Chapter 452 Shut up for me, I'm talking about dog meat, not
Chapter 452 Shut up, I’m talking about the smell of dog meat, not dog meat (please subscribe, vote and reward)
What Cheng Chubi was more concerned about was that rosemary was almost always used in cooking beef and mutton in later generations.
Surprisingly, it has already appeared in Chang'an in this era, and it has such unsound names as Sanjiao and Dijiao.
"This root belongs to me. There is this thing outside Chang'an City. Are you sure you didn't lie to me?"
Cheng Chubi unceremoniously took away the porcelain vase with a small rosemary planted in it.
"Of course, how dare the villain deceive you, Cheng Guanren? You are so smart, you can actually see through the villain's cooking secrets with just one glance..."
"If a villain offends you, how can he survive in Chang'an?"
Seeing this guy pointing his fingers at the sky and the earth, Cheng Chubi chuckled. "Okay, it's your job to make your own barbecue recipe. Go ahead and bake."
Cheng Chubi chewed the mutton skewers in his mouth and tasted them carefully. Sure enough, although the amount of rosemary was not large, Cheng Chubi could be sure.
When Lao Hu marinated his mutton, he definitely used rosemary, and even one or two spices that he couldn't identify.
Forget it, no matter what, I'd better eat it first and go back to the Imperial Medical Office to find out. Shouldn't the origin of this rosemary be in Europe or North Africa?
It is really puzzling that there were wild things in Chang'an City in the Tang Dynasty.
After eating, drinking, and taking a nap, Cheng Chubi walked forward, carrying the small bottle of rosemary, towards the Imperial Medical Office.
When I arrived at the Imperial Medical Office, I caught two doctors and inquired. Neither of them knew me, but fortunately, the second doctor gave me some advice.
Let Cheng Chubi go find Dr. Hu, the veteran of the acupuncture department. He is old, well-informed, and most likely knows about it.
In the courtyard where the acupuncture needles are located, Dr. Hu has already had his lunch and is sipping tea and reading a book of notes on acupuncture.
I heard footsteps coming, and soon I saw Cheng Chubi's tall and burly figure and his heroic face.
"Cheng Taichang, please come in quickly..." Dr. Hu put down the manual in his hand and stood up to bow.
"Mr. Hu, you don't have to be like this. Sit down quickly. Cheng is here because he has a question and wants to ask you."
While talking, Cheng Chubi placed the small porcelain bottle on Dr. Hu's desk.
After Dr. Hu was stunned for a moment, he picked up the porcelain bottle, put it to his nose and sniffed. "This is sansho pepper. I wonder if you, Cheng Taichang..."
"Mr. Hu, do you recognize this thing?" Cheng Chubi finally breathed a sigh of relief, meeting a knowledgeable person.
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"That's right. I've seen this thing outside Chang'an City in the past. I smelled it and it had a strong smell, and it seemed to have the effect of opening up the body."
"I once asked my elders, and then I found out that this sansho pepper was sold by merchants from the Western Regions. During the Three Kingdoms period, it had already flowed into our Central Plains through the Western Regions."
"However, its fragrance seems a bit... so it was not liked by people in the Central Plains, so it was abandoned in the countryside. Over time, it was called mountain pepper and ground pepper by the people."
Listening to Dr. Hu's talk, Cheng Chubi suddenly realized that it seemed that Old Hu was really not fooling around. This thing was actually an imported product that had already flowed into the Central Plains.
Cheng Chubi asked Dr. Hu if there were any other spices that we in the Central Plains were not willing to use as spices.
Dr. Hu stroked his beard and thought for a long time before speaking.
"I'm not sure, but if Cheng Taichang is interested in these things, you can go to the West Market.
At the Western Market, traders from all over the world gather together, and there are countless incense from all over the world. Maybe we can have what you need."
Only then did Cheng Chubi say goodbye with satisfaction. Yes, over there in the West Market, if you have time, you should go for a walk.
After all, there are so many soap bases accumulated at home, so we can’t cause trouble to a few ewes at home.
I am a highly intelligent businessman who aspires to become a giant of Datang's daily chemical products. How can I just hang around a few ewes?
Well, I can really go to the West Market someday and see if I can find anything new there.
But now, Rosemary has provided herself with a good idea.
Not only rosemary, you can also use other spices to make soaps and moisturizers.
As for low-end products like cream, I was worried that my father's skin would crack on the plateau, so I made a batch of them for Cheng Ji and Cheng Li to take with them.
That kind of thing that has no technical content at all has simply lowered the level of research and development of daily chemical products by Liang Zaicheng, an excellent medical worker and Datang biochemistry expert.
Cheng Chubi began to think seriously, thinking that among the most common spices in his limited spice knowledge, high-quality spices were very common in the Central Plains, but relatively rare in this period.
Rosemary can be used to make perfume, soap, and moisturizing cream.
However, it was obviously not enough to create just one fragrance series. Cheng Chubi frowned and walked forward slowly, while Cheng Fa and Cheng Da followed suit.
At this moment, he saw the dog in the kitchen of the Imperial Medical Office. The dog was lying lazily on the ground, gnawing on a bone.
Cheng Chubi's eyes suddenly lit up and he couldn't help shouting, "Dog meat smells good."
The dog suddenly heard the roar and saw Cheng Taichang in horror. He immediately picked up the bones, picked up his tail and ran away in the distance.
"???" Cheng Fa and Cheng Da looked at each other in confusion. Cheng Fa stepped forward with some hesitation and whispered to persuade.
"Third Young Master is right, dog meat is really delicious, but this is a dog from the Imperial Medical Office. You really want to eat it..."
"..." Cheng Chubi's whole body felt bad. God's dog meat is really delicious... Is it dog meat that I'm talking about?
"Shut up, I'm talking about the smell of dog meat, not dog meat."
"Is there any dog meat that doesn't taste good?" Cheng Da glanced at his brother in confusion, who was too scared to speak because of the Third Young Master's big eyes, and muttered in a low voice.
"!!!" Cheng Chubi opened his mouth, looking at the two brothers, he wanted to kick one of them. Does this have anything to do with dogs?
Okay, it does matter, but the problem is that dogs are dogs, and the smell of dog meat is the smell of dog meat.
"Stop, let me take it easy...yes, peppermint, well, the scientific name of dog meat scent is peppermint."
Cheng Fa and Cheng Da looked at each other in confusion, and finally shook their heads.
Cheng Chubi thought for a while and felt that he was still too lazy to continue explaining to these two guys with little knowledge. In the future, it seemed that he would not only teach them medical skills.
What’s more, they need to be taught various aspects of knowledge. They don’t even know whether dog meat smells like mint or not...
Well, Cheng Chubi himself felt a little guilty. In the Tang Dynasty more than 1,400 years ago, what should mint be called?
The reason why it is called dog meat fragrant, well, as a unique genius of southwestern cuisine, Cheng Chubi naturally has quite a say.
Dog Meat Fragrance, this is the name given to mint, a cooking spice, from Guizhou Province in the southwest.