Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 888 Huang Tingjian

"Yeah, it seems simple, but in fact it is very important to grasp the strength. If you shake it lightly, the water will not come out, and it will not meet the finished product requirements of burning noodles. If you shake it hard, it may shake the noodles out and waste your arm strength." Wei Wei After speaking, he roughly gestured according to the proprietress' strength and speed, and shook his head, expressing that he would definitely not be able to do this job.

"The noodles thrown out in this way are naturally dry, crispy and refreshing. It took so much hard work to get this characteristic, so we can't destroy this dry characteristic when eating noodles." Zhou Zhi said: "So the old gluttons who eat old burning noodles, When you enter the door, you should give the boss a wake-up call—'Boss, two liang of burning noodles, free of greens!'”

"'Mianqing' means not to put vegetable leaves. Nowadays, people pay attention to a diet, and they pay more and more attention to the intake of vegetables. If there is a demand, they will supply it. Some noodle restaurants have to provide burning noodles in order to cater to diners. Adding a few vegetable leaves is a bit nonsensical."

"Because the vegetable leaves contain too much water, putting the boiled vegetable leaves into the burning noodles will definitely destroy the dry flavor."

"In fact, people in the traditional burning noodles have noticed this problem a long time ago, and have properly solved this problem, that is - with soup."

"Simply put, it's sprout soup."

"Yizhou sprouts are an essential seasoning for burning noodles. Peanut noodles, sesame seeds, sprouts, and chopped green onions are collectively called a four-piece set of burning noodles. Of course, if we are burning meat like us, we also need to spread a layer of meat. .”

"Because the oil is heavy and spicy, it should be light in taste when paired with soup. It can also relieve greasy and add freshness."

"To meet these conditions, the most suitable soups are two kinds, bamboo shoot soup with sprouts or sauerkraut, and broth with shreds."

Taking a sip of the soup, Zhou Zhi said, "Slivers of bamboo shoots and strips of ribbon are both delicious and refreshing. Sauerkraut soup and broth also have the effect of blending and adding to the flavor of burning noodles."

"In fact, the fresh vegetable leaves that modern people like can also be added here. You have to use noodle soup with burning noodles, and then you have to add vegetable leaves to the noodles. After such a series of actions, burning noodles will be useless."

"It seems that your book is not written so carefully?" Liu Tao asked.

"Brother Tao has also read my book?" During the science popularization, everyone had almost eaten the food used for science popularization. Zhou Zhi couldn't help it, so he asked the boss to add a bowl of broth.

"Your book is too expensive, I am reluctant to buy it." Liu Tao said with a smile: "I went to read it at the counter of Xinhua Bookstore."

"Actually, I'm also quite regretful." Zhou Zhi said: "The main reason is that when I wrote the book, I didn't know the giants in the catering industry in Central Sichuan. I focused on theory, information, and history, but neglected to consult experts. The combination of soup ingredients and diet is very particular, and I only realized it later after I met Master Zhang Yuanfu."

"It's a pity that the book had already been written." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Master Zhang Yuanfu also set up a dragon gate for me, saying that if the burning noodle restaurant doesn't serve soup, you can ask, 'Boss, why is the water cut off today?' If the boss is really knowledgeable, he will say 'wait a moment' and immediately bring the soup to you."

"That's really weird." Xiong Jiao was a little confused, "Why are you so picky about a bowl of soup?"

"Sprout soup is quite simple." Liu Tao said, "I read that Zhuo Zi said that Douban is the soul of Sichuan cuisine. In fact, the broth made by a clever chef should be regarded as the real soul of Sichuan cuisine. It is quite complicated to make, right? ?”

"Yes." Zhou Zhi said, "In fact, Yizhou Mianmian is a big family, with about 70 kinds."

"Like the braised beef noodles in red soup, braised fat intestines noodles, braised pork ribs noodles, eel noodles, and hoof flower noodles. Among the five big noodles in clear soup: mushroom noodles, stewed chicken noodles, squid noodles, salty and fresh noodles, seafood Noodles, etc., many of them need broth as a base.”

"So broth must be the first important configuration that every noodle restaurant must have. The reason why broth is removed from the package of dry noodles, such as burning noodles, raw pepper beef noodles, spicy chicken noodles, ginger duck noodles, and sour radish noodles, is mainly It may still be a cost issue to consider, and it can save a little cost."

"But it doesn't even match the bean sprout soup. In Master Zhang's words, there's really no explanation other than laziness."

"Actually, there's another pairing that I really like, especially in summer. It's that they are not sold together." Xiong Jiao said.

"What match?" Zhou Zhi was very sensitive to these, and asked immediately.

"Cold Cake!" Xiong Jiao said, "Tian Shui Jing Cold Cake!"

"Yes!" Liu Tao echoed: "It's just that the cold cake seller hasn't come out in the morning. We used to like to sneak out of school in the afternoon, eat a piece of burning noodles at the burning noodle shop, and then call the hawker on the side of the road to order a cold cake Eat with you."

"You guys really understand this!" Zhou Zhi couldn't help feeling emotional: "The cold cake is an alkaline cold food, and it also has the effect of relieving tiredness. Hey wait, Xiong Jiao, did you just get trapped by Brother Tao like this?!"

"No way! We live in school and are poor, so we can't come out too many times for dental festivals." Xiong Jiao quickly changed the subject: "By the way, Elbow seems to like Huang Tingjian a lot, doesn't he?"

"That's right, Huang Tingjian has been shuangjian here. He likes it very much and calls himself Fu Weng. I've been learning his calligraphy."

"Shuang...shuanggui?" Liu Tao didn't understand.

"Huang Tingjian belongs to the conservative party in terms of political stance. He was always suppressed during Song Shenzong's period, but he was promoted for a while when Empress Dowager Gao was hanging down the curtain. As a result, after Song Zhezong came to power, the reformers came back to power. Huang Tingjian was defeated by Zhang Chun, Cai Bian and others. False accusation that the revision of the "Records" is untrue, and it will damage the emperor's reputation, and he will be relegated to Fuzhou."

"The so-called resettlement means restricting residence and not being allowed to go too far out of the city. Although it is still a 'don't drive' in name, that is, a deputy in the city, but it is not allowed to sign letters for official business, which is almost the same as shuanggui."

"So Yizhou was called Fuzhou at that time?" Xiong Jiao asked.

"That's not true. It was just a random official name. His place of resettlement was Qianzhou at the beginning, but his cousin was serving as a provincial leader there at the time, that is, Chang Pingcang's promotion. In order to avoid suspicion of relatives, so The reformists moved him here again. But the name Fu Weng is the nickname he has been using since he was demoted."

"Hi! I thought he was here touring the mountains all day long, and he was very happy!" Liu Tao couldn't help laughing: "It turned out that he was exiled here!"

"Hahaha, I can't help it. The style of a veteran scholar-bureaucrat, or rather arrogant." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Actually, when he first arrived here, Huang Tingjian was quite depressed, but after a while, he let himself go."

"Don't be happy with things and don't be sad with yourself. Later generations commented on Huang Tingjian in his later years as 'like a monk with hair, like a vulgar and dust-free, dreaming in a dream, seeing the body outside the body', that's what he said." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: " As a result, he left more than 100 poems and several famous articles here, which immediately enriched the cultural heritage of Yizhou."

"Elbow, do you want to see the remains left by Huang Tingjian?"

"The relic left by Huang Tingjian? What is it?" Zhou Zhi was quite surprised: "The real relic or the legend?"

"You have to tell me first, what kind of relic do you think it should be?" Xiong Jiao smiled slyly: "Haven't you been learning his calligraphy? You are still writing novels of the Song Dynasty, which is just a test to see if you really understand him."

(End of this chapter)