Chapter 93 The beginning of the banquet

Su You could only curl his lips when he heard this, this ancestor was really not very good.

Su Shi added: "This ancestor, when he was a child, he and fellow countryman Li Qiao were both famous for their literary diction, and people at that time called them 'Su Li'."

"However, in the "Book of Tang", both of them have the same biography. Wei Gong only has 388 words, but what about Li Qiao? There are 1,513 words in total."

Su Che said: "When Li Gong was young, he supervised the army in Lingnan and recruited people to the cave. This was martial arts."

"When Junchen came to frame Di Renjie, Li Sizhen, Pei Xuanli and other three families, Li Gong argued vigorously and did not hesitate to disobey the decree. This is his integrity."

"Later, Empress Wu was going to build a big statue at Bai Sima Ban. Li Gong wrote a letter and said bluntly: 'The money for the statue is more than 170,000 yuan. If it is distributed to help the poor, if one thousand people are given, more than 170,000 yuan will be donated."

Hu.' This is Renzhi."

"When Zhongzong died, Li Gong made a secret request to deal with the Prime Minister and other princes and not to let them stay in the capital."

"After Xuanzong ascended the throne, he obtained this watch in the palace to show his courtiers. Some people suggested that Xuanzong kill him."

Su Shi said: "Zhongshu Ling Zhang Shuo at that time defended him: 'Although Qiao did not argue against obedience, he was still part of the conspiracy at that time. He was not his owner and his crime cannot be pursued.' In the end, he was let go.

I just let him live with his son who is the eunuch until he grows old. Speaking of which, this is luck again."

Su You sighed: "It's not easy to be an official. Being ambiguous is also derogatory, being honest and doing things is still derogatory."

Su Zhe said seriously: "Therefore, the temporary ups and downs of the officialdom are nothing to worry about. A gentleman's plan is to leave behind a legacy of history. Should he leave only 388 words or 1,513 words?"

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Su You suddenly became solemn and said: "This is what you said, you are enough to be my teacher."

Su Shi said: "So our ancestors, although they are called Su Li together with Li Gong, are actually not equal. But there is one thing that I can only praise, that is, the relationship with my younger brother Wei Xuan Gong is very good."

"When Mr. Wei Xuan encounters misunderstandings, he always treats Mr. Wei Xuan with "face to face", but Mr. Wei Xuan is still "pleased with it and does not feel dissatisfied". He is really good-tempered."

Su You was secretly amused. In later generations, there was actually Su Li, Qinglian Dongpo, who was truly worthy of the name of the sun and the moon. That’s right, I’m talking about you!

After appreciating this precious incense burner, it was time to start the banquet.

In a blink of an eye, a large table was filled with dishes.

The appetizers include a caramel candy, a cold pork head, and a cold mustard green tip, which are already wowing people.

Soy sauce, rice vinegar, ginger garlic juice and spicy rice oil, minced chicken and sugar for freshness, and sesame oil and gravy for fragrance. The resulting cold sauce is almost the same as the seasoning of minced garlic and white meat in later generations.

That's how it started, followed by a plate of braised meat platter, a plate of salted eggs, a plate of preserved eggs, and a plate of fried peanuts.

After that comes the official hot dishes, each table has a large bowl of crispy meatballs, sweet and salty braised white, steamed pork intestines with rice flour, steamed pork ribs with rice flour, fish-flavored pork elbows, roasted tripe strips with garlic lettuce, pork blood powder intestines, lung tip pea soup,

steamed fish.

The internal affairs team is still preparing dishes, stir-fried liver and kidneys, fried pork with salt, shredded celery pork, shredded wild rice pork, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried cabbage and cabbage...

Su Shi picked up a piece of fish and put it in his mouth: "How can it be so delicious! How can it be made so delicious! This is absolutely unreasonable! How come there is no fishy smell at all!"

Su You smiled and said: "It's all the work of the children of Tutu Temple. Little sister, please tell Zizhan how to make this steamed fish."

Su Xiaomei said: "First we have to make soy sauce. Now our soy sauce is only a primary product. Brother Xiaoyou said that it will take three years to get really good soy sauce."

"To get soy sauce, we first need to make koji. It took us a lot of effort just to prepare several koji medicines."

"After steaming, embryo making, koji planting, sauce making, drying, and pouring, soy sauce is made."

"This kind of soy sauce is called light soy sauce. It is red in color, rich in soy sauce and has a unique flavor. We use it to mix vegetables."

"When you have light soy sauce, you need to fry the sugar color and add it, add mushrooms, herbs and other auxiliary ingredients, steam it in a pot, and then thicken it. The dark finished product is another kind of soy sauce, called dark soy sauce."

"The fresh, sweet, sour, winey, fatty, salty aromas, plus mushrooms and herbs, make the aroma even more complex. However, no matter whether it is light or dark soy sauce, only when the various aromas are soft and unified can the flavor be more complex.

It’s considered good soy sauce.”

"The second seasoning for steamed fish is cooking wine."

"To get cooking wine, you must first have rice wine."

"To get rice wine, you must first use wheat koji, and then add herbs to make koji cakes."

"Our rice wine is made from rice, millet, and millet in a certain proportion. After that, sugar, pepper, aniseed, cloves and other spices are added to make the cooking wine."

"With these two condiments, steaming fish is easy. First use ginger, scallion, alcohol salt, and give the fish a flavor. Then put it on a plate, cover it with pork net oil and steam it. Put a small plate of dark soy sauce and steam it together.

After steaming, remove the oil seasoning, decant the fishy soup, and pour the dark soy sauce onto the fish."

Su Shi was dazzled by what he heard, and pointed at Su You: "My mother suspected that you were the reincarnation of Cang Shu, and that you were well-dressed and well-fed in your previous life. Now it seems to be true. We in the Song Dynasty definitely don't have such good things."

Su You smiled and said: "Sister-in-law cares about me, so she exaggerates. Why don't I have a Song Dynasty? On the beam of the house in Shijiazhuang, there is a bean-wheat soybean paste hanging on it. After adding water and salt to mix it, it is almost the same as soy sauce."

"But it's my old habit, I have to let everything go..."

Su Shi interrupted: "More refined! More detailed! More pure, right? My mother-in-law told me this trick a long time ago. It's really an old trick."

Shi Tong and Su Shi were also at the table. Hearing this, he smiled and said: "This trick can be used everywhere, in bookshops, ironworks, dyeing shops, food... Just look at the dishes on this table. Zizhan, you often travel.

Have you tasted it?”

Su Shi also had a special liking for elbows. He would talk and eat without delay, and his mouth would be full of oil: "Don't even think about it!"

However, the twenty-seventh mother expressed her love for the stir-fried shredded pork with wild rice: "What kind of dish is this? It's sweet and delicious. I've never tasted it before!"

Only Su You could answer this. He told the origin of wild rice, and then said: "This thing is very sweet, so you can't use sauce. It takes away the flavor. It's best to stir-fry it and add green onions and stir well before serving."

Ba Niang sighed: "Oh, Grandpa and Grandpa Shi, this trip was misconceived! It's time to come, but it's a pity not to come this time!"

Su You smiled and said: "The invention of things like soy sauce and bean paste is not only to satisfy greed, but also has another purpose: material resources are scarce and to prevent waste."

"A pig weighs more than a hundred pounds, including thirty pounds of internal organs, five pounds of head and feet, and ten pounds of blood. If you remove the bones, half of it is gone."

"We will do the troublesome things, such as bean paste, wheat paste, black bean paste, soy sauce, pickled ginger... With these, you can cook it well with your hands and feet, and it will be the same delicacy in the world."

"Look at today's banquet, the food for two pigs has doubled than before. The villagers cooked so much that they couldn't finish it!"

"What is this concept? This is the effort of raising a pig to get the meat of the past two pigs!"

It's not that he didn't know, but he was shocked when he calculated it. Although Su Che was greatly impressed, he didn't put down his chopsticks when he handed over his hand: "Uncle Yao is kindhearted and benevolent!"

Shi Tong said: "In addition, pig bones can be burned to make porcelain, and pig bristles can be used as brushes. Hahaha, just a few hoof shells are waste..."

Shi Wei raised her head: "Pig's trotter shell is a traditional Chinese medicine!"

Su Che patted his hands and praised his kindness: "You are really a treasure. Zizhan, do you still want to write the "Poem on the Sauce Vat" proposed by Uncle Yao? If not, I will start writing!"

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The meal was enjoyed by both host and guest. At the end of the banquet, the villagers carried their own tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks, congratulated Su You, and then went home happily.

Even Hachiko had eaten a little too much. He waved his hand and said, "How about we just leave the chickens and ducks overnight and clean them up tomorrow?"

Zhang Sheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, Hachigong, leave this matter to us."

Hachiko took Zhang Sheng's hand and said, "What a wonderful boy. Thanks to you, I have never had such delicious food in my life!"

Zhang Sheng said in surprise: "This is what the young master taught us..."

Su You started to complain: "Meishan Feng Shui is evil, but my family doesn't believe me."

Shi Fu smiled and said: "No, my hometown still believes in you. We still have to cross the river. Let's go first. I will come back in a few days to build a small kiln for you! Will Wei'er go back with us?"

Shi Wei said: "No, the food at Brother Xiaoyou's house is delicious, and he also makes toys for me!"
Chapter completed!