The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

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The five of them had finished exchanging pleasantries, and they sat down one after another. Su Jin glanced at the dishes on the table. Fortunately, they were completely different from the vegetarian banquet that night, so she was relieved; I have eaten three times upstairs, if someone asks, I am embarrassed to say that I ate vegetarian banquet twice, I regret it to death.

As the host, Yan Biyun asked the maid to pour the wine. Su Jin knew that he was not good at drinking, so when the others drank it down, he just sipped it, causing the four people on the table to look sideways.

"I can't drink too much, even rice wine can only drink three or two cups, I'm really sorry." Su Jin also felt his face burning.

In later generations, he has never been so cowardly at the drinking table. At that time, he often wondered why some people would become dizzy and talk nonsense after drinking a little wine. It was not until now that he himself became a person who can't handle alcohol, and he understood the troubles of those people.

"Master Su, Biyun's friend is visiting today. If you don't drink, you will be spoiling the scenery. Don't worry, this is a low-alcohol wine that I treasure. It has a soft temper. Drink a few more glasses and you will definitely not get drunk."

Su Jin rolled her eyes and thought to herself: Is persuasion still a f*cking fashion here?

Even so, Su Jin didn't want people to think of him as petty, and he had already refuted Yan Biyun's face once, so he couldn't embarrass others again. In fact, Yan Biyun took good care of Su Ji. It's already quite face-saving.

Thinking of this, Su Jin picked up the glass of residual wine in front of him and drank it down.

Everyone applauded and applauded, Yan Biyun smiled slightly, raised chopsticks and said: "The small town of Luzhou can't compare with the delicacies of Bianliang. Today, the master chef tried his best to cook some special dishes. Let's try it."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to a plate of small petal-shaped dishes and said, "This is chrysanthemum and sheep white waist. Brother Shaoqing must like this one."

Song Shaoqing said with a smile: "I am a Song native who loves sheep in the north and fish in the south. I didn't expect to eat sheep kidneys in Luzhou. Let me try it."

After finishing speaking, he picked up a chrysanthemum-shaped white sheep waist with a knife and put it in his mouth. After chewing carefully, he praised: "The smell is gone, it is fresh and delicious, and the seasoning is also used properly. It is a real treat. "

Su Jin thought to himself: "Why does this Song guy like to eat lamb kidneys? Could it be that. Isn't his function not good enough?" He couldn't help but glance at the charming Mrs. Song one more time, and secretly cried out in his heart that it was a pity.

"Young Master Su, Young Master Li, try this too," Yan Biyun greeted.

"I don't like to eat sheep, and the kidney tastes heavy, and it's even more unpalatable." Li Zhong directly refused.

"I don't need to eat..." Su Jin opened his mouth and told the truth.

Song Shaoqing blushed and said: "Actually, lamb kidneys are not what you think. It is true that this substance has the effect of strengthening the kidneys, but it is more effective for waist and spine pain, weak feet and knees, deafness and other symptoms. Benefits, if you two don’t eat, it’s a waste of money.”

Without saying a word, Su Jin stretched out his chopsticks and forked a piece into his mouth. Song Shaoqing didn't expect his words to be so effective, and his face immediately beamed with joy; After a twist, Su Jin obediently gave in, not because his words had any effect.

Yan Biyun stretched out his hand and twisted it, regretting it in his heart, why he couldn't help wanting to ravage Su Jin, wouldn't it give him a feeling of frivolity, which would be shameful; peeking at Su Jin, seeing him He chewed with puffed cheeks, didn't show any abnormality at all, then looked left and right, seeing that no one noticed his actions just now, he felt relieved, and the blush on his face faded away.

Then Li Chong took a sauced duck head and dealt with it on his own, completely ignoring Song Shaoqing's feelings, but Su Jin couldn't bear it, so he asked jokingly, "I would like to hear more about it."

Song Shaoqing was overjoyed, shook his head and said: "Since Mr. Su is interested, I will say a few words. It is very troublesome to remove the smell of lamb loin. You have to remove more than a hundred tendons inside one by one, and then soak it in cooking wine and ginger slices for a day. Only then can it not damage the deliciousness and remove the peculiar smell; then mix it with salt and taro powder, cut the cucumber into cubes, make a paste with oily sauce, ginger, sweet and sour wine taro powder, then put the kidneys in oil and pick them up, then Stir-fry with cucumber, onion, ginger, garlic, and finally stir-fry with the prepared sauce and kidney. The process of frying pays attention to the word "fast", only fast can ensure freshness, but too fast and easy It is not cooked enough, so the grasp of the heat is the biggest criterion for a chef to be qualified."

Everyone opened their mouths agape, they didn't expect that Song Shaoqing was really good at it, and he spoke clearly and logically. This time even Li Chong, who was gnawing on the duck's head, forgot to suck the duck's brain, and stared blankly at him.

"Brother Song is elegant, Su Jin has been educated." Su Jin is telling the truth, and he also claims to be a petty bourgeoisie, but compared with this old brother Song, he is a fake petty bourgeoisie.

"Where is this? What is this? You have never seen my second uncle. When he has dinner at his house, it is amazing." Song Shaoqing laughed.

Mrs. Song said coquettishly: "How can you arrange the second uncle like this? It would be strange if he knew about it and didn't reprimand you."

Song Shaoqing said disapprovingly: "How can this be considered an arrangement? The Master said: You can never tire of fine food, and you can never tire of delicate food. Even the saints are so particular about food. This way is by no means heresy, but deeply in line with the way of a gentleman."

Su Jin is about to throw herself into the ground. It seems that if she wants to live a life of high society in the Song Dynasty, it's really not good if she doesn't have some sex in her stomach.

"Brother Song, what's so special about this dish?" Su Jin asked while ordering a dish that looked like fried meat rolls.

"This dish, although Ms. Yan didn't introduce it, but I don't think I'll admit my mistake. It should be called a sheep's tongue lottery." Song Shaoqing looked at Yan Biyun and said.

Yan Biyun smiled and said: "Brother Shaoqing has good eyesight, it's the sheep's tongue stick, try it first."

Everyone held up the chopsticks and chewed them carefully. Su Jin frowned slightly and said, "It seems to smell like fish inside."

Song Shaoqing raised his thumb and said, "Mr. Su has good qualifications, and he has the demeanor of a gourmet gourmet. You can taste surimi without eating it once. If you add more yin to this way in the future, you will definitely become a gourmet connoisseur."

Everyone rolled their eyes: "Who would be addicted to this, what the hell."

Song Shaoqing continued: "This dish is more complicated to make. Take a few eggs from three-year-old native chickens, and break up the egg white and egg yolk separately. Then cut the lamb tongue into shreds and mix well with salted egg whites, taro powder, and sesame oil. Divide the shredded sheep tongue and minced fish into two parts, stack them and roll them into a tube shape, put them in a cage and steam them over high heat. Stir the egg paste with flour and wet taro powder, add egg yolk and salt. Heat the frying pan and add lard, sheep tongue The roll is dipped in dried taro powder, hung with egg batter, deep-fried until the crust turns golden brown, cut into small pieces and neatly stacked on the plate, like a blooming lotus, and then placed with various decorative side dishes, this is considered You're done."

Everyone was dizzy and couldn't hear what he was talking about, but in their hearts they admired Song Shaoqing's research on this way. It's hard for him to remember so many processes, obviously because he is deeply immersed in the way of food. The reason.

Su Jin smiled and said: "The name of the sheep tongue sign is not very pleasant. Since the plate is in the shape of a lotus flower, I think it is more elegant to call it 'Tongue Blossoming Lotus'."

Everyone applauded loudly, Yan Biyun smiled and said: "This is the name of the recipe. From now on, the sheep tongue sticks in "Hefenglou" will be called 'Tongue Blossoming Lotus'."

It's gold that always shines. Su Jin quickly changed the name of a dish. When Song Shaoqing was in the limelight, he lost no time in spreading the light, and Yan Biyun suddenly felt a kind of unreasonable joy in his heart.