It is Chinese New Year's Eve soon, and this Chinese New Year's Eve is also the last Chinese New Year's Eve of the Wude Year, and early in the morning of this day, families began to get busy. In ancient times, the most important meal on Chinese New Year's Eve was in the evening, but in modern society it is different, some at noon and some at night.

Early in the morning, Li Ran, who had already woken up, said to Xiao Wanrong on the side: "At noon today, I will accompany you to eat at home, and I will go to the palace in the evening."

Xiao Wanrong nodded knowingly, after all, she had experienced all these things, so she said, "I know, this is already very good."

Li Ran said with a smile: "Let this prince cook at noon today, and let you taste my craftsmanship"

Xiao Wanrong said with a look of disbelief: "My lord, do you know how to cook?"

Li Ran said triumphantly: "Lord Wang, I am an all-round genius, it's just a matter of cooking in the next kitchen, it's simple."

Xiao Wanrong smiled: "The prince is so powerful"

After getting up and freshening up, Li Ran said to Xiao Wanrong: "Wanrong, you go and call the housekeeper."

Soon, Xiao Wanrong took the housekeeper Li Fu to the courtyard where Li Ran lived. Li Ran pointed to the things on the ground and said to Li Fu: "You should know those couplets, Yuan said that they were pasted on both sides of the door for me that day; and put the words of blessing upside down on the doors and windows for me; Those are fireworks, and when they are lit, they will release colorful fireworks, and when you see that the lead, you will put them in the palace after the fireworks are released; In addition, the people in the house were rewarded with five taels of silver each, and those who had families were allowed to go home for the New Year, and those who did not have families were given a banquet in the house at night, so that they could eat and drink as they pleased; In addition, when I am not in the house in the future, if I have any undecided mind, I will look for Wanrong, Wanrong is my personal maid, okay, so be it"

Li Fu bowed movingly and said: "The old slave thanked the prince on their behalf, and the old slave explained by the prince will definitely do a good job."

Li Ran nodded and said, "Okay, clean up, by the way, you don't have to prepare lunch for me, I want to cook it myself."

Li Fu nodded and arranged for someone to pack up his things, and then reminded: "Lord, according to the etiquette system, gifts should be prepared at the dinner."

Li Ran nodded and said that he knew and let Li Fu go down, for the evening gift, Li Ran had already prepared, but when it came to the end, he was a little hesitant. Li Ran sighed for no reason, then stopped thinking about it, and then took Xiao Wanrong to the kitchen in the courtyard. In ancient times, there was not only one kitchen in large households, usually there was a regular kitchen, but each yard would be equipped with a small kitchen, but this kind of kitchen was generally used to make some supper and pastries.

Li Ran, who was accustomed to modern kitchen tools, naturally exchanged for modern kitchen tools, and by the way, exchanged many materials and seasonings. It's not just him and Xiao Wanrong who want to eat, but also Li Shimin's family, if you don't prepare much, Li Er's black-bellied man will definitely extort a sum of money. Hey, how can I be so smart!

During the Tang Dynasty, it mainly fed on five grains, five vegetables, five animals, and five fruits. (Grains: wheat, millet, millet, rice, mushroom.) Five vegetables: leeks, shallots, sunflowers, green onions, weeds. Five animals: cattle, dogs, sheep, pigs, chickens. Five fruits: plums, apricots, dates, peaches, chestnuts. ）

Of course, because cattle are used for cultivating land, they are generally not allowed to eat, and can only be eaten after an accident dies; And pork was only eaten by those poor families, because people at that time did not know that pigs had to be castrated to taste good, so it tasted too good.

However, in the Tang Dynasty, the variety of vegetables has been quite rich, in addition to the five dishes: leeks, shallots, sunflowers, green onions, weeds, garlic, radish (radish), cabbage, spinach, etc., the method of stir-frying vegetables has been widely used, pickled vegetables are also very popular. In addition, according to the ancient Tibetan "Translation of the Name Collection", the Tang Dynasty not only had tofu, but also vermicelli and vermicelli.

The fruits of the Tang Dynasty were also quite abundant, such as sour plums, pears, dates, peaches, apricots, plums, walnuts and other fruits were also commonly planted in the Tang Dynasty, and the most abundant fruits in Xizhou were grapes.

There are also pasta, and there are many types of noodles in the Tang people, most of which were introduced by the Hu people. For example, dumplings, which are boiled noodles with meat filling, have become a staple food today. However, the traditional dry noodle food of the Han people is mainly bread, which is made in a frying pan. Also known as Hu cake, it was first eaten by the Hu people, because most of the Hu people are horseback people, and they have no fixed place, and the dry cake is easy to carry. In the Han Dynasty, it was introduced to the interior of our country through the border pass, and the note of the Yuanren Hu San Province "Zhizhi Tongjian" said: "Hu cake, today's steamed cake." The explanation of "Qi Min Yaoshu" is the most detailed: "One bucket of noodles, two catties of mutton, one green onion and one white, soy sauce and salt, boil to cook, burn, and the noodles should be ordered." The most basic feature of Hu cake is that the fermented cake made of noodles (noodles) is a variety of cakes in the Tang Dynasty, including pancakes, dough cakes, baked cakes, sandwich cakes and so on.

In addition, there are steamed buns, which were called steamed buns in the Tang Dynasty; soup food, which is the predecessor of rice and noodles; There are also ravioli and so on.

There are also many seasonings in the Tang Dynasty, such as sauce, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar, wine, and so on

The most famous food in the Tang Dynasty is the wine culture and tea culture. The famous liquor in various parts of the Tang Dynasty, according to the "Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty", contains: the rich water of Yingzhou, the Ruoxia of Wucheng, the soil cave spring of Xingyang, the stone frozen spring of Fuping, the burning spring of Jiannan, the dry and grapes of Hedong, the Lingxi and Boluo of Lingnan, the nine brews of Yicheng, the turbulent water of Xunyang, the west city cavity of the capital, the shrimp and toad tomb, Langguanqing, Apoqing, and Sanle pulp wine. Some of these wines, such as Wucheng Ruoxia, Hedong's Qianhe, and Yicheng's Jiuyu, are all historical wines. Other famous wines are: Lanling wine, Xinfeng wine, Xinzhou wine and so on. The most famous tea is Lu Yu's "Book of Tea", which is a comprehensive treatise on the history, origin, current situation, production technology, tea drinking skills, and principles of tea ceremony of tea production, and is an epoch-making monograph on tea science. It is not only an incisive work on agriculture, but also a book on tea culture. It elevates the ordinary tea ceremony into a wonderful cultural performance. It is an important work in ancient China dedicated to tea, which promoted the development of Chinese tea culture.

No matter what the diet of the Tang Dynasty was, Li Ran only wanted to fry a few home-cooked dishes now, because eating home-cooked dishes cooked by himself in this Tang Dynasty would have the taste of the previous family. First of all, there are nine dishes such as scrambled eggs with leeks, then braised pork, then stir-fried shredded pork with double reeds, braised pork ribs, West Lake meat soup, roast chicken, pork head meat, etc., and finally a sweet soup. Two servings of each, one for food and one for people to send to the palace, along with fireworks and drinks.

In the Lizheng Hall at noon, Li Shimin and Empress Changsun sat around the dining table at this time, as well as Li Chengqian, Li Tai, Li Lizhi and others.

Li Shimin looked at a few dishes on the table and said with a smile: "Why haven't I seen many dishes today, is there any reputation?"

Empress Eldest Sun smiled: "This is cooked by Xianzhi himself, specially sent by someone, and there are some things called fireworks, which will be set off before the dinner in the evening, and how many bottles of drinks."

Li Shimin said in surprise: "I didn't expect him, a fairy, to cook, but I don't know if I can eat it."

The little fat man Li Tai may not be able to stand the smell of the food, and seeing that Li Shimin still doesn't move his chopsticks, he can't help but ask, "Father, can you eat?"

Li Shimin smiled: "Eat, by the way, pour that drink and taste it."

The little fat man couldn't help but eat a piece of braised pork first, tsk, the grandmaster-level cooking skills are not covered, the little fat man took a bite and took a second bite, and the oil in his mouth did not look greasy. Looking at Li Tai's appearance, Li Lizhi said: "Second brother, try the drink, it's delicious."

After taking a sip of juice, Li Tai smiled and said to Li Li, "Sister, is it okay for my brother to discuss something with you?"

Li Li asked suspiciously, "What's the matter?"

"Your brother and I are so fat because my brother loves to eat, but there is no good cook in the yard, so you go talk to your family and ask him to help me train a few cooks"

Since I knew that Li Shimin could live to be a hundred years old, all the princes also knew that they would not be able to get the throne in this life, even after Li Shimin died, but at that time he was seventy or eighty years old, how could he still have the energy to be the emperor, and I am afraid that I don't know which descendant will succeed him, so all the princes have also given up on the idea of being emperors, and most of them do what they like. For example, Li Tai, Li Tai usually loves to eat in addition to his love of learning, and now there are such delicious things, how can he miss it!

Li Lizhi blushed and said, "Second brother, what are you talking about?"

Li Tai smiled: "What's there to be ashamed of, hasn't my father's holy decree been issued?"

Li Lizhi said a little embarrassed: "I'll ask him, as for whether he wants to do that, that's his business."

Li Tai smiled happily: "This matter is decided, he loves you so much, he will definitely not refuse"

Li Chengqian, who was on the side, also spoke at this time: "Liqing, my brother also lacks a cook there, look at it, what, let's ask together, there is also a shortage of a cook for my father and queen mother, let's go together."

Li Lizhi looked at the two brothers a little speechlessly, but is there a lack of a cook in his yard, hey, what an esoteric question!

In the Xiaoyao Palace, Li Ran and Xiao Wanrong were eating. Li Ran drank his drink and asked, "How about the food I cooked?"

Xiao Wanrong praised without hesitation: "It's delicious, it's delicious, it's very delicious"

Li Ran, who was complimenting, had a black line, and Li Ran complained weakly: "Can you change the word?"

Xiao Wanrong thought for a moment and then said in Li Ran's expectant gaze: "Very delicious, very delicious, delicious"

,,, this reminds Li Ran of a joke from his roommate in his previous life: in class, the beautiful teacher asked her roommate to say a word to describe a beauty, and the roommate blurted out: "Red face and trouble"

The beautiful teacher obviously didn't like this word, so she asked, "Classmate, are there any other words?"

The roommate thought about it and finally thought of one: "Woe to the water"

Li Ran could now fully feel the mood of the beautiful teacher, and Li Ran drank the drink extremely depressed. Xiao Wanrong looked at Li Ran with a smile, Li Ran's eyes widened, and she looked at Xiao Wanrong with a murderous look and said, "Look at how I clean you up when I come back at night."

Seeing Xiao Wanrong's shy and scared expression, Li Ran continued to drink with satisfaction.

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