91. Meat Grove
Zishou took the wine jue and scooped it into the wine pool.
That's what works as it works.
Tell him to drink with his mouth as if he were drinking from a stream.....
Can't do it, this wine pool is not living water, everyone uses their mouths to the pool, how to drink?
Not to mention that the ministers don't dare to drink with themselves, even if they do, a group of people are like cattle and horses, and their image is not good-looking.
As for the rumors that he went down to the wine pool to take a bath and used the wine pool as a hot spring, it was even more outrageous.
The ancient wine-making technology was not high, and it was not until after the Tang Dynasty that there was a distilled liquor with a clear color, not to mention the self-brewed wine, even if it was a wine made from grain, it was not clear enough, and it was only used after precipitation, who dared to go down?
There is a bowl on the side of the wine pool, with an extravagant mouth, a pillar along the mouth, a wide body, and a long foot underneath.
This is the royal wine warming vessel stipulated after Chengtang defeated the Jie, and the princes can only use horns to warm wine.
The ancients were accustomed to drinking hot wine, which could not only evaporate the methanol in the wine, but also drive away the cold.
In fact, it doesn't matter if it's hot or not, as long as you don't drink too much, it's fine.
At this time, whether it was Yang Ren, Shang Rong or Lu Xiong, they all stared at the wine lord, and their faces were all moved.
Zishou raised his glass: "I'll drink it first!"
After sniffing lightly on the tip of his nose, he drank it all with his sleeve robe, just like the juice drink in his previous life, the disadvantage is that the degree is still not high.
In my last life, home-brewed wine was all the rage, and it tasted really good.
Zishou thinks that Daji will definitely like it, as the saying goes, the fox can't eat grapes and says that grapes are sour, so think about it, foxes must like to eat grapes!
Thinking of Daji's big fluffy tail, I couldn't help but feel a little more eager.
Zishou looked at the ministers who were looking forward to wearing it, and said, "You can take it yourself!"
"Good wineβ" Shang Rong couldn't help but praise loudly when the wine entered.
"It's really a good wine, it can be called a jade liquid, and this is a great taste!" Lu Xiong was also full of praise.
And Yang Ren had already put down his sleeves, the wine jue in his hand was empty, and a flush rose on Fangzheng's face, and he was dizzy.
"Yang Qing's family, although this wine is good, you can't be greedy!"
Zishou hurriedly reminded Yang Ren, there will be a meat forest later, what should you do if you are drunk?
"Minister... The minister is not strong enough to drink, a little ugly, please forgive your majesty....." Yang Ren replied in a daze, and sat aside.
There are still a few people who pour a glass like Yang Ren, the wine content is not high, and the merchant is good at drinking, which is recorded in many documents.
After drinking for a while, Zi Shou said: "It's not enough to have wine alone, Qing and the others will go to the meat forest with me and get some meat." β
Meat forest?
The officials were puzzled, so they had to drive to the meat forest.
The flesh grove is an orange tree with chunks of meat hanging from the branches.
Looking at the stunned expressions of the hundred officials, Zishou was a little proud.
He didn't make it clear to him, but Roulin himself clearly instructed Daji how to operate, and he wouldn't make a mistake.
At first, he almost hung raw meat on the tree, but when he thought about it, it wasn't right!
A forest of raw meat is placed outside for a while, and the smell can be smelled from afar, and the palace can't live anymore?
Animal nose spirit, do you want Daji anymore?
It is estimated that the maggots that grow in three days will be able to eat people!
It's not a place of pleasure at all, it's torture!
Let people stay in this kind of place for a while, I'm afraid it's worse than cannon branding!
Therefore, all the bacons hung on the trees.
The raw materials of bacon are venison, beef, and mutton.
In this era when princes do not kill cattle for no reason, doctors do not kill sheep for no reason, scholars do not kill dogs and pigs for no reason, and people do not eat treasures for no reason, it can be regarded as an extremely luxurious enjoyment.
The Shang Dynasty has long had bacon, it is said that the earliest invention by the Suiren clan, the animal meat or fish is dried with a simmer, and the wood residue and pine leaves are added to the fire, so that the smoke is fragrant, smoked, and it is not easy to spoil.
Hanging meat on the tree is also a common thing, Confucius likes bacon, and also said that "I have no teachings above the self-restraint", and the apprentice has to bring his own food - ten pieces of bacon.
However, Zishou wants to be a faint king, of course, he can't choose ordinary bacon.
All the meat forests are greedy for enjoyment, and they must be how delicious they are, and they must have a good luxury.
It's just that many famous bacon in his previous life couldn't find the materials at this time, so he chose Xiangxi bacon.
Xiangxi bacon has been strongly promoted by Shen Congwen, and its status in the Chinese cured meat rivers and lakes is the best, which can be compared with Cantonese and Sichuan cured meat.
And the manufacturing process is relatively simple, just sprinkle salt on the meat, wipe it evenly, marinate it for about five days, after the marinating is completed, wash off the salt water on the surface of the meat with warm water to avoid sticking to the soot during smoking, and then put it in an open place to smoke with firewood.
The taste of smoked bacon is related to the type of firewood used, and the bacon smoked with orange trees and tangerine peel tastes the best, so Zishou chose this orange forest.
What's more, from the beginning of production to the finished product, the only artificial additive of Xiangxi bacon is table salt, which can be perfectly reproduced at this time.
Of course, this is not a faint king, and Zishou has improved the process.
Salt!
Salt is quite expensive at all times, even in modern times, as long as the brick family shouted a sentence during the earthquake in the island country that iodized salt can prevent iodine radiation, there will be no half bag of salt left in the supermarket.
Therefore, as long as Zishou works the salt of bacon and uses more salt, he will be scolded properly.
It's not that they can't afford it, but the extravagance of the king will have a negative impact on the people of the world.
The king of Chu has a thin waist, and he starves to death in the palace, which is such a phenomenon.
Zishou began to introduce the production process of meat forest bacon to the ministers, so that they could understand how luxurious they were.
First of all, you have to spread the raw salt on the bottom of the marinating vat, cut the thigh, place the skin up on the lower meat, cover with a layer of salt, put it into the second thigh in the same way, continue to cover with a layer of raw salt, and never let the pieces of meat touch together.
Once a few pieces of meat are placed, cover them all with a layer of salt, and never leave the meat exposed.
After sealing and marinating for five days, the salted pieces of meat are taken out and stacked in reverse order, and the raw salt is laid between the pieces of meat and put back into the container, and finally covered with salt and not exposed for half a minute.
In this salting process, a lot of salt is used.
After the second marination, the meat pieces are taken out, the salt attached to the surface is shaken off, and the meat is hung up.
After hanging for a few days, the salt on the surface of the meat pieces is thoroughly wiped clean with coarse linen, oiled, and the trees are chopped down on the spot for firewood and smoked.
After smoking, it is smeared with oil and vinegar from the failure of sake brewing, and continues to hang so that it can be stored for a long time.
Moreover, Zishou also made people choose the source of meat, choose the young instead of the strong, choose the strong instead of the old, and use salt wantonly, so extravagant and wasteful, it will inevitably be scolded!
No one made any mess with the meat forest, everything was according to its own design, it was perfect.
Seeing the dumbfounded reaction of the hundred officials, Zishou ordered Yin Po: "Take meat for the secretaries!"
I have to say that these bacon are delicious when they look good.
The protracted smoke forms a jet-black and hard outer layer, and after being carefully washed, it reveals a clear and layered flesh, which is almost the same meaning of the tenderness of the iron man.
Rough and bold, but it hides an intriguing beauty.
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