Dali Temple Small Dining Room

  Chapter 189 Mooncake (3)

  Facing everyone's "earnest" eyes, Yu Jijiu twitched the corners of his mouth, but still resigned himself to his fate and lifted the lid of the box.

  Just as it was opened, there was a burst of exclamation in the hall.

  In the first layer of the square-sized box, four Cantonese-style mooncakes with plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum patterns are placed on the four corners. The four mooncakes at the four corners have never been seen before, but the people in the Yu family who are really "knowledgeable (eat) wide" can't help exclaiming, and the four mooncakes in the middle are as white as white. Snow, the snow-skin mooncakes filled with it can be seen faintly.

The shapes of peanuts, persimmons, ruyi, and gourds are very beautiful and lovely, and the corresponding blessings such as "Miaobi Shenghua" and "Good things (persimmon) happen" are printed on them. Can't help but want to reach out one after another.

Yu Jijiu quickly opened the second layer before everyone stretched out their hands. On the four corners of the second layer were four freshly baked Soviet-style mooncakes. The usual Dole, but at this moment, a gust of wind blows, and the scent of the baked puff pastry with the residual temperature, accompanied by the smell of the sauce-flavored gravy, blows to everyone's mouth with the wind Nose, immediately aroused the deepest greed in the heart.

Although it is not uncommon to have seen and tasted mooncakes stuffed with pork meat, the pork stuffed by Master Wen, the public chef of Dali Temple... Thinking of the roasted pork with chestnuts that they ate just a few days ago, everyone swallowed subconsciously: This appearance is more beautiful than mooncakes. Compared with the other two kinds, the Pork Pork Mooncakes are definitely delicious!

In addition to the Soviet-style mooncakes at the four corners on the second floor, there are five Cantonese-style mooncakes spread out like petals in the center. Different from the elegance of the "plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum" on the first floor, these five mooncakes are printed with some legends. story.

   "It's quite interesting!" Mrs. Yu appraised the appearance of the mooncake gift box and stretched out her hand hastily.

Although she really likes the white and beautiful snowy mooncakes, seeing the children staring at the snowy mooncakes without even blinking, Mrs. Yu thought that she might not be able to hold so many mooncakes in her stomach, so she stretched out her hand to take them. I ordered a two-layer Soviet-style mooncake.

  Based on her years of experience of "seeing more and eating more", most of the fillings in the other two mooncakes are without meat. As a veteran of "no meat, no joy" for many years, she naturally likes to eat meat.

  Furthermore, the baked mooncakes need to be reheated once they are cold. Ordinary cooks who are not skilled at home will not be able to heat up the freshly baked aroma.

  So she took a crispy mooncake, and while the heat was still there, Madam Yu opened her mouth and bit the crispy mooncake.

With a "click", everyone who was close could clearly hear the crispy sound of the crispy mooncake being bitten open. The crispy skin that can make such a crispy sound, one can tell that Master Wen took a lot of money to make this crispy skin. After a lot of work, whether it is the puff pastry or the heat of the grill, it has been specially studied.

   Layers of puff pastry were bitten open with the aroma of roasted puff pastry, revealing the filling inside. Old Madam Yu just casually held the Soviet-style mooncake in her hand through the handkerchief, and didn't use much force, but the meat filling inside could faintly see the juice that was squeezed out due to the slight squeeze.

   The juicy meat stuffing that can explode without deliberately squeezing like this, you can tell at a glance that it must be firm and not sticky, fat and thin. Looking at the mooncake bursting with juice in Mrs. Yu's hand, everyone swallowed subconsciously.

  Old Madam Yu half-closed her eyes and looked down at the Soviet-style mooncake in her hand. As if she hadn't seen the juniors swallowing their saliva, she picked up the Soviet-style mooncake in her hand and took a bite of the meat filling.

   Then, under the gaze of everyone, Mrs. Yu, who had bitten half of the meat, let out a "huh".

   This sound startled everyone, and Yu Jijiu on the side hurriedly said: "What's wrong with mother? The bones in the meat are not shaved clean?"

  The movement of clenching his teeth halfway was as if he had knocked his teeth, which made Yu Jijiu very nervous.

While speaking, Mrs. Yu continued to bite halfway through the movement. After taking this bite, she looked at the meat filling she had bitten open, said "oh", and pointed to the filling of the Soviet-style moon cake. Everyone watched, and they still didn't forget to reprimand Yu Jijiu who looked nervous: "Don't talk nonsense! When did Master Wen make such a mistake in the dishes?"

Mrs. Yu tasted the minced meat with egg yolk in her mouth, nodded in satisfaction, and said with emotion: "I thought it was just ordinary pork meat, but I didn't expect that there was egg yolk in it. The combination of these two things tastes really wonderful. ,good!"

The pork meat on the outer layer is firm and tender but elastic, with a unique sweetness in the salty taste. The egg yolk inside is filled with the egg yolk of duck eggs. It tastes pine and has a unique egg fragrant.

  Old Madam Yu couldn't help nodding: "The stuffing made with egg yolk and pork meat is pretty good, I'll ask the cook at home to learn it too!"

   As soon as the voice fell, someone interrupted: "The yolk of duck eggs has a fishy smell. If you don't learn how to deal with it from Master Wen, it will be very fishy!"

  Yu Jijiu looked at his younger brother who only knew how to eat, and was neither married nor successful. He couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "You know how to eat!"

  Master Yu Er laughed "hehe" twice, how could he not hear his elder brother's sarcasm in his praise, and the yin and yang tone in his sarcasm mixed with praise?

  While stretching out his hand to grab a Cantonese-style mooncake engraved with "Chang'e Flying to the Moon", he waited for Yu Jijiu's next "reprimand".

Sure enough, the next moment, I heard my elder brother chanting again: "How old are you, and you still don't have a family? When I was your age, Da Lang Erlang could memorize the "Three Character Classic". The widow in the east of the city is really good. She looks good too, more than enough for you, do you want to..."

  Before the words were finished, Master Yu raised the "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" in his hand, and refused righteously: "How is the widow compared to the Moon Fairy in the sky? If it is not as beautiful as the Moon Fairy..."

Before he could finish speaking, his elder brother really hit his head with a "bang chestnut". Yu Jijiu pointed at Master Yu Er and scolded: "Look at the virtues you were born with, and you are still imagining the moon palace like Marshal Peng that day. Fairy? Not even looking in the mirror..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Master Yu bit off most of the "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" in one bite, and then said solemnly: "I also know that I am ugly, but I want to be beautiful! Which law should we be proud of?" The law stipulates that an ugly person like me can't think beautifully? I would rather be short than excessive, and there is a big man in my family who will not lose the incense, so I am not allowed to be a rich and idle person?"

   A few young ladies from the Yu family couldn't help snickering when they heard the words: It's true that all things are born in nature, and one thing overcomes another! Yu Jijiu, who has always been eloquent, can't say anything, except for the second uncle, there is no one else!

The second master Yu held the "Chang'e Flying to the Moon" that was mostly bitten in his hand, and while straightening his clothes and preparing to escape, he said: "Don't worry, brother, I will dress up tomorrow and go to Yushu Linfeng." Go around the lantern festival and see if there is any Chang'e in the world who is fascinated by me!"

   Said before Yu Jijiu could speak again, Master Yu Er ran away in time, but he didn't forget to grab another mooncake before he ran away.

Looking at the second master Yu who was running faster than anyone else with the oil on his feet, Yu Jijiu helplessly supported his forehead, but he didn't forget to say a word to the back of the second master Yu: "It's really your spring and autumn dream! Yushu facing the wind? If you call all the ladies in the capital to dress up for you, if you fold your hands, it will not have anything to do with these four words!"

  (end of this chapter)