Yang Huairen should also introduce himself, but he couldn't reveal his identity, so he said casually, "Zai Xia is a scholar who came to Chengdu Mansion to play, and these are all good friends who are traveling with Zaixia." ”

When you go out, sometimes you don't report the surname and name of strangers who are from your family, and it is also a kind of protection for yourself when you are away from home, so the old man didn't mean to blame, but just nodded to show that he understood that he had his own difficulties.

"I just heard from this brother of yours that you can boil boiled cabbage, I wonder if it's true? If it is true, then the old man really wants to ask the petty officials for advice. ”

Yang Huairen was also not good at lying to an eighty-year-old man, so he had to hide the necessary information and tell the rest of the truth, "You really guessed, in fact, the kid also knows some fur cooking skills, but this boiled cabbage, the kid has only seen others make it once, and he hasn't really eaten it, and he really can't say how to make it." ”

"Oh?"

The old man asked in amazement, "Is this really what the little weirdo said?" I wonder if you can tell the old man, who have you ever seen who has made this boiled cabbage? ”

Yang Huairen naturally couldn't say that he had seen his father do it, so he had to tell a little lie implicitly, "That, I saw my master do it once, and I made it for a friend." That's why I said I had seen it, but I hadn't eaten it. ”

The old man's face suddenly became very excited, "I don't know who the master of the little official is?" ”

Yang Huairen didn't dare to say any more, so he had to stop the topic immediately, "The kid's master has already seen through the red dust and lived in seclusion in the sea of clouds and mountains, and he once told the kid that the master is no longer born, and his name is not allowed to be talked about in front of others, so ...... Please forgive me, the kid is really inconvenient to disclose. ”

The old man was a little disappointed, but he still understood the indifference of a reclusive master, and then said, "The old man has a reluctant request, can the little official go to the back kitchen of Yunjin Building with the old man, and according to your memory at the time, see if you can try to make this boiled cabbage?" ”

Facing the old man's earnest eyes, Yang Huairen couldn't refuse, and said that what he was looking for finally fell on his head, and it seemed that he couldn't hide now.

"This ...... Then I'll give it a try. ”

After saying that, the old man immediately showed a relieved smile on his face, and stood up suddenly, stretched out his hand to take Yang Huairen's arm, and was about to pull him to the back kitchen of Yunjin Building, Yang Huairen had to follow the old man's steps and slowly stood up and followed, Lan Ruoxin and Tianba's younger brother also followed with a curious face.

Chef Hefu, who was in charge of Luo, naturally knew what the master was thinking, so he immediately led the way in front, and at the same time sent someone to the back kitchen to prepare.

Chef Chen is old, his legs and feet are always a little inconvenient, although he is anxious, his steps are not in a hurry, he can only move slowly with small steps, perhaps because he is afraid of the embarrassing atmosphere, so he talked about the origin of this boiled cabbage.

"We people who were born and raised in Shu are enthusiastic by nature, and petty officials should not be surprised. Since the pre-Qin period, the people have this innate enthusiasm in their bones.

If there is a distinguished guest in the house, and the family is too poor to greet the guest with big fish and meat, he can only say to boil some water for the guest to drink.

However, this boiling water is not really boiling water, but lighting the stove and boiling an egg from an old hen for the guests with white water.

Shu has been producing icing sugar since ancient times, and it is not a rare thing in every household, so they add some to this bowl of poached eggs, and finally pour a big piece of lard in the bowl, which is the best meal they can get when they receive guests.

When I say this, I am not boasting about the sincere hospitality of the people of Shudi, but I want to say that it is under this character that the boiled cabbage that can represent the highest skill of Sichuan cuisine was produced.

Since the people of Sichuan said that boiling water is not real boiling water, the old man thought of it when he was young, and this boiled cabbage is not boiled with real 'water', but with a special treatment method to make the 'water' delicious. ”

Speaking of this, Yang Huairen also felt that this Chef Chen was not ordinary, and when he could think of this, he guessed the mystery of the boiled cabbage.

The name of the dish is boiled cabbage, cabbage naturally needless to say, it is the main ingredient of this dish, and boiling, is the main method of making this dish, and water can not be simply understood as hot water in the ordinary sense.

If you understand it that way, you will never be able to make this boiled cabbage, and Yang Huairen's experience in later generations illustrates this point.

Boiled cabbage actually has two completely different meanings in later generations. The first meaning is the simplest impression that comes to mind when people mention the name of the dish boiled cabbage, boiled cabbage.

And later generations did have such a dish, the vinegared cabbage common in restaurants, the last step is changed to boiled in water, then the result is a bowl of boiled cabbage in sour soup.

As an appetizer, this dish is indeed loved by many people, before eating big fish and meat, first have a boiled cabbage, sour and crispy to eat a few bites, both refreshing and appetizing.

Later, I don't know how to spread it, many female friends who want to lose weight add vinegar to this dish, and it becomes a dish that is not so delicious, but can have a weight loss effect.

The boiled cabbage diet method has indeed allowed many obese or female friends who are afraid of gaining weight to get the slim body they want, but it is really embarrassing to raise themselves as rabbits and eat such vegetables every day.

Another meaning of boiled cabbage is the legendary first dish of Sichuan cuisine, because everyone says so, so no one has doubted that boiled cabbage and the ordinary Sichuan cuisine of later generations are very different in terms of taste and cooking techniques, but this dish is indeed the authentic Sichuan cuisine that can best represent the highest skill of a Sichuan chef.

In fact, this dish has developed to a relatively perfect level, and it is also the time of the end of the Qing Dynasty, when the Sichuan chef entered the imperial kitchen, combined with the characteristics of other cuisines, and continuously improved this boiled cabbage, reaching the realm of perfection.

Many people think that Sichuan cuisine is too heavy to be served on the table, but the exquisite Sichuan cuisine, represented by boiled cabbage, has become a frequent guest at the state banquet later.

There are many interesting stories about state banquets, those foreign guests saw that there was a simple cabbage at the Chinese state banquet, and at first thought that the Chinese were too shabby, and even used ordinary boiled cabbage to deal with the VIPs.

But when they tasted this dish, they really understood the profundity of Chinese culture, a seemingly ordinary and simple boiled cabbage, but let them understand that Chinese has a subtle since ancient times, simple and ordinary, but contains a deeper inside.