Chapter 84: Try to make a locust dish
When Wang Yong came back, he didn't take anything, obviously not to purchase. Although he was a little curious about what was going on with his temporary trip to the Wanshi House, the third girl didn't ask any questions.
"Lamb meal? The price of lamb is not cheap, right? The officials came to eat one after another, and after hearing the noon menu, Xun Yu was the first to ask questions.
"Of course it's not cheap, the price of mutton has risen quite sharply now!" Wang Yong nodded, "So at most a few pieces of mutton, you need to add haggis, mutton blood or mutton, and add money!" ”
This is also the only way to deal with it within the budget. Fortunately, the lamb bones and sheep's head are not very valuable, so boil a good soup, add a refreshing dustpan powder, and finally use coriander as a seasoning, put a few slices of mutton and serve.
"Add a portion of lamb (lamb's blood/haggis)!" Naturally, there are many officials whose families are quite well-off, and they ask for additional dishes. This part does not go through the accounts of the yamen, and all the money earned goes directly into Wang Yong's pocket.
"The mutton is very fresh, and the rare smell is well handled, very good!" Cao Cao took a bite and nodded in praise. Yesterday I have eaten roasted and marinated mutton, today I really want to eat something light, Wang Yong's current cooking method, greatly retains the original taste of mutton, not very strong, but also the smell is very good, very rare.
"Add aged vinegar and chili oil as needed!" Wang Yong shouted, and the two seasonings had already been brought out by Liu Li.
Aged vinegar is purchased directly at Wanshiya, and it has been bought and stored before. After getting the dried chili peppers, he fried them himself, and it took a little time, but fortunately, he had experience in frying them before.
Sichuan pepper and chili pepper are put into the oil pan and stir-fried at the same time, which is what I learned when I watched the introduction of Chongqing noodles in that issue. Later, I saw that a franchise store had opened in the city, and I was curious to eat it, and then I felt that the taste was ...... That's it......
"Do you pour chili oil and vinegar directly into the powder?" Cao Hong asked.
"You can pour it into a soy sauce dish and use it to dip the mutton and eat it. You can also pour it directly into the powder as needed, so that the taste will become very spicy. Whether it's light or spicy, it's up to you. Wang Yong reminded.
"This chili oil...... It tastes good, and it feels like there's something other than the taste of chili peppers? Xun Yu asked, it's amazing, when I ate chili peppers for the first time, I was half spicy to death, and now I seem to be used to spicy taste.
"Chili oil is made by stir-frying spices such as peppercorns, sesame seeds, chives and star anise in oil, and then stir-frying with mashed dried chilies. The spicy flavor is very pure, and the chili oil will be slightly different for different people. Wang Yong nodded, worthy of Xun Yu, he could ask about the special nature of chili oil just by smelling the taste.
"The chili peppers have come up with a lot of tricks!" Cao Cao smiled slightly, "I feel that anything in your hands can become delicious." So does our chef have what it takes to make those damn locusts into dishes? ”
As soon as the words fell, Wen Ming shouted directly outside: "Shopkeeper, the locusts you want, we have sent someone to get them for you!" A pound, it's all just caught! ”
"Okay, how much does it cost?" Wang Yong was about to pay.
"Our main thing is to speak, this time it's free!" Wen Ming shook his head, and then took his leave and left.
"It's the East Asian locust...... It's okay......" Wang Yong carefully identified it, and then breathed a sigh of relief. It is said that locusts can be eaten, but there are 859 species of locusts in the locust family, and the main ones that can be used for medicine and consumption in China are East Asian flying locusts and Chinese rice locusts.
In this era of low medical level, Wang Yong thinks that it is better to be safe and not have any problems with eating. In the end, I was contaminated with a serious illness, and as a result, there was not enough medical means to treat it, so it was too wronged to hang up like this.
"Don't worry, you don't really plan to ......" Seeing Wang Yong carrying a bag of locusts, those locusts were still jumping inside and out, Cao Cao's brows couldn't help frowning.
Not to mention Cao Cao, the women around Wang Yong have stayed away one after another. Especially Xun Yu, who hid directly behind Guo Jia and poked his head out a little to look at it.
"I heard that people in some places like to eat locusts, and they also call locusts 'sky chickens' or 'flying shrimps', and it is not difficult to understand when you hear the name, this thing should be very delicious." Wang Yong raised the bag in his hand, "Let's buy it back and try it, if it's not delicious, find another way, if it's delicious, it can drive some people to eat together, and it will also help the lord!" ”
"Really?" Xun Yu asked weakly, she was really afraid of locusts, but when she heard that locusts were delicious, she was indeed very curious, "I don't eat much, don't lie to me!" ”
"If you're sure it can be eaten...... Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong, "if it can really be eaten...... Even if it's not very tasty, I'm willing to take the lead in eating locusts! ”
Nominally, Cao Cao is the assassin of Yanzhou, even if the actual territory he occupies now is slightly less than that of Lu Bu in terms of Dongjun, Shanyang and some county towns of Jiyin, if she takes the lead in eating locusts, then local officials, as long as they have a little political wisdom, will eat locusts. It will even mobilize the people to eat together, and if one person eats ten catties and eight catties, no matter how big the locust plague is, it will not be enough to eat.
"I'll have to experiment with this!" Wang Yong replied, and then went to the back kitchen.
Not in a hurry, I went directly to the ice cellar and put the locusts in it to freeze. Otherwise, jumping off the oil pot like this, it will be a lot of fun! The dried locusts are actually better, but he doesn't have this time, and Cao Cao doesn't have this time!
"You need to wait for an hour, and the follow-up preparations won't take too long, why don't you come over and taste it tonight?" Wang Yong walked out of the cellar and came to Cao Cao for instructions.
"Good!" When Cao Cao heard this, he nodded and agreed.
"In addition, my subordinates heard that ......," Wang Yong immediately added, "Dry the locusts and grind them, and brew them in a cup of water every day to drink, the taste is not very good, but they can grow their strength, and the key is not to drink fat people." You can give it to the soldiers to drink, and over time, the soldiers may become more sophisticated. ”
After all, it's a high-protein thing, and those who train muscles, which one doesn't drink a can of protein powder? The only problem is that the men of this world should have genetic defects, and in such a situation, a lot of exercise and taking protein powder can reach the level of the original time and space soldiers, which Wang Yong is not sure.
"Well, I'll go back and ask the House of Things to help collect a batch of sun-dried and powdered locusts!" Cao Cao also began to pay attention to it, anyway, she had to hire people to capture and kill locusts, if it could be reused, this transaction would not be a loss.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao also got up silently, turned around and returned to the mansion, the Chinese food had been eaten, and there was no need to continue to stay.
"You're trying to get revenge on me, aren't you?" As soon as Cao Cao left, Xiahoudun ran over directly and grabbed Wang Yong's collar, "You actually want us to eat locust powder or something!" ”
"Speaking of which......" Cao Ren suddenly woke up, "There doesn't seem to be much locust powder in the early stage, so it's better to concentrate on Ling's side!" ”
"Yes!" Le Jin nodded, then looked at Xiahoudun, "Ling, you're welcome, really!" ”