The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

It may not be appropriate to describe a woman as big and strong, but Liu Niang's sturdy figure, coupled with the fact that she has been working in the kitchen all the time, that figure and physique are really not comparable to ordinary women. Otherwise, how could she, a widow, successfully train Tiezhu?

Besides, if the cook does not steal, the crops will not be abundant.

Liu Niang does not hide things, but the three meals a day in the kitchen, food and drink, will never be less than hers, and it is not surprising that she has this figure.

In the canteen of the academy, everything else can be purchased, but there is only one thing that Liu Niang needs to bring from the house.

That is lard.

Taking a can of lard out of the cabinet, Liu Niang took a look and couldn't help feeling distressed.

If you want to make a big pot of rice, you will need a lot of oil...

With this can of lard and people, Liu Niang rushed to the canteen.

A lot of food was purchased at the farm because the construction site had to cook at noon, and those who lived at the construction site at night also had dinner.

Liu Niang sent someone to get the food and told them that a pot of food would be sent over in the evening.

Listen to your husband and don't waste it.

Meat is fried with vegetables, and Liu Niang also brought a whole hind leg meat.

Cut vegetables, cut meat, and wash the pot.

After everything was tidy, it was time to start making dinner.

Liu Niang scooped a spoonful of lard into the pot. After it melted, it didn't even fill the bottom of the pot.

Liu Niang grinned with heartache, and scooped a few more spoonfuls in, and then put the meat in.

There was some fat on the hind leg meat. After frying, the oil in the pot became a little more, and Liu Niang's face showed a little smile.

More oil is good, more oil makes the vegetables fragrant.

Liu Niang waved the spatula, and soon sweat broke out on her forehead.

"This spatula is useless. Come, give me the big one." Liu Niang said.

The person next to her quickly handed the special big spatula to Liu Niang.

It was like a shovel.

Liu Niang took the new tool and scraped in the pot.

"Yes, this is right." Liu Niang smiled.

"Water."

The person next to her brought the bucket over and was going to hand the spoon to Liu Niang.

Liu Niang took a look and directly picked up the bucket and poured a bucket of water into the pot.

"The spoon is useless." Liu Niang said.

After cooking for a while, Liu Niang picked up a normal spoon, scooped a spoonful of vegetables from the pot, and put it in the small basin next to it.

Picked up the chopsticks and tasted a bite.

Then grabbed a handful of salt and sprinkled it in.

Tasted it again, the taste was almost the same.

After this pot of food is cooked, if the amount is the same next time, how much seasoning to put, how much water to put, and how long to cook, you will know in your mind.

Liu Niang is very talented in cooking.

Even if she is not, she has been cooking for more than ten years.

Liu Niang took the lunch box and prepared a dish to take home.

"For the rest, take a clean wooden basin and barrel and send it to the construction site." Liu Niang said.

Now the people on the construction site also benefited from it. If it weren't for the fact that the husband said he wanted to eat it, he would not be willing to put so much oil...

Liu Niang went back to the house with the lunch box.

In the evening, when the workers who had been busy all day were eating, they found that the oil on today's dish was thicker than before.

"What's wrong with the chef today? He is so willing to spend money." The workers laughed and joked.

"It's not the chefs on our construction site who are willing to spend money. It's the canteen at the academy who are trying to cook. When the children go to school in the future, they can't take food lightly." Someone explained.

"So it's for the children to eat. That's great."

The workers responded one after another.

They are satisfied with being able to fill their stomachs while working outside. They have no complaints if the children eat better.

They even plan to send their own children to the academy in the future. Wouldn't their children be treated like this in the academy in the future?

Good, good.

However, if the dishes in the academy canteen are made like this, the money spent on food may not be a small amount.

At dinner time, Li Fu looked at the dishes that were separated from the big pot on the plate and tasted it.

"Well, it's quite fragrant. This taste is really nostalgic." Li Fu said.

It's similar to the canteen I ate when I was in school.

In fact, Liu Niang made it with her heart. When he was in school, the chef in the cafeteria cooked with a simple trick.

"Miss it?" Liu Niang was puzzled.

What kind of thing is missing? My husband has never eaten such food before.

"Very good." Li Fu praised.

"My husband, it's good, but it takes too much lard to make this meal. To be honest, when cooking, the lard is too much., I feel bad for it. "Liu Niang said.

"Not every dish needs to be like this. Before the conditions improved, the canteen didn't need such meat for breakfast. For lunch, only one main dish like this was needed. The others had to be cooked in other ways, or two main dishes, and then paired with the rest."

"It's the same for dinner. Big pot rice. After cooking for a long time, you will figure out the trick." Li Fu said, "There are so many people in our house, don't we also eat big pot rice?"

"There are still some differences. There are many people in the house, and there are many people cooking. At present, one kitchen is enough here, because there are not so many people. When we were in Chang'an City, there were two kitchens for cooking. Two groups of people didn't cook all the food for everyone in one pot."

"Besides, cooking at that time was very simple. It was nothing more than steaming and boiling. The servants ate, and there were few stir-fried dishes. "

Li Fu ate and used the best, but the servants in the house were definitely treated differently from the masters. The kitchen would not cook for the servants, so the servants still ate the same food, unless they were rewarded by the masters.

That's why it is said that every year during the New Year, the entire Jingyang Palace is very lively and joyful, because only the meal on New Year's Eve is very satisfying.

There are delicious foods.

These are things they can't enjoy on weekdays.

"My dear, if we follow this standard, when there are more people in the academy, won't we have to kill pigs every day?" Liu Niang said, "Where can we get so many pigs on our farm?"

"That's true." Li Fu said, "Let's limit the amount of meat first. The issue of raising pigs still needs to be solved. "

We need to find a place to build a breeding farm, or even encourage the people in the entire fief to raise pigs.

Because of the locust plague, every family now raises poultry. When the government needs it, they will purchase some poultry, and the kitchen will process it and serve it on the table.

Or they can raise the poultry for a certain period of time and sell it for money.