The Era of Emerald

"Tony, what are we having for dinner tonight?" Karin came out of another bathroom while trying to dry her long blonde hair with a bath towel, "Do you really want to use those things?" Do you make something delicious?"

"Of course." Zhuang Mingge said as a matter of course, "I'll go down and carry those things up now."

"Hey, wait..." Before Karin finished speaking, Zhuang Mingge ran away quickly.

"Really, even at this age, he's still alive and kicking like a child." Karin recalled Zhuang Mingge's expression when she saw the restaurant, shook her head amusedly, and followed.

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On the way home, Zhuang Mingge came across a Chinese restaurant by chance, and the aroma of braised pork wafted from the room.Zhuang Minge, whose homesickness broke out, rushed into the restaurant regardless of 21. The shopkeeper was so frightened that he thought the other party was coming to rob, and almost called the police. Fortunately, Karin was not slow, and she arrived in time. After some explanations, the owner dispelled his doubts.

Otherwise, tomorrow the media in Florence will break out a big news that "the president of Florence entered the police station because of gluttony"...

Afterwards, Zhuang Mingge communicated with the Chinese shop owner who traveled across the oceans to Italy to make a living, and successfully bought a batch of traditional Chinese ingredients from him. Although some of them were the shop owner's own "works", Zhuang Mingge personally After tasting it, I found that the owner's craftsmanship is quite excellent.

On the way back to the villa, Zhuang Minge had been excitedly talking to Karin about the processing methods of these ingredients and the delicacies that can be made, although Karin didn't understand much...

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"Hey~" Zhuang Minge walked into the hall of the villa step by step carrying two full jumbo bags, "Karin, come and help me, these things are too heavy for me to carry them. "

"Here I come." After saying that, Karin walked down the spiral staircase, and easily picked up one of the sacks with one hand, "Give me the other one too."

"..." Why is there such a difference in strength between Karin and me...

"All of this in the kitchen?"

"That's right, take them all to the kitchen first. Today we're going to show you what is delicious." Zhuang Mingge followed Karin, saying confidently.

"The color of this chicken is so dark, and the comb is much longer than normal... Even the eyes are dark blue." Karin looked suspiciously at the ingredients that Zhuang Mingge put in the kitchen, "This chicken is really good. As you said, can you make something delicious?"

"Haha, Karin, you have to trust my craftsmanship." Zhuang Mingge put on an apron and said to Karin, "Although I'm sorry to say that... But Karin, please come and help me, after all, I have to make today's If it’s just me, it’s still too much work.”

"Okay, what do I need to do?"

"Help me clean these herbs first, and then arrange them into corresponding shapes according to the instructions on this piece of paper." Zhuang Mingge handed a piece of paper full of words to Karin, "Precautions and things to do I have written all the preparations above, it is best to be careful when handling these ingredients, so as not to hurt yourself."

"I'll pay attention."

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Two hours later, Zhuang Minge finally finished his work. When he filled the big table in the restaurant with the dishes he had prepared, Karin suddenly felt that she might be the happiest person on Christmas Eve.

Thinking about it, a rich man from the West can cook a seemingly difficult meal for other people, even his woman, in Karin's westernized cognition, it's hard not to be moved.Karin was originally a savvy and playful beauty, but against this atmosphere, she added a touch of loveliness.

"It smells so good." Karin carefully sniffed the bowl of white rice porridge in front of her, and said, "It's a strange smell."

"Come and have a taste." Zhuang Mingge said expectantly.

Under Zhuang Mingge's guidance, Karin picked up a spoon and took a sip: "Hmm..."

"How is it?" Seeing Karin's silence, Zhuang Mingge, who was confident in the cooking skills he had secretly practiced in the past few months, began to feel a little uneasy. There are also some differences in opinions. The dishes that I think are fine may be considered by others to be different from their tastes...

"It's delicious~" Just when Zhuang Mingge was thinking wildly, Karin suddenly said this sentence, her two big eyes flashed with strange colors, "It's obviously just a bowl of porridge...why does it taste like chicken...you How did you do it?"

"I first stuff the whole chicken with rice, then pour Chinese wolfberry, Codonopsis pilosula and other medicinal materials and Shaoxing Huadiao into the pot, and cook them together with a slow fire... Finally, I take out the rice inside the chicken, this is the origin of this bowl of porridge Yes." Zhuang Mingge was elated after hearing Karin's praise, and after calming down, he explained, "The only way is to slowly boil the essence of the chicken, and let the rice fully absorb the precious chicken soup. Only by making this bowl of porridge can you eat the sweetest and most delicious taste of this chicken!"

"It's so troublesome..." Karin was dumbfounded. She grew up in Italy, but she never imagined that such a bowl of porridge would be so troublesome. "This dessert also looks very good."

"It's called siu mai, and it's a kind of food in China. I've read about its recipe in a book before."

We didn't lie, we did read it from a book, but it was just a comic book... Zhuang Mingge added silently in his heart.

"The yellow skin is sprinkled with some shiny black particles...it looks very pretty." Karin looked at this plate of siu mai, which looked like a handicraft, and couldn't bear to do it. "What is this food called siu mai?" Made it?"

"This dough is made by rolling out eggs and flour, and the black particles on it are made by chopping preserved eggs marinated with duck eggs." Zhuang Mingge looked at Karin's tangled expression and said with a smile , "I added crab roe in it, eat and see."

In the end, Karin still couldn't resist the temptation of delicious food, picked one up with a fork, and ate it.

"It's really delicious~" Karin recollected it for a while, and said happily, "Sweet and delicious egg noodles, exciting preserved eggs, and crab roe with a strong bite... These three flavors are obtained in one siu mai. fully integrated."

Then, Zhuang Mingge introduced other dishes on the table to Karin, such as "dragon roll sausage" made by shredding shark's fin, ham and bamboo shoots into a twist shape, and then stuffing them into casings; The fried shredded pork with green peppers and dry fried beef river, the richness of the dishes made Karin dizzy...

"Woo~ I'm full~" After dinner, Karin lay down on the table uncomfortably, and said, "It's all because Tony you cook so many delicious food, now I have to do more exercise to keep in shape."

"Hehe, that's good." Zhuang Mingge smiled and hugged Karin in a princess hug, and strode towards the bedroom, "Tonight, let me 'exercise' with you, we have one night ..."

"Tony! So you planned it!" Karin's angry voice and Zhuang Mingge's laughter came from the bedroom...

ps1: A few days ago, I re-read the Chinese Little Master, and I was a little moved, so I wrote such a chapter. It’s really great that childhood is not a pleasant goat...

ps2: Since the final draft will be handed in tomorrow, the two days are a bit rushed, everyone forgive me...

ps3: Ask for a recommendation ticket at the end...