Chapter 35: Banquet Dishes (Part II)
Everyone felt the same thing in an instant, as if they were holding their pee and feeling pressed back down. It's just that this feeling is faint and not obvious, and as the next dish comes up, everyone forgets about it again.
Of course, this is also the result of Zhu Xin's deliberate arrangement, every time he just finished eating, the next dish came up immediately. Everyone was attracted by the deliciousness, and his small actions were naturally ignored. Especially that feeling is not strong enough, and everyone's reaction is not obvious.
"The second main course, lamb button meat." Sun Kai announced, and the dishes were served, three yuan per person, and there was no more.
Let's just say that the previous beauty hooves, four yuan per person, strictly speaking, are two pig's trotters. If a pig has four hooves, and there are more than ten people attending the banquet, then eight pigs must be used.
Fortunately, the pork was made into a dish, and it was given to the ordinary soldiers outside. In addition, there is no meat on pig's trotters, let alone fat, so the butchers in Liyang have accumulated a lot, but it is cheaper than Zhu Xin.
In addition, it is this sheep button, if it is a banquet of more than ten people at a table, a plate of sheep buckles looks like a lot. In fact, three pieces per person may not be enough, and two pieces per person will have a little left.
Zhu Xin felt that three pieces were the best, after all, he had just eaten pig's trotters, and if he ate too many sheep buckles, it would really be greasy.
Generally speaking, it has started to get greasy, but everyone's stomach has just started to start at full strength, so I haven't felt much yet.
So I went down with chopsticks, picked it up and put it in my mouth, the skin was crispy and the meat was soft, and the gravy mixed with spices burst out in my mouth. I felt a little bit of mutton smell, but I didn't feel uncomfortable, and even had a wild feeling.
"It's so tender mutton, it's the position of the lamb belly, right?" Sun Ce took a piece and asked excitedly.
"Yes, that's it. The black goat is chosen, the smell is very small, the meat is tender and fragrant, and it is not rotten for a long time. Zhu Xin nodded, this mutton has been stewed for an hour, after all, there is no pressure cooker, but it has been stewed for so long, and it is soft but not rotten.
It's not rotten, it's just the outside, and after biting it, the inside is already full of absorbed spices and gravy, and the teeth squeeze it a little, and it immediately gushes out. The umami aroma suddenly filled the mouth, and the feeling of being about to explode vaguely rose, and then was suppressed again. After all, Zhu believed in yuba and thyme, and locked the delicacy at a critical value.
Looking at the diners present, everyone's faces were slightly ruddy, not because they had eaten too much, nor because they were on fire, but they had a lot of energy in their hearts, and they had begun to show it gradually.
"It's the black goat over there in Wuling?" Qin Song seemed to know about this thing, "Can you find it here in Liyang?" ”
"When I was in Hefei before, I asked a merchant to buy it, and we had it at this table, but other tables didn't have this blessing." Zhu Xin said with a smile. At this time, Guizhou was an area of Yizhou Qiqi County, with a small population and a mix of barbarians.
There are also black goats over there, but the price is too expensive to transport them from there, mainly from Wuling. After all, a large part of Wuling County is also within the scope of Guizhou in later generations.
"There aren't many of these things, and it's rare to encounter them here in Liyang. Even if you encounter it, it is basically sold out by local wealthy families, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to eat it. I have to say, this tastes really good! Chen Duan sighed.
The number of black goats is not large, and even fewer are sold to Koto. He is a son of the Chen family in Guangling, Xuzhou, but none of the family has been able to buy a black goat a few times. I heard that this thing is delicious, but I haven't eaten it and I don't feel it, but now I find out that it is true.
"Next, ginger roasted squid tube!" Seeing that everyone finished eating, Sun Kai immediately announced, and dishes were brought one after another.
Ginger is red ginger, and this thing belongs to pickled products, not that there is a kind of ginger called 'red ginger'.
After pickling, the spiciness decreases significantly and the sweetness increases, after all, sugar is also added. This thing is very good for clearing the mouth, and it is also very good for relieving greasy, yes, this thing is also an inhibitor. The purpose is very simple, that is, to continue to suppress the first few dishes, which are about to explode, for a period of time.
Normally, everyone eats a very delicious dish, and the feeling of this dish will be transmitted from the taste buds to the brain through the nerves. After the brain discerns, it secretes dopamine and other chemical components to make the mood happy.
What Zhu Xin wants to do is to delay the brain's response mechanism. Let the signal be transmitted to the brain, but the brain does not form a follow-up response because of the sluggishness. However, the brain itself has not lost its function, and it can eat the taste of the food, and the sense of happiness that will occur after eating the food will lag.
All dishes are served in a certain order, so the deliciousness will continue to stack up and will not deteriorate. Happiness will only increase, not deteriorate. This is a special way to play at banquets, and it can't be done when you usually taste every dish at will.
"Why is ginger red?" Sun Ce picked up a piece of ginger and asked, "Sour taste, but not spicy." ”
"Don't like ginger?" Zhu Xin keenly felt her special emotions towards Jiang.
"I didn't like ...... before," Sun Ce smiled, and then put the red ginger in his mouth, "But this kind of problem is not a big problem." ”
The taste of ginger is very light, it is not very rushed, and the sweet and sour feeling is very pleasant. It just so happened that I was a little greasy before eating, and the taste of ginger just suppressed the greasy feeling. At the same time, I sandwiched a piece of squid tube and put it in my mouth, the Q bomb was delicious, the refreshing umami of the squid was very comfortable, and the slight fishy smell was well removed by the red ginger.
"But this red ginger is really powerful, it tastes very comfortable, even if it is directly used as a snack." Sun He laughed.
"It doesn't seem like there's a combat mission right now, so it shouldn't be a big problem to drink a little wine, right?" Zhu Xin looked at Sun Ce.
"No, no, unless you stay for a long time, or return to Shouchun to settle down, you can't drink." Sun Ce shook his head, he could usually be a child, but in terms of military affairs, the education she received did not allow him to do so.
"That's no ......," Zhu Xin threw a helpless look at Sun He.
Fortunately, the latter is used to this, and it doesn't matter. In the military, it's nothing to be strict. Rest in the future, and you must not get drunk again. This wine that I haven't drunk for a long time has a different taste when I drink it.
"Next, shrimp spring rolls." Sun Kai shouted, the next dish has come up, to put it bluntly, two spring rolls. And it is written diagonally in two pieces, which looks like there are four pieces on a plate, which is quite a lot.
When Zhu Xin used to watch "The Lonely Gourmet", he saw some Chinese restaurants selling two cut spring rolls as one spring roll. It looks like four is a lot, but it's not just two?
And it's slightly smaller than the common spring rolls in China, and then cut them in half, almost one bite at a time. It's just that the people over there have small mouths and eat them in two bites, otherwise these four spring rolls will be gone if they are not enough for a few bites.
The main ingredients are shrimp, pork, carrots and water chestnuts, pork and carrots, which are designed to awaken the brain's memory of quails and beauty hooves. At the same time, water chestnuts and carrots also play the role of moderators.
But obviously, the effect of the same material will be greatly reduced, so Zhu Xin actually didn't plan to completely suppress this dish.
A sudden outburst in one breath will be very abrupt, and it will also be harmful to the body, it must be released gradually, and there are three dishes, after three dishes, let everything reach the top, and then end perfectly, this is Zhu Xin's plan!