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Chapter 244 Cooking Fish Cake
In the early morning of the next day, Ruan Ruan arrived at Lu's mansion at a moment's notice, just in time to see three or four servants at the corner gate, hurriedly carrying down large wooden basins filled with water from a large cart.She poked her eyes out and found that there were several fresh fish swimming freely in each wooden basin, the number and variety of which were astonishing.But the most important thing is not this, the most important thing is that she saw three puffer fish in the wooden basin!

Fugu is delicious but highly poisonous. This is something that everyone in the world knows. I don't know whether the three generations of the Lu family are stupid and bold, or they trust her cooking skills so much that they dare to let her cook fugu!This is tantamount to putting their own lives in her hands, aren't they afraid of dying from poisoned hair?

She didn't know if anyone who could hold a kitchen knife could cook fugu in this world, but she knew that in the world she lived in before, a chef had to pass a strict test before he could cook fugu. Eat your own dishes made with fugu.

"Ma'am, is there something wrong?" Xi Zhu got off the car, saw Wen Rou standing there in a daze, and couldn't help asking.

"This fish is highly poisonous." Biting her lip gently, she pointed to the puffer fish in the tub and said, "This season is still the most poisonous."

"It's all right!" Xi Zhu said with a smile without any surprise, "Just cook with womb cabbage, Artemisia persicae and Diya, and you'll be fine."

Gentle shakes her head in disbelief, the key to cooking fugu is to remove the blood, liver, ovaries and other toxic parts. If it is not cleaned and cooked with other ingredients, it will inevitably lead to tragedy.But fortunately, she had learned how to deal with puffer fish from her grandfather before, and practiced it for several years, and with her superb knife skills, she was quite sure.

Xi Zhu said that Lu Ce had taken Yun Dan out early in the morning, Rou Rou confirmed that he would come back for dinner at noon, and then went around the mansion, greeted Lu Chenzhou and Lu Fenglin, and then brought Xiao Rui and Xiao Yu The two maids were helpers and went to the kitchen to prepare.

It is very important to eat fish sauce. According to the customs here, I made golden squid, small shrimp paste and plum sauce. I also prepared soy sauce made from citrus vinegar and bonito stock, and then washed fresh wasabi, waiting to eat Grind it now.She even took out piles of exquisite porcelain plates, and put onion, garlic, ginger, vinegar, mint, orange and shredded radish puree. At that time, there were more than ten porcelain plates piled up in front of each person, and the eaters could mix them according to their favorite taste. .

Lu Fenglin asked Xizhu to prepare too much fish, and even the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha of the Lu family would not be able to eat so much. It would be a waste of such fresh fish. Worrying again, no matter how fast she cuts the fish, she is still alone, with only two hands, how can she have so much time and energy to finish all the fish?After hesitating for a long time, he simply picked out some fresh fish and cooked them. The fish feast at noon was changed to a whole fish feast.

The mackerel is firm, boneless and washed, sprinkled with salt evenly on both sides, roasted until golden brown, and the skin is crispy and juicy.

The chain fish is fried, put in tofu, and then boiled with sauce, wine and water. The fish head is the most delicious.

The bones of the horse mackerel are removed, mixed with minced ginger and chopped into meat paste, steamed in a cage, and before serving on a plate, a layer of green perilla leaves is first spread on the bottom of the plate, and then chopped green onions are sprinkled on it, which looks refreshing and pleasing to the eye pole.

Whitebait is simmered in ham soup, the fish is fresh and meaty, which is appetizing.

The saury is tender and delicious, steamed with honey wine, it is very delicious, but unfortunately there are too many thorns, gently told Xiaorui while cooking, don't put this saury on Lu Chenzhou's table when you turn around before.The old man has an impatient temper, how could he have the patience to eat such thorny fish?Don't let the cow chew a few bites and swallow it, it will either pierce the tongue or prick the throat, and it will be painful.

He was so busy that he didn't feel that the time passed quickly. In a blink of an eye, the sun had already moved into the air. After Wen Rou cooked a dish, he let out a sigh of relief and raised the back of his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Only then did he see Lu Ce standing Looking at her with a smile on the side.

"Why are you here?" Gentle was extremely surprised.Men in this world don't easily enter the kitchen. In the past, when Wen just wanted to help her, he was often scolded by his mother as worthless.Wenrou doesn't like this kind of extreme machismo, but since he lives in this world, sometimes he has to reluctantly accept certain concepts in this world, otherwise he will be regarded as heresy.

"I just came back. I heard Xizhu said you were here, so I came over to have a look." Lu Ce ignored the surprised and ambiguous gazes of many cooks and maids in the kitchen, and looked calm and relaxed as if he was not in the kitchen, but Watching flowers in the courtyard.

Gentle smiled and joked: "A gentleman stays away from the kitchen, haven't you heard of this saying?"

Lu Ce shook his head and asked, "Who said that?"

Gentle stroked his forehead with his hands, and made a fainting posture.How would she know who said those words?In the world she used to live in, there were too many sentences quoted as classics by this person and that person in ancient history.

"Thinking about it, it's interesting." Lu Ce pondered and said, "Is this saying that a gentleman should have the virtue of kindness? Then when you dissect the fish, I just don't look at it."

As he spoke, he pretended to turn his head away, which provoked him into a gentle smile, and blocked him with words: "When I make fish cakes later, I also kill and dissect them right away. If you want to be kind, why don't you eat them?"

"Eat!" Lu Ce replied without thinking, causing the cooks to wink at each other and snigger.

Rourou looked at this posture, and couldn't feel at ease to be a fish anymore, so she simply pulled Lu Ce out, after washing her hands, the two of them spoke a few words, and Lu Chenzhou sent a boy to remind him, saying that he had to wait. I'm so hungry, when can I eat this fish cake?
"Set the meal on the gazebo near the water." Rou Rou instructed the young man: "There is no need to lift the table, one small table for each person, one chair is enough."

The boy agreed and left.

Lu Ce thought for a while and said, "Get ready slowly, I'll go to grandpa to coax him."

"No need." He said with a gentle smile, "I've prepared everything that needs to be prepared. I want to eat the freshest fish, so I have to make it fresh."

After a while, Lu Chenzhou and Lu Fenglin strolled to the gazebo. Wenrou had already arranged everything properly. The wine cups and plates were all set up. Outside the pavilion, there were lively fish swimming in the basin. Wenrou smiled at them : "What kind of fish do you want to eat? I will cook it now."

Not afraid of death, Lu Chenzhou squatted down, picked up a blade of grass on the ground, and teased the puffer fish, watching them swell up into a ball.He laughed and said, "This fish is interesting, I want to eat this first!"

Unexpectedly, Ruan shook her head this time, and refused: "This fish must be saved until the end."

"Why?" Lu Chenzhou looked up in surprise.

"I'm afraid your old man will smash my signboard..." replied gently and honestly.

"Huh? Rou'er, you also show your timidity sometimes?" Lu Chenzhou smiled triumphantly, and comforted her: "Even if you don't do well, I won't blame you."

"It's not for this reason." He explained with a gentle smile: "This puffer fish is the most delicious in the world. At this fish feast today, I will rely on it to be the finale and ask for grandpa's reward! If I eat this first, the other Fish tastes like chewing gum."

Lu Chenzhou nodded with a smile, looked at all the fish, and finally pointed to a snapper and said, "Just this fish!"

Lu Fenglin ordered bream, and Lu Ce ordered mullet. They were gently washed and dissected one by one, and fresh fish was prepared.It's just that the scene of killing and dissecting will inevitably spoil the appetite. The big case of her cooking fish meat is placed behind a few big trees, far away, so that people can see her every move, but they can't see clearly.

The breeze is gentle, the smell of wine is intoxicating, and it is also a pleasure to talk a few gossips and taste a piece of fish.The sound of talking and laughing during the dinner was always intermittently blown into Gentle's ears by the wind. She thought that she had never seen such a peaceful and peaceful scene when the three generations of Lu family's grandparents gathered together.

Xiao Rui who was helping at the side laughed softly: "It's strange today, the old man who never likes fish eats more than the old man."

"What is this?" Xiao Yu, who had nothing to do for a while, squatted on the ground to tease the puffer fish, interjected, "The most surprising thing is that the old man is in a particularly good mood today. It's been a long time, and he hasn't quarreled with the old man!"

Xiao Ruifang wanted to remind Xiaoyu to be cautious in his words and deeds, but Rourou caught a glimpse of Xiaoyu poking the puffer fish with his finger, and quickly stopped him: "Stop!"

Xiaoyu shivered in fright, withdrew her hand, looked at Rourou timidly and said: "Ma'am, I, I was wrong..."

Wenrou looked at her timidity, which was obviously the expression of being scolded by herself, but she was still at a loss, and couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong?"

"I...I shouldn't tease this fish. If it dies, it won't taste good." Xiaoyu said, lowering her head.

Gentlely shook her head and said: "I don't blame you for teasing the fish. You don't even look at the teeth of this fish as sharp as blades. If you accidentally get bitten, your finger will be gone!"

Xiao Yu looked at the puffer fish with her head, still in disbelief: "It's not that powerful, is it?"

"Don't believe me?" With a gentle smile, someone took a clam and threw it into the water basin. The puffer fish easily bit open the clam's hard shell and devoured the clam meat inside.

Seeing this, Xiaoyu looked at the puffer fish and then at her own fingers, only then did she feel lingering fear.But seeing Rourou was about to cook the puffer fish, she reached into the water and skillfully poked the puffer fish into a ball, she couldn't help saying in shock: "Ma'am, why are you..."

"What do I do?" With a gentle smile, I copied the puffer fish to the chopping board, cut off the fins, cut off the mouth, dug out the eyes, and quickly cut off the skin, breaking it into two layers, and handed it to Xiao Rui: " Take clean water and wash it several times, remember, it must be washed clean."

Xiao Rui nodded and went to fetch water from the well, Xiao Yu let out a long breath and said, "Ma'am, why are you so powerful!"

Gentle smiled slightly, but did not answer, held her breath, and focused on cutting the belly of the fish.
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(End of this chapter)