Wangtingshu Palace, eighth floor.
The floors above the fourth floor are located at the bird's neck and head, and the eighth floor is the chin.
Wang Qi likes being here very much, because the view from the eighth floor is excellent, and he can see most of the city. The view from the bottom of the ninth floor is much worse, and it is more suitable for staring outside the city.
Just as he was thinking about how to cooperate with the magician in the prop shop, there was a snapping sound next to him, and Li Xiang ran up.
"What's so urgent?"
Li Xiang froze slightly, then moved closer when he saw that he was not angry.
"How about making something delicious? I bought a lot of good things."
I wanted to say go to Elena, but the words didn’t come out.
Yes, as an architect, my biggest hobby is eating delicious food. I have been busy for a year, so there is no reason why I don’t even have a day off.
Let things accumulate for a while, at worst a few people will die.
Wang Qi paused, put down the pen and paper, and arranged them in categories: "Let's go and see what you got."
"yeah!"
"lead the way."
There were several kitchens in the palace area, and Li Xiang took Wang Qi down there.
The palace is not large in area, but its functions and aisles are very complex. When you come down from the bird's neck, you will not pass through the logistics area on the first to third floors, but will directly enter the corridor where the main study area is located. From here, you will go down to the comprehensive area on the second floor.
The comprehensive area on the second floor is stranger than the guest space on the first and third floors. It has a swimming pool to the north, a sunken tea area in the middle, and a crescent-shaped surrounding area with the south side being the normal flat ground.
The two went to the second floor and crossed the crescent platform to Li Xiang's destination, the large kitchen.
The large kitchen covers an area of 260 square meters, with an entrance, an exit, an emergency entrance, and a serving entrance facing the crescent platform.
Li Xiang roughly said hello. When the two came down, the serving outlet was open, and there were several waitresses inside preparing ingredients for dinner.
Seeing Wang Qi enter the kitchen, the waitresses quickly stood up and saluted, just bowing slightly.
Wang Qi had already seen the target and waved his hand: "I'm busy with you, don't worry about me."
Li Xiang took a few steps quickly and walked to a special piece of eucalyptus to introduce him: "I bought some spices from the monster merchant in Red Rock City. I took this piece of meat from the shoulder of the escaped big monster near the spine. .”
The eucalyptus table is made of a whole piece of obsidian, because obsidian is easy to crack, and there is a wooden board underneath it, which is usually used by Elena in the kitchen.
A piece of thirty kilograms of meat was placed on it, and there was a piece of ice between the meat and the eucalyptus board. Ice can only be obtained in the ice forest, which is enough to prove the freshness of the meat. The big monster that escaped was Li Xiang who had been tied to the south earlier. Of the two outside the door, one went on a hunger strike and died, and the other one also became the soul of Li Xiang.
Next to the stove next to the eucalyptus table, there are some clay pots, which should be the spices Li wanted to talk about.
Wang Qi got close to the spices, pulled out the stopper and smelled it, and asked: "What kind of monster merchant?"
"The guy who recently came to the city to work in a sugar-drying workshop has red scales all over his body. He doesn't look like a fish. I don't know what kind of monster he is."
Scales, not like fish?
Yes, Li Xiang was a child born in the Northland after the disaster. She should have never seen snakes and lizards. Although these two species have certain dormant abilities, it is still too difficult to survive in that environment.
Wang Qi nodded, still focusing on the spices.
In the past, there were only two spices, Huangsi and Refenguo, in the city, and the flavors that could be produced were relatively few. The palace had to pay for the spices to the warehouse, but the coins were issued by itself, so it was just a process.
There are eight kinds of spices obtained this time.
It is said that tangerine grown in Huaibei is tangerine. Even if it is the same spice, the flavor is greatly affected by the climate and soil conditions of the place of origin. It is difficult to completely correspond to what I tried in my previous life.
For example, the spiciness of hot wind fruit is comparable to that of devil pepper, maybe even spicier, but its flavor is more complex. When used in small amounts, you can taste the freshness and sweetness in addition to the spiciness. If you must use this Given a target for freshness and sweetness, Wang Qi suspected that it was arginine, which is a relatively large source of umami in some edible fungi and lobsters.
After smelling it around, Wang Qi took out a small plate, also made of obsidian.
Obsidian small plates are difficult to make, and they are considered a specialty handicraft in the city. They are definitely not as safe as ceramics. The ceramics made from porcelain clay that we can find now are not very good-looking, and are not as good as obsidian and wood tableware.
Use a small saucer to fill the water, pick up a little spice with a small wooden spoon and throw it in. If it is lumpy, break off a small piece and set it aside for the time being.
"How do you buy spices?"
"I tried to buy it from the green leather merchant, but I couldn't find it. You didn't allow me to go to the magic prop shop, so I had to go to the monster merchant. He said he would give it to me, but I didn't take it and gave him fifty yuan."
It's tantamount to robbing.
If it were the industrial age, with the purchasing power of the Phoenix Coin, these eight types would not amount to half a kilogram in total, and fifty yuan would be enough. However, judging from the proven productivity in the surrounding areas, there is no need to think about the mass production capacity of chemical fertilizers. The flavor of spices will be greatly affected by the place of production. Judging from Wang Qi's enhanced sense of smell, it is not cheap.
"So this is the merchant's own spices, not sold into the city?"
"Hmm... maybe so."
Wang Qi washed his hands and started to pull the meat. He suddenly stopped and warned: "Next time, don't buy something without a clear market price."
She is not an ordinary citizen now, she is a special envoy with full power. Purchasing supplies at a premium or at a low price is very inappropriate behavior and often develops bad habits. In the big picture, she has given a very bad head to the officials below. Can they also transfer property and collect bribes by buying and selling at unequal prices?
Li Xiang tilted his head to see his expression, which was very serious, and agreed honestly: "Oh, I understand."
Wang Qi thought for a while and asked the maid to call Elena.
Elena entered the kitchen and knew from the expressions of the two that they were not eating: "Is there something wrong, Your Majesty?"
"There is a businessman in Red Rock City who runs a sugar-drying workshop in the city. He should be a lizard man or a snake man. Li Xiang bought some spices from him and paid fifty yuan. You take Akeem over to inquire about the price, whether it is No matter how much or how little, I will make up for it.”
"I'll take care of it."
Li Xiang looked at this gesture and realized that something might be wrong. When Elena walked away, he muttered begging for mercy: "I...I don't know how much it will cost, and I want to see how delicious you are."
Wang Qi pressed his hand on the flesh, and there was oil. He turned to look at her eyes, which looked a little watery when he read.
"It's not a big deal, but remember, you won't do it again next time."
"good."
"I'll open the meat, help me with the hands."
"Um."
It was Wang Qijiao Li's idea to ask for shoulder meat, because the way the shoulder moves is complex, and for tons of animals like giant monster cubs, the shoulder meat can have different meat qualities according to different functions.
However, the complex movement method also makes the shoulder meat have more fascia, which requires some patience to handle. If you intend to fry the meat, it is faster to choose the front and rear thigh meat.
Discard the ice from under the meat before cutting, and wipe the surface dry with a clean cloth.
There are not enough merchants in the city to specialize in fabrics, so we can only use the coarse cloth produced in the city. However, coarse cloth is also good for this kind of work, as it is more absorbent.
Rubbing meat is not to transmit bacteria. It has two main functions.
One is that it is non-slip, and the knife will be more stable if the large piece of meat is dried. The second reason is to prevent flavor transfer. In this regard, for example, people who have been trained by capital to like to eat chicken breasts with heavy ingredients will find it difficult to distinguish slight differences in meat quality.
Wang Qi wiped off the meat, and three waitresses were already called over by Li Xiang's little move, standing nearby to watch.
He didn't care. Coming to the kitchen was a bit of a demonstration. After all, they still had to prepare the meals most of the time.
You don't need much knowledge to separate the meat. All you need is arm strength. There will be a thick layer of connective tissue between different functional parts. You can pull the different parts apart if you are strong enough.
Of course Wang Qi would not do such an outrageous thing. Stop crushing the meat and use a knife to separate it along the thick fascia.
The knife is made by a blacksmith, which is very good. Kitchen knives, on the other hand, have many defects as industrial products. It is difficult to make one knife do everything. However, hand-forged knives can have different carbon contents in the blade, back, front and back. , more suitable for being a generalist.
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