"Of course, I taught them how to cook all the dishes in my restaurant." Lin Xuan said proudly.
Cheng Chu was speechless. What's so proud about being good at cooking? Don't you know that a gentleman should stay away from the cook?
Lin Xuan ignored the surprised Cheng Chumo and directly picked up the knife and cut off a piece of beef weighing several kilograms.
After washing it, he skillfully cut it into pieces. He was going to make braised beef.
Lin Xuan felt that it was a pity that the beef stew with potatoes was more delicious, but it was a pity that there were no potatoes now.
The sign-in system has never rewarded anything like seeds until now.
He didn't know if he would get it in the future, but it would be great if he could get potato and corn seeds.
It took Lin Xuan almost forty minutes to make a large plate of braised beef.
Although it lacked a lot of seasonings and the soy sauce was not as good as later generations, he was already very satisfied.
"Try it." Lin Xuan took two pairs of chopsticks and handed one pair to Cheng Chumo.
He couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in his mouth.
I don’t know if it’s because he hasn’t eaten beef for a long time, but Lin Xuan thinks it’s very delicious.
Cheng Chumo was so greedy when he just watched Lin Xuan cooking, he picked up his chopsticks and started eating.
"It's so delicious! It tastes much better than boiled food." Cheng Chumo exclaimed.
Lin Xuan rolled his eyes, isn't this nonsense, but he didn't have time to pay attention to him, otherwise the whole process would be silent in a while.
Not long after, a plate of beef went into both of their stomachs.
Cheng Chu said silently, "Why don't you do something?"
Lin Xuan said angrily: "You want to take it home and eat it. I also want to give my parents a taste of the remaining beef."
Cheng Chumo chuckled and said, "Isn't my food not as delicious as yours?"
"Come here, you can send someone to my house to learn how to cook. Have someone go back and cook for you." Lin Xuan said.
"Really?" Cheng Chumo said in surprise.
Lin Xuan nodded affirmatively. Anyway, soybean oil has been figured out by some restaurants, and they have begun to introduce it for stir-fry dishes.
Although their cooking skills are still being explored and they have not yet posed a threat to Ke Yun Lou, it is only a matter of time.
"I'll go back and call someone over now!" Cheng Chumo said and left.
Lin Xuan was used to Cheng Chumo's fiery personality.
He picked up the knife and cut another piece of beef, preparing to make one for his parents to try.
When I was doing it this time, I also gave Wang Dayou some guidance.
After finishing the braised beef, he didn't stop and made a few more dishes.
"Ask someone to deliver the food to my father's yard." Lin Xuan said to Wang Dayou.
"Sir, I'll go make arrangements right away." Wang Dayou said.
After waiting for a while, Wang Dayou called some maids to take the dishes away.
"Someone will come to learn cooking skills from you later. You can teach him how to cook." Lin Xuan ordered.
"yes!"
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"Xuan'er, this beef is so delicious." Lin Dongyang put down his chopsticks, picked up a handkerchief and wiped his mouth.
"Dad, as long as you like it, there are many more." Lin Xuan said with a smile.
Zhang Qing saw Lin Duoduo devouring the food and couldn't help but said: "Duoduo, eat slowly and don't hold it back."
Lin Duoduo ignored her at all and only focused on the beef in the bowl.
Lin Xuan saw that his father, mother and sister all liked to eat beef, so he thought that he would ask Cheng Chu to do more silent work later.
"Mom, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Do you have any snacks or anything at home? I'm going to give some gifts to some of my close friends." Lin Xuan asked.
It is a custom in the Tang Dynasty that people with good relationships would give each other some snacks and so on before the end of the year.
If Cheng Chumo hadn't mentioned it today, he would have almost forgotten it.
Zhang Qing said in embarrassment: "This is right, but can our dim sum be appreciated by the prince?"
Giving gifts is just a meaning, but you should at least give something that others don't have. Otherwise, wouldn't it be embarrassing if others have something that is even better than yours?
Lin Xuan thought for a while, there is a novelty in giving each other gifts during the New Year.
Just like the beef sent by the Cheng family, you may say it's valuable, but it's not very valuable. The problem is that you can't buy it even if you have money.
"Mom, please let the kitchen ferment some more noodles. Once fermented, I'll make some snacks," Lin Xuan said.
He remembered that steamed buns were invented during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, but they don’t exist yet.
Many people think that the Tang Dynasty did not know how to ferment noodles.
In fact, the Chinese have been making fermented noodles for a long time, at least dating back to the Warring States Period. "Shi Cyan Pearl" records that "King Zhao of Qin made steamed cakes." Xiao Zixian also said in "Qishu" that the imperial court stipulated that "noodles" should be used for sacrifices in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. "Bake the bread", that is, "put it into the leavened dough to loosen it up".
In ancient times, flour was fermented by putting the kneaded dough into a jar, covering it with dry flour, and placing it in a warm place. The bacteria in the flour would ferment naturally.
"Xuan'er, can you make snacks?" Zhang Qing said in surprise.
Lin Xuan murmured in his mind, steamed buns should be considered snacks, right?
She smiled and said: "Mom, you will know when the time comes. I guarantee it is something you have never eaten before."
Seeing Lin Xuan say this, Zhang Qing didn't ask any more questions.
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Early the next morning, Lin Xuan was in the kitchen teaching the family chef how to make buns.
“When rolling out the bun wrappers, remember to sprinkle some flour to prevent them from sticking.”
Lin Xuan taught Wang Da several people while doing it.
"Put the rolled-out dough in your hands and let it dent a little, then put the stuffing in the middle, and then start pleating from the edges, like this." Lin Xuan made a bun and demonstrated to them.
"Do you understand?" Lin Xuan asked.
Several people in Wang Da nodded.
"Come and try."
A few of Wang Da's people began to do what Lin Xuan had done before.
Making buns is hard or easy, but Lin Xuan doesn't ask them to make them pretty. As long as they are passable, it's fine.
With Lin Xuan's guidance, it didn't take long for Wang Da and several others to be presentable.
"The meat stuffing and bean sprout stuffing are the same half, you can pack as much as you can." Lin Xuan said.
The meat he chose was mutton. Pork was definitely too fishy, and he couldn't bear to part with beef, so he had to choose mutton.
Lin Xuan wondered, would it be too monotonous to have just one steamed bun?
He doesn't know how to make delicate snacks, he can only make steamed buns and dumplings.
But dumplings were invented as early as the Three Kingdoms period. He could only make something else.
"By the way, glutinous rice balls are not available at this time." Lin Xuan's eyes lit up.
Tangyuan is very simple. Just add some glutinous rice flour, black sesame seeds and sugar as filling, and you can make delicious glutinous rice balls.
Lin Xuan quickly arranged for someone to get some glutinous rice powder.
After several people from Wang Da had wrapped the buns and everything was ready, Lin Xuan started to teach them how to make glutinous rice balls.
After a few people in Wang Da learned it, Lin Xuan arranged for people to start steaming steamed buns.
There are only over a hundred steamed buns, which is definitely not enough, but the fermented dough has been used up.
We can only wait for the dough to ferment before continuing to wrap it.
This time he not only wanted to send Cheng Yaojin and his family, but also prepared more to send to Li Chengqian.
He didn't want to give it to Li Chengqian, but wanted him to help send some to Li Lizhi.