Chapter 315: The Donkey Feast
"In fact, there is no fixed form of food, and when you arrive at the place, you have to take the local taste as the standard. My Datang has a vast territory, and after different ingredients arrive in different places, the things that grow are different. ”
After arriving at their own restaurant, Li Hao and his party went to the private room. Li took a good look at some of the food in his restaurant, and then chatted casually with a few people.
"Orange is orange born in Huainan, and orange is born in Huaibei, which is roughly the case." Li Ke replied with a smile, Li Hao's statement he had heard a long time ago.
Li's restaurant is the name of Li Hao's restaurant here, and the restaurant here is not Li Hao watching from the side, so the name becomes more casual, but this is more down-to-earth.
What did Li Hao take to get Yuefang, Man Tingxiang because there were names in later generations that could be plagiarized, and Li Hao was there, so he simply fished these names over. And the Li family restaurant was directly built by Li Hao's students, and they took the name much more casually, according to the habit of Datang.
Several of the signature dishes of the Li Family Restaurant were passed on to his students by Li Hao in exchange for the system, and when he went to the north to play in later generations, he preferred to eat Xianghe meat cakes and lamb scorpion soup, as well as donkey meat roasted. The real Ji cuisine, Li Hao has never had a chance to taste it.
Now the main signature dishes here are Li's lion head, boiled shrimp section, purse loin, chicken jump, fried crab, governor tofu, Yangchun white snow, stewed vegetables, osmanthus shark fin, sea cucumber and so on. The pot wrapping elbow is also good, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, fragrant but not greasy, and it is loved.
That's what Li Ke said, although Li Hao passed on his cooking skills, he didn't really taste it. This time, I just took advantage of this time to taste these delicacies, which is a very authentic classic of Ji cuisine in later generations.
"The last time I sat with my brother Xian and drank wine and ate delicious food was a few years ago, I met again a few years later, and it was indeed the north of the Tang Dynasty." Of course, Li Hao's favorite meatloaf was also made out, and it was served with mutton soup, which was really delicious.
When Li Ke sat and ate with him, he couldn't help but think of the two of them before. If you change places, or change seasons. The two can roughly clapping their hands and singing, "It is a good season in Jiangnan, and the season of falling flowers is the king." ”
For this era of inconvenient transportation, there are few opportunities to meet old friends from thousands of miles. It's a pity that Li Hao is not as sensational as Li Ke, and he is not so particular. Over the years, he has traveled through the southeast and west of the Tang Dynasty, but he has not gone north.
"Well, things have changed, and I can't help myself. Let's eat first, this meatloaf tastes really good. There is also this lion's head, osmanthus shark fin and sea cucumber are all rare boutiques. Both of them are now being degraded, Li Hao does not have that feeling sad, but is still a little happy.
What he thought was that after arriving in the Northeast Road, he could take the sea route to pick up Gao Yang and Xiao Wu, as for how big an official he was, this thing was not so attractive to him.
"Heavy snow closures can take longer, and the further north you go, the slower the snow melts there. Brother Xian can stay here for a while longer, and I think the imperial court should understand these things. ”
Li Hao rarely talks about this kind of sensational thing, this Li Ke is very clear, but this guy is here, it will be a good deal if he doesn't let this guy make some delicious food. "My Hebei Provincial Imperial Court has permission for a family to slaughter cattle and sheep, and it is in this city. I'll ask them to prepare some cattle and sheep, and I'll wait for the whole cow feast and all the sheep to eat! ”
"Although this Li family restaurant has been open for a long time, I have never seen this restaurant launch an all-cow and all-sheep banquet. It's really not interesting, every day the business here is busy, and every time there is not enough manpower! ”
"King Wu misunderstood, this restaurant is really busy. Whether the outside business is good or not, you can see it when you enter the restaurant. There are many processes to prepare for the whole cattle banquet, and various finishes are required. When my teacher came out with a whole cow banquet, it was all prepared a day in advance. ”
After listening to Li Ke's words, Li Hao's students replied a little helplessly. There is now this restaurant in the entire Hebei Province, there are many rich people here, and they are willing to spend money, so usually there is still time to fix such a delicate matter?
"It's good in the future, I didn't bring some students here this time, they are going to intern here for a while. In the future, more branches will be opened here, and it will not be so busy in the future. Li Hao replied after hearing this.
I will stay here for a while in the future, and in the middle of the road from Chang'an to Northeast Road, Li Hao will increase some manpower. Because there will be more communications and various exchanges here in the future, and Li Hao also wants to see if he can control this side.
Hebei Province and Northeast Road, Li Hao didn't have any ideas about the places in the direction of Chang'an, and those places had long been occupied by the children of those families. But to the north is the place that Li Hao wants to fight for, these places are almost all side plugs, and it is cold.
Coupled with poverty, the children of those families generally come to work in such places. In addition, Li Ke is now supervising Hebei Province, and it should not be a big problem for him to arrange some people, Li Hao believes that he can do it.
And after Li Hao of Northeast Dao passed, that side was almost his territory. Xue Rengui is still Li Hao's person, and after Li Hao passes, he will naturally be able to completely control that side in his own hands.
"Whose donkey is it out there, why does it keep barking?" When the people in the room were eating, there would be a few animal sounds outside from time to time, and Li Ke couldn't help but complain.
Donkey? Li Hao was a southerner in his later life, and he really hadn't seen a donkey much. It was the same after coming to Datang, so he never knew that this kind of cry was actually the voice of a donkey. But when it comes to donkeys, this reminds Li Hao of the donkey meat burning and the whole donkey feast.
The whole donkey banquet is a prosperous traditional banquet in the East in later generations, mainly spread in the northern region. "Dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the earth", this folk proverb spread in the north is a true portrayal of the beauty of donkey meat. Donkey meat is warm in nature, rich in nutritional value, and has a variety of functions such as nourishing qi and blood, nourishing beauty, nourishing yin and nourishing kidneys and benefiting lungs.
In particular, it has a unique effect on relieving annoyance, calming the nerves, and clearing the brain, which has long been recorded in the "Compendium of Materia Medica". But people have the impression that donkey meat is coarse, and this is only for donkeys that are grinding. Outdoor free-range donkeys, donkey meat is delicate and elastic in the mouth, far from being comparable to beef and mutton. It's just that due to the small amount of listing, the influence is not as great as that of beef and mutton.
Due to the peculiarity of the meat quality of donkey meat, it is quite difficult to concoct. Before the heat arrived, the donkey meat became tough and could not be bitten. After a little bit of heat, the meat will rot. Therefore, those who can gather the best of donkeys and cook a "whole donkey feast" can only be a few powerful northern cuisine restaurants, and their doors are generally hung with authentic donkey meat in the river.
This Li Hao has only seen and heard of it, but he has never eaten it. But now that he saw the donkey, Li Hao suddenly remembered this kind of thing. The all-donkey banquet did not appear at this time, and the cooking technology was not enough, so I could only wait for Li Hao to promote.
However, Li Hao himself didn't know how to cook the various dishes here, so he could only ask the system for help, and prepare to exchange points for the dishes of the whole donkey banquet when the time came.
The whole pig feast, the whole fish feast, the whole cow and the whole sheep Li Hao has launched these things, and now that he sees the donkey, he naturally can't miss this. "Wait and see if you can buy a donkey. Don't pull a milled donkey, be sure to go outside with a free-range donkey. ”
Li Ke on the side looked at Li Hao like this, how could he not understand that Li Hao was preparing to make a new delicacy, and it had something to do with the donkey. "I'll leave the donkey to me, and it's much more convenient for me to buy it than you. But what does the virtuous brother want this donkey for? I've eaten donkey meat, and it doesn't taste very good. ”
"Look at it, dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the earth, this thing is a great supplement. It's just that it takes a lot of time to cook, so I'll wait for the donkey to come. ”
Li Hao didn't say what he wanted to do with the donkey feast, but just said the benefits of donkey meat. After he has obtained all the dishes of the all-donkey feast, it is not too late to concoct this all-donkey feast.
"I'm going to deal with the donkey's affairs, it's all up to the craftsmanship of the virtuous brother, I haven't eaten the food made by the virtuous brother for a long time, this time I have to have a good meal on the boat. I also have some Niulanshan Erguotou here, and this wine is strong enough to drink here. ”
After the meal, Li Ke said goodbye to Li Hao and left here, and ran to find the donkey in a hurry. But what is this guy talking about, this wine is something produced by Li Mansion, what is the wine, can Li Hao not know it? However, he couldn't drink this kind of liquor with a relatively high concentration, so Li Ke couldn't expect to get drunk with Li Hao. Besides, Li Hao usually doesn't drink much, and Li Ke almost forgot all these things.
After returning to his residence, Li Hao changed the dishes of the all-donkey banquet. I found out that the whole donkey banquet is composed of cold dishes and hot dishes, so if you want to make this whole donkey banquet, you have to spend some thought and time in the middle.
The cold dishes of the whole donkey feast include garlic donkey ears, mustard donkey belly, marinated donkey heart, ginger donkey lips, water-dipped donkey liver, and sauce donkey mouths. The hot dishes are stewed money in astragalus red soup, donkey kick in abalone sauce, donkey skin pot with seasonal vegetables, donkey meat in kung fu, donkey steak in sauce, roasted donkey tongue, donkey belly with garlic, donkey heart with abalone sauce, donkey roll with silver buds, donkey intestines with nine turns, donkey tendon tendon in thick soup, butterfly donkey jian, crispy marinated donkey willow, donkey treasure in the palm, cucumber donkey balls, pan-fried donkey steak, donkey four treasures, flavored donkey skewers, fish fragrant donkey shreds, stewed donkey ribs with ginkgo gastrodia, choy sum steaked donkey strips, and fortune donkey meat soup.
In addition to cold and hot dishes, there is one thing that should not be forgotten, and that is the donkey meat that is the main dish. Li Hao never ate this thing when he traveled in the north in later generations, and it was roughly similar to the situation of the meat sandwich bun.
It's just that one package is mutton, and the other package is donkey meat in sauce. In addition, the shape of the donkey meat is a little different, but it is all pasta.