The diet of the Tang Dynasty was mainly steaming, roasting and boiling, and the processed dishes were a little light, or a lot of spices were used, which looked a little greasy, and the color was not very beautiful, which in Zhen Qian's eyes, he could not see the color, flavor and shape of Chinese cuisine at all, but it was in line with the rough and heroic atmosphere of the Tang people.

Tang people like to eat meat, especially mutton-based, cattle as the main agricultural production tools, the feudal dynasties of the past dynasties are very strict control of cattle, prohibiting ordinary people from slaughtering, so it is rare to see beef for sale in the market, and pigs are regarded as dirty things, pork is naturally regarded as cheap meat, dirty meat, only ordinary people will occasionally use pork to beat their teeth.

In the Song Dynasty, after the famous foodie Su Dongpo invented Dongpo meat, pork was gradually accepted.

Beef is nominally forbidden to be slaughtered and eaten, mainly to protect agricultural cultivation, but since ancient times, the people of the Celestial Empire have the ability to have policies and countermeasures, and I am not allowed to kill cattle, but the cow died accidentally, so I can eat it, right? So there is also a chance that you can eat some beef.

Mutton has a smell of mutton, and pepper is often used as an ingredient to suppress that flavor when cooking, but the price of pepper is extremely expensive, and sometimes pepper is given to officials as a salary, which is not edible for ordinary people at all.

In addition to liking to eat mutton, the Tang people usually take pasta as the main dish (mainly referring to the northern region), more specifically, it is mainly cake, and there are dozens of kinds of cakes (at that time, all kinds of steamed buns were also called cakes, and the concept of cakes was larger than now), such as steamed cakes, pancakes, hu cakes, soup cakes, etc.

In the Tang Dynasty, chicken, duck, fish, and these meats were not considered meat.

This is an interesting topic, because in the Tang Dynasty, poultry meat such as chickens, ducks, geese, etc., was not counted as meat. Here's a little story: At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was forbidden to eat meat when the imperial history went to the place, but in the early Tang Dynasty, the famous Xiangma was thoughtful and liked to eat chicken, and then he was sued, and Tang Taizong said, "I forbid the imperial history to eat meat, and I am afraid of the wide fee of Zhou County, so what is the problem of eating chicken?" "It probably means that I'm afraid of extravagance and waste, so I'm forbidden to eat meat, but how can eating chicken be considered meat? This is incredible in the eyes of posterity.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was also a delicacy: sashimi, also known as fish fish, which is actually today's sashimi, and later generations have forgotten these and thought that sashimi was a foreign product.

That's right! Japanese sashimi was passed down from the Tang Dynasty, but today it has been passed back from Japan, and later generations have forgotten all the things of their ancestors.

Sashimi is a thing that has been similar from ancient times to the present, taking fresh fish, or cutting it into slices, or cutting it into shreds, and dipping it in seasoning to eat, which was the top dish at that time, because cutting fish fillets requires high knife skills.

Du Fu has a poem "The Long Song of Jiang Qishao's Mansion in Ruxiang Township", which records the process of eating in detail: "Jiang Hou set up a long song for the harsh winter, and yesterday and today are all windy. It is not suitable to fish in the east of the river, and the ice is afraid of invading the Hebo Palace. The gluttonous people are subject to the hands of the fish shark, and the fish is washed and sharpened by the fish's eyes. Silently falling snow and falling snow, bones have chopped spring onions. Persuade the belly to be ashamed of the young, and the old man with soft cooking and fragrant rice. The anvil has been wet on white paper, and the gold plate is empty."

In general, in the Tang Dynasty, due to the long-term mislocation of the Hu and Han ethnic groups, they learned from each other and absorbed each other in their food life, and eventually tended to integrate, making the traditional Chinese food culture more colorful.

The things eaten in the Tang Dynasty are still not as rich and complicated as those of later generations, but there are basically a lot of ingredients that should be there (some have not yet been transmitted to the Central Plains in the Americas), the original taste and ecology, the green mountains and green waters are not polluted, and there will be no chance to eat the chemical periodic table again, and the cooking techniques after a little improvement can still be accepted by Zhen Qian.

"Next, let's make a pastry, and the name of this pastry is Sixi Steamed Dumplings!"

Saying that, Zhen Qian stirred the eggs and poured them into a new pan to make a beautiful egg cake, and then cut the egg cake, celery, chicken and foamed black fungus mushrooms into small dices for later use, added refined salt, green onions, ginger and garlic and other seasonings, and then took some pork belly and chopped it, added seasonings and stir-fried, and when everything was ready, Wang Sheng's wife had rolled out the dough, and kneaded the dough into a lace shape, stuffed the chopped vegetables in the four corners, put it in a steamer and steamed it for a few minutes, and a cage of Sixi steamed dumplings with full color and fragrance was made.

Wang Qun stood quietly on the side and looked at Zhen Qian, who was busy, and a strange feeling came to his heart, now Zhen Qian's appearance was not at all like a scholar, but more like an experienced chef.

This kind of absurd thought lingered in Wang Qun's mind, could it be that during the period of Zhen Gan's amnesia, there were really some adventures that ordinary people didn't know, Zhen Gan's figure became mysterious in Wang Qun's mind, and even produced a fear of the unknown.

"Let's make a spicy and sour fish next!"

Wang Sheng handed a three or four pounds of black fish to Zhen Gan, Zhen Qian picked up the kitchen knife he had just sent and quickly removed the fish head and fish bones for marinating, and separated the fish meat into thick and uniform fish fillets with a sharp knife, and also marinated it for later use, and then skillfully added some vegetable oil to the pot, and prepared dogwood, garlic, ginger slices, star anise, cinnamon, pepper, bay leaves and bean paste in the pot to fry until fragrant, add a small amount of water, and at the same time stir-fry some side dishes such as bean sprouts and celery for later use. After the fish head and bones are in the pot, the side dishes are also poured into the pot, and after cooking for a few minutes, the fish fillet is finally added, and a pot of bright hot and sour fish is out of the pot.

"It's been a long time since I've eaten my own spicy and sour fish!" Zhen Qian picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth, the taste was not too authentic, but the long-lost taste was already beating on the tip of his tongue, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

It's a little funny to say, maybe it's because your mouth is too picky, it's true, I used to run around the field all the year round, and my favorite thing to do everywhere is to taste the food of the locals, and my cooking skills have improved over time, although I can't compare to the chef's skills, but I am also considered to be excellent in a group of people around.

After being busy in the kitchen for half an hour, with the help of a few people, it didn't take long to make a table of sumptuous food, looking at the table of brightly colored dishes, Zhen Qian felt a special sense of accomplishment in his heart, completely ignoring the surprised gazes in the eyes of others.

This is the first time Zhen Qian has made so many dishes in front of others, there are more than a dozen plates of large and small dishes, each of which surprises the people around him.

"This lion's head is so delicious!"

"This boiled dried shredded dish tastes good, and this ......!"

Xiaozhu and Xiaomei's small mouths couldn't stop at all, their mouths were already stuffed with dishes, but they kept stuffing them into their mouths, as if they were afraid that others would eat them all.

Wang Qun joked with Wang Sheng on the side: "Lao Wang, your cooking skills in the past ten years are compared with Da Lang, it is simply in vain, what do you have to say?" ”

"Hey! I only knew today that this dish can still do this", Wang Sheng sighed: "Why didn't I think about cooking like this before?" ”

Wang Sheng's wife picked up a piece of fish and put it in her mouth and tasted it slowly: "This scholar is different, even the cooking skills are so varied, and my man has really learned the craft for so many years in vain!" ”

Wang Sheng was a little embarrassed by what everyone said, so he said: "Da Lang, can you teach me this craft?" ”

"Isn't Uncle Wang studying now?" Zhen Qian was triumphant in his heart, and said with a look of joy on his face: "I have already asked Xiaozhu and Xiaomei to record the recipe of each dish, as long as you follow the steps recorded above, it won't take long to master this cooking technique!" ”

Wang Sheng was so excited that he didn't know what to say, the craft would not be easily taught in these years, although Wang Sheng was Zhen Qian's subordinate, but it was quite difficult to get Zhen Qian's true biography, but he didn't expect Zhen Qian to agree easily, how not to make Wang Sheng excited and unable to speak.

Xiaozhu was a little unhappy, in her opinion, Zhen Qian's skills should be passed on to herself, she is not only Zhen Qian's personal maidservant, but also Zhen Qian's maidservant, which is much higher than ordinary maidservants, once she is released in the future, she will immediately become Zhen Qian's concubine, and she can be regarded as half a hostess.

Xiaomei was also a little unhappy, not only with Xiaozhu's thoughts, but also worried about the spread of Zhen Qian's craft.

"It's all my family who says these kind words and I see the outside", Zhen Qian was a little unimpressed, he didn't pass on his skills to outsiders, Wang Sheng and they were all their own subordinates, they learned Xiaozhu and Xiaomei a little easier, and they have more long-term plans, they can't eat with this craft in the future!

Seeing that Zhen Qian didn't think so, Wang Qun's heart turned upside down, if nothing else, Zhen Qian didn't have this free and easy before, no wonder Wang Qun thought like this, Zhen Qian was a nerd in the past, although there were a few classmates in the school, but generally speaking, he was a son-in-law who didn't listen to things outside the window and only read sage books, and he was polite to his subordinates, but he was not as approachable as Zhen Qian today.

"Today's Zhen Qian is really different from before, and I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing!"

Zhen Qian naturally didn't know what Wang Qun was thinking, so he asked Wang Sheng to divide half of the dishes on the table for others to eat, and he and the two little girls couldn't eat the dishes on the same table.

Being able to taste Zhen Qian's craftsmanship makes the people in the yard excited, which owner will cook food for the next people, this is probably the only one in the world!

Zhen Qian naturally didn't know that his unintentional move had won the favor and respect of everyone, and explained the use of new kitchenware to Wang Sheng and others, and did not forget to let them ensure that the secret would not be leaked. However, Zhen Qian was too worried about this, in their eyes, these were Zhen Qian's unique secrets, and it was his blessing to be able to share them with Zhen Qian, how could he let outsiders know about this.

"You first learn the dishes I have made in the past few days, and then I will make some other dishes in a few days, and even if you rely on these skills, you will definitely not suffer again!"