Chapter 125 The Grand Banquet
It's only April, and there aren't many fresh vegetables for sale in the north. Li Wen went around the supply and marketing cooperative store, bought some soy products such as tofu, and weighed some kelp. There was really nothing left to buy, so he
Come out.
Riding his bicycle to a deserted area in a small alley, Li Wen took out three kilograms of pork, a rabbit, a duck, and two large carp preserved in a constant space.
Finally, I took some dried fungus, shiitake mushrooms, white fungus and some green leafy vegetables of this season.
"Okay, today's dishes are so rich, even in future generations, we can make a good table of banquets." Li Wen looked at the ingredients in the basket and said to himself.
"Awesome! Wenzi, you had a lot of bleeding today. You even bought a basket when you bought groceries." As soon as he walked in, Zheng Kai, who was chatting animatedly with the girls in the front hall, came up to him with sharp eyes.
"Isn't it just to satisfy the feast requirements of all the handsome men and beauties? This time I really suffered from heavy bleeding and spent more than ten yuan. It's heartbreaking!" Li Wen said, covering his chest.
"Come on, let's see what good things we have!" Zhang Tao, leading a few girls, snatched the backpack from Li Wen's back and said.
"Wow, pork, duck, rabbit, and big carp, it's so rich! There's even white fungus." All the girls screamed in surprise.
"This white fungus is a good thing. It can not only nourish the body, but also beautify the skin. It was a tribute from the palace in ancient times, and even now it is worth a lot of money overseas." Chen Jing picked up a light yellow dried white fungus and smelled it.
Tremella is a scarce resource in this era. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, because artificial cultivation technology was immature and wild Tremella was very rare, one even sold for dozens of taels of silver. Moreover, Tremella was also a tribute and was loved by dignitaries and royal beauties.
Although Tremella has been cultivated artificially since the founding of the People's Republic of China, the methods are still relatively traditional and the yield is very low.
Currently, the country only produces about ten tons of dry Tremella a year, and most of them are exported to earn foreign exchange. Therefore, Tremella is still very precious to ordinary people.
Tremella entered ordinary people's homes in the 1970s and 1980s. However, only workers and family members consumed it occasionally, while in rural areas, it was still mainly about having enough food.
Tremella fuciformis is even rarer in the northern region. Among everyone, only Chen Jing from the south knows Tremella fuciformis, and everyone else recognizes it as a kind of white mushroom.
When the girls heard Chen Jing say that the mushroom in his hand was Tremella fuciformis, which was a tribute in ancient times and could also nourish and beautify the skin, they felt happy.
They all said that today's dish can only be enjoyed by girls. This aroused resistance from boys who were more interested in ancient tributes.
Li Wen got three dried white fungus from Cui Dashan. Each one was only half the size of a palm and looked very light, but it was quite a lot after soaking the white fungus.
Chen Jing was asked to explain to the girls that the white fungus was similar to the fungus. After soaking in hair, it would become large enough for everyone to eat. This was the only way to prevent the outbreak of a war.
"Lesbians, please help pick these vegetables and peel the potatoes. Gay men, please help process the rabbits, ducks and carps. Let's go cook." Li Wen ordered with a smile and walked into the kitchen.
Because he was in a hurry to eat at noon, Li Wen first soaked the white fungus in warm water and poured a little corn flour into it to suck out the impurities.
"Wenzi, what's the staple food for lunch today?" Zheng Kai walked into the kitchen holding a bundle of dry firewood and asked.
"How about a combination of millet and rice? That's okay!" Li Wen took out a small bag from the rice vat and scooped out a bowl of rice and said.
"This staple food is hard!" Zheng Kai said as he stretched his head and looked at the yellow millet and snow-white rice in the basin.
"You think it's like your house. Last time I went to your house for dinner, my dear fellow, every person I ate was just a piece of meat." Li Wen said scornfully.
"Hosting you will use up my monthly meat ration. You have no conscience!" Zheng Kai was lighting the fire. As soon as Li Wen said this, he was choked by the thick smoke and burst into tears.
"Haha, I'm not kidding you anymore, I'm going to chop vegetables!" Li Wen looked at Zheng Kai, whose face turned dark, and felt a little gloating.
"Li Wen, we will help you chop the vegetables, and you will be responsible for cooking." At this time, Sun Li and another girl Qian Xiaohua came in.
"What I wish for!"
Li Wen quickly gave up the chopping board. He cut vegetables very slowly. If he cut vegetables quickly, they would be of different sizes and very uneven.
Because there were not enough pots, Li Wen built a small stove with bricks in the yard. Then he put a casserole on it and cooked the white fungus soup, and let a few girls who knew how to cook watch.
Li Wen and a few girls worked hard for more than an hour, and nine dishes and one soup were ready!
Meat dishes include braised pork, stir-fried rabbit, braised duck, sweet and sour carp and scrambled eggs.
The vegetarian dishes are a large cold platter, spicy and sour potato shreds, spicy tofu, and vinegar cabbage.
Finally add a red date and white fungus soup.
"This is too sumptuous! I have never had such a sumptuous meal." The men and women couldn't help but salivate as they looked at the two tables full of food.
"What are you guys doing standing still? There's a table for men and a table for women. Let's start dinner!" Li Wen, who came out of the kitchen, said with a smile as he watched everyone swallowing their saliva around the food.
"Then we're welcome!" As soon as Li Wen finished speaking, everyone sat down impatiently.
"Wenzi, don't you want to eat? We can't wait any longer, we're about to start." Looking at Li Wen who was stunned in the yard, Zheng Kai shouted hurriedly.
"Come here!"
Li Wen hurriedly walked over and sat down in his seat. "Good guys, are you waiting for me to come out and call for dinner?"
"That's right. You are the master of the family and the main contributor to today's meal. I must be waiting for you, everyone, don't you think so." Zheng Kai said with a smile.
"Yes!" All the boys responded in unison.
"Stop talking, let's start eating. The girls have already started." Li Wen quickly pulled out a duck leg from the middle of the table and stuffed it into his mouth.
"Fuck, ruthless!"
Zheng Kai roared, stood up and rushed towards the other rabbit legs. For a moment, there were swords and swords on the table, and secret battles continued.
Within a few minutes, the braised pork and duck and rabbit meat on the table had been swept away, not even a single bone was left.
"They're all livestock!" Li Wen sighed as he sandwiched the sweet and sour carp.
"Can you eat more politely? You are still a cultured person!" Zhang Tao, who was sitting at the girl's table, looked at Zheng Kai and the others with disdain.
"I haven't seen that your chopsticks are much slower. They can even catch up with bullets." Zheng Kai retorted with a smile.
"Humph! I won't talk to you stinky men anymore." Zhang Tao blushed at Zheng Kai's words and turned around.
"Isn't it just that the chopsticks in her hands are a little faster? She hasn't used them to their full potential yet! It's just that today's meal was too rich." Zhang Tao muttered in a low voice.
"This Tremella soup is so delicious, sweet and smooth, delicious and delicious!" Chen Shuyao picked up the spoon and took a mouthful, her eyes narrowed because of the delicious food.
"Let's all have a try!" Just now, we only cared about eating meat, and no one touched the white fungus soup. After almost eating the meat dishes, everyone started to taste the white fungus soup made by Li Wen.
There are no lotus seeds in today's white fungus soup. It's a stuff from the south and not available in the north. Li Wen put rock sugar, red dates and wolfberry in it.
"It's delicious! After eating the meat, take a sip of this white fungus soup, it's amazing." Everyone was full of praise.
Chapter completed!