"Ada, who are they?"
The girl looked at the skinny old father, smelled the aroma of meat, and couldn't help but ask,
"They are eating meat... Ada, what does meat taste like?"
After saying that, her throat twitched slightly.
Meat……
She still doesn’t know what this kind of thing feels like. Growing up, the best food she ate was an egg...
"I don't know, he must be a nobleman from Chang'an City..."
The old farmer took a bite of the steamed bun and said with envy,
"Ada hasn't eaten meat for seven or eight years. I still remember that year, your second uncle's cow died of old age, and we only had two bites of meat. The taste, tsk tsk..."
"Ada will never forget it in this life."
After hearing this, the girl's eyes were filled with longing.
She looked straight at the other side, watching those gorgeously dressed children running around, watching them stuffing various pastries into their mouths, and she was actually a little crazy...
…
Uh-huh.
The lamb has been roasted until golden brown, and the meat is fragrant.
The imperial chefs were about to sprinkle various spices on top, but Xu Fenglei stepped forward to stop them.
"Don't destroy the original flavor of the ingredients. This mutton has its own flavor. If you grill it with some salt, it will be the best delicacy in the world."
He raised his hand and said,
"Qingquan, Chengqian, Qingque. Keer, Lizhi, you guys, stop running around and come here."
Several children quickly gathered and stood in front of Xu Fenglei.
"Master, can I eat it?"
Li Tai's face was full of hope, and his mouth was almost watering.
"There's still one step left."
Xu Fenglei handed a brush into his hand and ordered,
"Here, dip some salt in it, then rub it all over the lamb three times in a row."
"It's the same with you guys. Today I'm going to teach you some cooking skills. Although a gentleman is far away from cooking. But I think cooking is a basic survival skill for a person. Maybe you won't be able to use this skill in your life, but just in case. If necessary, this skill of roasting sheep will be the capital of your livelihood."
"Yes." All the disciples nodded obediently, each holding a brush.
Ever since their master taught them math, they were no longer surprised by all kinds of weird skills. Even eager to give it a try.
What can be more difficult than numeracy?
"Young Master's method of teaching the emperor's heirs is really unique."
Li Ji stroked his beard slightly and said with a smile,
"I've never seen a gentleman teach me how to cook."
Cheng Yaojin laughed and said:
"Our young master Xu Gong knows a lot of things! His cooking skills were top notch in the Tiance Mansion back then. Even the Queen often asked for advice."
"You guys are in for a treat this time!"
Hearing this, all the ministers were a little surprised.
On the other side, under the guidance of Xu Fenglei, several students had already started smearing.
"Evenly, evenly. This way the salt can penetrate and the umami flavor can be brought out."
"Yes, stab it a few times, so that the flavor can be better absorbed."
"Be careful, I'm going to turn..."
Crash.
Li Chengqian brushed the lamb with salt, and Xu Fenglei slowly turned the rack so that the whole lamb could be heated evenly.
The mutton fat mixed with salt dripped on the woodpile, emitting an even stronger fragrance!
Li Shimin took a deep breath.
"smell good!"
His eyes gleamed and he was already moving his index finger.
Changsun Wugou also swallowed a mouthful of saliva inconspicuously.
Although meat is not uncommon for them, they have never smelled such a fragrance at the dinner table!
Xu Fenglei...can actually roast sheep? !
"This lamb, the meat is very tender, so it doesn't need to be roasted for too long."
Xu Fenglei ordered,
"Extinguish the pyre... By the way, are there any eggs? Have you brought all the chickens and ducks?"
"Yes, yes." The imperial chef quickly fetched the eggs, handed them to him, and asked, "There are also killed and molted hens on the carriage. Do you want them?"
"It's a pity that this firewood pile was destroyed like this."
Xu Fenglei said,
"You dig two holes, wrap the eggs and hens with soil, wrap them tightly with big leaves, bury them under the fire, and cook them."
"This is the beggar's chicken, it's delicious."
It’s best to wrap the beggar’s chicken in lotus leaves, but where did the lotus flowers come from in Guanzhong? It can only be temporarily replaced with something else.
"yes."
The imperial chef got the order and immediately got busy.
On the barbecue grill, Li Tai could no longer suppress the greed in his stomach. He stretched out his fat little hands and pinched a piece of meat.
Tsk.
The lamb was extremely tender, and when he pinched it, golden juice immediately flowed down.
Snapped!
Xu Fenglei slapped him on the head.
"I don't know the rules!"
He ordered,
"Cut a portion for your father, emperor and mother first."
Li Tai groaned, feeling pain for a moment, but he could only nod obediently, cut off two of the most tender pieces of lamb leg meat with a knife, and held them in front of his parents with both hands.
"Father, please use it, and mother, please use it," he said.
When Li Shimin and Changsun Wugu saw this, they both smiled happily.
"Okay, okay, Qingque is so good."
Li Shimin was so happy that he threw the piece of mutton that his son had grilled himself into his mouth. He took a sip and his expression changed slightly.
Li Tai looked at his father nervously, fearing that he would make a bad comment.
"this……"
Li Er murmured,
"It melts in your mouth, it melts in your mouth!"
"It's so delicious and tender! This... this is so delicious!"
At this moment, he even had the urge to snatch Changsun Wugu's piece and throw it into his mouth!
There was nothing I could do, it just melted in my mouth, and I didn’t even taste it at all!
Seeing that Li Er's eyes were wrong, Changsun Wugou was curious and quickly put the remaining mouthful into his mouth.
Two seconds later.
She gave Xu Fenglei a thumbs up and praised:
"beautiful!"
“I have never tasted such delicious food before!”
"Everyone, give it a try, give it a try... Listen to Ming Ming's craftsmanship, there's really nothing to say!"
As she spoke, she walked forward, picked up a knife herself, and began to cut the meat.
"Hey, I want it too!"
Li Shimin quickly stepped forward, took the knife from Li Chengqian's hand, and started cutting smoothly.
Li Chengqian: "???"
Is this still his majestic father?
Why is it like a starving ghost reincarnated!
"Hahaha, everyone come and try it! Five of them have been roasted in total, and there are still a few beggar's chickens in the process of being made."
Xu Fenglei tore off a piece of mutton and threw it into his mouth, smiled and waved,
"I'll be the head chef for today's trip, just to keep everyone fed."
As soon as this statement came out, how could the ministers be so polite?
Except for the grill in front of Li Shimin, no one stepped forward. The other four grills were quickly occupied by them, especially several generals, who didn't even use knives and just tore them apart!
The moment the mutton was thrown into their mouths, they had no time to comment, but the frequency of movements in their hands was four to five times faster!
(End of chapter)
