I am Qinxing No.1

Chapter 171 The Problem of the Weiting Duck ([-] in [-])

Zhou Dong never imagined that the problem Yuan Zidan mentioned came from a person with the same surname as him, and he was also an ancient person.

The same surname, but not the same family, this person is the famous thief Yuan Shikai and Yuan Datou in history.

If we evaluate Yuan Datou in a fair way, it should be said that he was determined to reform and implement new laws and styles in the early stage, and he had made some achievements, but in his later years, he was stunned and went against the trend of history in a vain attempt to restore the monarchy. , After only 83 days of being the emperor, it was a pity. Since then, he was nailed to the pillar of shame in history and became the biggest villain in the history of China.

Yuan Zidan doesn't care about politics, what he cares about besides poetry, calligraphy and painting is cooking, and this Yuan Weiting is an out-and-out gourmet.
After Zhou Dong successfully solved the problem, Lao Guo and Mr. Yu returned satisfied, but Yuan Zidan enthusiastically persuaded him to stay and temporarily lived in Suiyuan.

The Yuan family's way of hospitality is remarkable. Every morning, the "Master Yuan" would stand outside Zhou Dong's door to greet him; The host invites you to drink tea on the rockery gazebo.

This time it is not an ancient tea soup, but the authentic Dahongpao of Wuyi Mountain.

Of course, the mother tree Dahongpao can't drink it. The thing is that the old people in Haizi can get a few taels a year. It's very generous.

The entrance of the bright red tea soup makes people feel hot.

Holding Zhou Dong's fragrant tea, he looked down at the female college students of Yandu who were boating and picking lotus on the lake below, listening to them singing with the poems of "Mr. Yuan" on the shore, and often saying something. 'And other wonderful poems and obscure words.

Zhou Dong always felt that all these cultural people were very coquettish in their bones, and they couldn't be provoked, so he lowered his head and avoided the hot eyes from the water.

These female college students are all big sisters to him, and he feels that there is a generation gap!
"That's right, You Liang hasn't made any progress in cooking these years, but he is good at poetry and prose. It's a pity that he indulges in small ways and refuses to read the scriptures. He is still a thousand miles away from the 'Ming Jing'."

Yuan Zidan listened to a few poems written by his son, and kept nodding and smiling. He said it was a criticism, but he didn't know how proud he was.

In fact, all Chinese people have this kind of careful thinking. To show off your baby, you have to show off without showing any traces. How boring is it to post photos in Moments every now and then?
Zhou Dong really couldn't listen anymore, so he changed the subject and said, "Mr. Yuan, I just heard you talk about that cooking problem, but it came from Yuan Datou?"

"It's Yuan Weiting."

Yuan Zidan actually doesn't like to see his same surname very much, but he has always regarded himself as a celebrity. Even if the other party is a dog, as long as he has a name and characters, he will call him by his "name": "Yuan Weiting is not safe at night, and the world Call him a country thief, but these are politics, and today we will only talk about his contribution to food.

Weiting is good at nourishing, the world knows that Weiting can eat, but the world probably doesn't know much about it.

At that time, Yuan's mansion not only had a few famous chefs, but even his wives and aunts were all good cooks.Later generations speculated that Yuan Weiting married a wife probably because of his culinary skills first. If he couldn't cook good dishes, he would not marry and go home. "

Zhou Dong nodded, this is what He Bijin said.Regardless of politics, Yuan Datou has indeed made some contributions to Chinese cuisine, especially the development of court cuisine and Henan cuisine.

"The problem I'm talking about is Yuan Weiting's improvement of a Qing palace delicacy 'clear stewed fat duck'. Everyone knows that Yuan Weiting has a natural understanding with Empress Dowager Cixi. He likes to eat whatever Cixi likes to eat, and it's not just for flattery. Cheng Huan Shangyi, he is really 'like-minded' with Empress Dowager Ci Xi in terms of food."

Yuan Zidan took a sip of the Dahongpao, and said slowly: "This stewed fat duck dish is improved from Cixi's favorite 'Duck with Glutinous Rice and Eight Treasures'.

It is recorded in "Yuxiang Misty Record": This dish is to remove the feathers and viscera of the duck, wash it, add seasoning, then put it into a porcelain jar, then put the porcelain jar into a half-water pot, and cook it with a slow fire. Steam for three days until the duck is crispy."

Zhou Dong frowned slightly: "Steam for three days in a row?"

It takes three days to make a dish of stewed duck, not to mention how long it takes, let alone how much manpower it takes to watch the fire and add water.Whether it is extravagant or not, let me talk about it first, this dish is really too troublesome.

"Does King Zhou Mian feel troubled?"

Yuan Zidan said with a smile: "Actually, there are palace dishes that are more troublesome than this. This is also the reason why authentic palace dishes are difficult to promote among the people. Even if they can be restored, the price is unaffordable for ordinary people."

"Uh, Mr. Yuan, don't call me Zhou Mianwang in the future; Xiao Zhou or Zhou Dong are fine, Mianwang or something, it sounds weird."

Yuan Zidan laughed loudly: "No one else wants this name yet, but you think it's weird. Anyway, I'll call you Brother Zhou from now on, and Uncle Zhou from now on, Youliang."

Zhou Dong nodded, having experienced the matter of Lao Guo and Xiao Yueyue, he is no longer entangled in seniority.

"Brother Zhou thinks this dish is troublesome, but he doesn't know that Yuan Weiting's improved version is even more troublesome."

Yuan Zidan said with a smile: "Yuan Weiting partially restored the practice of 'glutinous rice and eight-treasure duck' in this dish, first put glutinous rice, ham, wine, ginger juice, mushrooms, kohlrabi and diced bamboo shoots into the duck belly, and then Put it in a porcelain jar and steam it over water.

Moreover, the Empress Dowager Cixi was far more frugal than him, and she only steamed it with clear water, while Yuan Weiting steamed it with chicken broth, and it took three days to steam it to let the flavor of the chicken slowly blend in.

This dish is not only delicious, but also nourishing.Duck nourishes yin and stomach, diuretics and reduces swelling. After adding glutinous rice and fragrant mushrooms, it has the effect of strengthening yang. Yuan Weiting has a wife and nine concubines, so he must like this dish very much. "

Zhou Dong looked at Yuan Zidan with strange eyes.I thought that your ancestors probably had more confidante friends than Yuan Datou, so which dish is your favorite?
Yuan Zidan said again: "This dish was originally improved, and it is a good therapeutic prescription. I intend to introduce it into Suiyuan dishes, but there is one thing that makes me very dissatisfied."

Zhou Dong said, "Is it time?"

"Exactly."

Yuan Zidan said: "There are many dishes in Huaxia cuisine that are cumbersome and complicated, but they are all caused by the ingredients themselves, and they will not be criticized as 'luxury'.

But this dish is different. It was originally made by Yuan Weiting, a thief who steals the country, and the ingredients used are all common things. Yuan's reputation is hindered.

So I have been thinking, is there any way to not only ensure the quality of this dish, but also shorten the time, such as shortening three days to three hours?Unfortunately, I have never been able to think of a way to solve it.

Brother Zhou is amazingly talented, a genius who is rare in a hundred years in my career, I wonder if there is a good plan? "

Zhou Dong wanted to roll his eyes, are you going crazy?How can I do this!
Not to mention the chef of Yuan Datou's family. Could it be that the royal chefs in the Qing palace were all free?These were the top chefs at the time. If they had a way, they would spend three days steaming ducks?

"Hey, with Brother Zhou's cooking skills, there is no solution?"

Yuan Zidan sighed slightly: "It seems that to do this 'comfort pavilion duck', you have to spare no expense of effort and disregard extravagance."

"There's really no good way. If it's the 'clear duck' in the palace dishes of the Qing Dynasty, you can use the method of internal and external attacks, first pouring the soup into the belly of the duck."

Zhou Dong thought for a while and said: "After the temperature rises, the soup in the duck's belly will cook the duck from the inside to the outside. Although it may lose a little or two of the taste, it can save a lot of time, but Yuan Datou's improved version It’s not good to use this method.”

"That's right, because Yuan Weiting added glutinous rice, ham, wine, ginger juice, mushrooms, kohlrabi, and diced bamboo shoots to the duck belly. The other ingredients are matured in a 'semi-dry cultivation' state, so that the various ingredients can absorb the umami of the chicken juice without losing their own taste."

Yuan Zidan nodded and said: "If you pour soup into the duck's belly, it becomes soaking soup to cook these ingredients. Isn't that the same as cooking a pot of random stew in the duck's belly? It's definitely not how I cook.

I even thought about stuffing some pebbles into the belly of the duck, using them to quickly absorb heat, and also play the role of internal and external attacks.

However, there is no guarantee that these cobblestones can be evenly spread in the duck's belly, so it is difficult to control the heat; even if the cobblestones can be paved well, I am worried that these stones will absorb too much heat, which will burn the duck instead. , difficult"

Zhou Dong also shook his head and said, "Since Mr. Yuan has even thought of a way to stuff cobblestones in, I'm afraid I can't think of any other good way."

"Haha, brother Zhou, don't mind, maybe it was just my whimsy.

In fact, those of us who are cooks, no matter how good our skills are, we cannot go against the sky after all.

This "Weiting Duck" has a history of nearly a hundred years. Many famous chefs want to shorten the production time, but no one can solve it.How can I, Yuan Zidan, be stronger than these seniors? "

Yuan Zidan has a bit of the unrestrained demeanor of his ancestors. Although there is no hope of solving the problem, he is not disappointed. Instead, he persuades Zhou Dong: "Don't think about it. Brother Zhou, let's try the good wine here, and you will be able to get in." Mouth?"

The two talked while drinking tea. At some point, the female students of Kyoto University who had been fighting for the depths of the lotus root had quietly left, and the 'Mr. Appears in the gazebo.

After greeting his father, and calling "Uncle Zhou" respectfully, Yuan Youliang took out four side dishes and a large jug of wine weighing two catties from the food bag in his hand.

Zhou Dong took a look and found that these four side dishes were all famous dishes listed in "Suiyuan Food List".

They are 'Whole Steamed Pig's Head', 'Fat Chicken Floss', 'Wang Taishou Eight Treasures Tofu' and 'Honey Stuffed Saury'. Except for the saury, they are all common foods, but each one is delicately made and fragrant.

He smiled and said, "Brother Yuan, you are not afraid that I will steal your tricks?"

Yuan Zidan laughed loudly: "The most important thing about Suiyuan cuisine is the experience and the heat. The materials and methods have been made public a hundred years ago; but they don't rely on the so-called skills, but rely on my Yuan family's experience from generation to generation. , thick accumulation is thin hair.

Brother Zhou, if he can eat a few mouthfuls of this kind of dish, he can learn it, then you can do whatever you want. "

Zhou Dong smiled slightly: "Brother Yuan is right."

Yuan Zidan was right. Although these Suiyuan dishes were found in "Suiyuan Food List", the real trick lies in the secrets of handling the ingredients and the control of the heat, which are not found in these books. The descendants of the Yuan family have improved and perfected it from generation to generation. It seems simple, but in fact it is deeply hidden.

This is different from the way he handles Xi Shi tongue, even top gourmets cannot infer it just by tasting.

It's just that he didn't know that once Zhou Dong activated the 'Perfect Taste', he would be able to eat him!

This is just a perfect level of taste. If it is a legendary level of taste, Zhou Dong can even "eat" the mood of the chef when cooking: whether it is great sadness and joy or peace of mind, whether it is a super-level performance or a regular performance, Yuan Zidan What he thinks of as "a lot of confusion" is just a joke in Zhou Dong's eyes.

Zhou Dong is wondering if he should try his best to 'taste' Suiyuan's dishes during the few days he stays in Suiyuan?

Well, seeing that 'Brother Yuan' is so enthusiastic, he must bring out all the vegetables from the garden to taste for himself, right?
While the two were chatting and laughing, Yuan Youliang had already poured the wine. The wine was old rice wine, and the bowl was naturally used. Zhou Dong just took a look and immediately exclaimed: "Good wine!"

China's wine can basically be classified into three categories: the first category is homemade wine that does not need distiller's yeast, that is, rice wine; the second is rice wine that uses distiller's yeast and grain; .

Among them, yellow rice wine is used as a link between the past and the future, which can guarantee a delicious taste. It is also called one of the three ancient wines in the world together with beer and wine.

Rice wine is relatively bland; baijiu is easier to get drunk, but it is actually too spicy, at least Zhou Dong doesn't like it very much, and he doesn't drink it except occasionally to accompany his father.

The rice wine from the Yuan family is reddish yellow in color, and it looks as good-looking as amber when poured into a bowl. Moreover, the hanging bowls are stacked, and Yuan Youliang poured them higher than the edge of the bowls, but it looks like a pile of grains in the bowls, forming a steep slope. Slow 'convex' font.

Three words suddenly appeared in Zhou Dong's mind - 'Nuerhong', and this is the best Nurhong.

In ancient times, this kind of wine was brewed after the birth of a daughter, buried in the soil, and would only be taken out when the daughter got married, generally no more than 18 years.After all, in ancient times, if she surpassed it, she would basically be an old girl who could not be married.

Modern people no longer have this habit, so many rice wines with the signboard of "Nuerhong" are not really Nurhong at all.

But the bowl in front of him, Zhou Dong didn't even need to taste it, he knew that it was the 'Naughty Red' that had lasted at least 30 years.Absolutely not wrong, with his contemporary "Dionysus" eyesight, if this can be wrong, it would be a joke.

"It seems that the Yuan family has a story? In ancient times, it was easy to find a 30-year-old Zhuangyuanhong, but a 30-year-old Nuuhong was the most difficult to find, let alone modern times."

Zhou Dong looked at Yuan Zidan with strange eyes, secretly guessing in his heart: "Could it be that the Yuan family still has an old girl who is not married, and Yuan Youliang also has a big sister."

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