Chapter 173 Life in the Republic of China

One night passed, and the fire in Gao Bin's body was released. Sitting in the car pulled by Xiangzi, he was full of energy.

"Master, shall we go home?"

"Let's go back and find a place to eat. Is there anything new?"

Xiangzi rolled his eyes:

"Master, I've never eaten anything good, but sometimes I'm proud of a bowl of braised food."

Gao Bin thought about it, is it appropriate to eat something so delicious this morning?

Then I thought about it again, what's wrong with it? Happiness is the most important thing.

Snapped his fingers:

"Then braise it!"

It was a coincidence that Xiangzi was dragging him to the stewed stew stall, and he met Jin Hai and Tielin halfway. The two were also thinking about what to eat. If the three of them combined, they would all stew.
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Later, "braised cooking" has become synonymous with "braised cooking and fire roasting". In fact, the "braised cooking" now popular in the streets is another type called "fried tofu" and "croquettes".

Vendors walking around the streets selling "braised pork" pick a picker with a stove at one end and a large casserole on top, and boil peppercorns, aniseed, fennel and salt water.

On the other end are fried tofu cut into triangles and croquettes made of bean flour, placed in a round cage with a bucket of water.

When customers come, they can cook them separately (fried tofu or bean flour balls) or mix them together (commonly known as: two kinds), put them in a bowl and season them with coriander, vinegar, and chili paste.

Let’s cook! Fried tofu and croquettes!”.

That’s called earth, earth, earth.

As for "stewed and roasted" restaurants, they are generally operated from a shop, or at least have a fixed stall.

The main ingredients are mainly pig small intestine, but also large intestine, plus heart, liver, tripe, lungs, pork belly, fried tofu and roasted pork, etc. Later, the heart, liver and tripe were generally not used. Why? Expensive!<

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In the past, people could not afford to eat meat, but later they could not afford to eat meat. It comes around every 60 years. The old saying is true.

Season these ingredients with peppercorns, aniseed, fennel, onions, garlic, ginger, fermented bean curd, yellow sauce, etc.;

But nowadays, stewed soup is basically cooked with old soup, which is the legendary "Su-made soup". Every time, some soup is saved and added to the next time it is cooked, so that the soup will be fragrant.
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There is a lot of care when selling brine and fire. He said, "The tic-tac-toe blade falls off when the fire is done, and the tofu triangle is given to the knife. The small intestine is divided into various sections, and the lungs are chopped into pieces."

The whole process can be regarded as a kind of performance art, and the master's operation is very beautiful.

The three brothers were all hungry, so they randomly found a street stall with braised braised flags hanging on them and sat down. Next door was a fried dough sticks stall, and the two aromas mixed together could make your mouth water.

Each person had a bowl. While waiting for the food to be served, Tielin asked:

"Binzi, I heard that you met Mr. Liu two days ago?"

Of the three brothers from Jin Hai, Tielin is the most like a common man. What’s wrong?

Weak, afraid of death, greedy for fame, seeking profit, and extremely lustful, from the perspective of the three positive views, you are a scum.

But if you look at it from another angle, Tielin is actually more like a human being.

Of course, he didn't even notice the things he did in the later period. So far, he can still be saved, at least it's more pleasing to the eye than Xu Tian's stupid young man.

"Yes, I met her once. She is a girl. She looks pretty." Gao Bin nodded and said.

"Hey? From what you said, it sounds like you've fallen in love with her?" Tielin had this in mind. He couldn't harden up with Baohui, but he was full of tricks outside.

"Yeah, I've fallen in love with you and I'm chasing after you."

Jin Hai was surprised:

"Really or not? I'll ask someone to find out. Master Liu is the master of Tongtian."

"Really, I invited him home for dinner yesterday, and I got a bear paw, so I just took two bites of it. What a waste."

"Bear's paw, that's a good thing, Binzi, it's not interesting enough. If you have a good thing, why don't you call some of your brothers."

"Next time, next time I will hold a banquet and invite everyone to eat together, but to be honest, bear paws are not as delicious as the legend says, they are too mushy!"

"Forget about the bear's paw, give me a flying dragon in the sky, so that I can be the master of Baohui."

It’s quite funny to see Tielin’s arrogant look.

Jin Hai ignored this silly brother and asked instead:

"There's no news from Xiao Hongyao. Xu Tian is going crazy at home. Brother, do you have any clues?"

Gao Bin frowned and thought for a moment:

"I remember that Yan San said at the time that he found a cigarette butt at the scene. Was it Hadman?"

"Yes! There is such a thing."

"Hardman is not something that ordinary people can afford. This little red coat's pocket is quite thick."

Jin Hai nodded:

"This can narrow the scope to a certain extent."

"Also, this person may not have been playing with knives all year round." Gao Bin added.

"What do you mean?"

"Don't be confused by the words "knife master". It is true that he is a knife master, but his occupation may not have anything to do with knives."

"Why?" Jin Hai was puzzled.

Tielin is also different:

"It stands to reason that such a knife master should be dealing with knives all year round."

"On the contrary, since the other party dared to leave the murder weapon at the scene, it means that he is not afraid of being investigated at all. Why?"

The question raised by Gao Bin went straight to the core. Jin Hai was very smart and understood it immediately:

"Deliberately misleading the investigation."

"That's right!"

At this time, the waiter brought the stew:

"Gentlemen, you ordered a large portion of braised pork, and added an extra portion of roasted pork."

"Thanks, brother."

Gao Bin took out his chopsticks, wiped them with his handkerchief, and started eating while they were still hot. If the stewed food had cooled down, he would not be able to eat it.

Let’s eat first and then talk after eating.

Speaking of this braised stew, it really does have such a history.

It is said that in the forty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign, he visited the south of the Yangtze River and stayed at Chen Yuanlong's house in Anlan Garden, Yangzhou. There was a chef named Longyan Dayue in the Chen family who was so good at cooking that Longyan Dayue took him back to the capital and was in charge of the royal dining room of the Rehe Palace.<

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Chef Zhang used pork belly with cloves, cinnamon, licorice, amomum villosum, cinnamon, cardamom and other seasonings to make a delicious meat dish. He also increased or decreased the amount of seasonings according to the seasons. The emperor was very impressed.

Like.

Since Chef Zhang was from Suzhou, people around him called the broth he prepared "Su Zao Soup" and the meat was called "Su Zao Meat" in order to please the boss.

In "Miscellaneous Odes of Yandu Snacks", there is a praise saying, "Su made fat and fresh food to satisfy the craving, and the meat was marinated in the fire soup. Even though the gluttonous food is called greasy, a bowl of ointment is already full of fir trees."

Nowadays, the restaurants in the Shichahai area that do the best "Su Zao Meat" in the entire Sijiu City are said to be the first to create "Su Zao Meat" restaurants in Dong'an Market.

In the days of emperors, going to court in the morning was a very painful thing. You had to get up and run to the palace in the middle of the night. You didn't dare to be late. When you arrived, you had to wait for the boss to be happy and get up to go to court.

Hungry, especially in winter when the wind is biting and freezing.

In Shichahai, there are people from Donghuamen who come to do their business and cook "Su Zao Pork" with fire (an upgraded version of braised and fired).

In winter, the ministers ate hot food and enjoyed the taste of Emperor Qianlong, and they felt much more comfortable while working.

Since ancient times, it has always been up and down. No matter what it is, it is all popular from above.

Since the officials all like to eat it, the common people also want to eat it!

But what if there is no silver paper!?

So those who were interested used pork head meat and sesame water instead of pork belly and cooked it with fire, and named it "stewed and cooked with fire", which quickly became popular in the capital.

This stewed and steamed stew is a combination of vegetable and rice. Common people are not so particular about eating. They add two taels of "erguotou". The meat, intestines, fried tofu, etc. in the stewed stew are excellent snacks for drinking. Finally, eat the stewed stew and soup.

You don’t have to spend much money to eat meat! It’s all you need to satisfy your cravings and satisfy your hunger!

Not only the common people, but also famous actors in the theater love this food. Some of them can't even go on stage without eating braised pork.

However, a discerning owner "does not eat both" braised and cooked on fire.

One is not to eat in the summer, there is no refrigerator now, and the hot weather in the summer makes things easy to "go rancid";
To be continued...