Chapter 5 Eating is conditional

At least not eating chaff, Fei Qian comforted himself. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

Swallowed a piece of corn cake, picked up the mutton soup and took a sip, although the ancient original taste, without any preservatives, is a first-class good taste, but Fei Qian still couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although it is said that the mutton is stewed in salt water with a little cinnamon stick, this combination is already considered the Han Dynasty on the tip of the tongue, and ordinary people can't afford to eat it.

It's much better than the bean rice I ate when I first came to the Han Dynasty.

However, I have eaten a lot of this diet, and now even the monosodium oil flower shabu-shabu water of later generations is a little nostalgic......

As for the Sichuan cuisine's back-to-the-pot meat, fish-flavored shredded pork, husband and wife lung slices, boiled beef, kung pao chicken, mapo tofu -

West Lake vinegar fish, Longjing shrimp, crispy stewed pork, West Lake lettuce soup, Jinling meatballs, three sets of duck in Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine——

What else is the Buddha jumping over the wall, Arhat Zhai, dragon and phoenix feast, burning tail feast and other things that Fei Xian has eaten in later generations, I can only think about it, and then swallow the saliva that I can't stop......

In the development of Chinese origins, the invention of any dish is closely related to the social productivity and production tools at that time.

Fei Qian originally thought that with the experience of half of the foodies who walked the streets and alleys in later generations, at least in terms of food, he could be comparable to the imperial chef in the Han Dynasty, otherwise it would be no problem to mix up the chef as a man, but he was hit in front of the backward kitchenware.

In later generations of Chinese cuisine, three things played a key role, that is, a stove that can freely control the heat, a wok with good heat conduction, and sufficient vegetable oil.

Only after these three conditions are met, a variety of dishes are enriched, and various patterns of frying and cooking are increasingly renovated.

The nomadic Xiongnu Xianbei, not to mention the Han Dynasty, even in the Tang and Song dynasties, there was no mature stove, there was only a bunch of bonfires, and what to eat was either roasted or boiled, and there was no other means.

Comparatively speaking, the people of the Han Dynasty were relatively more varied, in addition to roasting and boiling, they also had more means of steaming, stewing and so on. But it's still monotonous. For example, as the most famous and top royal dish, it is only made during major festivals or celebrations, and every Han Dynasty person knows what it is as long as they talk about it?

The famous - Wuding cooking! During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the master father Yan once said: The husband is not born with five tripods, and when he dies, he will cook with five tripods! Even if you can't eat the food made by Wuding alive, then you can be cooked by Wuding when you die.

What a deep love for Wuding Cooking!

Don't think that Wuding cooking is such a delicate and cumbersome dish, in fact, Wuding cooking is to use five bronze tripods to boil meat in white water......

The ideal is plump, and the reality is skinny.

There were no iron pots in the Han Dynasty, and iron pots only appeared in the Tang Dynasty. Ding is only used by princes, most people in the Han Dynasty only use copper kettles or pottery urns to cook rice, thick, bulging belly shape, small ears as handles, boiling up the handle and the bottom of the pot temperature is the same, people who have not practiced iron sand palms don't think about turning the pot upside down, be careful to break the pot directly......

By the way, there was still very little vegetable oil in the Han Dynasty, and the only common vegetable oil was sesame oil, and sesame seeds were brought back by Zhang Qian from the Western Regions at that time, so it was called flax at that time, which means imported goods, and the price can be imagined......

Fische also started out in the world of gastronomy.

When Fei Qian expressed his dissatisfaction with the food and announced that he would create delicious dishes by himself, Uncle Fu asked Fei Qian to be willful once.

However, when Uncle Fu saw Fei Qian pour the valuable sesame oil into the copper kettle, the corners of Uncle Fu's eyes kept twitching, and then when he saw Fei Qian frying a good handful of pennies into black charcoal because the thick copper kettle was not good at controlling the heat, he couldn't bear it anymore.

Since then, Fei Qian, a loser, has lost the right to enter the kitchen, and a star in the food industry who has not yet risen has been dimmed.

However, if it is a small range of improvements, Uncle Fu said that it is still acceptable.

For example, this corn cake, after steaming and forming, bake it a little - Uncle Fu said that this can be had, and it will be more crispy and delicious than the original after baking, well, my young man is smart-

Another example is this boiled mutton in white water, you can find a little cinnamon branch and put it in the stew to remove the meat - Uncle Fu said that this can also be available, and every time he puts the cinnamon branch, he secretly puts it, lest someone learn the secret recipe of my Shaolangjun -

Therefore, the food was actually very poor in ancient times, and it is precisely because of this that in ancient times, only the upper class and those in power had enough food to eat fat heads and big ears, wide bodies and broad bodies, commonly known as "blessed state".

One of Uncle Fu's wishes is that Fei Qian eats more blessed, and he always feels that Fei Qian has lost a lot of weight after his serious illness.

Every time Fei Qian was hungry to eat, he would also ask Uncle Fu to eat a little together, but every time Uncle Fu shook his head with a smile.

Uncle Fu watched Fei Qian eat, feeling happier than eating himself, and stood aside with a smile. In his heart, as long as Shaolangjun eats well, sleeps well, and is healthy and free of diseases, it is the most happy thing.

Fortunately, Fei Qian sold a few glassware, otherwise there would be some problems with eating boiled mutton, even eating bean rice. Alas, it would be nice if there were chili peppers, and if there is no boiled beef, you can also engage in boiled fish and boiled mutton......

Speaking of beef, Fei Qian suddenly remembered something and asked: "Uncle Fu, Cui Xiaolangjun sent a famous thorn yesterday and invited me to go to his village for a few days, you see this matter......" Of course, Cui Hou said in the famous thorn that the main purpose is to see the mountain scenery together, drink tea, discuss some scriptures, and learn some knowledge, and at the end, he mentioned with a little postscript that Zhuang Shang recently fell and killed a cow, and by the way, he also invited Fei Qian to have a meal together.

Although the government of the Han Dynasty explicitly prohibited the arbitrary slaughter of cultivated cattle, "falling to death" naturally did not count as slaughtering. In the Han Dynasty, you can eat a whole beef feast, which is similar to the specification of a Michelin meal in modern times, and ordinary people have no chance to eat it. Therefore, Cui Hou's invitation is already quite high-grade.

"The Cui family...... I heard rumors about the Cui family," Uncle Fu hesitated, or thought it was better to talk about it, "There is a good family in the north of the city, it is said that the Cui family fell in love with his family's heirloom jade, and insisted on buying it but couldn't, and soon thereafter, the son of this good family was accused of fornicating with the Yellow Turban thief, and was thrown into prison, and his good family ran without a door, and then someone assigned Xianyu and the Cui family, and then obtained a verdict with no evidence - also, it is said that Cui Hou is good friends with many rangers in the city, and there are many good hands in the village......"

Fei Qian frowned, "So, it's better not to go this time?" ”

Uncle Fu shook his head, "After all, the Cui family is the Situ of the former dynasty, and they have many connections with the court, if Shao Langjun refuses for no reason, I'm afraid it won't be good." "It's also said that although it is a retired official, it also has energy. Even if the Cui family has fallen, the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and it is not something like Fei Qian who has the name of a side branch of the Heluo Fei family can compete.

In modern terms, a former national-level family invites a reserve government civil servant to a banquet, and then the reserve civil servant still doesn't take the shelf, then it can only be hehe.

Yes, if you don't go, you will slap the Cui family in the face.

In the Han Dynasty, this kind of slapping in the face would turn friends into enemies. The most typical ones are Tian Wei and Dou Ying during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Tian Wei was the prime minister, and Dou Ying was named Wei Qihou. Once Tian Wei met Wei Qihou Dou Ying's good friend Guan Fu, and joked, Guan Fu, I want to go with you to see Wei Qi Hou Dou Ying, but just look at your filial piety.

The bushman didn't think Tian Wei was joking, and said very seriously, you must have a big deal to see Dou Ying, how can I delay your national affairs because I am personally filial piety, it is better to agree to go to see Wei Qihou together at noon tomorrow.

Tian Wei was bored, how could this person not understand the joke, so he snorted casually and left.

But the bushman thought that Tian Wei agreed, so he went to tell Wei Qihou Douying. As a result, Dou Ying prepared overnight, cleaned the courtyard streets, prepared wine and food, and waited outside the door with his wife early the next morning, from morning to noon, from noon to evening, but he didn't wait.

Dou Ying asked the husband, didn't you say that Prime Minister Tian Wei was coming? The bushman was also strange, yes, he said he was coming, so he rode a fast horse to the prime minister's mansion to take a look, Tian Wei had long forgotten about it, and had eaten and slept. So Dou Ying thought it was a great shame and began to oppose Tian Wei everywhere.

In the Han Dynasty, face was sometimes more important than later generations.

It's still going to go.

Fei Qian had a headache, if what Uncle Fu said was true, then the Cui family suddenly invited Fei Qian, which was a bit of a salute before the soldiers. The Cui family is like staring at the jade of the good family, this time it is nothing more than staring at the glass, and this glass technology is honest, if the truth is forced to hand it over, will there be any butterfly effect?

What's worse, what if the Cui family is insatiable?

Fei Qian couldn't help but curse in his heart, why do you read so many TV novels, those other traversers invent and do it casually, and you can do it when you say it, and from the emperor to the people, everyone is so kind and simple, no matter how nonsense you can believe, when you come to me, you will make a little glass, and you will be targeted if you don't dare to do it in large quantities, and you have to worry about personal safety all the time, what is this called!

It can only be seen and dismantled, what else can it be? Many things are not ready yet, and it is too early to run away.

"Since you can't hide, let's go!" Fei Qian made up his mind, it should be a small test, if such a test can't be mixed, how can he survive the threat of many cattle? However, there may be another way, which is to deal with the family.

The so-called big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimp. If I were a small shrimp, then I would just need to find a big fish to intimidate the Cui family's small fish. In the next life, if you don't want to listen to your boss, then you should at least get into the thigh of your boss.

"By the way, Uncle Fu, where is the Cui family's villa? You know what? How far is it from the city? ”

"You know, it's not far from the city, about eight or nine miles out of the north gate, at the foot of Beibi Mountain."

Fei Qian nodded, oh, that's not too far, but, Beibi Mountain, why does this place sound so familiar?