Liu Yong held the lantern and turned his head boldly to see that it was empty under the tree, and there was nothing there. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info listened to Xiao Qiao throw a string of silver-like laughter and said: "Brother Liu, you have to be careful when you go back to the room, there may be a female ghost waiting for you." ”

Liu Yong smiled bitterly, alas, it really hurts others and hurts himself!

How to confess to Da Qiao? Liu Yong thought about it for a long time. What do women care about the most? Clothing, jewelry? These are supposed to be given to a lover, not quite appropriate; Make up some gadgets? I don't know how to do it myself. What about the others? For women, it seems that there are only snacks. That's right! It's better to make some exquisite pastries, anyway, my cooking skills are passable, not to mention that I promised Dong Yun before. Also, the staple food at this time was too simple, only steamed, boiled, and roasted, which was very different from the food of later generations.

Liu Yong has been to the big and small kitchens of Qiao's house, and it is said that Qiao Xuan's family is well-off, so it should be more different. However, Liu Yong felt that eating was no different from eating in Fuyi, but the selection of ingredients was more exquisite, the ingredients were complete, and the taste was more delicious. Is this also called cooking? Liu Yong was quite disdainful in his heart, he didn't have this condition before, so it was better to take some opportunities to show his skills and show the demeanor of a **** man.

"What is Liu Gongzi doing here again? You shouldn't have come here. Aunt Cui, the cook, has long been familiar with Liu Yong, and there was a "small festival" of making soap before, but this page has long been revealed, and Aunt Cui now treats Liu Yong as a good brother, so she said half lovingly and half angrily.

Liu Yong tied the white apron in his hand to his waist, and said with a smile: "Please Aunt Cui prepare some flour, sugar, milk, eggs, lard and other things for you." ”

"What is Childe going to do again?"

"Hee-hee! I'm going to make some pastries today. Liu Yong said with a smile.

"Childe knows how to make pastries?" Although Aunt Cui knew that Liu Yong was eccentric and often acted unexpectedly, she was still surprised that a scholar who led hundreds of leaders personally cooked pastries.

"I'll let you see Liu Yong's skills later." Liu Yong smiled, "I'll wash my hands first, and Aunt Cui will put the things there." ”

Aunt Cui shook her head, and still went over to prepare the items that Liu Yong needed one by one. After a while, Liu Yong washed his hands and came back, first wiped his hands with a clean linen, then took out ten eggs and opened them one by one, put the egg yolk and egg white in a bowl, and then picked up the bowl with egg whites, added a spoonful of sugar, a little salt, and stirred it quickly with chopsticks. Aunt Cui saw that Liu Yong's action of separating and beating eggs and separating eggs was fast and coherent, and the technique of stirring the egg liquid was extremely skillful and sophisticated, she couldn't help but be secretly surprised, and she already believed half of it in her heart.

"This step is the most important." Liu Yong saw that Aunt Cui was watching carefully on the side, so he explained, "The cake made is not fluffy, so it depends on stirring like this." Aunt Cui nodded as if she didn't understand, and suddenly asked in surprise, "You say this is called a cake?" I've never heard of that name. ”

Liu Yong smiled proudly: "Of course Aunt Cui hasn't heard of it, this is the food of Liu Yong's hometown." As he spoke, he added another spoonful of sugar and stirred it up again.

Aunt Cui saw that dense beads of sweat appeared on Liu Yong's forehead after a while, so she said, "I think this work is quite tiring." Why don't I stir it up for a while, and you can just watch from the sidelines. ”

Liu Yong also felt that his arms were weak and a little short of breath, so he had to say, "Okay." Let's stir it up instead, this is really too tiring. ”

Liu Yong pointed to the side, adding sucrose in batches. The two of them changed the stirring, and gradually the egg whites began to turn white and swell, until the chopsticks could stand in the egg whites. Liu Yong took a large basin, put in the beaten egg yolk, flour and milk, added the egg white liquid that had been stirred earlier, and kneaded it up and down with a spatula, left and right, so as to make the cake chewy.

"Alright, we're almost done!" Liu Yong shouted excitedly and shook his stiff shoulders, "Aunt Cui, let's rest for a while, I'm so tired!" ”

The two wiped the sweat on their faces, rested for a while, Liu Yong took a steamer, poured lard on the four walls, carefully poured the prepared egg liquid in front, flattened it, covered it, and baked it on the fire. Liu Yong watched the fire cautiously, without an oven, he could only rely on experience, lest he accidentally bake the paste, and his efforts would be wasted.

After a while, there was a buzzing sound in the pot, and steam came out of the gap between the edges of the pot, Liu Yong leaned over and sniffed it heavily, let out a deep breath, and said with a smile: "Aunt Cui, do you smell it?" It smells so good! ”

Aunt Cui smiled: "Can it not be fragrant." There was so much milk and eggs. ”

After a while, Liu Yong shouted: "Okay, turn off the heat and boil the pot!" Putting the steamer aside, opening the lid, a strong fragrance came to her face, and Aunt Cui couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so fragrant." I saw that the cake was golden all over, exuding a thick sweet fragrance, which made people salivate.

"Aunt Cui, you have a taste." Liu Yong cut off a piece with a knife and put it in the middle of the dish for her. Aunt Cui picked it up, put it in her mouth half expectantly and half doubtfully, chewed it gently, and suddenly her two eyes widened.

"It's delicious." Liu Yong smiled, cut another piece and put it aside, and put the rest into the food box, "Aunt Cui, you can enjoy it slowly, I'll bring these in for the ladies to taste." ”

The Qiao sisters are teaching Dong Yun to be a female celebrity, and when they saw Liu Yong coming in with a smile on her face, she was holding a food box. Xiao Qiao said, "What did Brother Liu take?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "I just baked the cake, you come and taste it." This thing must be eaten hot, as it tastes much worse when it is cold. ”

"It smells so good!" As soon as the food box was opened, everyone was attracted by a burst of rich sweet fragrance, and they couldn't help but gather. Liu Yong divided the cake into small pieces, put it in a small plate, and served it with a small hairpin next to it, and served it to the ladies in the house one by one, and even the maid who served next to him also had a share.

"Thank you, Childe!" "Thank you, big brother!" These girls are accustomed to Liu Yong's behavior, so they took it one by one and tasted it gently.

"Ah, it's delicious!"

"It's the best pastry I've ever had." “

Brother Liu, where did you learn it? ”

"This part of the outside is the best, crispy and fragrant." The women's gossip was full of praise.

Liu Yong was proud in his heart and said with a smile: "I wonder if this pastry can give the two sisters a sinner?" ”

Before Da Qiao could speak, Xiao Qiao preemptively said, "No! It's too simple. As I say, you have to make four or five pastries that are not the same and are equally delicious, sister, what do you think? ”

Dong Yun smiled beside him: "Do you think this is difficult? Big brother can easily make more than a dozen kinds of snacks. ”

"So much good food?" Xiao Qiao secretly swallowed his spit, "Brother Liu, do you really have these skills?" ”

Liu Yong smiled: "It's good to know something, let me think about it...... You can also make steamed buns, buns, bread, fritters, dumplings, pancakes, ......" Liu Yong snapped his fingers and talked about these snacks.

"Brother Liu, is there anything suitable for my father to eat, although the cake is delicious, it is too sweet." It was Big Joe who spoke.

Liu Yong nodded secretly and replied, "Yes." Like steamed buns and steamed buns, you can do it. In fact, these are snacks, and occasionally satisfying cravings is that what you really need is the staple food you eat on weekdays. ”

"Will Brother Liu do it too?"

"There aren't too many of them. Why don't I make a few dishes first, let Qiao Gong and your sisters taste them, and see if you like them or not. ”

"Great!" The women all clapped their hands and applauded, and they chatted for a while, so it was not lively.

Liu Yong is full of confidence, and his hometown is in Zigong in southern Sichuan. As the saying goes, "food in China, taste in Sichuan", Zigong's salt dish is a must in Sichuan cuisine, in addition to having the tradition of Sichuan cuisine, it also has the characteristics of "spicy and fragrant", especially good at boiling and live crossing, forming a distinctive flavor and taste that is different from other cuisines, among which boiled beef, Fushun bean curd, beef Buddha baked elbow, wind radish hoof flower soup, cold rabbit, diving fish, fresh pot rabbit and so on are the most famous.

Unlike other places, most Sichuan men know how to cook well, and Liu Yong is no exception. When people talk about Sichuan cuisine, they think it is numb and spicy, but in fact, Sichuan cuisine also has various flavor types such as sour and spicy, sweet and sour, strange flavor, etc., and there are many dishes that are not spicy, with the characteristics of "one dish and one style" and "one hundred dishes and one hundred flavors".

"Which of the hometown dishes are not spicy?" Liu Yong thought intently, he had to do it himself. Modern people think that chili peppers were only introduced in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, and they think that the ancients have never eaten spicy, which is not right. Because there is another condiment that is also spicy, that is, the commonly used medicinal herb dogwood in China. However, the Qiao family doesn't eat spicy, probably because of habits.

"Baba pork, roasted white, braised pork, sweet and sour pork ribs, baked elbows, stewed three fresh, kung pao chicken, sweet and sour fish, shredded pork in Beijing sauce, ......" Liu Yong wrote one and made a list when he thought of one. It's a pity that the most representative back-to-the-pot meat in Sichuan cuisine can't be made without red oil waterpaste in this dish, Liu Yong sighed and crossed it out unwillingly. Liu Yong circled the cleared menu, which dishes for this meal, and which dishes for the next meal, smiling proudly while matching.

Liu Yong is most proud of these dishes than the baba pork. Baba pork, also called chowder, is a kind of traditional food unique to Fushun County, Zigong City, from ancient times to the present day in the local circulation, is a must-have main dish for every family during the New Year's Festival, birthday banquet, and entertaining distinguished guests.

The practice of pooping pork in a home-cooked dish is quite cumbersome. First, take the fat and lean pork, add a small amount of green onion white and chop it into fine cashmere, then add egg white, minced ginger and water starch and stir well with chopsticks. This step is crucial to whip the minced meat vigorously to ensure the taste and to completely break up the starch, otherwise the steamed meat will leave cornstarch and bubbles. The proportion of starch should also be appropriate, too little is easy to be soft and broken, too much will be soft and not good taste.

Next, spread a layer of vegetable leaves on the inside of the steaming drawer to ensure that the minced meat does not stick to the steaming drawer. Then use a small wooden stick or other item to jam on the side to leave an empty space to ensure that the steam can go up. Gently pat the minced meat flat with your hands, to ensure that the thickness is even, and the thickness should be appropriate, then steam on high heat for about 30 minutes, and then evenly coat the useless egg yolk on the surface of the meat filling, continue to steam for 10 minutes, cool and set aside.

Take a soup bowl when serving. Put taro (or radish, yam, cabbage), daylily, fungus, fried crispy pork (or pork ribs, meatballs) at the bottom of the soup bowl according to your preference. Cut the previously steamed meat into thin slices about the thickness of your little finger and place them on top of the mattress in a circle. Add chicken broth to the soup pot until the meat is sliced, steam the taro over high heat until the taro is cooked and soft, and sprinkle with chopped green onions.

On this day, Qiao's family was an eye-opener, and it was full of dishes that I had never seen before. There are kung pao chicken, braised pork, sweet and sour fish, but there is only one boiling cabbage for vegetarian dishes, and in the center is the baba meat that Liu Yong is proud of, which is full of aroma and refreshing.

The sweet and sour fish is golden in color, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, sweet and sour. Braised pork, the color is bright and attractive, fat but not greasy, and the entrance is soft and melting. The slices of pork are soft and delicate, and the daylily and taro inside are fragrant and refreshing. Especially the "boiling water cabbage", the soup is mellow and elegant, clear to the bottom; The color is tender and yellow, the shape is perfect, and the feeling is clear and fast; The smell is elegant; The soft and tender slag of food is not like a delicacy, but better than a delicacy.

Liu Yong saw that everyone was full of praise and was smug, but he heard Xiao Qiao say: "Although Brother Liu is delicious, it is extremely unauthentic. ”

Liu Yong was stunned and said, "Why did the second young lady say this? ”