Datang First Chef

Chapter 47

There is not much rain in Chang'an, especially in the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It is often sunny one after another. Recently, it has been different. It has been raining intermittently for more than four days. Coupled with the cold wind in autumn, it is quite bleak. coolness.

A few days ago, Li Sanniang received a letter from Mo Wenyuan, saying that this batch of peony wine had been brewed, and she left a suspense saying that she had made a new food, which was very popular with the black sheep, and the food would be accompanied by the wine delivery team They were sent together, hoping to meet Li Sanniang's taste.

Mo Xiaogou listened to her reading the letter, with a sad expression on his face: "Recently, there has been a lot of rain, and I don't know what the weather is like around Luoyang, but the vicinity of Chang'an is definitely not easy to travel, and I don't know if it will affect the new food and drinks. .”

Zhao Erniang said: "You don't have to worry about the wine. Those clay pots are sealed. Even if it rains, don't you cover them with a big cloth?" She added, "And you want to follow the wine team He Lang is also capable, and he has never missed a few deliveries. Didn’t he catch a group of villains a few times ago? It’s just raining, so what’s so difficult for him.”

"Furthermore, Da Lang also mentioned in his letter that He Lang has some supernatural powers, and he also has a master mouse spirit. If they do something wrong, the others don't need to talk about it."

The members of Li Sanniang's family have already reached a mutual trust, and they can talk about ghosts and ghosts with the family members. The three of them know that He Langbie is also the ghost that Mo Wenyuan surrendered. A few days ago, I heard that the Jingtu Temple appeared again. The new vulgar talk is called "Mo Xiaolang Jun Du Hua Xian He Jing", the title format is the same as "Mo Xiao Lang Jun Du Hua Shuo Shu Jing", I am afraid that He Lang is actually He Lang.

After Zhao Erniang's persuasion, Mo Xiaogou still frowned, and he said, "Among the two things I'm worried about, drinks are in the second place." He said his true thoughts, "You said that the food delivered will not be due to Is there a problem with the rain?" Cakes and pastries are not allowed to touch the water, and if the rain makes the food taste bad, then they really don't even have time to cry.

After hearing his worries, Li Sanniang and Zhao Erniang not only didn't feel that Mo Xiaogou was making a big deal out of a molehill, on the contrary they nodded seriously: "It's a problem."

"Ah, what if the rain pollutes the food?"

"If you want to open it up, maybe it can be eaten in a crock pot like pickles."

"Well, very likely."

"Just in case, if you can't eat..."

Just thinking about the future where delicious food can't be eaten, the family is in a gloomy mood, and even Li Sanniang has the slightest idea of ​​not wanting a career and wanting her son at home.

Alas, the days without Mo Xiaoyuan cooking are so hard!

……

The rainy weather did not delay He Shiliu's itinerary. It only took half a ten-day effort for the convoy to cross the corridor between the two capitals and enter Chang'an.

Crane Sixteen is the name of the Immortal Crane Spirit, he named it for himself, Mo Wenyuan thought it was too distracting when he heard it for the first time.According to He Shiliu, Taishang Laojun raised a total of 36 cranes, and their names are listed from Crane One to Crane Three Six, which are easy to understand.

I don't know what kind of magic he used. Although the truck was covered with a thick layer of cloth, it was completely decorative, and not a single drop of rain fell on the cloth.If the car gets stuck in the wet and muddy ground, there is no need to worry. The Shuoshu has a huge body and greater strength. Push the wheels with its front legs and it will come out.

He Shiliu and Li Sanniang were already very familiar with each other, and they stretched out their hands to say hello, "How is Sanniang?"

The Shuoshu spirit on his shoulder also waved his hand, there are others here and it is inconvenient for him to talk.

Li Sanniang said: "Okay, okay, the boat is exhausting, please come in and have a rest."

Mo Xiaogou took the buddy to unload the drinks, while the two heroes went straight into the house.

The house was full of his own family, and He Shiliu said without hesitation: "Mo Dalang asked me to bring some new food. When I saw it was raining, I was worried that the rain would pollute the food, so I put away the jar with the magic trick in my sleeve. "The protection measures can be said to be perfect.

Li Sanniang has experienced the technique of the universe in her sleeve, and Master Huizhi can use it, which is very convenient.

After He Shiliu finished speaking, he rolled up his sleeves, and the clay pot appeared in his hand. He put the pot on the table and said, "Mo Dalang said that this thing goes well with rice." It seemed to be upright, but when Xiaogou Mo came back from his work and prepared to invite Erniang Zhao to eat together, his legs seemed to be nailed to the cushion, and he didn't move.

Li Sanniang understood very well: "Can He Lang have a light meal here? I want to unpack the new food that Da Lang sent."

He Shiliu had a righteous face: "Then respect is worse than obedience."

Shuo Shujing: "Zhizhizhizhizhizhizhi—"

take me one!

……

Shen Yu is not very idle. He is even quite busy with his studies. Last year, he entered the Imperial College to study. Since then, he has to go to the Imperial College to study every day except for holidays.

The attendance system of the Guozijian is very strict. Except for the two-day official holiday every month, there are classes every day. Students are not allowed to leave the Guozijian without authorization. Also hold a wooden sign.

The strict school system greatly affected his quality of life, Shen Yu thought painfully, he couldn't even queue up to buy wine at Li Sanniang's restaurant early in the morning, the last time he went to buy it in the afternoon, there was no sign of wine!

Shen Yu is a loyal supporter of Peony Flower Wine. This wine not only tastes good, but also has a long fragrance. Wen Yuan’s peony flower banquet, even the person who left a poem, as long as he drank peony wine with his classmates, he would become the focus of the crowd, and was encouraged to tell the story of last year’s peony banquet over and over again.

As soon as Shuori opened the door, he rushed into Guangdefang like a rabbit to line up the drink line. He felt that he came very early, but there were already many people in front of him.

Shen Yu had nothing to do, he looked around while queuing up, his eyes were fixed on the people in another line, this team was for buying cakes, the length of the line was shorter than the line for buying wine, and there were many young ladies among the buyers , While queuing up, we were still talking about the deliciousness of the new cakes released the day before yesterday.

He suddenly remembered that two days ago, a classmate brought a pastry named "Cake" to school. They intended to enjoy the delicious cake by themselves, but most of the young people in the Imperial College were young and energetic. eat?In the end they ate only a little by themselves.

Shen Yu was away on business at the time, and when he returned, he saw only an empty and empty plate. According to the students who ate it, the original plate was still covered with agar called "cream". I couldn't help sticking out my tongue, and regardless of my manners, I sweetened the cream.

The man who hadn't eaten it sourly mocked those people, saying that they didn't have the demeanor of a man from an aristocratic family at all, and they tasted like grunting pigs.

The middle-aged man who was noticed by Shen Yu was thinking: "Almond tofu? Osmanthus cake? Maybe it's cake..."

After a while, he depressedly overturned his statement just now: "There is goat's milk in the cake, no, no, no, no milk."

"Why don't you just have a little? Food is something outside of the body, even if I eat wine and meat, the Buddha will keep it in my heart."

Shen Yu: "..."

No problem you!

What he didn't know was that this middle-aged man who was considered to be a problem was just another incarnation of Bodhisattva.

The reason why the incarnation of wisdom did not appear here is because of a little "evil thoughts" lingering in his heart.

The Bodhisattva is considered a Buddhist, so he set an example in accordance with the rules of Chinese Buddhism, and no meat or alcohol is eaten. However, since the smell of the Buddha jumping over the wall on New Year's Eve, the seeds of evil have taken root in the depths of his heart.

He he he he he he he he he he he he he he really wants to jump over the wall and eat meat!

Mo Wenyuan made offerings to the Bodhisattva quite frequently. He delivered a big meal every month, and even when he arrived in Luoyang, he would put the offerings under the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the White Horse Temple for him to collect.

The dishes are exquisite and diverse, and as Li Sanniang’s restaurants introduce new dishes, the offerings will also be refurbished, but no amount of refurbishment can conceal the fact that there is no meat, no goat’s milk, and no cow’s milk in the dishes.

This means that most of the pastries and dishes that other people can enjoy are beyond his reach, not to mention drinks.

Every time he went to heaven for business, he could only watch those Taoist gods chomping on wine and meat, and sighed at the vegetables.

A few days ago, he met Taibai Jinxing in the heavenly court, and the other party talked to him about the new cakes in Li Sanniang's restaurant, saying that the cakes were "soft and sweet, with silky and smooth cream, the best cakes he has ever eaten in his life".

Taibai Jinxing has been guilty of Guanyin ever since he ate in the purple bamboo forest. Every time he sees him, he has a conversation and shares new delicacies with him. However, Guanyin Bodhisattva is not very fond of Taibai Jinxing. He was still smiling.The reason why he doesn't want to see the other party is very simple. One is that he once ate his own offerings, and the other is that he secretly envies that the other party can eat meat, but he can't.

After hearing Taibai Jinxing talk about the cake this time, the Bodhisattva still smirked and said, "I am now a disciple of Buddhism, and no meat or meat can be eaten. Since you said that the butter is made of goat's milk, I can't eat it."

Taibai Jinxing really forgot about this, slapped himself on the head suddenly, and left after a few smirks. He originally wanted to share the new food with the Bodhisattva, but after forgetting that the other party should not eat milk, it seemed to be showing off. It only makes the other party unhappy. In order to avoid the spread of misunderstanding, it is the best policy.

The Bodhisattva said not to eat or not to eat, but Taibai Jinxing's words left a deep imprint on his heart, and he was even more sensitive to the word "cake".

Heavenly Soldiers and Generals: "So we know that Chang'an restaurants have new food?"

"I know, I know, I have asked someone to go down and buy it."

"It seems to be called cake? I eat it better than flat peaches."

"Pantao is very comparable, it should be compared with ginseng fruit."

“Cakes are delicious!”

"cake……"

"cake……"

Buddha:? ? ? ? ?

为什么满世界都是蛋糕，啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊啊，你们就不能别念叨来荼毒我的耳朵了吗？

The grief-stricken Bodhisattva immediately transformed into a new look after attending the gathering in the Heavenly Court, and ran to line up in front of Li Sanniang's restaurant, and then there was a scene that Shen Yu saw.

"Guest officer? Guest officer? This guest officer?"

He queued for a long time and thought for a long time. Finally, the endless line reached the end, and the Bodhisattva came to the window. However, he just walked forward mechanically, not paying much attention to the surrounding scenes, so that he didn't notice it when it was his turn. , It was only when the guy opened his mouth that he came back to his senses.

"What do you want, guest officer?" The weather is cool in the ninth month of the lunar calendar, and the storage time of pastries in summer is greatly increased. All kinds of exquisite food are placed in front of the stage. If Mo Wenyuan is here, he will find Chinese dim sum It is clearly placed on the left and right with Western-style dim sum.

On the left are green group, sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and donkey rolling, and on the right are a small amount of fruit cake, cream cake, nut cake, etc. Now it is the season when citrus is on the market. The smart Hong sisters make citrus into jam and mix it with cream , the orange-flavored cream is evenly spread on the middle of the cake, it seems to dye the surrounding air with the smell of oranges every day.

In comparison, there are more pastries on the left, and very few cakes on the right. There is no way. In terms of production costs, pastries that use cream really consume a lot of manpower and material resources. After precise calculations, Li Sanniang gave The cake is priced at fifteen cents a piece, which is more expensive than jelly. Only a few people in the city can afford it, or ordinary people buy a piece on special days to celebrate.

The higher the price, the lower the output.

The Bodhisattva's eyes moved: "Well..."

He couldn't control his hands, and quickly tapped the cakes of different flavors a few times. The guy moved swiftly and picked up the cakes and packed them: "Did the guest bring the box by himself, or do you want it from us?"

The Bodhisattva said vaguely, "Use what you have here."

"Okay, a big box of three coins!"

The box with three pennies is of high quality and low price, and the slices of cake were arranged into delicate fans by the staff.

After the wooden box was tied up with a rope, it was handed to the Bodhisattva. He staggered in a daze, and flew back to Putuo Mountain as if to escape.

The vegetation on Putuo Mountain is lush, and the purple bamboo is swaying. When the wind blows over the bamboo, it will fall in the same direction, like a person waving.

The two boys were taking care of the vegetation in the mountains. They watched the Bodhisattva pass by. They were just about to greet them, but they were stopped by the dragon girl.

The Dragon Girl said: "Let's wait here first. The clouds are panicking under the Bodhisattva's feet. It seems that there is something important. If the Bodhisattva needs me, he will definitely summon him. If we go rashly, it would be bad to disturb him."

The boy felt that what Long Nu said was very reasonable, so he continued to do what he was doing.

……

Besides, the Bodhisattva held the cake box, as if he had picked up a hot potato, and he was reluctant to throw it away. Would it be eating if he didn't throw it away?

He put the box on the stone table deep in the purple bamboo forest, and looked at it as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Cake, cake, cake, Taibai Jinxing's voice, Shunfeng's voice, Clairvoyance's voice, the voices of all kinds of people echoed in his ears, and the exquisite fan-shaped pastries suddenly gave birth to a sense of consciousness in his eyes, seducing people too much like a vixen. Many voices seduce him.

He was shaking, Guanyin Bodhisattva said that he was originally a Buddhist who became a monk halfway after being converted, and he was a Taoist before the Conferred God War, so the rules of Buddhism should not be too strict for him?

Let trembling stretch out its claws, or else...

"Bodhisattva! Bodhisattva! Guanyin Bodhisattva!" The monkey screamed like thunder exploding from the sky, full of strength.The one who travels faster than sound is Monkey King. After half a somersault, he appeared next to Guanyin Bodhisattva, and happened to see the trembling evil hands.

Sun Wukong: ==

Bodhisattva: =mouth=!

The latter's hand seemed to be electrocuted, and he withdrew it with a whiz. He coughed twice pretending to be serious, and said to Monkey King: "What's the matter?"

Sun Wukong said: "I caught another fairy mount on the road, and I have to let you go and see it."

"What are you waiting for, let's go."

"There is one more thing, Mr. Mo Xiaolang entrusted me with the last time and said it together. The Taishang Laojun sat down and the cranes had a heart to the world. One of the crane spirits came down to the world and took Goushi Mountain as the top of the mountain and occupied the mountain as the king. , and wanted to catch Mr. Mo Xiaolang as a cook, but he was subdued instead."

"I didn't see you Bodhisattva a few days ago, so I didn't say anything. Do you think it can be dealt with together?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva had heard about this incident when he was active in the human world as a wise man, but he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. He only thought that Mo Wenyuan had subdued the new spirit monster with the subduing demon pestle, but unexpectedly there was a fan Yuanyuan in it.

He said: "Good, if I have time to go to heaven in a few days, I will ask the Supreme Lord."

With that said, the two were ready to leave.

Sun Wukong's faint voice came from behind the Bodhisattva: "Eat the cake as soon as you eat it, it's not a big deal, if you know me, you know me, you know me."

"I ate it too, didn't I still not let Master know?"

Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva is about to fall from the sky!

Pohou doesn't come early and doesn't come late, but it's so good at picking the time to open it at this time!

……

You can also buy a lot of cheap and good-quality Indian sugar in Luoyang City!

Tang Taizong's work efficiency is not low. After nearly half a year of investigation and coordination, the official finally signed sugar import regulations with the governments of Tianzhu and other places. They will give Tang Dynasty sugar at a much lower price than local sugar. The official organization provides a large amount of sugar, and the quantity is sufficient to ensure continuous supply, and the price is just right.

Indian granulated sugar takes Chang'an City as the center, and radiates and spreads everywhere. Not to mention Luoyang and the equally affluent Jiangnan, even sparsely populated Qiongzhou and other places can finally buy granulated sugar, and the price is very low.

Mo Wenyuan has been paying attention to the import of granulated sugar. He was very pleased to see the government make a move. He went to the street to inquire about the price on the day he was able to buy this product in Luoyang. It turned out that the sage was very clever, and the officials who negotiated business were probably also good at it. The same price as when he first discovered granulated sugar.

If the merchants do not cut prices, the business may not continue.

As soon as he was happy, he bought a lot of sugar. It happened that Mo Wenyuan had just completed the baking course in the God of Cooking system, so he thought of making a big cake for Zhong Taotie to comfort him.

In the golden autumn of October, a large number of fruits, nuts, vegetables and melons are on the market, and the quality of the ingredients sent by Zhongheiyang is getting better day by day.

Off-season vegetables are certainly edible, and there are many types of vegetables in warm regions, but Mo Wenyuan firmly believes that seasonal vegetables have their own unique charm.

Chestnuts are on the market in October. He went to the supplier for a tour, and when he came back, there were a lot of chestnuts on the back of the black sheep. Find the best chestnuts."

Middle Heiyang: "Baa baa baa baa baa!"

Don't worry, trust my eyesight!

There are also good and bad chestnuts, and there are many ways to identify them. Judging by the color, the top-grade ones have bright red shells and shiny particles. You can tell whether the chestnuts are good or bad by hand pinching or shaking them.

Mo Wenyuan and the others bought northern chestnuts, which have small grains and thin skin, and are easy to peel after frying.

Because it is food specially made for himself, Zhong Heiyang is more careful when choosing. A large pile of chestnuts is piled on the surface of the cloth. He stares at the chestnuts to distinguish good from bad.

His hooves are kept clean at all times, without even a speck of dust. When he sees a good example, he pushes it with his hoof and puts it in the pile of good chestnuts, leaving the next ones where they are.

When Zhongheiyang was distinguishing the ingredients, Mo Wenyuan was not idle and prepared various ingredients. The chestnut cake he was going to make was not a chestnut brownie, nor a chestnut chiffon cake, but a traditional French chestnut dessert Montblanc Of course, Mo Xiaoyuan's exclusive improvement method was added to it.

It stands to reason that it is a bit strange to make French dim sum in the Tang Dynasty. However, gourmet food has no borders, especially desserts. The difference in taste between China and the West is at most only in the sweetness, and there is no obstacle in other parts. Easterners can enjoy Western cakes. , Westerners will also be overwhelmed by exquisite Chinese dim sum, such as fondant cake, which originated in the UK, can win awards from Chinese people, which shows that delicious dim sum has no national boundaries.

Mo Wenyuan himself likes Montblanc very much. There used to be a cake shop opened by a Frenchman near his home. Montblanc is particularly good at making it. Recalling its sweet taste, he can't help but smile.

Middle Heiyang: "Baa baa baa baa baa!"

I have picked all the chestnuts!

……

There are several very important raw materials for making cakes, one of which is butter.As early as the fifth century BC, the Huns, who mainly engaged in animal husbandry, had already mastered the technology of making butter, and a small amount of its finished products were also introduced to China. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, this butter was almost not popular at all. Even the cook was asked about this thing, and he didn't know anything about it.

The production technology of butter itself is not difficult, but it is not easy to mass-produce it in the Tang Dynasty. Butter is made of milk. Before the cows were introduced from Europe at the end of the [-]th century, there were only buffaloes, yellow cattle, yaks, etc. in China. Very low, not keeping up with demand.

Technology needs to adapt to the environment. After discovering that it was not feasible to make butter from milk, Mo Wenyuan turned his idea to goat milk. The production of goat milk is still very abundant.Refining butter from goat's milk is not easy, and Mo Wenyuan would not be able to do it alone, but he has his own powerful chef system, and he exchanged a lot of points for the method of making butter from goat's milk.

The taste of the butter produced is not much different from that produced from milk. If there is any disadvantage, the storage time is relatively short, and it can only be stored for two months, and it cannot be stored in hot summer.

Given the low cost of producing butter from goat's milk, he sees this as an acceptable drawback.

A few eggs were placed in a large pottery bowl one by one. Besides, he also took a few bowls to prepare the egg yolk and egg white. Zhongheiyang was finally allowed to enter the kitchen. He used his own magic to ensure that his whole body was clean. No specks of dust.

He squatted quietly in front of the stove and watched Mo Wenyuan busy, just like the bar counter of a Japanese restaurant, where he could watch the cooking process.

"Crack——" the egg shell knocked on the basin, cracked a hole, the egg white and egg yolk were separated, and slid into two different bowls. Zhongheiyang's eyes moved with Mo Wenyuan's hand, watching him Add granulated sugar to the egg whites, beat the egg whites, and prepare the egg yolks in the same way.The beaten egg whites and egg yolks are mixed together, stirred vigorously with a scraper, and then flour, butter, etc. are added.

After stirring evenly, the bottom of the cake was sent to the simple oven.

The next step is to make the key fillings. Zhongheiyang has already shown the transformation process from a foodie to a cook. He thinks that cooking is far inferior to Mo Xiaoyuan. The handle is still fine. When Mo Wenyuan was making cakes, he also processed chestnut puree.Spells are even easier to use than a blender. The boiled chestnuts are ground into a fine-grained chestnut puree. He adds whipped cream to the thick chestnut puree and continuously dilutes it to make it smooth and smooth.

The diluted chestnut puree is divided into two parts, one part is added with whipped cream, and the mixture is called a cream filling with a light chestnut flavor, while the other part is put into a piping bag.

After the cream filling is chilled, it is sandwiched between two round cake pieces. The chestnut puree is placed in a piping bag, leaving a circle of thin brown chestnut puree lines on the cake surface, and the filling circles upwards. When the top was suddenly retracted, it piled up into a sharp tower top.

Middle Heiyang: "Baa baa baa baa baa baa!"

It looks great!

Mo Wenyuan took the lead in picking up a piece and put it in his mouth, chewing and chewing. His expression was very enjoyable. Sake was added to the chestnut puree. Unlike rum, the taste of sake was relatively light, and it made the aroma of chestnuts the dominant one. Finely crushed ice cubes are added to the whipped cream. When you eat it in your mouth, you will occasionally feel like chewing ice cubes. After chilling, the texture of the cream is firm, and it is great to bite in your mouth!

Mo Wenyuan: "Yeah, yeah, that's the taste, the sake is pretty good, next time you can consider adding fruit wine."

"tick, tick"

Zhong Heiyang was really drooling three thousand feet, and he said "baa baa baa baa baa baa" while drooling.

Give me a quick bite!

……

The fashion that a sage can touch is often slower than other lords in Chang'an City, and drinks, cakes and other things need to be offered by officials before he can taste them.

Since peony wine has become a popular drink in the gentry circle, it is natural that some people offer it to him. In a few days, even Li Sanniang's restaurant's new snacks are on the sage's desk.

The sage said: "Is this thing also made of Tianzhu granulated sugar?"

"Using a piece of sugar, Mo Jiaxiaolang really did it to the extreme."

The officials who offered it knew what the saint wanted to hear, so they said that the prices of cakes in Li Sanniang's restaurant were different, and that the cheapest water cakes, green balls, etc. were affordable by ordinary people, and they also took in many To avoid disasters and work for refugees in Chang'an City.

The sage nodded after hearing this, not knowing what he was thinking.

……

The Bodhisattva came to the Heavenly Court after disposing of the immortal mounts on the Journey to the West, first took back the monster that was almost physically transformed by Xuanzang, and then went to the Taishang Laojun.

Laojun sat in front of the gossip furnace, the old god was there, as if he was waiting for the new elixir to be released, and he opened his eyes as soon as the Bodhisattva landed in front of the treasure hall.

When Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped into the hall, his expression twisted.

What's the matter with such a strong sauerkraut smell? !