separate a condiment that has been mixed together?

But its advantage is that it can reduce the cook's preparation time and ensure the stability of the taste of the dishes.

Stability is a difficult problem for Huaxia chefs when they enter the world, and it is also one of the reasons why it is still difficult for restaurants to be awarded Michelin in spite of the fact that Chinese cuisine is famous and there are many famous chefs.

The unstable quality control of materials, the emphasis on dinner compared to lunch, and the different gestures of each chef all lead to differences in the dishes that the judges ate during unannounced visits.

As far as the present is concerned, each restaurant has its own specialty dishes and its own unique recipes, but it is true that it is easy for the master chef to go, and the taste will be very different.

As a chef, the cook doesn't quite approve of such semi-finished condiments, which can easily lead young people astray, but he knows what the master wants to hear, sighed, and said, "It's easy to carry, easy to use, It tastes good, enhances the taste, saves time, and has many benefits."

Xue Pan slowly clenched his fists, the light in his eyes flickered, and finally turned into firmness.

He bowed to Mrs. Xue, "I'm going to find Brother Xia." Without waiting for a response, he hurried out.

Xia Anran and Lin Jue were blocked at the door after class, Xue Pan's attitude was much more cautious this time.

Seeing his expression, Xia Anran felt relieved, knowing that it was a success.

In the next few days, both he and Xue Pan were busy hitting the heels of their heads. If they were to sell powdered ingredients, it would not be very profitable to just sell five-spice powder. Xue's business used to be mainly silk and satin villages. If they want to sell this product now, It is necessary to open another shop, one shop only sells one powder, of course it is not cost-effective, but Xia Anran can't help with business, he just made thirteen spices and chili sauce one after another.

He bought fermented soybeans, sautéed them with ginger, garlic, peanuts, crushed chili noodles, and used light soy sauce to extract the freshness. Lin Jue ate most of the chili sauce that he made that night. He made more, put it in a jar and sent it back to someone Leaving Yangzhou for Xia Mu and Lin Ruhai.

Not long ago, Xia's mother wrote to say that she missed her son Yunyun, Xia Anran couldn't go back in a short time, so she had to ask someone to bring chili sauce, which can be regarded as alleviating Xia's mother's lovesickness.

I don't know if the lovesickness has been alleviated, but Lin Ruhai sent a letter asking him to make more and send it back. He was afraid that he would not have enough raw materials, so he sent a big bag of peppers.

After Xia Anran proved that chili peppers were edible, the Lin family showed their support and planted eight or nine acres of chili pepper fields in Zhuangzi, which took the lead. Now the Lin family has a sufficient stock of chili peppers.

After Xue Pan ate chili sauce, he gradually became fond of spicy food. It was autumn dry again, he ate too much chili, and he was bothered about doing business, so he had several blisters on his face.Seeing this, Xia Anran didn't persuade him not to indulge his appetite, he couldn't help it, and finally Feng Yuan came to the door and taught him a lesson before he restrained himself a little.

Shangjing is dry, and Lin Daiyu is also a little autumn-dry these days. She can't help coughing. Seeing this, Jiamu gave several cups of bird's nest. Lin Daiyu doesn't like this, and she can't go against Jiamu's wishes. Sometimes they avoid people and force their way in.

Seeing this, Xia Anran asked Mammy to make some stewed pears and let them cool down for her to eat. She didn't know which of them worked, and she gradually stopped coughing.

On this day, someone from the Jia family invited Lin Juexia to visit the Grand View Garden together, and the two went, following the male guest all the way. Listening to Jia Zheng, he pretended to reprimand Jia Baoyu, and named him after him. plaque.

Can't help but sigh, what a textbook tsundere, Master Jia.

The Grand View Garden is very beautiful... But it is the time when everything is dying, with a sense of depression.

He and Lin Jue are from the south of the Yangtze River, and the Grand View Garden is complicated in workmanship, but it borrows the scenery of the gardens in the south of the Yangtze River. The garden of the Lin family's old house is also very good. Lin Jue has some skills under the influence of this way, and Xia Anran is even more From modern times, he has been to the famous gardens of various families. He has even been to the royal gardens that have not yet been built. There is more than enough, but the atmosphere is not enough.

The two fell far at the end of the line, did they hear a few words from the front, walking slowly was leisurely, but they couldn't avoid being called to write a few lines of poetry for the character to play with.

This is also the daily activities of literati.

When they got back, both of them felt aching in their backs. Lin Daiyu came back one step earlier than them, and she was exhausted, so she had already rested.

In the blink of an eye, it’s November, the weather has turned cold, and the first snow has fallen. These days, everyone’s faces are smiling, because it’s almost the time of the Chinese New Year, and people wandering outside have begun to go to The hometown was rushed, and the yamen was about to be closed. Before that, government officials from all over the country had to go to Beijing to report on their work. Lin Ruhai was also one of them who needed to report on their work. He and Jia Min simply came to the capital together.

Xia Anran had already sent a letter to inform that the general renovation of the Lin Mansion in the capital had been completed. After all, there were a few old servants here to take care of it. The house is also a good house, and there is no damage to the hardware. The housekeeper Lin has been busy for a whole month. Take care of the house to the extent that it can be lived in.

Although the Jia family kindly asked them to stay, it was fine if they were only the younger generation of the Lin family. Since the head of the family is going to Beijing, it is naturally not easy to stay in the Jia family's house.

Seeing that the Lin family has left, it is inconvenient for the Xue family to stay here, otherwise, as a relative, if he leaves, he will have to listen to so many gossips, not to mention that Xue Pan is doing business outside now, and staying in Jia's mansion is also a problem. It's not easy to entertain guests. The Xue family's house has been taken care of long ago, but Mrs. Xue is reluctant to leave the Jia family. She needs to use her closeness with the Jia family to deter the Xue family.

But now that Xue Pan has decided to stand up, if he continues to keep it, it will naturally not look good.

There is no reason why the head of the family does not set up a household at the door but borrows from relatives.

Both the Lin family and the Xue family moved out one after another, and the Rongguo Mansion became much vacant all of a sudden. Every time Jia Baoyu met Xia Anran, his expression was extremely sad. He and Lin Jue declined.

Their reasons are very good. Lin Ruhai and Jia Min are about to arrive in Beijing. Now Lin Daiyu, the only woman in the Lin residence, naturally has to take care of all the vulgar things of the Lin family in the capital. When Jia Min arrives, it will be almost Chinese New Year, and some things will be too late .

Lin Daiyu is currently preparing for the New Year's ceremony with the help of the mothers and writing the gift list. When Jia Min arrives, she will transcribe it and take it away. The New Year's ceremony must arrive at someone's house before the New Year, and time is very tight. She Now I can't find time to entertain relatives.I had no choice but to apologize to the sisters in the Rong Mansion, and promised to come to Lin's house to play together when spring came.

Jia Baoyu was not happy about this, but when he said to Jia Taijun that sister Lin was too busy, or the Jia family sent someone to help, and was directly rejected by the old lady Jia, he had no choice but to admit it. .

What Mrs. Jia said was very reasonable. There is no reason why their surname Jia sent someone to help Lin surname to prepare the New Year's ceremony. Those who knew said they were close, but those who didn't know thought that the Jia family wanted to touch the Lin family.

Now, although the Jia family has indeed lost their foundation because of the construction of the Grand View Garden, it has not hurt the foundation. After all, their Jia family's in-laws are really powerful, and their granddaughter has been favored again.

There are also quite a few gifts sent in advance through the New Year's Ceremony. These old ladies Jia have seen them one by one, like a mirror in their hearts.

The Jia family is still able to stand up now, and it is because of Lin Ruhai's face. After all, it is the matriarchal family of the wife's family, and the relationship wants to be close. The Jia family also has some kindness to Lin Ruhai. A person who can help him depends entirely on the face of the old Duke back then, who found a good starting point for him, and Lin Ruhai was able to make it all the way up.

Needless to mention these things in the past, the Jia family still wanted to have a good relationship with the Lin family, but since Lin Juexia came to the capital safely, they didn’t hang out with the Jia family boys, and their active study hurt many Jia family boys. Ding's eyes.

There are many people who are dissatisfied, but everyone can't say five or four. One is a 17-year-old Juren master, and the other is a ten-year-old quasi-scholar. They can only be sour, "On our family , where you need to end up with a scientific examination", you dare not say it face-to-face.

In the first ten days of December of the lunar calendar, Jia Min and Lin Ruhai arrived in Beijing.

The author has something to say: Chefs are not so easy to cook. We have many convenient semi-finished seasonings in modern times, but these things are evil in the eyes of chefs, especially thick soup.

But Emma is so easy to use (cough) In addition, the author secretly tells you that there is a Japanese brand Nagaguen (with a Tmall store) that sells very delicious fried rice seasoning!Throw a bag when cooking eggs and fried rice, and the rice you fry will be just like the ones sold in the store.

Then, they have seasonings for chazuke rice. The author Jun Xia can’t eat rice and likes to soak it with rice (the author Jun S city people like to eat rice with pickled rice)

Then this ochazuke seasoning can also be added when cooking soup, especially vegetable soup, such as winter melon and scallop soup. This kind of relatively bland soup will be very, very fresh after throwing a packet, because there are various additives in the seasoning. , er, although not very healthy but delicious!The most important thing is to stimulate appetite in summer!

This is the reason why my dad always thinks that my soup is fresher than my mother's... My mother hasn't found out that I have taken a shortcut.

Most people I don't tell him the secret.

Finally, there are a lot of additives in Japan. In fact, I personally suggest that you should eat less of Japanese-style compound seasonings (well, the author can’t control myself!) Soy sauce is still okay.

But but!I still recommend Japanese milk tea and coffee, because they use milk powder in their milk tea and coffee, and many domestic brands use non-dairy creamer...Although they all gain weight, let's find a healthy way to get fat.

Touch your chin, there will be a second update at 6 o'clock tonight!Thank you for supporting me into V!

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