Chapter 181: Peony Swallow Vegetables

Early in the morning of the second day, the carriage of the Yu family came to pick it up, and Qiaozhen explained to everyone, then got into the carriage and entered the courtyard of Yu Chengfeng.

There are already several masters waiting in the kitchen of the courtyard, although they are not convinced when they see Qiao Zhen, they all nodded to Qiao Zhen, but the son has ordered, everything must be listened to this woman, they dare not disobey, otherwise there will be no good life.

Qiao Zhen looked at the things that were good to buy, it was not a loss to a rich person, it was efficient, she actually bought all the things she listed, if it was her own home, she couldn't make it up for a while.

Qiao Zhen took out eight drawings from his bag, and then called the knife master and the master in charge of cold dishes, and told them what the name of the dish was, how to make it, how to carve it, and how to put it on the plate.

A few people were very surprised when they saw it, the dish can still do this, it can be made like this, it is so beautiful, they are really eye-opening, and they despise Qiao Zhen for a while, listen to her carefully, and think about how to do it in their hearts.

Then she talked about the rest of the dishes and the rest of the chef one by one, and each dish was very carefully, hoping that the master could understand.

After speaking, she asked a few masters to start the test, and all the masters were busy, carving carvings, chopping vegetables, stewing soups, and oily soups, and they were very busy.

Among them, there was a master surnamed Cui, who was holding a radish in his hand and muttered very dissatisfied: "What is called swallow vegetables if it sounds good, and it is a radish if it is not good, and it is not that you can't afford to eat bird's nest, why do you use radishes, good things are wasted, and I don't know what Lu Dao thinks." ”

Qiao Zhen heard him muttering, and knew that he was reluctant to make this peony swallow dish in his heart, speaking of which this peony swallow dish was the first main dish of this water seat, and its origin was the most extraordinary.

Qiao Zhen remembered that the legend she had heard was this: according to legend, when Empress Wu Zetian lived in Luoyang, she was in a vegetable field in the Dongguan area. A large radish weighing dozens of catties grew out, and the owner of this vegetable field was shocked when he saw it, and the treasure was dedicated to the empress Wu Zetian. The empress was overjoyed when she saw this, and ordered the imperial dining room to make it and eat it.

But what delicious radish can be made, to make the emperor who is tired of eating delicacies all day long, the imperial chefs are very troubled.

After that, they cut the radish into shreds, mixed it with flour, steamed it in a basket, and then mixed it with the soup of the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and cooked it into a soup.

After eating it, the queen felt that the taste was unusually delicious, and it had the flavor of bird's nest. It is full of praise and gives the name "swallow dish". Since then, the empress has added "fake swallow dishes" to her menu, which has become a dish that the empress often tastes.

The emperor's preferences will naturally affect the emperor's relatives and ministers. When everyone sets up a banquet, they use "fake swallow dishes" as the first dish of the banquet, so as to show dignity. Even in the season when there are no turnips. I also think of using other vegetables to make "fake swallow vegetables", for fear that if I don't have it, it will make people feel that they are worthless.

Later, this method was introduced to the people, and it was passed down over time, and everyone called it "Luoyang Yancai", which has been passed down to future generations.

In 1973, Premier Zhou Enlai accompanied Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Luoyang. There is a chef who carefully prepared Luoyang Yan dishes to entertain the two prime ministers.

When the dish was served, I saw a peony flower as white as jade and dazzling in color. Floating on the soup noodles, the vegetables are fragrant and fresh, and the VIPs applauded.

The two prime ministers actually asked for two dishes in a row, and everyone was full of praise after eating. This dish is because there are large peony flowers carved in the middle of this dish. Premier Zhou said humorously: Luoyang peony is the best in the world, and peony flowers bloom in the dish, which seems to be called "peony swallow vegetables". Since then, 'Luoyang Yancai' has been renamed "Peony Yancai" and has become famous at home and abroad.

Even the emperor and the prime minister praised the dishes of Lu, but when he came to a chef, he complained, thinking that it was a waste of food, and Qiao Zhen was a little speechless.

"The old lady of bird's nest eats it every day, what's so strange, if it's an ordinary dish, the son won't invite me to come, I have the ability to make the radish into the taste of bird's nest, and people can't eat it, that's amazing." Qiao Zhen said in a deep voice.

The chef listened to Qiaozhen's words, wanted to refute, opened his mouth and closed it again, thinking that what Qiaozhen said was not bad, bird's nest is indeed not uncommon for the house, the old lady is not rare to eat, and has the ability to make radish into the taste of bird's nest, that is rare, he did not pout, but secretly determined in his heart that he must do a good job, he is a famous chef, and he can't let a woman look at it.

Everyone is doing according to Qiaozhen's instructions, some dishes come out quickly, some are slow, because some dishes take a long time, in fact, Qiaozhen is just a half-hanging, at that time she felt that Luoyang water mat was delicious, checked on the Internet, remembered the ingredients and practices of some dishes, but did not try to test, and now they are also borrowing the hands of these masters to test the Lang, after all, they are much more experienced than cooking themselves.

In fact, as long as you can make it for the first time, it is not difficult to make it below, it will be perfected, and it can be improved.

Qiaozhen watched the carving master carving, although some things are carved for the first time, carving is very slow, but after all, there is an extraordinary foundation, and the appearance of coming out is still good, especially the flowers, which come out vividly, and it looks very happy.

Some dishes are ready, please Qiaozhen taste, Qiaozhen is not welcome, after all, only she knows the taste.

She tasted it carefully and gave the master advice, some were salty, some were light, some were not sour enough, some were not sweet enough, some were not enough seasoning, and some were not hot enough, so they had to do it again.

By the time it was almost dark, eight of the twenty-four dishes were quite delicious, and the rest were still a little lacking, so I decided to continue tomorrow.

When she left, Qiaozhen took away a lot of carved flowers, she thought it was too good-looking, anyway, there was no need here, she could go back and give it away, she also took away a lot of dishes, and went back to eat at home.

When I got home, I had eaten at home, but when I saw what Qiao Zhen brought back, I moved my index fingers, and one person added more, and when I saw those carved flowers, I also liked them very much, and Qiao Zhen gave one and put it in their house.

Wang Tao likes it the most, he is still a child, and he is curious about these things, and he can't put them down in his hand, and he keeps fiddling with them.

On the second day, Chengzi led Shengzi to take a few flowers and left, and went out to show off, where have the babies in Zhuangzi seen this, they are very strange.

Qiao Zhen went for three days, and finally let her eat another eight-point similar Luoyang water seat, although only eight points of taste, but it is already very rare, the carving master also made the carving of various dishes vivid, and people were reluctant to eat.

After success, Yu Chengfeng went to watch it, he was very shocked at the time, he didn't expect it to be really good-looking, such a dish would indeed not be ashamed, it would definitely add a lot of color, he thanked Qiaozhen very seriously.

Qiao Zhen smiled at him, she has seen two sides of Yu Chengfeng in the past three days, one is that Yu Chengfeng is very busy, and the other is that Yu Chengfeng is very gentlemanly, he really did not take such an opportunity to get close to Qiao Zhen, the gentleman does not take advantage of the danger of others, now Chen Xuanyu is killing the enemy on the battlefield, he can't be a villain, so Qiao Zhen has changed a lot of views on Yu Chengfeng.

Tomorrow finally don't have to go to the town, Qiao Zhen stretched his waist in the carriage, the day after tomorrow is the birthday of Mrs. Qin, the relatives and friends of the Yu family have come a lot, and the town is a lot lively, but Qiao Zhen doesn't like this excitement very much, so he can finish the dishes before his birthday. She was happy that she could relax for a few days.

Knowing that Qiaozhen didn't have to go to the town, the family was also very happy, because Qiao'e was going to get married in August, and now the Wang family is preparing a dowry for her, although Qiao'e said that she didn't want anything, but now that life is better, Qiao'e people have become better again, and everyone is willing to prepare a dowry for her.

The quilt was made of six beds, pillowcases, quilt covers, several new clothes, and a few pairs of new shoes, and Qiaozhen also added a lot of things to her. The most valuable of them is a silver hairpin and a pair of silver studs.

Qiao'e cried for a long time after knowing the Tao, and felt even more guilty in her heart, secretly hating that she was not a human being, so she was sorry for the eldest sister, but now the eldest sister treats her like this, and only hopes that the eldest sister can have a good home and be happy for a lifetime.

Qiao Zhen hasn't been happy for a few days, this day Yu Chengfeng came to the door again, Qiao Zhen thought that he came to thank him because he had finished the birthday banquet and was busy with all the things at home, but he didn't expect Yu Chengfeng to stare at her for a long time after he came, and then said that his grandmother wanted to see her.

Qiao Zhen was surprised, how could Old Madam Qin know about her existence? She wants to see herself, and for what?

"Childe, why does the old lady want to see the people's women? How did she know about the people of Ludao? Qiao Zhen asked directly, she had to figure out the situation.

Yu Chengfeng glanced at her twice, Sun Juhua was not there at this moment, she went to the Wang family to teach Qiao'e some things.

"At that time, I wanted to marry you as an equal wife, but with the status of the Yu family, my father did not agree to you entering the door, and the family did not agree.

I begged my grandmother, and she asked me if I really had you in my heart, and I said yes, and she opened her mouth and asked the family to give me a chance.

That's why my family asked me to do one thing to prove my ability, in exchange for being able to marry you as a flat wife. I should have answered, but unfortunately you didn't. Yu Chengfeng said this, and his expression was still a little depressed.

Qiao Zhen lowered her head, she really didn't expect Yu Chengfeng to do so much.

In her heart, she has always felt that Yu Chengfeng is too scheming, everything is premised on interests, and his heart is relatively cold without interests.

didn't expect him to ask for someone to give himself a name, and to do things for the family, not for anything else, just to get a name for himself, which moved her very much.

But she is destined to live up to this friendship, from the day she saved Chen Xuanyu, she is destined to have no chance with other men. (To be continued......)

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