Chapter 8 Cook by yourself
Everything that should be said has been said, Du Xiaomeng said goodbye to Xiao Gongzi and left Ruyi Studio.
After walking a few steps, Du Xiaomeng stopped and asked, "Xiaoliu, where should the vegetable market go?" ”
"This way." Liu Lu pointed in one direction, and then asked confusedly, "Madam, are you going to the vegetable market?" Why do you go to the wet market? ”
Du Xiaomeng turned around and walked in the direction she pointed, saying as she walked, "Go grocery shopping." ”
Liu Lu reacted and asked, "What?" Madam, what did you just say to Xiaohong that you cooked and cooked by yourself, are you serious? "Isn't that just a casual remark to fool people?
Du Xiaomeng turned around, winked at her mischievously, and said, "Of course it's true." When will your wife, when will I not speak? ”
"Madame, do you know how to cook?" Liu Lu asked uncertainly. Suddenly hearing her wife say that she could cook, her reaction was the same as Zhan Qi's, and she was deeply skeptical of Du Xiaomeng's cooking skills.
has been suspected again and again, Du Xiaomeng is a little dissatisfied, does she look like a waste wood who can only wait to eat and drink? She rolled her eyes angrily and said, "What's so strange about me being able to cook?" I'll show you how to cook today! ”
Liu Lu asked curiously, "What are you going to cook for that lady?" ”
"Stuffed tofu with a hundred flowers, fried hibiscus eggs, and taro button meat."
Du Xiaomeng said the names of the dishes to be made today one by one, and Liu Lu was confused. She couldn't help but ask, "Madam, there are flowers and hibiscus, are you going to use flowers to cook?" Can you eat a dish made from flowers? ”
Du Xiaomeng smiled and asked, "Xiaoliu, haven't you heard of these dishes?" ”
Liu Lu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No." Madame, tell me how these dishes are made? ”
Du Xiaomeng pretended to be mysterious and said: "You'll know when I make it." ”
Liu Lu wanted to know what those dishes that she hadn't heard of right away, but Du Xiaomeng's mouth was very tight, and she didn't reveal a word to hang her appetite. I couldn't ask why, so I had to press my curiosity and wait to see how her wife showed her skills.
Du Xiaomeng and Liu Lu walked for about half an hour talking and laughing, and finally saw the vegetable market not far in front.
The vegetable market here is an open-air square divided into several large blocks by several different stalls, and different places sell different things.
Before I even stepped into the vegetable market, I smelled a smell mixed with a variety of flavors, which is the unique smell of the vegetable market. In this mixed smell, there is a faint fresh aroma mixed in, and when you smell it, it looks like the aroma of grapefruit.
Sure enough, the first thing that greeted you as soon as you entered the vegetable market was a stall selling fruits, and each stall had a pile of grapefruit on it. Those round green grapefruits are like mighty overlords, occupying the most prominent position in the stalls, and they are very domineering to squeeze aside other fruits that are far inferior to them in quantity, quantity, and size.
Seeing piles of grapefruits, Du Xiaomeng said unexpectedly: "There are so many grapefruits." ”
Liu Lu took over with a smile and said, "There must be a lot of grapefruit at this time, it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival!" ”
Hey? There is also a Mid-Autumn Festival in this time and space?
Du Xiaomeng couldn't help asking: "How long will it take to get to the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”
"Today is the twenty-sixth day of July, and August 15 is the Mid-Autumn Festival...... "Liu Lu calculated seriously, "it will be the Mid-Autumn Festival in 19 days." ”
Du Xiaomeng asked with some curiosity: "How did you spend the Mid-Autumn Festival?" ”
Liu Lu replied: "The family sits together to admire the moon, light lanterns, eat moon cakes, and celebrate reunion." Madam, do you also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival like this? ”
Du Xiaomeng smiled and said lightly: "It's the same." ”
Yes, it sounds the same as the Mid-Autumn Festival she remembers. She hadn't had a Mid-Autumn Festival for many years, and the things that Liu Lu said about the Mid-Autumn Festival, such as "celebrating reunion", were strange and distant things to her.
The grapefruit around her, she didn't feel anything a moment ago, but this moment made Du Xiaomeng feel a little uncomfortable, and the green color made her eyes hurt. She suppressed the strange emotions in her heart and walked quickly from the grapefruit stall.
There are more things that can be bought in the vegetable market than Du Xiaomeng imagined. She could find all the ingredients she needed, and it didn't take long to buy everything she needed.
After checking it and making sure that nothing was missing, Du Xiaomeng went home.
When Zhan Qi had something to do, he rarely went home for lunch, and mostly ate in the barracks or other errands. Therefore, Du Xiaomeng was not in a hurry to cook, she asked Liu Lu to send things to the kitchen first, took a nap after lunch, and then played Go with Zhan Li for a while, and then asked Liu Lu to take her to the kitchen.
When Du Xiaomeng appeared in the kitchen, everyone stopped what they were doing and raised their heads to cast strange glances at her. Although I had heard Liu Lu say before that her wife would come to cook the food herself, everyone thought that it was just a casual talk about the lady's fun, and they didn't expect her to really come.
Du Xiaomeng calmly faced everyone's eyes, greeted everyone with a smile very close to the people, and then instructed Liu Lu to take out a box of pastries that he bought in the vegetable market before for everyone to eat, and then said: "I want to borrow the kitchen to cook a few dishes for a while, it won't bother everyone, right?" ”
An uncle who looked like a cook stood up and said with a kind smile: "How can it be troublesome? Madame can use it with confidence, and use it casually. If there's anything we need help with, just say it! ”
"Thank you." Du Xiaomeng gratefully nodded to the uncle, and then asked Liu Lu to put all the ingredients on the board, rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start work.
She picked up a taro and was about to peel it, but Liu Lu immediately took the paring knife and said, "Madam, I'll help you peel it." ”
Ready to cut meat and peel shrimp, the chef's uncle danced with a kitchen knife, and was willing to do it for him; was about to crack the eggs, and another aunt took it over and helped her get it ready.
The crowd in the kitchen circled around her, so that she didn't have to do anything, just stood by and pointed out the command, waiting for everyone to process all the ingredients and put them in front of her.
Potkafi stuffed tofu, the ingredients used are shrimp, tofu and fatty meat. The method is to chop the shrimp meat into a puree, mix it with the fat meat that has been cut into small grains out of the water, and then grab, knead, pat and shake the shrimp and meat until it is sticky and sticky, and then the meat puree mixed with the shrimp and fat meat is hooked up with a spoon and a small ball, gently press it on the top of the tofu that is cut into half an inch thick, pour some soy sauce and put it in the pot to steam, and then sprinkle a handful of green onions after steaming.
Pan-fried hibiscus eggs are a dish that can be freely matched with meat or vegetables, and Du Xiaomeng chose chicken and tooth vegetables this time. Fry the chicken and tooth cabbage until it is almost there, then pour the egg juice and fry it into a round pancake shape, spread it out on the cutting board and cut it into equal triangles, and put it on a plate to arrange the shape.
As for the taro button meat, it is to cut the taro and pork belly into thin slices, adjust the meat to taste, and then clamp the layers of pork belly and taro, and then put it in a pot of water to steam. This dish is time-consuming because the main ingredients have to be sliced, but with the help of everyone in the kitchen, it has become the least troublesome dish.
As soon as Du Xiaomeng finished a few dishes, a mother came to the kitchen and said, "The general is back, and the master said that it can be served!" ”
The timing was just right.
Du Xiaomeng first took out three small bowls and put some dishes each, put them in the food box and asked Liu Lu to send them to Qiusha, and then brought a large tray to put the three dishes away, and walked towards the dining room.