Chapter 84 Trying to make a locust dish
When Wang Yong came back, he didn't take anything, obviously not going to buy it. Although he was a little curious about what happened to him when he went to Wanshi House temporarily, the three girls didn't ask any questions.
"Mutton noodles? The price of mutton is not cheap, right?" The officials came to eat one after another. After hearing the menu at noon, Xun Yu was the first to ask questions.
"Of course it's not cheap. The price of mutton has increased quite a lot now!" Wang Yong nodded, "So to the extent of a few slices of mutton, you need to add mutton offal, mutton blood or mutton, and add additional money!"
Within the budget, it can only be treated like this. Fortunately, the sheep bones and sheep heads are not very valuable. I boiled a good soup, added a refreshing dustpan powder, and finally used coriander as seasoning, and put a few slices of lamb to serve.
"Add a portion of mutton (lamb blood/lamb miscellaneous)!" Naturally, many officials with relatively abundant families asked for more vegetables. This part did not leave the yamen's accounts, and the money earned was directly added to Wang Yong's pocket.
"The mutton is very fresh, and the mutton smell is rare, it is very good!" Cao Cao took a bite and nodded in praise. He had already eaten roasted and braised mutton yesterday, but today he really wanted to eat some light. Wang Yong's current cooking method greatly retains the original flavor of the mutton, but it is not very strong, but the mutton smell is very good, which is very rare.
"Add aged vinegar and chili oil as needed!" Wang Yong shouted, and the two seasonings had been taken out by Liu Li.
I bought the aged vinegar directly at Wanshi House. I had bought it before and stored it. However, after getting dried chili peppers, he fryed it himself and took a while. Fortunately, he had the experience of frying it before.
The pepper and chili were stir-fried in the oil pan at the same time. This was what I learned when I read the introduction to Chongqing noodles in that issue. Later, I saw a franchise store opened in the city, and I was curious to go and eat it, and then I felt the taste... It was just like that...
"Do you pour spicy oil and aged vinegar into the powder directly?" Cao Hong asked.
"You can pour it into a soy sauce dish and dip it in mutton. You can also pour it into powder directly as needed, so that the taste will become very spicy. Whether it is light or spicy, it is up to you to choose." Wang Yong reminded.
"This spicy oil... tastes very good, and I feel that there are other flavors besides the taste of chili?" Xun Yu asked, it was amazing. When I first ate chili, I was so spicy that I was half-spicy. Now I seem to be used to the spicy taste.
"Spicy oil is made of spices such as pepper, sesame, green onion and star anise, and then poured into mashed dried peppers and stir-fried. The spicy taste is very pure, and the spicy oil configured by different people will be slightly different." Wang Yong nodded, worthy of being Xun Yu, but he could actually find out the specialty of spicy oil just by smelling the smell.
"The peppers have been made into many tricks!" Cao Cao smiled slightly, "I feel that everything can be turned into delicious food when you get to your hands. So, is our chef capable of making those damn locusts into dishes?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wenming shouted outside: "Shopkeeper, we have sent someone to get the locust you want! A pound of pounds was just caught!"
"Okay, how much does it cost?" Wang Yong was about to pay.
"We are the chief of staff to speak for free this time!" Wenming shook his head and then said goodbye and left.
"It's East Asian locusts... Fortunately..." Wang Yong carefully identified it, and then breathed a little relieved. It is said that locusts can be eaten, but there are 859 kinds of locusts in the family Locust family. The main ones that can be used for medicine and consumption in China are East Asian locusts and Chinese rice locusts.
In this era of medical level, Wang Yong believed that it would be better to be more secure and not have any problems with eating. In the end, he was infected with some serious illness, but there were not enough medical means to treat it. So if he died like this, it would be too unfair.
"Wuyou, you don't really plan..." Cao Cao couldn't help but frown as he watched Wang Yong carry a bag of locusts, and the locusts were still jumping inside.
Not to mention Cao Cao, the women around him who were close to Wang Yong were far away. Especially Xun Yu, who hid directly behind Guo Jia and poked his head out to look over.
"I heard that people in some places like to eat locusts very much. They also call locusts 'Heaven Chicken' or 'Flying Shrimp'. It's not difficult to understand by the name. This thing should taste very delicious." Wang Yong raised the bag in his hand, "Let's buy it and try it. If it's not delicious, find another way. If it's delicious, it can lead some people to eat it together, which will also help the lord!"
"Really or false?" Xun Yu asked weakly. She was really afraid of locusts, but when she heard that locusts were delicious, she was indeed very curious. "I eat less, don't lie to me!"
"If you are sure it can eat it..." Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong, "If it can really be eaten...even if it is not delicious, I am willing to take the lead in eating locusts!"
In name, Cao Cao was the governor of Yanzhou. Even if he actually occupied some counties in Dongjun, Shanyang and Jiyin, and his territory was slightly smaller than Lu Bu. If she took the lead in eating locusts, then local officials would eat locusts as long as they had some political wisdom. They would even mobilize the people to eat together. If one person had ten or eight kilograms, no matter how big the locust plague was, it would not be enough to eat.
"I have to experiment with this!" Wang Yong replied, and then thoughtfully went into the kitchen.
I didn't rush to do it, so I went to the ice cellar and put the locusts in it and freeze them. Otherwise, I would jump out of the oil pan in a row, and the fun would be great! The locusts after being dried were actually better, but he didn't have this time, and Cao Cao didn't have this time!
"You need to wait for an hour, and the subsequent preparations don't take too long. Why don't your lord come over tonight to taste it?" Wang Yong walked out of the cellar and came to Cao Cao for advice.
"Okay!" Cao Cao nodded and agreed after hearing this.
"In addition, I heard that..." Wang Yong immediately added, "Dry the locusts and grind them into powder, soak them in water every day to drink. The taste is not very good, but it can grow strength. The key is that they will not be fat. You can drink them appropriately. After a period of time, the soldiers may become more vigorous."
After all, it is a high-protein thing. Which of those who train muscles is not drinking in cans of protein powder? The only problem is that men in this world should have genetic defects. In this case, Wang Yong is not sure how much exercise and taking protein powder can reach the original level of the soldiers in time and space.
"Well, I'll go back and ask Wanshiwu to help collect a batch of dried and ground locusts!" Cao Cao also began to pay attention. Anyway, she would hire someone to catch and kill locusts. If it could be used by waste, this transaction would not be a loss.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao also got up silently and turned back to the government office. The Chinese food had been finished, so there was no need to continue staying there.
"You are deliberately taking revenge on me, right?" As soon as Cao Cao left, Xiahou Dun ran over and grabbed Wang Yong's collar, "I actually wanted us to eat locust powder or something!"
"Speaking of it..." Cao Ren suddenly realized, "There doesn't seem to be much locust powder in the early stage, so why don't you concentrate on it for Ling!"
"Agree!" Le Jin nodded, then looked at Xiahou Dun, "Ling, you're welcome, really!"
Chapter completed!