As he spoke, the door of the private room was opened, and the waiter who rushed in finished the meal at one time.

Tang Chen was a little surprised, these meals didn't look very luxurious, they could even be said to be a little ordinary, they didn't look like the food eaten by the rich at all: a plate of dried tofu, a dish that looked like glutinous rice, and two rolled dishes, one for vegetarian and one for meat...... There are seven or eight dishes in total, but they are all very ordinary, very ordinary dishes.

Zeng Lao was stunned for a moment, and then his heart brightened: "Master Tang, Zhou Lao has good intentions! These are all Qingxi's specialties, and it is difficult for ordinary people to taste authentic dishes." ”

Zhou Deqing laughed and said, "Old Zeng, what are you talking about, as long as you go to Qingxi, you can eat as many of these things as you want......

Zeng Lao asked tentatively, "This is specially prepared for us?"

Zhou Deqing shook his head and said, "To be honest, most of my ordinary meals are also this kind of meals. It's just that there are a few more dishes for today's hospitality. When people get old, their appetite will decrease, and if they eat some delicacies from the mountains and seas, they will get the 'three highs', and no matter how much tea they drink, it will not help. If you want to maintain your health, you have to start with your diet. It's like this dish of fried tofu with pork belly and green garlic, which is nutritionally balanced, with protein, vitamins, meat and vegetarian, which is no better.

This is rice blood, in fact, glutinous rice is filled in the large intestine of pigs, I liked to eat it most when I was young, but now I eat one or two pieces at most.

This is a bean fiber soup made from various beans such as moon beans, mung beans, soybeans, and peas. Rich in protein, low in fat, rich in a variety of vitamins, the texture is fine and tough, loose and unremitting, smooth but not greasy, add shiitake mushrooms, dried oysters and other condiments, boiled into bean fiber soup, drink are unforgettable.

This is a rice roll made by mixing lean pork, shallots, dried shrimp, shiitake mushrooms, eggs, fennel powder, sweet potato powder, etc., wrapped in 'mesh' of pork offal, and deep-fried. The color is yellow and orange, the smell is fragrant, the taste is crisp and crispy, and it is appetizing. Seriously, it's a lot better than any Mexican chicken wrap.

I don't need to say about spring cakes, but Qingxi's spring cakes are made of shredded pork, leeks, bean sprouts, shredded bamboo shoots, carrots, etc., and some are also fried seaweed, white sand sugar or fried peanut flour, the flavor is peculiar, and it is unique in the world!

This is called taro buns, a major feature of Qingxi. It is made of white rice and taro, and the filling is made of meat, shallots, and fried peanuts.

This dish is very powerful, the famous Lantian wild reservoir fish, even if you have money, you may not be able to eat it! The grass carp of the Lantian wild reservoir fish is relatively large, the fish soup is extremely delicious, and only a few slices of ginger are fishy, and it is already very delicious.

This pot of porridge is boiled in Qingxi Huaishan, and the people of Qingxi call it Huaishan soup. If you hadn't come, I would have been a plate of dried beans, a fish, and a green vegetable, and I would have had lunch with Huaishan soup. This Huaishan soup is good, Zeng Lao, you eat more. Huai Shan is rich in vitamins and minerals, which can enhance the body's immunity and promote the production of antibodies. It can also tonify the spleen and stomach, nourish the liver, and effectively treat and treat drowsiness, fatigue and weakness in spring. Eating Huaishan soup has a good health effect on the elderly, promotes digestion, and nourishes qi. ”

Zeng Lao quipped: "Old Zhou, aren't you the king of tea, why did you recommend Huaishan to us?"

Zhou Deqing also quipped: "Even if you are a tea king, you have to eat, don't you? Although Tieguanyin is good, it is not a stomach! This is also because life is getting better and better, and everyone can afford to buy tea." In the old society, where would anyone still buy tea? Tea leaves can't be eaten in the stomach, and it will be a tea farmer's injury!"

Zeng Lao smiled bitterly: "This is the truth, if it was in the old society, it would be good to be able to eat a mouthful, where would you play any handicrafts." ”

"It's far away, come and come, eat, eat!" Zhou Deqing beckoned, "Little master, you are a young man, eat more." If you need rice, you can ask the waiter to serve it. ”

Tang Chen hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Old Zhou, you are too polite. To tell you the truth, this feng shui master is 'Divine Eye Iron Leg Pork Belly', not to mention such a good meal, it is pig pu, sometimes you have to swallow it hard outside!"

Zhou Deqing smiled bitterly: "My coarse tea and light rice are not much better......"

Tang Chen hurriedly said: "No, no, no, it is already the best thing to be able to eat authentic Qingxi cuisine here." ”

"Really, then you eat more, little master!"

A hint of cunning flashed in Zhou Deqing's eyes.

Tang Chen's chopsticks that were about to pick up vegetables paused, and smiled bitterly in his heart, is this another hole for himself?

But life is all about ups and downs...... Tang Chen felt that it was the most beneficial to treat his "Five Organs Temple", as for other things, let's talk about it when we are full.

Seeing that Zeng Lao and Tang Chen were eating very well, Zhou Deqing also happily scooped a bowl of Huaishan soup, drank it slowly, and persuaded Zeng Lao and Tang Chen to pick up vegetables from time to time, just like old friends for many years. In fact, they have only known each other for a few hours.

While eating, Zeng Lao preached his health knowledge: "This Huaishan soup is a good thing!

Zeng Lao echoed: "It's just boiled meat, rice and other soups, right? In Guangdong Province, the soup spoon is also called spoon soup, which means 'eating soup', and the meaning of eating soup is ......."

"Well, in the inheritance of traditional culture, Guangdong Province still retains a lot. Some people say that if you want to find the history before the Qin and Han dynasties, you still have to dig up from Guangdong Province, which has a certain reason. For example, this soup is the most intact in Guangdong Province. Cantonese people are famous for their 'old fire soup' that is nourishing in season, and I actually like to drink this old fire ......soup."

Zeng Lao said with a smile: "That week, you came to Guangdong Province and lived with me for a month or two, and I cooked the old fire soup for you every day with different tastes!"

Zhou Deqing smiled and said, "I have been to Guangdong Province many times, and I will go again if I have the chance." Let's go back to this soup, Guangdong Province inherited the soup, and Fujian Province inherited the soup. Soup, in the Shang and Zhou dynasties, was the most popular way to cook. The ancients believed that soup was the most nourishing person, so from the Shang and Zhou dynasties to later generations, soup was a very common way of cooking.

Soup, as the oldest cooking technique in China, can be passed down for thousands of years, and there is always a reason for its existence.

In the cooking of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the soup was always placed in a prominent position, and the charm of the soup was displayed in the way of tuning. Ding is a cooking utensil for processing soup, and the tune is the technique of cooking soup, and the combination of the two can produce a special effect. The bell rings and eats, which means that the ancient wealthy nobles had to play music and strike the bell when they ate, and used all kinds of precious foods to flourish, including soup. In ancient times, soup refers to the boiling of meat with gravy. In the "Yin Benji" of the "Historical Records", it is recorded that in the early days of Shang Tang, there was a famous scholar Yi Yin who was responsible for the Ding Dynasty, and said the soup with taste, which led to the royal road. Yi Yin compares the principle of tuning to national affairs, and its significance has gone beyond the narrow scope of cooking.

After a long history of evolution, in the Song Dynasty, that is, corresponding to the Middle Ages in history, the soup slowly evolved into a soup soup, which can be meat or vegetarian, thick or light, and has become a popular food and has been widely promoted. In later generations, the people of Guangdong Province in the Lingnan region felt that the food was tasteless without soup. We are from Fujian Province and love to eat soup. It can be seen how profound the soup culture is!"

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