Because she couldn't eat, had no appetite, and had a bitter taste in her mouth, Xia Anni had the habit of taking hawthorn slices.
Whenever you feel uncomfortable in your stomach and want to retching, break some hawthorn slices or hold a small piece of tangerine peel and press it.
The effect can only be said to be better than nothing.
However, this also made her more accustomed to the taste of hawthorn.
It was too sour, which she found exciting, too sweet, and a bit greasy.
The feeling in the mouth is just right now, with a hint of sweetness in the sourness. The syrup wrapped around the hawthorn puree perfectly blends the unique sourness of hawthorn.
After finishing one "cherry", Xia Anni subconsciously smacked her lips, and her resistance to eating was significantly reduced.
The familiar taste made her feel that she could take two more pills without any pressure.
After smacking the taste in her mouth, Xia Anni stretched out her chopsticks to pick up a cherry and put it into her mouth.
"Crack, click, click!"
After finishing eating, Xia Anni raised her head, smiled at Liu Yiming and said, "Brother Liu, this herbal meal is really delicious, sour and sweet. At first glance, I thought it was made from cherries, but I found out after tasting it. It’s actually a hawthorn.”
In order to show her gratitude, Xia Anni finished the cherries in her mouth and picked another one.
However, when clamping this time, the cherry was not separated from the stem socket, but fell off with the petiole.
Xia Anni bit off the cherry, with the petiole still stuck on her chopsticks.
Since cherries are made of hawthorn, what is the petiole made of?
Xia Anni couldn't help but become curious. She chewed the cherry in her mouth and swallowed it. She tried to bite a little of the leaf stem.
The petiole breaks off when bitten, and it still has the familiar taste of syrup, but when you taste it carefully, although it still tastes like hawthorn, it is actually quite chewy and hard, and it no longer has the taste of hawthorn jam.
What's this?
She took a closer look at the small remaining petiole. The content inside was reddish brown and thin.
Xia Anni asked curiously: "The petiole is quite chewy. Is it also made of hawthorn?"
Fu Yu explained: "Yes, it's just a fruit peel. In order to imitate the shape of the leaf stalk, it was roasted additionally."
"Oh, that's no wonder." Xia Anni thought the petiole was quite interesting, and it tasted very novel.
She couldn't help but pick another leaf stem, but she didn't expect that the leaf stem was quite strong, and with a little force, it actually moved the cherry leaves that were stuck together.
Seeing the cherry leaves fall, Xia Anne subconsciously reached out to catch them.
This cherry leaf looks quite realistic. If it weren't for the light color, let alone it, it looks quite similar.
Is it possible that this is also made of hawthorn?
Xia Anni tried to bite a little bit and tasted the taste.
It’s no longer the crunchy syrupy texture, but it melts in your mouth and actually has a very light matcha flavor?
And this kind of sweetness is not the sweetness of pure syrup, but has a mellow taste.
Like chocolate?
Xia Anni looked at Fu Yu in surprise and asked hesitantly: "Are these leaves made of chocolate?"
"What? Chocolate!" Before Fu Yu could answer, the agent next to him quickly took out a tissue and handed it over: "Then spit it out!"
In one sentence, everyone was stunned!
Spit it out?
Can't you eat chocolate?
But looking at Xia Anni, it doesn’t look like there’s anything wrong?
Fu Yu said to Xia Anni: "Yes, the leaves are made of chocolate and are used for plate decoration."
"Oh, it turns out it's just for decoration, so this medicinal dish is made from cherry fruit?"
Fu Yu nodded: "Yes, but this medicated meal is an appetizer. You can try some other dishes."
This is the only dish on this table of medicated meals, so you don’t have to worry about the taste being affected after it cools down.
Xia Anni's expression looked normal, but the agent next to her asked with great concern: "Are you okay?"
Xia Anni shook her head: "It's okay, I just tasted a little."
When the agent heard this, he was immediately relieved, and then he realized that his reaction just now was a bit too fussy.
So, she quickly explained: "Annie can't eat chocolate, she vomits when she eats it."
The agent told the truth, Xia Anni never eats chocolate.
Before I got sick, I didn't dare to eat chocolate because it was too high in calories and I was afraid it would make me fat.
After getting sick, it was because eating chocolate was too sweet, and once vomiting occurred, the taste of chocolate mixed with stomach acid was so overpowering that it could make people sick to death.
The agent was afraid that Xia Anni couldn't bear it and would spit it out again. Fortunately, the feared situation did not happen.
Because he was too worried, the manager's eyes widened in surprise until he saw Xia Anni picking up a spoon cooperatively, taking a spoonful of star-shaped meatballs and bringing it to her mouth.
Xia Anni is actually willing to eat!
Realizing this, the agent unknowingly held his breath!
It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as it can be eaten.
The most important thing is that the dishes on this table are all medicinal. If you eat them casually, you may be able to alleviate the condition.
This small bowl of soup only contained a small number of star-shaped meatballs.
Although she didn't know what they were made of, the meatballs were very small, about the size of an adult's fingernail, and they looked round and cute. When Xia Anni tasted them, she suddenly felt that she might be able to finish this small bowl of meatballs.
With her previous experience of eating cherries, she chewed them carefully this time.
It is also filled with fillings. The outer skin is soft and glutinous, and the filling inside is very light. It is not the minced meat filling as expected, but a whole piece, but it is very soft when chewed.
When the meatballs were placed on the spoon, a little soup was brought in, and they were sipped together as soon as they entered the mouth.
The soup is also very light and not as greasy as expected.
Like chicken soup, it doesn't taste right
"What is this medicinal food? It's a bit hard to eat."
Xia Anni felt like a blind box guesser, and every dish she ate was a little surprising.
Fu Yu smiled and said, "This is yam quail."
"Ah!" Xia Anni swallowed the meatball in her mouth and said in surprise: "Is it actually a quail?"
She had watched Fu Yu cook this medicinal meal in the kitchen before.
The whole quail was stewed in a pot and added with yams. In her imagination, it should be served like stewed chicken.
But the presentation of the dish in front of me really has nothing to do with stewed quail!
Didn't it say quail stewed with yam?
If quail is meat filling, what about yam?
Thinking of this, Xia Anni couldn't help but serve two more meatballs, looked closer and tasted them carefully.
Then, he hesitated and asked: "Isn't the skin of these meatballs made of yam?"
Fu Yu smiled: "Yes, I made the stuffing with quail meat, and the yam was directly wrapped in the outer layer to make it firm."
When Xia Anni heard this, she stretched out her spoon and served two more meatballs, this time close to the skin, and took a small sip to taste.
Indeed, the outer skin is very soft and glutinous when eaten. When I didn't know it, I really couldn't taste it, but now that I know it is yam, I feel that it is so when I taste it.
Unknowingly, less than half a bowl of yam and quail, soup and water, went into my stomach.
"Come on, come on, try this medicinal food again, it looks very beautiful!"
Seeing that Xia Anni was willing to eat, the agent was overjoyed and quickly pushed a bowl of brightly colored medicinal food in front of Xia Anni.
I don’t know what it is made of, but there are four meatballs in a bowl, and a small white meatball is wrapped in orange and green colored ropes.
The colors are very bright, and each meatball is like an exquisite gift, with a two-color crossed bow on it.
A very interesting medicinal dish.
The main reason is that the quantity seems to be very small, and it is a bit similar to the previous little star meatballs.
The agent simply wanted to strike while the iron was hot. Since Xia Anni didn't seem to be averse to eating this kind of meatball soup, she quickly changed it and took one more bite.
Xia Anni looked down at the meatballs in the bowl, picked up a spoon and scooped one out. She didn't eat it in a hurry, but looked at it carefully first.
"Oh, I can see this. Is it spinach tied outside? And carrots?"
Xia Anni guessed and looked at Fu Yu for the answer.
Fu Yu nodded: "Yes, this is steamed catfish with shredded ginger."
Xia Anni was happy when she heard this: "I finally found out. Have you kneaded all the meat into balls?"
Fu Yu said with a smile: "That's about right. It saves trouble to eat this way, and the presentation looks beautiful. And the most important thing is that it doesn't feel stressful to eat and the portion is small."
Don't tell me, it's true.
If a whole fish was put on a plate in front of her, she would definitely not be able to take a bite, and she would feel sick to her stomach just by looking at it.
If it hadn't been for this, she wouldn't have deliberately ignored the original dish on the other side of the table.
I really don’t dare to look at it, and I can’t even look at it.
But now that she was doing it, she really felt that there was no pressure to eat.
After all, the quantity is so small, and the shape is quite interesting.
Just like the steamed catfish with shredded ginger in front of me, the fish meatballs are just a little bit, and there are carrots and spinach wrapped on the outside.
It's quite light and doesn't look greasy.
Thinking in her mind, Xia Anni put the spoon into her mouth and chewed it.
She didn't know if it was because the icing accidentally stuck to her teeth when she was eating the medicinal dish of cherries. She always felt that the fish meatballs seemed to have a hint of sweetness, and there was also a faint sourness that made her feel very comfortable.
Thinking of the sour taste, I couldn't help but pick up a cherry and eat it with the fish balls.
The sweet and sour taste completely suppressed the deliciousness of the fish.
But precisely because of this, Xia Anni was lucky not to retching or feeling nauseous.
One bite of fish balls and one bite of cherry. The four balls were quickly eaten.
"Annie, try this again? The lotus root slices are actually green, look at it!"
When the agent spoke, his excited tone unconsciously increased.
She observed Xia Anni's reaction with both surprise and worry. While pushing the casserole in front of Xia Anni, she moved the tissue box to a place where she could easily get it.
She was cautious for fear that Xia Anni would vomit it out.
This is no exaggeration!
After experiencing it so many times, even if the agent watched Xia Anni eat with his own eyes without retching or nauseating, he would still have lingering fears!
Xia Anni's illness is now a bit serious. When eating, she will vomit it up immediately after eating, which is a common thing.
The agent has been trained now, and when he sees Xia Anni eating, he feels like he is facing a formidable enemy.
I was afraid that Xia Anni would not eat it, and I was also afraid that she would feel uncomfortable after eating it and vomit it up.
In fact, Xia Anni is really well-behaved and cooperative. In order to maintain body functions, she will force herself to eat.
But it is precisely because of this that the agent feels sorry for her.
I always try my best to find all kinds of delicious food, and I hope Xia Anni can eat happily.
And the most important thing is that you can eat it without nausea or vomiting.
Xia Anni has actually noticed this dish for a long time.
The broth in the casserole has a piece of lotus root floating on the surface of the soup. The lotus root slices are light green and very fresh.
Next to the lotus root slices is a piece of meat. Although there is no skin, it looks like chicken.
Under normal circumstances, Xia Anni would definitely not be able to accept the sight of meat dishes, especially this kind of stew, and she would feel sick for a long time just looking at them.
But after looking at this broth, she didn't have much reaction.
She didn't know if it was because of the few medicated meals she had just tasted that made her feel completely relaxed, and she felt that the medicated meals were indeed magical.
Or because the presentation is novel and unique, eating is stress-free.
At the beginning, her attention was focused on guessing what kind of ingredients the medicinal food in front of her was cooked with. Later, she was delighted that she actually ate it without vomiting!
She had not experienced this feeling for a long time, and she suddenly had the idea that maybe her problem could really be cured.
Xia Anning glanced at the lotus root slices but did not move her chopsticks. Although it looked novel, the lotus root slices were a bit big and could not be eaten in one bite.
When I thought it would take two or three bites to finish, I immediately lost interest.
But with other people looking at her so eagerly, it wouldn't be good not to eat.
Xia Anni hesitated for a moment, then picked up the piece of chicken.
It looked like a big piece in the soup, but I didn't expect to pick it out and split it into two small pieces.
They are all big enough to be eaten in one bite. The contrast of the lotus root slices immediately makes the chicken portion seem much smaller.
I don’t know if it was for psychological reasons, but Xia Anni felt no pressure at all when eating chicken.
And maybe it’s because I ate hawthorn before, which made me a little appetizing?
Or maybe this medicinal diet was indeed amazingly effective, and she suddenly seemed to have an appetite.
Because when she tasted a piece of chicken, she actually felt that the stewed chicken was very soft and rotten, and it seemed to have an indescribable taste, which was very special.
Xia Anni asked with great interest: "What is this chicken stewed with? It seems a little bitter at first, but after tasting it carefully, it seems a little sweet?"
Fu Yu laughed when he heard it and explained: "This medicinal dish is called Cyperus rotundus chicken. Cyperus rotundus is a medicinal herb with pungent nature, slightly bitter and slightly sweet. So when you taste it, it does have a faint medicinal taste."
Xia Anne nodded.
It turns out to be the smell of Chinese medicine!
It didn't taste the same as the traditional Chinese medicine she had in mind.
Thinking in her mind, she swallowed the chicken in her mouth, looked at the only piece left in the soup bowl, and without much hesitation, she picked it up with her chopsticks and ate it.
(End of chapter)
