Not only does the oyster get more fragrant the more you chew it, but because it has been processed in advance, the moisture inside is actually very sufficient. Although it is not as tender as fresh oysters, it has a unique flavor.
After swallowing the whole oyster in his stomach with enjoyment, Li Xiao then turned his attention to the ring of nozzle next to him.
Nostoc, also known as Nostoc algae, is a type of algae in the order Nodida of the phylum Cyanobacteria.
It is widely distributed in deserts and barren soils around the world. It is named after its black and slender color, like human hair. It can be eaten and medicinal ingredients can be extracted from it. It is very precious.
Nostoc is the only algae found growing on land in the world. It is very popular due to its high nutritional value. However, more than ten years ago, it was once included in the list of plants that were prohibited from collection and sale.
However, later the Han Dynasty carried out large-scale artificial wild planting and restored the wild reproductive environment of Nostoc, and sales have resumed in recent years.
Therefore, most of the wild Nostoc now actually uses the first batch of artificial strains, which are just cultivated in a wild environment.
The color of Nostoc is actually deep purple, but the purple color is not easy to see when piled together.
The texture of Nostoc is very delicate and smooth, with a crunchy texture, which is very delicious.
The texture of Nostoc is very similar to that of shark's fin, but the texture of Nostoc is soft and not as crispy as shark's fin.
Nostoc itself has only a faint fragrance and no other taste, so what you eat is only its texture and nutritional value, and the taste depends entirely on the abalone juice wrapped in it.
The thickness of the abalone juice is appropriate and not too thick. It doesn't feel too showy when you eat it, and it's not too light to bring out the taste of the food.
For the lettuce, only the tenderest leaves of the lettuce heart were selected.
Put the lettuce in the boiling water and take it out immediately after a few seconds. When you take it out, the heart of the lettuce is still raw, but since the lettuce still has residual warmth, it doesn't take long to blanch it directly.
So when the guests eat it, the heat is just right.
A little salt is obviously added to the water used to blanch green vegetables, so it not only tastes juicy on the surface, but also has a faint salty taste inside, so there is no duplicity, which is very particular.
When many restaurants prepare oil-consuming lettuce or abalone juice lettuce, because abalone juice or oil-consuming lettuce is added at the end, the chef does not add salt when blanching the lettuce.
Because they believe that abalone juice and oyster juice are inherently salty, and with such salty juice poured on top, they try to avoid using salt in other steps.
But in fact, the correct way is to add salt when boiling, and when adding abalone juice later, try to reduce the salinity of the abalone juice.
While eating the vegetables, the awkward atmosphere in the private room seemed to have eased a lot. The fourth uncle was the first to break the silence:
"In the past, I heard many leaders say that big leaders and wealthy businessmen would invite them to [Keruyun] for dinner, but today I really saw it."
"I never believed it when I heard them say how delicious the food was. I thought it was all their bragging, and that the leaders just thought the food here was delicious because it was expensive."
"However, when I tasted it myself today, I found out that what they said was actually true. A simple dish that makes you rich can be so delicious. It's really amazing. No wonder it costs more than 3,000 per person."
After hearing what her fourth uncle said, Sun Yan quickly licked her face and said:
"Yes, yes, if it weren't for Li Xiao's favor, we don't know when we would have a chance to eat again."
"This is how one person attains enlightenment and the whole family ascends to heaven!"
Li Zhiming, who was next to him, quickly poked his mother's waist and reminded in a low voice:
"When one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven."
Although Li Zhiming tried his best to keep his voice down, the dining table in the private room was so big that of course the others could vaguely hear it, and suddenly the private room burst into laughter.
However, Sun Yan did not feel embarrassed and quickly said with a smile:
"That's right, that's right. One person can achieve enlightenment, a chicken or a dog can ascend to heaven. You see, I can't even speak."
Li Xiao couldn't help but find it a little funny that the second mother-in-law of her family who had always looked down on her would change her gender one day.
Things have really changed, how arrogant I used to be, and how groveling I am now.
It seems that she hasn't given up yet and is still thinking of using words to please herself and let herself help, but after thinking about it, how can a woman who is as fussy about him be willing to let such a big advantage slip away from her eyes.
However, Li Xiao couldn't help but secretly shake his head. No matter what the other party did, he would not help him. Even if he really had to spend money to ask for a refund, he would not agree and would definitely use some excuses to get rid of it.
He was still young back then, but he still clearly remembered how embarrassed his father was.
After all, his father was sick and needed money for medical treatment, but as a son, Li Jianguo had no way to come up with the money. Not only did he have the shamelessness to borrow it from his wife's house, but he also had to go to the factory to complain to his co-workers and boss with snot and tears.
Borrow money.
As the saying goes, good money is easy to repay, but debts of favor are hard to repay, so after my father paid back all the money, he still owed a large sum of favors.
When others need to take a leave of absence or take a temporary leave, Li Jianguo is always the one to take over. After all, Li Jianguo always feels that he owes everyone a favor.
Without the help of these workers, his father would not have been able to be saved, so as long as the workers' requests were not too excessive, he would readily agree.
So Li Xiao has been thinking that if the two of them could have helped his grandfather in time when he needed help, not to mention doing the most, they would only have to bear the corresponding obligations.
In this way, his father wouldn't have been so embarrassed back then, wouldn't have had to work so many extra overtimes in recent years, and his health wouldn't have been so bad. For a man under 40, most of his hair has already turned gray.
If only they had each offered 60,000 yuan instead of just 20,000 yuan.
So today they need help. Not to mention that he charges tens of thousands per hour now. Even if he charges hundreds of thousands per hour, there is no problem if he goes to help for free without saying anything.
But now there is no need to discuss anything, and he even feels that it is a good thing that he can let them in so generously to pay New Year's greetings.
So when Li Xiao heard Er Niang's flattery, he just pretended not to hear it.
Soon Maotai and other dishes were served one after another, with wine and meat, and the flattery of the second uncle and third uncle's family, and the atmosphere in the room soon became lively again.
Although Li Xiao never spoke much and only chatted with Yu Qing and his fourth uncle from time to time, Li Jianguo and Liang Jinjian kept chatting with their second and third uncles with smiles on their faces.
Seeing this scene, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh, his parents were too big.
However, seeing his parents' happiness, Li Xiao's resentment seemed to have lessened a bit. Indeed, the reason why he chose to come to Ruyun's place for dinner in the first place was because he had some thoughts of showing off.
Now it seems that this decision was indeed a good one. A lunch worth 40,000 yuan is far more intimidating than a house worth 7 million yuan and a Mercedes-Benz worth more than 400,000 yuan.
But thinking about it, I ate 1/10th of a Mercedes Benz in one meal. The price is really scary.
The meal was a feast for both the guests and the host, and of course Li Xiao was very happy. As for the second uncle and the third uncle, he couldn't care whether they were smiling on their faces and confused in their hearts.
After the meal, Manager Cai once again politely escorted the group to the car. This move made the surrounding onlookers pay attention.
Li Jianguo took his sister's car and returned to Longding Palace first, while Li Xiao and his mother went to a nearby supermarket that was still open to buy some fresh vegetables and a wild Eastern Star Spot.
It's funny to say that this wild Eastern Star Spot was actually sold for the price of a farmed Eastern Star Spot. Li Xiao didn't understand what went wrong in the process that led to such a result.
The salesperson gritted his teeth and confirmed again and again that what he had in his hands was the farmed Eastern Star Spot. Li Xiao was really angry and funny, and in the end he had no choice but to buy it at a super cheap price.
Back at Longding Palace, Li Xiao immediately started preparing for today's dinner. Although it was only two o'clock and there were still a few hours until dinner, some materials needed to be prepared for a long time, so it was just right to start preparing now.
Li Xiao thought about it for a moment, then waved away her mother who wanted to come over to help and asked her to accompany her relatives. Of course, she mainly chatted with her fourth aunt and fourth uncle, while she got busy in the kitchen.
Li Xiao skillfully opened Mao Mao Live on her mobile phone and started the live broadcast.
After all, the live broadcast has not started for two full days. As the most dedicated model worker of Mao Mao Live, this is a rare case of laziness.
The news about Li Xiao's broadcast was sent out through the background of the live broadcast room, and the number of people in the live broadcast room increased rapidly.
The number soon exceeded 200,000. He smiled and said to the audience:
"Long time no see. I wish all the handsome guys and beauties in the live broadcast room a happy new year and good health. Thank you for your continued support of my live broadcast in the new year."
However, before Li Xiao could say his second sentence, a series of rewards appeared on the screen of the live broadcast room. The number of rewards was so large that the screen of the live broadcast room even briefly froze.
Seeing the dazzling gift special effects that appeared in the live broadcast room, Li Xiao was a little confused and didn't realize what was going on.
However, before he could figure out what was going on, six or seven rockets rose from the ground one after another.
Most of the notes behind Rocket are blessing words such as: [Happy New Year], [Anchor has worked hard!], [Happy New Year everyone!] and other blessings.
Li Xiao finally realized that this was the legendary New Year fan giveaway.
During the New Year period, many viewers who have received a large number of red envelopes have a high desire to reward.
And these viewers who have a high desire to reward will reward their favorite anchors.
The income of many anchors in the seven or eight days of the New Year alone is more than the income in the usual two months or even more.
Therefore, even on important festivals such as the Chinese New Year, many anchors are willing to stay in their live broadcast rooms for a long time, just to wait for the wealthy person who may give them a huge reward.
As Li Xiao has a huge fan base, the number of rich people who appear in the live broadcast room will also increase accordingly.
So even the moment Li Xiao started the live broadcast, gifts rained down in the live broadcast room.
As these gift effects continued to disappear and reappear, his popularity rose rapidly, and he soon reached the top 100 on the popularity list, and then broke through the top 30 at lightning speed.
However, his improvement in the popularity list soon slowed down, because many anchors started live broadcasting early this morning.
The total number of gifts given by everyone has also accumulated so much that it will be impossible to surpass others for a while.
However, Li Xiao didn't care about his ranking on the popularity list at all. After thanking him, he turned to the workbench to deal with the lamb that had been taken out and thawed in advance.
His hand gently touched the lamb's gray-white skin. The skin was very delicate and smooth, giving it a strange feeling.
Although the temperature of the lamb is still a bit cold, it is very close to room temperature, and after several hours of thawing, the meat is no longer stiff and becomes soft.
Li Xiao lifted the whole lamb and shook it in front of the camera
“Today I’m going to cook a very hard roasted whole lamb with hard vegetables. Of course, there will be several other hard dishes later, but they may be a little more difficult, so the first simple hard dish is just for everyone.
You have to study more seriously."
There was a burst of wailing in the live broadcast room immediately
"Good guy, is this New Year's Eve going to Versailles just after the live broadcast?"
"This is the first time I have heard of roasted whole lamb. It is actually a simple hard dish? Is it because the sound of firecrackers shocked my ears and caused auditory hallucinations?"
"One thing is true, roasting a whole lamb is really simple. Otherwise, you can roast it if you have a grill. Whether it tastes good or not is another question."
"What you said above makes sense. The problem is that if I don't cook it well, why would I cook it?"
"I watched a video of a host buying a sheep a few days ago. A sheep is not cheap. If it fails, wouldn't the price be a bit too high?"
"Failure is success. If you don't fail a few times, how can you succeed?"
"I can't afford a roasted whole lamb. The price is equal to half of my salary. It's too luxurious."
...
Li Xiao took out a sharp knife and made a mark on the whole sheep.
"Our main effort in making this roasted whole lamb is marinating it, but before marinating, we need to break its tendons, otherwise during the exam, his tendons will shrink due to heat.
Causing the whole sheep to curl up."
As he spoke, he slashed the lamb's body, which had been gutted and cleaned, more than a dozen times.
Each cut was drawn on the main tendons of the lamb. As long as the large tendons were cut directly, the problem of muscle retraction would not be so serious.
"We have cut the tendons of the lamb and can directly put it on a rack. Of course, I recommend that you search for a special iron rack for roasting whole lamb."
"After the limbs are fixed on the rack, you can start marinating."
Li Xiao took out a lot of spices and introduced them to the audience:
"Because the lamb is so big, we must not skimp on the spices when marinating it."
"We first break up the large pieces of spices with a food processor. If you don't have a food processor, you can also put them into a bag and crush them with a hammer. These spices are grass fruit, cumin, galangal, cinnamon, angelica root, and peppercorns.
, white beard grains, 5 grams of each is enough.”
"Then we can mix the spices on top, mix in peanut butter, chicken powder, cinnamon powder, cumin powder, sesame oil, rice wine, ginger juice, onion juice, and salad oil."
"Mix all the ingredients together, then add warm water and mix them all into a paste."
While talking, Li Xiao had already prepared a large plate of gray-brown marinade. He picked up a small piece of seasoning with his fingers and spread it evenly on the body of the lamb. The lamb quickly turned from gray-white to gray-brown.
“When applying the marinade, remember to apply it evenly, not only on the surface, but also on the inside of the lamb, so that both the outside and the inside of the lamb can be flavored, and there needs to be even more marinade inside because the inside is uneven.
If you don’t add more marinade, it won’t be able to absorb the flavor at all.”
This little lamb only weighed ten pounds, so it was really not easy to handle. Just marinating it took a full 10 minutes.
Looking at the uniformly colored lamb, Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction. Now most of the lamb has been marinated.
He turned the lamb over again to let the audience see clearly the state of the lamb.
"We marinated the lamb to this extent to complete the first step. Then we wrapped the four lamb feet with tin foil, because the heating spots on the four feet were too small and would easily burn."
"It takes about two or three hours to marinate the lamb. During this period, we can use a small spray bottle to spray a little water on the surface of the lamb. The water will be absorbed by the lamb and make the lamb more juicy and tender."
"After waiting two or three hours, we will preheat the oven to 180 degrees and then stuff the roasted whole lamb into it."
After reading the operations below, the viewers in the live broadcast room felt that they were good again.
"Yo yo yo, this roasted whole lamb looks really easy!"
"This is too simple. I'll go out immediately to see if there are any lambs in the market now. I'm going to eat roasted whole lamb tonight."
“The baked leather shoes are delicious with so many spices.”
"Please go upstairs and bake the leather shoes immediately. If the seasoning is not enough, as long as you dare to tell me your address, I can send you some free shipping!"
"It's so funny, there are still trolls during the Chinese New Year? Do the trolls charged during the Chinese New Year have to pay overtime?"
"By the way, haven't you noticed a problem? How can such a big roasted whole lamb be stuffed into the oven?"
"Hiss, my idea of going upstairs is too tricky. I never thought of it before."
"You must be new here, right? Haven't you seen the super big oven in the host's house? It's more than enough to roast a whole lamb."
"I'm crying, then those of us who don't have a super big oven can't make this simple roasted whole lamb?"
Li Xiao's eyes swept across this barrage and he quickly said:
"Sorry, sorry, I kept forgetting that the ovens at home are not that big. Of course, even if you don't have an oven at home, you can still bake this roasted whole lamb."
"But you need to buy a rotating rack, which is the kind of rotating rack that can directly put the whole sheep on it. Of course, you also need to buy some charcoal."
"But if you use charcoal, you need someone to stand by and constantly turn your cute little lamb, otherwise it will be burnt or undercooked due to uneven heating."
