Chapter 6 It's so big, it's white, it's so soft
Leaving the catfish and boiling soup for Gao Yue, Gao Sheng quickly cleaned up the five or six river fish and placed them in a basin for later use.
At this time, the noodles have been made, and he kneaded the noodles into small balls of dough and placed them evenly in the steamer.
"What kind of food is this?" Zhang Dazhu looked at the round and bulging dough and asked curiously.
The staple food of the common people in the Tang Dynasty was all kinds of cakes, of course, when there were cakes to eat, it must be a good year with good weather and rain, and they often drank dough paste and gnocchi soup mixed with wild vegetables.
The dough was steamed in a steamer, and the common people of the Tang Dynasty generally called dim sum or cake.
Zhang Dazhu's curiosity is also common sense.
"Steamed buns." Gao Sheng replied casually.
"Steamed buns?" Zhang Dazhu's face was full of doubts.
Gao Sheng was shocked to find that the Tang Dynasty did not have the title of steamed bread, and the main food of the common people was all kinds of cakes and gnocchi, and steamed bread could be called dim sum at most in the Tang Dynasty.
"My self-created dim sum is called steamed buns." In order to avoid the Tang Dynasty people who have eaten steamed buns in the future, Gao Sheng said shamelessly.
Zhang Dazhu looked at Gao Sheng with admiration, the third brother is awesome, he has long told the Tian family, our third brother is not an ordinary person, but the Tian family doesn't believe it.
Except for a lump of old noodles, the other noodles are made into steamed buns, and then put them in a steamer and steam them in a pot.
And Zhang Dazhu honestly went to light the fire, this time he had the motivation, no matter how hot it was, he was not afraid.
This is called steamed bread dim sum, and it still has "soup", and it seems to be delicious.
Zhang Dazhu was steaming steamed buns, while peeking at Gao Sheng to spice the fish, and his index finger moved even more, sighing in his heart, he couldn't help but the third brother.
Gao Sheng cut the fish to be used one by one, and sighed again, the kitchen knife in the Tang Dynasty was made of iron, and the sharpness was enough at the beginning, but it was blunt when it was available, but the blade was not good.
After shaving the belly and cutting the scales of a few fish, and then using it to apply seasoning to the cut, the blade is so blunt that it can't cut the flesh of the fish.
The life of the common people in the Tang Dynasty was really not human, not only was the food unsatisfactory, but even the knife for cutting vegetables was so maddening.
He swore that he would get himself a good kitchen knife of carbon steel no matter how he could.
After cutting the mouth of the fish body, Gao Sheng evenly applied the seasonings, fine salt and other seasonings brought by Zhang Dazhu to the fish body, and put all the processed fish in another steamer.
This time, Zhang Dazhu understood that Gao Sheng wanted to steam fish.
Steaming and roasting was the mainstream cooking method in the Tang Dynasty, and there was no such cooking method as frying and frying in the Tang Dynasty.
Gao Sheng is also steaming, but he uses modern cooking techniques to steam, which is much more advanced than the backward steaming method of the Tang Dynasty.
The only condiment in the hands of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty was salt, and the others were plant condiments, such as chopped green onions, fishy ginger, and even edible oil.
If you want better spices, such as brown sugar, pepper, fennel, etc., you can't afford to enjoy it at all.
Zhang Dazhu brought all the things that could be seasoned at home, but it was still pitiful.
Fortunately, the river fish is delicious, the less seasoning, the fresher the steamed fish, as long as you master the steaming heat, it is not a problem for Zhang Dazhu, a group of ancient people, to swallow their tongues.
Under the steamer, there are washed wild vegetables, and on top are the fish smeared with seasoning, and then the green onion and ginger slices are put on top, and then the pot is steamed.
The time and heat of steaming fish are all controlled by Gao Sheng, and the errand of burning the fire is naturally Zhang Dazhu's.
Zhang Dazhu has an illusion in his heart, how can he come to Gaosheng's house to eat white food? This is just for the sake of being a man.
Gao Sheng put the cleaned catfish, wild vegetables and spices into the casserole and began to boil the fish soup.
When the steamed buns were steamed and brought off the stove, the fragrance of the steamed fish came out of the steamer, making Zhang Dazhu and Zhang Shi keep swallowing saliva and almost swallowing their tongues.
It was already dark at this moment, Tian lit the oil lamp, and Zhang Shi impatiently turned on the steamer.
There was a burst of steaming, and the crowd gathered around to take a closer look.
In the dim light, the steaming steamed buns in the steamer were white and fat.
"Wow, that's big!"
Zhang Dazhu couldn't help but exclaim, just now he watched Gao Sheng kneading the dough with his own eyes, the dough was just a small one, and now it was the size of a bowl when steamed, which more than doubled.
"Wow, that's white!"
This is Tian's exclamation, seeing the steamed buns in the steamer, she is ashamed of herself as the leader of housework, and she has steamed cakes for half her life, but she has never steamed such a white and fat "cake".
"I didn't expect that 'soup' could steam the steamed buns so big!" Zhang Dazhu sighed.
"What kind of soup, what kind of steamed buns?" Tian was stunned and asked her husband.
Zhang Dazhu hurriedly explained to Tian, and then looked at Gao Sheng with some surprise, can he make the "soup" on the surface, is this still the third brother she knows?
"What are you still doing in a daze, let's try the craftsmanship of the third brother." Gao Sheng took out a few steamed buns with chopsticks and bowls, and said.
Looking at the stunned Zhang Dazhu and Tian, although Gao Sheng had a smile on his face, he was very disdainful in his heart.
If the hillbillies in the Tang Dynasty were all like Zhang Dazhu and Tian, would he be far from making a fortune?
"Aye, I'm hungry." Such a white and chubby steamed bun has already hooked Zhang Shi's soul.
When Zhang Dazhu heard his son's words, the steamed buns were still steaming, so he took a steamed bun and quickly handed it to Zhang Shi.
Zhang Shi took the steamed bun, and while sighing, he alternated his hands with the hot steamed bun in his hand, and he was not afraid of being hot, so he took a bite.
"It's so sweet......" This is Zhang Shi's first feeling after eating a bite of steamed buns.
Zhang Dazhu also hurriedly took another one, put it in his mouth and took a bite, stunned, and then, not afraid of being hot, swallowed most of the remaining half of the steamed bun in one bite, and said hesitantly: "Delicious, soft, sweet...... Sweet ......"
Tian also took a steamed bun, put it into his mouth and took a small bite, and suddenly his whole face was full of surprise, and he said in surprise: "There is no sour taste of old noodles?" ”
Not only does it not have the sour taste of the old noodles in the past, but the taste is soft with a hint of honey sweetness.
The entrance of the steamed buns is very hot, Gao Sheng really can't understand that Zhang Dazhu's family is not afraid of being hot, and when the steamed buns cool down, the steamed buns in the bowl are gone, and they are all wiped out by Zhang Dazhu's family of three.
At this moment, the fish has been steamed, Gao Sheng turned around to get up the pot, and when he turned around again, he found that the hands of Zhang Dazhu's family of three had reached out to the steamed buns in the steamer, and they were not afraid of being hot.
Looking at the embarrassed eating appearance of Zhang Dazhu's family of three, Gao Sheng shook his head helplessly, the people of the Tang Dynasty even regarded steamed buns as food, which shows how miserable this day is.
As a traveler with ideals and ambitions, you must have lofty ideals and goals to rescue thousands of ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty who were in dire straits......