Chapter Eighty-Nine: Xiao Lu's Cooking Skills
At noon the next day, Ti Yun looked at the soup and water on the table, the rare two plates of stir-fried vegetables, and had a headache and kept knocking on the table with his knuckles. As a southerner in the 21st century, she was born in a province where she grew up spicy, and although she later went to Shanghai to work, her taste changed, but the essence of her taste is still spicy.
She thought about it carefully, as if she had never seen a plant like "chili pepper" in the eight years since she had traveled here. She carefully recalled the historical miscellaneous books she read in modern times, and suddenly remembered that chili pepper is an alien plant, which was introduced to the Central Plains at the end of the Ming Dynasty according to history, and was not widely spread among the people until the Guangxu period.
But she had never heard of a "Nanchengguo" in history, and there was an emperor surnamed Qian. It shows that this dynasty does not exist in the history she studied, in other words, it is an empty dynasty.
It's a real headache, if there is no such thing as chili pepper in this era, will I have to live by eating pepper, dogwood, and pepper?
"Why don't you eat it?" Jin Feng was eating a big meal, and when he saw Tiyun not moving his chopsticks, he asked vaguely with food in his mouth.
"Rude! Swallow it! Su Rong on the side raised his slap and was about to hit her, but Jin Feng raised his head and looked at him.
"You fight, you fight......" Jin Feng arrogantly leaned his face over to Su Rong, "If you don't want Lao Tzu to toss you, you can fight!" ”
Su Rong withdrew his hand angrily.
Tiyun hesitated for a moment and asked, "You guys...... Don't you eat spicy? ”
"Spicy?" Jin Feng and Su Rong said in unison.
Yulu sandwiched the vegetables, and at this time slowed down and looked at Tiyun.
When it's over, I'll know...... It is estimated that these people may not have tasted the spicy taste. Tiyun held his forehead, and his heart was about to cry.
"Do you want spicy food?" Jin Feng looked incredulous.
Well? When Ti Yun heard Jin Feng ask her this, she immediately raised her head, nodded like garlic, and said, "Yes, yes, I like spicy food!" ”
Su Rong hesitated a little and said, "We can't afford to eat pepper, it's too expensive." Pepper...... There should be a kitchen, and if you want to eat, ask the cook to cook it for you. But we're ...... I can't stand the numbness smell. ”
Tiyun heard the word "pepper", and his eyes lit up, but he thought that it was not a pepper!
"Hey...... Is there that kind of ......" Tiyun didn't know what peppers were called here, so he tried to compare them to them, "There are many hanging on one plant, and the fruit is bent in long strips, both red and green, and the taste is very spicy......"
Several people lowered their heads and thought carefully, Su Rong said suspiciously, "How do I feel about this thing you said, where have I seen ......?"
"Oops! I seem to remember! Jin Feng bit his lip, "Isn't that what Tiyun said...... Those peppers in Senior Brother Rong's yard? ”
"Yes, it's pepper!" Tiyun was a little surprised to find that this title was the same as that of the Qing Dynasty.
"You're going to eat that?!" Su Rong shook his head in horror, "Those few peppers are ornamental potted plants that I bought with a lot of money!" Don't touch it if it's sent from Kyoto! ”
Tiyun looked at him and nodded obediently. But he silently moved towards the door, and then quickly got up and ran towards Su Rong's house.
"Hey you!" Su Rong didn't even take the fan on the table, lifted the skirt and ran after her.
Tiyun walked like a fly, and first stepped into Su Rong's yard, and after turning around, he saw the peppers lined up together. The peppers grew very well, and the owner often pruned them, and they had grown into a large plant, taller than Tiyun.
As soon as Tiyun saw the familiar red pepper, tears were about to flow, and he immediately picked one and took a bite. The spiciness spread in her mouth, and her tears really flowed, tears of joy.
It seems that she doesn't have much success in her life, so she is counting on chili peppers. Tiyun was so happy in his heart that he immediately picked up a large handful and put it in his sleeve.
At this time, Su Rong had already chased after him, grabbed Tiyun's hand and said, "Tiyun's hand!" ”
Tiyun turned his head and smiled at Su Rong and said, "Oh, don't be so stingy, this pepper will bear fruit in autumn......"
"You talk nonsense! The pepper seller told me that the tree would not bear fruit if I picked it once! Su Rong said angrily.
"Ouch, Senior Brother Rong...... I said, with your intelligence, you still have to go into business? Tiyun shook his head and sighed, "People are afraid that if you pick the fruit and grow a new plant by yourself, then he won't have any business?" People lied to you! ”
Su Rong's eyes widened and he looked at Tiyun, "What you said is true?" ”
Tiyun shook his head and sighed, raised a hand and swore, "I, Xiao Tiyun, now that I have picked your chili peppers, I will definitely give you back twenty plants this autumn, otherwise the sky will thunder!" Is that good? ”
"That's what you said! If you can't pay it back, I'll sell you to the hook bar! Su Rong eased his tone slightly.
Tiyun immediately stuffed a red pepper into his mouth, Su Rong's teeth bit through the chili, and after a while, he quickly spit it out, so spicy that he circled in place, "Tiyun, what did you give me!" It's so spicy, so spicy! ”
"Senior brother, I want to remind you, look at this chili pepper, it's the season of Xiaoman. If you don't pick this pepper again, it will be ripe and rotten, and then it will be wasted. Tiyun spit out the red pepper and shoved it into his hand.
"You picked it...... What are you doing with it? Su Rong was so spicy that he kept fanning his mouth.
"We'll see." Tiyun clapped her hands and went to the kitchen with the chili pepper in her sleeve.
Su Rong followed behind her, ready to see what she was doing.
Tiyun and Su Rong arrived in the kitchen, and the people in the kitchen stopped what they were doing and stood aside and looked at them.
"Oh, take it and wash it." Tiyun handed an aunt a dozen chili peppers.
The aunt looked at Su Rong, and Su Rong said, "If the girl tells me, do it, see what I do!" ”
Then Tiyun asked for two stoves and two pots, one to make a fire and boil the water, and the other to stand by. She took the pepper, cut it into small circles with a knife, set it aside, and smashed the garlic again. After cutting the pork, put it aside and take the bamboo shoots cut by the person who cut it.
After the ingredients are ready, beckon the servants to light the fire in the other pot, and then when the pot is hot, first put the lard, wait until the lard melts, and pour the pepper and garlic into it first. This poured in, the aroma overflowed, and a choking fragrance came to the nose, and the whole kitchen was stupid and began to swallow saliva one after another.
Tiyun put a little salt on it, then put out the peppers and garlic. Su Rong felt strange, it was just put out of the pot, what should I do with the other ingredients?
Then, Tiyun put the chili garlic in the bowl against the spoon, then tilted the bowl and poured out the oil back into the pot, and said to the person who was burning the fire, "Fire." ”
The fire under the stove was hot, Tiyun saw that the oil in the pot was boiling, poured down the bamboo shoots next to him, stir-fried for a while, saw that the bamboo shoots were almost ripe, put a little salt, and then poured half of the hot pepper and garlic in the bowl, and the whole pot began to bubble with an attractive aroma.
After stir-frying for a while, when it was about to get out of the pot, I sprinkled a handful of words and whiskers, and turned it twice at will before serving.
Tiyun said to the group, "Taste it." ”
At this time, the water in the other pot was about to boil, and Tiyun mixed some sauce and vinegar into the remaining half of the chili pepper and garlic in the bowl, heated it casually in the pot just now, and then put it aside.
The water in the other pot was boiling, Tiyun threw the cauliflower into it and scalded it, and as soon as the dish changed color, it was directly served, and after setting the plate, he poured the freshly steaming chili garlic seasoning along the cauliflower.
The heat and the smell were intertwined, and the kitchen was full of smells inside and out, and other people in the house also ran over to smell the fragrance and wanted to taste the dishes made by Tiyun.
Su Rong tasted it and couldn't help but exclaim, "The taste is so delicious!" ”
The spicy and salty flavors are intertwined, and the umami of bamboo shoots is also accompanied by the mouth, and the whole dish is not salty or light, and it is very refreshing. The kitchen gradually became more and more crowded, and after trying two different dishes, everyone fell in love with the taste.
The cauliflower was almost eaten in a short period of time, and the freshly cooked cauliflower was tender and crispy, which was originally light and tasteless, but mixed with chili sauce, you can eat a whole plate in one go.
Tiyun stood aside with a spatula and looked at everyone with a burst of pride in his heart.
That's the charm of chili peppers.
Su Rong drove away the people in the mansion and pulled Tiyun aside, "How did you do this?" It tasted so good......"
"Alas...... It's a pity that there aren't enough chili peppers, and I don't have much in my hands, otherwise I can make a table for everyone in the evening. Tiyun raised his eyes and looked at Su Rong, as if he was very sorry.
Su Rong gritted his teeth, "You picked all the peppers in my yard, right...... But well, you'll have to pay me back twenty this fall. ”
The plan succeeded, and Tiyun smiled, "Thank you, senior brother." ”
Tiyun ordered some chili peppers to be picked down, but in fact, those chili trees were so tall and produced so many chili peppers, enough for the whole house to eat for a month. But the only peppers had to be put to good use, so I didn't finish picking them.
In the evening, she made a table of dishes for several people, including chopped pepper fish head, spicy stir-fried cabbage, and fried meat with eggplant. However, in order to take care of the fragile stomachs of some people, she still made a pot of chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms.
Just after tasting it, all the people who ate it were fried, and among them, the golden wind was the main one.
"Your good skills are completely better than the chef of our restaurant!" Jin Feng exclaimed while eating, and was knocked on the head by Su Rong with a fan again.
"Swallow it before you speak!" Su Rong was not angry.
"Tiyun, I think your skills are really good, are you interested in being a cook in our restaurant?" Su Rong said with a smile.
Tiyun smiled, "I'm going to think about it." ”
Peach Blossom likes the stew that Tiyun made for her the most, as well as the plate of fried cabbage with a slightly lighter taste. Ti Yun smiled and squinted when she saw her eating, patted her head and said, "Children can't eat things with too strong taste, so my mother specially made these two dishes for you, do you like it or not?" ”
"Mother's is the best, Peach Blossom hasn't eaten for a long time." Peach Blossom raised her head at Tiyun and smiled brightly.