Qin Lan only after sending the salted tofu to the table suddenly realized that she had come over with a plate of tofu along the way, and she didn't care at all.

This made her a little curious, so she went back to the kitchen and asked Li Yi, "Chef, did you make the tofu yourself?" It doesn't feel like regular tofu, huh? ”

"We did it together, and it was made by hand!"

Wu Lei proudly pointed to the stone mill on the side: "Just use this, I grinded for a whole day yesterday!" ”

"Really? No wonder. ”

Qin Lan nodded and said, "I found that this tofu doesn't seem to have a beany smell." ”

"Of course not! We use the best soybeans, which are ground with 501 catties of Heihe golden beans, and the flavor of the beans is particularly strong, and they are particularly delicious without any seasoning. ”

Wu Lei is very proud, he has made great efforts to make this tofu.

Seeing a few slices of unused salted tofu on the plate beside Li Yi, he stepped forward and picked up a slice, stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it heavily, and exclaimed: "Wow! This brine tastes so good, the saltiness is just right. ”

Qin Lan looked at him with a look of enjoyment, her expression was a little complicated, both fearful and disgusted, but also a little curious.

Seeing this, Li Yi deliberately asked her, "Do you want to taste it?" ”

"Huh? No thanks. ”

Qin Lan hurriedly waved her hand.

She still couldn't forget the shadow in her heart.

Li Yi didn't care, just nodded, and ordered Wu Lei: "Take a basin of pure water." ”

As he spoke, he reached out and opened the knife box, and took out a small short knife the length of a palm from it.

"Here we are."

Wu Lei pinched a piece of tofu, grabbed two peanuts and put them in his mouth, then clapped his hands, turned around and found a basin, went to the water purifier to pick up a basin of water, and sent it over.

"Put it here."

Li Yi motioned for him to put the basin on the desk beside him, picked up a piece of southern tofu sent by Zhao Jinmai, and put it in the water.

Then, he put his left hand into the water, gently held the tofu, and then held a small short knife in his right hand and cut into the tofu along the edge.

"Huh?"

Wu Lei looked at Li Yi's movements curiously, and asked curiously, "Brother Yi, do you want to engrave words?" ”

"No, I'm going to carve a few fish."

Li Yi explained casually.

"Fish? What fish? ”

"Redfish."

Li Yi looked at the tofu in the basin, his hands were steady, and the knife was smooth and impartial.

Zhao Jinmai on the side asked curiously: "Brother Yi, is there a dish to carve fish with tofu?" ”

"Hmm."

Li Yi explained: "Qilin blessing, this dish was originally a dry-fried Taishan red scale fish, but when it is placed in a tofu feast, it has to be made with tofu, so it can only be carved." ”

"Tarzan red phosphorus fish? Haven't heard of it, is it famous? ”

Zhao Jinmai was not impressed at all.

"It's famous, and it's delicious."

Li Yi kept in his hands: "The red scale fish and the oil fish and bow fish of Dali Erhai Lake, the Huang fish of Qinghai Lake, and the anchovy of Fuchun River are listed as the five famous fish in China, the meat is delicate, weak and boneless, and it is most suitable for frying."

Since the Song Dynasty, it has been the royal tribute fish, and there is a dish of fried red scale fish in the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquets.

But this kind of fish is only in the mountain stream at an altitude of 270-800 meters above sea level in Mount Tai, and it is difficult to raise, it must be placed in the shade of a large tank of deep water, and the tank must be covered with a bamboo cover, so that it can live one or two out of ten, and it does not live long.

Therefore, since ancient times, there is a saying that the fish does not go down Mount Tai, and it is even more difficult to transport it from Mount Tai to the capital. ”

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Zhao Jinmai was puzzled and asked: "Then since it is fish, why should this dish be blessed by Qilin?" ”

Li Yi stared at the tofu, and while getting the knife, he explained slowly: "It also has a name, called the Turtle Fish, which is recorded in the "Taishan Drug Chronicle", saying that the Turtle has a huge square head and a huge mouth, a dragon's beard and dragon eyes, and the whole head is like a dragon without horns.

There is a local folk legend, saying that this kind of fish is placed on the rock, and it can be turned into oil and flow after being exposed to the scorching sun, leaving only the scale bones, so it is also called the strange scale fish, and the homonym is the unicorn.

Of course, this is just a legend, even if it is exposed to the sun, this fish will not turn into oil, but it is delicious and delicious.

Li Bai in the Tang Dynasty ate this fish when he passed by Mount Tai and left a poem. ”

"What poem?"

Zheng Jun asked.

He is a high-ranking official in Shaanxi, the capital of the Tang Dynasty is in Chang'an, and the poet immortal Li Bai is also his idol, so he is naturally aroused.

"I want to think about it..."

Li Yi recalled and read: "Lu wine is like amber, and the fish is purple and brocade." Shandong officials are handsome, and they carry this thing to give to distant people, by the way, the red scale fish also has a nickname called purple brocade scales, because of this poem. ”

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Zheng Jun nodded slowly: "Interesting, when you have the opportunity, you must try it." ”

"It's worth tasting."

Li Yi glanced at him and said with a smile: "If you go to eat, I will teach you how to choose, just look at the color of the scales."

The whole body is golden butter and moist is the top grade, called golden red scales, the most delicious, but now it is basically gone, it is rare, and it is hard to find.

The color of the scales is like silver and white, and it is silver and red scales, which are rare, and it is good luck to be able to eat them.

The most common is the back of the bean green, and the black gray, is the bean red scale and the grass red scale, these two are just a name, the taste is okay, but it can't be compared with gold and silver red scales. ”

Zheng Jun subconsciously swallowed his saliva when he heard this, and then smiled: "No, I have to remember, this is really useful, if you go to eat it when the time comes, you can avoid a lot of pits!" ”

"I'll have to take note of that, too."

Wu Lei smiled and signaled to the program team: "Help bring out this section and send it to me when the time comes!" ”

In the live broadcast room, the audience listened to their conversation and was also discussing.

"Good guy, it's really insightful to watch this show, it's the first time I've heard of the red scale fish."

"The locals in Tai'an have proved that we do have a dish of dry fried red scale fish, and the taste is really good, but the fish used seems to be the bean red scales and grass red scales that Brother Yi said, and I really haven't seen the gold red scales and silver red scales."

"Alas! It's good to be rich, I can't even afford to eat carp, let alone red scale fish, the five famous fish. ”

"There are indeed red scale fish in Taishan, I ate them when I went to climb Mount Tai, but I heard that they are all farmed now, and there are no wild ones."

"Damn! Why haven't I eaten anything delicious? ”

"I'm so hungry! Why hasn't the takeaway arrived? It's going to be red! Scald! ”

The barrage was surging, but Li Yi had no time to take care of it.

The blade in his hand roamed over the tofu, and the blade reached into the tofu, but there was no gap in sight, as if it had pierced a piece of liquid.

Then, I didn't see any big movements from him, just with a flick of the blade, a tender yellow tofu fish slipped out of the tofu and fell into the water.

The smooth tofu fish sways with the current in the water, bobbing its head and tail, and at first glance it looks like a living thing.

"Eh!"

Wu Lei, who was on the side, happened to see this scene, and immediately exclaimed: "It's really a fish!" Damn! It seems like! ”

9

(End of chapter)