Chapter 6: The Secret Recipe

How could these noble families' delicate food have the opportunity to taste it.

The four big girls twisted a piece and carefully put it in their mouths, as if they were reluctant to eat it completely, and they cherished it one by one.

The two girls, Ming Yan and Jing Yan, also showed expressions of enjoyment on their faces.

Chu Lian looked at their expressions curiously, if she hadn't really tasted the pumpkin snack just now, she would have wondered if there was a problem with her sense of taste.

"How is it?" Chu Lian asked in a low voice, not wanting to disturb the few of them enjoying the delicious food.

Ming Yan nodded again and again, she licked the remaining icing on her fingers, "Third grandma, it's delicious!" After speaking, her eyes glanced at the small plate on the table from time to time, obviously unfinished.

Chu Lian: ......

After the four of them answered with certainty that this pumpkin snack was really delicious, Chu Lian began to despair......

Isn't it delicious?

Anyway, a few maids used to be from the British Mansion, even if the food was not as fine as that of the young master, they could always be compared with ordinary rich families. Could it be that the food of ordinary rich families in this damn Dawu Dynasty is of this level?

Xi Yan saw that her master's face was broken, her eyebrows were frowned, she thought that Chu Lian was unhappy, and hurriedly said: "Third grandmother, do you think the slaves and maids have disgraced you?"

It's just a small plate of dim sum from the noble family that hooked them like this, and now thinking back to the unstable appearance of the few of them just now, Xi Yan also felt that she shouldn't.

Chu Lian shook his head, this Xiyan is good at everything, and he is heartfelt, but he has a lot of eyes and likes to think more.

"How can it be! It's just a snack, in your hearts, your young lady is such a stingy person?"

A few geese shook their heads anxiously, for fear of being misunderstood by Chu Lian.

"Isn't that over, why are you frowning one by one, you like to eat, these snacks are served to a few people. Chu Lian said with a smile.

Jing Yan's eyes widened, she had a pair of little tiger teeth, and she was very cute when she laughed, "Third grandmother, it's all given to us, you...... What are you eating?"

Xiyan went to the kitchen to bring these delicate snacks to cushion Chu Lian's stomach, the third grandmother is a master, but she can't be hungry.

Chu Lian held his chin with a pair of slender hands like green onions, and said "sadly": "I don't like to eat these, I don't think it's to taste." ”

"But Third Grandma, you used to be the most fond of sweets?" Fu Yan said strangely.

Chu Lian's face stiffened, and there was a moment of stiffness, Ma Dan, forgetting that Xiyan and Fuyan are the heroine's personal maids, and they are the ones who know the heroine best.

"It's not that I don't like sweetness, it's that I don't think these plates of dim sum are delicious. Chu Lian had no choice but to tell the truth.

Fu Yan secretly sneered in his heart, but his face didn't show anything.

As Miss Six's personal maid, Miss Six knows best what kind of life she used to live in the British Mansion, it would be good to have snacks specially made in the kitchen every day, and there would be such an opportunity to pick and choose?

Now that she is married to the Xungui family and becomes the third grandmother, she immediately becomes picky?

Who is this for?

Xi Yan and the other two geese widened their eyes in surprise, not quite believing what Chu Lian said.

Oh my God! Their little master must be married and confused, and the dim sum in Jing'anbo Mansion is not delicious?

I'm afraid even the queen can't say this.

You know, the chef who makes dim sum in Jing'anbo Mansion is famous in the entire Shengjing noble circle, and during the New Year's holidays, the noble families who have dealings with Jing'anbo Mansion are proud of receiving the assorted dim sum gift box from Jing'anbo Mansion, because on weekdays, Jing'anbo Mansion will not use dim sum as a gift to give away, and if you want to eat, you can only take advantage of the time you come to Jing'anbo Mansion as a guest.

Of course Chu Lian doesn't know this, although this is the world described in the novel, but the length of the novel is limited, and it is impossible to write everything, and the famous dim sum chef in Jing'anbo Mansion does not mention a word in the novel.

"Third grandma, aren't you joking?" asked Ming Yan in a low voice.

Chu Lian shook his head helplessly, stood up, glanced around the room, and saw that there was still a kumquat on the table that symbolized the prosperity of the newlyweds.

"Joy goose comes. ”

Xi Yan trotted to Chu Lian's side.

Chu Lian pinched a small kumquat in his greasy white hand and shook it in front of Xi Yan's eyes, "See if this kumquat is there." ”

Xi Yan didn't know what the third grandmother meant, so she just nodded.

"Wash them, then rub them with salt for a while, then rinse them, cut the kumquat four times with a knife, remove the seeds inside, and boil the seeded kumquat in water with rock sugar until the color becomes transparent, and then take it and marinate it in honey for an hour. Chu Lian said as he stroked twice with his index finger on the little kumquat to teach Xi Yan how to get the seeds of the little kumquat.

A few geese were dumbfounded when they heard this, and they didn't come back to their senses until Chu Lian finished speaking, but the next moment, the girl Xiyan didn't immediately take the little kumquat to make honey-stained kumquats, but knelt down "poof".

Chu Lian was taken aback, "What's the matter, what are you doing kneeling down?" After all, it is a young woman from the modern five good times, and the rule of kneeling at every turn in this Great Martial Dynasty is really a little unsuitable for a while.

When the other three geese looked at the happy geese, they all had envious looks in their eyes.

Xi Yan raised her head, her eyes were a little red, "Xi Yan Xie Third Grandma taught the secret recipe, and it will be strictly kept in the future!"

Chu Lian: ......

Chu Lian didn't know what to say, she just wanted to eat a honey-stained kumquat, and it was not good to do it herself, so she taught Xi Yan to do it, this honey-stained kumquat method is so simple, almost a person can read it once, but these geese regard it as a secret recipe, which really makes her a little embarrassed.

If this is in modern times, this kind of dim sum recipe, just let you pick your eyes, I'm afraid you don't want to do it.

Chu Lian still didn't understand that in the Dawu Dynasty, the definition of Zhong Ming Ding Food House literally means that wealthy nobles should play music and strike the bell when they eat, and use all kinds of precious food to flourish, which represents a way of fine life for nobles.

The food is not expensive, and the secret recipe is indispensable for a huge wealthy family, which is the reaction of the prosperity of a family.

The head of the hairpin family will know one or two secret recipes, and the noble ladies who have been friends for generations will give each other secret recipes, which is the highest rule of communication.

It can be seen how important the secret recipe is to the people of the Dawu Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that the noble family of Shengjing is proud of receiving the dim sum gift box of Jing'anbo Mansion during the New Year's Festival, and although the dim sum made by the chef of Jing'anbo Mansion has been sent all over the Xungui over the years, these dim sum have not been flooded, and there is still only one family produced in Jing'anbo Mansion.

And the recipe that Chu Lian said casually now was obviously regarded as a secret recipe.

Miss Chu Liu's mother died early, and several geese grew up in the British Mansion, and they had heard about the Third Lady of the British Mansion.

The third lady is the original wife of the second master of Chu, born in a scholarly family, but unfortunately Chu Lian's maternal ancestor Lou family was implicated because of General Chengping's rebellion, and the family fell into the middle.

When the third lady was pregnant with Chu Lian, she was hit by her mother's downfall, the fetus did not sit firmly, and later had a difficult birth, Chu Lian was more than a year old, and the third lady died.

Although the person is gone, it is said that he left a lot of things for the sixth lady Chu Lian.

So Chu Lian casually said a honey-stained kumquat method, and the geese didn't doubt it at all, just regarded it as a secret recipe left by the third lady to Chu Lian.

The well-known dim sum chef in Jing'anbo Mansion relied on a few dim sum to make such a reputation for Jing'anbo Mansion, and it is conceivable how much importance a few geese attach to Chu Lian's secret recipe for teaching Xiyan.

Of course, Chu Lian is not very clear about these things now, and when she is clear, I am afraid she will have to laugh three times.

This girl accidentally came to this pit dad book, and there was nothing, but there were a lot of these worthless secret recipes in her head!

Chu Lian couldn't understand why Xiyan would be so grateful for a simple honey-stained kumquat method, and she didn't want to think too much about it, so it was better not to show too much curiosity when she first arrived.

Waved at Xiyan, "Okay, it's not a big deal, it's only right for you to go and make me some honey-stained kumquats." ”

Xiyan wiped her tears with a handkerchief, sniffed, and said happily: "Okay, third grandmother, you sit down and wait first, and the slave will go." ”

Fu Yan looked at the figure of Xi Yan leaving in a hurry, she was jealous, her eyes rolled, and she hurriedly came back and served Chu Lian diligently.

He also knocked on the side and said: "Third grandmother, you are really good to Xiyan! ”

Chu Lian, who was holding a glass of warm water and drinking it slowly, raised his eyebrows and looked at Fu Yan, "What, Fu Yan also wants to learn to make dim sum?"

Fu Yan's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly suppressed the desire in his heart, and said reservedly: "The slave doesn't dare to think about that blessing." ”

Chu Lian didn't speak again, but obviously noticed that a look of loss slipped in Fu Yan's eyes.

Chu Lian doesn't want to directly judge the character of these maids through the plot described in the novel, sometimes there is no boundary between good people and bad people, and sometimes bad people can become good people or maybe there is only one right choice, so within her control, Chu Lian doesn't want to judge it so quickly, at least she should give these maids a good direction to guide before making a decision.

The girl Xiyan moved quickly, and before noon, the honey-stained kumquat was ready.

This snack book is also simple.

Xi Yan blushed and brought a plate of honey-stained kumquat in a snow-white porcelain bowl to Chu Lian, and said to Chu Lian with some shyness and excitement: "Third grandmother, you taste the taste first, the slave maid is doing it for the first time, I'm afraid it won't be good." ”

The kumquat that was originally golden was boiled after the honey stain, with a fresh and attractive transparent orange color, because the kumquat was opened four small mouths to take the seeds, after cooking, it was slightly flattened, the small mouth divided the kumquat into four pieces, the whole honey-stained kumquat was set off by snow-white porcelain, like a budding flower bone, just served on the table, it exuded a light sweet fragrance of kumquat and honey.