Chapter 133: The Competition
Three days passed quickly, this day was the third day of March, in the morning Nangong Qing led the civil and military officials to do a grand and solemn worship ceremony, after the worship ceremony was the cooking competition held in the palace.
Because March 3 is not only the Shangsi Festival, but also the folk daughter's festival, on this day, whether it is the official lady or the girl of the common people, a ceremony and banquet will be held, so the cooking competition in the palace is purely a banquet for the concubines in the palace.
The venue for this banquet was chosen by Queen Cheng Lingyue in Changchun Garden.
Changchun Garden is a courtyard-style courtyard, with a large open space in the middle, surrounded by two-story houses, because it is made to listen to the opera, so both upstairs and downstairs are very open, without the shade of pillars and window lattices.
This time it was for tasting the dishes, so the seats were all set up on the first floor, and several rows of stoves were set up in the open space in the middle, enough for a dozen or twenty concubines to play at the same time.
Sitting in the main hall in the center are the Queen Mother, the Emperor, the Empress Cheng Lingyue, Lin Guifei, Concubine Shu, Concubine De, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Zhuang, who also served as judges this time.
The floors on the left and right are the seats of the concubines, Yun Xiaoxiao is sitting on the seat on the left, and she can see Nangong Qing sitting in the center as long as she looks up.
Because this competition is not chaotic, it is decided by lottery, so after deciding the number of people, everyone drew lots.
Yun Xiaoxiao didn't know if it was good luck or bad luck, the number she drew was the last one, and the same Xu Zhaorong also drew the last one, so Xu Zhaorong and a concubine at the same table as Yun Xiaoxiao changed positions and sat next to Yun Xiaoxiao.
"Sister, what kind of dishes have you prepared?" Xu Zhaorong asked curiously while looking at the first game being held in the field.
"Egg soup with shepherd's cabbage." Anyway, you can see it later, there is nothing to hide, Yun Xiaoxiao said it very generously.
This time, Xu Zhaorong's eyes widened in surprise, her mouth opened slightly, she pointed at Yun Xiaoxiao and roared in disbelief, "You might as well just give up, and return the chicken soup with shepherd's cabbage, which one do you think does this?" Why don't you think about it, how do you win? ”
Yun Xiaoxiao shrugged indifferently, she smiled and said, "Anyway, I'm not good at cooking, and I can't cook too difficult dishes, so it's better to make this simplest dish." ”
"Aren't you going to learn? Can't you even learn a dish in so long? Xu Zhaorong had an expression of deceiving a ghost, and he didn't believe that Yun Xiaoxiao really didn't learn because he didn't know it.
"I don't want to learn this smelling of oily smoke." Yun Xiaoxiao shook his head very naturally.
Xu Zhaorong heard that he looked at me and guessed correctly, with the cleverness of Yun Xiaoxiao, painting is so rare to learn, embroidery is also first-class good, definitely not an impatient person, as the saying goes, the work is more familiar, the dish will be tried a few times, the only explanation is that she doesn't want to learn at all.
And the reason why I don't want to learn is nothing more than the smell of oil smoke, which is not difficult to guess at all.
"You, let me tell you what's good?" Xu Zhaorong shook his head, gave up his persuasion of Yun Xiaoxiao, and turned his head to concentrate on watching the game in the middle.
This game has a set time, that is, two quarters of an hour, and it must be completed within two quarters of an hour, if it can't be completed, just give up.
Therefore, the games in the field are mainly fried, but the ingredients are different, judging from the actions on the spot, these people who have never entered the kitchen at all have gone through a training, and they are not as skilled as the first time to stir-fry.
The Empress Dowager in the center turned her head and muttered to Concubine Lin Guifei in a low voice, pointing to a concubine in the field from time to time to make comments.
The same queen Cheng Lingyue was also talking to Nangong Qing like this.
Concubine Shu and the others next to her also exchanged heads and ears from time to time, communicating in a whisper.
There was some food in front of everyone, but everyone was watching the performance, and no one was using the dishes on the long table.
Soon the first competition ended, and the palace maid sent all the dishes to the judges in the center.
First, Concubine Shu and Concubine De and others tasted it, and selected a few recognized as better, and then presented it to the emperor Nangong Qing, the queen Cheng Lingyue and the queen mother to taste.
Then they select the best three to move on to the next round.
Of course, everyone's tastes are different, and when there are different decisions that can't be made, the same is also presented to Nangong Qing, so that Nangong Qing can make the final decision.
Or if Nangong Qing thinks it's good, you can also let the palace maid send it up and try it, this final decision is in Nangong Qing's hands.
An hour and a half later, it was finally the last game, that is, the fifth game, where Yun Xiaoxiao and Xu Zhaorong played together.
Yun Xiaoxiao's position is in the first row, Xu Zhaorong is in the second row, although Yun Xiaoxiao's position is not in the middle, but she is very eye-catching.
Because after Su Pei'an started, the other concubines were busy quickly, chopping vegetables and cutting meat, only Yun Xiaoxiao was very slow to pick the shepherd's cabbage, the size of the shepherd's cabbage she chose was about the same, and the length was about the same, when she chose a small handful, picked up the knife, clicked, and cut off the head of the shepherd's cabbage, leaving only half a palm's length, and then boiled water, put the shepherd's cabbage down and flew the water, and then boiled the water again and beat the eggs, and started the pot.
Although she is the slowest to act, she is the first to do a good job.
Nangong Qing also saw that she made the lightest one, except for salt, only a little soybean oil was added, and her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she immediately summoned Su Pei'an, "Bring the dawn dish up." ”
"Your Majesty, her dish is so simple and difficult to get into the elegant hall, the taste is ......" Queen Cheng Lingyue thought about it and was about to say that the taste must be average, so there is no need to try it.
was refuted by Nangong Qing, "The most primitive thing, the taste is the purest, this time the main dish is shepherd's cabbage, but you see, from beginning to end, they all got it wrong, and shepherd's cabbage became a side dish instead, only this shepherd's cabbage egg soup is the best way to bring out the taste of shepherd's cabbage." ”
When Nangong Qing and Queen Cheng Lingyue were talking, Su Pei'an had already brought over the pot of shepherd's cabbage and egg soup made by Yun Xiaoxiao, and personally served half a bowl for Nangong Qing.
Nangong Qing took it, took a sip first, then tasted a mouthful of shepherd's cabbage, and then couldn't stop eating, and drank the half bowl of shepherd's cabbage egg soup in a few bites, and then ordered, "Bring another bowl over." ”
Nangong Qing no longer needs to evaluate whether it is good or not, he proves with his actions that this egg soup with shepherd's cabbage is the best.
Because for the previous dishes, he didn't even look at some of them, and even if he tasted them, he would definitely only eat one bite, and he would not go back to take a second bite.
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