Jin Daqian took the little girl to go, Li Min went back to the south courtyard, saw that Cui Yingying hadn't come back, and remembered that there were refined salt, cooking oil, soy sauce and vinegar in the goods this time, so he ran to the kitchen and got these things It was finally time to improve my diet.
The diet of the Tang Dynasty was divided into the north and the south. In the north, pasta was the main food. Meat included cattle, sheep, pigs, chickens, ducks, geese, and wild animals such as rabbits and deer. The south was different. I mainly eat aquatic products, such as fish, shrimp, crabs, turtles, etc., and the staple food is rice. Li Yin is a southerner. I really can’t stand the pasta after eating in Chang’an for several months. After arriving in Yizhou The staple food was changed to rice.
The cook in charge of the kitchen of the Prince of Shu’s Mansion is called Zhang San. When he was still in Chang’an, Zhang San knocked over a jar of coarse salt and was almost beaten to death by Jin Daqian. It was Li Yin who said something, and Jin Daqian spared him. I understand that table salt was an expensive condiment in the Tang Dynasty, and only rich families could afford it. Ordinary people and servants couldn’t afford salt at all. Usually, the staple food was vegetable soup, and it was over in one meal, unlike Wealthy merchants and nobles also pay attention to complete color, fragrance and taste, and have various methods.
When Li Yin came to the kitchen, Zhang San was taken aback. Since the last time he made candied haws, this was the second time Li Yin came back to the kitchen. He was a little puzzled as to why His Highness still had a hobby of cooking.
"What else is there in the kitchen?" Li Yin asked after wandering around the kitchen.
Zhang San cautiously said, "Your Highness still has a live fish, some pork, oh, and a chicken!"
"Go and kill the fish and chicken, and wash and cut the pork!" The dishes Zhang San mentioned were specially for Li Yin and Cui Yingying. In terms of Xiaopin, they couldn’t afford it. There was no large-scale breeding industry at this time, and they were all raised in the original ecology. The survival rate was not high, so the products sold in the market were very expensive, such as Zhang San said. This is why many noble family banquets often cost tens of thousands of dollars. According to historical records, when Guo Ziyi entered the dynasty in the Tang Dynasty, the family banquet organized by Yuan Zai for him was changed at one time. If it cost 100,000 yuan, that's a full 100 guan, which is basically equal to half a year's salary of a third-rank official in the current dynasty.
Zhang San went to kill fish and chickens, while Li Yin went to the cellar, and all the things brought back were here. They didn't know the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, so Li Yin had to go get it himself.
After ordering vegetable oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, an iron pan and a kitchen shovel, Li Yin asked his servant to take these items to the kitchen, and he rummaged through the pile of goods again. The items inside were basically daily necessities, soap, shampoo, and other items. There is toilet paper. He didn't have the hobby of people in the Tang Dynasty. He used bamboo strips to wipe his butt. Among these things, Li Yin found two things. Friends - sanitary napkins.
Taking these two things, Li Yin left the cellar, first put these two things in the bedroom in the south courtyard, and then went back to the kitchen. Tonight, he was going to cook a big meal for himself and Cui Yingying himself.
Back to the kitchen, Zhang San had already killed the fish, Li Yin asked the servant to put the iron pot on the stove and start a fire. According to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty, of course firewood was used to start the fire, and soon the room began to smog.
The pot was hot, and Zhang San's chicken was finished. Li Yin waved his hand and called him over, saying: "Learn carefully, and watch how I cook."
Poured some vegetable oil into the pot, when the oil was hot, Li Min put the fish into the pot and started frying. At the same time, he began to explain the functions of these things to Zhang San. The first is oil. The oil in the Tang Dynasty was all meat oil. Vegetable oil, Zhang San stared at the yellow-orange-orange vegetable oil for a long time before reacting, but Li Yin said that the usage is the same, so there is no problem, the salt, soy sauce and vinegar in the back were all there in the Tang Dynasty, and Li Yin brought them It's just that the quality and appearance are better, so he just said it and passed it.
After introducing these things, Li Yin began to concentrate on cooking, while Zhang San concentrated on watching this novel cooking technique, and swallowed his saliva at the same time, because it was so delicious.
After frying the fish, Li Yin cooked the chicken and meat in turn, and fried another dish of green vegetables whose name he could not remember. This time, the dinner was finally done, but the Tang Dynasty did not have such a thing as chili peppers. Some peppers would have been even more delicious.
There are so many dishes, Li Yin and Cui Yingying can't finish it, especially the fish, which weighs more than four catties, Li Yin simply divided it into two plates, and gave one plate to Zhang San, let him taste it, and encourage him to eat it. He worked hard to practice the skill of cooking.
Zhang San was overwhelmed by the flattery, the hands holding the dishes shook as if he had epilepsy, he spent half his life cooking for others to eat, and today he finally saw the turnip dishes, this was made by a prince himself, this kind of sudden Happiness makes me seriously doubt whether this is my last meal. It is said that the beheaded prisoners in the prison will have a good meal before going on the road.
"Your Highness, please forgive me. Damn the little one. I sneaked a mouthful of salt yesterday when I was not supposed to be cooking. The little one will never dare again!" Li Yin turned to leave, but Zhang San knelt down with a "plop", tears and snot in his eyes. Flowed down together.
Li Yin was confused, why did this dish kill people, and what Zhang San said later made him understand, and he said with a smile: "You think too much, this dish of fish is for you, let you experience it The taste of fried vegetables!"
After making sure that Li Yin had no intention of beating him to death and throwing his body away, Zhang San relaxed, holding the fish and giggling.
Ordered a few maidservants to bring the dishes to the south courtyard, and Li Yin followed. It was getting late, and it was time for Cui Yingying to come back.
"Why did you come back so late!" Yizhou had just calmed down, and Li Yin was also a little worried about her safety.
Cui Yingying rubbed her sore shoulders and said, "I was going to come back after I went to Beishi, but the young lady of the Dou family took me to the Baihuatan Lake to swim, so I came back later!" Seeing the food on the table , She said: "How come today's food is a little different from the past, it's so delicious!" Cui Yingying showed a happy expression.
Li Yin smiled mysteriously: "I cook this for you myself. It's called stir-fry. Come and try it!"
"His Royal Highness made it himself?" Cui Yingying sat down beside Li Yin, her eyes moved, she picked up chopsticks and put a mouthful of fish in her mouth.
To be honest, Li Yin's cooking skills are only so-so, but he believes that this method and the ingredients from the 21st world will definitely make Cui Yingying experience a different taste.
"Delicious!" Cui Yingying praised after chewing a few mouthfuls, and began to pick up vegetables. After tasting the fish, she started to try the chicken and meat again, and she couldn't help nodding.
"Your Highness, you can eat too!" After a while, Cui Yingying raised her head, and seeing Li Yin looking at her with a smile, her face immediately turned red.
Cui Yingying ate happily, and Li Yin was also full of happiness. At this moment, he suddenly found a sense of home, which warmed his heart, and picked up chopsticks to eat with Cui Yingying.
At this moment in the North Courtyard, Zhang San raised his hands high above his head, holding the fish that Li Yin handed him, and walked into the dining hall like a fighting cock.
A servant saw Zhang San's strange look and smiled and said: "Zhang San, your head was kicked by a horse or something, why are you so virtuous!"
"I don't think it was kicked by a horse, it must have been kicked by Butler Jin!" Another person said.
"..."
Zhang San went straight to the dining table, held the plate and slowly put the fish on the table, not paying any attention to the servant's sarcasm, and said, "Look, what is this?"
"Fish!" Several servants changed their expressions, "Zhang San, you don't want to die. How dare you steal the food for His Highness the King of Shu here!"
Zhang San let out a "bah" and said: "Who stole it, it was rewarded to me by His Highness himself!" After telling the process, the servants immediately showed envious expressions.
"I'll try it!" A servant couldn't wait to stretch out his chopsticks to pick it up, Zhang San immediately lay down to protect him: "No one is allowed to move!"
A family member swallowed his saliva: "Zhang San, we are all brothers. There are so many fish, you can't finish them all by yourself. Let's try something new. I haven't eaten fish this year!"
"Yeah, let's try it!"
"Everyone has been together for so long, don't be so stingy!"
"..."
The 20 or 30 servants spoke to each other, but Zhang San hesitated and said, "Just a little for each person, not many... Hey, what are you doing, leave some for me!" Before he finished speaking, he immediately stretched out dozens of pairs of chopsticks. up.
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