Hua Zhen walked out of Old Yang's yard, looking a little shabby. Mr. Ke was standing at the door of his yard and asked with a smile: "Did you get scolded again?"
Hua Zhenxing: "No, I just received Mr. Yang's education and am digesting it."
Ke Fuzi still smiled and said: "It's worth the scolding. If you haven't found the paper crane in two days, you probably deserve a beating. You really need to digest it well."
Hua Zhenxing: "Master, what are you doing? Are you waiting for me?"
Master Ke: "Yes, I want to ask you to help me pick some spring bamboo shoots."
Do you still need help from Huazhenxing for such a trivial matter as pulling out spring bamboo shoots? But Huazhenxing didn't say anything and replied happily: "How much do you want to use it for?"
Mr. Ke said: "It doesn't matter. You can pick the bamboo shoots at noon. Try to choose fresh and tender ones. When cooking, soak them in cold water for an hour."
Hua Zhenxing smiled: "I know all this, what do you always want to cook?"
Master Ke: "One plate of dishes is enough. You try to choose as good as you can."
Hua Zhenxing: "It rained a little yesterday, and there are new ones today. If you want to eat bamboo shoots, it's best to pull them out before the sun comes up."
Master Ke: "Just tonight."
Hua Zhenxing: "The time is a bit tight at that time, so I will make a simplified version."
Ke Fuzi: "I definitely need your help. There is a dish called 'Yuli Volley Festival' in Zhiwei Restaurant in Wucheng, Dongguo. Do you know how to cook it?"
This husband almost never went to the kitchen himself. Today, I suddenly wanted to eat a dish, so I must have asked him to cook it. He blinked: "I have seen this recipe, and I have an impression. You can try it. What time do you want to cook it?"
eat?"
Hua Zhenxing turned around and walked into Ke Fuzi's yard to pull bamboo shoots. The yard was an acre and a half, and the house was built in a bamboo forest. The bamboo in this area was about the thickness of a wine glass.
Different types of bamboo shoots have different requirements. For example, winter bamboo shoots are usually dug into the thickness of a teacup and pried with a hoe. But for spring bamboo shoots, you need to hold the roots directly and pull them out skillfully. The bamboo shoots at about elbow height are just right for freshness and tenderness.
Ke Mengchao: "Okay, I know your craftsmanship."
The climate in Yangyuan Valley actually means that there are bamboo shoots all year round, but the number depends on the type of bamboo. If it is in the south of Dongguo, there should be the most bamboo shoots around the time of the Jingzhe, and when the bamboo shoots are the most here, it happens to be the heavy rain season.
At the beginning, now it is the right time.
Hua Zhenxing plucked a bunch of bamboo shoots and tied them with a thin bamboo silk. He also grabbed a pair of bamboo chickens, picked out a dozen bamboo eggs, stuffed them into his bamboo picking bag, and walked out of the bamboo forest carrying the things with both hands.
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Ke Mengchao: "You picked a lot of bamboo shoots, not enough for one dish."
Not many roots were needed for a dish, but Hua Zhenxing was still very careful. He first scanned the entire bamboo forest in the courtyard with his spiritual consciousness, distinguishing the physical properties and selecting the most suitable ones. He did not concentrate on one place, but tried his best to pull out the bamboos.
Pulling out part of the bamboo shoots that grow side by side in densely packed bamboo forest can have the effect of thinning the forest and will not affect the growth of this bamboo forest.
Master Ke looked at it with his hands behind his back and nodded with satisfaction.
Hua Zhenxing: "Yes, fried tree buds...but where did the bamboo chicken come from here?"
There is no toon in Yangyuan Valley, but there are at least a dozen kinds of tree buds that can be eaten with scrambled eggs like toon, each with its own characteristics. There were no bamboo chickens in Yangyuan Valley before, but I just caught two in the bamboo forest, and there are many more nearby.
few.
Hua Zhenxing: "I plan to make three copies."
Ke Mengchao: "No wonder you want to catch a pair of bamboo chickens. These eggs can also be used to make other dishes."
Ke Mengchao: "How did you recognize it?"
Ke Mengchao asked with a smile: "You finally discovered it?"
Hua Zhenxing: "There are wild pheasants here, but there are no bamboo chickens. I was also surprised just now."
Hua Zhenxing: "When did it happen?"
Ke Mengchao: "Last time after you broke through the five realms and left, when Lao Mo and I built the research institute and the Ministry of Education, Lao Yang lured thousands of bamboo chickens here."
Hua Zhenxing: "Although I have never seen a living creature, I have seen photos and videos. Lao Yang said that bamboo chicken tastes good, so I checked, but unfortunately there is not one in the Fesuo Port area. It is not a species from the Black Wilderness Continent.
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Ke Mengchao: "It was really Lao Yang's idea. He and Lao Mo deduced that this place is suitable for wild bamboo pheasants and will not affect the ecology."
Hua Zhenxing secretly felt ashamed, lowered his head and said, "I'll cook first."
Yuli Lingkong Festival is a very labor-intensive dish, even if it is a simplified version, you need to prepare it now if you want to eat it at night.
Hua Zhenxing: “That was before the first training class started!”
Ke Mengchao: "Yes, as the Lord of the Cave Heaven, you just discovered it! Did you only pay attention to Lao Yang's paper crane just now?"
Hua Zhenxing did not follow the original recipe, but gave it some free rein, which saved time and trouble. If he had followed the original recipe, he would have started cooking it last night, and there was still a shortage of many ingredients here, so he had to adapt to local conditions. (Note:
The original recipe for Yuli Volley Festival is in my other book "Shenyou", so the number of words will not be used here.)
You don’t have to watch all the time during the cooking process. The bamboo shoots are soaked in water, and the chicken soup still needs to be boiled. Hua Zhen walked out of the kitchen to rest for a while and chatted with Ke Fuzi.
Peel the bamboo shoots and soak them in water for an hour. At the same time, make chicken soup. Mash a little chicken with a little fat and salt into mince. Cut the soaked bamboo shoots into one side and stuff the minced meat into the cavity inside the bamboo shoots.
Close. Huazhenxing originally wanted to use pork stuffing, but unfortunately it is not available here. But when making it seriously, dough mixed with chestnut flour is used as minced meat.
Arrange the bamboo shoots on a plate, pour a layer of bamboo chicken soup on the plate to cover the bamboo shoots, and then steam them in a basket. The steaming time can be slightly longer.
Ke Mengchao: "Is it worth it?"
Hua Zhenxing grinned: "Of course it's worth it. You told me when you were a kid, what does it mean to never tire of food?"
Ke Mengchao asked casually: "Xiaohua, I suddenly want to eat this dish today. Do you think it takes too much effort?"
Hua Zhenxing: "I don't think so. It's just that the person who came up with this dish put a lot of effort into making it."
But do people live in the world just for food and clothing? How is that different from animals? After food and clothing, do they eat cassava batter every day? Even if there is meat, it is just boiled in plain water and dipped in salt? So Locke opened so much
What’s the point of a Youpo Noodle House?
The so-called "cool life" is not just a literal meaning, it refers to a kind of self-cultivation, not to indulge in extravagance and waste, to pursue a higher spiritual realm and more achievements.
Ke Mengchao said angrily and funny: "There's something wrong with what I said, not when I was a child, but when you were a child!"
There is a saying in the Eastern Kingdom that "Food is the first priority for the people." This saying has many meanings. The so-called food does not simply refer to food, but also refers to what is needed to ensure survival and reproduction. Therefore, Huazhenxing's first step in transforming Fesoport was
The first step must be to build agricultural reclamation areas.
Hua Zhenxing was only five or six years old at that time. He could only repeat what Old Man Yang told him. This is called respecting heaven and cherishing things.
Food is the most important thing for the people. It can be seen that food is rare. Shouldn't we make it more delicious? We must treat these foods with more respect, otherwise we are going against God!
Neither Old Man Yang nor Master Ke are actually spendthrift people. They have both talked about "frugality" with Hua Zhenxing since they were young, although the angles are different, not to mention the diligent and frugal people like Mo Shangtong.
Yang Tehong has always advocated frugality and kindness, but when he was young, he asked Hua Zhenxing to read the recipes as a comic book and let Xiaohua learn to cook all kinds of delicious food. How to explain this? One time, Master Ke saw Xiaohua flipping through the recipes.
, and asked him this question.
How to look at the accumulation of a civilization? Much of it is hidden in secular life. At a given level of civilization, the thickness of its accumulation, such as the degree of prosperity, is also different. Many aspects are reflected in how people live.
How many kinds of materials can be found or cultivated in nature and what kind of food can be made is one of the very important factors. This problem is not necessarily related to the superficial wealth and poverty. For example, pickled cabbage is only a food for common people.
It's funny that a country with little virtue and shortcomings has learned and regarded tradition as a national treasure. Although it's funny, it also reflects this truth.
He made Master Ke amused, and Master Ke asked him again, did he know that so-called civilization not only has height, but also depth? This is completely a modern discourse system, and his old man does not always speak ancient prose.
The so-called height of civilization is easy to understand, but the thickness is difficult to explain to such a young child. Ke Fuzi just came to chat and told Hua Zhenxing that one of the important frames of reference was what he was looking at at the time.
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If it is just a casual fooling around, it is unpalatable and wasteful, a waste of natural resources, and vulgar, then it is definitely not the frugality of Yang Tehong, let alone the frugality of Ke Mengchao.
There is a difference between this and extravagance. The difference is that one does not indulge in materialistic desires and forget one's spirit. Jokes like "Why not eat minced meat" do not understand people's livelihood, and this spirit lies precisely in the happiness of people's livelihood.
A piece of radish, a piece of cabbage, and a few cucumbers can be made in various ways. This is not only a taste of food, but also represents the interest and spirit in life. It does not belong to one person, but is reflected in the inheritance of civilization.
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Besides, the dish I made today is very characteristic of Huazhenxing. It is not extravagant. I make the best use of the bamboo shoots and bamboo chicken. I try my best to respect them more and enjoy it more.
Are these really time-consuming? That's not necessarily the case. In fact, they cost the efforts of the predecessors, which require observation and practice of all things. Are these just for food and clothing? Are they just a reflection of material desires? Of course not!
In the East, a variety of delicacies can be made, as well as the characteristics of different cuisines. For example, there is Shancheng hot pot, which was originally a dock and river worker who worked hard to keep out the cold, remove dampness, and appetizing snacks. Now it has become a popular style
, billions of people share the same beauty.
This spirit can also be reflected in the processing and selection of food ingredients, such as the offal of various animals and various leftovers, commonly known as sewage in Dongguo. In many parts of the world, they are not processed well, and many of them are wasted and it is useless not to eat them.
Know how to eat.
The so-called "eating is never enough" basically means this. If you say more, Xiaohua at that time would not be able to understand it.
Sitting in the room chatting today, Ke Mengchao unexpectedly brought up this topic again. Hua Zhenxing has grown up a lot, and he understands more principles. He sighed like an adult: "You never tire of food, and you also strive for perfection in skills! In this regard,
, you and Mr. Yang have very similar views."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Hua Zhenxing felt a little regretful, because he also knew Master Ke very well. As long as the views of Old Man Yang and Uncle Mo were discussed, Master Ke could not help but quarrel with each other. As expected, the old man shook his head and said
: "It's paradoxical, but you still haven't grasped the essence. The difference between me and Lao Yang is actually huge!"