"Miscellaneous fish soup? What is that? It sounds like a very ordinary feeling..." Cao Ren complained.

"That's why I changed my name temporarily. I should start with the color of the soup and named it Baiyu Wuxia Soup." Cao Cao thought, "The secret of this soup is that almost no other seasoning is added. It only uses ordinary spring water, a little salt, and at most some pepper. The ingredients are just two types of fish and cabbage. Instead, because of this simple configuration, it emphasizes the deliciousness of fish."

"So what are mixed fish?" Cao Ren asked afterwards.

"The small sea fish caught on the coast are unlimited in variety and messy, so it is called mixed fish soup. But because the umami flavor of several species, or even more than a dozen types of sea fish, is concentrated in this soup, the umami flavor is very prominent." Cao Cao replied.

"The problem is, if the front soup is so delicious, is there no problem?" Liu Bei on the other side was a little confused.

"No, no, no, although the purpose of the previous soup is to be appetizing, it does not require a certain lightness. For example, the turtle stewed chicken soup is actually very delicious. The secret of this mixed fish soup is that although it is extremely delicious, it does not have much oil!" Cao Cao replied, at most two or three oil stars, the chef removed all the excess oil and fat when cooking.

After stewing for a long time, the deliciousness of the fish is completely integrated into the soup, so you only need the soup, not the fish meat. Put it in a transparent glass bowl and serve it, giving people the feeling of holding a piece of flawless mutton fat jade. The white jade is flawless and truly worthy of its name!

I have to say that this banquet is really not simple. Not to mention the selection of materials and cooking skills, the platter and name are taken care of. Other dishes are unknown, but the soup before is considered to be at the level of the imperial banquet.

"Ah... the effect seems to come out... After drinking this soup, I seem to be hungry..." Cao Ren touched his stomach, and just drank it all in five or six spoons of soup. The feeling of not being satisfied made him even hungry.

"When you feel at ease, the side dishes will come out." Cao Cao smiled, "The side dishes are usually a bit portion, but they will not overwhelm the main dish. The probability of fish, stewed meat and poultry appearing is still very high."

"When I remembered it, he said at that time that 'no chicken can't make a feast'. In this case, it is probably the starter may be chicken or duck." Cao Ren smiled.

"The third dish, the milk swallows return to their nest!" The yellow gate shouted, and then the palace maids took out the first side dish one after another and delivered it to everyone. They saw that there were one or two quail eggs and some meat in the dish, which should be some kind of poultry meat.

"Isn't I really stewed the swallows?" Cao Ren was a little suspicious, "I don't have much meat in the swallows!"

"It sounds nicer to give it a name, probably quail meat... But this dish does feel like a suckling swallow returns to the nest." Cao Cao smiled, then picked up a piece of meat and started eating.

"Hmm? Not quail meat!" Cao Cao was a little surprised, "It's not chicken or duck meat...what is this..."

"Hey? Isn't it quail meat? I can't eat it at all!" Cao Ren was a little confused.

"Pige...zi..." Lu Bu took a bite and then said slowly.

"Who has eaten this thing?" Cao Ren complained, "And what is this? The milk swallows return to their nests, but the meat is pigeon meat, but the egg is quail eggs. The pigeon lays quail eggs, there is a story here!"

"Don't say that, the rice will become unpalatable!" Cao Cao scolded, "For the chef, what is important is the taste, not the name of the dish. After all, this should be a pigeon... No, the pigeon roasts quail eggs, but the deliciousness is beyond doubt!"

Of course, it can also be pigeon eggs, but because they are two different birds, the two different flavors are mixed together during the cooking process, which doubles the umami flavor. If it is pigeon eggs, the effect will be poor.

It is rare to slice all the pigeon meat, and the bones are squeezed out the juice, and the sauce is built based on this. Although broccoli is removed by blanching with oil and salt, the excess sauce is absorbed during the platter, which itself becomes more delicious and has the effect of removing greasiness.

"Let's not talk about the name... This dish is actually quite delicious!" Cao Ren ate a piece of pigeon meat and then ate a quail egg. The pigeon almost melts in his mouth, tender and juicy, while the quail eggs are q-fuzzy and delicious, rich and mellow, which is very rare.

"Especially, there is no more popular thing like chickens and ducks. It should be considered that this is the relationship between the imperial banquet." Cao Cao nodded, "I have to say that the appearance of the suckling pigeon was beyond my expectations."

"After that being said, Meng De, how do you know so clearly about these?" Liu Bei looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

"I was also an intermediate chef... I even thought for a while that if I couldn't join the army or politics, it would be nice to learn cooking skills and then take care of my husband and children at home..." Cao Cao sighed, "In addition, someone cooked me in different ways. It's been two or three years since I counted most of the ingredients. I have basically tasted most of the ingredients, and there are even many of them that are rare."

Otherwise, she wouldn't have known the two dishes of fish soup and pigeon.

"Yes, let alone Wuyou's cooking skills, his understanding of ingredients is probably the most comprehensive in the world." Liu Bei nodded. Wang Yong was about to marry Guan Yu, so he was her brother-in-law, so naturally he didn't need to be too serious.

"After that being said..." Cao Ren looked at the two of them, "If Wang Yong married Guan Yu and Mengmeng married Wang Yong... what would you two call each other?"

"……………” For a moment, Liu Bei and Cao Cao were silent, and Guan Yu next to him were stunned for a moment.

"Cough... everyone is to get their own hands..." Cao Cao stretched out his hand, knocked Cao Ren's head, and then replied.

"Uh... everyone is in their own hands, yes, everyone is in their own hands..." Liu Bei and Guan Yu also smiled politely. If you really want to calculate, the seniority of Xiahou Ba's problem is already in chaos. Guan Yu's side is all a small problem!

"After that being said, has the second side dish not been served yet?" Cao Ren could only change the topic.

"The serving time is relatively fixed. You won't serve it quickly because you eat quickly, nor will you stop serving it because you eat slowly. The time for a dish should be a cup of tea (ten minutes). Give you enough time to taste it without waiting too long." Cao Cao replied.

"Who remembers so much and has no intention of going to politics, otherwise I wouldn't join the army." Cao Ren stuck out his tongue. The banquet, especially the banquet etiquette, must be noted too much and too grand, especially the imperial banquet in the palace, which made her feel very troublesome.

"Okay, the time is almost over. The second side dish is probably coming. Have you noticed that the dishes tonight are not large, which means that there are at least ten dishes after a banquet tonight." Cao Cao calculated the time.

"Indeed, I didn't expect that the second dish was pigeons, and even chickens, ducks and geese didn't come up. I guess I'm going to have a great treat tonight!" Liu Bei nodded.

"Not only that, the chef Yang Xiu, the imperial chef, majored in poultry dishes, and pigeons are also considered poultry, so it seems that the banquet tonight should be mainly poultry dishes." Cao Cao thought for a while.

"The fourth dish! The hall is full of gold and jade!" Huangmen shouted again, which means that the second side dish is about to appear.
Chapter completed!