12, turtle jelly (above)
Jing Wen was in charge of negotiating with the military procurement representatives outside the palace for a few days, and many agreements were reached. Especially regarding the agreement on the purchase of instant noodles, the military is purchasing in large quantities. How can you not like instant noodles, which are delicious (as opposed to dry food), nutritious (as opposed to dry food), and widely acclaimed (as opposed to dry food)? Although the price is a little more expensive, the effect is good! In order to eat instant noodles, the soldiers began to train hard. And those generals also seized the opportunity to motivate the soldiers to train, which caused the indirect improvement of the soldiers' combat effectiveness.
Jingwen finished talking about the business and immediately returned to the imperial dining room, he wanted to meet those senior brothers and masters, and he was considered to have returned to the imperial dining room. However, as soon as he returned to the Imperial Dining Room, he was immediately reprimanded by the person who found the Imperial Dining Room.
"You guys are really, you let the emperor eat instant noodles every day? Now that the emperor is on fire, you see how you solve it. Now, the queen says to me, I want to reprimand you! Listen to me...... the eunuch reprimanded the cooks in the imperial dining room so severely that the cooks in the imperial dining room could not raise their heads.
"Okay, that's all for today, you don't have to send that instant noodle to the emperor, it's ready according to the previous meal today." The eunuch said.
"Yes!" Master Hu hurriedly bowed and said.
After the eunuch left, Jingwen immediately asked Master Hu, "Master, what's wrong with this?" It's like you've been scolded! â
"Hey, it's not the instant noodles that make trouble! Recently, the emperor has been eating instant noodles every day, and he has become popular. Now that summer has just passed, the fire is still very strong. The instant noodles that the emperor ate were fried again, so they are all on fire now. Master Hu said.
Jingwen was speechless and said, "Don't you know that this instant noodle is fried, and you have to eat something cold when you eat it?" â
"How do we know? And the emperor asked us to send it, where do we dare to refuse? We are just a cook, how dare we disobey the emperor's orders! Master Hu said.
Jingwen also immediately understood, because in this era, chefs only need to cook good meals, and they don't need to pay attention to what tonic or what is the effect of the ingredients. And the chef has to learn the characteristics of those ingredients, which is only later. In this era, only doctors have to learn the properties of various medicinal herbs, and ordinary chefs don't need to learn them.
"So you've all been trained?" Jingwen asked.
"So what do we do? Now that I'm being trained, I can only endure it! Master Hu said.
Jingwen immediately thought that there would be something delicious in the future that could clear away heat and detoxify. Now that Emperor Li Shimin is on fire, I am afraid that the imperial doctor will inevitably prescribe medicine, and Jingwen also wants to take advantage of this time to please the emperor.
As a courtier, Jing Wen knew one of the rules. That is, if you have a chance, you have to please the emperor, and if you don't have a chance, you have to create a zĂ o opportunity to please the emperor. Therefore, as a courtier, you must find a way to please the emperor at all times, and this is what a courtier should do. Because of his identity, it is impossible for Jingwen to study and obtain an official position, so he can only be a courtier. Isn't it just to curry favor with the emperor and get benefits?
"Master, how is your relationship with the people in the Shang Pharmacy?" Jingwen asked.
"Okay, what do you want to do?" Master Hu asked.
Jingwen said, "I want some medicinal herbs. â
"What do you want? If it's too precious, I'm afraid I can't! Master Hu said.
"Don't worry, it won't be very precious, it's all ordinary medicinal materials." Jingwen said.
And at this time, Jingwen found a cook and said, "Senior Brother Liu, can you help me get out of the palace and help me buy some live turtles back?" â
"What do you want a turtle for?" Senior Brother Liu asked.
"Senior brother, don't worry, you go buy it! I've got another thing to eat. Jingwen said.
"Okay, since you have something new to make, I'll buy it right away!" Senior Brother Liu replied.
Then, Jingwen said to a senior brother again, "Senior brother, can you help me grind some rice into powder?" Remember, the finer the better, preferably like flour. â
"What do you want rice for? We don't eat rice now, and there aren't many rice in the market! Which senior brother said.
In this era, it is not like the south of later generations, and almost rice is the staple food. In this era, everyone eats yellow millet, that is, corn, or white flour. This kind of yellow millet was a coarse grain in later generations, but it was a staple food in this era.
"Okay!" The senior brother also replied.
After a while, Master Hu also got some medicinal herbs.
"One pound of Poria cocos, five coins of honeysuckle, one tael of raw land, five coins of plum blossoms, one tael of Mianyin Chen, one tael of prunella vulgaris, three coins of comfrey, and two coins of licorice. I've brought you all these herbs, what do you want to do? Master Hu asked.
"Master, let's talk about it later!" Jing Wenshen said mysteriously.
Soon, the man who grinded the rice, and the man who went out to buy the big turtle returned.
"Senior brother, can you help me slaughter this turtle and leave the turtle shell for me."
After the senior brother slaughtered the turtle, he gave the cleaned turtle shell to Jingwen. And Jingwen immediately smashed the turtle shell with a hammer, and then mixed it with the washed Chinese medicinal herbs.
Jingwen then mixed the rice flour into rice milk, which became a paste, which was completed.
Then, Jingwen began to boil water, and after boiling the water, Jingwen put the turtle shell and those medicinal herbs into the cauldron and boiled it for a long time. After the herbs had been boiled and the soup color had turned black, Jingwen took out the herbs. Then, Jingwen poured the rice milk into the pot. Jingwen finally stirred the rice cereal clockwise, and after more than twenty minutes, Jingwen finally stopped.
"Okay, the famous turtle jelly in the later generations has been made, and it looks pretty good!" Jingwen thought secretly.
What Jingwen made was the turtle jelly in the south of the later generations, which is a kind of health food that has the effect of clearing heat and detoxifying. Jingwen was a southerner in later generations, so this kind of turtle jelly was only circulated from the palace in the Qing Dynasty, and there was no turtle jelly in this era, so Jing Wen hated to be the inventor of turtle jelly.
"Master, and fellow brothers, you can taste it. However, it is best to mix honey with water before eating, so that the taste is better. If it's chilled, it's also very good, and it has a different flavor! Jingwen said.