Chapter 5 Cooking
There are very few cars in this era, and the workers are not off duty, so traffic jams rarely occur on the road. The car quickly drove to the destination, a small three-story western-style building, and the car stopped not far away.There will be a lot of cars coming today, so I won't stop at the gate.

Because the birthday party has already started to have guests
So Father Lou has brought his family and greeted the guests at the gate in person.

Lou Xiao'e was also among them, wearing a floral dress with the characteristics of the times, often with a ponytail, looking like a white little swan in the setting sun.

After the driver stopped, Xu Damao was the first to get out of the car and walked towards Lou Dong.Lou Dong's expression changed and he quickly calmed down.

Xu Damao: "Hello Director Lou and Auntie. This must be Comrade Lou Xiaoe. It's a pity I didn't see you last time."

Father Lou: "Hello Comrade Xu, I'm sorry to bother you today, but you still have something to do here and you can't get away. You should go ahead and have a few drinks in the evening."

Lou Xiao'e and Lou's mother responded lightly.

He Yuzhu also got out of the car and walked over. Director Yang also arrived and walked in together.Seeing that He Yuzhu was also among the visiting crowd, she had a happy smile on her face, remembering the taste of her heart, and also a little worried, wondering if Master He has the right skills of Uncle He.

After the two parties exchanged greetings, the factory director specially introduced He Yuzhu to Director Lou.

Director Yang: "This is the chef of our factory, He Yuzhu and Xiao He. He is very good at cooking. Everyone who has eaten it says it is good."

The factory manager moved to one side of his body, making room for He Yuzhu to step forward.

He Yuzhu stepped forward and shook hands with Director Lou.

Father Lou: "Xiao He, hello."

He Yuzhu: "Director Lou, hello,"

Father Lou: "I'm going to trouble Xiao He today. I don't know which cuisine Xiao He is good at. Don't call him Director Lou, call him Uncle!"

After all, now there are Sichuan cuisine, Shandong cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine, which became the most influential local cuisines at that time, and were called the four major cuisines.At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the four new local cuisines of Zhejiang cuisine, Fujian cuisine, Hunan cuisine, and Anhui cuisine differentiated and formed, and together constituted the eight major cuisines of the Han nationality diet.The methods include frying, popping, simmering, deep-frying, cooking, boiling, stewing, etc.

He Yuzhu: "Hello, Uncle, I am proficient in Sichuan cuisine, and I am also good at Tanjia cuisine."He Yuzhu said.

Tanjia cuisine is the family banquet of Tan Zongjun, a bureaucrat in the late Qing Dynasty. Because it was the second place in the second year of Tongzhi, it is also called "the second place dish".

The cooking methods of Tan's cuisine are mainly roasting, stewing, simmering, leaning, and steaming. Tan's cuisine is "good at making dry goods" and "good at cooking seafood with high soup and old fire"

Father Lou: "Alright, I'm looking forward to your cooking skills."

After He Daqing left without saying goodbye, he hadn't tasted authentic Sichuan food for a long time, and he regretted it. Hearing what He Yuzhu said, he suddenly felt better.

After all, in this era, national players and super masters entered the state banquet. Most of the Sichuan chefs stayed in Bashu and came to the capital, and some masters became the personal chefs of the leaders.

It is very difficult for a wanderer to have a bite of authentic hometown food.

Factory Manager Yang: "Zhuzi, it's up to you to perform today."

When the factory manager saw He Yuzhu's words, Director Lou was in a good mood, showing a look of approval, with a sweet mouth, and he would be the best in the factory.

After getting out of the way, the servant brought He Yuzhu to the kitchen and began to prepare the ingredients.

Lou's kitchen is rich in content.

Chicken, duck, beef and mutton are all available, and even two live fish are raised in the water tank for cooking.

Compared to most people in this era, the Lou family is already top-notch wealthy.

Since the ingredients are abundant, He Yuzhu plans to make some representative Sichuan dishes.

Fish-flavored shredded pork, Kung Pao chicken, husband and wife lung slices, mapo tofu, twice-cooked pork, Dongpo pork, etc.

He Yuzhu mastered the Tan family dishes from He Daqing.

I also started to prepare Tan family dishes.

Tanjia cuisine is salty and sweet, suitable for both the north and the south. The seasoning pays attention to the original taste, and the production pays attention to sufficient heat and ruthless ingredients.The taste is mellow, soft and natural.Moderate peace, pay attention to the original taste,

Tanjia cuisine has its own cuisine, with nearly [-] kinds of dishes, and seafood dishes are most famous for cooking.

The "Bird's Nest in Clear Soup" in Tan's cuisine is even more unique.

It does not adopt the method of raising the bird's nest with alkali. Although the bird's nest produced in that way is white in color and has a large amount, the nutrition is greatly lost.

The method of this dish is: soak the bird's nest in warm water for three hours, then rinse it repeatedly with clean water, and carefully select the bird's nest and impurities.

After the bird's nest is soaked, put it in a large soup bowl, add half a catty of chicken broth, steam it in a basket for about 10 to [-] minutes, take it out and put it in a small soup bowl.

Then boil the clear soup made of chicken, duck, elbow, scallops, ham and other ingredients, add appropriate amount of cooking wine, sugar, salt, mix well, put it into small soup bowls, sprinkle a few heels on each bowl Thinly shredded ham and serve immediately.

The soup of this dish is as clear as water, slightly beige, delicious in taste, the bird's nest is soft and not broken, and has high nutritional value. It is a representative of Tan's cuisine.

According to legend, there is another condition for eating Tan family dishes, that is, the owner of the Tan family must be included in the treat. It is said that the Tan family hosts three tables every time, regardless of whether the diners of each meal know the Tan family or not. Set up an extra seat for the owner of the Tan family, and the owner of the Tan family will always come to have a few bites.

There is an unwritten rule to eat Tan's food, that is, no matter how powerful the diner is, they must enter the Tan family's door to eat Tan's food.There have been many celebrities in the capital to treat guests, hoping that the chefs of the Tan family can "go out", but they were all rejected.

But that is the old society, and now they start to cook outside, after all, they have to eat.

The servant who was invited to help washed and picked vegetables, and He Yuzhu was cooking soup, when Lou Xiaoe jumped into the kitchen.

With the conversation a few days ago, and under the condition of being very familiar with He Daqing, Lou Xiaoe basically defines He Yuzhu as an old friend between the two families.

Lou Xiaoe: "Hey, I didn't expect me to come here. I haven't eaten Uncle He's dishes for a long time. Today I have the opportunity to study hard. Don't mind!"

He Yuzhu: "I don't mind, are you virtuous or greedy?" He Yuzhu smiled.

Lou Xiao'e: "That Xu Damao is here, so why invite him here?"

He Yuzhu: "The skills of the projectionist in the rolling mill are not good, and another master has gone to the countryside. If he doesn't come to the factory, no one will know it!"

Lou Xiaoe: "I really hate liars, and that's what they are."

Lou Xiaoe made an exaggerated expression of disgust, "Today I will start drawing villains and cursing him."

He Yuzhu: "I've hit you feudal superstition, okay! I'm going to cook, so stay away and don't affect me," He Yuzhu said jokingly.

Lou Xiaoe: "Look at what you said, if I don't know how to cook, come and let me cook with you, so that you can experience my family's handicraft."

Lou Xiaoe rolled up her sleeves in a gesture.

He Yuzhu: "Don't talk about wasting ingredients, and I don't think about food poisoning. Besides, if you put down the guests at home, I will have to be laid off and write a review when I go back to the factory." He Yuzhu joked.

Lou Xiao'e: "Today I will show you my skills, this girl has that level."

Lou Xiao'e knew how much she cooked, but she felt that He Yuzhu could chat with her,
He Yuzhu: "In that line, you can choose the vegetables. Make me a spicy cabbage and let me see it." He Yuzhu threw her a cabbage, and Lou Xiaoe caught it.

The interaction between the two is very relaxed, just like good friends who have known each other for a long time.

After adjusting the projector, Xu Damao saw Lou Xiao'e come to the kitchen and followed him.

In a corner outside the kitchen against the wall, Xu Damao was watching all this with wide-eyed eyes, and the flames of jealousy burst out from inside. "Stupid grandson, I can't kill you and me." Xu Damao whispered

(End of this chapter)

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