Chapter 460: Relying on the river to eat from the river – giant clams stewed with pearls
Qian Duoduo waited for the arrival of the soldiers with gratitude. Yesterday, he was able to escape from prison because of their kindness. However, the first group of diners in the kitchen were not them, but Lord Wen and him.
's subordinates.
Because he was a civilian official, even when he arrived at the military camp, he and his officers and soldiers did not need to go out for drills. The flag soldier came over and asked: "Master Wen asked me to ask you, what is being burned, and it has such a delicate fragrance? Is it true?
Not using half of the public funds?"
A businessman greets customers from all directions with a smile, and has a lot of money. After many years of experience, he has developed this habit. Although he had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with Mr. Wen yesterday, he is his own superior, and building a good relationship will only benefit him. He is busy.
Putting on a smile, he went over and said: "My lord, I'd like to ask, this is the chicken head rice that our gang leader picked himself. I was just going to bring it over for Lord Wen and all the superiors to try."
After saying that, he picked up a bowl, added more rock sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus, held it in the hands of the flag soldier and said, "I don't know what Mr. Wen's taste is like. Please give me some advice."
The flag soldier picked up the bowl, smelled the fragrance, stretched his nose, and inhaled again and again. For a moment, he was reluctant to drink. Qian Duosha smiled and bent over and said, "Please give me some advice."
He came back to his senses and took a shallow sip. It was sweet. At the same time, a fragrance penetrated into his heart. He felt that all the 36,000 pores in his body were opened. The wind from outside blew over, and the pores were so blown.
Excited, Piaopiaoran is actually a little drunk. This is not wine. The aroma is obviously a refreshing fragrance that makes people drink more awake, rather than the aroma of wine, but why does it feel so drunk when you drink it in your mouth?
What about people? He was surprised, and took another careful sip. This time, he felt completely different from the first sip. He suddenly felt that his eyes were bright, and he could see things more clearly than before in the morning light. Then, he couldn't let go anymore.
I put it down and took one mouthful after another without ever putting the bowl down. I finished a large bowl of hot chicken head rice soup and looked at the pot, meaning I wanted another bowl.
There was plenty of food for the two thousand soldiers, so it didn’t matter if they drank some. The money was quite generous and I served him a bowl. At this moment, a voice came from behind: "I asked you to come to the kitchen and take a look.
I actually forgot to go back and eat here secretly."
It turned out that Mr. Wen had waited for a while, but did not see the flag soldiers coming back. He felt that the aroma was too tempting, so he brought his people over and saw this scene. He is a knowledgeable person and looked at the things boiling in the pot.
Chicken head rice, shook his head, and said in an untrustworthy tone: "If you feed this to the soldiers, do you know how much silver a pound of this costs?"
How much silver? There is money everywhere in the swamps along the river. Yesterday, dozens of gang leaders mined nearly a thousand kilograms. On weekdays, a lot of money is used for cooking in the kitchen. Although we know how precious it is, the specific price
I never asked. When Master Wen asked about it, he suddenly realized: "These chicken head rice are wild by the river. They are not worth much. There are still more than three hundred kilograms in the kitchen. Since Master Wen sees that you like them, please accept them with a smile."
, if the soldiers need it, we will pick it up in the future."
One pound of chicken head rice can be exchanged for more than twenty pounds of rice. One pound of this high-quality chicken head rice can be exchanged for at least forty pounds of grain. After seeing the money, many people said it was worthless. Master Wen said with a smile on his face:
"Since the swamp is full of them, I won't be polite."
After saying that, he ordered his men to carry all the chicken head and rice in the kitchen to his boat, then he picked up a bowl of chicken head and rice soup, tasted a few mouthfuls and recited a poem: "The pearls on the plate are fragrant and fragrant. In front of you, there is a pile of snow-coated rice and long silk."
Why don't the Qiang pipes play in Yiliang? The green trees will never be reborn again, and the white waves are like a river. Drunk ink drips on the walls."
"Sir, you are so talented in literature." Qian Duoduo applauded on the side and held a bowl for him and said: "When I was young, I once remembered a poem that said that in the autumn of the south of the Yangtze River, in August, the chicken head is riced with clams and the pearls are round. It seems to say
That’s it, but I didn’t know that it also has another name called Gorgon Fruit. The adults’ words gave me a lot of knowledge.”
When Master Wen heard this, he was even more happy and said: "The floating jade in the silver pot, the pearls sinking in the blue waves, the slight fragrance, the elegant and sweet taste", a bowl of chicken head rice, such a Jiangnan charm! Unexpectedly, Captain Qian is also an elegant man
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The two found something in common, and they talked about chicken head rice. After Master Wen arrived at the barracks, he met some warriors who talked boringly. Today, he saw that Qian was quite knowledgeable about poetry and interesting things.
The words are right and the mood is great. There are poems to accompany the food, and the chicken head rice tastes even sweeter. It is simply a delicacy in the world.
Just then, the leader of the army brought some unpeeled calyxes that looked like chicken beaks. Master Wen even said with great interest: "Pieling off the skin is like opening a clam, and you can see the bright pearls. I will peel off a few for you."
After saying that, he opened the chicken head rice, removed the outer skin with scissors, and finally got a juicy and smooth seed kernel, which he put into the round plaque. The soldiers watched and praised Master Wen for his good vision and high skills. At this moment,
General Shi and General Sheng came back from training and happened to see this scene. Master Wen was in high spirits and greeted them: "Come, come, let the two generals have a taste of the gorgon seeds peeled by me."
Boil the fresh chicken head rice in boiling water for two minutes and serve it together with the clear soup. Add sugar and sweet-scented osmanthus and you can eat it directly. It was very fast, and Qian Qianhao quickly put it into the pot and cooked it before holding it in front of the two generals.
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Peeled by the superior himself, the taste of rice with chicken head is already good. The two generals praised it wisely: "We are so lucky to be able to eat the gorgon peeled by Mr. Wen himself."
In the past, Mr. Wen came and asked for some water and then left. This time, the reformer suddenly wanted to stay and see how the money was used to solve the problem of soldiers eating food without using public funds. He chatted with the two generals.
It's almost time for dinner.
What should I do? Qian Qianzuo had an idea. Mr. Wen likes European chicken head rice, so he simply changed the method and made a more auspicious dish, which will definitely win his favor. I have made a dish with chicken head rice and crucian carp before.
The large clams and pearls cooked together can show off their skills here.
"Nan Gezi·Big Clam Stewed with Pearls"
Big clam stewed with pearls nourishes the kidneys and strengthens the spleen. Insert the bamboo chopsticks into the mouth of the crucian carp, twist and pull out the fish intestines, and remove all the scales. Pour in the chicken head and rice, and fry on both sides. Add the green onion, ginger, and wine. Use a basin knife to cut the fish belly.
Pearl flow.
The preparation of this dish is not difficult at all. It is just to stuff chicken head rice into the belly of crucian carp and stew it. Because crucian carp looks like a clam and the chicken head rice looks like pearls, it is named "big clam stewed with pearls". To be specific, the crucian carp is removed and cooked.
Remove the scales and gills, use bamboo chopsticks to insert from the fish's mouth, twist and turn to pull out the internal organs. Coat the chicken head rice evenly with barley flour, and pour it into the fish belly from the gills. After filling, add a little base oil and fry in the pan until
Golden on both sides;
In another pot, put a little oil in the pot, add onions, ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and star anise. Add cooking wine and a little salt into the pot. Put the fried fish into the pot and cook for a quarter of an hour. Use a knife to lift the fish from the side before eating.
Remove the belly and let the chicken head rice flow out.