At five o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, Lu Heling came to Liu Mang's shop excitedly, but as soon as she came to the store, she rubbed her eyes, stupid.

Now the door of the store is closed, and there is an A4 piece of paper pasted on the door, which reads - The owner has something to do and is closed for a day.

"Bastard!" Seeing this piece of paper, Lu Heling was immediately furious, she canceled the flight to Italy, and deliberately took a break to taste the food! As a result, the owner of this shop actually closed down without warning!

"Knock knock!" After waiting for a while, Lu Heling did not give up, and went up and smashed the door with his hand.

There was silence all around, no one answered at all, it seems that what the boss wrote on the paper is true, and he is really out of business!

"No professional ethics! No personal qualities!" Lu Heling stomped on the ground and walked away full of resentment.

At this time, in a small mountain village forty or fifty kilometers away from Fengcheng, Liu Mang, who was scooping soup with a soup spoon, sneezed several times, and he touched his nose in astonishment: "Who is reading me?"

"Uncle, give. Tan Yu'er handed a pair of chopsticks to Liu Mang.

Although the ingredients of the dishes rewarded in the space are not very rare, Liu Mang wants to keep improving, so as not to get a reward after making it.

Many of these ingredients are not available in Liu Mang's hand and space, such as the black sheath snake used in the 'boneless snake tube', and the field chicken used in the 'hosta field chicken legs'.

The last time he came to Tan Yuer's house to pick bamboo fruits, Liu Mang found that there were a lot of good ingredients in the market not far from the mountain village, so he rushed over early this morning to take a look at Tan Yuer and his grandmother by the way.

"Grandma, sit down and have a sip of soup first. Liu Mang sent the scooped bowl of chicken soup to the old lady.

On the small square table are four dishes, a can of 'stewed chicken soup', a bowl of 'braised pork ribs', a small plate of 'cold salad with folded ear roots' and a plate of 'stir-fried pork with chili'.

The ingredients used for today's cooking were all bought by Liu Mang from the market not far from the mountain. And this time, he also brought a lot of condiments and some daily necessities that are difficult to buy to Tan Yuer's two grandparents.

"Xiao Liu, you drink, I'll scoop it myself. The old lady said with some embarrassment.

"Drink it, I'll scoop it again." ”

Today's chicken is the authentic local chicken that Liu Mang bought from the market, the local chicken raised by the farmer is this good, put it on the fire and stew for two or three hours, the golden oil star will float all over the soup noodles, just a little salt and pepper to taste, you can ensure that the soup is delicious and delicious, and it has been moistened to the hearts of people.

"Is it good?"

"Well, it's delicious. Tan Yu'er raised her head, and there was a circle of golden chicken fat around her mouth.

"Come, eat this. Liu Mang scooped up a chicken leg from a basin and sent it to Tan Yuer's bowl.

"Give it to him again, he had already stolen one in the stove just now. The old lady glared at Tan Yu'er and said.

"It's a good thing that children can eat, and now is the time to grow up. Liu Mang smiled, picked up a chopstick and fried meat with chili peppers and sent it to his mouth.

"Grandma, you grew this pepper yourself. ”

"yes. ”

"No wonder, the taste is much better than the chili peppers sold in the vegetable market in the city. Liu Mang praised.

The shape of the chili pepper used in today's stir-fry is not good-looking, it looks crooked, but the taste is spicy and spicy, and it has a sweet taste.

Liu Mang had a good harvest in the morning, and bought all the ingredients he needed at the market not far from the mountain village. These ingredients are not available in the city's vegetable markets. For example, only bullfrogs are generally bought in the vegetable market, and even if there are field chickens, they are artificially raised, and the 'hosta field chicken legs' must use wild field chickens.

In Chinese cuisine, field chickens are not frogs, although they look similar. The frog is a black spotted frog and the field pheasant is a tiger striped frog, which are two different types of frogs.

Because the black spotted frog (frog) and the tiger frog are difficult to observe clearly if they are not carefully distinguished, and the two are somewhat similar, so the field chicken has become the name of the frog among the southerners, just like the northeasterners call corn bud rice, in fact, there are many kinds of corn.

Generally speaking, the pheasant is much larger than the frog, the color is earthy yellow, the pattern on the body is gray with black stripes, and the living area is not limited to ponds and rivers, but can also be seen in the humid forests and depressions of the mountains.

Today, Liu Mang collected about seven or eight catties of field chickens in the hands of a farmer uncle, all of which were stocked in the space, and also purchased four or five black sheath snakes.

The black sheath snake, commonly known as the black snake and the black wind snake, is a non-venomous snake unique to China. The back of the body is brown or tan, with a yellow longitudinal stripe in the middle of the back and two black longitudinal stripes on each side of the body, which disappear at the back of the body.

The recipe of "boneless snake tube" is recorded in the "Tune Ding Ji" given to Liu Mang, and it is pointed out that it is necessary to use a black sheath snake, and the cauliflower snake or gray squirrel snake that is often on the dinner table cannot be used.

Liu Mang thought about it and understood that the general method of the 'boneless snake tube' is to remove the bones of the snake with the knife method of 'whole fish boneless', leaving only the snake skin and snake meat, and then fill the special meat filling into it and cook it.

But the snake is not better than chicken or fish, its meat itself is relatively less, the taste all comes from the chew of the snake skin, the scales of the black sheath snake are more dense, since ancient times it is a taste of Chinese herbal medicine, it has the effect of dispelling wind and dampness, and the effect of relieving spasmodic, its skin is also tougher than other snakes, and it is more suitable for this dish.

When it comes to the essence of food and the mixed tastes, the Chinese must be a well-deserved solitary defeat in the world.

Snakes, field chickens, turtles, king eight, silkworm chrysalis...... Running, walking, climbing, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, in fact, almost everything that can be eaten, whether it is in the sea or in the soil, many ingredients that foreigners have never even thought of, Chinese chefs can cook them into delicious dishes.

In the past, Li Ruonan and Comrade Jeba, a foreign friend, had discussed this issue with Liu Mang very seriously.

It was concluded that China's vast land and abundant resources have created a diversity of ingredients. Historically, there have been population migrations and famines caused by disasters, and the Chinese have always been a large population country due to the small influence of religion, so the number of people with fat courage is very large. What Shennong tasted all the herbs, Li Shizhen went to the mountain to take medicine, and naturally engraved the genes of foodies in his bones, which were passed down from generation to generation.

"Uncle, can you stay for a few more days?" Tan Yu'er said when Liu Mang was holding his chopsticks and thinking about the bowl.

"Uncle also wants to stay a few more days, but Uncle has something to do during this time, and he must rush back tomorrow. ”

"Xiao Liu, since you left last time, he has been looking forward to you every day. The old lady laughed.

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't think my food is delicious. ”

"Your grandmother used to cook because of a lack of condiments, and I left a lot of condiments here. Whatever you want to eat, ask grandma to make it for you. ”

"Okay. Tan Yu'er nodded and took a big bite of food.