Chapter 1433: People are beautiful, crabs are more beautiful (1)
"Wow! Miss Shishi, you are so bad..."
Li Shishi was eating happily and was fascinated when he suddenly heard Li Qi yell. He was startled and almost choked to death. He coughed several times and quickly drank water. Before he could recover, he looked at Li Qi angrily and said: "What are you yelling about?"
"look by youself."
Li Qi pointed his hand into the steamer.
Master Li looked over and saw a blush sneaking onto his fair face. It turned out that the crest of the phoenix drawn by Li Qi was missing.
Li Qiyou complained: "Sister Qingzhao hasn't appreciated it enough yet, and now you're going to eat the phoenix head. I can't stop you even if I want to."
Master Li's face turned red as blood and he just wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Li Qingzhao laughed and said: "Okay, okay, actually, as long as you can draw an outline of this painting, it is already very remarkable. As for appreciation, I don't think it is necessary."
The implication is that the greatness of your painting lies in the technique, not the painting itself. What needs to be appreciated is already done when you are painting.
“Isn’t food just for people to eat?”
Master Li also retorted.
Come on, come on, there are all women here, I am outnumbered, I won’t compete with you. Li Qi turned around and smiled and said: "Okay, since the ladies are so hungry, I will start serving food. Ah - --!"
Li Qingzhao asked hurriedly: "What's wrong with you?"
"it's okay no problem."
Li Qi shook his head with a tense face, and glanced at Master Li fiercely from the corner of his eye.
However, Master Li didn't look at him, and called to Li Qingzhao and others: "Sister, Yan Fu, please try these Qian Zhang Bao, it's really delicious."
You are ruthless! It seems that Feng Yinu's life-threatening soul-chasing kick was also learned from you.
Li Qi turned around and walked towards the kitchen.
Li Qingzhao looked at Li Qi's leaving figure and asked curiously: "How can Li Qi be walking with a limp?"
Master Li smiled and said: "It's okay, I guess I was so immersed in the painting just now that my feet are numb."
After a while, the dishes were served. There were five dishes in total. There were not many dishes, but they were all very exquisite. Just looking at them made people salivate, and each dish was full of the fragrance of crab.
After the dishes were served, Li Qi also took his seat, but Su Yun turned around and walked towards the kitchen.
Li Qi asked curiously: "Ms. Su, the dishes have been served. Where are you going?"
Su Yundao: "Oh, I'm going to clean the kitchen."
"No need, no need."
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "You'd better come and sit down. If the yamen knew that I used his woman as a servant, he would chase me with a knife and chop me. You don't know that your man is the best at defeating me."
Li Qingzhao and Master Li also asked Su Yun to come and sit down.
Originally, with Su Yun's background, she was not qualified to sit with them. But now that she has the title of Gao Yanei's woman on her head, it is different. Not to mention anything else, it is just because of the friendship between Gao Yanei and Li Qi. There is still a place for this.
Su Yun couldn't resist the kindness, so he still sat down, but he still looked very reserved in front of Li Qingzhao and the others. After all, he had lived in a different class. It was inevitable to feel inferior in his heart.
Li Qingzhao looked at the table full of crabs, feeling a little emotional in his heart, and said: "In the Song Dynasty, there are many people who love crabs. And Uncle Su is even more addicted to crabs. When someone asked him to write an inscription for his daughter's money, he dismissed it, but was willing to do so. Exchange poems for crabs.”
Li Shishi said: "I know this too. I remember that there is this sentence in Su Da Shi's collection of poems, 'It is ridiculous to laugh at the greedy prefect of Wuzhong, one poem can be exchanged for two peaks'."
Li Qi shook his head when he heard this and said: "Then this Grand Scholar Su is too much. How many crabs can a thousand pieces of gold buy? If I don't exchange it for a thousand pieces of gold, I can go and exchange it for crabs. I really can't do this. What a loss."
Zhao Jingyan rolled her eyes. Apart from money, what else does this person see?
Li Shishi said angrily: "It's so tacky for a generation of literary scholars from Suzhou University to talk about money."
Li Qi opened his hands and said: "Talk about crabs, it's not necessarily elegant!"
Master Li was stunned and speechless.
Li Qingzhao smiled slightly and said: "Everyone has his own ambitions. It's a pity that Uncle Su has passed away. Otherwise, you guys would be arguing about who is better. But before that, I think Uncle Su will finish the crab first and then fight with you."
Compete for superiority."
As she spoke, she picked up her chopsticks and said, "It wouldn't be a waste to leave such delicacies uneaten."
In the past, when Li Qingzhao and Su Shi had dinner together, they would always entertain them with poems and songs at first, but with Li Qi around, it was hard to arouse the interest!
But precisely because of Li Qi's presence, the interest in this delicious food must have only increased.
Li Qingzhao glanced around and found that among the several dishes, only the crabs in one plate were very intact, the color was like fresh crabs, and lifelike, so he asked: "Li Qi, what do you call this crab? It seems that it is not steamed or not."
Traces of bombing.”
"Sister Qingzhao deserves to be a gourmet."
Li Qi habitually praised Li Qingzhao first, and then said: "This crab is called Li's Drunken Crab. It is not steamed, boiled or fried, but the process is the most complicated among these dishes. It is quite satisfying."
There are twenty-one processes, so it’s just a little bit worse than puffer fish.”
Zhao Jingyan said in surprise: "If it's not steamed, boiled or fried, wouldn't it be raw?"
"It's true to say raw, but raw here only means one thing, and that is freshness." Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "Actually, this dish will be another signature dish that Zuixianju will launch soon. First of all, this dish
Crabs must be caught and kept alive in water for nearly a month to remove impurities, sludge and other turbid matter from the crab's stomach, so that the inside and outside of the crab are clean, and then left to dry for seven days. Only after the water in the crab's mouth has been vomited up, cooking can begin.
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Hearing this, Li Qingzhao and others were a little stunned. This was too detailed, and they had to wait until the crab spit out the saliva in its mouth.
He then heard Li Qi say: "The next step is to shave the crabs, which is just like shaving chickens and ducks. The difference is that after shaving, the crabs must be kept alive and cannot be scratched. Finally, the crabs must be shaved.
Add the secret cooking wine and this is the essence of this dish."
Zhao Jingyan said thoughtfully: "This is somewhat similar to Huadiao Zui in your Zuixianju."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "The process of Huadiao Zui is too random, and the taste is actually not that good. It cannot be considered a top-notch creation."
Master Li smiled and said, "If you say that, wouldn't you be destroying your own brand?"
Li Qi said shamelessly: "I didn't cook that dish and it has nothing to do with me."
Li Qingzhao smiled and shook his head, saying: "You'd better hurry up and tell me the essence of this Drunken Crab."
"Okay." Li Qi continued: "Actually, you should also imagine that after this crab is raised, dried, and trimmed, it will definitely be very hungry and thirsty. Once it enters the altar, it will definitely drink and drink until it is drunk.
Death, so after putting the crab into the jar, you cannot walk away immediately, but listen carefully. The greater the movement inside, it means that the crab is very hungry, and the more delicious the taste will be.
Marinate it for half a month and then you can eat it."
"This method of preparing crab is really unique."
Li Qingzhao listened with great interest. Just thinking of the scene of crabs drinking crazily in his mind was enough to stimulate the secretion in his mouth.
Li Qi saw that all the girls were staring at the crabs, as if they all wanted to be the first to eat the crabs, so he stood up and used a knife to break open the two crabs on the plate, and gave each person a portion. After all, there were still several dishes here.
, if there was only one per person, Li Qi was afraid that they would be full in no time.
Smelling the aroma of wine emanating from the crab meat, the girls were already drunk. Without saying anything, they hurriedly started eating. When they opened their lips to taste it, they suddenly felt that the meat was extremely tender and full of flavor. However, the gravy was still there.
When it oozes out from the press, the rich aroma of the wine spreads out, with a hint of sweetness, but not greasy. The taste is very mellow and makes people intoxicated.
But I couldn't tell whether it was the scent of crab that was intoxicating or the scent of wine.
People in the Song Dynasty loved eating crabs very much. Needless to say, Li Qingzhao and the others, both of whom had money in their families, also ate crabs. They were very familiar with the taste of crabs, but this dish of drunken crabs made them feel a kind of crab.
The fragrance was unprecedented, and they all knew in their hearts that it was not the crab itself that was different, but the details that determined everything.
Li Qingzhao said: "It's so delicious, let alone a poem, even if it's ten poems, I'd be willing to change it."
Li Qi said hey, "That's good, I love sister Qingzhao's poems the most. Can you give me a collection of poems someday?"
Here it comes again. Li Qingzhao smiled helplessly and said: "What's so difficult about this."
Master Li chuckled and said, "Sister, you should feel honored that Yipin worshiped you so much."
Li Qingzhao nodded and said: "I have always felt very honored."
Li Qi raised his hand and said: "Miss Shishi, I can tell from the first glance that you are not from the literary world. In the literary world, making friends through literature is the most important thing. What is important is the sour smell of the literati, no, talent, status, etc., vulgarity."
Am I vulgar? Master Li was so angry that he rolled his eyes and said as if he was really a member of the literary world.
Li Qingzhao smiled and said: "The sour taste is more suitable for literati."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Look, sister Qingzhao and I have sour feelings for each other."
Li Qingzhao shook his head helplessly. What he said became more and more outrageous. He quickly changed the topic, pointed to one of the dishes with his chopsticks, and said: "Isn't this the famous Yangzhou dish lion head?"
"No. This dish cannot be called lion's head."
Zhao Jingyan saw six small yellow meatballs in the bowl with one small red meatball dotted with green leaves, and said: "This is obviously the famous Yangzhou dish lion's head. Don't bully me because I am ignorant."
"Am I that kind of person?" Li Qi said: "The lion's head can only be regarded as its word."
Li Qingzhao was amused and said: "This dish has a word? Then what is its name?"
Li Qi coughed slightly and said: "Stewed crab roe lion head."
Master Li chuckled and said, "That's not a lion's head."
Li Qi clicked his tongue and said, "Can this be the same? There are four more words."
"Okay, the braised lion's head with crab roe is the same as the braised lion's head with crab roe, so let's try what's the difference between this braised lion's head with crab roe."
As she spoke, Li Qingzhao picked up a spoon, scooped out a meatball, put it to her mouth and blew it gently. She felt the aroma was pleasant, and couldn't help but lightly opened her red lips, took a bite, and after chewing it, she said hello: "
This lion head is really different from that lion head. The meat is extremely plump and tender, and the crab roe is particularly fragrant. Eat it with green vegetables. The crispy and refreshing green vegetables make the meatballs slippery but not greasy. It is full of fragrance and is really unforgettable.
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As Li Qingzhao spoke, he even expressed it with actions. He wiped out the meatballs in just a few strokes. This was undoubtedly the best advertisement.
The other three girls saw it and tasted it one after another, and all of them applauded. (To be continued...)