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Chapter 30 Time Economics
Chapter 30 Time Economics
The new chef Yu San's fish cooking skills surprised Shen Shaoguang, and later he cooked fish dishes such as vinegar fish, steamed fish, fresh fish and sheep.
Diners are also very supportive of these fish dishes, especially fresh fish and sheep, which are the most popular.
This dish is quite complicated. The mutton is first blanched, then stewed, and then boiled in the belly of the fish. It is very delicate and complicated. Shen Shaoguang set the highest price for it.
Some dishes in this dynasty were so complicated that Shen Shaoguang was at a loss, such as the famous "Hun Yang Di Su". To select tender goose, the goose belly is filled with meat and glutinous rice, the seasoning is finished, and it is placed in the goat cavity. Roast the sheep with an open fire, and when it's cooked, the sheep don't eat it, only the goose...
There is also a hog, stuffing the pig's stomach with dates, wrapping it with reed grass, wrapping the reed grass with mud, and roasting it in the fire. After roasting, the mud and reed grass are peeled off. ——Similar to the so-called beggar chicken in later generations. But this is eaten by the nobles, which is naturally more troublesome than the beggar chicken eaten by beggars. This meat has to be oiled again, then stewed in water for three days and three nights, and then seasoned...①
There are quite a few kinds of this kind of food in the imperial meal, and Shen Shaoguang categorizes them as the series of "What the Lord eats is not rice, but trouble". This series of dishes is about the products of the nobles who have been in peace for a long time, and the nobles have nowhere to sway their energy.
However, Shen Shaoguang still approves the fresh fish and sheep in our shop - the mutton is processed in advance because the mutton is not well cooked, so it is cooked to half-cooked in advance and then placed in the belly of the fish. Character.
But Xu is the people of this dynasty who don't pay attention to eating pork, and Yu San is not good at pork dishes.
In fact, Yu San was also surprised by Shen Shaoguang's "Onyx Meat" and "Lion Head", that someone could cook hog meat with such a taste...
When discussing the value of pork dishes, Shen Shaoguang was taking A Yuan and Yu San out for an autumn tour.
It is an old custom to go to the heights in the autumn of the Chongyang Festival. Shen Shaoguang sold Chongyang cakes economically during the festival, but they were sold the day before the festival. On the day of Chongyang, everyone went out to play on horseback early.
Originally, Shen Shaoguang was thinking about whether to find another tourist resort to set up a stall, but this autumn tour place is not so concentrated. The Linwei Pavilion, where the water flows, recites poems and composes fu, as well as the temples and Taoist temples in and outside the city, are also places for autumn tours.
The flow of people is not concentrated. Besides, climbing a mountain is a moving process. How many people can stop and get off the horse to buy food?
After making such an estimate, Shen Shaoguang gave up, and simply brought A Yuan and Yu San out for a vacation to relax.
Shen Shaoguang is lazy and doesn't want to get together in the crowd when he doesn't want to make money. He compared Leyouyuan and Qujiangbian and chose the latter - Shen Shaoguang thinks that this may be because he is more comfortable than the "benevolent". Is a "wise man".
Shen Shaoguang was really wise this time. The people of Chang'an harm Qujiangchi three hundred and sixty-five days a year, but there are not many people here today.
The sky in late autumn is blue and tiled, the water of Qujiang is clear and clear, there are three or two cruise boats on the river, and occasionally there are horse-riding Langjun with servants on the road. Shen Shaoguang guessed that there was a banquet at Qujiangting. .
That was not related to herself. "The Wise" Shen Shaoguang took her servants and maids for a while along the opposite direction of Qujiang Pavilion. When she saw a place with good scenery, she spread out the cloth felt and took out the pot of buttermilk. Opened the snack box containing walnut cake, pea yellow, Aiwowo, and chrysanthemum cake, and took out a packet of minced meat cakes in a paper bag.
A Yuan cheered, and was obviously more interested in salty and fragrant meat than all kinds of sweets.
Looking at the flesh around Ah Yuan's waist, Shen Shaoguang didn't say anything - it's not fun for children during the holidays.
This cake is stuffed with meat stuffing to make lion's head. Although it is a little cold, it is still fragrant.
Recently, Shen Shaoguang's pork dishes have become more and more superb, often turning corruption into magic.
A Yuan took a bite and boasted, "The little lady's cooking is delicious!" Then she added, "There is nothing more delicious than the hog meat made by the little lady."
Yu San was a little surprised at the delicate and delicious pork dishes in the store, but after these days, it was considered normal.
Hearing A Yuan's words, Yu San stabbed a knife slowly, "That's right, otherwise how can you make cheapness expensive?" A plate of four lion heads is almost the same price as a plate of grilled mutton, but what is the price of hog meat? What's the price of mutton?
A Yuan couldn't stand Yu San's strange yin and yang: "Why do you say that!"
Shen Shaoguang felt that although Yu San's words were true, he still needed to look beyond the appearance to see the essence.
Raising his hand to stop A Yuan, Shen Shaoguang gave his chef an economics training: "What you call 'cheap' is only for materials, not including labor costs, time costs, and intellectual costs."
"A piece of hog meat is cheap, but we scald it, stir it, stew it, steam it again, put it in seasoning, and serve it with beautiful utensils—" Shen Shaoguang paused, "Of course there are no beautiful utensils yet. There will be in the future. After this act, this piece of hog meat is no longer the hog meat it used to be—”
Both A Yuan and Yu San looked up at her.
"It's a hog meat that has a big banquet and a valuable audience!"
Yu San: "..."
After thinking about it, A Yuan nodded sharply.
As Shen Shaoguang spoke, he began to "seek for broad references", "For example, there is a so-called 'foster mother' in the south, who buys young daughters from poor families, teaches various skills in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, playing and singing, and when they are old, they sell them to the two capitals. Noble man's mansion, or Pingkang Hualou, or the place of the Lianghuai giants." I don't know if there were also at this time, but Shen Shaoguang was talking about the "skinny horses of Yangzhou" in later generations.
"When the young girl bought it, it was only a tael of silver, and when she sold it, she had a thousand and eight hundred taels of silver."
Ah Yuan gasped, and did the math, how many of himself could be bought by 1,800.
Yu San looked at the new owner of the house and felt that it was a bit overwhelming.
"So why? Because there is the education cost of the 'foster mother' in the middle! It's like our pig meat dish..."
Suddenly hearing a voice from the woods behind him, Shen Shaoguang turned his head, A Yuan and Yu San also turned their heads to see that it was a man in a crow cyan round neck robe and a man in a moon-white robe. The man in the moon-white robe was smiling. Branches tremble.
Not Lin Shaoyin and his friend, but which one?
Shen Shaoguang rolled his eyes in his heart, eavesdropping on people's words is so arrogant! also wondered where these two people came from, it is estimated that they escaped from the banquet at Qujiangting over there, and walked around the woods to this side. This can happen, is it evil?
Complaining in his heart, but his face was kind, Shen Shaoguang blessed the two of them and said hello with a smile: "Hello, two gentlemen."
Lin Yan pursed his lips slightly and nodded in return. Pei Fei smiled and said, "I see the little lady again."
Shen Shaoguang smiled.
"Last time I ate the moon fortune cake made by the little lady, it's very good!" If there was no "supporting mother" part in the second half, Pei Fei might have made fun of what Shen Shaoguang said just now, but she "introduced" for a while. Son, it would be too frivolous to mention it again, so I only talked about the moon cake last time. Later, Pei Fei asked the housekeeper Zhou in the end, knowing that the cake was made by this little lady Shen.
Traveling to the Tang Dynasty, Shen Shaoguang acted according to the principle of a lady, and his face was a lot thinner. The two people just heard nonsense. They were a little embarrassed, but Pei Fei seems to be a little embarrassed. After leaving, he asked with a smile: "I think Lang Jun has a good luck, and I drew a good lottery."
"Hahaha, of course, of course." Pei Fei laughed.
Shen Shaoguang continued to smile, there was nothing bad in the lottery... As expected, it is human nature to like to hear good things! If it wasn't for his amazing cooking skills, he would be able to go to a well-off life by being a female crown or a sister-in-law, setting up a stall at the gate of the temple Guanyu to draw lots and cancel the lottery. A half fairy who was delayed by cooking!
"Someone thinks that the little lady's signature is very accurate, comparable to Master Liaochen of Qinglong Temple." Pei Fei and Shen Shaoguang were in good spirits again.
Have a discerning eye! True bosom friend! Shen Shaoguang lowered his face halfway and smiled reservedly: "Lang Jun is joking."
Listening to the nonsense of the two people going back and forth, thinking of the amazing words of the lady Shen just now, Lin Yan pursed the corners of his mouth again: "In this way, we won't disturb the girl's autumn tour." Then he nodded slightly to Shen Shaoguang, and said again. Seeing Pei Fei, he had to say goodbye and leave.
Pei Fei also nodded to Shen Shaoguang to say goodbye, "The autumn is high and the air is refreshing, and the little lady can enjoy the autumn in peace."
Shen Shaoguang was blessed again and again, and said with a smile, "The two gentlemen are in peace in autumn."
A Yuan and Yu San also saluted.
Pei Fei caught up with Lin Yan, "Don't you think that the moon cake sign you drew is inaccurate? You are always so cold and indifferent to the little ladies, the sign can't be accurate..."
Xixi Qiufeng brought a faint voice, Shen Shaoguang looked at the backs of the two and smiled slyly, could it be, could it be that Lin Shaoyin has drawn the "must be a beautiful woman" lottery?
Gee! Gee! Then my signature is too accurate! That Pushe's granddaughter, in terms of appearance and demeanor, can also be called "good". The key point is that she seems to be quite interested in this Shao Yin... Actually, Pang Erniang is also quite cute. Hey, Gao Fushuai, even if it is a facial paralysis, girls like it one after another.
Yangou... Shen Shaoguang shook his head helplessly.
The author has something to say: ① One of the eight treasures mentioned in "Zhou Li".