Chapter 16: The Chef
Early in the morning, Hua Mian stood in the group of maids and routinely snorted, Aunt Juan in front arranged the work assignment of the day, and Hua Mian, who was hiding in the back row, did not listen to her ears at all, just when she was in a daze, she suddenly heard Aunt Juan shouting "Xia Hua Mian" to wake Hua Mian from her sleepy state.
"Huamian will be transferred to the small kitchen as the head cook from today, and the residence does not need to be changed, and the monthly money is still opened by the maid's house."
"Xiao Yanagi came to me early in the morning to ask for someone, I have to be more careful in the past, the chef is no better than a handyman, and I have to take care of the food of the maids in the yard, and I must not be careless."
Hearing Aunt Juan say this, Hua Mian was a little embarrassed, the job transfer was so easy? It looks like I want to go.
"If there's anything in the yard that can't be busy, Aunt Juan sent someone to the small kitchen to call me, I'm sure I'll help"
"That's not necessary, I'm thanking the gods for not messing with me."
There was a snickering voice from the group of maids, Hua Mian scratched her head to hide her embarrassment, although Aunt Juan had a powerful mouth, she was actually very kind in her heart, and she didn't make up for the leaks that Hua Mian broke through during this time, and let Hua Mian contact the work in the yard was also to find a suitable position for her, and now she can go to the small kitchen to work because of the previous work arrangement.
There was no delay, after the assignment of work, I went to the small canteen to prepare the dishes of the day, and the dishes required every day were counted one day in advance and handed over to the purchase early in the morning to prepare, and some of the stored dried vegetables, bacon and a small amount of fresh vegetables and fruits were provided by themselves from a vegetable plot carved out at the back of the yard.
The roadside leading to the small canteen has to pass through a lotus pond, the weather has just begun to warm up in spring, although there are no lotus flowers, but a pool of tender green lotus leaves, the flowers sleep and stand on the edge of the pond, looking at the lotus leaves that appear in the mind is a kind of food that I like to eat when working overtime, I used to eat it often when I worked overtime, so I was used to it, and I didn't eat it for a while but I missed it a little.
Without hesitation, he immediately decided on the lunch menu, bent down and knelt beside the pool and reached out to grab a handful of lotus leaves, which were still tender at this time, exuding a faint fresh fragrance.
Sister Liu went back to the small canteen early in the morning and began to scrub busily, found a suitable chef, and after dividing the work, she could reduce a lot of burden, and Huamian's craftsmanship was also quite outstanding, yesterday from the chatter between the two learned that they were all Huamian's hometown dishes, and when Huamian walked into the small kitchen with lotus leaves, Sister Liu's cleaning work was also roughly completed.
"Sister Liu, what are the menus ordered today?" Putting down the lotus leaf in her hand, Hua Mian pulled the bamboo basket and sat down beside Sister Liu, and began to clean up the vegetables in the basket.
"The canteen is scheduled to provide stir-fried cucumbers with sauce and meat, assorted green vegetables, bamboo shoots and ham soup, and an eight-treasure dish on the side of the superior maid and steward."
"The ingredients for these dishes are enough, Sister Liu, I want to use some ingredients to make one more staple food" Hua Mian pointed to a handful of lotus leaves placed on the table, and when she passed by the lotus pond and saw the green leaves in the pond, she suddenly wanted to eat lotus leaf fried rice.
"If you want to make menu changes, the only materials available are today, and lotus leaves can be eaten? Miss Huamian's hometown cuisine is really incredible" Sister Liu suddenly thought that Huamian is a homeless, and the hometown of the homeless may not be able to eat any good ingredients, so she will find a way to make the existing ingredients swallow, which is also the wisdom of the homeless.
"That's enough, I'm going to make more lotus leaf fried rice today"
"Lotus leaf fried rice? How to eat this lotus leaf? Sister Liu took the lotus leaf in her hand and looked at it a few times, but she didn't think of what to do with it.
"Don't eat lotus leaves, lotus leaf fried rice is mainly to borrow the aroma of lotus leaves, when the weather is hotter and the lotus flowers bloom, the lotus flowers will rob the breath of the lotus leaves, and then make lotus leaf fried rice The taste will be completely different."
Wash the lotus leaves picked back, put them in the pot and steam them slowly over low heat, on the other hand, the chicken is slapped and cut into cubes and marinated, the ham bamboo shoots and green vegetable stalks are also cut together and placed on the plate for later use, the steamed rice is poured into the egg liquid and stirred, the pot is spread with a circle of steamed lotus leaves, and then the rice is poured into the lotus leaves and fried in oil over high heat until it is half-cooked and various side dishes and seasonings are added, and a lotus leaf is spread on the bottom of the plate, and two spoons of fried rice are served.
On the other side, throw the whole lotus leaf into the soup pot, pour in the sauce, first put in the thinly shredded ham and bamboo shoots, beat in the egg drop when it is half-cooked, and finally add the washed greens.