NOVEL NEXT Chapter 180 Green Plum Banquet
Mao Xi nodded and said, "Today we are going to make a green plum banquet, so we need to make more green plum sauce."
Xiao Qing also brought a pot of green plums over and asked, "Shopkeeper, are these plums still engraved with characters?"
"It still needs to be carved, and it should be carved according to the original four characters of 'Thickness, Lu, Chong, and Rong'. It looks auspicious. Carve the characters first, and then put the plums in after the rock sugar has melted."
While explaining the key points of making carved plum balls, Mao Xi took a few prepared green plums for inspection.
The characters carved by Xiaoqing were based on those written by Xiaodouzi, one stroke at a time, and the font he chose was seal script.
The engraving process alone is labor-intensive, but the people like this kind of food that tastes good, is elegant and sophisticated.
Wan Niang and Plum Blossom Girl had already eaten plum cakes and carved plum preserves, and Mao Xi had to prepare a few hard dishes, all related to green plums.
The first thing to make is the "Green Plum Spare Ribs".
First, heat oil in a pan, add rock sugar and stir-fry until the sugar color develops. Then add the washed ribs and stir-fry to coat the ribs with a layer of sugar color.
Then add soy sauce, onion and ginger to taste, and continue to stir-fry.
Yaomei followed Mao Xi's request and took the pickled plum wine: "Shopkeeper, is one bowl of plums enough?"
"Enough!"
Mao Xi poured six or seven pickled green plums into the pot and stir-fried them together.
The green plums stirred in the oil pan gave off a sweet and sour fruity aroma, and Mao Xi felt a little hungry from the smell.
Then pour a small bowl of green plum wine, add water to cover the ribs, turn to low heat and simmer for three-quarters of an hour.
When the ribs are stewed until tender and blended with the aroma of green plums, open the lid and add diced mushrooms and five whole heads of garlic.
Stir-fry over high heat to reduce the juice. The ribs on the plate are shiny and black. When simmered in green plum wine, it doesn't smell greasy.
Finally, put it on the plate and sprinkle with chopped green onion!
"It's served!" Mao Xi brought the freshly made green plum ribs to the table, "Zhemei, Wan Niang, how do you like it? Help me try the dishes. I'm going to make a green plum banquet tomorrow. This is Hard food.”
Zhemei likes to eat vegetarian food and rarely encounters meaty food.
But when you eat this green plum pork ribs, your mouth is filled with a strong sweet and sour fruity aroma.
"Miss Ah Miao, this dish is good. I don't feel greasy at all after eating it. On the contrary, it's quite appetizing."
The late wife nodded repeatedly after eating: "Ah Shu, what other hard dishes are there?"
"The hard dishes include "Steamed Fish with Plum Dew" and "Pork with Carved Plum Blossoms". They are still steaming. You guys eat first while I go to work first. "
Steamed fish with plum sauce, steamed with fresh seabass.
Cover the fish body with shredded ginger, pour the pickled plum juice over it, put three or four pickled plums on a plate, steam them together in the steamer for a quarter of an hour, take it out of the dish and pour green plum sauce over the fish body to season.
The aroma of steamed fish with plum dew also attracted Zhang Xiucai. He muttered: "Shopkeeper, the steamed fish with plum dew is getting better and better!"
The scholar's words were auspicious. Mao Xi brought out two plates of steamed fish and said to the chefs, "Xiucai, Dajiang... you guys should also try the dishes."
After saying that, she brought the steamed fish to the inner room and served it to Zhimei and Wan Niang.
Wan Niang is a fisherman and is the most knowledgeable about fish.
This dish is all about freshness.
The fish must be fresh. The plum sauce and shredded ginger can remove the fishy smell without covering up the delicious taste of the fish itself.
Wan Niang: "Ah Shu, this is my first time to eat steamed fish seasoned with green plum sauce. When I cook fish at home, I only know how to add onion, ginger and soy sauce. I didn't expect to eat it this way."
Girl Zhemei loves to eat candied sweets. The fish and meat are mixed with sour plums, which is sour and appetizing: "Ah Shu, I was a little afraid of the fishy smell, but this method is not fishy at all. Do you have green plum sauce? I will buy some." Try it at home too.”
Seeing that the two of them were full of praise for the steamed fish with plum dew, Mao Xi went to the kitchen again to see the results of the helpers' test.
The fish has been eaten by them.
"What do you think of this dish?"
Lu Da and Lou Lan'er eat a lot of meat. In the past, they only ate grilled fish and boiled fish.
As soon as the steamed fish was served, almost everyone ate it.
Xiao Qing complained: "They ate too fast. I only tasted a small bite, and only the plum meat was left."
The waiter, Ah Xing, thinks that this dish takes a short time to prepare and can be served quickly, so he suggested that Mao Xi add it to the menu now.
As soon as Zhang Xiucai finished writing the name of the food brand, he asked: "Shopkeeper, will the Green Plum Banquet be officially launched tomorrow?"
"Yes, the Green Plum Banquet is a set meal, which will be officially launched from tomorrow. It includes: carved plum pork, green plum ribs, steamed fish with plum dew, salted plum soup, perilla plum cake/carved plum ball, green plum green tea. Plum cake and Plum balls are both dim sum, you can choose one of the two, a set meal with five dishes and one tea costs 65 cents each."
After arranging the food for the green plum banquet, Mao Xi went into the kitchen and simply cooked a pot of salted plum and soup.
To make a soup, boil the soup with minced meat and add a small amount of salt and plum meat to taste.
Mao Xi served the soup, but Zhe Mei felt that there were too many dishes.
"Not too much, not too much. There is also some pork belly with carved plums. It will be ready soon. I will eat it with you."
To carve plum meat, cut the pork belly into cubes and deep-fry it, add sugar to it, add candied plum meat, and steam for two hours.
This dish looks like a big piece of fatty meat, but it doesn't feel greasy at all, and it goes very well with rice.
Zhemei didn't want to eat this greasy food, but she saw that Mian Xi and Wan Niang were eating so deliciously, so she tried to eat a small piece of pork belly with the Japanese soup.
It’s really a meal!
In the small kitchen, Lou Laner and Lu Da attacked the braised pork again.
But this time, other people also tasted the carved plum meat. Before it was time to eat, everyone had already picked up a small bowl and started eating.
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In Kaitang County, Mu Zhiyuan brought Xiao Huangying back to the old opera troupe's tent.
Although Lin Wencai did not send anyone to chase him, for the sake of Xiao Huangying's safety, Mu Zhiyuan asked the old theater troupe not to perform on the stage in Kaitang County recently.
"Old leader, Mr. Lin has a deep foundation in Kaitang County. If you take Xiao Huangying back to Lihua Town, at least he will not dare to mess around in my territory."
The old troupe leader thanked Mu Zhiyuan, arranged for people to pack up the performance props, and took the troupe back to Lihua Town.
Mu Zhiyuan followed and escorted the troupe back to the house.
The old troupe leader kowtowed repeatedly and said gratefully: "Prince Mu, little Huangying is the pillar of our troupe. You saved our entire troupe!"
Mu Zhiyuan helped the old opera troupe up and went to Liuxiang for snacks.
There were not many diners in the shop, but Mao Xi, Zhe Mei and Wan Niang were enjoying their meal.
Lin Wencai was one step ahead of Mu Zhiyuan and came to Liuxiang Snacks.
He brought ten strong thugs, surrounded the inside and outside of the shop, and kicked out two tables of diners who were eating.
"Where is your shopkeeper? Tell her to come out."
With thugs backing them up, Lin Wen didn't take Lu Da and Lou Lan'er seriously at all.
Shu Xi signaled Lu Da and Lou Lan'er not to take action yet and came to Lin Wencai.
"It turns out he is Mr. Lin from the Lin Mansion. Did he come to my shop for dinner?"