The "cabbage lotus" that has been boiled with the stock in advance has shown a light yellow and translucent state. The vegetable leaves have absorbed the deliciousness of the soup and mixed with the sweetness of the cabbage itself. Before eating it, you can sweep away the fish soup in your mouth. The rich taste is replaced by a salty yet light soup that fills your mouth with a refreshing taste.
"Although it is not as good as sauerkraut, cabbage is also very good at washing away oil. If you feel tired after eating silver carp meat, this is just the right solution."
Although it is a different style of dish than the crab-stuffed orange just now, it is equally satisfying and appetizing.
Su Qingluan said, opening the lid of the last non-staple dish.
This dish is easy to identify - just pumpkin sticks.
It's just that Su Qingluan used some ingenuity in the presentation, stacking the finger-thick pumpkin strips in layers to form a chrysanthemum shape, and the flesh of the pumpkin itself showed a rich golden color. , making this shape more like a chrysanthemum.
But if you look closely, you will see that these "pumpkin strips" are unusual - the outer layer of the pumpkin is covered with a layer of fine golden sand. When you get up close and smell it, it actually emits... Savory flavor.
Mu Xingzhi didn't see what it was for a moment, but Song Bo bought tofu and salted duck eggs for Su Qingluan before, so he immediately understood: "Is this the outer layer of duck egg yolk?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "The outside of this baked pumpkin with egg yolk is indeed marinated with oily duck egg yolk. This can neutralize the soft taste of the pumpkin and eliminate the original greasy feeling."
"Then the remaining three bowls contain today's staple food?" Songbo's tone was a little suspicious, "Why so little?"
Su Qingluan laughed: "Maybe it's everyone's responsibility to save food?"
Mu Xingzhi said calmly, "If you don't think you're full, I'll give you the rest of the dishes." Song Bo looked at the particularly conspicuous plate of silver carp heads and wisely closed his mouth. Mouth.
The three small bowls were opened, and inside were three bowls of pale yellow dragon whisker noodles stretched as long as hair, with toppings made of crab roe and crab meat.
Although there is only a small bowl, it instantly steals the taste of all the dishes. The rich aroma of crab roe and crab paste is very attractive to the taste buds, occupying every inch of the air domineeringly.
Su Qingluan said at this time: "This side is nothing special, it just takes advantage of the delicious flavor of crab roe."
"Qingluan doesn't have to be so self-effacing," Mu Xingzhi picked up a chopstick of Longxu Noodles, "Being able to make the noodles as thin as silk threads is not something ordinary people can do."
Song couldn't help but sigh: "It's not like I've never eaten dragon beard noodles before, but this is the first time I've seen them as thin as ox hair."
But Su Qingluan didn't hide it - mainly because the other party was not in the same group, and she felt that Mu Xingzhi and Song Boye had a sense of propriety and knew what to say and what gods and demons should not say, so she summed it up very generously. The techniques for making noodles are all mentioned.
"In short, add some salt and the resting time will be longer. In addition, don't forget to brush a layer of soybean oil when the dough is resting. This can prevent the dough from sticking to each other and make the noodles smoother."
Mu Xingzhi took a bite of the dragon beard noodles and said, "Isn't Qingluan brushed with soybean oil?" Even if he imitated Su Qingluan and put the citrus peels into the soybean oil bucket and heated them beforehand, this old man After all, soybean oil is not as pure as after being extracted by modern technology, and it will have a bit of beany taste no matter how you eat it.
However, a skilled chef can cover up the past with various flavors, but the flavor itself still exists and cannot be deceived by people with a very keen sense of taste - such as Mu Xingzhi.
Therefore, there was no beany smell in this mouthful, and Mu Xingzhi knew that Su Qingluan did not add soybean oil.
Su Qingluan smiled and said: "No wonder Songbo said it's not easy for you to praise you once. People with keen taste are indeed more likely to detect it."
Indeed, at the beginning, Su Qingluan planned to brush a layer of raw soybean oil on the dough. But she soon noticed that the flavors of soybean oil and crab roe and crab paste were not harmonious. If they were added just like that, the taste would be particularly abrupt.
So Su Qingluan improvised, chopped the peeled crab shells into small pieces, added all the finely chopped crab legs that were too scrappy to pull out, and put them all into soybean oil to fry them to get the delicious flavor of crab roes. Ordinary soybean oil It becomes "crab oil", which not only has the delicious taste of crab roe, but also changes the color from golden to orange-red, which is richer and richer. It is brushed on the surface of the dough, giving the final asparagus noodles a hint of tang. A light golden color.
However, Su Qingluan did not turn this bowl of dragon beard noodles into soup noodles. Instead, he only put a shallow layer of soup base mixed with crab oil and steamed crab roe underneath.
"This dragon's beard noodles looks exquisite and smells fragrant, but it's just too small. Such a small bowl is not enough for me to stuff between my teeth." Songbo gestured that he could get it from the bottom of the bowl with one hand. Holding the whole small bowl, he looked a little sad and said, "This is too little."
"This is just a staple food to fill your stomach. What's more," Su Qingluan used chopsticks to tap on the toppings that were almost covered on the surface of the noodles. "There are three crab roes in this small bowl of noodles. If you eat too much, you will easily get tired of it." Mouth, if you can’t eat anything else, it won’t be beautiful.”
Mu Xingzhi joked: "I didn't have time to taste crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival, so Qingluan took this opportunity to let me taste a 'crab feast'."
Su Qingluan sighed: "After all, the three of us have to eat twenty crab roes and a big silver carp - forget about the ingredients on the side. Even if the river fresh food is kept for one more day, it is easy to get a bad stomach. Such fresh fish and crabs, What I mean is that I can’t bear to watch something go bad.”
If it were in modern times, Su Qingluan could naturally put the fish and crabs in the constant temperature layer of the refrigerator, but obviously this era did not have such convenience.
Although the temperature outside can drop below zero at night, once the river fresh food is frozen, the meat will change from very elastic to a loose dregs and no longer fresh. Therefore, Su Qingluan definitely does not want to let this rare river fresh food stay overnight and go to waste. This tender meat.
Of course, Su Qingluan couldn't talk about the refrigerator. He only said that if the river fresh food is not stored properly, freezing or overnight, the taste will be greatly damaged. Finally, Song Bo's doubts were dispelled.
As for Mu Xingzhi, Su Qingluan was completely ruined - this man probably didn't doubt her once or twice, he just said "this woman is suspicious" on her face.
At the same time, Su Qingluan also understood that she was indeed "Ms. Su" in a sense. As long as she didn't admit it, Mu Xingzhi would have nothing to do with her.
After all the dishes were announced, Songbo immediately picked up his portion and went out to eat.
And here, although Su Qingluan knew that Mu Xingzhi still found him suspicious, he had to admit that this person had the ability to easily let down his guard even if he knew the danger. Unknowingly, Su Qingluan I have unconsciously entered a state of eating and chatting with friends.
At this time, there was a commotion outside. Although it was hard to hear it clearly because it was through the courtyard wall, there were faint sounds of footsteps running around, noisy shouts, and even the sound of gongs. In short, Very confusing.
Su Qingluan's heart tightened: Why does it feel like the whole village is in chaos? what's going on?
