Chapter 457: Food Seeks Umami
Yu Shang agreed very simply, but unexpectedly, Gu Ming suddenly chopped the kitchen knife in his hand hard, put it on the board, put his hands on his waist, and glared at him with vertical ears: "Have you seen enough?" When you've seen enough, let's go inside and draw! Don't bother me with cooking anymore! ”
"You got it?" Yu Shang touched his nose, but he didn't look embarrassed at all, just stood up with a smile and patted the dust on his body.
Gu Ming fanned the wind in disgust: "Hurry up, hurry up!" Dust from afar, and cook the dishes for a while, don't you eat them? ”
Yu Shang suddenly stopped beating the dust on his body and slipped into his tent.
"Fourteen Niang, you are so powerful, this Yu Dagongzi, you have made you obedient." Zhiting happened to come over with a pot of washed vegetables, and when she saw this scene in front of her, she was immediately amazed.
"What's so strange about this, it's that he's too weird." Gu Ming said disapprehantly, and carefully checked the radishes on the board. Although she didn't see any obvious dust, as soon as she remembered Yu Shang's actions just now, she felt that her heart was blocked.
For peace of mind, she washed it again, including those that had been cut into slices.
"The cold radish should be delicious, and the most important thing is that the taste of the sweet and sour sauce must be adjusted well." Gu Ming's radish had already been cut and began to stir up the sweet and sour sauce.
Yu Shang and the two of them were able to take care of the road, so naturally there was nothing bad. The sugar is the finest white sugar produced in Lingnan. At least, Gu Ming had never used such delicate sugar, and the sweetness was a little higher than that of ordinary white sugar.
The vinegar is the finest rice vinegar made by the vinegar families of Jindi with the old vinegar seeds made hundreds of years ago. The color of this rice vinegar is as transparent as water, and the smell is sour but not pungent. Try the taste again, the first taste is very sour, but the aftertaste is with a hint of sweetness.
The cold radish mixed with such sweet and sour sauce will not be unpalatable.
"Want to help? Fourteen mothers? "Zhiting didn't have anything to do anyway, so she thought that if she gave her a hand, she could also learn a few vegetarian dishes and see her later...... That person, you can do it for him to try.
Of course, Fourteen Niang has to make sure that her dish is delicious.
"You...... In this case, you can help me fry some pepper oil. Gu Ming thought about it and commanded.
To make cold dishes, pepper oil is indispensable, which can greatly enhance the fragrance. She has never liked to use sesame oil ground from sesame seeds, and she thinks it is too greasy, so she has been using pepper oil instead.
And pepper oil is not only fragrant, but also has a unique taste, which makes her love it.
"I never knew that you could cook...... How come I've never seen you show your hand before? Zhiting asked as she helped.
"How did you have time to pay attention to this before?" Gu Ming said nonchalantly.
"It's not that you don't have time, it's that you don't have energy, right?" Zhiting laughed and teased her.
How could those things in the Gu family's third room be hidden from Zhiting? She has lived in Yurong Courtyard for so long, and many private matters are still handed over to her to handle.
So when she said this, Gu Ming just laughed and didn't deny it.
Of course, there is a change in mood. Now that she is free, although Yu Shang and Yu Qin's behavior is very strange, it will not make her give up her desire to make some tokens of her favorite food.
"Snort", the oil went down the pot, and Zhiting was about to put pepper seeds, Gu Ming hurriedly stopped her: "Wait until the oil is hot before putting it down." ”
"Isn't that going to blow up? How do you eat when it's dark? Zhiting asked in amazement.
It seems that she still has some cooking skills.
Gu Ming glanced at her and explained: "The oil is not hot, and the fried peppercorns are numb and not fragrant; Hot oil and then pepper seeds, fried oil fragrant, not numb. ”
"Fourteen Niang, you still know this!" I don't know when the tip of my ear came over, and I said in surprise, "You're so amazing!" Is there anything else you don't understand? ”
"There's so much I don't understand, this world is so big, what can I be great?" Gu Ming smiled and reminded Zhiting again, "Hurry up and put peppercorns!" ”
Zhiting hurriedly grabbed a handful of pepper seeds and threw them into the pot.
The oil temperature was already very high, and the pepper seeds were thrown down, and they turned black in an instant.
"What should I do? It's mushy! Zhiting jumped up in panic.
Gu Ming tried hard to control it, not to let herself laugh, and commanded: "Move the spatula, don't stick to the pot...... Okay, now carefully remove these peppercorn seeds and throw them away. ”
Then the oil was poured out and served in a small delicate porcelain bowl. The tip of his ear sniffed closer, and exclaimed, "Sure enough! It smells so good! Isn't this oil in cold dishes more fragrant than sesame oil? ”
"That's nature." Zhiting looked proud.
The radish in Gu Ming's hand had already been pickled, she poured some pepper oil into the big pot of vegetables, mixed it again, and left it there alone.
At this time, Zhiting had already boiled half a pot of boiling water.
Gu Ming poured the washed and selected vegetables into the boiling water, gently stirred them with a spatula, and quickly scooped them up and dried the water.
Originally, the greens had no smell, but when they were urged by boiling water, although they were not yet ripe, they already emitted a strong aroma that belonged to the ingredients themselves.
"I've heard that there is a small island country in the east of our country, and the people there eat very interestingly, and they pay attention to the original taste of the ingredients." Gu Ming was busy with the work in her hands, and at the same time gossiped with Zhiting and the tip of her ear, "But they don't know what else to do...... So guess what, what do they do to keep the ingredients intact? ”
The original flavor of the ingredients? So how do you do that? After all, it doesn't matter if it's boiled, or stewed, or fried, or steamed, or cooked, or fried, or fried...... Even if it is the simplest, cold salad, it is all about condiments, and there is no way to completely maintain the original flavor of the token.
The two of them looked at each other for a while, and then Zhi Ting asked tentatively, "Could it be that they ...... What is only blanched in boiling water? ”
I happened to see Gu Mingnao eating green vegetables, and I immediately thought of this, which is still very understandable.
Gu Ming laughed and told them: "No, everyone eats raw!" ”
"Raw?" The two of them exclaimed, "How do you eat raw?" Doesn't my stomach hurt? Won't you get sick? I've heard that if you eat something raw, people will get worms. ”
When the Three Emperors and Five Emperors were around, people would eat cooked food, why are there still barbarians eating raw food?
Fourteen Niang lied to them, right?
"It's raw, I didn't lie to you. They don't just eat raw vegetables, they eat raw meat, and they eat raw fish...... For example, if they eat fish, they simply call it 'yusheng'. Gu Ming told them with a smile.
The two little girls listened to it and snorted one after another.
In their opinion, such a barbarian must be a savage still wearing tree bark.