Li Yuan was not a cook in his previous life, but he was usually single at home, and he often cooked and beat his own teeth, and his cooking skills were also of average level.

In the dining room, the ten-pound grass carp was prepared by him for nearly half an hour, and the slightly crispy skin of the fried fish was covered with a layer of bright red soup, and the thickened soy sauce fragrance caused everyone to salivate.

The history of soy sauce is very early, according to the "Zhou Li, Tianguan, Chef", the diet of the Son of Heaven is divided into six categories: rice, drink, meal, food, treasure, and sauce. At that time, soy sauce was an oil made by mincing animal meat into meat puree and then fermenting it, which was similar to the method of making fish sauce today, and was called "醢" (hǎi); There is also a heavy-tasting version of the sauce made with animal blood added to it, called "铓" (tǎn), which together form the "铓醢 to recommend" in the poem "Daya-Xingwei".

Because soy sauce and other seasonings are made of pure natural materials, they will not be unpalatable in themselves, and Li Yuan's braised fish is decent, but it lacks the seasoning of chili peppers. But chili pepper was not introduced to China until the Ming Dynasty, but it does not mean that there are no spicy products in the Tang Dynasty, and Sichuan pepper is also known as "pepper", which was transmitted to the Central Plains through the Silk Road.

On the middle table, the braised fish is bright red, and the hot steam mixed with the fragrance enters everyone's nose, like the most charming woman dancing a gorgeous dance, seducing their taste buds.

"Men and women eat and drink, and people want to survive." - "The Book of Rites"

In ancient times, there was no rich social life in later generations, games, movies, etc. filled the field of vision, eating and women are the two major pursuits of life, and the babies in China in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China increased sharply, but it was not just "more people have power", but at night men and women did not have too much entertainment, and every night in the dark house in the countryside there would be a wail of mother-in-law and aunts killing pigs.

The side hall of the Sanqing Palace, without the magnificence of the Taiji Palace, is dominated by the cyan advocated by Taoism. Looking up, the wider the room is hundreds of paces, but the lacquered wood table for several people to eat is only five steps apart, like a small boat in the vast ocean, it is inevitable that it is a little cramped.

Sun Simiao sat in the upper right position near the emperor, although he was a commoner, without any fame, but among the people he was famous. Not only in Guannei, but also in Luoyang and other places after being rescued by Sun Lao Immortal, there are also countless people. As early as the Kaihuang period, Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian wanted to recruit Sun Simiao as the doctor of the country, but unfortunately he refused.

What's more, since ancient times, China has governed the country with filial piety, and the Han Dynasty was over sixty years old, and the old man with good moral character would become the three local elders, and the emperor would not worship when he was outdated.

Therefore, he deserves to sit in this right-hand position.

Smelling the mellow aroma of braised fish, Sun Simiao nodded and sighed: "Xi Yinxuan died because of the 'Jiuchi Meat Forest', and the desire for meat is also the nature of people. It is precisely because of this that Zhou Gongdan formulated Zhou etiquette to restrain the Chinese people, so as not to suffer from the old difficulties of Yin Shang. ”

Seeing the strange looks on everyone's faces, Sun Simiao's face was slightly embarrassed, he was used to saying these words as a guest of the high-ranking officials and nobles, but he forgot that the emperor is now on the throne, and he should pursue 'poverty and luxury', and at first glance, the Sanqing Palace is not luxurious.

So what he said was obviously offended by the emperor.

Sun Simiao was worried about the emperor's medical skills in treating smallpox, and he didn't want to ask for trouble, so he continued: "It is precisely because of the Zhou rites formulated by Zhou Gongdan that the successive kings of Zhou will personally open nurseries, and the queen will personally plant mulberry. But the emperor is different, before the pond fishing in Cuihua Mountain, and then go down to the dining room to cook dishes, who can compare with the world! ”

Who is comparable to the people of the world!

The painting screen covered his mouth and looked at Sun Simiao with a smile, but he didn't expect that Sun Lao, who was said to have ascended to immortality, also had such an interesting side, and under Li Yuan's signal, he cut a piece of the most tender fish meat in the belly with a copper knife and handed it to Sun Simiao.

"On the way, Sun Lao said that he had spent a lot of time in Luoyang, and I wonder if this braised fish can be compared to the fish made of carp in the Yellow River?" Li Yuan asked.

Yusheng is sashimi. The Book of Songs? Chen Feng? Hengmen" is on the cloud: "How can it eat fish, and it will be the carp of the river?" Shall he marry a wife, and be the son of Song?" It means that if you eat fish, you must eat carp in the Yellow River? Could it be that to marry a wife, you must marry a girl surnamed Song Guozi who is a nobleman?

The son of Confucius was named Kong Carp, which originated from the carp given by Lu Zhaogong.

"Although Luoyang yusheng is delicious, it is not as good as the yusheng made by His Majesty." Sun Simiao shook his head, picked up a small piece of tender white fish meat with bamboo chopsticks, dipped it in the soup, carefully put it into his mouth, and tasted it.

Although Taoism advocates carp, it was still in the Tang Xuanzong period that it did not eat carp, so Sun Simiao was not surprised by the carp made by the Yellow River.

In later generations, a real wild Yellow River carp was almost sold at a sky-high price, and only in summer and autumn when the Yellow River was opened and the sluice gates were released, of course, the Emperor Taishang, who was a dick, had not eaten it, so he had to ask Sun Simiao if it was delicious.

Thinking of the carp in the Yellow River, Li Yuan decided to write a letter after eating and asked Li Shimin to help him catch a few carp in the Yellow River to satisfy his curiosity.

I don't know if there will be a poet in the future who will write like this: "Chang'an looks back at the pile of embroidery, and the top of the mountain is opened thousands of times." Li Yuan smiled as soon as he rode the red dust, and no one knew that it was a carp. ”

Grilled fish with red dividends is hard work, and the dignity of everyone should be considered to the greatest extent. The painting screen is a female history that standardizes the etiquette of the harem, and she is also familiar with it.

Li Ke, the third son of the emperor, got a fish eye and some fish meat, and the small mouth was sweeter than honey, and he was a painting screen sister in one bite. For Xiao Mingyue, Li Ke also took a bite and handed it to her lips for her to taste......

Hou Guangliang, as the son of Duke Luguo, although his status is respected, he is obviously not enough to see compared to the Emperor Taishang, but the painting screen considered that he saved Wu Jue's life and gave him the whole fishtail.

Although the braised fish is not a valuable thing, it is indeed a novelty for the people of the Tang Dynasty, and Hou Guangliang even plans to ask the cook in the dining room tonight how the emperor made the braised fish.

You know, since the last time in the Lin De Hall Emperor Taishang made the meat bun spread out, the whole Chang'an shook, since childhood love pasta people like the smell of cats like cats, overnight, Chang'an up and down the meat bun restaurants have sprung up and down like mushrooms all over the east and west of the city.

Because this is the emperor personally invented the steamed bun, so the meat sandwich bun is also affectionately called "imperial steamed bun" by the people of Chang'an.

After eating such a delicacy, Hu Shang from the Western Regions praised him for taking it back to his hometown. A few years later, I wonder if the meat bun will evolve into the Uyghur naan with meat......

Hou Junji was promoted from Cao Mang to the Duke of the Kingdom, not a big family. The finances of the upper and lower houses are also stretched all year round, and Hou Guangliang thought in his heart that if he could learn the practice of braised fish and use it as a signature dish, it would not be difficult to create a red restaurant!