"The prince praised it falsely, my craftsmanship is taught by you personally, without the prince's words, I'm afraid that my old Cai will be just a street vendor selling cooking cakes in his life!"

Lao Cai didn't dare to take credit, because in his opinion, everything he had was given to him by Li Yuanba, although he Lao Cai didn't read much, but he still understood the truth of knowing the kindness of retribution.

"Well, your mind is known to the king, so be it, and everything will be in this wine!"

Li Yuanba was deeply touched by Lao Cai's words, picked up a wine cup from the table where the hot pot ingredients were placed, tilted his neck, and the spicy liquor slid directly down the throat and into Li Yuanba's belly.

"The prince is bold!"

The cooks in the room watched Li Yuanba raise their glasses and drink with sincerity, and they also drank all the wine in the cup in one gulp, and they all made a sound of admiration to Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba motioned for the cooks to be quiet and continued:

"I guess you already know what is happening in the Great Hall, and now this king wants to consult with you to see if you can make a meal that is easy to digest?"

The cooks in the back kitchen looked at each other, not knowing what to say to each other.

At this time, Lao Cai, who was still the head chef, stood up and said:

"Lord, if you want to say that this is the best thing to digest, it must be corn, which can clear heat, quench thirst, nourish yin, and nourish the spleen, kidneys, and stomach. Why don't you boil a bowl of corn porridge for Her Royal Highness the princess first? ”

Millet is one of the five grains in China, but these nobles of the Tang Dynasty have long been accustomed to fine grains, and they have long forgotten their taste for coarse grains such as corn.

Li Yuanba has a soft spot for this kind of grain called millet in his previous life, because in his previous life, as long as he had an uncomfortable appetite and couldn't eat, the old men in the family would cook millet porridge for him.

Although sometimes, millet porridge is difficult to drink, but this thing is really easy to digest!

So. After hearing Lao Cai's suggestion, Li Yuanba was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Okay, you try it first, if it really doesn't work, let's try something else!" ”

"Okay, I'll boil it out now!" Lao Cai knew Li Yuanba's temperament, and he was able to let the lord come to the kitchen in person, indicating that the prince was really anxious.

It is said that boiling porridge is a kung fu job, but the time is very urgent at the moment. Li Yuanba can't afford to wait, so this quick porridge also has a way to make fast porridge.

After a quarter of an hour, when the thick aroma of corn rose in the cauldron, a bowl of golden corn porridge was also brought out by Lao Cai.

"Lord Wang, it's okay!" Lao Cai said.

Li Yuanba took the corn porridge from Lao Cai's hand and said, "Okay, just give it to this king, if you can't eat it, this king will come again." ”

In fact, Li Yuanba is also thinking about these cooks. Judging from Li Shimin's current temper, if the little son's bowl of corn porridge is spit out after eating, I am afraid that Li Shimin will immediately cut off the head of Lao Cai, who is cooking.

……

At this moment, the people in the inner hall of the backyard are still in a state of restlessness. Seeing Li Yuanba walking back, Li Shimin immediately said:

"Yuanba, my son just drank the medicine, how is it in the back kitchen? Have you figured out a meal that is easy to digest? ”

Li Yuanba spread his hands. said: "Brother Huang, anyway, there is no way to do those cooks you brought!" ”

"This garbage!" Li Shimin had a gloomy face and said, "I have to let my subordinates pick all their tendons!" ”

Li Yuanba shrugged noncommittally. said: "Forget it, I've made something here, let's try it for my son first, don't really vomit it when the time comes!" ”

Li Shimin's eyes lit up and said, "Quick, feed it to my son." ”

Li Yuanba summoned a maid from the palace and handed her the sticky corn porridge in her hand, and asked her to feed it carefully to the little son.

The little son opened his eyes a little sickly, and his small mouth opened slightly.

"Gollum!"

Swallowing a mouthful of sticky corn porridge with some difficulty, the son's smiling face suddenly became embarrassed.

This little girl has never eaten such rough food since she was a child, because she has been weak and sick since she was a child, and the meals she eats are carefully selected ingredients, and she has naturally never eaten something like corn.

"What is this? Is it so hard to swallow? ”

Li Shimin saw that the little son's expression of swallowing seemed to be a little difficult, so he picked up a spoon from the table, scooped it up, and swallowed it.

It's just been chewed twice, and the brows have been twisted into Sichuan characters, what is this thing, chewing is not only mouthful, but also rough and difficult to swallow.

"Brother Huang, you are high, how do you know what this thing is?" Li Yuanba chuckled lightly and said, "This thing has existed in our China since ancient times, corn is one of the five grains. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuanba paused and continued: "This kind of thing, our Chinese people have eaten it for more than thousands of years, how can the people eat it, and you can't eat it?" ”

"Corn?"

Li Shimin was born in the Li family in Longxi, and his father was left behind in Taiyuan in the former Sui Dynasty, regardless of whether it was the Li family or the Taiyuan stay, it was not a simple rich and noble family, it is estimated that even when Li Shimin led the army to fight, the military rations used were not mixed with coarse grains.

"Ahem!"

At this moment, the little girl's cough sounded, but she swallowed a few tablespoons of corn porridge, and then she couldn't help but vomit.

"No, why is it still not working?" Li Shimin is very irritable, and he is so irritable that he wants to kill people now.

Li Yuanba frowned, this situation stumped him, could it be that there was no other way?

By the way, I remember that when I was a child, I had a high fever that did not go away, and I couldn't eat all day, the old man once made him a bowl of egg custard, and the smooth and tender egg custard not only aroused people's appetite but was also easy to digest.

You can do this!

Thinking of this, Li Yuanba clapped his hands lightly, turned around and rushed out of the back hall.

At the moment, everyone was at a loss, and there was no reaction to Li Yuanba's sudden rush out of the back hall.

……

In the back kitchen, as soon as Li Yuanba left with his front foot, those young cooks surrounded him with his back foot, and asked Lao Cai some things about the front hall.

How do you know that this is only the time of a stick of incense, and this master will come back again.

"Lord, how is it? Has Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang eaten? Lao Cai is very nervous, it is rare for his master to explain something, but don't mess it up.

Li Yuanba didn't answer Lao Cai's words, but directly greeted: "Lao Cai came out to give this king a hand, and the others should eat and drink!" ”

Lao Cai didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly came to the back kitchen and waited for Li Yuanba's order.

"Lao Cai, you go and prepare some eggs, remember that the egg whites and yolks should be separated!"

Li Yuanba came to the stove, very skillfully turned on the fire, and put a steamer on the pot, at this time the small eggs were also beaten by Lao Cai dozens of them, all of them were egg whites and egg yolks separated.

Li Yuanba first took the bowl containing the egg whites, then put more than twice as much warm water as the egg whites into it, and sprinkled a little salt and chicken essence to enhance the freshness.

After that, he followed the same procedure and did the same treatment of the egg yolk.

After the water in the pot boiled, the steamer was opened by Li Yuanba, and the two bowls containing the egg whites and egg yolks were put on the steamer to steam.

After a quarter of an hour, Li Yuanba asked Lao Cai to turn off the fire, and at the same time took down the two large bowls of egg custard in the cage drawer, and carefully divided the egg custard that had condensed in the two bowls into two halves with a spoon.

Generally, the egg white soup is half of the egg yolk soup, and then drizzled with some vinegar on top, as well as homemade sesame oil.

In an instant, a bowl of fragrant, well-defined egg custard appeared in front of Lao Cai.

"Lord Wang, what is this?" Xu was aroused by the aroma of egg custard, and Lao Cai moved his index fingers.

Li Yuan said domineeringly: "This thing is called egg custard, although it seems to be simple, but the requirements for heat are still very strict!" We have been in Datang for so many years, although most of the food is mainly steamed, but this king dares to assert that this egg custard is the first time that it has appeared in our Datang! ”

"What kind of egg custard is this, it can really make Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang eat it without throwing up?" Although Lao Cai cares about this egg custard very much, he doesn't know much about pharmacology, so he asked.

Li Yuanba fell silent when he heard this, but he couldn't answer this question, don't use it when the time comes, you have to think of another way.

Time is not waiting, when Li Yuanba appeared in the back hall with egg custard, the rich fragrance had already hooked out everyone's gluttony.

"Well, it's such a fragrant smell, just smelling this smell makes people's fingers flutter!"

Princess Gaoyang's small nose fluttered, and her eyes were full of surprise, because she had never eaten such a thing since she was a child.

"What is it that smells so good?"

Xu was attracted by this fragrance, and the little son seemed to have suddenly come to his senses, and he was still a little sickly, but he seemed to be a little more energetic.

This time Li Yuanba went into battle in person, and after the temperature of the egg custard dropped slightly, Li Yuanba took out a spoon and scooped a tablespoon of egg custard, carefully put it to his mouth and blew it, and said:

"Son, open your mouth and taste the egg custard made by the fourth uncle, okay?"

The son's mouth moved up and down twice, and he opened his mouth obediently.

When the little spoonful of egg custard was fed into the little one's mouth, the little one seemed to come to his senses all at once, and a mouthful of the egg custard quickly swallowed down his throat.

The smooth, sweet and sour taste seems to have given the little son some appetite, and the little child's spirit is a little fuller.

Li Yuanba looked at it as if there was a play, and hurriedly fed it with a few tablespoons, but in a short tea time, the little guy actually ate half a bowl of egg custard, which made everyone present surprised and delighted. (To be continued.) )