lcionline Chapter 202 Eating hot pot
Chapter 202 Eating hot pot
The price of mutton was very cheap, so she asked Jiang Yi to give Shopkeeper Xie a message a few days in advance, and also brought a recipe to Shopkeeper Xie. Prepare more frozen mutton, pork bones, and whole chickens. She would make a new dish.
So Xue Qing and Jiang Yi brought the first batch of dried peppers to Youran Ju.
Vegetables were very scarce in this era. The most common vegetable in winter was cabbage. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, etc. that are commonly eaten in later generations were only introduced in modern times.
The roofs of Anyang City were all white, but the streets were lined with black snow. Xue Qing and Jiang Yijun changed into men's clothes to make it easier to move around.
Xue Qing was wearing a dark blue robe with a belt of the same color tied around her waist, which made her figure look more slender.
The robe was lined with thick cotton, which was not bulky but enough to keep out the cold. She wore a black cloak with white fur at the collar and cuffs, which was warm and stylish. Her hair was tied into a simple bun and wrapped with a cloth, revealing only a few strands of black hair, which was no different from a man's hairstyle.
I don't know when it started, but the spots on Xue Qing's face became lighter and lighter, and he looked even more handsome after putting on men's clothes.
Jiang Yi's outfit was more neat. She wore a black outfit and a cape of the same color, which made her look taller and more upright. Her hair was neatly combed behind her head and tied up with a black headband. Her face was cold and her eyes were as bright as cold stars, making people dare not look directly at her.
The two men walked down the street, their figures tall and their steps firm.
Although Jiang Yi tried his best to conceal his voice, the clear tone that came out from time to time still made people unable to help but look at him a few more times.
Before Xue Qing entered Youranju, he saw a man in a long robe running over. When he got closer, he found that it was the waiter Xie Jiang.
"Xie, brother, long time no see!" Xue Qing couldn't help but treat him as a friend. Of course, Xie Jiang also felt that Miss Wu's attitude towards him had never changed from the beginning to now.
So when he knew Miss Wu was coming, he always showed his greatest enthusiasm to welcome her.
"Miss Wu has been waiting for you. Please come in!"
Jiang Yi would frown every time he saw Xie Jiang's attentive attitude towards Xue Qing.
As soon as I entered the lobby, I smelled the aroma of stewed bones.
After the two entered the lobby of Youran Ju, they did not rest but went directly to the kitchen. Shopkeeper Xie was in the kitchen directing the chef to work with a recipe in hand.
The temperature in the kitchen was obviously much higher, and it was steaming hot.
As soon as Jiang Yi took off Xue Qing's cloak, Xie Jiang immediately brought out an apron. Xue Qing had drawn the pattern for this apron for Shopkeeper Xie, who then went to find a tailor to make it specifically for Xue Qing.
Later, Xue Qing sold this style directly to the tailor for ten taels of silver. The owner of the tailor shop would often ask if there were other new styles of clothes, and if so, she would sell them to them as soon as possible.
In fact, Xue Qing is already a small wealthy woman now.
"Ms. Wu, you are here. Please take a quick look to see if what we did is correct." Shopkeeper Xie took the prescription and walked up to Xue Qing.
"Thank you, Shopkeeper. I smelled the fragrance as soon as I entered the lobby. It's very good!"
As he was talking, he and Shopkeeper Xie went inside to take a look. There was bone soup simmering in a large pot with a whole chicken in it.
The soup is already white and thick, and filled with fragrance.
Looking at the frozen mutton again, Xue Qing asked the chef to cut it into mutton rolls according to his requirements, and she arranged the dish herself.
Lotus root, white radish and big white thorns, fortunately, there are still white radish and lotus root.
These have been cut into slices according to Xue Qing's recipe. The cabbage is cut into cubes, and the cabbage leaves are directly divided into two halves.
There is very good charcoal burning technology here.
But unfortunately, there is no sesame here now, so there is no sesame paste.
I heard that Cheng Yang set off again a while ago and will be back at the end of the year. I wonder what he will bring back this time.
After Xue Qing washed his hands, he began to stir-fry the bottom of the pot and took out some chili peppers to make spicy soy sauce.
Because Xue Qing wants to try out new dishes today, Youran Ju is not open to the public today.
After everything was ready, Xue Qing and Shopkeeper Xie came to the lobby and tried the dishes there today.
It was then that Xue Qing learned from Shopkeeper Xie that Xie Jiang had been promoted to manager.
A quarter of an hour later, Xue Qing came here and had his first hot pot.
I have to admire the chef's knife skills at Youran Ju.
Suddenly thought of "boiled fish"
Shopkeeper Xie asked in confusion, "Miss Wu, what did you say?"
Xue Qing looked at Shopkeeper Xie, his face showing uncontrollable excitement: "I said, boiled fish"
Shopkeeper Xie said softly: "Fish itself has a strong fishy smell. If it is boiled in water, it is really hard to eat!"
Xue Qing smiled mysteriously and said nothing more.
Looking around at this time, only she and Shopkeeper Xie were sitting, Jiang Yi, Xie Jiang, and the other waiters were standing there.
The whole point of eating hotpot is to have fun: "You all sit down and eat together"
A few people were not moved. After all, they were of different social statuses, so how could they sit and eat with them?
Xue Qing suddenly understood that they did not dare to do so for the time being, but because of their fixed thinking patterns and deep-rooted concepts, they could not eat at the same table with them.
Xue Qing looked at Shopkeeper Xie: "Shopkeeper Xie, can I make the decision?"
Shopkeeper Xie quickly replied: "Of course"
Xue Qing stood up and said, "I can understand why you don't eat at the same table with us, but since it's a food tasting, you must know how to eat this dish and how it tastes. Only in this way can you serve the guests who come here well. Does what I say make sense?"
Seeing that their expressions had eased a lot, he continued softly: "Only you know the taste, what kind of cooking time is suitable for different ages, so that you can serve the guests well, and our You Ran Ju's holy clothes will be better in the future."
When everyone heard this, isn’t that what happened?
Then they all sat down carefully.
Xue Qing doesn't drink. Seeing that everyone sat down, she picked up the water cup, stood up and said to Xie Jiang: "I heard from Manager Xie that Brother Xie has been promoted to manager. I will use tea instead of wine to toast you. Congratulations, Manager Xie!"
Xie Jiang hurriedly poured a glass of wine, picked up the glass and stood up, his face deeply moved. How could he deserve the host to toast him?
"No, no, thank you Miss Wu, I will do my best."
After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.
Xue Qing also finished the tea in the cup.
Looking at the steam coming out of the pot and the white smoke, the hall quickly became warm.
Xue Qing started to take them to eat hot pot. The pot they used today was relatively simple. He just asked Shopkeeper Xie to make a partition in the middle of the pot.
This became the "mandarin duck pot" of later generations.
On one side is a spicy soup made with chili peppers, and on the other side is pure bone soup with black fungus and other ingredients.
She put the thin mutton rolls in and it was cooked in a moment. She used a serving chopstick to pick it up and gave it to Shopkeeper Xie first.