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Chapter 120
120. Frost Sweet Bing Yi Dan Congee
Let's talk about this day, Pei Nianyu once again lived the days of putting on clothes, stretching out his hands to eat, and opening his mouth.
Although Lou Yefeng knows medical skills, he thinks he is not as good as Lian Xiao.Therefore, Lian Xiao solemnly asked the master not to touch this hand, so he really believed it and be careful in everything.
From morning to night, the eyes never leave the master.Sometimes Pei Nianyu subconsciously wanted to grab something with his right hand, but Lou Yefeng quickly held it down in advance, and then handed it over just right.
Such a thoughtful "personal service", during this period, I will take the opportunity to eat some tofu...
Pei Nianyu felt really relieved.
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It's just that his good mood didn't last long, and on the second day, headed by the deputy head of Shang Shan of the Imperial Dining Room, he brought the consuls and chefs to the palace.
When Manager Gao Tong led them in, he wanted to go to the front yard and let Pei Nianyu meet him.However, Qi Zhao, the deputy manager of Shangshan who came this time is not the manager of Shangshan who made Pei Nianyu angry with some nonsense when Pei Nianyu went to the imperial dining room last time.
This Qi Zhao is very clever, he has been in the palace for many years, and he is already mature, so he dared to say that he should go to the study of the palace, so he offered to go directly to the big kitchen.
Dozens of people stood neatly in the large kitchen yard of the palace according to the ranking order of their positions.
Pei Nianyu stepped in, and the deputy manager Qi was very experienced. Hearing the steady, graceful and luxurious footsteps, he knew that the master of the house was coming.Therefore, without even looking up, as if there was no need to confirm, he directly led the crowd to kneel down:
"Slaves pay homage to His Royal Highness King Yu—"
Pei Nianyu: "..."
Dozens of eunuchs kowtow respectfully and in unison, which startled him immediately.
"You guys..."
Those eunuchs who work in the palace, no matter how big or small the official position, are all trained along the way.Therefore, they all have the ability to watch officials speak.
This time, here at the King Yu Palace, where His Majesty is most intimate, there will be no slightest neglect, and everyone is extremely servile and humble.
Pei Nianyu felt his whole body tremble for a moment.
To be honest, their greetings this time are not much different from the usual greetings of the shadow guards in his house.
However, Pei Nianyu has long been used to his shadow guards not kowtowing first when meeting him but...
Grab today's supper milk tea first.
Ok……
Pei Nianyu immediately said:
"Stay flat."
Then he looked at the person in the lead:
"You are……?"
Na Qi, the deputy director, now knew that the person who went to conduct before the Winter Solstice Banquet was His Royal Highness King Yu. While rejoicing that he did not offend the prince with small tricks at that time, he had the opportunity to learn today's art, while putting on a "very honored!", especially excited" expression, quickly nodded and said:
"The servants are called together, but the deputy head of the imperial dining room..."
Pei Nianyu frowned:
"You just call yourself a subject."
"...Yes. The subject understands."
"Forget it, let me ask, how many people are there on the red case, and how many people are there on the white case?"
Deputy Director Na Qi was at a loss:
"Excuse me, my lord, what are the 'red cases' and 'white cases'?"
Pei Nianyu suddenly realized that given the roughness of cooking techniques in this dynasty, I am afraid that there is no such statement, so he explained:
"You can roughly understand that... the red case is for cooking on the stove, and the white case is for pasta and desserts."
According to Pei Nianyu's request, Deputy Chief Naqi divided the staff under him into two parts.
Yun Shao on the side asked aloud:
"My lord, do you need a maid to teach these white cases?"
"More than that, you have to teach these things. But for the first few days...it's not my turn to learn these things."
Pei Nianyu turned to look at the cooks with a calm expression.
He knew the ethos of these officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, regardless of the one who came up to him and bowed to him, in fact, all of them were the best at watching people order dishes.
Besides, they came here to study, so naturally they don't need to be as familiar and pleasant as he is with his shadow guards.Therefore, although his tone was tepid, there was no doubt about it:
"Your basic skills are too weak. If you want to learn how to cook, you should practice the basic skills first. It's just that the basic skills can't be achieved in a day. You haven't practiced them before, and it's impossible for me to let you practice in this mansion for seven or eight years."Let’s go out again.”
"So, this king will tell you all the methods that need to be practiced. After you have learned it, you can go back to the palace to practice. As for how far you can practice in the end and how good you can be, it depends on your individual talent and diligence.gone."
"Yes, my servant understands."
"Today is the first day, let's start with knife skills first. There are ten carts of winter radishes in this mansion. I will ask Mr. Qin in my mansion to teach you how to cut radishes. I have practiced today, and tomorrow I will teach you how to cut radishes."Silk."
"……yes."
How could these people dare to have the slightest objection, so they quickly agreed.
Of course, it was not Pei Nianyu's turn to teach him how to cut radishes, not even Yun Shao.So after Pei Nianyu threw the job to Qin Lei, he took Yun Shao back to Hanqiu Pavilion.
As for the deputy manager Qi, he looked at the back of the prince and touched the stack of bank notes in his arms.
This is the "shuxiu" of all of them, because they were sent by the palace in name, so the internal treasury made an official Shuxiu.
It's just that they know that the opportunity is rare, and flattering the prince is not enough.Therefore, everyone took out their own private houses and asked Deputy Director Qi to hand them over to the prince as "filial piety".
And before the Deputy Manager Qi came, he got Fang Heng's entrustment, saying that the money should not be brought in front of the prince to stain His Highness's eyes.Just looking for an opportunity, give it to a female cook named Yun Shao in the mansion, or the shadow guard next to the prince...
Deputy Manager Qi was thinking about the management matters, and at the same time followed Qin Lei, the food manager of the palace, into the big kitchen to start work.
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Here, Pei Nianyu dragged Yun Shao to the small kitchen in his yard, naturally to do that experiment, something he thought of just yesterday.
In the small kitchen, Lou Yefeng took out some puff pastry bowls from the oven.
That puff pastry bowl is made from whole grains, but it's not a dessert.The small bowls are palm-sized and round in shape. The eaves of the bowls are slightly inclined outwards, and they are baked until they are hard and browned.
On the other side of the kitchen, Jiang Xue who was pulled to "accept punishment" was standing next to Lou Yefeng helplessly.
She wanted to help Lou Yefeng with something, but she was afraid that she would accidentally blow up the kitchen again...
Pei Nianyu took out a large piece of pale yellow thing, which was melted butter from the freezer last night.
Dajingchao’s current production capacity cannot make industrial cream, but natural cream can still be produced-after the whole milk is boiled and cooled, the top layer of milk skin will be.
Extracting cream in this way is naturally more precious.Among ordinary street snack shops, only a few high-end shops have cream products.
It's just that there are many farms in King Manor in the Beijing suburb of his King Yu Palace who specialize in raising dairy cows, and the milk delivered every day is abundant.The previous milk was used to make desserts, but now after taking out the cream, the remaining milk is not unusable...
I saw that Pei Nianyu took out an iron hollowed out eggbeater with a gold-plated handle, and handed it to Yun Shao:
"Well, you use this, stir this bowl of cream as fast as you can. It will end up in a whipped state."
Yun Shao was quite curious, so she quickly took it over and tried it.It's just that stirring by hand is too slow after all, she thought for a while, then suddenly supported the handle with her palm, and put the egg beater upside down in the bowl.Then the internal force in the palm suddenly started to circulate, driving the surrounding wind speed——
The egg beater "swiped" and began to spin rapidly.
Pei Nianyu was dumbfounded, how could he use his internal energy like this?
But then he was relieved, because the cream was whipped into a dense cloud-like texture in just a moment.
Pei Nianyu immediately scooped up a big spoonful and put it into the small meringue bowl, and even twisted and spiraled up, with the pointed point facing upwards.
Then he handed the small bowl to Jiang Xue:
"Come on, you put it in the palm of your hand, use your cold breathing skill, and let the cream on it become cold."
"okay!"
Jiang Xue smiled openly, she doesn't know how to cook, she is good at this!
The moment she took the small bowl, Pei Nianyu heard the slight and frequent sound of freezing.The pale cream solidified directly from its original soft state, and a thin layer of hoarfrost formed on the surface.
Pei Nianyu's eyes lit up:
"That's right, how about you try it?"
Jiang Xue was dubious, took a small spoon and took a sip——
The cool and soft creamy texture instantly melts in the mouth, bursting out with a rich milky and sweet aroma.
Even without the complex layers and flavor variations, but…
But why is it so delicious??
So sweet, so fragrant!!
Jiang Xue's whole body was glowing:
"Master! What is this thing called?"
"It's called... ice cream."
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The emergence of ice cream is equivalent to the development of a new continent. Since then, one item has been added to the daily desserts of the palace.
It's just that cream is rare, and it can't be supplied to all of them to eat openly, so the ice cream share is still used as a reward for the daily training of the shadow guards, and is awarded to the top shadow guards.
On the second day after this rule was implemented, Pei Nianyu found that Jiang Xue was a little listless.
He was very puzzled:
"Jiang Xue, what happened to you today? Did you suffer internal injuries from the martial arts competition the day before yesterday?"
Jiang Xue quickly waved her hand:
"No, no, it's okay!"
It's just that Pei Nianyu couldn't bear to see her turn pale:
"If you are sick, you have to see a doctor, or I will go to Lian Xiao to give you a pulse..."
Jiang Xue's face suddenly turned red, and she waved her hands harder:
"No...no need...thank you master, I will be fine in a while."
At this time, Yun Shao happened to be passing by. Seeing this scene, it became clear after a little thought.Seeing that there was no one else around, he said directly to Pei Nianyu:
"Master, don't bother with her, even if Lian Xiao comes to her illness, it won't help her. This is...well, cough, women's menstruation."
Jiang Xue was suddenly at a loss.
But Pei Nianyu's face turned dark all of a sudden, and he slammed the table:
"Be honest, how much ice cream did you eat yesterday?"
"No... not much."
Pei Nianyu didn't believe it:
"How much is not much?"
Jiang Xue has no arrogance at all:
"Yesterday coincided with the martial arts duel practice held once every ten days for shadow guard training. This subordinate...won more than twenty times..."
"I also ate more than 20 bowls of ice cream..."
Pei Nianyu: "..."