Chapter 369 From the tip of the tongue to see the hometown II
After finishing the appetizer, Bernadette looked at the clear soup brought by the maid, slightly indifferent, because she really knew this soup.
In other words, this is the soup that that person once asked the kitchen to make.
"Tomato and egg soup (again, don't worry about the name tomato, this time it is translated into Rune language), a classic and simple appetizer soup."
"An appetizer soup? But normal people should be exhausted after eating this..." Bernadette complained slightly in her heart, picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, but found that it was slightly different from what she had drunk when she was a child.
How should I put it? The general taste is similar, both have a clean taste, but when you drink it carefully, it has a special taste.
The sage's power started to work again, and the minimalist cooking process of this bowl of soup flashed back before her eyes. Then she noticed that the oil in this soup was different from the oil in the previous dishes. It was not rapeseed oil or oil.
Animal fat is not a high-end cooking oil such as olive oil.
Continuing to trace up, Bernadette saw the entire process of oil processing, and also saw its initial form - sesame.
This plant is found in both the northern and southern continents, and many people eat it, but it is mostly used as a cheap substitute similar to crushed nuts, or simply sprinkled on bread to increase taste and nutrition, and is even useful.
It is used as medicine, but extracting oil is still rare.
“There are also plenty of oils for cooking…”
Bernadette placed the unknowingly empty bowl on the table, and then saw Snow waving the hand for the maid to bring the main course.
"rice?!"
"Well, the staple food is rice, and there are four main dishes and four side dishes each, which are Sichuan cuisine Mapo Tofu, Shandong cuisine braised sea cucumber with green onions, Cantonese cuisine honey-glazed barbecued pork, Jiangsu cuisine squirrel mandarin fish, Fujian cuisine Buddha Jumping over the Wall, Zhejiang cuisine Dongpo Pork, Huizhou cuisine
Crispy crispy rice crust with vegetables.”
"..." Looking at the rice and eight plates of hard vegetables in front of her, Bernadette began to wonder if all the "guxiagn" people were big eaters, but after thinking about it, she still had to eat.
She didn't quite understand what "Sichuan", "Lu", "Guangdong", "Su"... these strange-sounding words represented, but judging from the description behind them, they might be a genre, that is to say, these eight dishes belonged to
In eight genres!
“The flavors are very complex…”
As Bernadette ate, she felt that her mind was a little confused, because she found that the sage's passive analysis ability had begun to become a little confusing.
It’s not that angels can’t analyze these dishes, but the factors in these dishes have begun to conflict!
Relying on unconscious analysis, it is no longer possible to trace upward.
"The core of each dish is different. Some focus on the original taste, some focus on the ratio of spices, and some focus on the meticulousness of every step, and focus on the complex broth..."
At this time, Bernadette's thinking thread was completely divided into two parts. One part began to enjoy these unheard of delicacies, and the other part tried hard to find the same origin from these dishes.
Then, she only got two answers——
First, this empire should have strong iron smelting technology and good steel production, enough to make thin and durable iron pots, which resulted in the cooking method called "stir-frying" - and this development should have continued for a long time
At least today's iron smelting technology is enough to provide for the laying of railways, but neither Loen, Intis, nor Feysac have derived such a luxurious cooking method.
Second, although the cooking methods are different, all dishes have the habit of using various tedious and cumbersome techniques to boil stock as cooking water, thus giving the dishes a delicious taste.
Seeing Bernadette's expression as she ate and thought, Snow felt a little frustrated. After all, this was not a gourmet world, and the cooks were only ghost maids and extraordinary kitchen utensils that he had "given" cooking knowledge. Bernard was not allowed to cook.
It is reasonable for Dai to eat until her clothes are blown out.
But in order to get her to focus more on the food itself, Snow raised the corners of her lips and did the most annoying thing for puzzle lovers -
“Our hometown has eight major cuisines and countless original recipes that I don’t know which cuisine should be classified. In a sense, you can regard them as products that were developed independently and then merged with each other, so don’t try to trace the roots.
, because unless you go directly back to the barbaric days of fighting with stones, it’s hard to find a unified source.”
"In other words, Guxiang is very large and has a vast territory. It may not be easy to communicate with various places. It is difficult to imagine how such an empire can maintain stability with inconvenient transportation..." Bernadette thought of the current situation.
She looked at the world map, but couldn't find a suitable place for this empire to appear. Finally, her eyes once again focused on the continent that might exist at the end of this sea area.
"In other words, this empire probably existed before the Third Age, and is even older than the Solomon Empire... Using tachyons, it may have some relationship with the ancestors of the elves... Did it come from the same place? Could it be that the Eastern Continent and
Is the Western Continent really one? If so, the area can indeed accommodate such a super empire..."
Bernadette's brain is getting faster and faster, but her cooking speed is not slow at all...
…
"Um, why is Mr. Devil's crimson star still flashing?"
Above the gray fog, Klein, who had just rescued Little Sun from an unknown situation, suddenly noticed the crimson stars that were still flashing frequently, and his spirituality immediately spread. Then, an extremely clear picture appeared in front of him.
.
Looking down from the gray mist, a man and a woman were sitting at a table, and the table was filled with all kinds of delicacies.
"Mr. Devil and...the Queen of Mystery?" Klein's eyes suddenly widened, and then he noticed the food on the table——
"Wait a minute! This is Mapo tofu! This is squirrel fish! That one is sea cucumber roasted with green onions... And what's in this soup bowl, isn't it the legendary Buddha Jumping Over the Wall? There's actually rice! Why does Mr. Devil and...
Let’s have Chinese food together with Bernadette? Are there a gathering of descendants of time-travelers? But why didn’t you call me?! Ah, I’m the Fool, so that’s okay… How is that possible?”
Klein watched eagerly as Mr. Devil introduced the food culture of his "hometown" to Bernadette, and then he saw a ghost maid walking in holding a wine jar.
That wine jar... is definitely a style only found in flower growers!
"Senior Panredax, after you gave up your promotion, did you focus on leaving various culinary inheritances to future generations? Suixia... No, I have to find a way to take advantage of Mr. Demon... Well, I must go after I go back this time.
A trip to Mr. Devil’s old house!”
…
Snow, who specially left a window for eating and broadcasting for Klein, didn't know whether Klein had noticed it. At this time, he was focusing on Bernadette's side, thinking about it, and eating non-stop.
Look.
Seeing Bernadette eating fried peanuts, Snow smiled slightly and said:
"Fried peanuts, mixed bean curd sticks, boiled edamame, and candied lotus root. These four are great dishes to go with drinks. You have to drink some wine while eating them!"
"So is there anything special about this wine?" Bernadette, as one of the four pirate kings, is certainly no stranger to wine, but she has never seen this kind of amber wine.
Hearing Bernadette's question, Snow smiled slightly and said meaningfully:
"In its origin, when a girl is born in the family, the parents will choose the best wine and seal it and store it in the cellar. They will dig it out when their daughter gets married, so this kind of wine is also called daughter's red."
"..." Bernadette's hand that was halfway raised suddenly stopped, and her whole body froze in place. Seeing this, Snow continued -
"But this jar of wine is not considered daughter's red wine. It was made by me temporarily using my extraordinary ability to speed up the fermentation. After all, there is no feast without wine!"
Snow was mumbling, but found that the stiff Bernadette still didn't respond. He was stunned and immediately turned on his spiritual vision.
Then, he saw a pair of eyelidless eyes floating behind Bernadette...
"Fuck! How did you recruit the Hidden Sage?"
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
Some people still remember the Journey to the West Banquet, which is actually correct or not, because the prototype of the Journey to the West Banquet in Kariya’s book was modified by me based on the Shaowei Banquet and the Manchu-Han Banquet. It is a classic of Chinese banquets and can be found in basically all major cuisines.
You can find delicacies from all over the world, so it is probably the most suitable way to introduce "hometown dishes" to Huang Beibei.