Red apricots make spring

Chapter 125 Examining Skills
Shen Yuan stroked his mustache, took an official step and sat down on the chair, then greeted the guests and said: "You are welcome, all sit, all sit!"

The two officials who had been invited sat down cautiously, did not dare to raise their chopsticks, looked around the table first, and said with a smile: "Why don't you see your lord's second son?"

Shen Yuan's third son, Shen Mengxuan, spoke quickly, rushing to say: "Second brother is sick."

The two officials half stood up and greeted anxiously, Shen Yuan became impatient, raised his glass first and said: "A little illness is nothing serious, leave him alone, let's drink."

Lu Ce was at the table by the side and didn't speak at all. Anyway, when Shen Yuan raised his glass, he raised his glass, and when Shen Yuan moved his chopsticks, he moved his chopsticks. When he picked up a chopstick of scallion oil jellyfish, he just put it in his mouth. Hearing Shen Yuan praise from the side: "This duck palm and bamboo shoots are not bad, the taste is very moist!"

Seeing that he was in high spirits, a young servant standing by serving wine boldly interjected: "Master, Miss Wen said that this dish is called Tianti Duck's Feet."

"Oh?" Hearing what he said, Shen Yuan looked at the plate containing the sliced ​​duck feet and bamboo shoots, and saw that the obliquely sliced ​​bamboo shoots looked like bamboo ladders, very resembling, so she nodded and asked: " How did you do it?"

Shen Yuan pays attention to eating and drinking, so when the mansion cooks some new dishes, the servants who serve the banquet will ask the cook for the cooking method in advance, so that he can answer when he asks, but this is Shen Yuan's habit of having a casual meal in private. He had never asked in front of the guests, and the young servant didn't know that he was going to test a more gentle handicraft, so as to decide whether to let her undertake the banquet for the Ninth Prince, and he was taken aback before answering: "It is said that the fresh Soak the duck feet that have been stripped of the tendons and bones in good rice wine, and then wrap the sliced ​​ham in half and half with honey and summer bamboo shoots with honey. Mixed with honey and slowly blended into the duck feet and bamboo shoots, it won’t feel greasy after eating.”

After finishing speaking, he thought for a while, and added: "Miss Wen also said that the season is not right, the summer bamboo shoots are not fresh enough, if you use winter bamboo shoots, the taste will be better."

"Oh, such a simple cold dish, I didn't expect it to be so exquisite!" After the boy finished speaking, Shen Yuan was still twiddling his mustache, and one of the officials couldn't help but exclaimed, full of praise : "Every drink and food in your lord's house is really extraordinary. This official has gained knowledge today, and the wine and food in the past decades have been for nothing!"

Shen Yuan shook his head with a smile and said: "Where is your exaggeration, wrong words, fine wine fine!"

There was a lot of noise at the banquet here, while Xiaohuan, the chef over there, secretly complained to Rourou: "If you make a banquet, you will make a banquet. Why do they have to ask so carefully about the recipe of each dish? Is it possible that we are afraid of poisoning us?"

"Yeah!" Wen Rou wrinkled her nose, and said a little angrily, "Fortunately, I kept an extra eye on the recipe, or I didn't explain the whole recipe, or omitted the special requirements for seasoning and heat, hehe, they just imitate it , the taste can't be the same."

Hearing this, Xiaohuan felt more balanced mentally, and while helping Wenrou peel the shrimps, he said: "When I was in the Zhao Mansion, I didn't feel that my life was uncomfortable, I just wanted to be a boss sooner. House maid, now that I am used to the current life, I realize that no matter how hard it is at home, being able to drink a bowl of gruel to wrap my belly is a joy in my heart. When you are in someone else's house, you have to be careful here and there, even speaking. Don’t dare to make a loud noise, because the partition wall has ears, it makes me really uncomfortable.”

"Who says it's not..." Rourou lowered her head and put the stir-fried vegetables on the plate, not forgetting to decorate the edge of the plate with a few radish flowers that had already been carved, then she turned around and called for someone to serve the dishes, while He also told the man that the name of this dish is fried osmanthus skin. To put it bluntly, it is just a good fried pork skin from the previous year, soaked in broth until soft, then shredded and fried, poured with egg liquid and minced ham, and served in the pot. .

After a while, the waiter here served a plate of steamed loofah with crab meat. The red and white crab meat was inlaid in the tender green loofah. The color was very refreshing and attractive, but when Shen Yuan saw this dish, After tasting it, he nodded his head twice and sighed: "Actually steamed crab meat is the most delicious. No matter how it is peeled off, the taste is slightly worse. It's a pity that it's not the season for crab fat. This is the only way to cook, or if you invite a few close friends, drink wine with your pincers, and chant poems to the moon, that is the bliss in the world."

Lu Ce didn't say a word, but stretched out his chopsticks again to pick up his favorite minced garlic and silver shredded sun and moon shell, but it collided with Shen Mengxuan's outstretched chopsticks. Shen Mengxuan smiled at him, dropped the chopsticks and picked it up again. Shrimp and eggplant cans on the side.

Meanwhile, the servant brought another fat duck with cherries to the table, and Shen Yuan saw the whole fat duck floating in the red and clear shallow soup, as if he was tired of playing in the water and was resting on his side, shining attractively under the light. Oily and shiny, I don't feel like stretching out my chopsticks to pick it up.He felt that the fat duck was stewed until the bones were crispy and the meat was rotten, and it was easy to pick it up. After tasting it, he praised: "The duck skin is the most delicious." Then he took a spoon to scoop up the soup, the soup was mixed with the freshness of cherries, The taste is delicious and unique, but he opened his eyes and searched for a long time, but he didn't see the cherries, which must have been filtered out before serving, so he raised his chopsticks and said with a smile: "Try them all, this duck is really good."

In the kitchen over there, Wen Rou frowned and looked at Ye Yu's fingers that were injured by peeling crab meat, and said, "What a pity, I would have stopped making crabs if I knew it, and I blame the imperial chef, who said that Prime Minister Shen loves crabs the most, If you don’t teach me how to do it together, you’ll hurt your hand. Hmph, people who don’t know how to eat eat this kind of empty crab! He’s been an imperial cook for so long, doesn’t he know that the best way to eat crab is in the Do you steam it when the paste is full of yellow fat? When the crab powder is peeled off, it loses its taste, like slag, and there is nothing to eat."

"It's nothing, just scratched lightly by the crab shell." Ye Yu lowered his head and snatched his hand back to hide behind his back.

"Take medicine! The weather is so hot, what if you get infected?" Rou Rou said and asked someone to get Zhixue powder.

After dealing with Ye Yu's hand injury, the last soup, Gentle, casually made a soup with pickled vegetables and yellow croaker. Anyway, with so many dishes, these people must have been full for a long time, no matter how delicate the cooking is, It is also a waste.

After finishing the work, she finally didn't see Shen Mengan appearing from the beginning to the end. She breathed a sigh of relief, washed her hands and prepared to leave Shen's residence. After a busy day, she just wanted to go back and cook a pot of fragrant preserved egg and lean meat slowly. Congee, nestled on the newly bought recliner, sitting in the small courtyard to enjoy the cool while drinking.

Unexpectedly, the servant in charge of serving food appeared again, and said to her with his hands down, "My master asked Miss Wen to say a few words."

"Me?" Wen Rou frowned slightly.

"Yes." The servant led the way and said, "Miss, please follow me."

Wen Wen followed him helplessly, and when they arrived at the banquet hall, Shen Yuan was tasting soup and chatting with everyone, when she saw her coming, she looked up and down, slightly surprised, because Wen Wen was different from what he had imagined. It's different, not only is it not charming and charming, but it's refreshing, with no makeup on, not even two pieces of jewelry on her body, but her hair is a little disheveled, it must be the result of a busy day, she unconsciously said with a smile: "It's hard work today. girl."

This is the first time Rourou saw Shen Yuan, but she didn't expect that the majestic Prime Minister Zuo was kind, so she bowed back and said, "It's hard work, but it's just that I haven't cooked so many dishes for a long time, so it's inevitable that I'm a bit unfamiliar, everyone If the adults are not satisfied with the food, please forgive me."

After she finished speaking, she raised her eyes and happened to meet Lu Ce's eyes. Her heart skipped a beat, and she lowered her eyes unconsciously and said, "I don't know what the prime minister wants to say when he summons the women?"

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