The next day, it was still dark.
The story of the imperial dining room spread throughout the palace.
Among them, the most confusing one is of course the Huang Hun Bureau, no, it is now called Huang Boss.
Manager Huang always thought that he would retire this year after finishing his work. After all, he had been in the palace for decades, and it was already very good that he could safely transfer his position to his grandson Huang Yuefeng.
But how come he wakes up and temporarily acts as the head of the imperial dining room, and it is very likely that the position of the head is his
When Huang Yuetong came over and told what happened last night, Manager Huang was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Huang Yuetong's elder brother, Huang Yuefeng, even said: "This manager Guo is too much, today is the time when the adults come to taste the dishes, and he let the mice in at night, it is really abominable."
If Mr. Guo really succeeds, I'm afraid that the dishes he made before will be ruined, even if the ruin is not much, the adults will consider replacing them.
This Guo Haihong is simply insane!
Fortunately, the matter was resolved, and the solution was so beautiful that his family took advantage of it.
But after hearing Huang Yuetong's words, Manager Huang immediately realized that they were under the influence of Su Tang. If she hadn't been brave and resourceful, they wouldn't have solved it so quickly.
And why is Marquis Qi Tianyun of Weiyuan so familiar with Su Tang
Not only Manager Huang himself has this doubt, but the whole palace is secretly spreading this gossip.
To say that they are still quite disciplined at ordinary times.
But this is so shocking.
How many people grew up in the imperial city, never heard of such a thing.
The always ruthless Lord Hou actually favors a little cook, and even gives her a head start.
When I was secretly seeing the little cook, I happened to stand in for her when this happened.
No matter which way you look at it, it's very dramatic.
The most critical information has not been missed.
The little cook originally wanted Master Hou to hide it well so that no one would find out, but Master Hou wanted to come out openly.
And treat the little cook with courtesy.
If it weren't for the difference in their identities, everyone would have thought they were engaged.
Otherwise can be so intimate
But let's say there is an affair, whoever put the affair on the surface, everyone tacitly ignored this answer.
When Su Tang went to the small courtyard, he didn't know how to face the crowd.
After all, her relationship with Qi Tianyun was exposed yesterday.
Heh, tell him to hide it if he doesn't hide it. Now that everyone dare not ask Qi Tianyun, they must come and ask her.
Fortunately, Su Tang has a very powerful skill.
That is.
Play dead.
As long as she pretends nothing happened, no one else will be able to ask her any questions.
This is simply the best way.
So Su Tang acted very serious, and no one dared to ask questions.
This made Su Tang heave a sigh of relief, and started to make real boiled cabbage.
Now the soup has all been boiled, and the taste is so fragrant that it makes people drool.
Someone else had a taste of these soup base boiled noodles last night and it was amazing.
But in Su Tang's opinion, the soup at that time was not hot enough, and today's soup is the best.
The funniest thing is that Guo Haihong's people actually found ten identical cabbage hearts, regardless of the tenderness or the shape of the leaves, they were all delivered before noon.
This made Su Tang dumbfounded. As expected of the palace, everything can be found.
It wasn't until Guo Haihong's people entered the palace that they realized that the imperial dining room had changed! Guo Haihong has already been imprisoned, and it is said that he will be imprisoned for a few more years. After all, the facts of what he has done are too bad.
As for the bribed guard, he was directly exiled to the frontier.
All the guards of the forbidden army in the palace were punished. When someone saw Luo Haixuan, the commander of the forbidden army, they felt that his face was extremely ugly, probably because he was pissed off.
Besides Guo Haihong's people, his people thought that they would be disliked if they came to deliver Caixin.
But the current Manager Huang is an old man in the imperial dining room. He is capable and virtuous, so he would never do such a dirty thing. Come here, you don't need to be so harsh, but you must ensure that the cabbage is delicious and good-looking.
These people feel that they have escaped death, and of course there is nothing wrong with it.
One morning, solving many problems, it was really a good morning.
So Su Tang is also handy in cooking.
Now the soup has been boiled out, even though many helpers have fished out the impurities in the soup, it still doesn't look clear enough.
So minced chicken is used, which is to chop the chicken breast into a puree, and use this puree to absorb the impurities in the soup.
Of course, after removing them, these minced chicken can no longer be used, and they are also discarded.
This extravagant approach simply shocked many people.
What kind of dish is Su Tang going to make
After all the soup bases were combined and filtered many times, I finally got the soup base that Su Tang wanted.
The color is slightly yellow, and there is no trace of oil on it. It looks like a crock pot of simple boiled water.
But everyone understands that this is not just boiled water, but a soup base made from various precious ingredients.
Su Tang carefully filled out half a bowl for everyone to taste.
And the crock pot is still simmering on a low heat, keeping the soup base at a hot temperature, but not overcooked.
It has to be said that even the raw charcoal fire is an extremely detailed fire.
When everyone tastes the soup base, people will be a little silly.
They have never tasted it.
Those who can stand here and do things naturally eat a lot of delicious food, but they have never tasted this kind of taste.
This is different from the soup-based noodles last night. This is pure umami, which has an endless aftertaste besides umami.
It seems that there are thousands of flavors bursting out on the tip of the tongue.
Even the soup in the sky is not as good as this.
It's a pity that one person can't even taste a spoon!
After all, there are too few!
And Su Tang is doing the most important step. The carefully selected cabbage hearts are placed in the middle of the white and delicate shallow plate, and Su Tang is directly poured with a spoonful of hot soup.
Everyone saw that the cabbage began to bloom from the middle, slowly unfolding like a beautiful flower.
Li Chun couldn't help asking: "Su Tang, is this boiled cabbage? This is too ingenious."
They all know how tender the ungrown cabbage heart is, which is so tender that it can be eaten raw.
Such a tender cabbage heart is poured with such a soup, can the cabbage leaves not be delicious!
Everyone wants to try it!
Who knew that Su Tang shook his head slightly, and carefully took out the cabbage heart, put it on another shallow plate, and after arranging the shape, slowly poured the remaining soup.
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So, the bowl of soup just now was just for blanching the cabbage
Su Tang explained: "The cabbage itself has a fishy smell, and it can be directly poured into the soup to remove the fishy smell. Now it is the real boiled cabbage."
I saw a white cabbage that bloomed like a flower on a shallow white plate. The orange color made everyone feel a little dazed, and it felt like a Buddha lotus.
The seemingly light boiled water next to it is more like clear and flowing water, and the Buddha lotus is surrounded in the middle.
nice.
And delicious.
The seemingly simple dish actually uses the most complicated steps.
From complexity to simplicity, is this boiled cabbage
The simplest name, the simplest shape, but endowed with a deep charm.
Just like the Cangqin Kingdom with thousands of years of culture.
Thick and long.
This is the delicacy that can represent the prosperity of the Cangqin Kingdom!
Everyone held their breath, and couldn't believe that this was a dish. It was clearly a work of art, and it should be enshrined.
This is the ultimate food!
It wasn't until Su Tang reminded that Huang Yuetong and the others continued to do what they were doing.
Everyone is very busy now, after all, at noon, Guangluqing, Master Li, Minister of the Ministry of Households, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Minister of Honglu Temple.
These four officials can be mainly responsible for the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, and they will also receive Tubo envoys.
This is also related to the discussion of bilateral trade.
Anyway, you can't be sloppy.
And even if it is food, the officials of Cang Qin Kingdom are not willing to lose to others.
This may be the unique pride of the Central Plains Dynasty.
Anyway.
The small courtyard was bustling with activity, now as the manager of the imperial dining room, Huang Yuetong's grandfather, Manager Huang, even sent someone to help. No one made trouble anymore, and everyone was much more relaxed.
Soon, there was a burst of fragrance from the small yard.
The dishes made by the five people are different, but the same ones are all delicious in color, fragrance, and just by looking at the shape, they already like it so much.
When Mr. Guangluqing and Mr. Li brought Mr. Shangshu and Mr. Honglusi, they could smell the fragrance before entering the door.
Among the four of them, Qing Honglusi had never tasted Su Tang's craft. After all, he was too busy recently, so it was more important for him to find time to come over at the palace banquet the next night.
Honglu Temple is in charge of diplomacy, and receiving envoys is naturally his job, so he has been busy recently.
As for Mr. Li, he ate the noodle soup made by Su Tang and the others last night. The soup base, the taste, and the ingredients. It would be great if he could eat that kind of food every day.
As for the two Shangshu adults, they have tasted the Bak Kut Teh made by Su Tang, how could they not know her craft.
The other four cooks were also selected by the two of them, not to mention their craftsmanship.
So when these adults came over, apart from Honglu Siqing who had no expression on his face, the other three had happiness written on their faces!
This is a heartfelt joy, but it's also strange.
Obviously they didn't have such a heavy appetite before.
At this time, the small courtyard has been cleaned, and there is a long table in the middle of the courtyard. Obviously, the four officials will taste delicious food here in a while.
But these people were also stunned when they saw Su Tang.
Even if they don't gossip, they still know what happened last night, Marquis Weiyuan stood up for Su Tang!
Everyone can't treat Su Tang as an ordinary little cook, after all, her identity seems to be really different.
But now they can only pretend not to know, otherwise it would be too strange.
Su Tang has completed the final arrangement.
All four dishes and one soup are ready!
Gan Xing didn't dare to let the little eunuchs touch him, so he asked a few steady maids to help them serve the dishes.
When Su Tang came out of the kitchen, he saw several adults waiting.
Su Tang paused for a moment, because she saw the meaning of gossip from the eyes of these people! ! !
And very kind to her.
It doesn't take a second to figure out why.
He must know about Qi Tianyun's presence here yesterday.
Su Tang tried hard to turn his attention to today's food.
No matter what dishes they cook carefully, they should satisfy the ministers.
Gan Xing hurriedly said: "The dishes are ready, adults, can we serve them?"
"Yes." Master Li nodded, "I can smell it now, it's really good."
The rest of the people nodded, their eyes full of expectation.
The maids jumped out, their hands were very steady, and there was a cover on the plate, they put it on the table in the middle, and then gently opened it.
The four ministers sat down and their eyes were on the first opened dish.
This is milk perch soup, which is a famous dish of Jingshuilou.
A sip of soup before meals is better than a good medicine.
Drink half a bowl of this kind of soup first, and the mouth will be fragrant.
Several ministers had eaten this famous Jingshuilou dish, and when they tasted it again, they felt that it was the handicraft of Jingliang, the young owner of Jingshuilou, and it was more delicious than what they usually tasted.
The first soup was decided directly, not to mention the sea bass, which is also a special dish of Cang Qin Kingdom, and it also meets Master Li's requirements.
The next thing to open is the second dish, drunken shrimp with green tea.
Use the freshest new tea from Cang Qin Kingdom to brew plump, evenly sized prawns.
When the white and tender shrimp meat is soaked in the soup, season with a spoonful of green bamboo leaves, the drunken shrimp is ready.
This dish is also particular about the arrangement of the dish, with white shrimp and green tea leaves on a white plate, and the tea leaves are arranged in the shape of bamboo.
Li Chun apparently also redesigned this dish.
Eating a mouthful of shrimp meat is most in line with the temperament of a literati.
The four ministers are all scholars, and they are full of praise for this dish.
Whether it is the taste or the presentation, they are very popular with them.
Li Chun has also counted this level.
Li Chun breathed a sigh of relief, Su Tang's suggestion was really good, otherwise he would not be sure to pay attention, and would not seriously study this dish again.
The third course, white wine venison.
If the previous dishes were soft, this one was extremely intense.
Whether it's the taste of venison, or the most famous knives in Cangqin Kingdom, plus hot peppers, it's simply refreshing.
As expected of Zuixiaolou, no one can compare to the blending of wine.
This dish is even more passable.
In fact, after tasting here, the four ministers are no longer in the mood of judging food.
Totally come to enjoy the food.
The first three dishes are so good, the last two will only be better!
These four ministers thought so.
The penultimate dish is a famous palace dish, Stuffed Bean Sprouts.
The bean sprouts are passed through the prepared meat stuffing, rolled in boiling water, and then placed in a three-dimensional crane shape.
Seeing this, Lord Li gasped, "I've eaten stuffed bean sprouts before, why is it so different today?"
On weekdays, bean sprouts are put on a plate with vegetables as the bottom, but the dish is made of bean sprouts one by one, shaped like a crane, and the bean sprouts are white cranes' feather coats.
The eyes are decorated with boiled black beans.
This dish seems to be impossible to start with, it looks like a crane spreading its wings!
As soon as this dish came out, everyone was amazed.
Huang Yuetong was excited, looked at Su Tang and whispered thank you.
This is what Su Tang taught her. The skeleton in the middle is made of small bamboos, and then the bean sprouts stuffed with meat are used as feathers for decoration.
So there is this lifelike white crane spreading its wings.
The four dishes served now really take into account what Mr. Li said is delicious, not only that, but also have the characteristics of the Cangqin Kingdom.
so amazing.
These four ministers let themselves be well-informed, and have never seen such delicacies.
After tasting the wings of the white crane, I realized that this dish not only looks good, but also has a unique taste, not to mention the delicate bean sprouts and meat filling.
This taste, one bite, another bite, the crane will be eaten bald by them!
When everyone put down their chopsticks, they all looked eagerly at the last dish.
This dish is made with Su Tang.
Among these people, Su Tang had the best cooking skills.
When the maid opened the lid, everyone was shocked by the elegant beauty inside.
On the calm and waveless lake, a Buddha lotus floats quietly.
Quiet, silent, elegant.
Honglu Temple Minister was surprised for a moment: "Is this a dish?"
Is this edible food
Although the white crane spread its wings just now is powerful enough, but the bean sprouts can be seen.
But what about this
It's obviously a landscape.
Putting it in the study is enough to appreciate, and it is also very elegant.
Su Tang explained: "This dish is called boiling water cabbage, and the ones floating in the middle are cabbage, so what you eat in this dish is cabbage."
Among the four ministers, only Mr. Li seemed to understand a little bit, and the remaining three were shocked.
Boiling cabbage
It's not that boiling water and cabbage are bad, but after all, it's a Mid-Autumn Palace banquet, and you have to compete with others. Is it really good to serve this kind of food
Chinese cabbage? Even the poorest families can afford it.
And the lotus-like thing in the middle is really cabbage
Their doubts were written on their faces, Su Tang smiled: "Why don't you try it first, and then talk about it."
Just taste it, they will try it, what is going on with this dish.
Chapter 86