Chapter 57 Shao Yin Sao Operation

The cook in Lin's house fell into a professional crisis and became more and more uneasy, so he had to ask the people around Alang.

Liu Chang received a large plate of various pastries from the kitchen, and smiled to comfort them: "It's really okay, Alang is just a bit of a bitter summer."

"But a certain waiter is really frightened and doesn't know what to do for Alang."

Liu Chang thought of what he saw when he went to pick up Alang at the Shenji restaurant, and he was quick to say, "Make something in season, such as cold scouring of locust leaves, use meat sauce as a topping, and add more courgettes, bean sprouts, cowpeas, Vegetables like lettuce."

The cook nodded and thanked him, but he was still beating the drums in his heart. In previous years, it was not seen that Alang was particularly fond of cold shopping, but he ate more porridge and side dishes, but since the people around Alang said so, he had to give it a try.

As a result, Leng Tao is often seen in the Mu Shi of the Lin family.

In this regard, Mrs. Jiang Tai liked it, "These vegetables are well added, and there are no such things in Lengtao before. This fish fillet topping has a meaning of Bianzhou Huixianlou. These days, our cooks are more attentive. "

Although there are only two owners of the Lin family, they make five or six kinds of toppings, including hog sauce, mutton sauce, mushrooms and mushrooms, sea bass fillets, tender chicken breast and bamboo shoots, and duck sauce with diced pumpkin. There are also many dishes, a small plate of a small plate, a food table can not be placed.

Lin Yan gave her grandmother a small bundle of cold noodles, changed the toppings, added vegetables and mashed garlic with sesame oil, mixed it herself, and handed it to Mrs. Jiang Tai with a smile, "Grandma likes it, so I let them Just do it from time to time.”

Mrs. Tai recalled that year with her grandson, "The fish in Huixianlou is good because it is next to a lake. This lake is connected to a canal. Although it is a lake, it is living water. Huixianlou put the fish basket in the lake, When you say you want to eat it, you fish it out, kill it and cook it on the spot, so it’s so fresh.”

Lin Yan nodded, and suddenly remembered the little lady Shen who was also full of food allusions. If she was here, it would be a good time to have a chat with her grandmother, right? The scene where she came to deliver walnut cheese porridge to chat with her grandmother that day came to her mind, and even when she cooked porridge, she made a gentleman's tone that was different from each other... Lin Yan curled the corners of his lips.

After eating and leaving the grandmother's yard, Lin Yan looked at Liu Chang who was accompanying him.

Knowing that the incident happened, Liu Chang laughed dryly and crossed his hands to apologize: "I didn't dare to say anything else, I just asked the cooks to try it out... slave, slave is willing to be punished."

Lin Yan glanced at him again, and said lightly, "Let's post it. If you commit the crime again in the future, you will be punished by yourself."

Liu Chang breathed a sigh of relief and quickly crossed his hands to say yes.

"I have something for you to do..." Lin Yan ordered with a light cough.

Within two days, Shen Shaoguang received a large box of roses from Liu Chang.

Shen Shaoguang: "..."

"The little lady has done a good job in the honey-stained flowers, but our kitchen can't make such a smell. I ask the little lady to stain these flowers on their behalf."

Shen Shaoguang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lin Shaoyin was struck by lightning and wanted to chase me, hahaha...

But on second thought, I thought that when I was chasing after the little lady to send flowers, I had to send peony and peony. The so-called "Weishi and women, Yiqi will banter and give them peony." It is still a classical tradition in the "Book of Songs" era. Roses, in this dynasty, do not have so many romantic meanings.

"So much, candy and honey?" Shen Shaoguang asked, when will we eat it?

The wooden box three feet long, two feet wide, and two feet high was full of roses, all of which were cut off, leaving only the flowers, which looked quite shocking.

Shen Shaoguang suspected that someone's rose garden was cut clean - just to eat!

Burn the piano and cook the crane! How could Lin Shaoyin, a disciple of the sage and a gentleman, do such a thing as a bald warlord in the Republic of China?

But after doing so much, it is convenient to fight the autumn wind by yourself...

"Little lady, just look at it and do it." Liu Chang smiled.

"Then—steam some more flower dew."

Liu Chang smiled and saluted, "It's all up to the little lady."

Shen Shaoguang nodded and took the errand.

People who have watched "A Dream of Red Mansions" must be familiar with rose halide and rose dew. Rose halide is roses stained with sugar and honey, while rose dew is steamed.

Steamed flower dew was once very popular among noble ladies of this dynasty, and it was regarded as a manifestation of "getting into the kitchen". ①

There are several sets of steamed flowers in the dining room of the palace, and all kinds of pots and grates are specially customized, including copper and ceramics. Every spring and summer, all kinds of flowers are in full bloom. Some should be steamed for use or consumption by concubines and concubines.

Shen Shaoguang had seen a Hu-style ceramic still in Xishi City. It cost a few hundred dollars, which is not expensive, but because he couldn't use it, he never bought it. Now that he has undertaken the flower processing business of Linfu, he found a new one. Empty went to buy it.

Whether it is candied, honey, or distilled flower dew, Shen Shaoguang is a skilled worker, but Yu San, A Yuan and others are very fresh to this steamed flower dew.

Yu San circled the still pot, "It turns out that the flower dew is steamed..."

Shen Shaoguang asked with a smile, "Didn't your original master's wife and little ladies steam this?"

Yu San paused, "No steaming."

Is it the difference between North and South? Is steamed flower dew mainly popular in Gyeonggi? Also a possibility.

Shen Shaoguang washed all the petals with clean well water, one-third of them were stained with sugar, one-third of them were stained with honey, and one-third were placed in a still.

This ancient method of distillation, the principle is very simple, let the water vapor rise with the essence of the flower dew, condense into water droplets on the condensation cover, and flow into the retort for storage.

But the experience is the same in the end. The experience is in the heat: if the fire is too fast, the water will dry quickly, and the essence in the flower has not been boiled out; The amount of flower dew is small and the quality is thin, and there are even boiled ones, with a paste smell, and the pot of dew is finished.

Yu San has seen it and understood the principle, so forget it; Achang usually ignores this; only Ayuan always thinks about it and comes to see it from time to time, because Shen Shaoguang promised her, "When the steaming comes out, I will prepare a bowl for you first. drink."

Shen Shaoguang didn't break his promise. After the flower dew was steamed, he really made a bowl of white water from the well for A Yuan first, as well as Yu San and A Chang.

"Well, Xiang!" A Yuan nodded sharply.

"If you want to eat sweet, you can add some sugar, but don't add honey, it will be a mess."

A Yuan said: "That's good."

Shen Shaoguang smiled, that is to say, it's just a fresh drink. This thing is elegant and elegant, but when it comes to the taste, it has to be my big sour plum soup!

In order to match this elegant flower dew, Shen Shaoguang also bought a few white porcelain vases, four or five inches long, with a small mouth and a long neck and a round belly, a bit like a jade vase in the fairy tale drama. Pack the flower dew, plug it with wooden plugs, and put it together with the jars containing candied flowers and honey-stained flowers. When Lin Shaoyin arrives, let him send someone to move it.

Lin Shaoyin did not wait, but waiter Liu came first. He came here as a gift for Shaoyin's monthly meal.

Shen Shaoguang asked him to take these bottles and jars away, and after a while, he turned around again and brought a return gift - a painting screen.

"My wife would like to thank the little lady for helping to make honey-stained roses and flower dew."

Shen Shaoguang looked at the screen, the sandalwood frame, and the fine Sujuan. There was a lotus pond in the painting, the pink lotus blossoms were blooming, a kingfisher was flying, and another was combing its feathers. of.

If it was a very expensive gilded screen, or a very private bed pillow screen, Shen Shaoguang would reject it without even thinking about it, but this screen was a slap in the face, and it was not commonplace. It's not that people with similar portals salute each other. Besides, is this really from Mrs. This Lin Shaoyin...

Seeing Shen Shaoguang's refusal, Liu Chang smiled and begged for approval: "I will inevitably ask the little lady for help in the future, please don't refuse, otherwise why would we be so embarrassed to come?"

Shen Shaoguang thought about it for a while, and said seriously: "Please also ask Mrs. Tai, don't be so polite in the future, we are really ashamed."

Liu Chang crossed his hands in salute and said goodbye.

Back at the Lin house, Liu Chang went to the inner study to report: "It has been sent to Mrs. Shen."

"Yeah." Lin Yan, who was approving documents, nodded.

"Little lady said - don't be so polite in the future." Liu Chang glanced at Lin Yan and said carefully.

Lin Yan's pen paused, "Got it."

Taking a look at the six large screens with the long cursive writing on the song line, Liu Chang stepped back.

A Lang's bedroom is separated by the big screen, and in the bedroom there is a small screen, a sandalwood shelf, fine Sujuan, fields of lotus leaves, a few pink lotus flowers that are just budding, and two egrets roaming leisurely by the lotus pond. You don't need to look closely to know that it is the same lotus pond as the screen that was sent out.

Liu Chang wanted to know what kind of bedside pillow screen A Lang used...

The author has something to say:

① There are objections about the ancient distillation technology. It is said that there is a Han Dynasty distiller in Shangbo, but before the Tang and Song Dynasties, very few distillation techniques were found in the literature. Some experts believe that with the influx of more and more Hu people in the Tang Dynasty, they brought various spices and steamed perfume technology, which promoted the development of domestic distilled flower dew and perfume technology - we use this statement. As for the attention of the female protagonist in steaming the flower dew, it is purely my nonsense. Little angels, have a good time.

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Lin Shaoyin, a scheming boy who is getting more and more advanced...