'Honey-juice fire recipe' is a famous dish made with Jinhua ham, the "top" part of the ham meat is steamed with white sugar lotus seeds, then fried with lard and pine nuts until golden brown, and finally thickened with honey and sugar osmanthus. It is also a delicacy that has been served at state dinners.

Hearing the words 'honey-juice fire recipe', Cai Junwei's eyes widened, his throat kept turning, and he didn't know how much saliva he had swallowed. "Brother Peng, do you know how to make a 'honey-juice fire recipe'? I keep this ham, so I want to find a master to make a 'honey-juice fire recipe' to eat." ”

Xiao Peng shook his head: "This ham can't be made into a 'honey-juice fire recipe'." ”

"Why?" Cai Junwei was puzzled.

Xiao Peng smiled: "Let's talk while eating mutton." It's not good when it's cold!"

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly ran to the side of the earthen stove, and they didn't pay attention to whether it was clean or not, they sat directly on the ground, holding the mutton in their hands and eating, Xiao Peng's stone roast mutton tasted really good, plus the mutton was authentic, and the four of them couldn't care about talking, and the one who ate it was called a fast, for fear that they would eat one less bite.

"Peng。。。。。 Belch...... Brother Peng, you haven't said why。。。。。。 Burp ham can't be made into a 'honey-juice recipe'. Xiao Peng also admired Cai Junwei for coming, and he burped and stuffed meat into his mouth.

Xiao Peng gave the answer: "You are indeed an old leg, and it is indeed a Jinhua ham, but it is a leg, and it can't be made into a honey-juice fire recipe." ”

"What is it?" asked Cai Junwei puzzled.

"Just like what Liang Shiqiu wrote in his book, the reason why Jinhua ham has a strange fragrance is because a dog leg is put in the marinade, the dog leg is not good, too cheesy, and there is a saying that dog meat is not on the table, so it is called a leg. It plays a role in improving freshness. Look at this ham, the color is bright red, all lean meat, it looks a bit like the green sauce meat in Beijing, it tastes woody, and it feels like eating Sichuan beef jerky. Xiao Peng explained.

"Legend has it that the shopkeeper of Jinhua ham hired a long-term worker to guard the large vat of cured ham. The long-term worker was bored, and looked at a large number of cured hams drooling, but the store looked closely, the number of hams in the tank and the number of out of the tank should correspond one by one, so they could only go out to steal dogs to satisfy their hunger. Once after the long worker stole a dog, peeled the skin and ate the meat for a few days to be unhappy, the remaining leg and to feast on the time, the shopkeeper came to see the situation of the ham pickling, the long worker was afraid that the boss said that he did not do the right thing to steal the dog to eat, and in a hurry hid the dog leg into the marinated ham tank, as a result, after a few days the ham out of the tank, the long worker fished out the dog leg, found that the dog leg and the ham were marinated together with the strange fragrance, and the shopkeeper then found that there was a vat of ham The finished product is unusually good, under his every inquiry, the long worker said that it may be related to the dog leg he put on. As a result, the shopkeeper tried it, and sure enough, the ham cured with the dog's leg was more delicious, and since then the rule has been set, ten pork legs and one dog leg are marinated together in a tank, and that's how the leg came!"

"Is there such a statement?" everyone asked Xiao Peng with wide eyes.

Xiao Peng smiled: "There are more mysterious statements." It is said that the compatibility of Chinese traditional medicine pays attention to the 'monarch and the minister', and the efficacy of the medicine will be enhanced, and the harmful ingredients will be greatly reduced. Ham matching is no exception, with the principle of 'monarch and minister', with the pig as the center, the zodiac is the chicken and dog in front of the pig, and the rat and the cow are behind it, and the five legs are brewed together, and the taste is the best. Later, because the chicken leg and rat leg were too small, the cow leg was too big, and only the dog leg of the same size was left, and later after the war, the formula was lost, and people only remembered to add the dog leg. ”

Cai Junwei's eyes widened, as a senior foodie, when he heard the knowledge of 'eating', his eyes naturally lit up: "Brother Peng, is this really fake?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "Actually, it's not so mysterious, it's just that some so-called food experts have nothing to do all day long, just chasing the wind and catching shadows, and the fantasy points can increase the popularity of Jinhua ham, isn't it?" In fact, there are indeed some people in Jinhua who like to marinate ham when they also put dog meat to marinate together, but the time for dog meat to marinate is shorter than that of ham, and dog meat does not make ham fragrant, but some people like to eat dog meat, and the taste of pickled pork must be different, anyway, you are indeed a dog leg, probably which likes to eat dog meat of their own dog leg ham, but it is also stamped with the seal of Jinhua ham. ”

Cai Junwei's face was full of disappointment after hearing this: "Then how do you eat this leg?"

"Stewed soup!" Xiao Peng said: "Because the salt head of the leg is heavier, and the lean meat is more and tighter, so stewed soup is the most suitable cooking method for it." First boil the ham to remove the fat from the surface, and then start steaming the leg, when the aroma of the leg is steamed, then steam the scallop sticks soaked in rice wine with it, and when it is done, boil them with chicken, ginger, rice wine and water. Finally, add cabbage and other vegetables to stew together, and you don't even need to put salt. It was very delicious. ”

After Cai Junwei heard this, he forgot to eat mutton: "Brother Peng, let's eat this leg?"

Xiao Peng smiled: "Okay, you go cook ham first." Call me when you're done. ”

Cai Junwei was happy: "Okay! I'll go!" After speaking, he got up from the ground, got up halfway, and suddenly stopped his movements: "It's not right." I'm going to cook ham, can you keep the lamb for me?"

Di Wei listened to Cai Junwei's question and smiled slightly: "What do you say?"

Cai Junwei: "。。。。。。 Kill me and I won't leave!" Cai Junwei sat back on the ground, grabbed the mutton and stuffed it into his mouth, and said as he stuffed it: "Are you trying to send me away? Don't want me to eat less! I want to eat the most!"

Facts have proved that Cai Junwei's appetite is not proportional to his size, at least compared to Yang Meng, he is simply weak. Anyway, Xiao Peng had never heard Yang Meng say that he was full, and Xiao Peng had doubted that if Yang Meng was allowed to eat with his stomach open, he would be able to eat the whole earth into his stomach.

"Come, drink some tea and soak your intestines. Di Wei walked over with a teapot.

"Di Wei, for the sake of the Buddha, pour me a cup first, I'm about to kill myself. Cai Junwei was lying on the recliner.

Di Wei handed him a cup of tea: "Do you dare to be embarrassed again?

"But it's delicious. Cai Junwei said.

Di Wei looked disgusted: "Sooner or later, one day you will die of eating." ”

"That's what you like. That's a blessing for me. Cai Junwei said proudly.

Yang Meng walked out after feeding the crickets, and looked at Cai Junwei with disdain: "It's still so fat for this amount of food." What a shame on the fat man. ”

Cai Junwei was speechless and said, "I suspect that you are a monster." ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "I agree with your opinion this time!" After speaking, he fought against Cai Junwei.

Yang Meng was not angry, sat down at the small table, picked up the teacup and drank it all: "Good tea!"

Xiao Peng was stunned: "Oh, can you still drink tea?"

Yang Meng's face was smug: "Of course I can't drink it, how can this tea be as good as beer?"

Xiao Peng was puzzled: "Then how do you say good tea?"

Yang Meng pointed at Di Wei and Cai Junwei: "Do you think these two masters who are not bad for money can buy cheap tea?"

Di Wei explained: "I don't know how much money this tea is, it's all my father's tea, and I brought it with me." ”

Xiao Peng took a sip: "This West Lake Longjing is really good." The variety belongs to 'Shifeng Longjing'. ”

"How do you know?" Di Wei was stunned: "That's right, this is indeed Shifeng Longjing." ”

The so-called 'Shifeng Longjing' is an important variety in Longjing tea, West Lake Longjing tea has five core production areas of Longjing, Shifeng, Hupao, Yunqi and Meijiawu, among which the green 'Shifeng Longjing' before the Ming Dynasty is a state banquet-level congratulatory gift, which is the so-called 'outside the courtyard wind Hexizi smiles, and the daughter of Longjing before the Ming Dynasty is red'. When Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he left the comment that 'the world's famous tea is Longjing, and Longjing is on the lion peak'. The eighteen imperial teas of the Qianlong Emperor are still being visited in front of the Hugong Temple.

Xiao Peng tasted the tea and replied: "The color of Shifeng Longjing is yellow, commonly known as 'brown beige', which is very unique. Your tea is picked and fried by a bud and a leaf, although it is not as expensive as a bud and a single vegetable, but tea connoisseurs still like this, and it is more fragrant tea. ”

Di Wei was puzzled and asked, "Brother Peng, how do you know everything?"

Xiao Peng said with a smile: "No way, I like to play since I was a child, so all kinds of things to play must be studied and studied." Anyway, the price of your tea is not low, so I can't afford to buy it. You can only drink such good tea if you dip it. ”

Chinese like to drink tea, and it is impossible to find out exactly what age they started drinking tea. Many people think that drinking tea was pioneered by the Chinese. According to the "Book of Tea" written by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty, it is recorded that "tea is drinking, and it originates from Shennong's." Today, it can be said that every Chinese household has tea. When new tea is on the market in April and May every year, many people are willing to buy some new tea at this time to try it.

But the current price of tea in the Chinese market is really prohibitive for ordinary people. In recent years, the price of tea has been rising with a bucket.

Some people also said that the price is right, the price is also rising, and what Dahongpao, Tieguanyin, and West Lake Longjing are all famous teas, and the price is reasonable. The most famous example is Sichuan Ya'an green tea, which is not an expensive tea in itself, but after being repackaged and hyped, it was directly renamed 'Panda Ecological Tea', and the most expensive pound can be sold for more than 200,000 yuan!

Don't underestimate the power of those Chinese businessmen to operate capital, without them not speculating to make money, the green trees on the side of the road can be fried into expensive 'cypress', such as tea, which is close to the lives of the people, isn't it easier to speculate?

Tea, which was originally affordable for ordinary people, has now become almost a luxury. The price of 'Pu'er' and 'Jin Junmei' is inflated, and what decades of Pu'er tea bricks are casually sold for tens of thousands.

Any tea merchant who takes out a Pu'er tea cake has to say how many years it has been stored, as if the longer it is stored, the more valuable it is. Xiao Peng is also very speechless about this, do you really think that tea leaves like Pu'er are good tea for decades?

If you put garbage for a thousand years, it's still garbage!