Chapter 360: Strange Goods
"Come on, come on, sister is bothering you again." When he saw Yun'er, Fu Jin took her hand affectionately.
"You're so polite. Yun'er will greet you first, and Fujin is auspicious. ”
"Okay, sit down. Sister, the things downstairs are almost all gathered, and there are a lot of people I don't know, and I'm embarrassed to look for you. ”
"Look at what you said, these things are all you want to use, and the things in the foreign land are not quite the same as ours here, if you don't understand, just ask, Yun'er must know everything. Yun'er doesn't know, isn't there still Sister Ling? ”
"I really can't imagine that this Mr. Ling is a person with great skills, and the first time I saw the Queen Mother, I didn't see how nervous she was."
"Sister Ling is indeed a capable person, with excellent character, and she is very low-key, and she has never been inconspicuous. Taking care of children is not only to keep them from crying and wetting, but also to know how old a child should behave and how to feed a child without milk. I also know a lot about gynecology. Baby Beibei is so healthy now, most of it is due to Mr. Ling. ”
"Yes, it takes time to taste a person's character, my sister began to misunderstand Mr. Ling, and she was really wronged. It's inconvenient for my sister to apologize to her, and you tell her what your sister means when you turn around. ”
"No need to apologize. Whatever you want to see, take it. ”
"Bun'er, you bring the ones I picked out that I don't know, I have to ask Master Yun for advice. Sister, what do you think this square plate is for? ”
"This is drenched in flour, it's called Lapi in the exotic land, and the coleslaw was made at my mother's place when Xuan'er celebrated her birthday, so you haven't used this family food yet. Didn't we have it in the Qing Dynasty? ”
"We don't have the powder skin that my sister said in the Qing Dynasty, is it easy to do?"
"Okay, why don't Yun'er give you a live performance?"
"Don't delay you from doing things yourself, right?"
"It's okay, it's not complicated, it's going to be done soon."
"Then there's Sister Lao. Bun, you go and tell Master Xu to pour out a stove. ”
Bun'er agreed, and Fu Jin and Yun'er talked for a while before going downstairs to the small kitchen with Yun'er. When I told Master Xu, Master Xu was very happy:
"The slave has been cooking in the palace for more than ten years, and I have never heard that there is powder in the dishes made for the emperor, can you teach the slave to cook?"
"Okay. You husband and wife prepare other ingredients first, and boil a pot of boiling water here. You cut the cabbage, carrots, and cucumbers into thin strips, about two inches long, and even better if you have mung bean sprouts. Yun'er commanded.
"Yes, yes, mung bean sprouts are often used in the prince's vegetarian dishes. Now the minions are all mung bean sprouts from the iron box of the Tian guards. ”
"Is there a radish for water?"
"It's all, it's all there."
"Blanch the mung bean sprouts in boiling water. Forget it, Sister Shui'er, you go and open the box with starch in the hall, and bring a bag of starch, a bag of refined salt, and a bag of chicken essence, sesame oil, sugar, and monosodium glutamate. ”
"Yes, the slave will go immediately."
"It would be nice to have some dry tofu."
"What do you say dried tofu? Isn't tofu all in chunks? Is there anything else to do? "Master Xu is very interested in cooking, and as soon as Yun'er said it, he was interested.
"Don't we have dry tofu in the Qing Dynasty?"
"Back to the master, the slave really hasn't heard of it. There is no one in the emperor's dining room. ”
"It's okay, I'll teach you how to do it later. Dried tofu is really a popular food in the exotic north, suitable for both meat and vegetables. Good quality dried tofu is as thin as paper and can be shredded, cut into pieces, and cut into strips, and there are many dishes in exotic regions that use dried tofu as the main ingredient. Stir-fried, marinated, sauced, stewed, and cold salad are all OK. There is a more famous dish called shredded pork in Kyoto sauce, which is made of dried tofu as the main ingredient. ”
"Then I look forward to Master Yun teaching the slave to make dried tofu." Master Xu's face was yearning. What's a chef who doesn't want to learn new dishes?
"It's hard to make dried tofu, isn't it?"
"The last thing a slave is afraid of is hard work. Isn't it just getting up a little early, going to bed a little late, and being a little tired? ”
"It's not necessary to get up early and be greedy, it's just a little tired, but dried tofu is a craft when it's done. There are people in the foreign land who specialize in making dried tofu to sell, not only selling it at stalls on the street, but also sending it to various restaurants, which is a home-cooked dish for ordinary people, and is also commonly used by high-class people. ”
The water boiled, and so did the water. Yun'er began to mix starch and powder skin. This skill is still learned from the eldest sister, it is not complicated, the water starch is mixed in proportion, stirred well, and scooped into the powder spinner with a spoon, the aluminum plate is very shallow, the portion is very light, the plate floats on the pot of boiling water, and the starch becomes transparent and cooked, take it out and throw it in cold water, roll it, put it in a plate with water, cut it into a finger width when you use it, and soak it in cold water for later use. The technical content is not very high, but it is necessary to be patient.
The other ingredients were cut by sister-in-law Xu, Yun'er cut the flour skin with her hands, and then put the cucumber shreds, shredded radishes, shredded carrots, shredded cabbage, and bean sprouts in a basin, and put the powder skin in, plus refined salt, chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, sesame oil, and balsamic vinegar and mixed well, and it was not bad to taste.
"Master Xu, please taste. This pink skin is also called a facelift. ”
Master Xu tasted it and nodded incessantly. Fu Jin hurriedly tasted it too, and praised it loudly: "It's delicious, this dish is just used in summer, and it will be better when you have the dry tofu that Master Yun said." Oops, sister, it's time for you to send milk. Let's call it a day? This refined salt and monosodium glutamate are really good, and they melt when they are in water. It seems that my sister also has refined salt and monosodium glutamate here, so if you don't have it, you're welcome? ”
"I'll leave these here for Master Xu and his family."
"Thank you, Master Yun!"
"Sister, the things in the prince's study are full of two warm pavilions, how much silver does this cost? It's really unpleasant that my sister always uses your things for nothing. ”
"You're thinking too much. Didn't my father give the antiques to the prince just to give them to him? ”
"You say that my sister can't dare to agree, Mr. handed over the antiques to the prince, it should be his contribution to the Qing Dynasty, and it has nothing to do with the prince. If you want to say three thousand five thousand taels, it's nothing to give it to the prince, and several antiques are very valuable. ”
"Just think about how much they can be worth in the Qing Dynasty, we didn't give away antique white, didn't we still get those clothes and food? The jade stone is in his hand, and he can neither eat nor drink, and he can't give birth to a cub. ”
Fu Jin laughed at Yun'er's words, and she also admitted that Yun'er was right, a stone for so much food, clothing and use, it was still cost-effective.
"In the past few days, the prince has said something in my sister's room about the place you went to, and everything is different from the Qing Dynasty, so it's hard to know how you can adapt to it."
"At the beginning, it was really awkward, but the cars outside, the shops on both sides of the road one by one, it was already dazzling, and there were also shops with that thing called stereo at the door, they called subwoofers, it was too noisy. Yun'er listened to the very rhythmic voice that was, "Big navel, big navel." ”
One sentence made everyone laugh and bend over.
"The most uncomfortable thing is that there is a strange smell in the air. I can't say what it smells like, but it smells terrible. Maybe the people there have been in abalone for a long time, and they don't smell its smell, Yun'er didn't see a person wrinkling his nose. Then there are the signs of those shops on the street are simplified characters, I don't know them, and some are simply foreigners' characters. In addition, the content of the people there often has foreigners' vocabulary in their speech, which makes people wonder why. When I buy something, I always calculate the ratio first, which is very awkward. ”
"It's really embarrassing for you, it's so troublesome to spend money. What about the prince? At his age, it will be even more uncomfortable. ”
"Our prince Chitose doesn't go out on the street at all when we buy odds and ends. In the future, everyone will go together to buy things in large quantities, and we don't dare to talk about the price, and the two godsons of the eldest sister will come forward and ask the three of us to buy, and we will suffer a big loss. ”
"It's really thanks to the eldest sister."
The beard pricked up her ears to listen to what Yun'er said over there, and she wanted to ask about the situation over there in detail. But just after being hit by Fujin's eye knife, he didn't dare to intervene at all.
"Fujin, this basin is stainless steel, which is lighter than copper basins; This is a plastic basin, which can also be used for washing your face, but plastic products are afraid of high temperatures, so you must not pour boiling water into it. This is an enamel pot with flowers, the inside is iron, the iron is afraid of corrosion, the outside layer is brushed with paint, not afraid of heat but afraid of bumps, and the paint is not good. ”
"Sister, this is called a pressure cooker, what is a pressure cooker?"
"This pressure cooker is sealed for cooking and cooking, and the air inside can't come out, and there is pressure, so the meals made are delicious and rotten, especially the things that cook meat. Pressure cookers are now safe, and there are many insurances. But when using it, you must control the time, and don't forget to sit in a dry pot. When the pot is boiling, the gas must be exhausted, or the contents will rush to the roof. The eldest sister said that she was in a hurry when she opened the lid of the pot once, and the steamed dumplings in it were all rushed out and stuck to the ceiling, and the eldest sister's husband, Mr. Zhong, took a ladder up and picked them down one by one. ”
Several grandmothers, including Yu'er Shui'er, laughed back and forth, thinking about that scene was so funny. Of course, Yun'er didn't know that the pressure cooker at the eldest sister's house was produced before, and the safety measures were not so perfect.
"This thermos bottle can be filled with boiling water for 12 hours a day and a night. What do you listen to inside? ”
Fu Jin put his ear to the mouth of the thermos, listened for a while, and said, "There's a buzzing sound in here." ”
"A buzzing sound is a good quality insulation. Even if you use it, blanch it with boiling water before using it and disinfect it first. ”
"Master Yun, you said that it is disinfected, and it is poisonous?" The beard hurriedly asked.
"It's not poison, it's poison, it's dust or something. If you zoom in with a microscope, there are a lot of small insect-like bacteria, so wash your hands before eating and after using the toilet, and boil water often on utensils, dishes and chopsticks. This pot is filled with water, and it is convenient to drink it at night. ”
"Yes, yes, it's so convenient, just fill the bottle with water. These small jars are ......"
"This is a seasoning jar, which is filled with peppercorns, refined salt or something. Here's the set. ”
"Oh, that's beautiful."
"What are these things?" Fujin took out a few small things, all of which were made of stainless steel, and covered them with a layer of transparent hard things.
"This one is peeled from potatoes, and you can also peel sweet potato peels and radish skins. This one is shredded potatoes with cymbals, and shredded mustard greens can also be cymbals. This one is for the plate. If the plate is hot in the pan, it will be hot when it is boiling. In this way, Yun'er came to make a demonstration and asked the sister at the door to go to the kitchen to get a potato and a plate. ”
A little girl at the door quickly answered and went to Fujin's small kitchen, and brought a cleaned potato and a white plate when she was young. Yun'er picked up the peeler and the potato, and peeled a large potato clean with a few clicks. The sprout eyes on the potatoes were also gouged out with a pointed flake on a peeler. The action is chic and neat. Then he picked up the shredded potato utensils and sliced potatoes, pressed them on the round eyes of the utensils, and "swished" a few times, and a potato turned into a bunch of shredded potatoes of exactly the same thickness in a blink of an eye. Then he picked up the utensils with the scientific name of "multi-purpose device", smoothly picked up the plate containing shredded potatoes, turned it around for half a circle, and told Fu Jin that it was used to hold hot plates.
Everyone applauded Yun'er with surprise.
"Oh sister, you really know how to buy things, aren't they all used to live at home? It's so convenient! How do you remember so many different utensils? ”
"This is what Yun'er used at the eldest sister's house, so I understand a little bit. There are too many things over there, and these are all bought with the help of the eldest sister and Xiaoli. There are many people over there, and there will be smart and caring people among them who specialize in pondering these living utensils, which makes people dizzy. I didn't buy Yun'er that I didn't need in the Qing Dynasty, and the purpose of buying it back was to make it more convenient for the chefs and helpers in the kitchen. ”
Fu Jin was made emotionally excited by these things in front of him, needless to say anything else, even the ceramic utensils were also varied, all kinds of pots and pans, pots, chopsticks, plates and dishes made Fu Jin itch in his heart, and several personal grandmothers also widened their curious eyes and listened with relish.
"These bowls and spoons are made of wood, which Yun'er bought for the children, as well as the fish and water and the children of the grandmothers and sisters in your room. The wooden bowl is not afraid of burning, it will not be broken if it falls to the ground, and it is not toxic. We must let our children eat by themselves, especially if children like us leave the service of others, they will not have the ability to survive at all. ”
"Yes, yes, you have to be beaten since you were a child, and it's not a good thing to be pampered. These jobs are too rare. When our two girls and two boys can eat, we will also give them one to hold and eat. ”
After asking Yun'er, I learned that wet wipes are for wiping the mouth, disposable use, sanitary napkins are used by women during the monthly letter, and the beautiful hook called the strong sticky hook can actually stick to the door to hang clothes, umbrellas, and hats. and the apron with sleeves, which was particularly beautiful, with a rabbit and a bear on it and two large pockets for matches; All sorts of things are so novel. Fu Jin sighed very much: People from foreign lands are really blessed, and the things they use in life are so exquisite and convenient.
"Sister, sister, isn't this ladder too short? The beams on it are too thin, right? I'm afraid that the prince's figure will be flattened when he goes up. What are you laughing at? ”
Yun'er finally stopped laughing and said, "This is not a ladder, it's a drying rack." Didn't the package say 'Mrs. Drying Rack'? ”
"Where did my sister take a serious look at the packaging, and I thought that the ladder was called a shelf over there." I couldn't stop laughing after saying that.
"Yun'er opens it for you, and then you use it to dry your clothes and quilts. This thing can be used in the house when it is cloudy and rainy. The land on the other side of the country is tight, and there are many high-rise buildings living in the city, where is there a place to dry clothes? If you live on the eighteenth and twentyth floors, you won't lose the quilt downstairs? This is for small pieces, towels, socks, and trousers. This is for drying quilts and sheets. You can also dry clothes, but the washed clothes should be placed on the clothes hanging, and this rack can dry more than a dozen clothes, and you can also dry quilts. ”
"It turned out to be drying clothes and quilts. This thing is good, in the winter the house is warm and dry in the shade, so that it will freeze outside like a board. What is this rectangular thing? ”
"This is a simple wardrobe, not heavy, just put it here. Once Yun'er has installed it for you, you can use it. ”
"It's so pretty, it's still a flower cloth."
"This one is made of flower canvas, and the fabric is twice as thick as the ordinary one, and it is also very solid."
Yun'er introduced the same daily necessities to Fujin, and soon it was time to deliver milk.
Fu Jin has been very interested in food and clothing since he got married, all so that the prince can eat well and dress well. The prince's body has always been strong, and in addition to practicing, it is inseparable from Fujin's diet and care. Fujin's courtyard has its own small kitchen, with two chefs and his wife, two rough cooks, two rough maids, two rough maids who are responsible for picking and washing vegetables, and the eunuch Lu Gonggong who is responsible for purchasing ingredients, so you can try to make new dishes. The prince is preparing materials to decorate the small kitchen, and when the new kitchen is renovated, he can try the dishes. The prince is going to simply decorate the small kitchens of Fujin, Yun'er and Mrs. Chen, the main purpose is to make the kitchen cleaner.