Coincidentally!My name is Liu Bian

Chapter 85 Liu Bian is actually a foodie

"What... what is this?!" Yuan Shao imitated Liu Bian and covered his face, seemingly having a chipped tooth.

"So... so hard!" Yuan Shu's expression was at a loss for words. He wanted to say something, but felt that it was too rude.

Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, bit into the red shell, and said clearly: "This...could it be?!"

Shi Yue gasped: "——Crab, crab?!"

He Miao silently spit out the broken crab shells and stared at the crab shells without saying a word.

Wiping away the non-existent cold sweat on his forehead, Liu Bian finally took a look at tonight's meal: It was different from usual. Tonight's meal was similar to "crab claypot rice" - but this bowl of crab claypot rice was different. It's not done very well!

But in a bowl, rice, crab legs, and crab meat are clearly separated: hot rice is spread on the bottom of the bowl, and crab legs and crab meat are placed on top of the rice... and smell the aroma, but it is very faint.

Strictly speaking, it's fishy...the smell is a bit strong.

When eating crab rice, Liu Bian also felt that the crab shell was too hard and didn’t have much flavor. If you’re not careful, it could easily chip your teeth. It really affected the taste, right?
No, no, no – that’s not the point!The point is...

Liu Bianhu looked up: Why are crabs served? !
Even if he knew that the origin of eating crabs began in the Zhou Dynasty.

However, it is said that thousands of years ago, there was a vicious-looking beetle near rivers and lakes, with two pincers and eight legs. It often harmed crops in rice fields. If people went into the water to catch it, they would be pinched by it if they were not careful. At that time, this kind of beetle did not have a name, and everyone called it "pinching bug".

At that time, Dayu was controlling floods nearby, so he sent his subordinate Bajie to supervise the flood control.As a result, the mangling pests seriously delayed the construction schedule, so Ba Jie came up with a solution: dig a ditch in an area where there were many manjas and ask the people to pour boiling water into it!The mangling insects came over and fell into the ditch one after another, emitting a delicious smell.

Ba Jie picked up the crab, peeled off the carapace, and bravely took a bite. He found the crab tasted delicious and he was still fine.In this way, Ba Jie became the first person to eat crabs.

And this mangling insect has become everyone’s favorite food.

In order to commemorate the first person to eat crabs, people added the word "worm" under his last name, and the mangling insect also had its own name "crab"...

In his ears, he heard Cao Cao's voice of concern.Cao Cao said:

"Lord, are you okay?"

"Ah?" After blinking, he came back to his senses, took out the crab shell with difficulty and grace, and breathed a sigh of relief, not caring about the embarrassment, "I finally pulled it out..."

The crab leg shell was stuck between his teeth, which was very uncomfortable.

Naturally, when Liu Bian pulled out his shell, everyone had a tacit understanding and decisively looked away.

Therefore, Liu Bian's move was not a shame.

At this time, when he looked around at the people around him, there was no such fuss: Liu Bian was surprised to see someone simply eating with his hands, without any image, and with a big appetite and good teeth, eating a whole crab easily.

Seeing this, Liu Bian and others were speechless: Shame on you, shame on you!It turns out that I am useless and can't eat? !
but……

However, Liu Bian and others looked down at the crab meat in the bowl, and they really couldn't eat it.

It's too hard to peel off the shell.

Yuan Shu was amazed and sighed: "May I ask those over there, what do you think of this dish?"

Someone responded to Yuan Shu and said: "Delicious! Very delicious!"

Where is the deliciousness?
Are we really not eating the same crab clay pot rice? !
Tilting his head, Liu Biandao said: "There is a record in the third volume of "Han Wu Dong Ming Ji" that Shanyuan Kingdom tasted a tribute crab. It was nine feet long, with a hundred legs and four claws, so it was called a hundred-legged crab. It is better to boil its shell than to boil it. Glue, also known as chelate glue, is better than the glue of phoenix beak... It can be seen that the most delicious part of the crab is the crab meat under the chelate shell! Why does no one take out the crab meat and steam it separately? Want to eat crab bibimbap instead of biting into the hard shell.”

The biggest problem with this rice is that there are more crab shells than crab meat, making it impossible to eat with it!
In other words: this crab meat is... not filling!
After hearing this, the diners opposite fell into silence.

After a while, all the diners bowed down one after another and said, "I've met... I've met His Highness!!"

To put it that way is trembling.

Liu Bian just wanted to hold his forehead: Not good!Disturbing, disturbing the people!

As for Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others, they secretly exchanged glances with each other, becoming more and more certain: Your Highness is worthy of being Your Highness!At such a young age, he has learned a lot, which is really admirable!
His Highness actually remembers how to cook crabs, which is a bit...

What about saying "a gentleman is far away from the kitchen"? !
Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others were in a slightly subtle mood.

Yuan Shu stood up and asked, "Who is the chef for today's dinner?!"

"It's Old Man Hu!" someone answered.

"Don't tell old man Hu to come here!" Yuan Shu ordered.

Even Liu Bian couldn't stop him.

Shaking his head, Liu Bian said to the diners, "You... don't need to salute, just get up."

Without further ado, Liu Bian said again: "You don't need to pay attention to me, just go and eat."

All the diners said one after another: "Your Highness, we... we are full." "Then, you all are busy with your own business?" Liu Bian said.

As a result, all the diners dispersed and left in an instant.

Everyone!Sorry!
Liu Bian could only face paralysis.

——It seems that from now on, we should eat at the house?

When he was young, Old Man Hu stooped over, looked down upon Liu Bian and others, and bowed repeatedly:
"May I ask if you have any orders?"

"——Is it you?" Liu Bian saw the person clearly and called out softly, "Why are you here?"

Isn't this the Hu Amei's father mentioned by Hu Niuzhuang?

Old Man Hu looked at Liu Bian and felt excited.

Soon, Hu Laoshi suppressed the joy of "seeing a big shot" and bowed again: "Your Highness! Thank you very much for still remembering Lao Chen! Ever since His Highness agreed to Lao Chen's daughter and her family assisting the chef, Lao Chen has been staying here. Here, I didn’t go anywhere else!”

"What?" Yuan Shu came over instead, "You didn't go back to the "Wood House Area"?Didn't Hu Niuzhuang say...? "

"Hu Niuzhuang?!" But old man Hu's face changed, "Hu Niuzhuang...oh~ no! Did Niu Zhuang himself say it?"

Yuan Shu felt something was wrong and said suspiciously: "Yes?"

Old man Hu immediately changed his face and said angrily: "How dare that kid Niu Zhuang!!"

"What's wrong?" Yuan Shu asked curiously on behalf of everyone.

Old Man Hu said: "That boy Niu Zhuang is not named Hu at all!"

"However, Hu Niuzhuang said "surname Hu"..." After saying that, Yuan Shu's head was filled with black lines.

Okay, I seem to understand: Could it be that Niu Zhuang wants to join the Hu family? ——So, Niu Zhuang is really surnamed Hu!

Old Man Hu grinded his teeth and remained angry for a while. Then he remembered that His Highness was still at the scene, so he quickly regained his composure and said respectfully: "Your Highness, I would like to ask you to come here. What's the matter?"

Oops!

Almost forgot about it!
Yuan Shu looked at Liu Bian, and after getting Liu Bian's consent, he said: "Can you cook this crab? - His Highness said...cough! I mean, your crab meat is too little, you can't eat it at all!" It’s all crab shells!”

Yuan Shu was quite smart and changed his tune promptly, not saying that the real complainer was his own highness.

Old Man Hu was so ashamed that he said shamefully: "This is my mistake. In the past two days, I found these crabs in the river. I thought they could eat them, so... Your Highness, oh no! It's Yuan Jijiu. Don't worry, next time The old man must make the crabs fatter before he goes to the pot!"

Liu Bian was amused by what Old Man Hu said. He was worried that Old Man Hu was not aware of it. He also said: "Those who have the conditions can raise crabs specifically. Otherwise, there will be too many people eating them and the number of crabs will not be increased. Wouldn't it be a pity?" .”

His eyes lit up, and old man Hu said: "Your Highness is right! It's just... how do you raise this crab?"

Liu argued: "This...adult crabs like a water environment with clean water and greater transparency, with thick water plants and rich bait, which is most suitable for the growth of river crabs! Why don't you think of a way to raise crabs in designated ponds or lakes?" Remember to put bait regularly every day, and it is best to take anti-escape measures, such as setting up fishing nets around the river pond? You can take care of these."

Everyone: "..."

Looks like, Your Highness knows a lot about crabs?

After stroking his palms, Yuan Shao couldn't help but said: "Your Highness, where did you learn this kind of knowledge?"

Liu Bian: "..."

Now, it was Liu Bian's turn to be nervous: he never expected that Yuan Shao would ask questions just by revealing his crab-raising skills... Is this difficult to understand?
calm down!

Liu Bian was very steady and said lightly: "What is this? - I have read a note in "Zhou Rites, Tianguan, Cooks", "The things that are recommended are the meals of the four seasons, like the fish in Jingzhou, the fish in Qingzhou "Crab Xu" means that people in the Zhou Dynasty used "crab Xu" as food when offering sacrifices.

Crab Xu is a sauce made of crabs.

As early as the Zhou Dynasty, there were various ways to eat crabs!

You see, crab is very common as a delicacy!

So if you have nothing to do, just read more books and don't yell, okay? "

Although Liu Bian didn't say he was reprimanding everyone, everyone felt like they were being "taught by a teacher." "

Touching his nose, Cao Cao said abruptly, "My lord, have you read Master Zheng's works?"

Cao Cao was in awe when the words "Master Zheng" were mentioned.

Master Zheng?
Zheng Xuan?

(End of this chapter)