Chapter 23: The Back Kitchen

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"Hahaha, after so many years, it's rare to let your fourth uncle have a full meal, so don't make trouble anymore!" Li Shimin looked at the uncle and nephew with a smile and said something brainless.

Gao Yang didn't have any reaction, she thought it was this fourth uncle who was stubborn, so she had never eaten a complete meal. How did she know that Li Yuanba was sealed in Xuanbing for the first nineteen years, and in these nineteen years, she didn't even eat a single hair.

Li Yuanba, who got rid of the embarrassing situation, beckoned to Wang Ran, the head of the Shangshi Bureau, who was standing outside the protective circle of the guards.

Wang Ran trotted over, and the forbidden soldiers naturally didn't dare to stop him.

Nonsense, didn't you see that the young man before was the emperor's fourth brother, that was the prince, even the people called by the prince dared to stop him, is he tired of being crooked?

"Your Excellency!" Wang Ran knelt in front of Li Yuanba and saluted cautiously.

To tell the truth, Li Yuanba is very tired of the ancient rule of kneeling at every turn, but fortunately, he is Li Shimin's younger brother, except for his cheap second brother, he doesn't need to kneel.

"Get up and talk!" Li Yuanba waved his hand at Wang Ran and said, "How are you still planning to cook this pig?" ”

Wang Ran replied without thinking: "My lord, every year the queen and her majesty reward us with meat, we are all outside the small kitchen next to us, put a big pot, put some green onions, ginger, garlic and some coarse salt, and then put it directly in the pot to cook." ”

"Huh? Those pigs went into the water...... Is it pig intestine, pig liver, pig lung or something, also put it in the pot and cook it together? Li Yuanba raised his eyebrows and continued to ask.

"Pig large intestine...... My lord, can you eat that thing? Li Yuanba's question stopped Wang Ran, can you eat that slender and long, and smelly thing when cooked?

"......" Li Yuanba was suddenly a little speechless, it seems that Datang is really lacking in food practices, he hasn't even eaten a pig in the water, poor man!

"Prepare a pig leg for me, and then take some pork liver, lungs, intestines, etc., and send them all to the back kitchen of the middle courtyard!" Li Yuanba was silent for a long time, and after dropping a sentence, he walked directly towards the middle courtyard.

Li Changgeng and Wang Ran and others are stupid, there is nothing wrong with this master, this pig is for the palace maids and eunuchs, is it possible that this master wants to cook for these minions?

Crazy, crazy, all crazy!

Princess Gaoyang and Li Shimin were also puzzled, but when he saw Wang Ran still stunned in place, he couldn't help but scold in a low voice: "What are you doing here?" Whatever he tells you to prepare, you just have to get ready! ”

"Huh? Yes, slaves obey! Wang Ran was startled and hurried to the stone platform where the wild boar was still being processed.

At this time, Princess Gaoyang looked up at Li Shimin with a small face and said, "Father, I want to go to the back kitchen to have a look!" ”

In fact, this little girl is a drunkard, and she plans to take this opportunity to go to the back kitchen of the Shangshi Bureau to learn two tricks, after all, for women in the Tang Dynasty, cooking is also one of the compulsory courses, even if it is a princess.

As the old saying goes, if you want to capture a man's heart, you must first grab a man's stomach!

Li Shimin couldn't see Princess Gaoyang's little heart, so he just waved his hand and said, "Go, go, you little girl, if you want to steal the teacher, just say it, is it possible that I really won't let you into the back kitchen?" ”

"Hehe, I know that my father is the best!" Princess Gaoyang smiled, smiling so brightly that she showed a small dimple and a pair of tiger teeth.

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As a peerless gourmet, Li Yuanba has an almost paranoid attention to the back kitchen, in his previous life, he had his own big back kitchen, although he has not used it a few times, but the kitchenware, ingredients are complete, and clean to death, it can be said to be spotless.

Of course, although most of his time is spent on his profession, it does not affect his interest in food and research.

Therefore, the back kitchen of the Intermediate Courtyard of the Shang Food Bureau gave Li Yuanba a good impression, at least 108,000 miles better than he imagined.

Originally, in Li Yuanba's opinion, since the food culture of Datang is so scarce, it must be impossible for the back kitchen to be so clean, but after entering the back kitchen, he realized that he was wrong.

The kitchen in the middle of the courtyard of the Shangshi Bureau, with an area of about 300 square meters, has been painted with something similar to cement inside and out, the ground is a shiny marble floor, and the walls of the entire kitchen are also pasted with white porcelain fired in Changnan Town, which is now Jingdezhen, which makes the whole kitchen look bright, and the heart is bright just by looking at it.

In addition, the interior of the kitchen is also very elaborate, in addition to the six windows that open downwards on the wall, there are 6636 lanterns hanging from the roof. On the wall is a row of cabinets made of fine red sandalwood, carved and filled with all kinds of iron, aluminum, porcelain, and wooden kitchen utensils; In the middle are three long tables, on which are washed vegetables, seemingly various spices, and long tables for chopping, carving, and modeling.

As for the things that were on the side of the fire, there were ten stoves, large and small, near the west wall, which were boiling boiling hot water suddenly, and they didn't know what the cupboards were going to do.

At this moment, there were more than a dozen cupboard doors in black chef clothes and aprons in the back kitchen were busy, and suddenly saw Li Yuanba break into the back kitchen, and the cooks who were busy were all stunned, because none of them knew Li Yuanba.

Seeing that these cooks seemed to be a little stupid, Li Yuanba hurriedly greeted: "What's that...... You're busy with yours, I'm just coming in and having a look, what's will, what's next! ”

Nima, what's free? This is the back kitchen of the Shangshi Bureau, and the food is important, so not everyone can come in casually.

Just when they wanted to ask Li Yuanba about his origin, Wang Ran, the chef, followed Li Yuanba's ass into the back kitchen, and she was still carrying some things in her hand.

Li Yuanba's eyes were very poisonous, and he immediately recognized that among these things were fine pork belly, tenderloin, as well as half a pig's foot, a few pieces of pigskin, and some pigs' water.

Wang Ran is the top boss of these cabinets, and when she entered the back kitchen, she first saluted Li Yuanba respectfully, and then scolded the cabinets who were still stunned: "What are you all doing in a daze, why don't you come over and give a salute to the adults?" ”

My lord?

The cupboards were shocked, and immediately secretly breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, they didn't offend him just now, otherwise, they would still be able to stand here and talk at this time! After all, the status of the cook in the current Tang Dynasty is very low, even if it is a small eunuch in the palace, they dare not offend lightly.

"The little one has seen this adult, so he didn't salute the adult, and asked the adult to forgive him!" A group of cooks knelt in front of Li Yuanba, and they all trembled when they spoke.

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