Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 449
"When this dish first came out, it wasn't called Jiuzhuan Dachang, but Braised Dachang. After all, it's braised. You know it's more convenient to name it, and it's not difficult to make.

This dish was created by a shopkeeper named Jiuhualou in Jinan in the early years of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. He himself was both a shopkeeper and a chef, and my previous master was one of the apprentices of the founder of this dish.

So the founder of this dish is also my teacher.

It's just that after many improvements to this dish, the taste of the large intestine was further improved. At that time, when many people with status and status hosted banquets, this dish was a must.

As a result, some people, like those ancient poets, wrote a poem about their favorite food, and deliberately gave the dish a new name, Jiuzhuan Dachang, with the Taoist Nine-turn Golden Pill.

Later, my master thought the name was not bad, so he continued to use it. "

Chen Nian couldn't help but nodded: "I didn't expect such a story to exist. From this point of view, Master, you are also a well-known teacher!"

"It's okay, okay." Master Sun nodded cheerfully, obviously enjoying Chen Nian's praise very much.

"Then what should Master pay attention to when making this dish? Will the large intestines we bought from the vegetable market be washed clean?" Chen Nian asked curiously.

He knew that the large intestines he bought back in later generations were clean, but even so, he had to continue to wash them several times inside and out after buying them home.

At this time, the folk customs are also more simple, and the quality of life of ordinary people is actually not that high, so Chen Nian is worried that he has to wash this thing from scratch after buying it.

"Don't worry about it, unless you are standing directly next to the butcher and waiting, then there must be something in the intestines, but if you buy it from the side where the meat is sold and the water is sold, generally they will be cleaned , but even if you know that someone has washed things like intestines for you, you will definitely feel worried if you don’t wash them yourself when you buy them.” Sun Fuquan said.

After Chen Nian heard this, he felt relieved, as long as he could give him a wash.

"But Master, it seems that some people don't like fat intestines. I remember that some people in our martial arts gym don't like to eat offal."

But Sun Fuquan didn't care at all, and jumped on the horse to eat the old red soldiers who had finally crossed the river, "Oh, it's their business that they don't like food, what does it have to do with me if they don't have good food? Anyway, the third master loves food, Dechun, Huzi and the young master also love to eat!"

Hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help admiring Mr. Sun in his heart. Looking at this chef, he just has the confidence. How dare you say to an ordinary cook whether he likes to eat or not?
That is obviously not dare!

"Master, have you cooked this dish in the martial arts gym before?" Chen Nian suddenly thought of another question.

"I did it, I remember it was five or six years ago."

Chen Nian heard that five or six years ago, wasn't Master Sun just coming to Tianjin Wumen?Why haven't I made it for such a long time, and doesn't the third master like to eat it?

"I'm too lazy to wash, so I haven't done it all the time."

"Then master, why did you just start..." Chen Nian asked.

And Master Sun laughed when he heard this question: "Look at what you said. At that time, I just came here and didn't know what to eat and what to do. No matter how troublesome it was, I had to do it. Later, I got used to staying here. It doesn't matter."

Master Sun's answer was so true that Chen Nian couldn't help giving him a thumbs up, but if Master Sun said so, would it be considered arrogance?

"Then master, are you doing it again this time because they didn't get good results in the martial arts competition, are you planning to make them happy?" Chen Nian thought about it.

But Master Sun shook his head again at this time: "That's not true, the main thing is, didn't I accept an apprentice like you? With an apprentice here, I don't have to wash that thing myself, so don't say it's tomorrow, even in the future It doesn’t matter if you do it every day.”

Chen Nian: "..."

The master is indeed still the master.

But although what Sun Fuquan said was not particularly pleasant, Chen Nian didn't care too much, he wanted to learn from others, what's wrong with doing some dirty work?Everyone came from young people, so the work in front of the teacher should naturally be done by young people.

Otherwise, if the master is required to do everything, what is the purpose of the apprentice?

You can't just find yourself an ancestor who learns your own craft, but has to do the work yourself, and does nothing while learning the craft, right?

That's not accepting apprentices, but a real lack of heart.

According to what Chen Nian said, he made a special trip to find himself to play chess tonight, and asked him about the method of making Jiuzhuan large intestine. Naturally, Sun Fuquan couldn't just tell Chen Nian the history.

Since Chen Nian is so eager to learn, he is also very willing to tell Chen Nian about this dish.

"The first step, needless to say, you must also know that the contents of this dish must be washed first, and it is best to use vinegar, flour, and pepper when you take it home to wash, just to wash the contents on the top. It doesn’t count if it’s clean, you still have to remove the oil from it.”

"That's the layer of fat on the inner wall of the pig's large intestine, right?" Chen Nian asked. Of course, Chen Nian knew this, after all, the small noodles in Honghong Restaurant also have fat sausage toppings.

Although those fatty sausages were bought directly from the old people and had been washed and processed, it is still known to what extent the pig large intestines will be processed and aged.

Although I haven't made braised large intestine in old age, this kind of braised large intestine has been made many times in the store.

"Master, I seem to know this, is using vinegar to remove the mucus on the intestines?" Chen Nian said by analogy.

"Well, you are right on this point, but what I learned from my master is to add vinegar. You can use salt if you want, anyway, it will work in the end anyway." Sun Fuquan explained.

"After washing, you need to cover the intestines. I can't tell you the specific method. You can see it tomorrow. But after you use the intestines to cover yourself, you'd better find something like a bamboo stick. He sticks to it, otherwise he will run away, and when it is blown out, it will have no shape after being cut.

On the one hand, Jiuzhuan Dachang is talking about his taste, and on the other hand, it is also talking about his appearance. After all, Jiuzhuan must have some turning patterns in it, right? "

"That's true." Chen Nian now has no concept of what Master Sun said about the large intestine inside the large intestine. He just imagined in his mind that there is a winding mountain road with nine turns and eighteen turns nested in the large intestine. .

"Anyway, this thing is not difficult to say, there are still a lot of things to pay attention to, but ah, it is not difficult to make it at your current level, it just takes a little bit of effort, in short, I don't think there is much to do As I said, you can just read it directly tomorrow, and you can ask if you don’t understand.” Master Sun felt a little distracted while talking, and the old horses and cannons rushed at him inadvertently. Come over, and at this time there are not many defensive forces on his side.

So Master Sun didn't plan to distract Chen Nian any more, but planned to concentrate on playing chess.

And Chen Nian couldn't help being immersed in it at this moment, he might be able to take advantage of Master Sun's distraction to win today.

It can be regarded as a shame.

But as Master Sun concentrated on playing chess, Chen Nian immediately felt the pressure, and soon under Master Sun's pressing counterattack, Chen Nian also closed his mouth and began to concentrate on staring at the chessboard in front of him .

He had to guard against Master Sun's counterattack, seeing that victory was in sight, he couldn't overturn at such a time, after all, it would be very difficult to find opportunities for Master Sun to lose his mind when playing chess in the future.

But in the end, Chen Nian still lost. With the opponent's jumping horse hanging corner sauce, Chen Nian lost his only horse.

"Damn it, how could I have lost if my horse's leg hadn't been pinned?"

Unwillingly, Chen Nian pulled his Red Commander away and let Master Sun eat his horse. At this time, Chen Nian's defeat was already decided, and he could already imagine what kind of moves Master Sun would use to attack him .

Now there are no chess pieces on his side that can threaten the opponent, so it is only a matter of time before he loses. In the end, Chen Nian couldn't bear it anymore and directly surrendered.

In the second round, Chen Nian didn't have such good luck. Master Sun yawned just now, and now he just wanted to go to bed early, so in the second game against Chen Nian, he played more ruthlessly with each move. , one link after another, so that Chen Nian has no room to parry at all!

"It's really too strong!" Chen Nian kept sighing when he walked out of Master Sun's room.

In the future, we still can't underestimate the heroes of the world.

Chen Nian probably asked about some ways to turn the large intestine nine times, so he planned to go back to his room to rest and get up early to buy vegetables tomorrow.

He plans to go there earlier every morning to buy vegetables, and then buy enough vegetables for the whole day in the morning, so that he doesn't have to make a special trip in the afternoon.

And Chen Nian plans to push a flatbed cart there, so that even if the stall owner has no time to deliver the food, he can push all the food back by himself.

But just as Chen Nian closed Master Sun's door and planned to go back to his room, he was startled when he turned his head, because he saw a person sitting on the steps in front of his room.

The other party was sitting on the steps at first, and then put his hands on his knees. After seeing Chen Nian coming out, he immediately looked over.

A pair of eyes are red.

"Xiao Si, why are you here?" Chen Nian also saw the person clearly at this time, and asked quickly after being frightened.

"Brother Chen, I just wanted to ask you about Xiaosan... I only heard about it after I got up in the afternoon, but I didn't dare to ask the master and brothers, so I had to wait until evening to ask about it." you.

I wanted to find you just now, but you were not in the house. After waiting here for a while, I finally saw you. Can you tell me what happened? "

When Chen Nian heard Xiao Si's words, he immediately understood that Xiao San and Xiao Si had the best relationship in the entire Jinwu Sect. They were together every time they patrolled, and they were companions every time they were on guard.

In addition, the two of them live in the same room, so Xiao Si always treats Xiao San as his own brother.

But when it comes to mistress, Chen Nian has too much right to speak.

So he walked up to Xiaosi, sat on the steps next to Xiaosi, sighed and said: "This matter is actually related to me. I found out that Xiaosan was in the morning. I watched the Jinwumen match. I was planning to go back... But there seemed to be someone peeking furtively over the flower bed, and then I walked over quietly..."

Just like this old age, so and so, so and so, I told the whole process from discovering Xiaosan to Xiaosan being kicked out.

Xiaosi was surprised when he first heard it, he didn't believe that Xiaosan would do such a thing, just like Qian Hu didn't believe that Tang Dechun would do something that would harm Jinwumen.

But in the end, when he heard that the evidence was solid, Longhumen directly began to lie and refused to admit it, and Xiaosan asked those words unwillingly, he finally believed it.

"Thank you, Big Brother Chen." Xiao Si thanked Chen Nian in a dazed manner.

"It's okay, you'd better go back to sleep first, it's not good to run around outside so late." Chen Nian warned.

But Xiao Si shook his head: "How can I sleep now? There were three people in our room, but now there are only two people left. I want to find him. There are some of his things here. If you don’t give it to him, it will probably be thrown away in a few days.”

When Chen Nian heard this, he didn't know what to say, obviously now was not the time to persuade the other party.

"Okay, then you have to pay attention to safety, but I don't want you to resent the third master because of this matter, after all, such a thing happened..."

"Don't worry, I understand. How could I resent the third master because of this? It's just that I went to see him out of personal friendship.

After Xiao Si finished speaking, he cupped his hands towards Chen Nian, and then staggered back into the house.

And after a while, Chen Nian looked out through the window, and Xiaosi came to the courtyard with a package on his back, and then found a door wall, first opened a distance, and then jumped lightly after a run-up On top of the wall.

"I'm really puzzled, how come they are so proficient at climbing over the wall one by one? Is it possible that one of the compulsory subjects in Jinwumen is climbing over the wall?" Chen Nian couldn't help guessing in his heart.

But he didn't have such ability, even if he wanted to follow up to see what Xiao Si would say to Xiao San, he could only do so out of intention.

……

It is said that after turning over the wall of Jinwu Gate, Xiaosi thought about where Xiaosan might be, then looked left and right, and then headed in one direction.

Not long after, Xiaosi came to a bridge hole, where the water plants were messy and mosquitoes were flying around.

Sure enough, he saw Xiaosan sitting by the river staring blankly at the water. His reflection fell into the water, but he couldn't see his face clearly.

Immediately, he was out of breath, and walked quickly towards that side with his head buried.

(End of this chapter)