Chapter 113: Yue Pepper, an ancient Chinese spicy condiment
But today, I tasted a hint of spiciness, although not very noticeable, but I really felt the spicy taste of the chili pepper swimming on the tip of my tongue. Ben Gongzi couldn't help but feel a shock to the tiger's body, staring at the lamb chops on the plate, and then shaking the tiger's body, staring at this girl who presented me with this lamb chops with a surprised expression. "Here, there's actually chili peppers here?"
"Chili?" Sister Qingxia couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a long time to realize that I was referring to the ingredients for grilling lamb chops. "The slave has never heard of this thing, I'm afraid it's you, the son, ......"
As soon as she said this, I also reacted, but the chili pepper would not be purchased from those Western barbarians until the Ming Dynasty. I scratched my head a little embarrassedly and smiled: "Oh, yes, no, no, you wait, then do you know what is spicy in Lu Dao?" ”
"Naturally, it is dogwood, which is also known as Yue pepper, which can remove the fishy smell; or use whole cornus fruit as a seasoning for soup; Or used as a flavor for wine. This is not a domestic sheep, but a goat, and it smells very strong, so it should be some dogwood to get rid of the fishy smell. Sister Qingxia seems to be very knowledgeable, and she talks about the efficacy of this plant, which has lost its edible value in the 21st century.
"Yue Jiao?" I took another bite of the meat on the lamb chops and tasted it carefully, well, the spicy taste is indeed very positive, so I almost thought it was chili. Well, yes, since ancient China, there has been a saying about sweet and sour, and the mustard is mainly spicy and choking, which has nothing to do with spicy. It seems that this dogwood is the spicy seasoning of the ancient Chinese nation.
"What's wrong?" Sister Qingxia is very curious about my performance.
"Hehe, it's nothing, I just think the taste of this dogwood is really refreshing, which makes people appetizing." Well, I decided to eat more, and came to this historical time and space, I have been hungry for chili peppers for a long time, and I can't imagine that I can actually taste the spicy seasoning that is almost no different from the taste of chili peppers today.
Seeing that I, a gentleman of Sven, actually gobbled up in front of her regardless of her image, Sister Qingxia couldn't help but turn her head slightly sideways and cover her lips with her hand, but I still saw it, this girl was clearly laughing.
No matter what, after eating a few more bites, Ben Gongzi, who has always been spicy, still felt that it was not enjoyable, and couldn't help but whisper: "This sister, can I bother you and help ask, is there any more dogwood?" The spiciness on it is so light that it is not enjoyable at all. ”
"Don't dare to be it, the slave and maid will come when they go." Sister Qingxia seemed to be very satisfied with my gentlemanly demeanor, and after bowing her head slightly, she walked outside, and after summoning a servant and giving a few orders, the servant had already walked away, and it seemed that she had gotten it for me, hehe......
After a short time, the servant appeared outside the door panting, and handed a small plate to Sister Qingxia, who had been standing at the door.
The purple-red dogwood sauce was placed in front of me, and after taking it from Sister Qingxia's hand, I first sniffed it deeply, well, it was really fragrant, and the spicy smell made me have the illusion of being fascinated.
Raised his head, saw Sister Qingxia's face of curiosity and inquiry, then remembered that he had not thanked this beauty, after expressing his gratitude to her, I couldn't wait to do it myself, first took the chopsticks and dipped a little bit, put them in the mouth and tasted carefully, well, not bad, quite good, although there is no spicy pepper in our place, but the dogwood is spicy and fragrant, it is really a boutique, but also, this is the Mansion of Chu State, and everything in it is definitely a boutique among the boutiques.
"Okay, it's really good......" I carefully smeared a little dogwood sauce on a piece of lamb chops, and then took a bite of it, spicy and delicious, very similar to the barbecue feeling of later generations, not bad.
"Childe, this dogwood is a spicy thing, if you eat too much, it won't be good for your body." Seeing that I had cleaned up nearly one-third of the small plate of dogwood sauce with my great effort, Sister Qingxia seemed to be frightened by my way of eating, so she quickly put her hand on the plate and reminded in a low voice.
"Uh, okay, hehe, it's mainly because I've been hungry for this thing for a long time, and I don't want to see it here today, so I'm in a hurry, I'm sorry." Sister Qingxia's reminder also made me, who was starting to sweat after eating, also realize, after all, although I am a traverser, I am a soul wearer, and my body is not the original one.
As for the eldest grandson Wuji's original house, I must have never tasted any dogwood, if I eat too much, I will definitely be like when I was a child, because I can't help it, but because I eat too much and diarrhea, even chrysanthemums feel spicy and sweaty......
"By the way, what is the chili pepper that Childe just said?" Sister Qingxia said curiously.
"Chili peppers, well, it refers to dogwood, this is what I heard in the past, this thing is spicy, so it is called chili, I think it is very appropriate." Naturally, I opened my mouth to take a trip to the Guanghan high-speed railway, anyway, now that I am used to fooling people, my sister often flickers me so dizzy that I can't find the north.
"It's really strange, the slave and maid Guan Gongzi are very good at this thing, but looking at your behavior, it seems that you have not tasted it before." Sister Qingxia is really smart, and she can see at once that I must have never eaten dogwood at least in the past, but I can feast on spicy things, and there must be something greasy.
However, this is not difficult for this son, when I used the killer move, Sister Qingxia almost fainted. "You're saying you've lost your memory?"
"Yes, in the days when I was in a coma, in a trance, it seemed that some magical energy was injected into my body, well, yes, that was positive energy, so that this son finally had an epiphany, although he forgot a lot of the past, but he also saw a lot of world events...... "Well, being idle anyway is idle, and bragging and farting with a beautiful girl is also a good pastime, and the most important thing is that this girl is too similar to the Qingxia sister I like, except for the double chin that is not so obvious at the chin, there is almost no difference.
“…… Positive energy, what is that? "Well, Sister Qingxia, who has been stunned by me, is now stunned for a while, and it took a long time to interrupt my narration and ask a question.
"This, positive energy, is the energy that can make people show a new self by stimulating their inner potential, so as to be more confident and energetic, because it carries a positive driving force, so it is called positive energy." Ben Gongzi killed the last piece of wild goat chops smeared with dogwood sauce, and sighed happily. When I turned around, I saw Sister Qingxia's face in disbelief.
"You mean you only learned how to write in the past few days? How is this possible. Sister Qingxia's eyes widened and she looked shocked.
"Uh, how is this possible, I still remember writing, just like when I'm hungry and know how to eat, and open my mouth to know how to drink water, otherwise, you can only see that it may be a little guy whose intellectual development will not exceed that of a fart curtain, not a man like Ben Gongzi." I poured a large cup of wine, and snorted a wine, cool, this wine is placed in the ice fish, that is to say, this is a cold wine, especially after eating chili products, poured a large glass of frozen low-alcohol wine, I really feel that my soul is happily fighting a cold war.
Burst...... Hey, why is there a squirting sound, as soon as my son raised his head, the others were nothing unusual, my uncle and Yang Xuangan were already sitting in front of the same table, and they didn't know what Lu Dao was talking about, oh, I didn't notice the problem when I turned my head and landed on Sister Qingxia's face.
"Please also ask the son to forgive the sin, slave maid, well, the slave maid accidentally choked on the water." Sister Qingxia, who was holding a glass of water that had drunk half of the water, blushed as if she had just smeared half a catty of rouge, and her watery eyes didn't dare to look at her son, but instead looked left and right, well, it seems that Sister Qingxia is easy to be shy. Even a righteous gentleman like me doesn't dare to face it, it's pitiful enough.