Chapter 223: Remembering the Beginning

Jiang Jianghao thought that according to the trend of serious history, when Qin Shi Huang was in the first emperor, there were no seasonings such as chili pepper and cumin at all, even cumin and peppercorns, which ordinary people may not be able to eat, so Jiang Jianghao began to miss his home again. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

I also began to miss his mother, and the bowls of soup under his mother's hands!

Jiang Jianghao rolled up his sleeves and began to smear the roast chicken layer by layer with honey water and oil, sprinkled a few handfuls of salt and chili powder, and wild mountain mushroom powder, and then kept roasting back and forth.

The thin skin of the chicken is grilled until it is slightly charred, mixed with the firm and elastic chicken, and the dense fat on the belly of the fish. As soon as he took a bite, the crispy chicken skin with a slight smell of firewood, with the tender and juicy chicken and the unique sweet fat, burst out together, and different textures and tastes burst out in Gongziyue's mouth at the same time, stimulating his taste buds and completely capturing the tip of his tongue.

I saw that he kept picking up the fish and sending it to his mouth, and kept saying that it was delicious! Delicious!

Jiang Jianghao hurriedly reminded: "Ziyue, you eat slowly, I won't rob you!" Ay......! Watch out! Beware of the burning! Seeing Gongziyue eating a roast chicken and gobbling it up, even the thirteen on the side couldn't help but pinch a cold sweat for Gongziyue.

Soon, only the head and bones of a whole roast chicken remained, except for Jiang Jianghao who tore two or three pieces of chicken at the beginning, the rest were quickly wiped out by Gongziyue, seeing that Gongziyue's excited eyes began to redden, Jiang Jianghao hurriedly spoke: "Don't you cry, isn't it just a chicken?" Why haven't you changed your foodie nature for so many years! If you have to be so excited every time you eat something good, then with my cooking skills, don't you have to cry into tears?! I also said that things were my guest, but in the end, didn't I still eat them?! ”

For Jiang Jianghao, today's roast chicken can only be regarded as average, because the seasoning is limited, and there are no accessories such as onions, ginger and garlic at all, resulting in a fishy smell on the chicken that lingers all the time......

Gongziyue hurriedly raised his hand and rubbed his weeping eyes, and shouted with great grievances: "It's really delicious!" Boss Jiang, you don't know what I've eaten here for so long! It's just a dripping water!! ”

Jiang Jianghao smiled: "Flowing water?!" Your dignified uncle actually gave you water?! I listen to your nonsense, other people's beauty tricks have been used for you, and you actually told me that you eat water?! Fuck off, you~! ”

By the time the campfire was burned out, it was nearly noon. Thirteen acted as a makeshift servant, carefully digging out the mud balls wrapped in the fat chickens. Fortunately, the table was shaded by a huge tree, otherwise on such a hot day, even the best delicacy would have made people feel completely unappetized under the scorching sun.

With that, Thirteen helped him to set aside the coke after the bonfire had been burned, and dug open the ground where the fat chickens had been buried, and dug out a large round clod of earth from it, and the surface of the clod was extremely dry, and even some small cracks appeared.

Jiang Jianghao put the clod of soil on the tray where he had eaten roast chicken before, and then picked up a wooden stick and kept hitting the surface of the clod, and the clod immediately cracked, revealing the lotus leaf wrapped in it that had been ripe and yellow.

A fragrance came to his face, and the deliciousness of the chicken mixed with the fragrance of lotus leaves forced Jiang Jianghao to swallow his saliva. When he was at home before, because he lived in the city, he couldn't find a suitable place for him to roast this dish called flower chicken, but now the ingredients are fresh and the land is open, he finally got his wish and was able to try, but he never thought that his inauthentic flower chicken was so delicious.

Gently untie the cotton thread wrapped around the lotus leaf, the oily juice seeped out of the lotus leaf, and instantly gathered into a piece on the lotus leaf at the bottom, looking at the layer of eye-catching oil beads floating on the juice, he couldn't help but regret it, to know that the dirty things before were cleared, what a delicious chicken juice flowed out in vain It was a pity.

When the lotus leaves were peeled off layer by layer, and the white and tender chicken was also presented in front of his eyes, he sighed again: "This chicken is really fat!" "If the fat of the chicken is not enough, not to mention the chicken juice that spilled before, even the chicken itself will be dry and unappetizing.

He stretched out his hand to pull the next chicken leg, but as soon as he pulled it gently, the bone came out lightly, but the meat remained in place and did not move.

Tender! It's so tender! The tender chicken is put in the mouth, and the delicious chicken juice is squeezed out of the meat lines as you chew it slowly, and the saliva secreted from your mouth is simply delicious......

"By the way, Boss Jiang, how did you come up with the idea of calling flower chicken?!" This question is often asked by Gongziyue, because he is now in the business of calling Hua Chicken, and others always ask him about the origin of this dish, but he never knows it clearly, it is rare that Jiang Jianghao is here at this time, so he will ask him about it!

It is called Hua Chicken, also known as Changshu Called Hua Chicken, which is a famous dish of the Han nationality in Changshu area, Jiangsu. The fried roast flavor is crispy and tender in the mouth, and the flavor is unique. According to legend, a long time ago, there was a man named Huazi, who begged for food along the way and went to a village in Changshu County. One day, he came across a chicken and wanted to slaughter it for cooking, but he had no cooking utensils or spices. He came to the foot of Yu Mountain, killed the chicken, removed the internal organs, smeared the yellow mud and firewood with the hair, put the coated chicken in the fire and roasted it, and when the mud dried the chicken was cooked, the mud shell was peeled off, and the chicken feathers were also taken off with the mud shell, revealing the chicken.

There is also a legend about the origin of the chicken. Legend has it that at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a call for Huazi at the foot of Yu Mountain in Changshu, one day even got a chicken, but there was no cooking utensils seasoning, in desperation, the chicken was slaughtered to remove the internal organs, the hair was coated with mud, the dead branches and leaves were piled into a fire, the chicken was put into the fire and roasted, the mud was dried and matured, the mud shell was knocked off, the chicken feathers came off with the shell, the aroma was overflowing, the Huazi was overjoyed, and then the chicken was swallowed up, and the bachelor Qian Muzhai who happened to live in seclusion in Yushan passed by, smelled the fragrance and tasted it, felt that the taste was unique, and went home and ordered his family to make it with a little seasoning, The taste is even more delicious. Later, this cooking method spread among the people, and everyone called this kind of cooked chicken "called Hua Chicken". Later, this practice was learned by the people in the restaurant, and the preparation method was also refined, and a variety of seasoning accessories were added, so it won the appreciation of many diners, and the reputation was far and wide, and the admirers tasted it all year round. The varieties of "called Hua Chicken" include Shanjingyuan called Hua Chicken, Wang Si called Hua Chicken, Yushan brand called Hua Chicken, etc., which have been included in the "Jiangsu Recipes" and "Chinese Famous Recipes". Ancient dishes are taking on a new flavor.

The method of making the chicken is similar to that of the "Eight Treasures" of the Zhou Dynasty, the "Cannon Dolphin", which is a dish made by wrapping the suckling pig in clay, grilling it, and then further processing it.

- "What kind of chicken is called a flower chicken?" ”

Jiang Jianghao vaguely remembered that when he was in the thatched house outside Luoyi City, the first time he met Gongziyue, he asked with a confused face what kind of chicken is called Huaji.

- "Childe, Ziyue has finally found you......"

- "What kind of good place are you here, there is something that my son-in-law can look at, just a broken thatched yard, we are not rare!" ”

Ziyue's words at that time are still in my ears, and Jiang Jianghao laughed lightly, which made the hot Gongziyue nervous for a while.

"Boss Jiang, why are you suddenly laughing?!"

Jiang Jianghao shook his head with a smile, and then looked at Ziyue's serious face now, and suddenly the idea of playing tricks on Gongziyue suddenly popped up in his heart, so he continued: "I laugh at you for getting a lot older!" Compared to the first meeting!! Ha ha!! ”

Speaking of which, even the thirteen on the side also found a problem, they have known Jiang Jianghao for so long, he and the arrogant have grown a lot taller, and even Gongzi Yue is much more mature than before, not to mention the purple eggplant that was originally round and later turned into a slender version, everyone has more or less changed in appearance, but Jiang Jianghao! He didn't even increase the length of his hair, it was as if they were frozen together! This is just too unbelievable?! Could it be that Jiang Jianghao is immortal?! So is his hometown the land of immortality?!

"Big brother?! Do you know Yingzhou in the East China Sea?! Thirteen suddenly had this question in his mind, because he had heard Remnant Yang talk about it, saying that the king had been privately looking for a place called Yingzhou in the East China Sea, and according to legend, there was a secret recipe for immortality there, if Jiang Jianghao's body really showed traces of immortality, then he should also know that he knew about Yingzhou, and even Jiang Jianghao himself came from there!

"East China Sea Yingzhou?!" Dongying?! Japan?!

In his memory, Jiang Jianghao suddenly thought of one thing, that is, after Qin Shi Huang unified China, he had three large-scale inspections of the coastal areas of Shandong, and all three times passed through Xu Fu's hometown - Huang County, Qinqi County, which is now Longkou City, Shandong Province.

The purpose of Qin Shi Huang's eastern tour was not only to "show strength and subjugation to the sea" to the whole country, to promote his merits in unifying the four seas, and to consolidate centralized power; The main purpose is to find the Sanshen Mountain, seek the elixir of life, and use the medicine to make himself immortal, so as to rule China forever.

And this Sanshen Mountain, that is, is above Yingzhou in the East China Sea.

Speaking of this East China Sea Yingzhou, Jiang Jianghao remembered that he had been to a scenic spot in Shandong Province called Penglai Pavilion, where there are often mirage wonders on the sea surface, many people saw mirages in ancient times, and they all thought it was a fairy apparition, so there was the legend of Yingzhou in the East China Sea.