Chapter Ninety-Eight: Five Grains
Every time he recites the fragment of the Tao Te Ching, Hong Sang has a feeling of hating each other, and he has learned so much content and now he can finally understand it. She hadn't noticed that there was a connection between the knowledge she had learned and the knowledge she had learned, but now she had entered a new stage.
If Hongsang used to just stay at the level of Xuan, then now she is moving towards the level of Xuanzhi and Xuan.
It's just that every time I think of Yun Yao only remembering one-third of the scriptures under such a good opportunity, Hongsang has an indisputable regret, if it is presented in full, I don't know how earth-shattering it is.
"Tao Te Ching" is useless to Yun Yao, because her realm is not enough, and it is the icing on the cake for Hongsang.
Neither of them nor the apprentices expected that the three demons would come up with a bad idea to drag them into the water, that is, to attract the dragon clan to make them speechless.
At this time, Yunyao was grinding soy milk and preparing to make tofu, and the beans were new beans this year. After soaking, it is ground with a stone mill to produce soy milk, and then the tofu is dotted with grass ash. If there is no gypsum powder, it is replaced with plant ash. Now that the weather is cold, isn't it delicious to have a tofu fish soup?
The ground bean dregs can also be used as feed to feed horses, and will not be wasted.
In fact, the five grains are originally grown for different purposes, and the highest status of the five grains is naturally millet, the unshakable status of the staple food. As for soybeans, they are mainly used as feed for large livestock, feeding cattle and horses, especially in winter when there is no forage, soybeans come in handy, as for people who have millet to eat, they will never eat soybeans.
Hemp, mainly for hemp fiber, is the main material for weaving, after all, not everyone can afford to wear silk, linen is the mainstream of society.
There is also wheat, which is not studied because of its poor taste, and is also used as fodder and spare food. But since there is wheat, Yunyao is naturally obliged, and there will be opportunities to grind flour and make some pasta in the future.
Finally, it is millet, this crop is also a dual identity of grain and feed, it looks like sorghum, but the yield is not as good as sorghum at all, and the taste is also a mess, becoming the first crop to be eliminated in the five grains, and rice will counterattack to become the first of the five grains in the future.
Therefore, in addition to millet, soybeans, wheat, and millet are all spare grains because of the bad taste. And hemp is the main raw material for weaving.
Yun Yao knew that if it could be cultivated well, it could be used as a substitute for sugarcane and could be used to make sugar, and there was a crop called reed grass that was the same as sugar cane, and the stems were all sweet, but the stem of the reed grass was too thin, and the juice was not as much as that of sugar cane. However, there is no sugarcane in Lu, only in the south, and the origin of sugarcane is still considered to be a southern barbarian, and it has not yet been illuminated by the glory of Zhou Li.
Therefore, grains are not only eaten by people, but also have different functions to maintain all aspects of human society.
Tofu will be Yunyao's first deep processing, processing tofu once, in the process you can get soy milk, bean skin, and finally a piece of tofu.
When the first piece of tofu appeared, there was no vision, and a great miracle that changed the dietary structure of Chinese civilization was invented by Yun Yao so silently. From the grinding of the stone mill to the planting of soybeans, although Yun Yao did not do it alone, she participated in every process, and the deep processing behind it was completed by Yun Yao alone.
"......" was indescribably moved, and Yun Yao experienced a touch of civilization and progress: "I really did it." "There's a dreamy feel to it.
"What have you done? What is this? Hongsang stared at the tofu and felt that this thing was a little inexplicable.
"It's called tofu, and it's a food." Yun Yao said excitedly: "Wait for me to make a tofu fish soup, and call everyone to taste it together." ”
"You've been making a food for the past few days?" Hong Sang felt incredible: "No matter how delicious the food is, it will not be beneficial to the cultivation of immortals, and waiting for you to become an immortal delicacy is just a drag on you at all, because the food is of no use except for wasting your time and delaying your cultivation, but it will distract you." ”
Obviously, Hongsang didn't understand Yun Yao's touch, and she didn't understand her sense of accomplishment in changing the world.
Yun Yao didn't argue, after all, Shizun didn't say anything wrong. However, she felt that there was no conflict between cultivating immortals and studying food, after all, immortals had such a long lifespan, and they had to find something to do.
"Master, this is just an attempt, aren't you curious about how much your tongue can taste, although we are cultivating the Heavenly Dao, but since the body exists as a part of the Heavenly Dao, the more you understand, the better." Yun Yao Zhenzhen has words.
Hong Sang felt very reasonable when he heard it, and he could only say that there was a smart disciple who sometimes frustrated the teacher's spirit. The teacher educates a sentence, and the disciple can always find a reason to refute it, do you say that you are angry?
Fortunately, Hongsang is not angry, she is an enlightened teacher, what the disciple said is right, she will not feel angry, but will think that the disciple is smart.
If Yun Yao is not smart, he will not be favored by Taishang Laojun.
But Hongsang didn't have any curiosity about human food, so she didn't have to eat it.
Yun Yao invited his retainers, teachers, and mothers to the cottage, and then cooked by himself to cook a warm early winter meal.
Tofu and fish soup make a splash, along with cold tofu skin and a bowl of steaming soy milk.
"The bean sprouts sent last time were delicious, and today you made a few more delicacies, and you can go to the restaurant." The kind and gentle Ji Jiang was full of praise for Yun Yao's craftsmanship. Although it is not a compliment to let a baron be the chef, Yun Yao will not care, she knows that her master has good intentions.
"If my wife likes it, I will teach you how to make bean sprouts and how to make tofu." Yun Yao is very atmospheric and will not hide his craft.
The first time they tasted tofu, everyone was amazed by the strange taste, and they couldn't find an accurate adjective to describe the tender taste of tofu.
"It's obviously lumpy, but it melts in the mouth, slides into the throat, and the stomach is hot and delicious." The master squinted his eyes and took another bite, moving very slowly, as if trying to capture the feeling of the tofu in the mouth, but failed again: "Without chewing, the lump becomes like water, which is really incredible." ”
Everyone was also amazed, but they were not as keen as the master, they just tasted the taste, but they were not surprised by the change of solid into liquid.
Yun Yao gave a thumbs up to the master, and it could only be said that the retainers who were assigned to the Zhu family by the prince back then were very good, and the master could always sum up a lot of experience.
The master is the oldest, the most experienced, and the smartest, and he is really a treasure in the family.
Everyone made judgments on the bean skin and soy milk, and Ji She often drank with the Dragon King, and thought that the tofu skin was a good accompaniment to the snack. As for the soy milk, there is a strange smell: "This bean skin is excellent, but this soy milk seems to have a milky and fishy smell." ”
When the dog man heard this, he nodded again and again: "I have seen the Beidi people before, they like to eat goat's milk, and the taste of soy milk is similar to that of goat's milk." ”
Soy milk is mainly not sweetened, so the taste is average, and the unique taste does not win everyone's love.
The most popular dish is the tofu, which has the saltiness and umami of the fish soup and the unique tender texture. 111