Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Two days passed in a flash.

This morning, the two hot pots were finally delivered to the manor.

But when Su Chen saw the two copper hot pots, he was shocked.

He had been in the Tang Dynasty for so long, but this was the first time he saw such exquisite copperware. The wine vessels he had seen before were gold and silver vessels used in the palace. The porcelain used in the restaurant.

A few days ago, at Zhangsun Wuji's house, I saw utensils made of another material, which was similar to the material of this hot pot.

It was called: Jinzun!

From this, Su Chen thought of one thing, the so-called "bronze ware" in later generations may be a misunderstanding.

There is no "bronze ware". It may be that the copper ware has been buried underground for a long time before it becomes bronze.

However, this copper hot pot seems to be harder in texture, and it may be copper-tin or copper-aluminum alloy.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, the workmanship is perfect, shiny and bright!"

"It fits perfectly, and you don't have to worry about ash falling when adding charcoal in the middle."

Su Chen picked up the two ring buckles of the hot pot lid and gently lifted it from the protruding charcoal exhaust port.

"It seems a bit big, and it won't cook so fast!"

It was the first time I drew this kind of charcoal hot pot, and I didn't grasp the size well.

"Never mind, let's try it first." Su Chen and Wang Xi each took a copper hot pot to the kitchen and boiled water twice in this copper hot pot to wash it.

The copper pot looked very clean and smooth, and it should have been cleaned before the supervisor was sent in.

Let others wash the pot, and Su Chen called Master Liu to teach him how to make some things.

"Master Liu, I will teach you how to make yuba. Soak three pounds of soybeans for four hours, then grind them into pulp... Use gauze to filter out the dregs.

Then boil the soybean milk, pour it into a glass container and let it stand.

A thin layer of bean skin will form on the top. Pick it out with chopsticks and dry it to make yuba. After picking up the bean skin once, heat it in water and slightly open it, and another layer of bean skin will form on the top.

Repeat this operation until no bean skin condenses."

Su Chen said slowly, while observing Master Liu's reaction.

"My Lord, I understand!" Master Liu understood for a moment, and bowed to Su Chen.

Su Chen nodded.

"My Lord, I will prepare to soak the soybeans now." Master Liu turned around and was about to arrange for the waiter to soak the soybeans.

"Master Liu, wait a minute. Let me tell you how to make peanut butter... I'll start with two kilograms of shelled peanuts."

"Fry the shelled peanuts with fine sand until they are burnt and fragrant. After cooling, peel off the shells and remove the peanut skins inside."

"Add one or two white sesame seeds, a little salt and sesame oil. Use a stone ladle to pound repeatedly until it becomes a paste."

After Su Chen finished speaking, he looked at Master Liu and waited for his response.

"My Lord, I've taken note of it."

Su Chen nodded with satisfaction. Craftsmen are different. They can remember it after just one explanation.

"It seems that we can't have hot pot today. Let's make more peanut butter and yuba first. Master Liu, make more peanut butter and soak soybeans today, and make yuba tomorrow."

Soybeans need to be soaked for seven or eight hours, and there is no time to make them today.

Afterwards, Su Chen walked around the kitchen and roughly determined the types of hot pot ingredients.

At present, there are not many edible mushrooms in the Tang Dynasty, only Tianhuacai (Oyster mushroom), Zhunao (Bamboo fungus) and Yueluojun (a kind of shiitake mushroom).

Su Chen has not seen other mushrooms so far.

After the waiter lit the charcoal, Su Chen stood aside and watched the charcoal pot boil water. It took a full fifteen minutes for the charcoal fire to boil the water in the pot.

"It seems that I have to prepare the soup in advance in the future, otherwise it will be too slow to boil."

Su Chen thought to himself.

Before leaving the kitchen, Su Chen told them to buy more mutton tomorrow and put it in the ice cellar for refrigeration.

Frozen mutton is easier to cut into thin slices.

Just after walking out of the kitchen, he turned to the housekeeper Wang Xi and said:

"We will get 200 kilograms of potatoes later, just like extracting sweet potato starch. Then make some smaller colanders, half the size of the holes in the colanders for making sweet potato flour."

"Make potato vermicelli according to the method of making sweet potato flour."

Wang Xi was about to bow and answer yes. He knew the whole process of making sweet potato flour very well, but suddenly found that he had never heard of potatoes.

"My Lord, I... don't know what potatoes are!"

Su Chen opened his eyes wide, looking unbelievable.

The first time the manor harvested potatoes, more than 2,000 kilograms were left to prevent extinction, and now there are more than 400 kilograms.

Some of the sprouts were buried directly in the ground.

The manor often makes hot and sour potato shreds, and they have all eaten them. Now Wang Xi actually said that he didn't know what potatoes were.

"There are piles of potatoes in the cellar. Have you never seen them? Have you eaten hot and sour potato shreds?"

Su Chen asked Wang Xi with wide eyes.

Wang Xi carefully recalled the cellar of the manor. Previously, corn and cabbage were stored there. In addition, there was...Zhenguan beans.

"My Lord, could it be that potatoes are Zhenguan beans?"

It's not Wang Xi's fault. He came to the manor late, and everyone called potatoes Zhenguan beans afterwards.

It's just that Su Chen has always called it potatoes.

"Uh~ Yes, yes, potatoes are Zhenguan beans." Su Chen nodded awkwardly, he forgot about it.

The wise and powerful emperor has changed potatoes to Zhenguan beans.

"Okay, my Lord, I'll arrange it now."

Su Chen nodded and watched Wang Xi leave, smiling: "Why change the name randomly!"

"If this happens, it will take another three days to eat a bite of hot pot!"

Then, Su Chen slowly walked to the study, thinking about what other ingredients can be used for hot pot.

"Got it!"

Su Chen took out a piece of paper and wrote on it: fish slices.

"Wouldn't it be too extravagant to have duck intestines, duck tendons, duck hearts, and duck blood? We would have to kill many ducks to have enough."

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Inside the palace, Lizheng Hall.

Li Shimin, Li Chengqian, and Empress Changsun gathered around a charcoal hot pot that was exactly the same as Su Chen's, studying it carefully.

The copper pot had been cleaned several times.

On the table were the instructions for making a charcoal hot pot drawn by Su Chen, as well as a dozen colanders and soup spoons.

"Father, this protruding hole is used to burn charcoal. I guess water and ingredients must be added to the copper pot, and then burned with charcoal fire."

Li Chengqian's analysis was very reasonable.

Li Shimin nodded. He thought so too. Iron pots are used for cooking.

Hot pots must be used to cook food.

"What should this be used for?" Li Shimin pointed at the colander and soup spoon, wondering.

"Erlang, this spoon may be used to drink soup, but I don't know what the other spoon is used for." Empress Changsun picked up the colander and looked at it carefully, but she couldn't figure out what it was used for.

Li Shimin racked his brains and looked at the charcoal hot pot.

"Smart, let someone prepare some mutton and skewer it. Use this hot pot and add broth to cook it, and prepare some chili oil and sauce."

Li Shimin thought that blind guessing was useless, and he would know after trying.

At the same time, he also considered that it was impossible for everyone at the same table to have chopsticks to reach into the soup pot to scoop up food, so skewering and putting it in to cook was the best choice.

After it is cooked, just take the skewer, which is also very convenient!

In the past, they all had separate meals, but later because of Su Chen, they started to eat at the same table.

It's okay to pick up food with chopsticks, but if it's a soup pot to scoop up food, they can't accept it for a while.

Li Chengqian immediately arranged it, and the eunuchs and palace maids immediately took action.

An hour later...

The broth in the charcoal pot was boiling, and it was filled with barbecue skewers with different ingredients on them.

Mostly mutton.

"Well, not bad, this way of eating is very novel!"

Li Shimin took a string of mutton and stirred it into the chili oil, and ate it with great pleasure.

"Erlang, the barbecue skewers are too long, let someone make some thin and short bamboo skewers later." Empress Changsun was very busy, and she enjoyed the steaming hot pot very much.

"Guanyinbi's words make sense."

So...

Emperor Taizong Li Shimin, the first "Guan Nei Boil" was born.

If Su Chen saw it, he would definitely say:

"Awesome!"

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Note: For the above three types of fungi, please refer to the Western Jin Museum Records.