After the salted fish is married

64. Garlic Crawfish

Fishing lobsters is a lot of fun. Ji Song can feel whether there are lobsters on the chicken intestines after he has touched the doorway.The two cooperated tacitly, and one after another the crayfish fell into the wooden barrel on the side.Yan Xining kept the big crayfish, and he threw the smaller crayfish into the ditch beside him.

This move made Butler Leng's eyelids twitch: "Princess is too merciful." Claws should not exist, and Steward Leng's attitude towards them is: I would rather kill them by mistake than let them go.

Yan Xining didn't mean to kill them all, he said cheerfully: "Let them grow up a bit, the taste will be better."

Ji Song also helped Yan Xining to speak: "Didn't you just say that the gnats can't be killed. It's their luck that these little ones meet the princess."

Butler Leng sighed helplessly: "Master is right."

Yan Xining remembered something important: "By the way, Steward Leng, can you help me find some people? I need them to clean the lobsters for me later. I also want a big pot, a big pot that can cook lobsters."

Steward Leng readily accepted the order. He no longer wanted to squat by the pond and watch the master and the princess catch gnats.

Ji Song felt that the gnats should not be smart, and half a bucket could be caught with a pair of chicken intestines, with basically no damage to the intestines.If you continue to fish, I'm afraid this pair of chicken intestines can be fished until tomorrow.

Yan Xining turned to look at the lobster in the bucket: "Wow, the two of us caught a lot, let's go, let's go back and make lobsters."

Ji Song's fighting power was far inferior to Yan Ke's and his team. After seeing Yan Xining and his team finished their work, Yan Ke and his team also came over with wooden barrels.The guards were very skilled, they only used a pair of dipping nets, and each of them caught more lobsters in their buckets than Yan Xining and the other two.

The crayfish caught were poured into the pig killing basin by everyone, and most of the crayfish in the basin were stacked together and made rustling sounds.Some timid people feel that their scalp is numb at a glance.

Fishing lobsters is fun, but picking them up is not so much fun.Even if Chu Liao's crayfish didn't have big pliers, cleaning so many crayfish one by one would be exhausting.Fortunately, there were many servants in Zhuangzi, so he called a few servants to help, and after two cups of tea, Yan Xining got a big bowl of cleanly brushed crayfish.

Yan Xining had lifted the lid of the lobster before and saw that the crayfish in Zhuangzi were very clean, and their gills were white.This kind of crayfish can be put into the pot as long as the dirt outside the shell is brushed, and then washed several times with clean water.If the lobster is dirty, you have to cut the head and remove the gills to extract the shrimp line, which is really a big project.

Looking at the crayfish stacked together in the wooden basin, Yan Xining was satisfied: "There are so many lobsters, I can eat them in a while."

Ji Song reminded: "This is a gnat, how can it be called a lobster."

It was only then that Yan Xining remembered that in the era of Chu Liao, where imperial power was supreme, "dragon" was a symbol of the royal family.He accidentally broke the taboo of the royal family, if Ji Song hadn't reminded him, he didn't know when he would be able to react.So he quickly changed his words: "Yes, yes, lobster."

Ji Song felt that the gnats were completely different from the shrimps he knew, but seeing Yan Xining's firmness, he nodded slightly: "The gnats don't sound good, if you want to call it a lobster, you can call it a lobster."

Hearing that Yan Xining wanted to cook lobsters in a large pot, the cook at the village presented a large movable stove.The stove is composed of an iron pot and a stove below it. The diameter of the iron pot is three feet and the height is four feet. The bottom of the iron pot is covered with a layer of brass. There are several layers of heat-insulating yellow mud in the middle of the brass. , In the middle of the iron sheet is the stove that can be stuffed with wood.The stove is like a pot with a big belly. Its round head and brain do not occupy a large area, but it can cook a lot of things at one time.

Yan Xining was delighted when he saw this kind of pot: "This firewood stove is not bad." The shape is also cute, and it can rank first in appearance among the movable stoves he saw.

The cook on the Zhuangzi also found all kinds of seasonings for Yan Xining, and the seasonings were full in the small bamboo basket hanging next to the stove.After carefully looking at the seasonings, Yan Xining was very satisfied. As expected of a chef, he used more seasonings than he imagined.

However, the seasoning that Yan Xining needs most is garlic. Fortunately, there is fresh garlic in the vegetable field outside the manor.Although it is not the time to pick new garlic at this time, if you pick the big ones and pull out a basket, you can also get a shaukei of new garlic.

At this time, Bai Tao was squatting on the side peeling garlic cloves with a bitter face, Yan Xining was delighted to see him, "What's the matter? Don't you like the smell of garlic?"

Bai Taohong stared and shook his head: "Master, I was told by guard Yan. He said that I was startled and lacked masculinity. He asked me to practice with him."

Yan Xining smiled and said, "Good thing! This is an opportunity that many people can't ask for."

At this moment, Yan Ke passed by with a bucket: "Princess, don't worry, you give me a white pottery, and I will return you a black pottery later."

white pottery:! ! !

Yan Xining laughed so hard that his stomach ached, he patted Bai Tao's shoulder: "Then do you want to practice courage with Guard Yan and the others?"

After Bai Tao nodded, he hesitated again: "Master, I know I'm not good. I love to cry but I'm timid, and I'm always confused and startled. I also want to become a better person to protect you, but Young master, I am worried that I will disappoint you if I don't practice well."

Let's take cooking fish soup as an example. Yan Xining's fish soup is so delicious. He has studied so hard, but the taste of the fish soup is always not right.Bai Tao said dejectedly, "Master, am I really stupid?"

Yan Xining showed her white teeth: "Where are you stupid? You are worthy of encouragement if you take the first step bravely. In the future, follow Yan Wei and the others to practice your courage. I look forward to the day when you can become an indomitable man."

Bai Tao showed an ugly smile, he raised his hand to wipe his eyes: "Master, I will work hard."

After speaking, his tears flowed down, Yan Xining rubbed his head helplessly: "Why are you crying again?"

Bai Tao said wronged and innocently: "No, young master, my hands are so hot."

The new garlic juice is more watery, and when Bai Tao peeled the garlic, he got the garlic juice on his hand, but he rubbed his eyes.Looking at Bai Tao who was in a state of distress and crying, Ji Song said slowly, "You boy, you really should practice hard."

He had never seen such a clumsy servant, if all the servants in the palace were like Bai Tao, the world would have been in chaos.But he also knew the importance of Bai Tao to Yan Xining, without the company of this clumsy servant, his princess might not be able to survive the most difficult time.

In their eyes, Bai Tao is just a servant, but in Yan Xining's eyes, Bai Tao is his relative.

After Yan Xining chopped the new garlic into mashed garlic and washed it, the water on the prawns was also drained.However, there were too many lobsters in a pot, and he couldn't fry them in one pot. He divided the lobsters in the pot into two and prepared to fry them in batches.

When the servant was lighting the firewood in the stove, Yan Xining poured half a pot of rapeseed oil into the pot.The golden-yellow rapeseed oil heated up rapidly, and when blue smoke came out of the oil pan, Yan Xining poured half a pot of live crayfish into the pot.

This is a cruel process. The crayfish at the bottom of the pot in close contact with the hot oil died instantly, and their black armor turned red.The lobsters that were not immersed in the oil pan were not so lucky. Feeling the threat of death, they jumped wildly in the pan.

Yan Xining swung the shovel and shoveled the jumping crayfish to the bottom of the pot to quickly end their pain: "I'm sorry, the pain will stop soon."

The lobsters in the pot were quickly fried to death, their bodies curled up, and the whole body turned orange red.After frying in the pot for a while, a fresh fragrance wafted out of the pot.

The servants in the manor did not dare to approach, they only dared to watch from a distance.Smelling the smell, they couldn't help but sniffled: "It's so delicious. It turns out that the gnats taste better when they are deep-fried."

How could Yan Xining know the whispers of the handymen, if he knew, he would tell this group of people: Crayfish boiled in clear water tastes good too.However, some people are not used to eating it and will find it particularly fishy.

Yan Xining fished out the fried prawns and put them in the prepared Shake Kei to filter the oil, and then he poured the other half of the prawns into the pot.After the two pots of prawns are fried, the main event begins.

At this time, there was still the bottom oil of the deep-fried prawns in the pot, Yan Xining scooped up some of the fat, and then poured the minced garlic and green onion that had been washed once into the pot and started to stir-fry.A scent of garlic soon wafted from the pot, and the spicy garlic flavor became mellow.

When the garlic in the pot turned golden brown, Yan Xining poured the fried prawns into the pot.Stir-frying a pot full of lobsters is a big project. Yan Xining was so tired that his forehead was sweating, so he evenly stir-fried the garlic and lobsters in the pot.

At this time, he took out half a pot of Huadiao wine and poured it into the pot, the aroma of the crawfish immediately mixed with the fragrance of Huadiao.After adding a pinch of salt and sugar to the pot, Yan Xining added enough boiling water to cover the prawns.

Cover the pot and wait patiently for the crayfish in the pot to boil. As the pot boils again, the fragrance of the crayfish permeates the whole Zhuangzi.

After half a cup of tea, I lifted the lid of the pot and saw that there were red lobsters boiling in the pot. The big lobsters were curled up and soaked in the golden soup.Before the fragrance of Huadiao dissipated, Yan Xining scooped up a little soup with a spatula and tasted it, the taste of the soup was just right.However, as the water evaporates, the taste of the soup will be more intense.

Ji Song leaned back in the wheelchair, squinting at Yan Xining who was busy by the stove.At this moment, Yan Xining picked out a lobster from the pot, skillfully peeled off the shell, and took out the meat inside.After picking out the shrimp threads from the meat, he put the shrimp meat in a small bowl, and at the same time, he did not forget to pour a small spoonful of golden soup on the meat.

Yan Xining walked up to Ji Song with a small bowl: "Song Song, try the crawfish? See if it suits your appetite?"

The shrimp meat in the bowl is firm, with orange-red lines and golden-yellow soup on the white meat. Near the position of Naobu, the shrimp meat is in a square shape surrounded by golden shrimp yellow.

Ji Song stretched out his hand to pinch the shrimp, and when he put it in his mouth, the rich garlic fragrance permeated the air.The fresh and sweet shrimp meat is firm and elastic, and the properly prepared soup wraps the shrimp meat, making it more flavorful.Especially the little shrimp roe, which is comparable to crab roe.

Yan Xining looked at Ji Song expectantly: "How is it? Is it delicious?"

Ji Song smiled and nodded: "It's delicious."

65. Garlic Crawfish

Ji Song's words were Yan Xining's reassurance. He had always worried that the lobster made with Hua Diao wine would not taste as good as the one made with beer. Now it seems that the problem should not be a big one.

The firewood stove gurgled unhurriedly, and the fragrant crayfish scent seduced everyone's stomach.The servants' stomachs were growling: "This smell is too delicious. As expected of a princess, gnats can make it so delicious."

"Of course, pour so much oil and wine, not to mention gnats, even boiled shoe soles are delicious."

Yan Xining lifted the lid of the pot and greeted Yan Ke and the others: "You can eat lobsters now."

Eating crawfish is the same as eating snails, the bolder the taste, the more delicious it is.Lift a crayfish covered with garlic from the bowl, peel off the big shrimp head and you can see the golden shrimp yellow inside. At this time, you can taste the ultimate deliciousness with a single inhalation.

After sucking the prawn yellow, throw the prawn shell to the side and you can deal with the prawn tail wholeheartedly.The live fried lobster has firm meat, and the lobster left by Yan Xining is big and full of meat. You only need to gently peel off the shell of the shrimp closest to the head, and you can easily smoke the whole shrimp. come out.

After tearing off a piece of meat on the back of the shrimp meat, you can see the shrimp thread embedded in the meat. Remove the shrimp thread, dip the shrimp meat into the soup and put it in your mouth. The mouthful is so satisfying. up.

Yan Ke and the others were full of praise: "I never thought that gnats taste so delicious. How much delicious food have we missed over the years? Leng Jun, what do you say?"

Leng Jun didn't want to talk, he just wanted to peel another pincer to eat.The pain of being ravaged by gnats over the years has been expressed to the greatest extent, and Steward Leng feels that this is the most soothing meal he has ever eaten.

Yan Xining lowered his head and sucked the crayfish. He really missed this bite. If he had known that Chu Liao had crayfish, he would have been cooking crayfish in Wenzhangyuan.Just when he was getting excited, he found that Ji Song was tasting wine slowly.

Yan Xining was stunned for a moment: "Hey? Song Song, where did you get the wine?"

There was a smile on the corner of Ji Song's lips: "There is fine wine in Zhuangzi, would you like some?"

Yan Xining was well aware of his drinking capacity, so he quickly shook his head: "No, no." He was too aware of his drinking capacity, and he was afraid that he would lose consciousness after a glass of wine, so he should eat more crayfish, after all, he is in modern times. I have never eaten such a big lobster.

Fearing that he would eat all the prawns in the bowl, Yan Xining peeled some prawns for Ji Song and put them in the bowl: "Don't just drink, eat more prawns. Today we want to eat all the prawns~ I'll go later Boiled lobsters in clear water are also delicious."

Ji Song is not very interested in prawns, he prefers watching Yan Xining eat prawns rather than eating prawns.His concubine's movements of eating shrimp were smooth and smooth, and when the shrimp shells were peeled off, one by one shrimp entered his stomach.

Just when Yan Xining was excited to eat, he heard the collision sound of the spatula and the bottom of the pot.Turning his head to look, he saw Yan Ke standing in front of the stove fishing for lobsters: "Hey? No more? That's it?"

So where did the big pot of crayfish go?Why does he feel that he hasn't had enough?

Yan Xining quickly stood up: "Don't worry, I'll cook the lobster right now."

There are many things like crayfish, but in fact there is very little meat that can be eaten after shelling.After eating a large pot of crayfish, I still don't feel full in my stomach.This is also the main reason why Chu and Liao people are unwilling to eat crayfish: laborers who need to replenish their physical strength quickly do not have the time and energy to slowly peel the shrimp.

There were a lot of crayfish caught today, the servants first washed a pot and asked him to cook garlic crayfish, and the remaining crayfish were washed out one after another during this period of time and kept in clean water.

Yan Ke quickly picked up a large pot of crayfish and handed it to Yan Xining: "Here, Wangfei, do you need your subordinates to peel the garlic?"

Yan Xining smiled and waved her hands: "This time I have another flavor, clear water lobster."

Yan Ke's eyes lit up: "Oh~"

Crawfish in clear water is easy to cook. Just put fresh prawns in a pot and add water to boil, then serve with dipping sauce.The lobsters in Zhuangzi are clean, and the cooked lobsters are red and big. You can see a layer of yellow shrimp brains floating on the water as soon as the pot is opened.

The fresh water crawfish eats the original taste, Yan Xining originally wanted to mix a ginger garlic sauce with the fresh water crayfish.However, he found that the soup left over from the garlic crayfish was also delicious when the peeled shrimp was dipped directly. There was still a lot of soup left, and he could cook another pot of noodles later.

When Yan Xining returned to the dining table with a large bowl of clear water lobsters, he found that there were several prawns in his bowl.Needless to say, this must be Ji Song's handwriting, Yan Xining broke into a big smile: "Thank you Songsong!"

Ji Song's eyes were gentle: "Eat it, if they still want to eat lobster, let them cook it themselves."

Yan Xining smiled: "Yeah, I'll give the recipe to Yan Ke and the others later. Zhuangzi has a lot of crayfish, and you can also make spicy crayfish, fried crayfish with sauce, every taste is delicious."

Most of the two big bowls of prawns fell into Yan Xining's stomach, and when he finished eating, Yan Xining cooked a pot of noodles.The noodles are dressed in the broth of garlic langoustine, which is another perfect main dish.

This dinner lasted for an hour, and by the time the meal was over, the sun had set and the lights in Zhuangzi were lit.Yan Xining patted her belly in satisfaction: "It's so delicious, Songsong, I never expected to meet such a treasure when I come to Zhuangzi."

Ji Song said slowly: "If you like it, Leng Jun will give it to you if you want to eat it in the future."

Yan Xining smiled, and wiped his hands: "The lobster is delicious, but I have to take a bath later."

Crayfish are delicious, but the process of eating shrimp is inevitably a bit embarrassing.After a meal, shrimp soup and shrimp brains were stained on his clothes, Yan Xining felt that he smelled like crawfish now.

As soon as Yan Xining finished speaking, Leng Jun's voice came from one side: "Master, Wangfei, Tang Quan is ready."

Apart from the pleasant scenery, the reason why this hilly south of the capital city became the royal residence, attracting high-ranking officials and dignitaries from central Beijing to build houses here is another important reason: there are hot springs here.In winter, the mist from the hot springs shrouds the hills, and the vegetation in other places has withered, but here the birds and flowers are still fragrant.

Yan Xining did not expect that there was a spring in Zhuangzi, let alone that Zhuangzi was built directly on the spring.However, compared with the big springs in the hills, the springs on Zhuangzi are pitifully small.Only the water near the spring has temperature, and it will be cold when the spring water flows out of Zhuangzi.It is for this reason that only a few people know about the hot springs in Zhuangzi.

The craftsmen built a gorgeous bath near the spring, and there is a simple pavilion on the bath.Even if it is snowing heavily outside, people in the bath can still soak in the hot spring while admiring the snow.

Looking at the lotus-shaped bathtub, Yan Xining cursed enviously: "Hmph, the evil capitalism!" After cursing, he came back to his senses: "No, the evil feudal society!"

Ji Song untied his outer robe, and when he heard Yan Xining muttering, his cheeks were reddish and his eyes blurred: "What?"

Yan Xining smiled and said, "I said the bath is really beautiful."

Ji Song nodded slightly: "Didn't you say you want to take a bath?"

While speaking, he had already taken off his robe and loosened his obscene clothes.