Chapter 60: The Ninth Princess's Birthday
After buttoning the lid of the box, Renault said happily: "Open the meal, I'm going to starve to death." ”
The chef over there immediately began to set up the meal, and these days, the small kitchen of the princess's courtyard prepares meals all day.
"Yihe, you have done a great favor, what reward do you want?" Renault asked as he ate, in a good mood.
"Sir, Yihe doesn't need a reward, and I'm satisfied to be a waitress by my husband's side. The ninth princess said while making vegetables.
"Hypocrisy, don't bring your palace habits here, what do you want, just say it. Renault laughed.
The ninth princess thought about it very seriously this time, what did she want? As the most beloved princess of the Great Chu Emperor, there was no shortage of goods, as for marriage, she didn't dare to think about it now, what else did she need?
At this time, Si Ji said: "Sir, today is the birthday of the ninth princess." These days, the gentleman is busy, and the princess doesn't think about tea and dinner, and she has lost a lot of weight. ”
"Stand down, don't talk nonsense. The ninth princess said, how can you intervene in front of Mr., if Mr. is angry, it will be a capital crime.
"Oh?" Renault looked up, not to mention, the ninth princess seemed to have really lost a lot, she had been wearing a veil, until this moment, Renault didn't know what the ninth princess looked like, she could only see the figure.
"Siji, you want to make the princess fat...... "Renault is not a dead fat house, so he naturally knows that some words are not suitable for saying in front of beautiful women, even ugly women.
"Yes, if the princess were fuller, she would be more beautiful. "Si Ji is not afraid of the nine princesses, the four female officials grew up with the princess, and they are like sisters. This is not just a casual talk, as long as the nine princesses are alive, they are personal female officials, if the nine princesses marry, they are accompanying the concubines, if the nine princesses have an accident, they will be martyred.
The real life and death together, this is etiquette, and it is much more sincere than those old men who are full of life and death.
"That's easy. Renaud smiled, continue to eat meat, lose weight at any time, it is difficult, it is much easier to gain weight, as long as there is not a problem with the spleen and stomach.
Sweets, how many girls can refuse sweet and delicious sweets?
You let Renault smelt steel, it's a lot of work, let him make paper, and throw it directly to the Ninth Princess, let him build a flush toilet, but still don't have a clue.
But you want to say dessert, hehehe......
Don't be too easy, Renault used to be a dessert lover, who said that only girls like it, and they like it too.
After a little thought, I have an idea, birthday, the best birthday cake, it looks good and is easy to make, change to something else, Renault may not know where to start, this is simple.
"Huya, tell Cui Qing to let him set up a one-person tall melting pot, don't have a guts, just half a person tall. Then order the blacksmith to create a two-foot high-speed rail box, the front can be opened and closed. ”
You can't make a cake without an electric oven? Who said that, haven't you heard of an open oven? All you want a cake is to heat it up and down, and Renault's open oven can be heated on all sides.
"Huya, then order people to prepare eggs, milk, sugar, flour, vegetable oil, salt. Renault continued, many people think that cake making is quite high, but in fact, it is really simple.
The secretary was a little excited, and as soon as he heard these materials, he knew that Mr. was really going to make food?
How does this feel unreliable, since I met Renault, no one has seen him cook, even the barbecue is roasted with tiger teeth.
This is really wronged Renault, it's not that he doesn't want to roast, it's that there is no seasoning, okay, there is no chili flour, cumin, is it barbecue? That's heresy, any barbecue without these two spices can't be regarded as barbecue.
Renault is not a top foodie, the dishes in the university cafeteria are usually not eaten, and like his studies, he belongs to the small generation, a primary school bully, and a snack goods.
The noble man is comfortable, and when Renault finishes eating, everything he wants over there is ready, even the iron oven has been built, only the furnace is slower, it is being sealed, and he asks if he wants to dry it.
A furnace for baking fart, do you think it's smelting, the temperature of 200 degrees, you can use mud at will, okay, you actually use refractory bricks to build it?
Forget it, ignore Cui Qing, this time Renault personally led the team, there was a princess and a female official, except for Huya, everyone else was rushed out.
The materials were arranged, and the chef over there entered with a team of cooks, and when he heard that the gentleman was going to make food, the entire general's mansion spread all over the city.
"Look, let's beat the eggs first, and separate the whites and yolks. "Renault personally gave hands-on instruction.
"Four egg whites in a group, stir with three chopsticks, first slow and then fast, don't stop. ”
Chopsticks are no longer a magical thing, not only can Huya be proficient, but even the ninth princess and several female officials can use it.
"Siqin Sihua, you stir the egg yolk, froth and add sugar. "More people is easier to do, two groups work together, egg whites and yolks are stirred together.
Looking at the change of the egg white, Si Wu's arm trembled, how could this be? If it wasn't for her own hands, this kind of thing would not dare to be eaten by the princess, you said that this is the egg white, the ghost believes you, the egg white can stand up chopsticks, who will believe it.
"That fat cook, don't just look at the excitement, sieve the flour, the finer the better, do you hear?"
"The fatter cook over there, you have milk at hand, right, will you beat the cream? Yes, you will beat it, you have to add sugar, don't add too much. ”
History tells us that no matter what era, the cook will not be too thin, the ancients did not deceive me, and several cooks under the chef were all like this.
Huya, tell Cui Qing to build a few more ovens, as well as an oven, and prepare a rotating wooden plate and let him figure it out by himself. "Renault looked wrong, originally just wanted to bake one for the ninth princess, but these people who got started, the more dry they were, the brighter their eyes became, this was wrong......
Well, since it's taught, let's get more equipment, Renault believes that as long as the ninth princess eats a bite of cake, an open flame oven will not be enough even if it doesn't go out.
What's more, these days, the Yulin Army and the Dingxi Army are also very hard, count their share, anyway, he just needs to teach these cooks, as for eggs, milk is not lacking in Dingjun City, but flour is more expensive, the southwest does not produce much, most of them have to be transported from Huangshakou, the road is far away, quite difficult.
In just half an hour, the mixed cake liquid is finished, put it in a basin, put it in the oven, stand in the middle of the oven with a shelf, and make a fire on all sides, the fire does not need to be too big, and the next thing is to wait.
The whole process, there is no difficulty, that is, the final heat is not easy to grasp, there is no temperature control element, it is definitely not possible to rely on human experience, fortunately, there is a God of Wealth, the temperature in the furnace is clear at a glance, and the charcoal fire can be increased or decreased at any time, what a big deal.
While looking at the temperature, directing the whipping of the cream makes this job easier. There were originally many cattle, sheep and horses in the southwest, and two cooks in the general's mansion were brought in, and Renault had nothing to do with him except for a few suggestions for improvement, and others did better than him.
"A few of you, follow the study, the cream continues to stir, the bottom should be heated, not too hot, just warm, continue and don't stop. "Since everything has been done, it's nothing to add another one.
"Huya, go find Cui Qing and ask him to find some saltpeter. "Saltpeter is not difficult to find, Renault saw it from Du Sheng, it is a medicine in the hands of a doctor. It's hard to imagine that saltpeter can be used as medicine?
Forty minutes later, the oven was turned on, and the thick sweet smell made the mouth water, even Renault felt that the fragrance was tempting, let alone the ladies who had never smelled this smell.
"Don't be in a daze, put that pot of cake liquid in it, continue to bake, everyone has a share today." Renault had to be reminded.
The cake is baked well, the cake surface is slightly burnt, and the fragrance is rich, but it is a pity that the basin is used. The problem of tableware, Renault really can't help it......
No, there is a way, it's stupid.
"Huya, you go and ask Cui Qing, the fine iron from our second furnace is still not there, if it is, let him build a few iron boxes, the ones that are going to be opened, and you can see the size." ”
On that day, the first furnace was manganese steel, and the second furnace was chrome steel, and chrome steel was stainless steel. Although chrome steel may not be suitable for tableware, it should be used as a cake mold, so there should be no problem.
Baking a cake in a basin is a long way from selling elephants.
"Stop, Yihe, what are you doing?" As soon as she turned her head, most of the pot of cakes was missing, and the ninth princess was stuffing it into her mouth from under the veil, not only her, but also four female officials, plus a few cooks, each with a small piece......
"Sir, forgive sins, it's too fragrant...... I couldn't hold back. "The pretty face behind the veil has become fiery red, but I don't regret it at all, it's so delicious, it's too sweet......
As he spoke, his eyes looked at the other half of the pot, this pot was already the largest, and the ninth princess, who had an average diet on weekdays, felt that it should be no problem for her to eat a pot.
"Stop, this cake isn't finished yet. Renault didn't expect the cake to be so powerful.
Clean your hands, carefully take out the cake from the basin, cut it into square pieces with a knife, take the cream, and apply a layer on it, not even using the turret prepared in advance. Finally, take a grape and place it in the middle of the cream.
"Happy birthday, you've worked hard these days. ”
It turns out that this is the cake, the white cream, the emerald grapes, it looks extraordinarily beautiful, and the nine princesses who are a little dazed feel that they can't eat it.
A pot of cakes disappeared in a blink of an eye, and when everyone came back to their senses, they remembered that they forgot about Mr. The ninth princess felt that she couldn't see people.
"Don't be idle, keep beating the cake liquid, the whipping cream is ready, keep beating, don't stop. ”
"Huya, move the jar in, and find another basin. ”
Fill the tank with water, throw the saltpeter into the water, put the whipping cream in the basin, float on the water, but for a moment, the people by the tank feel the cold hit, although it has been autumn, but the southwest is still very hot, the autumn tiger is worthy of its name, where does the cold come from?
"Look at it, stir it gently, set it, take your time, don't worry, it will take some time to freeze. ”