1232 Big guys have little wisdom
The food of the Xiao family has always been famous, as early as Chang'an, there is the reputation of the Xiao family's food in Chang'an.
Even in the past two years, the forged iron pots of the Xiao family Zhuangzi have been sold all over the Tang Dynasty.
Similarly, the stir-fry technique has also spread in Datang with these portable iron pots, but the Xiao family's cuisine is still in the limelight.
In Chang'an, if someone can go to Xiao's house to taste a bite of food, no matter whether it suits his taste or not, he will definitely advocate for him after he goes out, and he will praise it in the sky and on the earth.
In this way, it attracts more people's curiosity and coveting, and they want to taste the flavor.
But the problem is that Xiao Han's communication level is too high, and the people who come and go are all generals, or the emperor or the prime minister! Even the family gate valve rarely sees him, let alone those curious people in the market.
As a result, the dishes of the Xiao family have gradually been mythologized, and even the name has already overshadowed the imperial food in the palace.
After all, for the people of Guangda, only what they can't eat and can't see is the best!
As for the imperial food in the palace, there are also several restaurants in Chang'an City that hire chefs who used to cook in the palace with high salaries, as long as they are willing to spend a little more money, they can also eat dishes at the level of imperial food.
The Xiao family's food has been seriously mythologized, but Xiao Han, who is in it, always feels that those dishes are mediocre.
There is no monosodium glutamate, no oil consumption, and no matter how good the dish is, there is a little less umami.
I remember learning when I was in school that MSG was first made from kelp, and later from grains such as grain beans!
For the sake of his own appetite and in order to keep the world's No. 1 food brand from falling, Xiao Han also tried it to see if he could make MSG.
However, imagination is always beautiful, reality is always cruel!
After a long meal, MSG was not made, but a lot of food and kelp were wasted.
Fortunately, Yangzhou is not far from the sea, and kelp is not valuable, otherwise this transaction will be a big loss!
finally lost confidence in MSG, and Xiao Han also understood that MSG, a high-end product, was not something he could make now.
In a hurry, he didn't even bother to clean up, and threw everything into the vat in one go, ready to let the stunned man throw it out.
And the stunned man is also a careless one, the front foot nods and agrees, and the back foot is forgotten clean!
It wasn't until one day later that Xiao Han inadvertently passed by that house again, smelled a strong smell of sauce in the air, pinched his nose and went in and lifted the lid, only to find that the pile of things had fermented soy sauce!
Looking at the dark red and rich flavor of the "seafood soy sauce" Xiao Han didn't know whether to cry or laugh, this can be regarded as a lost mulberry and a harvest, right?
Helping Chai Shao back to the house, Xiao Han looked at the sky, and told the fat cook to hurry up and serve the food, he was already hungry!
The fat cook has followed Xiao Han for many years, and knew that this master couldn't stand the hunger, so he hurriedly ran back to the kitchen, heated up the dishes he had already cooked, and added two fast dishes, and sent them to Hou Ye with his apprentice.
In the restaurant, Chai Shao washed his hands and face, and went to sit down at the table, but Xiao Han could only stand because of an injury to his buttocks.
In the middle of the table, a plate of white shallots mixed with tofu has been put on the table, the soy sauce is laid on the bottom, the sesame oil is scattered, and the green onions and white leaves are dotted in it, which looks so refreshing.
It's still the first course, and soon! Meat dishes such as wild boar meat with sauce, braised venison, and roast goose were sent by the fat cook's apprentice.
In the end, the fat chef personally held a plate of Yangtze River anchovies, and respectfully invited the two of them to taste it.
Anchovy, known as the first of the three fresh in the Yangtze River, is described as swimming gold because of its high price, and the rich people of later generations can not get it until tens of thousands of yuan, which shows its delicious taste.
"Hey, don't wait for that Cheng Pifu, maybe he has been pulled by someone to sell himself to pay off his debts, with such a strong physique, he can make a lot of money by pulling and grinding!"
Chai Shao is the best mouth on weekdays, but now when he sees this big table of good dishes, saliva is about to flow out of the corners of his mouth, where can he still bear it? is to sit in the seat and urge Xiao Han to start the meal again and again.
Xiao Han stood aside, and felt that he didn't have to wait for Lao Cheng, who knew when this guy would come back?
Besides, because of the cold weather, the dishes on the table will soon stop steaming, and if you wait a little longer, you can only eat cold dishes, and the taste will naturally not be as good as now.
Thinking of this, Xiao Han happily picked up the chopsticks, lightly ate them on the table, and was about to shout to eat!
The door behind him opened with a bang, and then Cheng Yanjin broke in like a wild boar.
"You, why are you back?" Xiao Han was taken aback, his eyes widened subconsciously, and he looked at Cheng Yanjin and asked.
"Why can't I come back?" Cheng Yanjin glared at Xiao Han back, and when he saw the dishes on the table again, he was immediately overjoyed, reached out and grabbed the chopsticks in Xiao Han's hand, he didn't even sit down, the chopsticks were like rain, but in the blink of an eye, the dishes on the table were less than half!
"Uh, what about the people who are looking for you to lose money?" Xiao Han looked at Cheng Biting Jin, who was like a starving ghost reincarnated, and then looked outside the empty place, and asked in surprise.
"Huhu, you two are embarrassed to say it if you are not righteous?! Where to throw me, I didn't bring any money when I came out, and the only valuable jade talisman on my body was given to your daughter, what do you pay for? ”
Cheng Biting Jin's mouth was stuffed with things, but it didn't affect his speech at all, and he didn't know where he learned the ability to make a sound while swallowing.
Chai Shao was also very curious at this time, and he didn't care about grabbing vegetables from him, but asked in surprise: "You don't have money to pay?" So how do you get there? ”
Cheng Biting Jin opened his mouth and swallowed a large piece of fish, glanced at the two of them proudly, and said with a smile: "Haha, say you two are stupid, you are still running fast!" said that the two of you are fine, and you don't want to think about it: you two ran away, but your cow, as well as Xiaodong and the dog who followed behind, didn't run away!
Where did I mortgage them, and when I came back to raise money, those people naturally agreed!
Oh yes, I almost forgot to tell you that the cow was running so hard that his lungs were so exhausted that he was about to hang! It's really not good, and you can lose money selling beef......"
"Huh? My cow! ”
"Huh? My beef! ”
Before Cheng Biting Jin's words fell, Xiao Han and Chai Shao had already jumped up, but although the two of them shouted similarly, their meanings were very different.
"You eat first, and I'll go and redeem the cow!"
Chai Shao, who jumped up, dropped this sentence, and the person had already left in a hurry, for fear that if he went a little late, the cattle would be snatched away again.
Oh, poor!
Since the beginning of this year, he has been caught by the imperial history because the death of the cow in the family is too strange, and he ran to the emperor's brother-in-law to sue himself!
He can't eat beef casually, and now there is finally a cow that has died in public, and I eat it, but there are not so many crows croaking around their beaks, right?
As for Xiao Han, he didn't follow, anyway, the cows are dead, what is he going to do? I pity myself and want to emulate the famous people of the Wei and Jin dynasties, just got such an ox cart, and it didn't take two days before the cow died......