The entire Yaoguang Hall is filled with the alluring aroma of Yaozhou ham stewed mushrooms. The mushrooms that are stewed properly are smooth, tender and crispy, and taste extremely delicious.
Cured ham, especially the ham skin, is elastic and chewy, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it becomes. The fat meat melts in your mouth, it is fat but not greasy, and the lean meat is full of the strong aroma of cured meat.
Especially with a small spoonful of soup, the rich aroma of mushrooms mixed with the aroma of cured ham makes people want to swallow it.
Li Xiang, the great grandson of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was sitting next to Empress Changsun, looking like he was devouring food. The look of eating made Empress Changsun couldn't help but whisper advice.
"Slow down, don't burn yourself."
"Yeah, grandma, you should eat it too, it's so delicious..."
Looking at the piece of mushroom handed over by Li Xiang, Queen Changsun opened her mouth to take it, and her mouth was filled with the delicious taste.
With a loving face, he patted Li Xiang's little head. Well, my love for this good grandson was not in vain.
Li Shimin, the lord of the world, also ate it with gusto. The taste of Yaozhou ham was indeed unique.
Unfortunately, you can only drink rice wine with ginger added, not high-strength liquor like Banxian Zui.
Li Mingda was also very happy after eating, and the Yaoguang Hall was filled with the uncontrollable sounds of people chewing food.
The sadness that the lay speaker brewed several times was almost drowned by greed.
In the end, the kind Empress Changsun of the Tang Dynasty asked the lay speaker to go down to rest first, so as to avoid starving the lay speaker to death on the spot.
"Brother Cheng San, this hoof is too hard, please help me..."
"Okay, okay, Weichen is here."
"Brother Cheng San, what kind of mushroom is this? Come and see..."
"Okay, okay, Weichen is here..."
Li Shimin felt that his meal was not tasty no matter how much he ate. What happened to his daughter? He always called Cheng Sanlang over. If you have the ability, call me. I am your father.
However, after taking a look at the mushrooms that he could not identify on his daughter's chopsticks, Li Shimin angrily poked the pig's trotters in the pot with his chopsticks.
It was as if he was piercing Cheng Sanlang's cheeky face with a sword, and then took a hard bite. It was quite chewy, and the more you chewed, the more delicious it became.
Forget it, let that kid go for now, come on, let's go with my father first.
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Li Yuan's face was red after eating. He said he had bad teeth. He chewed the fragrant and elastic pig skin, took a sip of rice wine with lots of ginger, and breathed hard.
Although the wine was not strong, after mixing in a large amount of ginger, the wine-loving Emperor finally found the taste of strong wine.
Then he stroked his long beard and said to Cheng Sanlang who was helping Li Mingda handle the dishes.
"Well...this Yaozhou ham tastes really good. Cheng Sanlang, was it your boy who made this thing?"
"Why do I feel that it is similar to the bacon you sent before, but it tastes better?"
"Back to the emperor, this is natural. These are Yaozhou hams made thanks to the unique geographical and climatic conditions of Yaozhou.
It must be stored there for a period of time until the inner quality and aroma of the ham are fixed before being transported out."
"Otherwise, if the newly made ham is transported directly without being stored locally, the taste will also change..."
"You kid, why do I think there is nothing in the world that you don't eat?"
After hearing this, Cheng Chubi quickly said humbly.
"No, no, no, my nephew can only say that the recipe is relatively wide, but it is not as good as Danyang County Duke. But whatever flies in the sky, there is nothing that cannot be eaten by him."
"Ah? Brother Cheng San, Danyang County Lord can even get flies and mosquitoes into his mouth?"
Li Shimin next to him took a sip of wine and spit it out. Li Yuan, who was drinking soup, choked and his face turned red.
Empress Changsun silently picked up the silk handkerchief and covered her mouth and nose. She coughed several times before she could control her emotions.
Cheng Chubi looked at Her Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, who was very curious about knowledge, and wiped his face silently.
"That's not true. It should be true. As long as it has wings and can fly, Duke Danyang can eat it."
"Wow...even eat bats?"
Several royal elders in the palace were in a hurry again, and they all stared at this boy Cheng Sanlang.
It's this kid who made the cute little Sizi have such a wide range of recipes.
"..." Cheng Chubi's head almost hit the table a few times, and he wiped his face again. "Probably, I shouldn't eat it, I think."
This Cheng Sanlang really didn't dare to give a guarantee. After all, Danyang County Duke could even use owls to make wax goods. Anyway, he admired him very much.
Li Shimin originally wanted to ask Cheng Sanlang how to make the sheep flat. Well, he was really just out of curiosity.
Because Li Xiang told himself before that when he was in the East Palace, he tasted the mutton with his father, which confused Li Shimin at first.
It wasn't until the boy explained it for a long time that he realized that it was a beautiful dish from the southwest, a very unique delicacy made by those people.
But considering that the wife still has her daughter, forget it and just ask Cheng Sanlang later.
Seeing that Cheng Sanlang was already sitting at the same table with his good girl, and the girl's face was full of smiles and her eyes were intoxicatingly sweet.
Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a little sad, alas... my daughter has grown up after all.
Even if you stop her, you will eventually get married. You can't keep your daughter by your side forever, right?
Thinking of this, Li Shimin picked up the rice wine in front of him, raised his neck and drained it in one gulp, and spit out the smell of wine.; ;;;;
Li Yuan on the side looked lovingly at his good granddaughter and his good great-grandson who was struggling to cook.
In the blink of an eye, I even had great-grandsons. The Tang Dynasty became increasingly prosperous, the country was peaceful and the people were peaceful, and the officials were in charge.
Erlang's skills are indeed quite good.
However, in the past few years, the population in Guanzhong has increased dramatically, so the imperial court has to travel to this eastern capital to get food at every turn, and has already done so two or three times in a row.
Thinking of this, Li Yuan took a sip of wine and couldn't help but stick out his tongue. Isn't that too much ginger?
"By the way, Erlang, I'm back to Dongdu for lunch. When are you planning to return to Chang'an?"
"My child is still thinking about it. My child just received news from Chang'an the day before yesterday. There is a snow disaster in three states and twenty-one counties in the northern part of Guanzhong. Alas..."
After hearing the news, Li Yuan couldn't help but frown, and sighed deeply.
"Guanzhong has suffered frequent disasters over the past few years, which has really suffered for the people of Guanzhong..."
Li Shimin was also helpless. What he originally thought was that he would lead the civil and military officials and stay in Luoyang, the eastern capital, for a longer time.
We waited until there was plenty of food in Guanzhong and then returned to Chang'an. But what happened? It was just winter and Guanzhong suffered another snowstorm.
Chapter completed!