Chapter 4: There is ointment in the beans

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In his previous life, he once saw a saying that "stir-frying" is a unique way of cooking in China. He really doesn't know whether this statement is right or not, saying that ancient China, whether it is material civilization or spiritual civilization, has been at the forefront of the world for a long time, and advanced nature will radiate, and radiation will naturally lead to imitation. If you don't delve into this topic in depth, you really can't tell where it is.

So when did "stir-fry" become clear in China? Some people say it's the Northern and Southern Dynasties, some say it's the Tang Dynasty, but at least in the Song Dynasty, it should have been more popular. So push it forward, what about the late Eastern Han Dynasty that was crossed by Xun? It's a pity, at least as far as Xun himself is concerned, no one can stir-fry yet.

It doesn't matter if no one will, let's know. Since Xun came to this life, or to be more precise, after entering the upper class, he can't say that he can't really eat fine clothes and jade food (because the Cao family talks about frugality), and he has eaten a lot of good things. What flies in the sky, runs underground, swims in the water, and lies in the grass...... But there is one thing, the cooking technique is relatively monotonous, basically either boiled or baked, and I have never seen stir-fried food. He really missed the taste of stir-fry in his previous life, so he wanted to study it himself.

So what raw materials and tools are needed for stir-frying? First, the iron pot. The word "pot" was originally a dialect word, and it did not refer to a cooking vessel, but to a small iron ring on the hub of a horse-drawn carriage, whose original name was "釭". Yang Xiong said in "Dialects": "Che Wei, Yan, Qi, Hai, Dai between the pot is called the pot, or the Kun, from the Guan to the west is called the Gong, and the one who holds the ointment is called the pot." In other words, in the Kanto region, all kinds of small iron rings are called pots or kun, while in the Kansai region, only those that store ointment to lubricate the hub shaft are called pots.

To put it bluntly, Xun knows that there is only a "wok" for cooking in these years. There is no pot for stir-frying.

Of course, this thing is not difficult to do, Shi Xun has already drawn a sketch and found a blacksmith to create it, and it is made into two mouths, one with two ears and one with a wooden handle. Then he drew drawings and had his carpenter make several spatulas of different sizes. Good. The tools were complete, so Hongfu diligently let the slave make a fire in the stove, rolled up his sleeves, set up the pot on the stove, and planned to show his skills. But then he was saddened - I don't have oil in the kitchen!

It would be inaccurate to say that there is no oil at all. There are several pieces of meat hanging on the beams of the house, and it's not easy to boil oil? However, in the previous life, the stir-fry was all vegetable oil, soybean oil, corn oil, blended oil, in short, vegetable oil, which was stir-fried with meat oil...... Well, reluctantly give it a try.

The result of the experiment was a complete failure, and he fried vegetarian vegetables with meat oil, not only did he accidentally have to paste the pot. And the dish out of the pot is slightly cooled, and there is a layer of ointment on it, which makes people greasy when they look at it. No, you have to find vegetable oil. It was once written in the "Book of Victory": "Beans have ointment." "It can be seen that the oil extraction technology has been understood in these years, but the problem is - asking everywhere, nine out of ten people are at a loss, and the remaining one also knows it but does not know why - what, vegetable and soybean oil? I've heard of it; Where can I get it? I don't know.

In fact, it was Xun Qian's favorite thing to eat skewers. Whether it is meat, vegetarian, mountain delicacies, or seafood, I think it is the most fragrant to roast on the fire. But in this life, he either boiled or roasted all day long, but he missed stir-frying very much, and people are always like this, the more he can't get it, the more greedy he is. As the saying goes, "A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a servant, a servant is not as good as a prostitute, and a prostitute is not as good as stealing." It's better not to steal than to steal"......

He always thought that when I was really born and had spare money, he would circle a large number of people to specialize in squeezing oil from soybeans. It's just that he can still touch some doors to make paper, and he can try to pound and soak hemp by himself - although he still failed in the end - how to squeeze oil, that is not a good idea at all. Although he has his own farm, field, and a little spare money, he really doesn't dare to throw it into this bottomless pit of research that is completely unwritten and only to satisfy his appetite.

Therefore, I had to give up stir-frying for the time being, at most, it was to fry the steak in butter and eat it - the problem is that in these years, ploughing cattle are not allowed to be slaughtered casually, and those who die of illness dare not eat them, only those who die of natural old age may also get one or two pieces of meat, which is even older than Zheng Kangcheng......

But he didn't expect that he would be able to eat fried amaranth on Xu Tanfu today, unexpectedly - although it was winter, this amaranth was obviously dry, and the taste was a little worse. Years of anticipation came at once, and he couldn't help but think of his youth in his previous life, how can you say that he is not both emotional and sad, almost burst into tears?

Anyway, this kind of scene can only appear in comics or nonsensical comedies - it's so ~ good ~ delicious ~ ! Why do I feel a faint sadness? Oh onion, it turned out to be onion......

Seeing Shi Xun's expression, Xu Tan was puzzled, and said that my wife's cooking is so unpalatable? Do you need to cry when you need this? Hurriedly asking, is it not to your taste?

Shi Xun let out a long breath, smiled at Gan's first, and then turned to Xu Tan: "No, Mrs. Zun's skills, there is no right in the world." It's just that this kind of cooking method, only Xianyu knows a little bit about it, and since Xun lost it, he has never tasted it, so he is sentimental and sad. ”

Xu Tan nodded, and put down the stone in his heart - it turned out that your mother had made this kind of dish for you, and she had never eaten it since your mother died, this is missing her relatives, so she was sad - "The service is really pure and filial." ”

Shixun didn't want to continue on this topic, so he turned to Gan and asked, "This cooking method should be made with vegetable oil...... This ......" Gan said: "The name of the concubine in the countryside is 'fried'. "It was Xun Xin who said that of course I knew that it was fried, and I thought you didn't know, but you used other words-" Stir-fry vegetables in vegetable oil. Since the death of the first concubine, Xun has also tried many times, but there is no vegetarian oil to obtain, I don't know ...... Mrs.

Xu Tan said with a smile: "There is oil in the beans, which can be squeezed and obtained, which is not known to ordinary people." Neiko can do this, so my house also has a special oil extractor, if you love this thing, you can give a few Ou. ”

It was Xun Daxi, and he quickly stood up and gave Xu Tan a deep sigh: "So, I can't thank you enough!" Xu Tan waved his hand again and again: "Little things, why thank you?" Since the waiter loves this dish, he can eat more. ”

So the feast officially began, and Shi Xun ate a plate of fried amaranth in the blink of an eye, but when he raised his head after eating, he suddenly realized - hey. When did Gan leave? Ah, it's a big loss to not be able to look at her twice.

Looking down at the plate with the red soup left, he couldn't help but say: "The so-called 'full warm thoughts' yinyu", the mouth and stomach are still before the lower body, this statement is true!" Pick up the plate and "sigh and snore." I cleaned the juice too. If you weren't a guest at someone's house, but you would have tasted it at home by yourself, maybe you would stick out your tongue and lick it very ungracefully......

It's just a pity that the real stir-fry is just the beginning of this plate, and the back is what grilled wild doves, mixed fish tart, stuffed lamb, steamed bacon, although the taste is also very good. There was no surprise when Shixun ate it. He has been going to banquets everywhere these days, and when it comes to the delicacy and deliciousness of cooking, Gan's craftsmanship can be ranked in the top three, but it is not yet to the point of dominating the top.

He thought about Gan in his heart, and he thought about stir-frying, and what Xu Tan said, he just said perfunctory. I didn't go to my heart. It wasn't until he said goodbye and returned home with two large pots of soybean oil sent by the Xu family, that he suddenly remembered that Xu Tan was so polite to me, he must have asked for something, what did he ask for? The most hateful and coarse person refuses to say it explicitly, and wants to learn from others to beat around the bush, but I don't have the heart to guess how many roundworms you have in your stomach today. Think about it. But I couldn't help but wonder: there is still a lot of time, and I will definitely deal with that ugly thing—even if it's not for Gan's, but for stir-frying—and wait for him, and then carefully explore the truth from his words, don't worry.

As soon as Shixun returned home, he immediately asked the servant to take soybean oil and follow him to the kitchen. The cook had just finished preparing his meal. I was about to put out the fire, when I suddenly saw my master walking over with his hands behind his back and eagerness, and I couldn't help but feel a chill in my heart. The heart said, "Is it true that I have stolen the leftover meat from my master's house?" Hurry up and greet him. However, the master just rolled up his sleeves and looked after him: "Raise the fire again." ”

The chef's heart said what are you doing with your sleeves? Are you going to hit me? But why is it still called a fire? Do you have to roast me with fire? It's too cruel, isn't it? Frightened, his knees weakened and he knelt down: "Little, villain is guilty!" ”

Shi Xun was stunned for a moment, suddenly raised his face, and asked viciously: "Who sent you, tell me honestly!" The cook was inexplicable: "Who sent what?" Didn't the villain be brought by the housemother from Xuzhou? The villain has been a cook for three generations in the Cao family in Xuzhou, and he shouldn't have coveted these small profits, but recently the children in the family were sick and weak, so he stole a piece of meat and boiled some soup for him to eat - the master forgives him! The villain is willing to deduct it from the money at the market price. ”

It turned out to be stealing meat to eat, which is a trivial matter. Shi Xun let out a sigh of relief, and pouted: "Get up, I tell you to do something, you will do something, and when you do it well, you will be forgiven of your innocence—first raise the fire, and then bring my iron pot and vegetable shovel...... Take the eggs and shallots. ”

The cook wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, hurriedly did as he was told, first lit the fire, and then brought out the iron pot and wooden shovel that the master's family had specially taken from the village outside the city, but did not know what to do, but only ordered to be maintained. Shi Xun knocked six eggs in one go, sprinkled some salt grains, stirred them with chopsticks, and ordered the worker to chop the dried leeks and shallots, mix them together, and then set up a pot on the stove, pour some soybean oil, and when the oil was hot, pour the egg liquid in-

The sound of "click" frightened the cook and couldn't help but take two steps back. Shi Xun glanced at him: "It's a good life, I'll only teach this once, and I will ask you to make this dish in the future - this method is called stir-frying." "I took the wooden shovel and flipped it a few times, and the next tempting fragrance came to my face.

There is a proverb in later generations: "A penny is difficult to defeat a hero." But I don't know that now it is "a drop of oil that wants to be a clever debater". Shi Xun looked at the yellow and fragrant scrambled eggs in the pot, and he couldn't help but feel like he was boiling in his heart, and he had mixed feelings. remembered that in his previous life, he had read a web novel, Qin Shi Huang reversed himself to modern times, and returned to his own era after two years, and then thought about it day and night for a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, tea ...... Don't think about wine and food. Compared with his own experience, it can be seen that the author writes really profoundly, and he must be a foodie!

was feeling proud when he suddenly heard Cao Miao's slightly annoyed voice outside the door: "Husband, what are you doing?!" ”

ps: I'm going to pick up the kids in a while, this chapter is out in advance.