Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 464 452. Traditional five-color glutinous rice

Seeing that Li Xiao was about to bow his head to eat again.

Lin Wanxi asked timidly:

"Why are you being so nice to me?"

"You and I are not related, why are you so kind to me?"

"You can write a song like this, and you should know how much such a song is worth."

"Why do you give me such a good song?"

Li Xiao's chopsticks stopped in mid-air.

"why?"

He murmured, then smiled, and said lightly:
"Seeing you now reminds me of me when I first started live broadcasting."

"At that time, I only had a few thousand fans, and there were only a few dozen people in each live broadcast."

"A month's income is less than 2000, of which 1500 is the minimum guarantee fee for the platform."

"There are only a few hundred yuan in rewards a month."

"I even once because of poor grades and low traffic."

"Ready to be terminated by the platform."

"but······"

Li Xiao swallowed the words that came to his mouth.

After all, he got out of the predicament at that time because he obtained the system.

He let out a long breath, with a smile on his face:
"I know very well that some things are difficult at first."

"Since I met you by fate, I will pull it casually."

"The song is indeed a good song, but it doesn't suit me."

"You just take it and sing."

"If it becomes popular in the future, if you have the ability to help others, you can help others."

"Take it as it is, and return the favor."

"This·····"

The girl hesitated to speak.

Li Xiao waved his hand:

"Okay, don't disturb me to eat, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

"thanks····"

Lin Wanxi took out her mobile phone and scanned the QR code to pay one yuan.

"Thank you·····"

After speaking, he returned to the stage holding his mobile phone, but he seemed a little distracted.

Shaking his head lightly, he didn't continue to care about the other party's psychological activities.

Li Xiao inserted chopsticks into the gap between the rice in the bamboo tube and pried the bamboo tube open.

A scent of green bamboo and rice gushes out from the gap in the bamboo tube.

If you feel it carefully, you can even smell the smoky aroma of firewood.

Black, red, yellow, white, purple, five different colors of glutinous rice appeared in the bamboo tube.

"Five-color glutinous rice is a traditional delicacy in Guangxi."

"Minorities such as the Zhuang and Buyi people like it very much and make this kind of five-color glutinous rice during festivals."

"Because the five-color glutinous rice itself means a good harvest, good luck, and a prosperous population."

Studio.

"I'll go, I dare not eat this colorful food!"

"I'm afraid it took a catty of pigment to dye the glutinous rice like this?"

"This is used for decoration at the festival!"

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Seeing the countless doubts in the live broadcast room, Li Xiao quickly explained:

"It does add coloring, but it's all natural coloring."

"Of course, there will definitely be very few unscrupulous merchants who use industrial coloring or food coloring in order to reduce costs and labor costs, but those are a minority."

"Teach everyone a very simple way to identify the type of pigment used."

"That is to smell if there is any other smell in the glutinous rice."

"If there is then use natural coloring."

"If it's not that useful, it's most likely an industrially synthesized pigment."

As he spoke, Li Xiao put his nose on the glutinous rice and fanned it with his hands.

"No problem, the smell of glutinous rice is very rich, it is pure natural!"

"The method of making this five-color glutinous rice is actually very simple."

"It's not much different from regular steamed sticky rice."

"However, the rice needs to be marinated before it is steamed."

"Black glutinous rice, the dye used is maple leaf tree, which is also the most troublesome dye."

"After the maple leaves are picked, they are chopped and soaked for 5 days."

"After five days, the maple leaf juice is completely soaked out, and it can turn black enough when it reacts with an iron pan."

"Red glutinous rice is dyed with red and blue grass, also called red silk thread, and in some places it is called red rice grass."

"After boiling, you can get red juice."

"Blue glutinous rice, the dye used is purple blue grass."

"Yellow glutinous rice, the dye used is buddha, or the more common yellow gardenia."

"The method of use is also to boil the juice."

"White does not need to be processed, it can be used directly."

"Soak glutinous rice in juices of different colors for 7-8 hours."

"After dyeing, drain the juice, put it in a bamboo basket and steam it."

Due to the different colors of sap, different plants are used to produce juice.

Therefore, the taste, texture and aroma of each color of glutinous rice are slightly different.

Li Xiao scooped up the black glutinous rice with a spoon.

"This black glutinous rice is very fragrant, full of the fragrance of maple leaves."

"The aroma of maple leaves is similar to the neutral taste of woody and tea."

"There will be a slight bitterness from the maple leaves in the rice, and a slight saltiness."

"It tastes very special and very refreshing."

"And maple leaves can also dispel dampness and cold, which is very suitable for the weather in Guangxi."

And because the glutinous rice is very chewy, this refreshing fragrance becomes stronger as you chew, making the whole mouth fresh.

Swallowing the black glutinous rice in his mouth, even the entire esophagus felt a faint coolness.

Then Li Xiao scooped up a spoonful of yellow glutinous rice.

The yellow glutinous rice has a sweet taste of nectar before it is eaten.

Apparently the dyeing material used here is Mimenghua, which is also called Fanhuanghua by the locals.

From the name, we can know the status of five-color glutinous rice in the local area.

Even the names of the flowers are specially changed for the glutinous rice.

The yellow glutinous rice is put into the mouth, and a faint sweetness spreads on the tongue.

"His yellow glutinous rice is sweet, and the sweetness is very light."

"A small part is the starchy sweetness of the glutinous rice itself."

"Most of the remaining sweetness comes from the sweetness of the buddha flower."

"This sweetness is a bit like the sweetness we felt when we were young when we picked off the flowers and sucked the stamens with our mouths."

"It's really nice to have a hint of sweetness and a floral fragrance."

"Eating this yellow glutinous rice is like being in a sea of ​​flowers, and the fragrance of flowers is pleasing to the nose."

Then Li Xiao tried red glutinous rice.

"This red glutinous rice is sweet and sour."

"It's a bit like raspberry and hawthorn, but the taste is also lighter."

"And the red and blue grass itself has the effect of invigorating the spleen and appetizing, diuretic and eliminating food."

"Children and elderly people eat very well."

Then Li Xiao tasted the white and blue glutinous rice.

White, of course, needless to say, it is ordinary glutinous rice.

The blue glutinous rice tastes a bit bitter though.

But after the meal is swallowed, there will be a feeling of sweetness on the tongue.

The taste is very special.

(End of this chapter)