delicious little cook

Chapter 49 Adding another dish to the filial piety banquet menu
Gu Yun came back from the ethnology school covered in sweat, and was about to shower and change clothes when he entered the door. After Mei Lun Mei Huan had served him, hot spring rolls and fried chicken cutlets were also placed on the table, and there were also iced ones. Sour plum soup and fruit platter.

After tasting a few pieces of fried chicken cutlets, although they were delicious, Gu Yun still ordered Meilun a little dissatisfied: "Go and call Bai Kou."

After a while, Bai Kou walked in calmly.

"What is the third young master's order?"

"Today's dim sum is too shabby."

"I'm really sorry for the third young master. In summer, there is a lot of anger. I really can't eat more fried food. The third young master doesn't like desserts that are suitable for summer. The oven in the east kitchen can't be used. The servant girl really tried her best."

Gu Yun immediately recalled the old oven in the East Kitchen, and couldn't help grinning.

"You know how to use an oven?"

"I have taught it in Xuefang. In fact, it is very convenient to cook meat dishes in the oven, but it takes a long time, but it does not take up the big stove in the kitchen, and it is not so hot to make dim sum. After all, it is not directly grilled on the charcoal fire. "

Hearing Bai Kou's words, Gu Yun's heart was a little moved, and it was a pity to think that the oven in the mansion was left unused to collect ashes.

"There are so many people in the east kitchen, are you the only one who knows how to use the oven?"

"Everyone should be able to use it, but I don't know why the oven is idle. The daily menu arranged by Mr. Wen does not include dishes and snacks made by the oven. If it wasn't for the last competition, we newcomers would not know that the kitchen has A big oven."

Gu Yun didn't speak for a while, and silently ate a few more fried chicken cutlets, his eyelids rolled up when he remembered something.

"Didn't you say you were going to try some dishes for Da Furen today? How did it turn out?"

"The eldest madam passed the test. After the lunch break, I sent the second copy to Rong En Hall. Now Xiaoqian and the others haven't come back yet."

"Then there is probably hope." Gu Yun looked at the remaining fried chicken cutlets on the plate, picked up his chopsticks and decided to eat them all.

Bai Kou was delighted by the words of the third young master, and Mei Huan cleverly slipped out to spread the word. When Gu Yun filled his stomach half full, Xiaoqian, who had just returned from Rong En Hall, came outside the main room before she had time to rest. .

Xiaoqian entered the door and saw that the third young master was also concerned about this matter, so she learned the process of the old matriarch's dish tasting in every detail.

"The old lady said that the tofu soup is good-looking and delicious, and it can be included in the menu. Although the other dishes taste good, they are still to be determined. The filial piety banquet is also a banquet. There are more than three old ladies at the same table, so I still have to put on a few fake dishes. Meat dishes will not appear to neglect the guests."

"You've been away for so long, and this is the only result?" Gu Yun asked leisurely while drinking sour plum soup.

"Master, it's really not easy for the old lady to make a decision. She was interested in that bowl of soup from the very beginning, and she was a little picky about other dishes, but after a round of tasting, she couldn't put down the chopsticks. While talking to Madam, While I was still eating, I ate it all before I knew it, which made my wife very happy."

Gu Yun flicked his wrist, visibly shocked.

"Okay, Bai Kou, I have caught the old lady's taste. Since the beginning of summer, she has not had such a good appetite for some days."

Bai Kou rubbed her nose, knowing what she knew.

"Actually, it's worthless to put it bluntly. People's sense of taste gradually weakens with age. In addition, the appetite is weak in the hot weather, so except for the bowl of soup, the other dishes taste better than the ones that the lady tried in the morning. It should be a little heavier, the old lady should judge other dishes to be determined, otherwise the younger guests at the table may feel salty."

Xiao Qian recalled the old lady eating happily before, and nodded clearly.

"The old lady is satisfied with the meal this time. I'm afraid these few dishes have entered her daily menu. Please wait and see. You can think of some fake meat for her to try. A filial feast is a serious feast. , all those present were relatives, Wen Gushan has not drawn up a draft yet, and the patience of the masters is also limited, if you perform well, the master and wife will definitely reward you afterwards."

"Boss Wen doesn't know about the fact that the eldest lady asked the servant girl to try the dishes."

"Then don't tell him, let him know the news at the end, and teach him a lesson."

"But he has already decided to let all the cooks and maids in the kitchen come up with a dish to make up the menu. It's just that the storeroom has been cleaned up recently. The person in charge of the kitchen storehouse has not yet been decided, so he can't prepare ingredients for everyone, so he has to wait a few more days. The servant girl still thinks Time to watch."

"The candidate for the steward will be finalized in the next few days. From now on, you will contact the steward directly for the daily ingredients of my small kitchen, and don't go through the East Kitchen anymore."

"Yes, thank you, Third Young Master." Bai Kou unabashedly cheered up, seeing that there was nothing else to do, she left.

Unexpectedly, just as she stepped off the platform and stood in the courtyard, someone called Bai Kou from the corridor in the west wing, and she followed Kumkan out of the shadows, her pretty face full of smiles.

Bai Kou hurried forward, only to realize that it was the Da Furen who rewarded her with a study room.

The things are placed on the Eight Immortals table in the hall, all brand new and unopened, and the paper is also a high-end product packaged in a box.

Bai Kou thanked the lady first, and then thanked Jin Gan for running errands. When she asked if she was in a hurry to return to her command, she took her to the small kitchen. There was only one portion of fried chicken chops, and there were quite a few sour plum soup and spring rolls. Just ask kumquat to eat.

Even if she is the capable girl next to the eldest lady, her daily diet is also the servant meal in the western kitchen. Even if she is hungry at other times, there is no snack to satisfy her hunger. Opened up, sat down unceremoniously, ate a big meal, and left with a full stomach.

The little girls then cleared the table and saw that the two plates of spring rolls were at least half missing, and the teapot of sour plum soup was already empty.

"Isn't the kumquat the first-class girl next to the madam? Why does it look like she was released from a starvation prison?"

"Even if it's the first-class girl next to Madam, there is no small stove to eat."

Bai Kou grabbed a piece of spring roll and took a big bite. It was only now that she had the first bite of the food she made. There were meat fillings and vegetarian fillings, and kumquats could eat half of each. Her appetite was also great.

"Then will she often find a place to eat in the future? We have to prepare a meal for her? This is all the young master's account, why let her eat oil and water."

The little girls chattered unconvinced, opened the pantry, brought out the soup basin containing sour plum soup, refilled the teapot, and filled a cup for Bai Kou.

"The third young master has no objections, so we don't have any objections. Besides, maybe he is just hungry, so he ate a little more."

Bai Kou drank the iced sour plum soup, feeling very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)