Generally, as a banquet, it is necessary to serve one dish at a time, and it is inevitable that a set meal will be served in one go. However, if Cao Cao wants to save money and devote himself to war and people's livelihood, then some extravagant behaviors need to be reduced.

For example, in terms of ingredients, since you can cook delicious food with low-grade ingredients, there is no need to buy high-quality ingredients in order to pursue better deliciousness. To put it simply, the chef's potential is not squeezed clean, and at the same time it is very necessary, and she will not waste this unjust money until the conditions allow.

A large bowl of beef rice bowl, three small plates of salted plums, a plate of bean sauce and vegetables, and a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup.

It looks very simple, like a set meal that can be bought for twenty or thirty yuan at a random store on the side of the road. Such a dish, as a set meal for the celebration banquet, is obviously a bit coarse, and it is no wonder that Cao Cao would say 'coarse tea and light rice'.

"Thank you, lord!" The civil and military officials attending the meeting replied one after another.

No one will really treat it as a coarse tea and light rice. Even if you haven't started eating yet, the aroma is already blowing in your face. The definition of deliciousness is not the ingredients, but the chef's craft. Otherwise, even if there are top-notch delicacies from the mountains and seas, they may be ruined by a guy who doesn't know how to learn.

The real face is a little ugly, probably Wei Xu. Others don't know, but he knows very well, because he found a way to get these three cows.

He and Lu Bu are in-laws, and they can be regarded as relatives. Relying on this identity, he got three cows and planned to sell them to make some extra money, so he naturally hid from others. It's just that at that time, a task was suddenly issued, asking them to catch locusts, and the military order was like a mountain, but it was delayed for three days, thinking that the beef was all bad, so they didn't care.

In the blink of an eye, it was thirty days, and the beef there was naturally too bad, but it was rumored that the beef on the rice bowl tonight came from those three cows, and Wei Xu felt disgusted.

"What's wrong?" Song Xian, who was next to him, saw Wei Xu's expression a little strange, and couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing...... I heard that this beef was left out for 30 days...... The beef has been left for thirty days and is not completely spoiled? How else do you eat? Cao Cao, it won't be a deliberate humiliation for us, right? Wei Xu pretended to be worried and said.

"Fool......" Hou Cheng on the other side shook his head, "They also eat this kind of meat!" ”

Indeed, if it is bad meat, then they also eat it, then are they not fools? This would have been something that could be figured out just thinking about it, but whoever let it, this beef was made by Wei Xu himself, and the more he understood the situation of this beef, the more worried he was!

"What's the use of figuring out?" Song Xian also felt that this was the truth, "Just eat it directly!" ”

After speaking, he directly picked up the chopsticks and stretched out to the beef on the rice bowl, originally thinking that such a large piece should be clamped up with some force. Who knew that the chopsticks clamped the meat, and the meat was actually cut like this.

"So soft, is this really beef?" Song Xian suddenly exclaimed, they from the Bingzhou Army have a lot of opportunities to eat beef. It is because of my knowledge of beef that I am so surprised. I have the impression that the beef in it, excluding the part that has just been slaughtered and cooked within an hour or two, is the harder and harder it gets.

But why, the beef in front of me is so soft, as if there is no tendon, this softness is softer than freshly slaughtered beef!

What does that feel like? In fact, many people should be familiar with this kind of aged meat......

For example, some Korean-style paper barbecue, self-service barbecue restaurants or something, the steak meat used is itself frozen meat, but maybe it is stored for too long, anyway, it is this kind of factor, so during this time, it also slowly matures into meat.

After roasting, you can clearly feel the heavy gravy on top and the tenderness on it. Some people will wonder if this is marinated with tender meat powder, in fact, it is served after thawing, how can there be time to put tender meat powder? It is the result of this low temperature aging that makes the meat tender and delicious, and since there are no tendons, it will be very pleasant to chew.

Of course, since this is not a dry aging method, the flavor will be worse, for example, the flavor of beef will be slightly lighter. In addition, there seems to be some miscellaneous smell in the faint sense. In the dry aging method, this miscellaneous flavor will turn into a fragrant, nutty flavor.

The beef used in the dinner is already matured, so it is possible to skip the steps of beating and removing the tendons, and after marinating it with onions, the meat becomes more tender. So now, I can cut it directly with chopsticks and use some force.

"Of course rotten flesh ......is soft," Wei Xu's expression changed, and he muttered in an inaudible voice. The flesh of the carrion will completely turn into pus, so of course it will be soft and rotten, but the concept is completely different.

Hearing Song Xian say that, he didn't dare to put down chopsticks even more.

"What did you just say?" Hou Cheng seemed to hear something.

"It's nothing, you eat, you eat......" Wei Xu hurriedly said.

"Wow, what is this!" At this time, Bian Linglong, who was not far away, had already eaten a bite of beef. Seriously, this kind of meat that can be cut with a single clamp makes her very curious. Although she was a little worried about the rumors, she still mustered up the courage to take a bite, and because of this mouthful, she suddenly screamed.

"Eat...... This...... It's drunk! Bian Linglong couldn't believe what she felt just now.

The meat enters the mouth, then turns into a delicious concentrate, which flows into the mouth without hindrance, and then swallows it subconsciously. It's not eating meat at all, it's 'drinking' meat!

"Meat that can be drunk?!" Her words aroused the curiosity of many people, originally everyone had heard that tonight's meat was rotten meat that had been stored for thirty days, and some people were worried, and some people didn't even dare to put down the chopsticks. After listening to Bian Linglong's words, I saw that she had no other expression, and immediately put down her chopsticks.

First of all, I was naturally frightened by the softness of the meat, and then I ate it in my mouth, and the deliciousness and taste of the meat suddenly caused the second round of surprise.

"I can really drink it!" At this moment, Xia Houdun couldn't believe the feeling passed from his mouth.

"Because it's so delicious, I can't wait to eat it directly into my stomach, and I forget to chew it......" Cheng Yu said slowly, unlike others, she couldn't resist the feeling of swallowing, and chewed slowly before she understood the taste, "This meat is indeed too soft, and the flavor of the beef is very strong, and there is a fresh acorn flavor vaguely, which is indeed rare!" ”

"I can eat fifty catties of meat like this!" Dian Wei took a big bite and ate the rice.

"The whole donburi was well handled!" Lu Qian exclaimed, "The onion, beef, and rice form a good whole, and the gravy soaks one-third of the rice, even if you eat it simply, you will feel very delicious." ”

"Scream if you need to add meat!" Wang Yong also came forward at the right time, "There are quite a few!" ”

There are a few people who can participate in the celebration banquet, and one cow is enough to divide enough steaks, and there are even a lot of leftovers. Why prepare two cows, foodies like Dian Wei are on the one hand, and on the other hand, it is also to facilitate them to add meat!