Chapter 40 Barbecue (3)
The case has a new direction of progress.
Looking at the time on the sundial, it is not yet Xu time.
Today's overnight interrogation ended earlier than they expected, and they went back to take a hot bath before falling asleep.
Scrolling the files in their hands, several people were about to tell Shangfeng that they were going back, when an inexplicable, mouth-watering fragrance wafted from nowhere at this time.
Liu Yuan and the others took a deep breath, and glanced in the direction of the source of the scent: it was blocked by a wall, but it seemed to be coming from the direction of the public kitchen.
"What is it?" Bai Zhu took several breaths, and couldn't help but wonder, "I've never smelled such a smell, it smells so good! It smells like charcoal fire, and meat and vegetables..."
Wei Fu on the side couldn't help but interjected: "Not only! It seems to be mixed with the spices of the Hu people in the Western Regions. These flavors are mixed together. It looks like the roast lamb of the Hu people, but it is different. It is not mutton or something. of…"
While talking, another burst of smell came over, this smell...intensified!
Liu Yuan couldn't help but swallowed his saliva, touched the "cuckoo" stomach, and said: "I... Let's take a look!"
As for not eating after noon, whatever! Master Wang's evening food was hard to swallow, and he couldn't bear it, so he reluctantly swallowed a few mouthfuls. After an interrogation, it was found that the hungry chest was stuck to the back.
It's such a smell at this time, who can bear it?
Oh, no! Lin Shaoqing seemed to be able to bear it.
Glancing at them, Lin Fei said, "After sorting out today's files, you can go!"
This "gone", the implication is that they can do whatever they want.
Several people answered "yes" quickly, and then rushed to the lobby in a hurry.
Quickly sorted out the file of the water ghost case at hand, and went to see what the public chef was cooking.
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Wen Mingtang, who had been missed a lot, put down the skewers in his hand, walked aside and sneezed. After cleaning his hands, he covered his lips and nose with a cloth.
Powders such as cumin and pepper are very pungent when blown by the wind, and with the burning charcoal smoke, it is better to cover the lips and nose with a cloth.
Seeing that Wen Mingtang covered his mouth and nose with a piece of cloth, A Bing, Tang Yuan, and Ji Caimai who hadn't returned in Xushi did the same and covered their mouth and nose with a piece of cloth, and continued to turn over the meat and vegetables skewered on bamboo sticks in their hands.
As for why they eat these things at night, it starts with Wen Mingtang taking A Bing and the glutinous rice **** to get the ingredients.
Master Wang and Master Sun, the two masters don't have much thought in cooking, but they have a lot of attention on the other side. Originally Wen Mingtang's court food was full of praise from the jailers, which already worried the two of them, but now they heard that Ji Cai bought the public kitchen and ate the court food for two days in a row, and the two of them became even more anxious and blistered on their lips.
But Ji Caimai had a short mouth and began to keep an eye on the two of them. They couldn't find any chance to start, so they became more and more absent-minded in cooking, so that after picking up an extra bucket of glutinous rice yesterday, today they are doing it again. When cooking, a pot of washed vegetables and meat fell.
Ji Caimai was very annoyed, pointed at the heads of the two and cursed for a long time before sending them back.
After Sun and Wang were blown away, Ji Caimai summoned Wen Mingtang, originally planning to give Wen Mingtang the vegetables and meat, and let her take care of tomorrow's morning meal, so don't waste it.
Ji Caimai had never heard of barbecue before. Hearing this, he couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What is barbecue?" Wen Mingtang introduced it. Ji Caimai became very interested, and immediately decided to have a barbecue. , when supper is ready.
Professional barbecue furniture needs to be customized separately, and Wen Mingtang painted it now, and it will take a lot of effort for Ji Cai to buy it and find someone to customize it.
But it doesn’t matter if you don’t have a barbecue grill. You can use the charcoal basin for heating in winter. It happened that there was a lot of charcoal left in the winter last year. Ji Caimai immediately went to the cellar to get the things out.
Wen Mingtang instructed A Bingtong to handle the vegetables and meat while Ji Cai went shopping to get things.
Cut the meat into small pieces, marinate them slightly with salt, sugar, sauce, pepper, chili powder and the egg whites left over from cooking and set aside. As for the vegetables, most of the vegetables left by Master Wang and Master Sun are chopped. All right, but Wen Mingtang deliberately cut it again because he was a bit fooled by the knife skills.
When everything is ready, start to string the ingredients.
Ji Caimai came over with a large string of slender bamboo sticks and threw the bamboo sticks into the water. Wen Mingtang pressed the bamboo sticks into the water and soaked them.
Seeing Wen Mingtang's actions, A Bing and Tangyuan were very puzzled.
"Why do bamboo sticks have to be soaked in water?"
Wen Mingtang said: "Let the water seep into the bamboo stick, and it will not be easy to dry and break after baking."
After saying this, before Ah Bing and Tang Yuan felt "Master Wen is amazing", they saw Ji Caimai nodded and said, "That's the truth! Lin Shaoqing also said so."
Lin Shaoqing?
A Bing and Tang Yuan were even more surprised: "Lin Shaoqing and others also cook this barbecue?"
Looking at Lin Shaoqing's usual appearance...I really can't imagine it!
Ji Caimai gave the two of them a sideways look, and said, "How is that possible? Are you so poor that you can't even afford to support your grandson, or is it that the Duke of Jingyun can't afford to support your son? It was a case of stabbing someone to death with a bamboo stick last year." I used it. This bamboo stick was obtained by Lin Shaoqing at that time..."
Before he finished speaking, the faces of the three Wen Mingtang in front of them changed suddenly.
Only then did Ji Caimai realize the ambiguity in his words, and hurriedly said: "This bamboo stick is not for killing people, it was made by Lin Shaoqing to try it out, this one is leftover, new, never used!"
Seeing that the faces of the three of them softened a little, he said angrily again: "It's also my own entrance. How can I use a bamboo stick that has killed someone for food?"
These three people don't need to believe in his character, but how can he mess with something he wants to import?
Wen Mingtang moved his hands on the first plate of barbecue, brushing the vegetables and meat on the skewers with a brush dipped in oil, accompanied by the sound of "Zi la Zi la", occasionally a drop or two fell into the charcoal fire, splashing a little A pinch of flame makes the whole grilling process more vivid, making people want to try it out.
When the aroma of cumin, pepper, meat, and vegetables diffuses with the rich aroma of charcoal fire, the first grill is ready.
Ji Caimai and the others who had been waiting at the side stretched out their hands, but before touching the plate of barbecue, they heard a familiar voice.
"Master Wen made supper?" Zhao You jumped off the roof.
The tall man fell to the ground without even making a sound. When he saw the plate of barbecue, his eyes were straightened, and he swallowed visibly, "I want to..."
"What do you want?" Ji Caimai interrupted him unceremoniously, and stretched out his hand to forcefully stop Zhao You who came forward, "The public kitchen only serves three meals, and supper is not included."
is that so? Zhao You looked at the strong hand blocking people, and said, "Lin Shaoqing asked me to pick it up."
The strong blocking hand retracted all of a sudden, Ji Caimai's face froze, and he looked at Zhao You suspiciously: "Really?"
(end of this chapter)