Chapter Fifty-Eight: Killing Pigs and Eating Meat
ps: Today is the same as yesterday, it's still two shifts, and there is a second shift before nine o'clock.
When Lao Wuyi saw Li Su coming in, he hurriedly threw the knife in his hand in fright, and ran to Li Su in three or two steps to ask for guilt, saying that he shouldn't have collided with Wang Ye Yunyun, looking at his appearance, it is estimated that he was not scared, and no one thought that Li Su would come in at this time.
"I said, Old Five, what are you doing here, look at the knife you sharpen, it doesn't seem to be a knife for cooking?" Li was relieved, as long as it wasn't a rebellion, he didn't bring guards in the mansion, if he really let these cooks who play with knives every day surround him, it is estimated that it will become a pile of fine pork belly in the blink of an eye.
"Your Royal Highness, today is the day of the meat opening in the house, my subordinates bought a few mouthfuls of pigs, and they were about to sharpen their knives and slaughter them, but I didn't expect to collide with the prince and Chapter 58 Killing pigs and eating meat, Your Highness, please forgive your Highness!" Lao Wu said with a wry smile. The food of the people in the palace is still good, and they must eat meat once every half a month, but after the economic situation of the palace has improved recently, Gao Zhong, the chief of internal affairs of the palace, has asked people to open meat every ten days, which is considered a reward for servants, and today is just the day of opening meat.
"Oh, I see." Li Su also knew that the palace had such a rule, "Okay, you get up, leave the matter of killing pigs to others, I have a few dishes for you to cook." ”
"Sixth brother, is it fun to kill pigs?" Before the fifth child stood up, the son next to him pulled Li Su's sleeve and asked.
"Uh~?" Li was stunned for a moment, looked at his son, and found that the little girl had a curious look on her face, as if she had some bad intentions.
"Son, it's not fun to kill pigs, those pigs are ugly and dirty, and their cries are very ugly, and when they are slaughtered, the flesh and blood are blurred, and they will have nightmares when they see them." Qinghe also knew the character of his son, and knew that this little girl was curious about everything, and was afraid that she really wanted to see what pig killing, so he immediately spoke out to dispel her thoughts.
"But...... But the son was eager to see what a pig looked like, and I had never seen a pig before. The pitiful fifty-eighth chapter of the son killed the pig and ate the meat said. The meat of the nobles of the Tang Dynasty is generally mutton-based, and the venison is eaten more, but they rarely eat pork, probably because the appearance of the pig is really flattering, and they usually like to roll in the mud, and they have always been regarded as a vulgar and dirty thing by the nobles, and they do not disdain to eat their meat at all, so the main consumer groups of pork are generally the common people and the huge servant class. As the most noble princess of the Tang Dynasty, it is of course impossible for the son to have eaten pork, and even the animal such as a pig is also known from the palace.
"This ......" Li Yu hesitated for a moment and just wanted to dispel the idea of his son, but at this time, suddenly there was a loud pig howl from the yard of the big kitchen opposite, and it is estimated that the pigs to be slaughtered also found that the situation was not good, and began to use howls to protest against this unfair world at the last moment of the pig's life.
The first time he heard such a miserable sound of killing pigs, the son seemed very excited, and he couldn't care whether Li Su agreed or not, and his calf ran a few steps to the courtyard of the big kitchen, and there was only a courtyard wall between the two kitchens, and there was a corner door on the wall to facilitate access.
"Forget it, let's go with us, don't scare the son." Li Su said helplessly, he often saw this kind of thing in his previous life when he was a child, and there was a special butcher in the small village where his grandfather lived, and every time he killed a pig, he would attract a group of children to watch, and no matter how many times he watched it, he would not feel tired, and he would still be excited to see it next time.
Turning the corner door between the two kitchens, everyone was surprised by the lively scene that greeted them, only to see several stone platforms in the courtyard dedicated to slaughtering livestock, each of which had a fat big black pig tied to it, and a few people next to it who were responsible for pressing the fat pigs to prevent them from breaking free from the rope. The screams of the fat pig and the shouts of the people resounded together, and the ears of the people who shook them were a little painful.
Compared with the cleanliness and tidiness of the small kitchen, the big kitchen here is not so particular, the ground is full of potholes, and there is dirty water in some places, and the son is standing on tiptoe on a high ground, stretching his neck and looking curiously at the pig on the stone platform. Li Su walked a few steps and hugged her son-in-law, first, to make it easier for her to see more clearly, and secondly, when she was afraid, she could at least get into her arms and hide.
"Your Highness, this ...... Is this pig still killed? The fifth child also came in, and asked cautiously, Li Zhi and the fifth child all knew each other, for fear that the bloody scene of killing pigs would frighten several highnesses.
"It's okay, you can do what you have to do." Li Su turned his head and said to Li Zhi and them, "If you are afraid, go out and wait first, and I will take care of your son." ”
"Cut~, sixth brother, you underestimate us too much, last time I hunted, I also personally shot a fawn!" Gao Yang first shouted dissatisfiedly, Li Shimin likes to hunt, in addition to some regular large-scale field hunting, in addition to some small-scale hunting from time to time, and also likes to call the sons and daughters of the ministers, everyone to compete together, it is estimated that Gao Yang is the deer that he hunted when he went with Li Shimin last time.
"Oh? I didn't expect our Gao Yang to be a goddess shooter! Li Su smiled, he forgot that this was in the Tang Dynasty, not like in the later generations, a big man has grown to more than 20 years old, and may not even have killed a chicken, and here, a **-year-old little princess has already slaughtered wild animals with her own hands.
At this time, the fifth side was ready, first of all, a tall and strong guy came out of each stone platform, copied a stick with an iron hoop, picked it up and shone a stick behind the pig's ear, and knocked the pig unconscious at once, and then another person held a sharp knife with a cow's ear, very skillfully pierced the pig's neck, and when the knife was pulled away, the dark red pig's blood immediately flowed out, and there was a basin below. At this time, the pig was also awakened by the severe pain, and began to struggle and howl desperately, but it was pressed on the stone platform by the people around him, and he couldn't struggle at all, and as the blood flowed out more and more, the pig's howl slowly weakened, and then slowly only the dying moan.
When she saw this, she was already frightened and covered her eyes with her hands, after all, for her, the scene in front of her was still too bloody, but the child's curiosity made her still a little unwilling, and after a while, her fingers opened a slit, and her big eyes secretly looked out.
After the blood was drained, the pig was also dead, and the people around the stone platform lifted the pig and threw it into the cauldron that had boiled water, and after a while it was lifted out again, and then blew and removed the hair, and finally poured the boiled rosin onto the pig, and some of the unscraped just sticky down, and the dehaired pig was not as dirty as before, but became white and fat, and even looked a little cute.
But the next thing is not cute, the next thing is to disembowel, Li Zhi they will not be able to do it immediately, although they have shot a lot of small animals, but it is the first time to see the colorful intestines and internal organs flowing all over the ground, so they said that they couldn't stand it, and after a while, they covered their mouths and ran out, and the son of the son unsurprisingly drilled into Li Su's arms as an ostrich.
Li Su is nothing, he has long been used to seeing it before, and even looking at the pieces of pork that have been divided, he actually began to drool, this is not that Li Su is perverted, but he remembered that he had not eaten pork for a long time, and remembered the fat but not greasy braised pork; Sweet and sour cucum meat; Sweet and sour, sweet and sour tenderloin on the outside and tender on the inside, Li Su's gluttony was hooked up again, and he no longer cared about his identity, so he called the fifth child to give a few orders, and without waiting for the embarrassed fifth to object, he took his son to the small kitchen.
As a person who loves to eat, Li Su attaches great importance to the kitchen, and now the small kitchen has been smeared with cement inside and out, and Li Su has also ordered a batch of porcelain tiles, which have been pasted in the kitchen, and the internal layout has also been changed by Li Su's personal guidance, so now the interior of the small kitchen is almost the same as the kitchen of those big hotels in later generations, and the chefs and helpers inside are dressed in white chef uniforms and high hats, and there is a strict division of labor for each step of operation. Hygiene is the focus of Li Su's efforts to make the fifth child pay close attention, so the whole kitchen feels quite neat and clean.
As soon as Li Zhi and the others came in, they were immediately shocked by this kind of modern kitchen, although they hadn't eaten the food yet, but seeing such a neat and orderly kitchen already made them look forward to it. The cooks all knew Li Su, and when they saw him come in and saluted, Li Su nodded with satisfaction.
After a while, the fifth child also came back, still carrying some things in his hand, Li Su's eyes were sharp, and he immediately recognized that there were good pork belly and tenderloin, as well as two pig's feet and a few pieces of pigskin.
As a carnivore, Li Su has never cared much about vegetables, so the vegetarian dishes are all set by the fifth child, and the meat He mainly picks duck meat and fish, which is mainly to take care of the son, not to mention the duck meat, Sun Simiao personally recommended it, the fish is Li Su's own decision, after all, it is always right for children to eat some fish, which can promote intellectual development.
Duck Li Su asked Lao Wu to make three cups of duck, crispy duck and iced plum duck, and the old duck soup at noon was also made again, because the duck likes to drink it very much. Li Su didn't like to eat fish much in his previous life, so he didn't know much about the practice of fish, and made a few dishes, one is the fish head tofu that Li Su has eaten, and there is a sweet and sour Yellow River carp, this is the authentic Yellow River carp, Li Su specially instructed the fifth child to go to the Yellow River to buy, and finally the fish ball, according to the practice of Fuzhou fish balls in later generations, with fish meat and flour as the skin, wrapped with shrimp meat, the size is bigger than the fist of the son.
After instructing these, Li Su carried Li Zhi on their backs again, and told the fifth child about the practice of pork and pig's feet, and then left the kitchen, and waited in the front hall for a while, and the dishes made in the kitchen were served one after another.
In addition to a few of the same vegetarian dishes, the meat dishes on Li Su's table are not fish and mutton, but the pork he asked Lao Wu to prepare just now, the dishes are very simple, only braised pork, Gu Lao meat, sweet and sour tenderloin and stuffed pig's feet, and there is also a pork skin jelly boiled with pig skin, mixed with vinegar and garlic juice, these are Li Su's favorite dishes in his previous life.
Waiting for everyone to sit down, Li Su said with a smile: "Come, how about tasting the dishes made by the sixth brother?" After speaking, he didn't care about Li Zhi and them, he first took a piece of braised pork with a bright red color and threw it into his mouth, and it was indeed made by the fifth child, although it was the first time to make this dish, but he had already made the characteristics of braised pork that was fat but not greasy, and it was soft and melted in the mouth.
"Hey, Sixth Brother, why is your food different from ours?" Li Zhi ate a few bites of the dish and found that it was really delicious, but he accidentally glanced at Li Su's table, but found a problem, so he asked. When Qinghe and the others heard this, they all noticed this problem, and they all looked at Li Su with puzzled eyes.
"Hmm~, this problem?" Li Su had already thought of a countermeasure in his heart, deliberately hesitated for a moment, and replied with a sad face: "Alas, in fact, you don't know, Sixth Brother, I have some physical problems during this time, and the doctor prescribed me a strange prescription, asking me to eat more pork during this time, you must not spread it, otherwise others will laugh at Sixth Brother." ”
"Sixth brother, are you sick, isn't it serious?" As soon as the son heard that Li Su had a problem with his body, he immediately threw down his chopsticks and ran to him with a concerned face and asked. Qinghe and Gao Yang were both suspicious, although they felt that the sixth brother's words were a little suspicious, but they couldn't find any obvious suspicions, after all, in their cognition, if they weren't forced to be helpless, Li Su wouldn't have eaten the pork that only those people eat.
"Don't worry, the sixth brother's illness is not serious, but sometimes he will salivate more, be restless, and do things a little bit sloppily, it is estimated that it is still the sequelae left by the last injury." Li Su patted his son's head and smiled, what he said was all the truth, salivation increased, and his heart was restless, and anyone who was hungry was this kind of reaction.
"Huh? Sixth brother, this pork is so fragrant, can you taste it? The little girl suddenly sniffled, stared at the braised pork on the table with a greedy look and asked. It's all because the old five is so good, and the tempting aroma hooks the son all of a sudden.!!