Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Chapter 228 Ostrich Meat?
"Taste it." After the dishes were brought to the table, Shen Yuan greeted everyone, and even the waiters gathered around when they smelled the aroma.

Zhao Ke first tasted the chopsticks, his eyes lit up immediately, and he hurriedly ordered the waiter: "Bring me a bowl of rice."

The chef, Lao Du, was surprised. The behavior of the boss has already explained everything. This dish looks very good, but is it really so delicious?
He was impatiently rubbing his hands, Zhao Ke signaled to him and a few guys: "What are you doing in a daze? Hurry up and try it too."

"Yes, boss." Everyone hurriedly picked up bowls and chopsticks, and shared some among themselves.

Now it's all right, everyone ran to make a bowl of rice, and started to cook.

Soon, the meal was over, and the plate of mapo tofu was also swept away, and everyone wiped the corners of their mouths.

"How is it? Tell me how you feel." Zhao Ke put down his chopsticks and looked at the guys.

The guys gave thumbs up one after another: "It's so delicious!" They didn't read much and didn't understand the description, so they just gave thumbs up angrily.

Old Du pouted, shook his head and said, "The tofu is soft, tender and smooth, delicious, spicy and delicious, and the color and taste are fresh, the best, the best!"
Zhao Ke looked at Shen Yuan excitedly, "What's the name of this dish?"

Shen Yuan laughed and said, "Ma Po Tofu."

"Can you sell the recipe of this dish to our restaurant?" Zhao Ke is a real person. Although he is a partner with Shen Yuan now, he never thought of taking advantage of her.

"This dish is given away for free." Shen Yuan smiled and took a sip of tea, "But I will bring out the recipes of the other two dishes, and our restaurant needs to pay for the recipes of these two dishes."

"Okay, no problem." Zhao Ke agreed, and the two quickly negotiated the price. The recipes for the two dishes totaled 40 taels of silver. As a shareholder, Shen Yuan took half of it herself, and she added an additional 20 taels of silver.

After a clear discussion, Shen Yuyan told Zhao Ke to bring a pen and paper, two dishes, one 'Dongpo Meat' and one 'Pheasant Mushroom Soup', which were exactly the two dishes that Chef Lao Du failed to cook.

Shen Yu'an was in a hurry and wrote down the recipes of the two dishes in detail.

"Miss Shen, your handwriting is like a master!" Zhao Ke looked at the formula, and his admiration for Shen Yu'an deepened again.

Shen Yuan smiled nonchalantly, and told the chef Lao Du: "Master Du, you first learn how to cook these two dishes according to this recipe. Starting tomorrow, I will bring over one of the most important seasonings for this dish."

Zhao Ke asked strangely: "What kind of seasoning is it? Can't you buy it in the county??"
"That's right, you can't buy it." Shen Yuan smiled, "This seasoning is the water from our Shenjia Village, and the dishes cooked with this water will be ten times more delicious. "

"Master Du is trying to make it today, Brother Zhao, you can try it, and after the spring water is delivered tomorrow, make it for Brother Zhao to eat and compare to know the difference."

"Okay." Zhao Ke nodded, and patted Shen Yuan's shoulder hopefully, "I hope the business of our restaurant will flourish and we will cooperate for a win-win situation."

Just as he was talking, Shen Xingwang had bought everything, and the ox cart stopped at the entrance of the restaurant.

"Brother Zhao, it's getting late, so I'll go back first. Don't open for business today. Let Master Du try out two new dishes first, and we'll reopen tomorrow."
"" Well, let's do it like this. "Zhao Ke personally sent it to the door of the restaurant, and watched Shen Yu'an take Li Ye out of Zuixianlou and into the bullock cart.

After that, Shen Yuan went to the blacksmith's shop, took out the drawings of a few scalpels that he had drawn before, and asked the boss if he could make them like that.

After careful inspection, the boss said that there is no problem, but the price may be a bit expensive.

When I asked how much it was, I said at least ten taels of silver, because those knives were so delicate that they needed top-notch craftsmanship to make them.

Shen Yuan paid a deposit of five taels of silver without hesitation, and the boss told her to get it in half a month.

After that, Shen Yuan cut two pieces of pork at the butcher shop, bought some vegetables and other miscellaneous things, bought two bags of candies and pastries, and then went home.

When I returned to Shenjia Village at around five o'clock in the afternoon, Aunt Zhou's family had already started cooking and was squatting in the courtyard with hot water to wash the meat.Seeing Shen Yuan and the others came back, they quickly stood up and greeted them with smiles.

"Auntie, are you ready to cook?" Shen Yuan took a bag of meat and a bag of candy, got out of the car and entered Aunt Zhou's yard, "Yuan weighed some meat and snacks for the uncle, auntie and brothers to eat."

She found that every time Shen Xingwang went to the city, except to buy some oil, salt and pepper, he had never seen him buy meat.

In this poor countryside, pork is a luxury.

Aunt Zhou was not willing to ask for it when she heard it, she pushed Shen Yuan out of the courtyard without a doubt: "My child, why do you keep spending money? Take it back and eat by yourself. Madam just bought meat this morning, so I have something to eat."

"Is it the ostrich meat you bought this morning?" Shen Yuan remembered seeing so many people rushing to buy it when he passed the big locust tree in the morning, so he looked curiously at the water basin, and his eyes fell on the two lumps of smoked black meat On the block, the eyes couldn't help but froze.

There is no problem with the color of these two pieces of meat. It looks dark but smoked bacon looks like this, but the shape.
Shen Yuan squatted down in front of the basin, put down the two bags he was carrying, and reached into the basin to pick up a piece of meat.

The shape of this piece of meat is like a modern round steak, the size of two palms, five or six centimeters thick, and the meat is too dark to distinguish.

"Ma'am, what kind of meat is this?" Shen Yuan glanced at it twice, and asked Aunt Zhou.

"The boss said it was ostrich meat." Aunt Zhou put the meat under her nose and sniffed it, "It smells quite delicious."

"Ostrich? Why have I never seen this kind of bird?"

Aunt Zhou said: "We are next to the Western Regions. I heard that there are such birds in the Western Regions. They are taller than humans and covered in flesh."

Shen Yuyan remained silent. Shenjia Village is indeed located on the border of western Xinjiang. Maybe there is this kind of ostrich meat, but in this era when there is no artificial breeding, how can ostrich be considered a rare animal? How can its meat be so cheap?
"This meat looks good, it must be delicious." Aunt Zhou said to Shen Yuan with a smile while washing the meat, "Yuan, why don't you invite Aran to taste this bird meat together and see if it's good It's not good to eat.'

Shen Yu'an didn't seem to hear her words, and his eyes were fixed on the piece of meat.

The meat was marinated with wine and spices, and smoked for a long time, exuding the unique smell of bacon, but Shen Yuan always felt that the meat was a bit strange, and wanted to cut the meat to see what happened.

"Ma'am, go get a knife."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhou agreed, and hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a knife and a cutting board.

"Clean it and cut it right here, slice it into thin slices, and probably add some oil when frying." Mrs. Zhou handed the knife to Shen Yu'an, and the cutting board was also placed on the low stool beside her.

Shen Yuan took out a piece of meat and put it on the cutting board, and cut the meat horizontally with a knife.

The outside of the bacon is dark, but the texture and texture of the meat can be clearly seen inside, and the complexion changes drastically when the meat is opened and sank. Why is the texture of the meat so familiar?

(End of this chapter)