Chapter 135 Chinese New Year (1)
Li Yu did not respond. This Chinese knot was not invented by himself, so he was proud of anything. Later generations were full of Chinese knots throughout the streets during the Chinese New Year.
"By the way, I haven't asked yet, why did you come to our house if you are not at home for the New Year?" Li Yu looked at Li Xiuning with a strange look. He knew that she should be visited by the ministers in the court at this time.
After hearing this, Li Xiuning got upset and rolled her eyes to Li Yu directly and said, "Of course I'm giving you bonuses, why don't you welcome it?"
"Bonus? Why don't I know, what kind of partnership we have?" Li Yu was puzzled about what kind of bonus this Somali pirate could give him. He was a little afraid to distrust his ears and was puzzled.
When Li Feier heard that there were bonuses at home, she quickly raised her ears.
Li Xiuning said very simply: "I have made soap and flower dew water according to the method you taught me and it is sold very well, so I will give you dividends."
After hearing this, Li Yu understood the reason and immediately asked jokingly: "You Somali pirate, you know that you have distributed dividends to me, why did you suddenly change your temper?"
Li Xiuning blushed, then glared at Li Yu, and immediately whispered softly, saying, "Li Yu, you say it again, I will ignore you from now on."
Li Feier and Li Chun saw three expressions on Li Xiuning's faces for a while, and each stared at their big eyes. They couldn't believe that this unruly princess had this ability...
Li Yu looked at the expressions of the three girls and ignored them. Instead, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay! In order to give me bonuses and to celebrate the success of our partnership business, I will make you three delicious food today to ensure you have never eaten anything."
After saying that, Li Yu ignored them and walked towards the kitchen.
Li Xiuning, Li Feier and Li Chun followed Li Yu to the kitchen curiously, and they wanted to see what delicious Li Yu made today.
A big fat pig was hung on the shelf outside the kitchen and it was cleaned up. Li Yu took action to break down the pork, pork ribs, tenderloin, and pork belly fat, and then found the fat and thin hind legs that depended on each other and chopped into meat filling to make dumplings. The other pigs killed by the farm this year have been taken back by Li Yu.
There are no dishes in this era. They are either cooked or cooked, either raw or stewed. There is no real stir-fry.
Now, in addition to the cooking in Li Yu's house, the whole Tang Dynasty has spread to several farms, and there are several families he knows about Li Yu. They have sent people to learn how to cook, but they are all learning the fur and knowing to throw the vegetables into the pot and stir-fry them.
The main reason is the incomplete seasonings in this era. Fortunately, several months ago, I found several main seasonings for cooking in the pharmacy, plus various seasonings produced by the Dragon and Phoenix Empire. This made the fried dishes completely taste like later generations.
Li Xiuning had eaten the food made by Li Yu many times, but this was the first time she saw him knowing how he cooked. He saw him skillfully sorting pork into different side dishes.
Li Feier and Li Chun are common for Li Yu to cook, but it is nothing special. They just helped Li Yu there.
Li Xiuning looked at Li Yu's kitchen and found that the cooking utensils in their kitchen were not very similar to those in other people's houses. No, they were completely different, and there were a wide variety of utensils.
Li Feier saw that Li Xiuning saw that she didn't know the kitchen utensils in her home, so she introduced Li Xiuning to various cooking utensils, seasonings, and cooking utensils.
"This is an iron pot for cooking, this is a shovel for cooking, this is a variety of knives for cooking... These are various seasonings, such as soy sauce, dark soy sauce, and this is my brother who says this is MSG, chicken essence, cooking wine..."
"Hey! Why do there are medicinal herbs in the seasoning? I know these kinds of them. These are cinnamon, pepper, and star anise... won't make people suffer from eating them, right?" Li Xiuning was surprised to find that there were Chinese medicinal herbs in the seasoning.
Li Yu, who was cutting vegetables, turned around and asked with a smile: "Who stipulates that medicinal materials cannot be used as spices?"
"Me, I..." Li Xiuning opened her mouth and didn't know how to answer the conversation. She had never heard of herbs that could not be used as spices.
Li Xiuning smelled the processed spices, each with a special fragrance. He turned his eyes and said, "Can you give me some of these spices? I'll use them this year?"
Li Yu heard this and said, "I bought a lot of them a few months ago. When you left, you would give you half of them. In fact, these spices are not worth much, mainly because you don't know the purpose of these spices."
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Boil pig's trotters and ribs in a casserole. After using several casseroles, boil them over high heat, pour out the water, and remove the smell of oil. Then add fresh water, add ginger, green onion, garlic, cinnamon, pepper, star anise...wrap it in gauze and throw it in, and start simmering it on low heat.
Only then did Li Xiuning see that the coal fire in Li Yu's family was completely different from that in other people's houses. When she saw the coal balls placed next to her, she was shocked when she asked about the purpose. She never thought that the charcoal that the people didn't use was so useful.
It seems that something will soon undergo earth-shaking changes and will be very useful.
The only bad thing is that he is a scholar, and scholars must stay away from the kitchen. This weird guy who is completely different from others seems to never be taboos, but instead regards cooking as fun.
More than an hour later!
A mahogany dining table. The four of them sat down separately.
Opposite Li Yu is Li Fei'er, and on the right is Li Xiuning's left is of course Li Chun.
The three girls were all looking at the table of dishes prepared by Li Yu.
I saw braised pork trotters, sweet and sour pork ribs, fish-flavored shredded pork, sweet and sour tenderloin, double-cooked pork, roasted vegetables, pickled fish, cold tomatoes... Finally, there was a large bowl of three fresh soup, which was full of a large table, basically all new dishes that I had never seen before. Li Xiuning, the royal princess, was stunned, and Li Feier and Li Chun were also praised.
"Gugu..." Suddenly, Li Xiuning's stomach sounded, and Li Yu subconsciously looked down at her head.
Li Feier and Li Chun both heard it and looked at it together.
Li Xiuning's pretty face turned completely red. The main reason was that the various dishes today smelled too fragrant, which made her appetite so wide. Who knew that her stomach was not good today and she protested in advance.
"You haven't eaten yet in the morning!" Li Yu was afraid that she would not be able to bear the face, so he asked quickly.
Upon hearing this, Li Xiuning looked at Li Yu gratefully and said, "Yes! There were too many things to do before the New Year, so I haven't had time to eat until now."
Li Fei'er stared at the food on the table, swallowed her saliva, and said, "I haven't eaten for most of the day. Let's start eating now, otherwise my stomach will roar."
As soon as Li Fei'er finished speaking, three pairs of chopsticks quickly found their own delicacies.
Li Yu had no intention of eating at this moment, staring at the three girls eating voraciously.
I have seen men eat fiercely, but I have never seen women eat so fiercely. The main reason is that three beauties are each radiant, one is more beautiful than the other. Such a beautiful woman eats vegetables and eats them. It looks really too unelegant.
The sweet and sour tenderloin is sweet and sour, the pig's trotter is soft, crispy and fragrant, the fish-flavored shredded meat is delicious...
I looked at it for a while and then realized that it seemed that the main reason why I cooked today was too delicious. Otherwise, why have I seen them eat like this before? I ignored their fierce appearance and participated in the ranks of robbing dishes, otherwise the dishes on the table would be robbed in a while.
It didn't take long, and the dishes on the table, oh, basically disappeared.
Li Xiuning put down her chopsticks and burped her body. She was like a bandit leader in later film and television dramas. She sat lazily on the backrest chair, holding a toothpick and picking her teeth. She was very satisfied with the stir-fry that she had never eaten today, and asked carelessly: "Li Yu, how many kinds of vegetables do you cook?"
Li Feier and Li Chun also burped in no hope, and both looked at Li Yu and heard how many vegetables he could cook.
Li Yu put down his chopsticks, coughed a few times, and then started to brag: "I can cook the sea of vegetables, I can make steamed lambs, steam bear's paws, steamed deer tails,..."
Li Xiuning, Li Feier, and Li Chun were all there immediately, and they all heard Li Yu fluently registering the dishes. Listening to various dishes, let alone making so many kinds of dishes, just by name, it would make people exhausted.
"Tree tremella, fried silver twigs, eight treasure hazelnut sauce, yellow croaker pot, cabbage pot, assorted pot, dumpling pot, chrysanthemum pot, chowder pot..."
After half an hour.
"My God! I'm about to suffocate me to death." Li Yu finished memorizing the name of the dish fluently, his face turned red and he said with a heavy breath.
"My God, there are more than 500 dishes?"
The person who spoke was Li Chun and Li Yu memorized the recipe. She had carefully recorded how many kinds of vegetables she had.
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