Hong Qigong pondered: "What is embedded in this cherry?" He closed his eyes, slowly discerned the taste in his mouth, and murmured: "It's bird meat! It's either a partridge or a turtledove, by the way. , it’s Turtle Dove!”
Hong Qigong opened his eyes and saw Huang Rongzheng giving a thumbs up. He couldn't help but feel proud and said with a smile: "What's the weird name of this bowl of lotus leaf, bamboo shoot tip cherry turtle dove soup?"
Huang Rong smiled and said: "Old man, you missed the point." Hong Qigong said "Eh", looked into the soup and said: "Well, there are still some petals." Huang Rong said: "Yes, this soup Just think of the name from these five ingredients."
Hong Qigong said: "You can't ask me to play riddles. My dear, please tell me now."
Huang Rong said: "Let me remind you, just think about it from the Book of Songs."
Hong Qigong waved his hands repeatedly and said: "No, no. Lao Jinghua doesn't know anything about the stuff in books."
At this time, Zhao Kai smiled and said: "The bamboo relieves the guilty conscience, which is a gentleman. The lotus is a gentleman among flowers. Therefore, these bamboo shoots and lotus leaves are said to be a gentleman."
When Huang Rong saw what Zhao Kai said, her eyes couldn't help but light up and she said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, what about this turtle dove?"
Zhao Kai then spoke: "The first chapter of "The Book of Songs" is: 'Guan Guan Jujiu, in the river island, a graceful lady, a gentleman is a good Qiu'. So this soup is called 'Good Qiu soup'."
Hong Qigong laughed loudly after hearing this and said: "To have such a weird soup, it must have such a weird name. Very good, very good. You weird girl doll, I don't know which weird soup it is." I gave birth to it. The taste of this soup is really good. The cherry soup I had in the imperial kitchen more than ten years ago was far inferior to this bowl."
The daughter born by Huang Laoxie was born with evil spirits. Zhao Kai couldn't help but admire that Hong Qigong's eyes were not poisonous.
Huang Rong smiled and said, "Please tell me what good dishes the imperial chef has, so that I can learn to cook them to honor you."
Hong Qigong couldn't stop eating beef sticks and drinking fresh soup. He didn't even have time to drink wine. He had no time to answer Huang Rong's questions. He didn't say until there was only one-tenth or two-tenths left in both bowls: " Of course there are many good things in Yuchu, but none of them are as good as these two flavors. Well, there is a flavor of Yuanyang and Five Delicatessen that is very good, but I don’t know how to make it."
Mu Nianci on the side asked: "Did the emperor invite you to eat with Qi Gong?" Hong Qigong laughed and said: "Yes, the emperor invited you, but the emperor didn't know it. I am Liang Liang in the imperial kitchen. I hid in the palace for three months. I gave him a taste of every dish the emperor ate. If it tasted good, I brought him the whole plate. If not, I just let the emperor eat it by himself. People in the imperial kitchen were suspicious and said The Great Fox has appeared."
The so-called boldness of a skilled artist probably refers to a person like Hong Qigong. He actually stayed in the forbidden area of the palace for three months just to eat delicious food. I am afraid no one would believe this.
Hong Qigong smiled and said: "Baby, your little girlfriend is the best in cooking in the world, and the other little girlfriend is so kind and gentle. Back then, when she saw me, an old beggar, without food or water, she secretly secretly You brought me meals for three days without asking for anything in return. With these two such outstanding women by your side, you will be blessed in your life. ***, why didn’t I have such good luck when I was young?" He seemed deeply regretful.
As soon as Hong Qigong said this, Huang Rong looked shy and Mu Nianci blushed and remained silent.
In order to ease the embarrassment, Zhao Kai said: "I wonder if Qi Gong can still eat it now."
Hong Qigong patted his belly and said with a smile: "As long as there is delicious food, my belly will never be full."
"Well, since Rong'er has already cooked two delicacies, I'm afraid it won't be justified if I don't show my skills." Zhao Kai said with a smile.
"Does your little one know how to cook?" Hong Qigong asked suspiciously.
At this time, Huang Rong and Mu Nianci also looked at Zhao Kai with suspicious expressions.
"Let's ride on the donkey and read the songbook, we'll see." Zhao Kai walked into the kitchen coolly under the suspicious eyes of everyone.
Zhao Kai also tasted the two dishes cooked by Huang Rong just now. They were indeed delicious. To be honest, when it comes to Chinese food, Zhao Kai thinks he is not as good as Huang Rong. However, Zhao Kai has his own unique advantages. In his previous life, Zhao Kai
It can be said that they have traveled to every corner of the world, and naturally they have tasted all the world's delicacies. As for those Western dishes, Hong Qigong and the others must have never tasted them, and they will definitely be surprised when the time comes.
However, there is one thing that makes Zhao Kai very difficult. The plane of the Condor is currently in the Song Dynasty, and many Western ingredients have not yet been introduced to China. For example, tomatoes, Zhao Kai remembers, seemed to have to be introduced during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty.
China is very limited in terms of ingredients, but Zhao Kai is preparing to make Western food today to make up for the lack of ingredients. Since he is going to make Western food, he naturally chooses the most representative dish, steak.
Zhao Kai took a look at the ingredients in the kitchen and made some calculations in his mind, preparing to make a cherry steak. It happened that the ingredients for this dish were available here, and these ingredients were also the ingredients for Huang Rong's two dishes just now.
Zhao Kai first took a complete steak, put it in a bowl and marinated it with five spices: fennel, peppercorns, aniseed, cinnamon, and cloves. Then he beat the cherries into a sauce. Wait until the five spices were completely penetrated.
With the steak in the meat, Zhao Kai lit a fire, turned on the stove, put in oil, and put the steak into the pot to fry.
When the steak was seven years old, Zhao Kai used a shovel to take it out of the pot, put it on the prepared celadon plate, and finally poured cherry sauce on it, and it was done.
Hong Qigong outside the kitchen had already smelled the aroma and moved his index finger. When he saw Zhao Kai starting to bring out the dishes, he hurriedly reached out and snatched the dish from Zhao Kai's hand. But when he saw that there was a dish in front of him.
I was completely dumbfounded when I saw a large piece of beef. How should I handle such a large piece of beef with my chopsticks?
Zhao Kai obviously saw Hong Qigong's difficulties, so he took the plate from Hong Qigong and said, "Qigong, I'll do it."
Then he took out a dagger from his arms, quickly cut the steak in front of him into eight pieces, pushed it in front of Hong Qi Gong and said: "Qi Gong, please."
Hong Qigong impatiently picked up a chopstick and put it in his mouth to taste. He frowned at first, then slowly relaxed, and finally smiled happily.
"The beef was not cooked enough, so it felt weird at first. But when the sweet taste of cherries mixed with the aroma of five spices entered my mouth, I suddenly felt that this was the only way to express the taste of this dish. It is really delicious.
"Hong Qigong put down his chopsticks and gave a thumbs up to Zhao Kai in admiration.
