Ning Xi followed what Jun Qianyu taught, and excused himself for a while, and finally pretended to be gracious and was invited to Yufu.

Although the imperial court in this era advocates food, in the final analysis, cooking is also a profession that serves people, and is not really looked down upon, but Yu Qinglin can really be regarded as a person who loves food, not only makes people treat Ning Xi politely, but also meets Ning Xi in person, telling her the main purpose of inviting her over.

It turned out to be the birthday of his father-in-law, who is the current secretary of the Ministry of Shangshufan, half a month later.

Yu Qinglin once got an ancient book, which recorded many famous dishes in the past, but unfortunately he only got his name and didn't know how to do it.

Yu Qinglin invited many skilled chefs to come back and help him restore the recipes in the book, and indeed made many delicious dishes, but there are also some dishes that he can't think of from the name of the dish alone, and the method is unknown.

For example, this "Jade Palm Offering Longevity" is one of them.

Although Lord Fan and Yu Qinglin are Weng's son-in-law, in fact, Yu Qinglin's original wife, that is, the eldest daughter of Lord Fan, has passed away due to illness for many years.

Now that Yu Qinglin has encountered something, he urgently needs the support of Lord Fan, so he wants to hurry up and please this father-in-law.

Lord Fan is also a person who loves food, Yu Qinglin thought of starting with food and offering him unprecedented exquisite food.

I invited Ning Xi to come this time, just to ask her to help me see how this dish could be made.

Ningxi had been immersed in food for more than 20 years in her previous life, and she was familiar with ancient and modern Chinese and foreign delicacies.

Because the main ingredient used in this dish is bear's paw.

Put the bear's paw on a plate after cooking, and then season the fish paste into a peach shape, steam it in the upper drawer, stack it around the large plate, and after the sauce is poured with oil, it is called "jade palm offering longevity".

This dish is indeed a delicious dish with fish and bear's paws, and it is indeed a novelty and delicacy.

But the people of this era did not know that bear paws could be used in dishes, once she spread the practice of this dish, would it be like later generations, causing the world to hunt and kill bears indiscriminately, turning this delicious taste on the tip of the tongue into a sin on the tip of the tongue?

Seeing her hesitation, Yu Qinglin hurriedly said: "Miss Ning doesn't have to worry, you can stay and discuss slowly with the chef in my house, and the recipes in the kitchen in my house are for Miss Ning to read." ”

His bait can be regarded as very big, but any chef is not curious about recipes that he has never seen, he believes that this bargaining chip can definitely keep Ning Xi, and in return, she is embarrassed to be too secretive when communicating with the chef in his house.

Ning Xi just wanted to stay, and even if he agreed.

When I arrived at the back kitchen, Rao is Ningxi is well-informed, and was a little shocked, the richness of the ingredients in the kitchen of this Yufu is really breathtaking, it can be said that the sky flies, the ground runs, the water swims, and as long as it grows on the ground, most of the edible ingredients, there are everything here, some Ningxi knows, but the ingredients that have never been seen in this world can be found here, and they are all classified, neatly stacked, some fresh meat, and there are ice cubes next to it, to ensure freshness.

Roughly estimated, just the ingredients in this big house, I'm afraid I can't take it without a few hundred taels of silver, if you want to say that this Yu Qinglin is not corrupt, I don't believe it if I kill her.

There were more than a dozen chefs in the kitchen, most of them were concentrating on how to cook, sometimes frowning, sometimes suddenly realizing, and one or two were arguing because of some different opinions, and they were blushing and thick-necked, in short, the academic atmosphere was extremely strong, and no one noticed that Ning Xi walked in.

For a moment, Ning Xi even thought that he had returned to the time when he was learning to cook in his previous life, surrounded by brothers and sisters who were obsessed with cooking, and everyone was like this every day, completely immersed in the harmony of Baiwei, and occasionally quarreled over different opinions on a small issue, but after the quarrel, in a blink of an eye, everyone could laugh and scold together, but unfortunately, since leaving that culinary academy, they have never met such like-minded friends.

Ning Xi thought, when she has enough money, she will also get a kitchen like this, recruit a group of like-minded people, and study cooking skills like this every day, if it weren't for the difference in Taoism, Ning Xi would really be willing to stay in Yu Qinglin's kitchen!

Ning Xi saw a male chef in blue clothes cutting a pork belly, and after cutting it, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, his brows furrowed, and he muttered to himself: "Why is it that every time no matter what method is used, it is so hard that it can't be chewed?" ”

Ning Xi walked over: "Dare to ask this master, do you cook pork belly before putting salt or do you put salt before cooking?" ”

The man in blue replied casually: "Naturally, it is necessary to salt it first." After speaking, he glanced up at Ning Xi and said impatiently, "Which lady are you or the maid in the lady's house?" Go, go, this is not a place for you little girls to play, what do you master want to eat, tell the steward, and the steward will arrange it. ”

Ning Xi ignored him, and said to himself: "The pork belly must be boiled first and then salted, otherwise it will be as hard as beef tendons, and naturally it will not be able to chew." ”

The man in blue sneered, "What does your little girl know?" ”

Ning Xi said: "Of course I understand, I can still find a way to make your boiled pork belly soft!" ”

"You're blowing nonsense, since it's already cooked, how can it still be soft." The man in blue naturally didn't believe it.

"Then let's make a bet and see if I can do it, but if I can really do it, Ning Xi has a request."

"If you can really do it, you can only mention what you want." The man in blue thought that these little girls' requests were nothing more than something delicious to eat, and he just made it for her.

Ning Xi took his boiled pork belly, cut it into small pieces with a knife that were as long as a finger, and then put it in a bowl, added some fresh soup that had just cooked the pork belly, and put it in the cage drawer to steam.

After steaming for about a quarter of an hour or so, the blue-clothed man's eyes widened, and he saw that the pork belly pieces in the bowl were all more than doubled, and Ning Xi smiled: "Please taste it!" ”

When the man in blue tasted it, he was greatly admired: "I didn't expect the girl to be a master!" ”

Ning Xi hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, it's just that I just happen to know some small tricks." ”

The man in blue said: "Since you have successfully made the boiled pork belly soft, then I can't break my promise, if you have any requests, just put it forward." ”

Ning Xi hugged his fists and said: "Actually, there are no requirements, it's just that Ning Xi has just arrived, and I hope that this big brother will take care of him in the future." ”

The man in blue was shocked: "It turns out that you are also the chef invited by Master Yu?" In fact, Ning Xi has performed well in the cooking competition twice, and her popularity in Guangzhou City is already quite high, and people usually recognize her from time to time when she goes out, and she comes up to talk, but they are all chefs who were invited into the house by Yu Qinglin, and they all think very highly of themselves, and they don't go to see what they think is the simple preliminary and semi-finals, so they don't know Ning Xi.

Ning Xi said: "The little girl participated in the cooking competition and was lucky enough to enter the finals, and was invited by Lord Yu to study in the house for a few days. ”

Although the man in blue thinks very highly of himself, he is still happy to help those who have helped him in cooking, so he patted his chest and said, "No problem, if you don't understand anything, just come and ask me." ”

Someone took it, Ning Xi quickly got acquainted with the environment around the kitchen of Yufu, and the man in blue really knew everything as he said, those places can go, those places can not go, and those places can not go to Ning Xi in detail, and even which place was patrolled by family guards at that time It was also clear which place.

Ning Xi found an opportunity, and left the mark that Jun Qian Yu told her in many hidden places, and then there was nothing to do, so she could only wait for the news obediently.

With nothing to do, Ning Xi checked the ingredients in the kitchen, and suddenly found a piece that looked very much like bear meat, so he found the man in blue and asked, "Is this bear meat?" ”

The man in blue nodded: "Exactly." ”

Ning Xi pretended to be surprised and said, "I really didn't expect that even bear meat can be eaten, but I don't know how it tastes?" ”

The man in blue said: "It's extremely rough and fishy, it's extremely difficult to eat, and I can't make it delicious even if I think of many ways." ”

"I see, is there a bear's paw?"

"Bear paws?" The man in blue thought for a while and said, "The smell is unpleasant, and it has long been thrown away." ”

"Oh!" Ning Xi nodded and didn't ask any more. She decided not to talk about the bear's paw, since the people here think that the bear's paw and bear meat are not delicious, and naturally no one will risk the danger to hunt bears in the future, then she can be regarded as making a small contribution to environmental protection.

Of course, there is no guarantee that someone will find out the deliciousness of bear paws in the future, but that is none of her business.

The day after the marking, a very well-dressed maid came to the kitchen and designated the new female cook to make a steamed egg custard for their second wife.

This time, the maid changed her previous attitude of looking above the top, and said to Ning Xi very affectionately: "It turns out that the girl is the girl from Ning Xi who got the highest score in the preliminary and semi-final of the cooking competition, which is really disrespectful." Saying that, he came to shake Ning Xi's hand, "Our second lady is also very happy to hear that she can eat Miss Ning's craftsmanship!" ”

A ball of notes quietly stuffed into Ning Xi's palm, Ning Xi was startled, and hurriedly pretended to be casual, while saying a few polite words to her, while hiding the note in his sleeve while no one was paying attention.