HLnovel Chapter 539 "The Best Soup in the World"
Chapter 539 "The Best Soup in the World"
Shen Youyou stood on tiptoe and patted her father's shoulder, nodded her chin towards the back room, and then looked towards the main halls on both sides of the east and west wing rooms.
"Dad, go for a spin."
Shen Zhiqiu suddenly panicked: "It can't be what he thinks, how much money will it cost?"
Shen Luming was very tactless at this moment, and didn't realize at all that his father was feeling very anxious.
She also pointed at the things they bought and called her sister.
"Sister, we've bought everything you wanted. What delicious food will you make for dinner?"
"Did you buy some fresh meat? I'll make you some minced meat rolls today."
Although he didn't know what the minced meat rolls his sister was talking about were, Shen Luming was still looking forward to it.
As for the preserved eggs, they cannot be eaten immediately after they are made.
Li Jingshu originally planned to make steamed buns, and had already kneaded the dough when she went out. But when she heard that her daughter wanted to make minced meat rolls,
It’s easy to do, so let’s do it!
But the most important thing when making minced meat rolls is the meat filling.
Shen Youyou took out a large piece of pork belly with alternating fat and lean parts and asked Brother Dabao to help chop it into pieces.
She chopped green onions, ginger, and garlic herself to enhance the flavor and remove the fishy smell.
There is an old saying that goes, if you don’t add onions, ginger, and garlic when preparing fresh meat filling, the flavor will be lost by half!
So first chop the meat, add the chopped green onion, ginger and garlic, add some sesame seeds, and then pour some boiling hot oil on it.
With a "sizzling" sound, a rich fragrance spread out.
At this time, add table salt and some homemade compound cumin. It would be better if there is oyster sauce, but if there is none for now, just make do with it.
But don’t forget the soy sauce.
"Okay, second sister, that's enough. You don't need too much soy sauce."
Shen Youyou took four chopsticks, put them together and stirred them clockwise.
"Mom, how is it, is your noodle ready?"
"Okay, I'll roll it into a big pancake for you."
This saved Shen Youyou a lot of trouble. She simply took the basin of meat filling over and started spreading the meat filling on the long pancake.
Just roll the pancake evenly, spread a layer of meat filling on it, and then gently roll it up from one end.
Then roll it into a long strip.
Then pick up a kitchen knife and cut it into pieces the size of an adult's fist.
As for rolling flower rolls, it was much easier. Not only did Li Jingshu and Erya come to help, but even Dabao and the others could help after washing their hands.
The action is quite skillful, just press the middle of the dough, twist it simply, and the meat roll is ready. With strength in numbers, several bamboo baskets of meat rolls were made in a short time.
Shen Luming, who was standing next to him, was drooling at the sight.
But you can’t eat it if it’s not steamed!
Put the pot in cold water, steam it for 20 minutes after the water boils, and then simmer for 5 minutes without opening the lid. Once it comes out of the pot, the whole house will be filled with fragrance!
Even if they don’t eat vegetables, Dabao and his friends can still eat six or seven of these steamed buns with egg and seaweed soup.
On the second day,
Shen Zhiqiu's meal was steamed pork rolls that he had made in the morning. He put a pancake maker on the small stove and fried them with a little oil.
Fry until the bottom is golden brown, the aroma is simply amazing.
It is served with "the best summer drink" - Perilla starter.
According to the Guang Qun Fang Pu, Emperor Renzong of Song once ordered the Hanlin Academy to hold a national beverage evaluation conference.
At that time, famous brand beverages such as Perilla Drink, Agarwood Drink, Erchen Drink, Elsholtzia Drink, Mint Drink, Osmanthus Drink, and Black Drink all signed up to participate.
After being tasted by experts organized by the Hanlin Academy, the purple basil drink stood out for its excellent color, aroma and taste, as well as its function of cooling off and maintaining health, and won the championship in one fell swoop.
The two brands of Agarwood and Ophiopogon ranked second and third.
"Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty made the soup drink, and the best choice was boiled water with perilla"
This sentence, like the advertising slogan of later generations, was widely circulated and quickly spread throughout China.
Perilla drink also became the best-selling drink at that time.
The Yuan Dynasty poet Hao Lai's "Lingnan Yimengzi Thirst-Quenching Water Song" contains a line describing Song Renzong's evaluation of beverages:
"When evaluating soups in the Summer Palace, Chenmu Shiso is known to be the best."
The Song Dynasty poet Yang Wujiu also liked to entertain guests with purple basil drinks, and once wrote "Dian Jiang Lip Purple Basil Cooked Water":
"The treasure horn neighed as it returned, not letting the good guest leave easily. My brother-in-law was a rat, and I listened to the foreign language with a smile. The clearness entered my heart, and it really helped to make the poem bitter."
The Song Dynasty poet Yimin even said in his poem "Jiangchengzi":
"The poem matches the dream of ten years of lights, new rice porridge, and basil soup. Now let's talk about the world's peace and well-being."
"Come, Lord Wei, have a taste. This perilla induction is something my daughter learned from The Dreams of the Eastern Capital. Paired with this minced meat roll, it's fragrant but not greasy."
Lord Wei is not polite anymore, mainly because being polite all the time is really not good for his stomach.
Shen Zhiqiu was in a very talkative mood today. Only with such educated people could he show off that his daughter had read a lot of books and knew a lot. If he told the villagers about it, they would not understand and would not be aware of it, so it would not be satisfying to show off.
On the third day, Shen Youyou, dressed in men's clothes, brought Shen Erya, who was also dressed in men's clothes, and the little man Shen Luming.
He personally drove a horse-drawn carriage to the Warehouse Office.
She asked Shen Luming to talk to the guards, and Shen Luming said politely, "Please pass it on to Lord Shen."
It was lunch for him, pork tenderloin and braised shark's fin.
These two dishes are from the Qing Dynasty delicacies in the past life, and the taste must be extraordinary.
Shen Zhiqiu was able to enjoy this delicious meal because Li Jingshu and her daughter had recently been researching new dishes for Guangyuanlou.
The purse-shaped pork loin was created to imitate the shape of the "purse" worn by kings, princes and ministers.
This dish is made with pork tenderloin and eggs as the main ingredients. The soft, tender and fragrant meat filling is wrapped in a golden and crispy egg skin, and its shape resembles a purse, hence the name.
Take a bite, the skin of the pork tenderloin is golden and crispy, the filling is tender and juicy, and the taste is rich.
Braised shark's fin originated in the late Qing Dynasty and is cooked by the famous "Tan Family Cuisine", which is famous for its exquisite craftsmanship and unique flavor.
This dish uses high-quality yellow shark fins, paired with duck, old hen and other ingredients, and is slow-cooked for a long time.
The finished wing meat is soft and tender, bright apricot yellow, soft and smooth, and has a very mellow and fresh taste.
The Tan family cuisine is based on the principle of "selecting the ingredients carefully, adding the ingredients generously, cooking them carefully, cooking them at the right time, and making them pure in flavor".
Braised shark's fin is the perfect embodiment of their exquisite craftsmanship.
In his previous life, Li Jingshu spent money to learn how to make this dish, and it is one of Shen Zhiqiu's favorites.
On the fourth day, we had roasted deer tendons and shark fins with osmanthus.
It was also the royal delicacy loved by Emperor Yongzheng and Empress Dowager Cixi in their previous lives.
It is said that Emperor Yongzheng had a special liking for deer tendons when he was a prince, believing that deer tendons can strengthen muscles and bones and are of great benefit to the body.
Roasted deer tendons are made with sika deer tendons as the main ingredient. They are rich in collagen and various amino acids, and have the effects of strengthening tendons and bones, nourishing blood and dredging meridians.
The second dish, Osmanthus Shark's Fin, is made with soaked shark's fin needles as the main ingredient. It is light yellow in color and shaped like osmanthus. It tastes fresh, salty, mellow, soft and delicious.
Empress Dowager Cixi also praised it highly after tasting it.
However, the ingredients are really expensive. If Guangyuanlou did not usually entertain top dignitaries, it would not be able to serve such dishes.
Day 5, Longjing shrimp, braised duck...
Lord Wei is now willing to come to the Warehouse Office whenever he has something to do or not, especially during the lunch break, which is definitely the moment he looks forward to most every day.
He even felt that the official uniform he had worn in recent days was a little tight.
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It was not until the eighth day that they had the meal. Li Jingshu and her daughter had started preparing Buddha Jumps Over the Wall on the first day.
The fragrance filled the entire warehouse.
It tastes so delicious after taking a sip, and it really lives up to its reputation as “the best soup in the world”.