Zhou Dong never thought that the problem Yuan Zidan said was actually from a person with the same surname as him, and he was an ancient.

With the same surname, but not the same clan, this person is the famous thief Yuan Shikai and Yuan Datou in history.

If you fairly evaluate Yuan Datou, it should be said that he was still determined to reform and implement new laws and new styles in the early stage, and he also had some achievements, but in his later years, he was dizzy, and he went against the trend of history in a vain attempt to restore the imperial system, and was finally pointed out by thousands of people, and he only served as the emperor for 83 days, and he was nailed to the pillar of shame in history and became the biggest villain in the history of China.

Yuan Zidan doesn't care about politics ~ governance, what he cares about is not only poetry, calligraphy and painting, but also cooking, and this Yuan Weiting is an out-and-out gourmet......

After Zhou Dong successfully solved the problem, Lao Guo and Teacher Yu returned satisfied, but he was warmly saved by Yuan Zidan and temporarily lived in Suiyuan.

The Yuan family's hospitality is remarkable, and every morning the 'Yuan Gongzi' will stand outside Zhou Dong's door to say goodbye; after Zhou Dong ate the exquisite breakfast made by Yuan Zidan himself, he was invited by this new generation of Suiyuan owner to drink tea on the rockery pavilion.

This time it's not an ancient tea soup, it's an authentic Wuyi Mountain big red robe.

The mother tree big red robe is naturally not drinkable, that thing is a few old people in the sea can get a few taels every year, the Zishu big red robe Yuan family still has some inventory, usually reluctant to take it out, facing Zhou Dong is very generous.

The red and bright tea soup entrance makes people's hearts ironed.

Zhou Dongxiang tea in his hand, looking down at the Yandu female college students who were boating on the lake below and picking lotus, listening to them singing and singing with the poems and texts of 'Yuan Gongzi' on the shore, and saying something 'Bird stays on the top of Peng Mountain, and flies with red feathers'.

Zhou Dong always felt that these sub-cultural people were all coquettish in their bones, and they couldn't afford to provoke them, so he lowered his head and avoided the hot gazes from the water.

These female college students are all big sisters for him, and he feels that there is a generation gap!

"Yes, Youliang has not made any progress in cooking skills over the years, but he is good at poetry and writing, but it is a pity that he is too late to read the scriptures, and he is still 108,000 miles away from the 'Ming Jing'. ”

Yuan Zidan listened to a few poems written by his son, and couldn't stop smiling, saying that it was criticism, but in fact, he didn't know how proud he was.

This point of caution is actually available to Chinese people, and Xuanwa has to show off without showing traces, how boring is it to post photos in the circle of friends at every turn?

Zhou Dong really couldn't stand it anymore, and changed the topic and said, "Mr. Yuan, I heard you talk about that culinary problem just now, and it turned out to be from Yuan Datou?"

"It's Yuan Weiting. ”

Yuan Zidan actually doesn't like his own surname very much, but he has always prided himself on being a celebrity, even if the other party is a dog, as long as he has a name, he will also call it by 'name': "Yuan Weiting is not guaranteed in the evening, and the world calls him a thief who steals the country, but these are politics ~ governance, let's only talk about his contribution to food today."

The comfort pavilion is easy to make up, the world knows, the comfort pavilion will eat, but the world knows probably not much.

Back then, Yuan Fuzhong not only raised a few celebrity chefs, but even his wives and aunts were all good at cooking. Later generations speculated that Yuan Weiting married his wife probably because of his cooking skills, and if he couldn't cook a good dish, he would not marry home. ”

Zhou Dong nodded, this is what he has heard. Aside from politics ~ governance, Yuan Datou did make a certain contribution to Chinese cuisine, especially played a positive role in the development of court cuisine and Yu cuisine.

"The problem I'm talking about is Yuan Weiting's improved Qing palace delicacy 'stewed fat duck'. Everyone in the world knows that Yuan Weiting and the Empress Dowager Cixi have a natural tacit understanding, often what Cixi likes to eat, he likes to eat, and it is not for the sake of sycophancy, he is really 'like-minded' with Cixi in terms of food. ”

Yuan Zidan took a sip of the big red robe and said slowly: "This stewed fat duck is an improvement from Cixi's favorite 'glutinous rice and eight treasures duck'.

It is recorded in the "Imperial Fragrance Ethereal Record" that this dish is to remove the duck's feathers and internal organs, wash it, add condiments, and then put it into a porcelain jar, and then put the porcelain jar into a half-water pot and steam it for three days until the duck is crispy and ......"

Zhou Dong frowned slightly: "Steaming for three days in a row?"

It takes three days to make a stewed duck, not to mention that it takes too long, and I don't know how much manpower it takes to watch the fire and add water. Extravagant or not, this dish is too troublesome.

"Does King Zhou Mian feel troublesome?"

Yuan Zidan said with a smile: "There are actually more troublesome things in court cuisine, which is also the reason why authentic court dishes are difficult to promote among the people, even if they can be restored, the price is unaffordable for ordinary people." ”

"Well, Mr. Yuan still don't call me King Zhou in the future, Xiao Zhou or Zhou Dong can do it, King of Noodles or something, it sounds weird. ”

Yuan Zidan laughed: "Other people don't want this name yet, but you don't like it." Okay, I'll call you Brother Zhou in the future, and Youliang will call you Uncle Zhou in the future. ”

Zhou Dong nodded, having experienced the things of Lao Guo and Xiao Yueyue, he is not entangled in the seniority now.

"Brother Zhou thought that this dish was troublesome, but he didn't know that Yuan Weiting's improved version was much more troublesome. ”

Yuan Zidan said with a smile: "Yuan Weiting partially resumed the practice of 'glutinous rice and eight treasure duck' in this dish, first putting glutinous rice, ham, wine, ginger juice, mushrooms, kohlrabi and bamboo shoots into the duck belly, and then putting it in a porcelain jar to steam it.

And the Empress Dowager Cixi is far more frugal than him, and she only steam it with water, but Yuan Weiting uses chicken soup to steam it, and it takes three days to steam it so that the taste of the chicken can slowly blend in.

This dish is not only delicious, but also has a tonic effect. Duck meat nourishes yin and stomach, dilutes water, reduces swelling, after adding glutinous rice and mushrooms, it has the effect of yang, Yuan Weiting has a wife and nine concubines, presumably very fond of this dish. ”

Zhou Dong looked at Yuan Zidan, his eyes were a little strange. I thought that there are probably more confidants of your ancestors than Yuan Datou, I don't know which dish I like the most?

I only heard Yuan Zidan say again: "This dish was originally improved well, and it is a good dietary recipe, I have the intention to introduce it into Suiyuan cuisine, but there is one thing that makes me very dissatisfied." ”

Zhou Dong said: "It's time, right?"

"Exactly. ”

Yuan Zidan said: "There are many dishes in Chinese cuisine that are cumbersome and complicated to brew, but those are all caused by the ingredients themselves, and they will not be criticized as 'luxury'.

But this dish is different, it was originally from Yuan Weiting, a thief who stole the country, and the ingredients used are common, if it takes three days, it will inevitably be said that I advocate extravagance in the garden, which hinders my reputation of the Yuan family.

So I've been thinking about how I can not only ensure the quality of this dish, but also shorten the time, such as three days to three hours?

Brother Zhou is amazingly talented, and he is a rare genius in a hundred years for me to be diligent, I don't know if there is a good plan?"

Zhou Dong wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this, are you going crazy?

Not to mention the chefs of Yuan Datou's family, could it be that the imperial chefs in the Qing Palace ate dry rice for nothing? These were the top chefs at that time, and if there was a way, they would still spend three days steaming ducks?

"Hey, with Brother Zhou's cooking skills, there is no solution?"

Yuan Zidan sighed slightly: "It seems that to make this 'Comfort Pavilion Duck', the only way to do it is to spend money and extravagance......

"There's really no good way. If it is a 'stewed duck' in Qing court cuisine, you can use the method of internal and external attack, and pour the soup into the duck's belly first. ”

Zhou Dong thought for a while and said: "When the temperature rises, the soup in the duck's belly will blanch the duck from the inside out, so that although it may lose one or two points of flavor, it can save a lot of time, but the improved version of Yuan Datou is not easy to use this method." ”

"That's right, because Yuan Weiting added glutinous rice, ham, wine, ginger juice, mushrooms, kohlrabi and diced bamboo shoots to the duck belly, the magic is that the chicken soup outside slowly warms up and steams the duck body, and the various ingredients in the duck body are matured in the state of 'semi-dry cultivation', so that all kinds of ingredients can absorb the umami of chicken juice without losing their own taste. ”

Yuan Zidan nodded and said: "If you pour soup into the duck's belly, it will become a soaking soup to cook these ingredients, wouldn't that be equivalent to making a pot of stew in the duck's belly?

I even thought about stuffing some pebbles into the belly of the duck and using it to absorb heat quickly, which also played an internal and external role.

However, there is no guarantee that these pebbles can be spread evenly in the belly of the duck, so it is difficult to control the heat, and even if these pebbles can be laid well, they are worried that these stones will absorb too much heat, but will roast the duck meat, which is difficult, difficult......"

Zhou Dong also shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Yuan has even thought about the way to stuff pebbles, I'm afraid I can't think of any other good way." ”

"Haha, Brother Zhou doesn't have to mind, maybe it was originally my whims.

In fact, those of us who are cooks, no matter how clever our skills are, we can't go against the sky after all.

This 'Comfort Duck' has a history of nearly 100 years, and many celebrity chefs have tried to shorten its production time, but no one has been able to solve it. How can I, Yuan Zidan, be stronger than these old-timers?"

Yuan Zidan has a bit of the style of an ancestor, although there is no hope of solving the problem, he is not disappointed and frustrated, but comes to persuade Zhou Dong: "I don't want to think about it...... Brother Zhou, let's try my good wine here, can it still enter your mouth?"

The two of them were drinking tea and talking, and at some point, the female students of Kyoto University who were competing for the depths of the lotus flowers had quietly left, and the 'Yuan Gongzi', who was still singing poetry and harmony with the female students and was dressed in white like snow, had already appeared in the pavilion.

After greeting his father and respectfully calling 'Uncle Zhou', Yuan Youliang took out four side dishes and a large pot of wine with two catties from the food in his hand.

Zhou Dong took a look and found that these four side dishes were all famous dishes on the "Suiyuan Food List".

They are 'Steamed Pig's Head', 'Fat Chicken Floss', 'Wang Taishou Babao Tofu' and 'Honey-stuffed Saury', except for the saury, they are all ordinary foods, but each one is delicately made and fragrant.

smiled: "Why Brother Yuan, aren't you afraid that I will steal your tricks?"

Yuan Zidan laughed: "The most important thing about Suiyuan cuisine is the experience and the heat, and the materials and methods were made public as early as a hundred years ago;

This kind of dish, if Brother Zhou can learn it by eating a few bites, then it's up to you. ”

Zhou Dong smiled slightly: "What Brother Yuan said is reasonable. ”

Yuan Zidan was right, although these dishes are seen in the "Suiyuan Food List", the real trick lies in the various secrets of dealing with ingredients and the control of the heat, which are not in these books, and have been improved and perfected by Yuan's descendants from generation to generation.

This is different from the way he handles Shih Tzu, which is impossible for even the best foodies to deduce from tasting alone.

It's just that how did he know that once Zhou Dong turned on the 'Perfect Taste', he would be able to eat him to the bottom!

This is just a perfect taste, if it is a legendary taste, Zhou Dong can even 'eat' what the chef's emotions are when cooking: whether it is great sorrow and joy or peace of mind, whether it is a super-level performance or an ordinary performance of the rules, Yuan Zidan's self-righteous 'many obstacles' is just a joke in Zhou Dong's eyes.

Zhou Dong is pondering, should he work hard to 'taste' the Suiyuan vegetables in the past few days in Suiyuan? Well, seeing that 'Brother Yuan' is so enthusiastic, he must take out all the Suiyuan vegetables and invite himself to taste them, right?

While the two were laughing and talking, Yuan Youliang had already poured the wine, the wine was old rice wine, and it was naturally a bowl, Zhou Dong just glanced at it, and immediately exclaimed: "Good wine!"

Chinese liquor can be basically classified into three categories: the first type is homemade liquor that does not need to use koji, that is, rice wine, the second is rice wine made from koji and grain, and the third is liquor that has been distilled and purified.

Among them, rice wine is used to connect the upper and lower levels, which can ensure the delicious taste, and is known as one of the world's three ancient liquors together with beer and wine.

Rice wine has a relatively bland taste, also known as 'rice wine', and white wine is easier to get drunk, but it is actually too spicy, at least Zhou Dong doesn't like it very much, and usually doesn't drink it except for occasionally accompanying his father.

The color of the Yuan family's rice wine is red and yellow, and it looks as good as amber when poured into the bowl, and the hanging bowls are stacked, obviously poured by Yuan Youliang higher than the edge of the bowl, but it is like a pile of grain in the bowl, forming a 'convex' shape with a gentle slope.

Three words suddenly appeared in Zhou Dong's mind - 'daughter red', and this is still the best daughter red.

In ancient times, this kind of wine was brewed after giving birth to a daughter, buried in the soil, and only taken out when the daughter got married, and generally did not exceed 20 years. After all, in ancient times, if you were over twenty years old, you would basically be an old girl who couldn't get married.

Modern people no longer have this habit, so many rice wines with the 'daughter red' sign are not daughter red in the real sense at all.

But this bowl in front of him, Zhou Dong didn't need to taste it at all, he knew that this was at least thirty years of 'daughter red'. He can't be mistaken, and if he can be wrong about this with his contemporary 'Dionysian' eye, it would be a joke.

"It seems that the Yuan family has a story? In ancient times, the thirty-year-old champion red was easy to find, and the thirty-year-old daughter red was the most difficult to find, let alone modern times. ”

Zhou Dong looked at Yuan Zidan with strange eyes, and secretly guessed in his heart: "Could it be that the Yuan family still has an old girl who has not been married, and Yuan Youliang has a big sister......