Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 1228 Sky Shrimp Chicken Chop
In the fields, many criss-cross ditches have been dug.

The villagers used households as a unit and tried their best. Some people were shouting, some were knocking pots, and some people spread sheets in the ditch.

Ding Laosan and his son chased chickens and ducks in the field over and over again, and finally gathered a lot of jumping gnats.The third child kept in mind the method of exterminating locusts promoted by the above, saying that the jumping locusts have the characteristic of going against people, so they can be driven and led into the ditch.

At this time, the jumping gnats are still only one year old, and the skin has not shed off for the first time. They are small in size, can't fly and jump, and they can't jump far. Once they enter the ditch, they can't jump out for a while.

"Hurry up!"

The third child saw more and more jumping beetles gathering in the ditch, his face was full of joy.If in the past, seeing so many jumping gnats, I would probably have a stomachache from worry, but now, there is only joy.

After driving for a long time, the ditch in that section was already densely packed with jumping gnats.

"Damn it, hurry up and collect the sheets."

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Ding helped put the sheets away, and there were countless jumping gnats rolled up inside.Pull up the sheet to the bucket prepared next to it, shake it off vigorously, shake the jumping gnat out of the bucket, and then close the lid.

The bucket was very big, and half of it was filled with water. After the jumper was put in, Ding Laosan was still shaking the bucket from side to side.

"It's only been half an hour, and at least a few catties have been caught." The third child said happily, "It's faster than digging locust eggs."

"One catty of locust eggs can be exchanged for three catties of grain, but this one can only be exchanged for two catties," Li said.

"It's also more cost-effective to catch this, and I can catch a few catties with such skill."

The family smiled and continued to drive and catch, and soon it was night, but after everyone went home and handed over the jumping beetles, they exchanged food, and immediately returned to the field to continue to catch.

Because of the phototropism of the jumping gnats, if a torch is set up at the edge of the ditch in the ground at night, the jumping hoppers will surround them. At this time, it is more convenient to drive the jumping hoppers into the ditch.

During the day, Ding Laosan’s family caught more than 30 catties of jumping gnats. After the thing was drowned, it was weighed even more. However, Zhang Zuoshi, who was stationed in the village to collect grain, did not deduct everyone’s scales. After weighing, the food will be exchanged there.

In the past month, everyone has gotten used to it. They brought the food in their pockets with a smile and sent it home, then quickly ate a few mouthfuls of the dry food made in the morning, and ran to the field again.

The jumping beetles collected from all over the country were quickly transported from the villages back to the counties, and then the processing workshops set up in each county began to be steamed and dried in a hurry.

Luoyang.

Jing locust division, the emperor and the prince are here.

In the Jinghuang Division, many jumping gnats have been sent up from various places, most of which are alive.

"This is a jumping beetle from Henan Province, this is a jumping beetle from Guanzhong, this is from Shandong, and this is from Huainan..."

These jumping gnats can't fly yet, but they have already enjoyed the expedited treatment of [-] miles, and they were sent to Luoyang by [-] miles from various post stations, and most of them were still alive when they were delivered.

"These grasshoppers are still somewhat different from place to place, but they are roughly the same."

"Father, aren't these jumping beetles directly steamed and dried to make flour in various places, and why are they sent to the capital in a hurry for eight hundred miles?"

"eat!"

Luo Cheng grabbed a hopper and looked left and right. This little hopper was small, but it had no wings, and its legs were not very hard, and there were not even any spikes on its legs.

"Prince, I brought you here today to eat jumping locusts."

Jiawen was surprised, even a little flustered.

Although he also drank health-preserving powder before, and knew that it contained locust egg powder, but it was all powder after all.But now, the jumping gnats in front of him are jumping around one by one, which is a bit uncomfortable to watch.

The emperor caught one in his hand and said with a smile, "This is a delicacy. Today I specially brought the imperial chef from the imperial dining room here to make it delicious."

The prince didn't believe it, Luo Cheng laughed.

Jing Locust Division has already prepared a kitchen for the emperor, with all the pots and stoves, seasonings and so on.

More than 30 imperial chefs came in. They were a complete team, specializing in making imperial meals for the emperor.

The head chef has a gray beard and is over 60 years old. He keeps everything clean and tidy.

After saluting to the emperor, they took their places with everyone.

The old chef took out a cookbook from his pocket, which was given to him by the emperor, and all the recipes in it were recorded with locusts in the dishes.

"The first course, chicken and shrimp steak."

The chef yelled, and the people below immediately began to prepare the ingredients.For this locust recipe, the emperor dictated how to eat it, and then the chef perfected the details and ingredients.

Over there, someone selected eighteen locusts from the east of the river, and took eighteen fresh river fresh ones.

On the other side, someone started to prepare materials.

Eggs, starch, ginger, salt, cooking wine, oil...
Soak the locusts in water, pick them up, put them in a bowl, add ginger slices, salt, and cooking wine to marinate, remove the heads and shells of fresh river prawns that are as big as fingers, cut the back of the shrimps with a knife, remove the shrimp lines, mix with salt, cooking wine, starch and eggs Mix well, then sprinkle with steamed cake crumbs.This is the crumbs of dried steamed cakes, peeled and kneaded. It is a substitute for bread crumbs, and can play the role of charred outside and tender inside when fried.

The imperial chefs cooperated seamlessly, and their movements were smooth and smooth.

It was the first time for the prince to watch the cooking in the kitchen, and found that watching them cook seemed to be a very pleasing thing.Especially the head chef, with a knife and shovel in his hand, focused on his expression, commanding and issuing orders, just like a general.

After the locusts were marinated for about fifteen and a half hours, the shrimps here were all processed, and the oil in the chef's pan was just heated up.Eighteen pickled locusts were fried in oil.

But after a while, his whole body was red from frying, and a unique smell of frying came out, and the prince couldn't help sniffing.

The locusts were quickly fried into a maroon color and the oil was filtered out. The chef then put the shrimp into the oil pan to fry. The shrimp coated with a layer of steamed pancake crumbs quickly fried into a golden yellow color.

Red grasshoppers are served with golden shrimp steaks, and then decorated with a little green leaves.

The scent was so enticing that the prince couldn't help swallowing, even the other people watching behind were salivating.

"Sage, heavenly chicken and shrimp steak, please taste."

"Chen Jing, Li Lianying, Li Lianying, please try the meal for His Majesty!"

Li Lianying, who was pale and beardless, stepped forward. This Jinglocust Sisi was an eunuch, a regular servant of the fifth rank of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.The emperor's imperial meal is specially tasted by someone, even if it is made in front of the emperor now.

Of course, there is no need for Li Lianying to try the dishes.

But the emperor nodded to him and gave him the honor of trying the dish.

Li Lianying stepped forward excitedly, being able to try dishes for the emperor, this is what the emperor valued.

A royal chef handed him a pair of silver chopsticks, and Li Lianying's hands trembled a little as he looked at the delicious dish of prawn and chicken steak.

I picked up a locust that was fried into red, put it in my mouth, chewed it a few times, and found that the thing looked beautiful on the outside, but when I ate it, it was crispy and delicious, which was very good.

Chewing and chewing, the locust disappeared.Li Lianying didn't pay attention for a while, and stretched out her silver chopsticks to pick up another shrimp. It was tender, crispy, fragrant, tender, and sweet!

He couldn't help stretching out his chopsticks again.

Feng Lishi, the supervisor in the palace, couldn't help but coughed and reminded Li Lianying, who woke up with a start, and hurriedly apologized to the emperor.

"The slave lost his composure, please punish the saint."

Luo Cheng laughed, "Li Lianying, how does the shrimp and chicken steak taste today?"

"Wonderful, crispy and delicious, full of color and fragrance, a rare product!"

The old chef over there was very calm after hearing this.

The prince couldn't bear it any longer, "Father, my son is also willing to try the dishes for the father!"

(End of this chapter)