How could there be a chance to taste the fine food of these honorable families.
Each of the four maids picked up a piece and carefully put it into their mouths, as if they were reluctant to eat it in one bite, taking small bites with great care.
The two girls, Ming Yan and Jing Yan, still had expressions of enjoyment on their faces.
Chu Lian looked at their expressions curiously. If she hadn't tasted the pumpkin snack just now, she would have wondered if there was something wrong with her sense of taste.
"How is it?" Chu Lian asked in a low voice, not wanting to disturb them enjoying the delicious food.
Ming Yan nodded again and again, she licked the icing sugar left on her fingers, "Third Grandma, it's delicious!" After she finished speaking, she still glanced at the small plate with two pieces left on the table, obviously she still had more to say.
Chu Lian: ...
After all four of them answered with certainty that the pumpkin snack was really delicious, Chu Lian began to despair...
No way! Is this sweet pumpkin pancake delicious
At any rate, the maids used to be from the British government. Even if they don't eat as finely as the young master and miss, they can always be compared with ordinary wealthy families. Could it be that the meals of ordinary rich families in the damn Great Wu Dynasty were of this standard? Too many times!
Xi Yan saw that her master's face was slumped and her black eyebrows were tightly frowned, thinking that Chu Lian was upset, she hurriedly said, "Third Mistress, do you think the servants have humiliated you?"
It was just a small plate of snacks from the Xungui family that hooked them up like this. Now that they recalled how unsteady they were just now, Xiyan also felt that she should not have done it.
Chu Lian shook her head, this happy goose is good at everything and sincere, but she has a lot of eyes and likes to think too much.
"How could it be! It's just a snack. In your heart, your lady is such a stingy person?"
The geese shook their heads anxiously, for fear of being misunderstood by Chu Lian.
"Then it's over, why are you all frowning, you like to eat, these snacks are taken down and shared among several people." Chu Lian said with a smile.
Jing Yan's eyes widened. She has a pair of small canine teeth, and she is very cute when she smiles, "Third Grandma, give it to us, you... what are you eating!"
Xiyan went to the kitchen to bring these exquisite snacks to feed Chu Lian's stomach. The third grandma is a master, so she can't be hungry.
Chu Lian put his chin on his slender hands like onion tips, and said "sadly", "I don't like to eat these, I think it's not suitable for my taste."
"But third grandma, you used to like eating sweets the most?" Fu Yan asked strangely.
Chu Lian's face froze for a moment, Ma Dan forgot that Xi Yan and Fu Yan were the maidservants close to the mistress, and they were the ones who knew the mistress best.
"It's not that I don't like sweets, but I think these plates of dim sum are not tasty." Chu Lian had no choice but to tell the truth.
Fu Yan secretly sneered in her heart, but nothing showed on her face.
As Miss Six's personal maid, she knows best what kind of life Miss Six lived in the British government. Chance of picking four
Now that she married into a noble family and became the third grandma, did she immediately become picky
Who is this for!
Xiyan and the other two geese widened their eyes in surprise, and couldn't quite believe what Chu Lian said.
God! Their little master must have become confused after getting married. Isn't the dim sum in Jing'an Mansion delicious
I am afraid that even the empress would not be able to say this sentence.
You know, the dim sum cook in the Jing'anbo Mansion is well-known in the entire Shengjing noble circle. During the holidays, all the honorable families who have contacts with the Jing'anbo Mansion will receive it from the Jing'anbo Mansion. He was proud of the gift box of assorted dim sum, because on weekdays, the Jing An Bo Mansion would not give dim sum as a gift, and if he wanted to eat it, he could only take advantage of it when he was a guest at the Jing An Bo Mansion.
Of course Chu Lian didn't know this. Although this is the world described in the novel, the space of the novel is limited, so it is impossible to write everything. The story of the famous dim sum cook in Jing'an Bofu is not mentioned in the novel.
"Third Grandma, are you joking?" Ming Yan asked in a low voice.
Chu Lian shook her head helplessly, stood up, glanced at the room, and saw that there were still kumquats on the table, which symbolized the prosperity of the newlyweds, walked over and squeezed one in her hand, and she had a measure in her heart.
"Happy geese come."
Xi Yan trotted to Chu Lian's side.
Chu Lian held a small kumquat in her white hand and shook it in front of Xiyan's eyes, "Do you see this kumquat?"
Xi Yan didn't know what Third Grandma meant, so she just nodded.
"Wash them clean, then rub them with salt for a while before rinsing, cut the kumquats into four openings with a knife, pull out the seeds inside, and then boil the kumquats that have been de-seeded in water with rock sugar, Pick it up and marinate it with honey for an hour until the color becomes transparent." Chu Lian said while gesturing twice on the kumquat with his index finger, teaching Xiyan how to remove the seeds from the kumquat.
The geese were stunned, and they didn't come back to their senses until Chu Lian had finished speaking, but the next moment, the girl Xiyan didn't immediately take the little kumquats to make honey-stained kumquats, but knelt down with a "plop".
Chu Lian was taken aback, "What's the matter, what are you doing kneeling properly?" After all, they are five-good young women from modern times, and they couldn't get used to the rules of kneeling at every turn in the Great Wu Dynasty.
When the other three geese looked at the happy geese, their eyes were full of envy.
Xiyan raised her head, her eyes were a little red, "Xiyan thanked Third Grandma for teaching the secret recipe, and will definitely keep it strictly in the future! Never reveal it!"
Chu Lian: ...
Chu Lian didn't know what to say anymore. She just wanted to eat a honey-soaked kumquat, but she couldn't do it herself, so she taught Xiyan how to make it. The recipe of this honey-soaked kumquat is so simple that almost anyone can read it once. Yes, these geese took it as a secret recipe, which made her a little ashamed.
If this is in modern times, this kind of dim sum recipes, if you take care of your mother casually, it will make you picky, just because you are too lazy to do it.
Chu Lian still doesn't understand that in the Great Wu Dynasty, the definition of Zhongming Dingshi House literally means that the rich and nobles would play music and strike the bell when eating, and use all kinds of precious food in the peak, which represents a noble way of life.
The food is expensive and the essence is not expensive, and the secret recipe is indispensable for a huge and wealthy family. This is a reflection of the prosperity of a family.
The mistress of the Zanying family must know one or two secret recipes, and the noble wives who have been friends for generations will give each other secret recipes. This is the highest rule of communication.
It can be seen how important the secret recipe is to the people of the Great Wu Dynasty, and it is precisely because of this that the honorable family in Shengjing will be proud of receiving the dim sum gift box from Jing'anbo Mansion during the New Year and festivals, and the chefs of Jing'anbo Mansion Although the snacks made by mother have been given to honorable nobles over the years, these snacks have not been flooded because of this, and it is still only produced by the Jing'an Bofu family.
And the prescription that Chu Lian casually said now is obviously regarded as a secret recipe.
Sixth Miss Chu's mother died young, and the geese grew up in the British government's residence, so they have heard about the third lady of the British government's residence to some extent.
The third wife is the original wife of the second master Chu, who was born in a scholarly family. Unfortunately, Chu Lian's grandparent Lou's family was implicated in the rebellion of General Chengping, and the family fortune fell.
When the third wife was pregnant with Chu Lian, she was hit because of the downfall of her mother's family. The fetus did not sit firmly, and later it was difficult to give birth. When Chu Lian was a little over one year old, the third wife passed away.
Although he left, it is said that he left a lot of things for Miss Six, Chu Lian.
So Chu Lian casually said a way to make honey-soaked kumquats, and the geese didn't doubt it at all, they just thought it was the secret recipe left by the third wife to Chu Lian.
The well-known dim sum cook in Jing'an Bo's mansion has earned such a reputation for Jing'an Bo's mansion just by relying on a few dim sum. It is conceivable how much a few geese are for Chu Lian's secret recipe for happy geese. Take it seriously.
Of course, Chu Lian is not very clear about these things now, and when she does, she will probably laugh out loud.
This girl accidentally came to this cheating book, and there is nothing, but there are a lot of these worthless secret recipes in her mind!
Chu Lian didn't understand why Xiyan would be so grateful for a simple recipe of honey-stained kumquats, and she didn't want to waste her brain thinking too much. It's better not to show too much curiosity when she's new here.
Waving to Xiyan, "Okay, it's not a big deal, it's only right that you hurry up and make me some honey-soaked kumquats."
Xiyan wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, sniffed her nose, and said happily: "Okay, third grandma, please sit down and wait, this servant will go right away."
Fu Yan looked at Xi Yan's figure leaving in a hurry, so jealous, she rolled her eyes, and hurried back to serve Chu Lian attentively.
He also made indirect remarks: "Third Grandma, you are really kind to Xiyan! If you teach her such a secret recipe, you will teach her."
Chu Lian, who was drinking slowly with a cup of warm water, frowned, looked at Fu Yan, "Why, Fu Yan also wants to learn how to make dim sum?"
Fuyan's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly suppressed the longing in her heart, and said reservedly: "I don't dare to think about that blessing."
Chu Lian didn't speak any more, but she clearly noticed a look of disappointment slipping through Fu Yan's eyes.
Chu Lian didn't want to directly judge the characters of these maidservants through the plots described in the novel. Sometimes there is no boundary between good and bad people. Within the scope of control, Chu Lian didn't want to make a judgment so quickly, at least he should give these maids a good direction before making a decision.
The girl Xiyan moved very quickly, before noon, the honey-soaked kumquats were ready.
This dessert is just as simple as it gets.
Xiyan blushed and brought a plate of honey-stained kumquats in a snow-white porcelain bowl to Chu Lian, and said to Chu Lian with a little shyness and a little excitement: "Third grandma, please taste the taste first, slave girl first!" Do it once, for fear of not doing well.”
The originally golden kumquat was boiled and stained with honey, and it turned into a fresh and attractive transparent orange color, because the kumquat was cut into four small openings to take the seeds, and it became slightly flattened after cooking. The kumquat was divided into four pieces, and the whole honey-soaked kumquat was set off by snow-white porcelain, like a budding flower bud. As soon as it was served on the table, it exuded a light sweet fragrance of kumquat and honey.