Chapter 54: The Cook and the Diners
The old man sat in the hall with his feet crossed, sipping tea and humming a little song.
"The island ice wheel is just turning, see the jade rabbit. The jade rabbit rises east early, the ice wheel is away from the island, the sky is very clear, and the bright moon is in the sky, just like Chang'e leaving the moon palace......"
He seems to have a soft spot for Peking Opera, Li Yadong also has a little understanding of Peking Opera, knowing that this is Hua Dan's singing, it is not easy for a man to sing a female voice well, what is surprising is that this old man's tone is quite Mr. Mei's charm, which is more terrifying.
He listened in the kitchen so fascinated that even the movements of his hands were a little sluggish. On the board made of bamboo and wood, there are half a catty of washed chicken feet, a peeled potato, and a little green and red pepper.
Chicken feet with crab, there is no doubt that this is to make a crab meat pot that will be popular in the city in the future, because I didn't buy rice cakes, so I can only make a simple version, but even so, Li Yadong is confident that he can still satisfy the old man's five internal organs.
Cut the chicken feet into two pieces with a large knife and marinate them with cooking wine, soy sauce and cornstarch. Cut the potatoes into long strips and pass them through water once to remove excess starch. The two plump blue crabs also cut their gills into pieces, taking advantage of the vitality, quickly poured into the pot, and in just a few moments, the rich aroma of ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, cinnamon, star anise, and crab meat spread out from the kitchen.
The old man sat in the hall and sniffed a few times, and stopped singing, so hungry that he was hungry.
When a full pot of crab meat was served, Li Yadong took out a bottle of Huadiao wine from the wooden cabinet.
"Yes, crab with rice wine, really connoisseur. ”
The old man Gong motioned for him to pour the wine quickly, and couldn't wait to pick up the chopsticks and put a piece of potato in his mouth, and then the whole old face was intoxicated.
"The crab meat is fragrant, through this stewing technique to spread the juice to the whole dish, the phoenix feet are soft and glutinous and chewy, it should have been marinated in advance, and the special viscosity is also integrated into the soup, so that a piece of plain potatoes has a wonderful taste, high, really high!"
"Old man, it's good if you like it. Li Yadong smiled, as a cook, the happiest thing is to be praised by diners.
"Old man, I have a good mouth today, just this taste, the whole capital is afraid that I can't find a second one, it's really hidden in the city, I can't imagine that we still have such a person like you in this small alley, rare, rare......"
The old man Gong was obviously very happy, a bite of crab pot, a bite of flower carving, in a word in the future, he couldn't stop at all.
"By the way, what's the name of this dish?
Li Yadong smiled, "No, the name is vulgar, it's called crab meat pot, in fact, the authentic method is to cook it in a casserole, and then serve it with southern rice cakes, but unfortunately the conditions are limited, old man, you can take care of it." ”
"Oh, isn't this the authentic taste?" Old Man Gong's eyes widened, because in his opinion, this dish was already full of color, flavor, and taste, and it was really a good product, and he didn't expect it to be lacking.
This is absolutely intolerable for a top gourmet.
"In this way, when you come to my house in a few days, I will get the kitchen utensils and ingredients, and you will be responsible for cooking, I want to see how good this dish can be. ”
The old man Gong's tone was resolute, and Li Yadong was not easy to refuse, firstly, he was a neighbor in an alley after all, and the other party was still an old man, worthy of the age of his two lifetimes combined;
At least the old man's comment just now, Jiang Tengfei, who wiped his mouth and left after the meal, would definitely not be able to say it.
Tian Lei's business trip was very efficient, it only took six days to go back and forth, and the last time he stepped on the point, he didn't spend any time in vain, he brought back a car full of goods, took the railway, and then found a green-skinned liberation car to tow it back.
Most of them are clothes, and there are some electronic watches, calculators have not been entered, and the main market proves that the thing is not very popular, and there are a number of the latest miniature tape recorders, which are basically not available in Beijing City, and the technical content is very high, and it is also the main product of the company next.
Of course, it is said that it is miniature, but compared to this era, the size is actually worth a brick.
The study and life in Yan Yuan are still leisurely, anyway, Li Yadong does not have the habit of holding books and gnawing all day long, and deliberately creates a few encounters, but Su Wei ignores him. I heard Senior Sister Tao Lu say that this girl has great ambitions, and it is almost impossible to deal with her in college, Li Yadong is not in a hurry, no matter how big her dream is, she will not be able to escape from his Five Fingers Mountain in this life.
In the dormitory, Guo Qi is still the same, winning the name of the scholar with a blatant attitude, while Sun Weiguo has completely deviated, the standard angry youth who used to be jealous and hateful and regarded capital as a hungry wolf is now upside down with Xu Zezheng.
Take the goods from Xu's father, one dollar a piece, and sell them to the lonely young boys in the school who are keen on dancing, one piece of eight, quite profitable, and now they dare to go to the canteen from time to time to order a grilled elbow strip or dry roast meat, and it is almost impossible for him to turn back after tasting the sweetness of capital, but I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing for him.
On the way to chasing capital, there are always people who get rich, but more often they are lost, and some things are difficult to pick up once they are lost.
That afternoon, after returning from Yanyuan, Li Yadong did not go home directly, but came to a big mansion in the middle of Straw Hat Hutong.
This is the home of the old man of the palace, the orthodox courtyard with green tiles and cornices, clean and bright, and their miscellaneous courtyards are not the same.
Li Yadong looked at it and thought that he would have to pay attention to it in the future, if he encountered such a good house, if he happened to be willing to sell it, he would definitely not miss it.
The one who opened the door was a round-faced girl, who was about the same age as Jiang Wan, whom Li Yadong hadn't seen for a while, and was not pretty, but a neat floral shirt with a pair of well-cut black pants looked neat and tidy.
The old man of the palace has not changed the white two tendons for thousands of years, and the silver hair that is not left does not know how to cherish it, like a net of disorganized "floating" on the bright head, the west wing room with four doors is full of pride, holding a small teapot with a flat mouth, lying on the Taishi chair in the hall room, there is a Yan Dance brand recorder on the exquisite mahogany table next to it, and through the plastic shell, you can see the tape wheels inside purring and turning, playing the Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine".
Li Yadong didn't come back to his senses when he walked in, squinting his eyes and shaking his head, listening to it fascinated.
Li Yadong was not easy to disturb, he looked around a few times, the hall was antique, exquisite and chic, and it could be seen that this raunchy bad old man was actually quite connotative, it was full of beautifully carved wooden furniture, and there was a whole row of hollow wooden shelves against the east wall, on which porcelain of different shapes was placed in an orderly manner.
"Stop! Let's see, but you can't touch it. ”
Li Yadong put down his half-raised hand again, and smiled, "Dare you to listen to all directions with your eyes closed?"
The old man of the palace stretched out his hand and picked out the barefoot, he was not serious, "Imperial Doctor Liu said that I can live to be a hundred years old, isn't this a few years away, do you really think I am old and not reused?"
"Don't dare, don't dare to ......" Li Yadong didn't even pay compensation, thinking about how many years it was, why did a doctor suddenly appear.
"It's all treasures left by the ancestors, you just have to take a look, it's not a matter if it really breaks it and sells you. ”
"Antiques?"
"Yo ......" The old man glanced at him, looking a little surprised, "What's the matter, you also know this way?"
"I don't understand, I don't understand, I really don't understand this......"
Li Yadong smiled and waved his hand, mainly looking at the bottles and cans in front of him, but suddenly remembered Feng Daming's Lao Tzu riding bull cans in his mind.