Chapter 58: Xue Lao Liu
Ancient frying this cooking method appeared actually quite early, cannon branding is estimated to be the earliest iron plate burning, with charcoal fire to heat the copper pillar, the person tied to the copper pillar and burned to death, it is said that the earliest invention of the cannon burning punishment is not the king of Shang but the last tyrant of the Xia Dynasty, but also the grandson of Dayu does not know how many generations. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Then Xia Wei's chef was inspired, and when this person was baked, there was an unusual aroma, and oil flowed out of the copper pillar. If you put some oil on the iron plate and fry the slices of meat, you will be able to make something delicious. Later, some people discovered that putting enough oil in a pot and then putting the food in it and frying it could make a more crispy and fragrant delicacy than frying on an iron plate, and gradually this method of frying spread.
In the Tang Dynasty, the cultivation of sunflowers, sesame, and rape was not promoted, coupled with the limitations of oil extraction technology, vegetable oil is still very rare, and although animal fat is simple to make, due to the rarity of meat, pork is cheap at this time and can not be on the table, so lard is rare.
Therefore, the most important thing in folk food practice is boiling, no matter what is boiled in one pot, there is almost no oil star.
The princes and nobles are pitiful, except for the barbecue, the rest is still boiled, and there is little frying.
Not to mention that Wu Yuanqing fried it in batter like this, the most important thing is that he fried apples, pears, vegetable leaves, mushrooms, and other fruits and vegetables.
The unique production method is impressive, watching the golden fried skewers come out of the pan, smelling the enticing aroma, and the throat swells one by one, and swallows the saliva.
After Wu Yuanqing sprinkled with homemade cumin powder, a wonderful chemical reaction occurred between the spices and the fried skewers, and the aroma that pierced the heart and spleen and made people's taste buds tumble really made everyone salivate.
Li Chengqian couldn't wait to reach out and grab a bunch of fried mushrooms, but he didn't care about the heat, and just put it in his mouth.
I stuffed two pieces of fried mushrooms in one bite, and slowly chewed in my mouth and said inarticulately: "Woo, it's delicious, it's delicious, it's so delicious, it's really crispy and fragrant, Wu Yuanqing, this is even better than the stir-fried vegetables you eat at home."
Looking at the prince's gobbling up of food, the rest of the people also moved their index fingers and ate one or two skewers one after another.
For a while, the praise overflowed.
Especially looking at Wang Ziyu and Xiangcheng, the two half-grown girls, slightly opening their red lips and eating fried fruits in small bites, the red lips are really beautiful.
The food he made was recognized by everyone, and Wu Yuanqing's face was also happy.
Handed over the precautions for mastering the heat to a servant woman and asked her to do the frying, while Wu Yuanqing took a step back to roast the rabbit meat.
"You guys eat less fried food, there is rabbit meat here, mountain chicken meat is waiting for you to roast it yourself, I tell you, the food you make is the most delicious, the most fulfilling" Wu Yuanqing said to the few people who grabbed the fried skewers.
When they heard that they could even bake and eat by themselves, everyone who had always been clothed and stretched out their hands to open their mouths was also very interested, and sure enough, they stopped eating fried skewers.
Barbecue is probably the earliest way humans have ever learned to make food with fire.
Of course, adding spices to baked things is something that happens much later.
The grilling method is simple, but it is very difficult to master the heat. Especially for those who are anxious, Wu Yuanshuang and Li Chengqian are representatives.
While the others were eating their own roasted ones, which were not very good, but were still cooked, the two of them could only look at the half-burnt black roast in their hands, and the blood-colored meat in general, and looked at each other speechlessly.
In the end, Wu Yuanqing looked down on it, and kindly gave the two of them some barbecued meat.
The last whole roasted roe deer, a few people took a knife and cut a few pieces and tasted it, but they couldn't eat it.
Feasting, it's really not very suitable for these young masters and young ladies who don't eat much.
The rest can't be wasted, so Li Chengqian came forward and distributed it to the palace maids and guards, everyone didn't get much, but they were very happy to be rewarded by the prince and eat the same things, and they felt that their faces were bright.
After eating, Wu Yuanqing leaned against the wheel and was napping, Wu Yuanshuang, Li Chengqian, and Wang Lun were fighting the landlord, and the remaining five little girls were chatting together. The eldest Wang Ziyu obviously has a generation gap with the others, just pursed his lips and listened, and generally did not interject.
Here they are enjoying the good time after dinner, and the coal diggers are still sweating and working like rain.
These people don't usually work much, they are all paid, and they have oil and water.
As a result, I was arranged to dig coal today, and I was so tired that I was sore and my legs hurt, and my hands were blistered all morning.
The eyes that had the endurance were almost full of tears, and they hurt. But no one dares to be lazy, who let this be an order from the prince, don't drive the adult to supervise it personally.
Didn't you look at the don't drive on the side, sweating and red, and refusing to find a cool place to rest?
Xue Lao Liu, as the name suggests, ranks sixth in the family, is the eldest, and is the most loved by his parents, he used to ask things, that is, the official who carried out the execution of the cane, last year because he was old and sick, he wanted to make up for the position to Xue Lao Liu, after all, although he was the smallest official, he could be regarded as a salary, and in today's words, he is a regular worker.
It's a pity that in order to see a doctor for my father, he spent most of his savings, and there was not enough money to give to his superiors, and Xue Lao Liu failed to succeed in making up for the job. However, for the sake of his father's face, he still arranged a straightforward errand for him, which means that he is an extra errand officer, a small official who has no monthly salary on official duty, and in today's words, he is a well-known group of zero-hour workers.
Just like the zero-hour contract workers in the police station of the Public Security Bureau in later generations, although the salary is not high, there is a lot of oil and water.
Xue Lao Liu is an honest man, he doesn't talk much, he won't come to trouble, he won't please Shangguan, the key is still a soft-hearted person, he can't bear to be stuck, although he has always wanted to restore the glory of his father's generation and ask questions, but unfortunately, it backfired, although he rushed to do hard work, but Shangguan still didn't look down on him, according to the grapevine, he might not even be able to keep Bai Zhi's unpaid position.
Today was arranged to dig a pit, although Xue Lao Liu has always been worried about his future, but the work in his hands has not been delayed, and he has done it quickly, but he was originally in the middle position, others thought he was digging the pit too fast and digging too deep, and you drove him to the outermost periphery all the way.
Wu Yuanqing drew a center, and then asked him to dig out from this center, one or two of them felt that the middle must be the best, but they were all crowded in the middle, and Xue Lao Liu worked hard alone in the outermost place.
Thinking that he was excluded like this, the more Xue Lao Liu thought about it, the more sad he became, and the more sad he was, the more force he used in his hands.
There was a sound of gold and iron, sparks splashed, unlucky, and the stone was gouged again, Xue Lao Liu thought like this, so he stretched out his hand to pick up the soil and prepare to see if the stone was big or not, whether it was good to dig it.
Who knows, just after pulling the soil, a touch of black appeared in front of me.
Don't? Thinking of a possibility, Xue Lao Liu's heart suddenly beat violently, his lips trembled, trembling, and he cautiously reached out again to pull the soil, and this time the black was even bigger, and some black debris drilled into his fingernails.
Although he had never used coal, Xue Laoliu had seen it, not to mention that Wu Yuanqing was afraid that someone would not know what coal looked like, so he specially told it.
Xue Lao Liu was very sure that what he dug up was coal.
This is the coal that the prince wanted, hahaha, Xue Lao Liu lowered his head and opened his mouth and laughed silently, laughing wildly, laughing wildly, and the old Xue family was about to turn over.
"I've dug coal, I've dug it" Xue Lao Liu roared loudly, his voice that seemed dry because of excitement was full of excitement, spreading far away until the sky was dispersed.
"Fuck you, it was Lao Tzu who dug it" Just when Xue Lao Liu excitedly climbed out of the pit to find a report on Ma Beijia, a person suddenly rushed over. A kick knocked him to the ground.
The man looked into the pit, and when he saw the black stone, he relieved himself, pulled out his legs, and ran away from the horse.
Xue Lao Liu got up and chased after him. If he was usually kicked by this person, he would definitely not dare to say a word, because this person was Hu Kui, his brother-in-law who joined the military, and he was also the leader of several questions.
Although he joined the military as a petty official from the size of a sesame mung bean under the ninth grade, at least he had a grade, and it was definitely not something that Xue Lao Liu could afford to provoke.
But today's incident is an important credit related to whether the old Xue family can turn over and sing as serfs, and Xue Lao Liu can't bear it.
After Wu Yuanqing and Li Chengqian heard the news, they came over happily, and what they saw was the scene of Xue Laoliu and Hu Kui hugging each other and fighting, and Ma Bei driving beside them and scolding them.
Knowing the reason, Wu Yuanqing walked to the middle of the field, Xue Lao Liu, and Hu Kui saw that Wu Yuanqing and the prince were coming, and they also quickly separated, but they still glared at each other angrily.
Wu Yuanqing opened his mouth and asked the others if anyone had seen who had found it, but everyone shook their heads and said they hadn't seen it.
"Didn't you say, someone shouted that I dug it up, can't you all hear which of the two of them said it" Wu Yuanqing asked with a sneer.
Everyone still shook their heads, although many people knew that Xue Lao Liu must have dug it up, but the unsociable Xue Lao Liu obviously did not have the support of these people, and it was even more impossible for these people to offend Hu Kui and join the military for him.
didn't get the answer he wanted, looking at the two people who were also disheveled, one was sweating, and the other was wearing a snow-white sweat towel around his neck, and walked to the edge of the pit where the coal was found and looked at it, Wu Yuanqing had a plan in his heart.
"Which of you found the coal" Wu Yuanqing obviously knew that the two of them were fighting over this discoverer, and asked deliberately.
"I" and "I" As expected, both replied at the same time.
"Hu Kui, right, you said it was the coal you found?" Wu Yuanqing looked at the person with the snow-white sweat towel and asked.
"Yes, little grandfather, it was the villain who discovered it first" Hu Kui hurriedly replied, and at the same time secretly happy in his heart, asked me to ask me, it seems that he recognized me as having found it.
"Then let me ask, where did you climb up from the pit," Wu Yuanqing asked with a smile.
Hu Kui still remembered that he was Xue Lao Liu who kicked down over there, so he pointed to the side and said that it was here.
Wu Yuanqing nodded and said, "You lift your feet up and I'll take a look."
Although Hu Kui didn't understand, he still raised his foot nervously, and Wu Yuanqing glanced at it.
Let Xue Laoliu raise his feet and look at it, and then said to Li Chengqian with a smile: "Climb up from this side where there is coal, it is obvious that you will step on the coal, I just looked at it, and there is indeed a mud footprint on the coal seam." But this Hu Kui has nothing but loess on his feet, and Xue Laoliu has black cinder traces on his feet, and his fingers are also black, and there is also a black handprint on the sweat towel on Hu Kui's shoulder, but his hands are not black, so it was Xue Laoliu who dug up the coal, not Hu Kui. Cheng Qian, Hu Kui is lying to you, he wants to steal the credit."
"Drag him aside and break his legs" Wu Yuanqing's last sentence ignited Li Chengqian's anger and shouted angrily.