"Young Master, what do you want to eat today?" When he woke up the next morning, Redfish began to ask Shu Hui for the day's recipes.

This can't help but make Shu Hui sigh again, it feels so good to be the master.

Although Yuan Tiangang also asked this when he was in the county office, Shu Hui chose to be casual because he didn't know anything about the dining table in the Tang Dynasty...... Now that I'm at home, I learned about the vegetables on the market yesterday, so I don't have to worry so much.

"Red fish, I'll find someone to get a tube of sesame oil later. Well...... Buy some more wheat flour. ”

"Does the young master want to eat Hu Cake?" Hongyu asked, this Hu cake is Li Shimin's favorite.

Cakes? When Shu Hui heard the name, he guessed that it was probably the grilled naan he used to see when he used to eat mutton skewers, which is also said to be made from fermented noodles. However, what he used to eat may not be authentic and he can't bite at all.

Thinking of this, he decided to set a soup dumpling tomorrow morning in addition to the mapo tofu at noon and the noodle soup in the evening.

And I will eat soup dumplings every morning from now on!

"Buy some more honey...... Well, wait for you to get a pen and paper, I said that you write down the recipe of the dish, and I will teach it to the kitchen later. ”

Yuan Tiangang and Mu Quan sent a pot of tofu last night, and if you don't eat it, it will be bad. As for other commonly used spices, they are naturally purchased at one time before the kitchen fire, so there is no need to explain them separately. Even the original owner left them with a lot left.

Wheat flour is very valuable in this day and age. The yield of wheat is very low, and now it is good to be able to produce 200 catties per mu.

Wheat is cultivated only in small quantities in drylands where rice cannot be grown, because there is no corn (i.e. millet) and sorghum yields, and the planting area is smaller.

The common method of folk consumption is to crush and cook porridge directly after threshing, which is called wheat rice. Because of this way of eating, the taste of wheat may be slightly inferior to that of barley.

The processing into flour is laborious, and it is all done by hand, and the bran is removed little by little from a sieve made of fine gauze. If Shu Hui didn't instruct the kitchen to prepare in advance, it would not be easy to eat.

Hongyu found a pen and paper and carefully wrote down the "recipe" narrated by Shu Hui:

"Mapo tofu is mainly spicy...... What is the spiciest thing? Oh, chili peppers......"

The "chili pepper" that the red fish refers to is the dogwood. Before the American Solanaceae pepper was introduced to China by sea in the Qing Dynasty, known as "sea pepper" or "spicy horn" and gradually replaced the original pepper, the dogwood has been the big brother of the spice family.

"Cut the tofu into cubes, the size of your thumb...... No, it's not mine, it's not Ao Guang's, it's your thumb cover......"

"Be sure to boil the water and blanch it, so that it is safe to eat tofu."

"Sesame oil is hot...... It is sesame oil, after heating, add chili peppers and peppercorns to stir-fry until fragrant, and it is best to add some diced mutton...... It is better to have garlic sprouts, and then add tofu. ”

Hongyu's writing hand paused slightly, and he was a little surprised in his heart, it turned out that the young master likes sheep to eat meat? Then why didn't he eat the mutton sent by Yuan County......

"After the tofu has been oiled, water and salt are added until the water is just enough to submerge the tofu...... Keep burning it, the longer you burn it, the more tender the tofu becomes, and when the tofu rises slightly, hook in the sauce...... Yes, yes, just use kudzu root powder, don't put too much. ”

"Hemp, it must be hemp! Grind the peppercorns into powder and sprinkle them before cooking, the more the better......"

As he spoke, the saliva began to secrete uncontrollably when he said that the more numb he was, so that his intonation and movements were quite unnatural when he spoke.

Hongyu was sorting out and connecting the key information recorded on the paper, and at the same time, he was a little strange how the young master began to babble as he spoke. Could it be that even if you are a god, the young master as a child is so greedy?

She thought to herself, unaware that she would immediately experience the feeling of drooling at the first sight of the name.

Shu Hui vaguely described the method of mapo tofu in his impression, and breathed a long sigh of relief to calm the overflowing ** in his mouth.

Because he didn't like the bean paste, he selectively ignored it. When this dish spreads, it is natural that some people will increase or decrease it according to their preferences. The specific proportion of materials does not need to be too clear, and it varies from person to person.

After the red fish finished sorting out the mapo tofu and the materials that needed to be added, Shu Hui talked about the soup dumplings that he planned to use as his daily breakfast in the future.

In this era, there was no name for steamed buns, and when water and noodles were combined, it was called "and". Because it is food, the word "cake" is derived, and it is called bread no matter what kind of flour product. Noodles are called boiled cakes or soup cakes, steamed buns and steamed buns are called steamed cakes or cooking cakes, and as for noodles made by cooking methods such as frying, they are Hu cakes.

"First Strike...... Don't use old noodles, buy some honey and come back, replace old noodles with honey, start at noon, and send them all night. ”

China has a long history of beekeeping, but at this time the method is still quite primitive, and the amount of honey produced is far from being comparable with later generations. However, in contrast, the opportunity to obtain wild honey in the Tang Dynasty was far greater than that of later generations.

Honey contains natural yeast and has the characteristics of high osmotic pressure, so it is much cleaner to inoculate with honey than with old noodles, and it will not become very sour due to the high content of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria and have to be neutralized by adding alkali. In addition, Shu Hui also likes the sweet taste of honey.

Of course, the amount of yeast contained in honey is relatively small, and the fermentation cycle is longer than that of old noodles or medicines. However, with Shuhui's air conditioner and the air purification effect, its fermentation quality is undoubtedly far better than that of normal old noodles.

"After the dough is ready, mix it with the dead noodles that have not been fermented to improve the gluten ...... of the dough."

"The most important step is to let the dough sit for two quarters of an hour before putting it in the steamer, so that the dough is squeezed and becomes softer."

This step is mainly to eliminate the entanglement of the protein as a gluten component in the flour due to squeezing and kneading, so that the protein molecules can be reconfigured, and the purpose of relieving stress is achieved, so that the deformation is more uniform after heating.

On another piece of paper, Redfish began to record the general practice of this food called "soup dumplings". As a soup cake for dinner, or noodles, people in this era would have eaten it a long time ago.

"The filling is just ordinary meat filling, and the most critical part is to pour the soup into the buns......

Hongyu looked at Shu Hui in surprise, wondering what to do. "Could it be that the young master is going to use spells", she thought.

However, Shu Hui quickly solved her doubts, and she couldn't help but suddenly realize that there was still such an operation!

"Use the thigh bones of pigs, cattle and sheep to boil the broth, and if you boil it for a long time, the bone glue will dissolve. Or to speed things up, you can add pork or cow skin, preferably fish skin, to the soup. ”

"When the soup is boiled and then cooled, it will condense into a jelly shape. Wrap these jelly into the dough, steam them in the basket, and the frozen ones melt into soup. ”

Speaking of this, Shu Hui couldn't help but think of the sauce meat bun again...... Will you get tired of eating only soup dumplings in the morning? More sauce meat buns? However, the main ingredients of the sauce meat bun include green onions and sweet noodle sauce, and I don't know if this sweet noodle sauce is sold. But it doesn't matter, you have to do it yourself anyway.

When he thought of the sweet noodle sauce, he thought of lotus leaf cakes and Peking duck, and suddenly felt that the egg custard at hand was a little tasteless. Looking at this egg custard, Shu Hui remembered one thing:

"Red fish, what are you and Ao Guang eating?"

This is not to blame for his sluggishness, as a guest from later generations, it is natural for everyone to eat at the same table. Shu Hui's family background in his previous life was average and he had never hired a nanny, but he also heard that even a nanny usually ate at the same table as the main family.

At the county office, because they were both guests of Yuan Tiangang, there was no difference in dietary specifications. Now that they have arrived at the residence prepared for Shu Hui, the gap between the identities of the two and Shu Hui is revealed.

As servants, although the degree of application is supported by two people, Ao Guang and Hongyu still feel that they have not transgressed.

Hearing Hongyu say that it was millet porridge with pickles, Shu Hui touched his chin, there is no need for these two to eat so badly, right? Could it be that because his diet was too light, the two red fish didn't dare to eat better than him, so they didn't even touch the meat?

Shu Hui didn't eat meat, she was still hungry for Peking duck just now. It's just that he was made out of the shadow by Yuan Tiangang, and he usually doesn't eat much, so this morning Hongyu still prepared egg custard for him, which is half vegetarian and half fishy.

"Well, you and Ao Guang are free to eat whatever they want in the future, if you don't have an arrangement, just follow my specifications." Shu Hui pondered his words, paused and added: "The dishes I said just now, I will prepare your portion, and taste it first." ”

I'm afraid it wasn't for him not to say it, Redfish only made his share when arranging the kitchen to prepare meals.

"Obey the young master, it's just ......" Hongyu said with some embarrassment: "It's just that these dishes use a lot of smelly meat, and you can't eat them as slaves." ”

Oh? Shu Hui was stunned, can't eat it yet?

"Why can't you eat it?" The point is that he noticed that the red fish said that it was not that she didn't like to eat or was allergic, but that "she can't eat as a slave".

After listening to Hongyu's narration, Shu Hui realized that whether it was in the palace or in a large family, there were strict requirements for the diet of personal eunuchs or slaves.

One of them is not to get close to meat. Meat refers to plants that emit a strong odor, such as onions and garlic; Fishy is meat with a strong fishy smell, such as beef and sheep. They cause the person who is serving in the vicinity of the master to smell unpleasant to the owner.

This is the same reason as the temple taboo mentioned before, and Yuan Tiangang's special custom recipe for Shu Hui. It's just that Yuan Tiangang understood a little deviation, so that Shu Hui, as the "master", didn't have meat to eat.

"I don't have so many rules here, I want to eat and drink." Shu Hui said heroically, anyway, he has an air purifier, and he can't smell it at all.

"Well, that's it for today, let's get busy first. By the way, call Ao Guang over."

Shu Hui originally wanted Hongyu to take him around the new house and get familiar with his future residence. However, as I said just now, Red Fish also recorded two crude recipes, which I had to teach to those who were illiterate, and I had to arrange for people to buy the food that was missing, and there were many things.

Follow Ao Guang out of the main house, go down the steps to the second courtyard, and walk into the neatly maintained but messily planned small garden.

Of course, this garden is not so bad, on the other hand, although it is planned in a haphazard manner, it is not easy to take care of it neatly. I don't know if the original owner has this Yaxing, or which family members have nothing to do to kill time.

The garden was near the main house, and the soil was still wet under the few mutant roses that had been cut last night, and there was a small pot next to it, but no one was around.

Shu Hui looked at Ao Guang's somewhat wet upper and couldn't help but be speechless. Most of the time, there are only three of them in these two courtyards, but I didn't expect Ao Guang to look five big and three thick, but in fact he was quite careful.

The name Ao Guang, Shu Hui always felt a little familiar. But as a historical idiot, he really can't remember any historical celebrity who has used this name, and what life experiences he has......

Shu Hui, who blamed everything on his bad history, vaguely felt that he, the guard, might be doing something big.

If Shu Hui suddenly remembered one day, he heard about this Ao Guang from "Journey to the West", and I don't know how he would feel. In the end of the Tang Dynasty, only the five dragons of green, red, yellow, white and black (five elements) were sacrificed, and the dragon kings of the four seas did not exist at all, let alone have novels to name them separately.

There are also a few leeks in the garden, and Shu Hui is not interested in leeks, but the leek leaves are also unique when used to make steamed buns.

This leek root is also a very common pickle raw material, which naturally contains a variety of essential trace elements, and contains retinol, which can prevent dry eyes and is very nutritious.

The other flowers in this small garden are similar to those in the garden behind the three halls of the county office, and Shu Hui is not interested after seeing it a few times. For the time being, there was no intention of having direct contact with the Jingren who entered the hospital, and Shu Hui and Ao Guang entered the third courtyard from the corridor between the main room and the ear room.

The south side of these three courtyards is also a garden, which is divided into three parts. The garden facing the main house in the middle also encircles part of the back of the ear rooms on both sides, and there are courtyard walls on both sides to separate them.

Perhaps it is a more intimate place, and there are no flowers and plants in it, but a few scattered fruit trees and some side dishes. The garden was largely barren, and in one corner there were a few hemp plants growing alone.

Shu Hui saw this magical plant that he had only seen in the movie in his previous life, and he didn't dare to confirm whether it was true, so he asked Ao Guang:

"Is this hemp?"

"Yes, young master, this is hemp." Ao Guang said as he pulled out a leaf and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

“……”

"Ao Guang, you spit it out for me, you are not allowed to touch this in the future!" Shu Hui was silent for a while, but she couldn't help but get mad. Although Ao Guang's physique is very strong, Shu Hui's life of many days of commanding has made Shu Hui feel a kind of self-confidence, and he dares to roar twice when he sees anyone.

After yelling, Shu Hui also regretted a little, and silently contacted the dark shelter, for fear that Ao Guang would not be able to think about it.

"Oh." Ao Guang obediently spit the chewed leaves to the ground and swallowed his saliva, a little unsure why Shu Hui was angry. Hemp has been a Taoist medicine since ancient times, and if you eat too much, you can even be nervous.

But there is a real god in front of him, and the emperor also ordered Ao Guang to listen to Shu Hui's words, whatever he says is what he says.

"I'll find someone to shovel out these hemp plants and make manure." Shu Hui asked Ao Guang to write it down, and walked to the northernmost part of the Sanjin Courtyard.

This row of houses is relatively low, and Shu Hui can see that the ridge of the roof sticks out only to the corner of the eaves. The entire back cover room is also connected to the second courtyard with a verandah, so you don't have to worry about rain or exposure.

The former owners of these back cover rooms were used as storerooms, and they were simply divided into six rooms. One of them was used to store grain, and it was taken over by Red Fish, and there were several stones of rice in it, as well as a lot of corn, sorghum, wheat and soybeans, exuding a faint fermented smell.

The other room seems to have been used to store silk, and it is undoubtedly much drier to be dotted. The goods had already changed hands at a discount before the main family moved out, and it was empty.

In addition, there are two warehouses, one for storing silver money, and the other is actually digging a cellar, which is a small Xiaoice cellar!

Shu Hui looked at the wet ground under the ice cellar and shook his head. There will undoubtedly be very few times when this ice cellar will be used in the future, and if its air conditioning effect is concentrated in a small area, it will be very cool.

The last two rooms on either side never seemed to be in use, empty. However, there is also a dog kennel against the wall at one of the doors, which should be the watchdog raised by the owner to guard the storeroom.

I don't know if the main family moved away, whether it was lucky enough to go with it, or if it was only the meat that went with it for a while. According to legend, Zhou Tianzi set dog meat as a state banquet, and I don't know what kind of eating habits it was in this Tang Dynasty.

The ox ploughed all his life, and the dog watched the house all his life, but in the end it was eaten by its owner...... Shu Hui shook his head and gave up thinking about these more complicated questions.

"I'm just a baby, why do you want to do so much?"

He looked up at the sky and suddenly remembered that he seemed to have forgotten the time he had planned to calibrate the system yesterday.

However, although the time may not have passed since I go to the county office now, even if it is, as long as I am willing to use my brain more, I can roughly deduce it. But Shu Hui still decided to forget it.

If I go to the county office again at this time, I am afraid that Yuan Tiangang will have to throw down the things in hand to take care of him, and there is no need to fight these troubles. First choose a shadow in your own house to determine the next 24 hours, have a rough idea of time, and then have the opportunity to calibrate later.

After all, the whole day is watching the sun's time, and every region has a time difference, even if the system time is calibrated accurately, it is meaningless. Shu Hui's time is accurate, but other people's time is not accurate, isn't it not the same.