Ancient Foodie Survival Guide

Midsummer is coming.

Jiang Shuyao thought that when the weather was hot, ordinary people's appetite would decrease, so Xie Xun's rice was getting less and less, which led to Lin Cheng and a group of people who were salivating and wanting to eat.

They are very eager for the Lin family's market to open into the inner city, so that they don't have to greet Xie Xun's lunch all day.

It's a pity that Xie Xun categorically said that the Lin family would not open a market in the inner city, so they rested their minds and went looking for the cook.

It's just that they have never counted Jiang Shuyao's plan. The purpose of selling meals in the market is to keep the food full while ensuring the deliciousness, so that the working lower class people can eat and eat happily. It is not a pure pursuit of the pleasure of food.

So she wrote to Lin about the idea of ​​a snack street.

After Lin opened a few shops, he went there from time to time to see that everyone was happy and eager to eat, and he felt a lot more comfortable.

The depression in her heart dissipated a little bit, and she was no longer trapped in the chaos in the back house, but devoted herself to the food business.

After Jiang Shuyao told her the idea of ​​the snack street, she immediately became full of energy, holding her pregnant belly and going out to choose the address of the snack street in person.

The Lin family was generous, and it was a street when he shot it. All of it was renovated and the road closed for decoration. Everything is ready, only the east wind owes it to Jiang Shuyao to contribute a snack recipe.

Compared with the shops dedicated to the less provocative men, the food at the snack street takes more time to choose.

Fortunately, she had an extra helper, Zhou, and the two of them cooked together and studied together. The recipe was set a lot earlier than planned.

The snack street cannot be opened too large at the beginning, and there is not much food. According to Jiang Shuyao, this is called "trial operation." Open a few shops first, try the attitude and taste of the diners, if it is suitable, then slowly expand the scale.

Today, she and Zhou tried the resident contestant of modern snack street-fried skewers.

The deep-fried skewers have a strong flavour, bursts of oily aroma, and strong flavored seasoning powder and sauce. It is full of guilt after one bite.

The more the summer, the more I pursue this kind of stimulating and heavy taste. When the tip of the tongue tastes the spicy and salty sauce and the oily aroma, all the turbidity and depression of the day have disappeared. There is a kind of joy of indulgence after the tension. With a can of cold beer and a skewer of wine, each bite is chic and comfortable. No matter what tomorrow is like, just enjoy the sinful skewers at this moment.

The sauce is extremely exquisite. Jiang Shuyao and Zhou studied for three days before they came up with the sauce that best suits the tastes of ancient people.

At this time, the seasoning is precious, the taste of the ancients is light, and the sauce cannot be made too salty.

The sauce for the deep-fried skewers is very troublesome, but for Jiang Shuyao, the ingredients are not difficult to match. After all, she has nothing to do with the sauce at home, such as sweet noodle sauce, soybean sauce, garlic chili sauce and so on.

Of course, the most indispensable thing is the oyster sauce that you boil yourself. Because the production process is pure and natural, there are no additives, so the umami flavor of oyster sauce is extraordinarily strong, and the salty flavor of fried skewers depends on it.

The raw material powder is mixed with pepper, star anise, grass fruit, bay leaf, angelica, cloves and other spices and ground into powder, and then ground together with chili powder, garlic crisp, cumin grains, and peanut powder.

The mixed ingredients are pink, set the pot to boil water, add the ingredients powder, oyster sauce, garlic chili sauce and cook, stir evenly, add starch to make water, wait until the red sauce is simmering in the pot, you can turn off I'm angry.

The taste of the spicy sauce is extremely overbearing. The heat is mixed with a strong salty aroma. The flavor is complex because of the various spices. Just smelling it makes people swallow.

Then comes the cooking of the sweet and salty sauce, which takes less effort and costs less than the spicy sauce. After mixing the oyster sauce, sweet noodle sauce, sugar, sesame seeds, etc., put them into boiling water, and stir them while boiling, and finally put in starch. The finished product is brownish brown with a layer of white sesame on the surface and the sauce is rich.

Zhou took a spoon and dipped it with a little sauce and put it in the mouth to taste. The taste buds were instantly captured by the complex and salty taste. She stared in surprise: "Three younger brothers and sisters, this is really strange."

Because of the hot weather, Jiang Shuyao didn't want to get bored in the small kitchen to fry the skewers, so he took out the stove where the barbecue was used before and fried the skewers in a shallow pan in the courtyard.

This was a pain for the people in the courtyard, and they were fried into a pot, and there was a "Zila" sound, accompanied by the bursts of oily fragrance, which aroused people's spirits and immediately started their spirits.

Zhou had a nearly blind belief in Jiang Shuyao's craftsmanship, and he started to swallow when he fries the skewers.

Because today is to test the taste of fried skewers, Jiang Shuyao prepared a wide variety of fried skewers. There was a large plate of red, red, green and green. She looked at the big plate and said to Zhou with a little embarrassment: "Second sister, trouble you, today It's up to you to try the taste."

Smelling the tempting oily aroma of fried skewers on the tip of his nose, looking at the fragrant and rich sauce for those two nights, Zhou quickly replied, "Of course it's not troublesome." Isn't this a blessing?

Zhou's happiness is about to burst into bubbles. With Jiang Shuyao, you can have the joy and sense of accomplishment of cooking, and you can enjoy all kinds of novel foods happily. She really can't wait to kick the relationship between them immediately Obstructed, immediately moved to a three-bedroom residence.

The deep-fried skewers float in the frying pan, and there are small bubbles sizzling around, which makes people feel comfortable watching it.

Zhou's mind was full of fragrant fried skewers, his mind didn't move much, and then he realized it later: Hey, what's the obstacle between them?

Xie Xun, who was worried about politics in the East Palace, suddenly sneezed.

He looked up at the sky, he was about to lose value, and he had to hurry back to the mansion, if he didn't always feel a little uneasy.

The deep-fried skewers came out of the pot, and Zhou's also came up with the answer to the question just now—no doubt, of course... Xu's.

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.

Xu led the two little guys and walked in from the courtyard gate.

Xie Zhao sniffed the scent, broke free of Xu's hand, rushed over, tiptoed to the table, and said, "What is this for eating?"

Xu hurried over to grab him.

Jiang Shuyao said: "Fried skewers, but you can't eat too much, it's too oily." With the lesson of the last time, Jiang Shuya didn't dare to give everything to his two little nephews.

Xie Zhao nodded obediently and licked his mouth: "I'll just eat a little bit and just taste it. I will definitely not trouble the third aunt."

Jiang Shuyao's cuffs are tied with cloth strips, making it easier to do things. She used long chopsticks to pick out the fried skewers, put them on a generous plate, dipped them in the sauce with a brush, gave the front of the fried skewers twice, turned them over, and brushed them twice.

The golden fried skewers are brushed with bright and rich sauce, the color is brown-red, and a little sesame is sprinkled, the sauce drips down the fried skewers, and the spicy and attractive.

"Second sister-in-law, how are you going to taste." After brushing the sauce, Jiang Shuya pushed the plate to Zhou's side.

Zhou's glanced at Xu's lightly, with a feeling of exultation. Even if you bring two children, the third sibling will still pass it to her first.

The skin of the tenderloin skewers was fried golden and delicious. The surface of the tender meat skewers was covered with rich sauce. The color was bright. A little bit of sesame was attached to it. After taking it in, the rich salty and oily aroma immediately penetrated into the nose, like An electric current rushed to the forehead, and the base of the tongue secreted saliva unconsciously.

Zhou leaned his neck slightly forward and bit down the tenderloin in one bite. As soon as he had eaten it, the spicy flavor of the sauce swept across his lips and cheeks. This spiciness is not dry and spicy, but an off-flavor. It is not irritating, but it is enough to fully awaken the sense of taste, so that the freshness, salty, hemp and sweetness of the sauce are amplified, and the sauce is sweet and sweet. It is also salty, and the rich flavors are mixed, and the fragrance is dizzy.

The meat on the outside of the tenderloin skewers was deep-fried, and the edges and corners were a bit crispy. After biting the outer skin, a rush of heat rushed out. The tenderloin was extremely tender and smooth, and the original taste of the meat was preserved. Shrunk by the hot oil, there is no smell of meat, and it is full of satisfaction to chew. I can't wait to eat it all from the tail to the head in one breath.

"How is it? Is it old?"

Zhou's mouth was wrapped in tenderloin, he was reluctant to swallow it, and he was vague, so he could only nod frantically and give a thumbs up.

"That's good. Please also ask your second wife to taste all the remaining fried skewers." Jiang Shuyao turned around and said to Xu.

Xu looked at the corners of Zhou's mouth with sauce and gobbled it, and swallowed silently.

"No need." She smiled, "Today, my eldest and second college came home from vacation. I was busy welcoming them and ignored the two little guys. They happened to be pestering me to come to you for a long time. I just wanted to send them over for dinner, lest they always make trouble in front of me."

Xu touched Xie Yao’s head: "The last time he ate a bad stomach and caused you trouble, he didn’t dare to come over, but Ah Zhao has been screaming, and it’s really a headache. I can’t help but let them come over. Look. A Zhao said he must be obedient. If he is not obedient, his younger brother and sister will send them back to the big room."

Xie Zhao dragged Jiang Shu's clothes corners aggrievedly, and Jiang Shu's smile said: "It just so happens that I cooked rice porridge for dinner and served it with cold dishes to lighten my stomach. Sister-in-law, please feel free to give them to me."

"Thank you." Xu thanked him, preparing to go back to the big room and continue to stare at the maids to set up a banquet to welcome Xie Ye and Xie Wei.

Zhou ate happily next to him, and he was relieved when he saw that Xu was about to leave. Fortunately, he didn't have to split the skewers with her.

Who knows that Jiang Shuyao enthusiastically said: "Sister-in-law, do you want to take two bunches?"

Zhou clan was taken aback, and looked at Xu clan alertly.

The Xu family likes sweets and is not very interested in salty food, but at the moment smelling the fragrance of oil and sauce, looking at the bright and soy-red fried skewers, he said in a ghostly manner: "Then thank you brother and sister."

She chose a piece of rice cake at random. The rice cake was cut into off-white square pieces and skewered on bamboo skewers. After being fried, the edges were slightly yellow. After two layers of sauce were applied, the brown-red sauce on the off-white And the bright white sesame seeds are particularly attractive.

She rolled up her sleeves, took a bite gracefully, and was instantly overwhelmed by the salty food.

The nian gao is a bit crunchy on the outside. After it is opened easily, the inside is especially soft and sticky. It seems not to chew. After frying, the rich rice fragrant is stimulated, mellow and fragrant, with a slightly spicy flavor. The sweet sauce makes the lips and cheeks fragrant, and the more you chew, the more addictive it becomes.

"How is it?" Jiang Shuyao asked.

Just now she also disliked Zhou's lack of food, chewing fried skewers without swallowing, and even speaking vaguely. It was her turn to understand Zhou's feelings.

She half-covered her lips with her hands and kept nodding. Finally, she couldn't help but thumbs up like Zhou's.

...

Xie Ye and Xie Hao, as the long-term sons of Xie Guogong's residence, were expected from childhood. They were sent to the academy to study when they were very young, and only returned when they were on vacation.

They should have rushed back to the mansion when it was dark, but they were in a hurry today and returned before the evening.

They first went to Shouning Hall to meet the old lady. The old lady was not in good spirits. Seeing that she was sick, they did not stay much.

After going out of Shou Ning Tang to ask about the old lady's condition, the mother hesitated to answer. They looked for the little maid to ask, only to realize that it seemed to be related to the third lady.

As the witnesses of Jiang Shuyao's beautiful boy jumping into the water and causing a group of people to fall into the water, they had a very bad impression of the third aunt.

But she and the two of them did not offend the river, and the two would not go to her to add blockages, but sometimes they thought of her when they listened to the college classmates teasing the third uncle's marriage, and then even more disliked the third uncle.

They don't know the reason, they will not speculate, and plan to go back to the big room and ask their mother.

When I arrived at Dafang, not only did I not see the Xu family, but also the two younger brothers.

When I asked the maid, I learned that Xu had taken two younger brothers to Sanfang.

"Big brother, what did you say mother was doing in Sanfang?" Xie Hao puzzled, "also brought A Zhao and A Yao with him."

They have been away from the house for two or three months, and they have no idea what happened in the house. The memory still stays when Jiang Shuyao just married. Xie Ye frowned and said, "I remember my mother didn't like the third aunt."

"Yes indeed."

The two were a little worried. They waited in the courtyard for a while, but Xu, who was busy eating fried skewers, did not return for a long time.

Seeing that the setting sun was about to set and Xu's family hadn't returned yet, Xie Hao couldn't help being curious: "Shall we go and take a look?"

The two of them walked all the way to Sanfang, but they all walked to the entrance of the Sanfangyuan. They had not yet met Xu and their two younger brothers.

"What do you think is the mother?" Xie Ye looked at the sky and wondered: "It's all about this point. If you don't come back, is it possible...Is it possible to have dinner in the third room?"

"Hahahahaha." Xie Wei laughed, "Brother, you are so funny."

Xie Ye was also amused by his own humor. The two laughed so much that they were about to lose their waist.

After reluctantly suppressing their smiles, they came to the gate of the courtyard, and before they even stepped in, an oily scent mixed with spicy and delicious flavor penetrated into their noses.

The smile on their faces suddenly froze.