Chapter Seventy-Eight: Broken Lotus Root! Can broken lotus root be made into lotus root?
"Xu Song, do you have anything else to say?" Qiu Tian glanced at Xu Song, took another sip of porridge and didn't continue to ask, but Angelica urged him: "If you have something to say, say it quickly!" ”
Xu Song frowned unhappily, "Miss...... I don't know if my subordinates are ...... Whether ......"
"Huh?!" Qiu Tian looked at him curiously, "Is it anything?" ”
"Can a subordinate stay in the small kitchen and assist you?" Xu Song suddenly knelt on the ground and clenched his fists to beg Qiu Tian, Qiu Tian was frightened by his action, choked on a mouthful of hot porridge, and coughed suddenly, "Cough cough cough ......"
"Miss!" Angelica worriedly helped her with her back, "Are you okay?" ”
Qiu Tian waved his hand, "It's out of the way!" ”
Seeing this, Xu Song felt that it was difficult for him to stay, and his face sank, "Miss, if you feel embarrassed, your subordinates will leave now." ”
"Wait!" Qiu Tian frowned and shouted with difficulty: "Wait! ”
Xu Song, who had just stood up, looked at Qiu Tian in place, Qiu Tian took a deep breath, took a sip of the hot tea sent by Xiaoshizi, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Song saw that Qiu Tian was fine, "Miss, I'd better go!" ”
"Let's go?!" Qiu Tian was stunned, "Why are you leaving?" ”
"My subordinates really don't want to embarrass the young lady, so I don't dare to hope to stay in the small kitchen to help." Xu Songbi respectfully bowed to Qiu Tian deeply, "Thank you Miss for helping her subordinates get back the title of first-class imperial chef, such a great favor, subordinates can only come to ......"
"Stop, stop, stop, stop......" Qiu Tian looked at Xu Song's statement that he couldn't dedicate himself and would report back in the next life, and hurriedly interrupted, "I don't need you to report back in the next life." ”
She looked at Xu Song and was stunned, and said with a smile: "It's not an accident that I helped you, or I acted bravely, don't think about retribution in the next life!" ”
"Miss, this ......" Xu Song obviously didn't expect Qiu Tian to say the most honest words so frankly, and the whole person froze in place, not knowing what to do, and not knowing what to say.
Seeing this, Qiu Tian put down the porridge bowl in his hand and sat down seriously, "I helped you because I liked your ability, and your ability has not disappointed, I expect you." ”
"What am I capable of?" Xu Song was completely surrounded by Qiu Tian, frowning, "Because of my ability, I ...... for help"
"What do you expect from me, Miss?" Suddenly, he raised his head and looked directly into Qiu Tian's eyes, "What is my ability to help Miss?" ”
She watched Xu Song anxiously find the answer in her, but knocked on the edge of the porridge bowl unhurriedly, "Isn't this your ability?" ”
"Crucian carp yam porridge?!" Xu Song looked at the crucian carp yam porridge in disbelief, "That's it?" ”
"Yes, yes!" Qiu Tian didn't fool him, but explained quietly: "Very few people can make the fish porridge fresh and sweet, not fishy, outstanding, but you did." ”
"You have lived up to my expectations of your cooking skills, and it is this cooking skill that makes me feel that you are a material to be made and capable of cooking with me." Qiu Tian paused and glanced at the pebble, "Also, you can make a contribution at this moment, with your own weak strength, which is enough to stay in the small kitchen." ”
At the critical juncture of whether she continues to be punished, even those who are familiar with her will be willing to approach her after weighing it twice.
After all, at this juncture, approaching her is equivalent to approaching trouble, and no one will take the initiative to cause trouble, or be implicated and go to prison.
The two of them only have a few sides with her, and they are willing to risk being implicated in Jinji to cook porridge and cook for her. This intention is enough to keep them in the small kitchen.
"Xu Song, let me ask you, do you really want to stay in the small kitchen and use it for the queen's mother?"
"My subordinates are willing!"
"If you betray the queen......"
"Xu Song swore to the lights, I will be a person from the small kitchen from today onwards, a person from the small kitchen in life, and a ghost in the small kitchen in death. If you dare to betray the queen mother and young lady, not only will the sky be thundered, and the five thunders will hit the top, and the whole family will die without a place to be buried, and in the future, the children of the whole clan, the male will be enslaved, and the woman will be reduced to a prostitute. ”
Qiu Tian frowned lightly as he watched Xu Song swear a poisonous oath at the lamp, and said in his heart: Why do you swear a poisonous oath at every turn, are you people really not afraid of the fulfillment of the poisonous oath, and the sky will thunder?
Xu Song finished the poisonous oath and looked at Qiu Tian sincerely, while the others looked at her with a breath when they saw that Qiu Tian did not make a sound, and then consciously pulled the stiff smile at the corner of his mouth, "Get up!" ”
"Yes!" Seeing this, Xu Song hurriedly got up and asked anxiously, "Miss, can my subordinates stay in the small kitchen?" ”
"Hmm!" Qiu Tian nodded, but the corner of his eyes swept to the lotus root that was placed in the corner basket, "Little pebble, is this the winter lotus root dug up by the inner court?" ”
"Yes! Sent from the Inner Court this morning! Xiaoshizi answered, and Angelica immediately stepped forward to take a look at the winter lotus root and nodded at Qiu Tian, "Miss, do you want to throw it away?" ”
"Throw it away?!" She looked at Angelica, who was also puzzled, "It's too tyrannical to throw it away." ”
"Then why don't you show your subordinates?" Xu Song tried to integrate into their topic, "Subordinate, when I was traveling among the people, I met a beneficiary who made lotus root, and the taste of the lotus root box made by this person is very special, I wonder if the young lady wants to taste it?" ”
"Lotus root box?!" Qiu Tian's mind flashed the steps about the lotus root box, her brows were frivolous, the tip of her nose seemed to smell the aroma of the lotus root box, the gluttonous worms in her stomach were completely awakened, she swallowed her saliva gently, "Then taste it!" ”
"Then the subordinate will go and prepare the materials now!" Xu Song shouted with great interest, "Little pebble, come over and help cut the lotus root, the lotus root is one finger wide, the double flying knife method, soak it in salt water after cutting it to prevent discoloration." ”
Qiu Tian saw that Xu Song was very skillful in directing Xiaoshizi to cut vegetables, and Xiaoshizi was obediently cutting vegetables in a complaining voice, and the special bond between the two made her envious.
If the lotus root box is done well, it can be sent to the inner court, let the embroidery girl try it, and then improve it to make a lotus root box suitable for cooking in the kitchen of the inner court.
The common pork ribs lotus root soybean soup, although nourishing, but the pork ribs rarely appear in the inner court, making this soup is a luxury.
The broken winter lotus root is bitter and there is no one and no livestock to eat......
"Miss! Miss! Miss ......" Angelica found Qiu Tian looking at the winter lotus root in her hand, fell into deep thought, and hurriedly shouted a few times, "Miss! Miss ......"
"Breaking the winter lotus root destroys the outer layer of white clothes and causes the lotus root to be polluted by silt, which not only becomes bitter itself, but also is infected by the fishy smell of the sludge...... Eventually, even if it's cooked, you can't eat it! ”
Angelica found that Qiu Tian was thinking about how to deal with the broken winter lotus, "Miss, are you still thinking about the broken winter lotus, how to deal with it?" ”
"Hmm!" Qiu Tian, who came back to his senses, nodded and sighed lightly, "It's really difficult to deal with this broken winter lotus!" ”
"Miss, don't worry, you may figure it out in a few days." Angelica comforted her, and she shook her head with a wry smile, but suddenly she saw Xiao Shizi pick up the jar of sweet potato powder and hand it to Xu Song.
"Xu Song, do you want to use sweet potato powder to make fried clothes with water?" She asked easily, but Xu Song on the other side nodded in surprise and smiled, as if he had been seen through! ”
"Miss, how do you know?" Xu Song looked at Qiu Tian and asked curiously, "You also met that craftsman?" ”
Qiu Tian shook his head, "No! Most of the traditional fried clothes are flour and egg paste, and there are also some places where the cassava and sweet potato grown in the wilderness are made into powder due to lack of materials, and then mixed with water to make fried clothes paste, which does have a unique flavor when fried out; But there are also some more fertile areas where lotus root flour is used to make fried clothes......"
"Lotus root powder?!" Qiu Tian muttered again, and suddenly realized, "Yes! Make lotus root powder! ”
After washing, pounding, soaking, scrubbing, filtering, drying and other processes, the fishy smell and the bitter taste of the root flour itself will inevitably cease to exist.
Lotus root soup not only warms the stomach and has a strong sense of satiety, but also has a low calorie and is not easy to gain weight, and is praised as a weight loss holy object by the beauties of the 21st world.
"Miss?" The three of them looked at Qiu Tian's eyes lit up and in good spirits, and asked in unison, "Are you okay?" ”
Qiu Tian glanced at the three of them, as if staring at him with the curious eyes of a monster, and glanced at the three of them, "I'm very good!" ”
"You two hurry up and make lotus root boxes, and I'll show you a hand too!"
"No way!"
Suddenly, the three of them categorically rejected Qiu Tian, and Xu Song even walked in front of her, "Whatever Miss wants to eat, my subordinates will make something for you to eat!" ”
Qiu Tian looked at the attitude of the three of them unhappily, but she couldn't refuse, so she asked, "Then will you make osmanthus glutinous rice lotus?" ”
"No!" Xu Song's face was embarrassed, "My subordinates haven't learned!" ”
"Since I won't, that's not what I did!" Qiu Tian laughed, "This osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is a very delicious sweet dish!" ”
"Miss, even though my subordinates want to learn this dish, I still can't ignore your physical condition, so my subordinates would rather not learn than work hard!" Xu Song was resolute and stopped in front of the stove, not giving Qiu Tian a chance to overcome.
"We also think what Xu Song said is very right!" Xiao Shizi and Angelica lined up with Xu Song, completely blocking the entire stove, and dissuaded in unison: "Miss, you better sit and rest!" ”
Qiu Tian frowned and looked at the three of them, suppressed his throat, and pretended to be annoyed, "Are you doing the opposite?" ”
"For the sake of Miss's health, Miss thinks we are reversed!" Angelica's appearance of seeing death as if he was at home made Qiu Tian cry and laugh, and sighed helplessly, "Okay! ”
Seeing that she was relieved, the three of them finally breathed a sigh of relief, and they all glanced at each other, as if they had won a battle, and smiled with relief.
"Xu Song, you are very powerful!" Qiu Tian looked at the three of them with the same hatred, and was very relieved.
The thought that they must be able to protect the small kitchen also flashed in my heart.
"What?" Xu Song was puzzled, "Miss, don't your subordinates understand this?" ”
"When you first came, you can join the two of them to stop me from cooking, so won't you be able to kick me out of the small kitchen next time?" She joked, but she didn't want to scare Xu Song into kneeling on the ground with a "poof", "Miss, my subordinates don't dare!" ”
"Get up!" Qiu Tian watched him kneel on the ground for a moment, completely putting away the smile on his face, "Since you don't dare, then accept the punishment?" ”
"Yes! Subordinates receive punishments! Xu Song seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and also looked at Qiu Tian with a heart, and stood up cautiously and asked, "Miss, I don't know what the punishment is?" ”