Chapter 9 The mystery is only in a pot of fresh soup
A plate of vinegar celery, a bowl of okra soup, plus a big rice bowl, not to mention meat dishes, I didn't even see a little oil star.
The elders in the courtyard were dumbfounded when they saw the food being served.
Old Ancestor Jun held the wine bowl and froze there, "Just ...... That's it? ”
"yes, that's all!"
That's all, Wu Ning was busy all afternoon.
The old man was angry again, and said in his heart, it is in vain that your fourth and fifth uncles take care of you in every way! I know your family is having a hard time, but you haven't been to such a field, have you? I finally ate you Wu Jiulang once, and I coped with it like this?
"Aren't there still sheep ribs?"
The fifth uncle was also drunk, but he saw that his fifth aunt sent it, why didn't he see it?
"Sheep ribs?" Wu Ning smiled mysteriously, knowing that everyone was thinking badly.
Lifting the lid of the basin suddenly, "The lamb ribs are here!" ”
"Huh~!!"
As the lid of the basin was uncovered, everyone couldn't help but exclaim: "The end is beautiful!" ”
I thought that the rice bowl was just white rice, but where would I have thought that the red, yellow, white, green, colorful, extremely exquisite.
Moreover, the miso soup was simmered in the rice bowl for a while, and the moment the lid was lifted, the heat mixed with the aroma of meat, sauce, and rice gushed out together, that smell.....
Even Old Ancestor, who was even-footed and stable, couldn't help but lean forward and smell it well.
"Incense!"
"Hahaha, it smells so good!!"
The fourth uncle couldn't stop laughing, and looked at everyone, "Jiulang's craftsmanship is getting better and better." ”
Stretching out his hand, "Let my father taste it first." ”
Although Wu Changlu couldn't help but taste it, the rules still couldn't be abolished, so he naturally had to go first.
Lao Zujun is not polite, in fact, he can't wait a little, and he is just about to put down chopsticks.
"Wait." But Wu Ning stopped him.
glared at this Lai Wazi angrily, "What do you mean?" ”
Wu Ning laughed, "That's not how to eat." ”
The heart said, you have eaten all the dishes, what can you do with the next meal?
As he spoke, he began to stir it in the basin with a rice spatula, and as Wu Ning stirred it like this, it became more fragrant!
Although it was not just seen, the grains of rice were wrapped in a bright red sauce, and they shone with oil along with the lamb chops and vegetables, and I had an appetite when I looked at it.
Serve a bowl to everyone, Wu Ning motioned to the old man, you can start eating.
But the old man was not in a hurry this time, and ordered: "Hachiro, Jiulang, and Thirteen Lang, serve on the table!" ”
"Qiao'er also go to the stove to eat."
Yes, Wu Ning said secretly: This old man is also a patriarchal old stubborn.
According to the rules, women can't eat at the table, didn't you see that the fifth aunt didn't even come over?
But there was no way, so I sandwiched a few more lamb chops into Qiao'er's bowl, and sent her to the stove room with the bowl.
When I came back, well, when I turned around, a large pot of rice had already gone to half a pot.
Do you want to be so violent?
Wu Ning secretly complained: I don't know, turtle!
Sit down and pick up your own rice bowl, and then, purr, purr...... There was only the movement of the fierce pickpocket, and there was no more than half a word.
In just a few moments, there are only a few bones left in a bowl of lamb chop rice.
Well, he hadn't tasted it in years.
......
"Fragrant!"
Wu Changlu, who had eaten two bowls in a row, finally emptied his mouth while serving the third bowl, and finally praised it from the bottom of his heart:
"It smells so good!"
The lightness of the radish, coupled with the thickness of the lamb chops, and the rice with sauce, why is this so fragrant?
The left and right were already half-full, and after being addicted to food, Wu Changlu finally remembered that there was still soup to moisten his mouth.
Filled a bowl of soup and took a sip of it slowly, "Huh??" ”
Wu Changlu finally realized that something was wrong.
To say that this lamb chop rice is both meat and vegetables, the fragrance is rich and imperceptible, but this okra soup....
This is an ordinary pattern that everyone eats and makes, what is the taste, Wu Changlu is naturally too ripe to be cooked.
But why is Jiulang's bowl of soup different?
"What did Kuro put in this soup?"
"Hah!" Wu Ning put down his job and was very happy.
"It's still the tongue of the fourth uncle, and it tastes different at once."
"It's just two extra spoonfuls of fresh soup."
The secret is in the pot of soup boiled with pork bones.
Some people may say, isn't it just an old pot of soup, it's not unusual. Maybe in the restaurants of the Tang Dynasty, for the sake of the fresh and fragrant dishes, each family has its own secret recipe for old soup.
Actually, it's not, it's really not your average old soup.
The reason why Wu Ning called it to make fresh soup was precisely because of the word "fresh".
I have to say that after coming to Datang for so long, what Wu Ning can't stand the most is not the hardships of life, but the fact that no matter how good the food is, it is just as tasteless.
First, the method is single and the seasoning is scarce.
The second is that the meals of the Tang Dynasty are missing one thing from later generations, which makes the already tasteless meals even more tasteless.
That's it – monosodium glutamate.
Maybe there are quite a few people in later generations who don't like to add MSG to dishes, but Wu Ning can't, he has been used to snacks since he was used to that fresh, if he didn't have this thing, he was really a little uncomfortable.
And that pot of fresh soup actually played the role of adding MSG to the old soup.
......
It is said that he will not understand these things if he has never been in the kitchen in later generations, but coincidentally, there is such a memory of MSG in his mind.
In later generations, when Wu Ning was young, there was a saying for a while: Wu's mother, who said that this monosodium glutamate can cause cancer, and listening to the wind is the rain, never dared to put MSG when cooking from now on.
But the whole family was used to this mouthful, and there was really no way to force it, so Wu's mother had to find a way to improve the umami by herself.
That's the pot of soup that Wu Ning uses now, big bones, chicken, mushrooms, and kelp. The soup boiled out has almost the same freshness effect as the purchased MSG.
Later, Wu Ning checked that the main ingredient of monosodium glutamate is called: sodium glutamate.
And my mother's fresh soup is boiled and the same substance can be obtained in the soup. Not only the effect is the same as MSG, but also the ingredients.
It's just redundant.
And that rumor, soon the power of the Chinese Academy of Sciences came out to refute the rumor, fake.
Wu's mother naturally didn't bother to make soup anymore, but asked Wu Ning to write down this "home remedy".
Nowadays, Wu Ning's pot, although there is no kelp, has the same effect, and there is also "sodium glutamate", that is, monosodium glutamate.
The Tang people, who have never tasted this "fresh", are naturally amazing.
......
Well, if it was expert Tang Yi here, he would have pointed at Wu Ning's nose and scolded: nonsense!
It is true that there is sodium glutamate in the soup boiled by Wu's mother, and that is because kelp contains a large amount of this ingredient.
But Wu Ning's pot does not have kelp, where does sodium glutamate come from.
The reason why it has the same umami flavor is because the main ingredient of his pot soup is "umami nucleotides", which is one of the ingredients of chicken essence.
It's just that I don't know how to pretend to understand, it's too unprofessional, it's too unprofessional!!
......
Anyway, it was that pot of soup that worked.
When Wu Changlu heard that there was still the credit for such a pot of soup, in addition to the novelty, he carefully asked Wu Ning how the pot of soup was boiled, and after he was ready to go home, he also kept fresh soup at home.
After all, there are not many people in this world who don't love deliciousness, and who doesn't want to drink a bowl of okra soup?
......
"Fourth uncle, this recruitment is not for war, so what are you going to do?"
Wu Ning saw that everyone had almost eaten, and a large pot of rice had also bottomed out, although he was worried about his usual money, but he didn't have a chance to lead it there, so he had to chat, and mentioned that the fourth uncle had gone out for a month's errand this time.
And Ancestor Jun Xu ate this meal sweetly, and surprisingly didn't push Wu Ning back, and let him ask.
The fourth uncle drank the soup, "It's not big, it's not small!" The order came from above, and there were big people in Beijing who wanted to come to Fangzhou. ”
Wu Changlu's pale tone was a little more solemn, and he continued: "Naturally, we have to draw people and horses from the government army to guard the surroundings. ”
Wu Ning was stagnant and transferred people and horses from the government army to guard?
That...... This big guy is really not small!
Coming from the capital, he is a big man, so he naturally has a forbidden army attendant to protect him. When you arrive in Fangzhou, the government will also cooperate with the guards.
The protection of the two phases is not enough, and the government soldiers are actually mobilized?
"Who has such a background to ask the government soldiers to come out to protect them?" Wu Ning couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that the emperor's relatives and relatives can't do it?" ”
"Huh." Wu Changlu sneered, "Jiu Lang guessed right, it is the emperor's relatives!" ”
"And there's more than one, it's three!"
"Huh??"
Wu Ning was a little confused, "Three!?" ”
"Who?"
"The nephew of the Holy Queen, Wu Chenghei, Wu Sansi!"
"And Princess Taiping!"
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