The places in the mountains and seas that Yan Yan passed through did not have the habit of eating bacon. Even the people here didn't even know how to marinate meat, and they had never seen what bacon looked like.
The color of bacon is completely different from that of fresh meat. The skin is smeared with sauce and the meat will turn dark brown after being cooked. After being cooked in a pot, high-quality bacon will take on a beautiful amber or crimson color.
Cut into thin slices, the fat part will become translucent, and the streaky bacon will have one layer of red and one layer of light, shaped like a fine Chu-colored agate, which is extremely tempting.
Although the bacon dishes are bright and beautiful in color, the guests have never seen it before. Around the table full of dishes, everyone started talking about it without moving their chopsticks.
"Why is this meat so dirty? How did you get it?"
"Is this edible? It doesn't look like fresh meat..."
"This is old meat. Why did you bring the old meat here? Don't let it go bad..."
Bi Cheng and the Deng brothers had naturally tasted the deliciousness of bacon before. They tried their best to explain that there was nothing wrong with the meat and encouraged the guests to try it boldly.
But all the guests just watched, and no one dared to move their chopsticks.
Even Boss Hao and Hao Ruisheng were staring at the meat, feeling uncertain.
I don’t know how Chef Bi made it. It looks good, but if the old meat is eaten by the guests, nothing will happen, right?
Just as everyone was watching, someone in the crowd suddenly shouted: "Could this be Yuhuang City's famous sauced pork jerky?"
As soon as Yan Yan heard about the soy sauce jerky, she was thinking about how to make everyone use their chopsticks with confidence, and suddenly an idea struck her mind.
I didn’t expect that there are experts in this world who truly understand food.
She looked for the sound and found that the person speaking was none other than the third caravan master, Hua Chang, whom she had had a drink with yesterday.
Hua Chang just came over, but when he saw the slices of meat on the plate, his eyes suddenly lit up and he rushed to the banquet table without thinking.
Hua Chang ignored everyone's curious glances. He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, looked at the light and sighed.
"I really didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it! We, Luwu City, actually have such talent, and they can actually make Yuhuang City's famous sauced pork jerky. Look at the color, it's so beautiful! It's incredible, this is definitely the best in the world.
It’s delicious…”
While chewing, he looked around and said in surprise: "Hey, these things are extremely delicious, how come no one eats them? Then Hua is not polite..."
After saying that, Hua Chang took the chopsticks and picked up a few more pieces of meat, regardless of the image, and began to eat happily.
When Yan Yan saw that the third master of the caravan was the first to come forward to support him, Yan Yan felt grateful and walked over with the fragrant soybean paste she had brewed by herself.
Putting the sauce plate next to Mr. Wu, Yan Yan said with a smile: "This is my family's exclusive secret sauce. Mr. Wu probably has never tasted it. You can try it by dipping bacon into the sauce. I guarantee that the taste will be pure and the meat will be even more fragrant!"
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Hua Chang traveled extensively with his caravan, and one of his biggest hobbies was to taste delicious food from all over the world.
When Hua Chang traveled to the Imperial City in the Shang Dynasty, he fell in love with the famous local delicacy, sauced meat jerky, and he couldn't put it down ever since.
He had never heard of dried meat dipped in sauce, especially when the bean paste served by Yanyan was bright and fragrant, Hua Chang followed Yanyan's instructions, took a piece of meat and wrapped it in a plate.
Put it in your mouth.
As soon as the chopsticks entered his mouth, Hua Chang's eyes widened and he gave a thumbs up to Yan Yan: "This taste... um... amazing! Do you have any sauce there? Give me a few more plates on this table.
This is so delicious!”
"No problem, just enjoy it!" Yan Yan responded with a smile, and turned around to ask the Deng brothers to bring over the sauce.
Hua Chang's appearance was so tempting that Duan Xingchang, the fifth master sitting on the other side of Haoyuan Building, couldn't help but look over and was a little tempted.
A subordinate next to him said, "Fifth Master, look at the appearance of the sliced meat that Third Master Hua is eating. It seems that it is really the sauced pork jerky from Yuhuang City. Look at the color, is it exactly the same as the one you ate back then?"
Duan Xingchang carefully looked at the bacon dishes on the table and nodded immediately.
Hmm, it's a bit off-putting.
His subordinates continued to remind him: "Do you still remember? The year before last, when we came back from a business trip, we happened to meet the third master's caravan coming back. That year, the third master brought back some soybean jerky from Yuhuang City and gave us a few pieces as a gift.
You loved eating it very much at that time."
Duan Xingchang immediately nodded several times.
Of course he remembered the taste of the dried meat he had eaten back then. It was one of Yuhuang City's famous three treasures and the only specialty meat in Yuhuang City.
The merchants from Hua San occasionally passed by Yuhuang City and would bring some dried meat with them when they came back. Every time he came back, he might not meet Hua San, so he ate it just once, but he could never forget the taste.
But this is Luwu City, which is completely different from Yuhuang City outside the Great Wall. How can there be dried bacon from Yuhuang City?
Seeing Hua Chang occupying a table all by himself, he fucked several plates of meat in the blink of an eye, and he didn't even bother to drink the wine. The other guests also started to get ready...
Duan Xingchang couldn't hold it in anymore, so he walked to Bi Jiaban's banquet table, picked up a chopstick and stuffed it into his mouth.
Hey, that’s right! That’s exactly what it smells like!
Not only does the meat taste pure, but with Bi Jiaban's excellent cooking skills, the dried meat dishes are even more delicious than those brought back from Yuhuang City. None of his cooks could cook them so fragrantly back then!
Besides, the quality of this meat is better than the one brought back by H3C, the ingredients are better selected, the pickling is more exquisite, and the drying is better...
Especially when it is cut into thin slices with superb knife skills, all the flavors in the soup are blended into the bacon. It is not as hard and woody as dry bacon, but soft, waxy and fragrant.
Bi Cheng is a famous chef, and his knife skills are much better than his own cooks. The bacon he cuts can transmit light when facing the sun, and the color is like a crimson gemstone, which is simply perfect.
What new things have these businessmen not seen before?
As soon as I put my chopsticks into my mouth, I knew that this was definitely a rare delicacy, so I immediately opened my cheeks and chewed it up.
A group of men who were addicted to alcohol drank the whole plate of meat for the first time and didn't even bother to drink a sip of wine.
The guests who started to use their chopsticks were also instantly captured by the unique taste of bacon. These country squires and wealthy businessmen were more polite than the men in the caravan, and they were particularly fond of eating it dipped in bean paste.
Moreover, they found that the taste of Doubanjiang is suitable for all kinds of dishes. Whether it is served with rice or as a side dish, Doubanjiang has opened up a new concept for diners in Shanhaijie who do not produce sauces.
Some guests eat the entire dish of bean paste wrapped in rice dumplings. In a blink of an eye, the bean paste cooks faster than the bacon.
The soybeans used to make doubanjiang were the same cart of soybeans that Yanyan purchased from Deng Xiangbo when he beat Zhang Shamao. Yanyan had made several jars of doubanjiang because he saw that the soybeans had no place to go.
If he continues to eat like this, Yan Yan will have to make another batch of sauce before the banquet for thousands of people. The truck of beans will not be enough.
Unexpectedly, the beans that I harvested for good deeds that day would be put to such great use at such a critical moment today.