"I think the chefs in my Cheng Mansion are already very good, but in comparison, they are far behind."
Cheng Yaojin looked at the table of dishes that had been almost wiped out and was a little confused.
To be honest, the ingredients are pretty much the same.
But the taste is really quite different.
Is it because of the chef?
uncertain!
Cheng Yaojin believed that his cooks were definitely not weak and tasted delicious. He had specially searched for these cooks. Which one of them was not top-notch?
But the food in Prince Chu's Mansion far surpassed theirs.
Wei Zheng also nodded.
"Indeed, the chefs in the Imperial City are almost unparalleled in the world. However, I have eaten in the Imperial City so many times and they are nothing compared to these."
"Ha ha ha ha……."
Sun Simiao laughed when he heard this and continued: "These cooks in the mansion are all hired by His Highness from the market at will."
"It's not specialized training..."
Li Shimin took a sip of tea, his eyes slightly focused.
Not specially trained?
He thought that Li Kuan should have trained him himself, but he didn't understand what Sun Simiao said.
Can an ordinary cook cook such a meal?
The cooks in the imperial city all learned to cook almost from an early age, but even so, they had to be carefully screened before they could enter the imperial dining room.
"Yeah?"
Li Shimin stood up slowly.
"Old Immortal Sun, can I go in and take a look at this kitchen?"
His eyes were slightly solemn.
If these reasons are aside, then the difference should be in the kitchen.
It seems that I have never been to these places where cooking is done.
Suddenly, Li Shimin became interested.
"Your Majesty, of course there is no problem. Your Majesty, please just do what you want."
Regarding this issue, Sun Simiao certainly had no reason to refuse.
Visit a place where cooking is done.
The nature is really good.
Since His Majesty has such interest, Dr. Sun really can't refuse. No matter what, visiting the kitchen is much better than rummaging around in other places.
At worst, I will give His Majesty and the others some vegetables that they have been eating later.
It's not worth much.
"I will also go with Your Majesty to have a look."
Queen Changsun said.
To be honest, she wasn't really interested in other places, but as for the kitchen, Queen Changsun really wanted to take a look.
After all, this meal is really delicious.
Although she is a queen, she also has good cooking skills. When she has nothing to do, she likes to cook some of her own specialties with Li Shimin and the children.
In the eyes of Queen Changsun, this is already one of the joys of life and is not a despicable thing.
After all, food is the most important thing for people.
This is an amazing skill.
So, even though she became queen, she never strayed far from the kitchen.
Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng, and Du Ruhui were all slightly stunned.
They really didn't expect His Majesty's request.
Go take a look inside the kitchen?
What can be found in the kitchen?
"Your Majesty, Concubine, if that's the case, you two should go take a look around. After taking a look around, we'll go to the backyard and take a look around again."
"Yes, Your Majesty, we haven't looked at some corners of Prince Chu's palace, palace grids, etc., but we happened to look at them all today."
"That's right, Your Majesty, just take a look at the kitchen. The food is so delicious. I guess it's a personal matter. If it doesn't work, when I leave today, I will borrow the chef from Prince Chu's palace for a few days."
"This is the right answer, Your Majesty!"
"……."
Changsun Wuji, Wei Zheng and Du Ruhui all spoke, but did not stand up.
kitchen?
They have no interest.
And seeing that His Majesty and his wife are going together, this is where he can see his son eating.
What are they going to do?
What can be in the kitchen?
Aren’t they all the same pots and pans? At most, the pots and pans in Prince Chu's Mansion are made of gold. What else can they have?
Gone!
Look at these meals, they are all the same.
They also have pork, mutton, and chicken.
They have seen all these vegetables.
It's not that different.
Li Shimin nodded with a smile.
He didn't force them.
After all, it was just a kitchen, and he wanted to see it just on a whim.
As for what they said, Li Shimin also understood, what can be in a kitchen?
Even if there were treasures, they would not be placed here.
Xiao Sizi and Princess Changle are still cooking.
Everything he murmured in his mouth was filled with meat.
The two of them had a great time eating.
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun stood up and walked to the kitchen side by side.
However, Sun Simiao stood up and followed him.
After all, he was also responsible for entertaining Li Shimin today and should accompany him.
The kitchen in Prince Chu's Mansion is not big, but it is not small either.
Li Shimin stood at the door and looked around briefly. He looked very well.
It's no different from other wealthy families.
It’s just that the pots, pans, etc. are a little bigger and there are a lot more.
Five cooks and a few maids were cleaning up. When they saw Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, their expressions tightened and they hurriedly kowtowed in greeting.
Li Shimin waved his hand and asked everyone to stand up with a smile.
"You all go down and rest first."
Sun Simiao said.
Several servants quickly retreated.
"Your Majesty, look at it as you like, touch it as you like, hehehe..."
Sun Simiao chuckled.
"If there's anything you like, just take it."
Li Shimin pursed his lips and smiled without saying anything more.
Go forward.
The water tank is, well, very big, and there is a full tank of water in it.
The big pot, not too small, has been cleaned now.
As for the bottom, Li Shimin bent down and took a look. There were still sparks in the fire place, and it looked like they had just been extinguished.
Yes, after all, I had to leave food for them just now.
It cannot be completely extinguished at this time, but must be kept slightly warm.
"Your Majesty, everything seems to be normal here."
Queen Changsun stood at the place where she was cutting vegetables, looking at the knives and miscellaneous items, and said.
Li Shimin rubbed his nose.
really.
This place is almost the same as an ordinary kitchen.
But while walking, suddenly, his eyes froze slightly.
In front of a pot, there is a pile of bottles and cans.
"What is this?" Li Shimin asked.
"Your Majesty, these are some salt, sugar, and some spices."
"They are also available in the palace, right?"
Sun Simiao answered.
Li Shimin's eyes flickered.
He had seen some of these things in Chuhe Restaurant.
And there are many more that he has never seen.
He sighed and nodded disappointedly.
These are indeed extremely common,
Although salt in the Tang Dynasty was extremely precious, it was indispensable for landlords whose families were relatively well off.
Not to mention Prince Chu’s Mansion.
Your Majesty, if you can’t afford salt, wouldn’t it make people laugh?
Naturally, there is no shortage of salt and other things in the palace.
Very unusual.
Li Shimin turned around, his eyes slightly disappointed.
Empress Changsun followed on one side and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's just ordinary."
"That dish must be a good cook, that's why it tastes so good."
Li Shimin nodded.
He lifted his legs and walked out.
Sun Simiao also left here.
But when Empress Changsun passed the pot stand, she slightly raised her eyebrows and walked towards the bottles and jars.
Is it really a matter of the chef's skills?
Can't do it either.
Queen Changsun was really a little doubtful.
That cook, no matter how you look at it, is just an ordinary cook.
But the pots and pans are just like the others. If there is any other reason, the problem can only be with these bottles and cans.
Queen Changsun opened one casually.
A very common spice in the Tang Dynasty,
Open another one, same thing.
The third and fourth are almost the same.
There is nothing strange about it. Even if the Tang Dynasty did not have it, Chuhe Restaurant would still have it.
Queen Changsun can even call her by name.
Queen Changsun thought to herself that she might be suspicious.
Cover.
Want to turn around,
But for some reason, his eyes were still fixed on the unopened bottles and jars.
"Forget it, come here now, let's take a look."
Queen Changsun muttered to herself and stretched out her hand again.
The remaining jars were opened.
Empress Changsun glanced at them all casually.
But suddenly, the gaze he had just glanced at suddenly tightened.
Returning her gaze, she locked eyes directly on a white porcelain jar.
His brows wrinkled slightly.
That is……
Queen Changsun looked at the jar full of snowflake-like things with a little hesitation on her face.
What it is?
so white!
So pure!
So bright!
There seemed to be no impurities at all. It could be said that there was only one word that came to Queen Changsun's mind, and that was "snowflake"!
It's really like snowflakes, extremely white and tender.
Queen Changsun stretched out her hand and grabbed a handful.
Those particles were each round and smooth. She gently flowed these snowflake-like particles from the seam of her hand to the other.
This is too white and too smooth.
Color, like snowflakes.
And the sense of touch is like the finest river sand.
Holding it in your hand, the feeling is really indescribable!
"What's this?"
Queen Changsun is confused?
She was certain that she had never seen this ingredient before.
"Another exclusive secret recipe introduced by Kuan'er?"
Queen Changsun thought so.
However, when you look at these things on the pot stand, you don't have to think about it. They are definitely used for cooking, similar to spices.
The effect is absolutely the same.
Gudong...
Queen Changsun swallowed.
She pursed her lips slightly, stretched out a finger, dipped a little on it, and then put it in her mouth.
suck.
However, when she put her tongue in her mouth, Queen Changsun's body suddenly trembled, and she became completely numb.
Stand still.
like a statue.
His eyes exploded.
Terrified.
This this.……
Her breathing suddenly rose, her eyes exploded, she was in disbelief, staring at the snow-white thing in her hand, she was so horrified that she couldn't say a word, her breathing was rapid, as if a blower was inserted.
What did you eat?
salty!
salty!
salty!
When her fingers entered her mouth, Queen Changsun really felt it. The salty taste spread and exploded on her taste buds. She felt that her mouth had been completely captured, and her soul felt as if it had been hit hard. One punch, trembling uncontrollably.
When had she ever tasted this taste?
yes!
She admitted that to her, salt was as common as the dirt outside.
After all, she is the queen of a country and the virtuous mother of this part of the world.
but!
She had never tasted such a taste.
pure!
So pure! !
There is no other taste at all except salt.
You know, all the salt in the Tang Dynasty is green salt, which is mined from wells or mines.
It is the most primitive and trashy raw material.
There is no processing or craftsmanship during this period. Even if it is sold, it is just a big lump and a big lump, and is sold directly.
Some of the salt is really as hard as stone, so hard that it cannot be used.
Even if it is broken into pieces, the coarse salt particles cannot be completely melted when placed in the pot.
Even if you put it in the dish like this, you can get some salty taste, but from time to time you will eat a salt particle, which will crunch in your mouth. People were rushed over directly.
It will completely lose the pleasure of eating.
Even Empress Changsun was the queen of a country, and the imperial kitchen was already the most sophisticated kitchen in the entire Tang Dynasty, but even so, she could not avoid it.
It can be seen how the common people outside the imperial city eat salt.
Grandma’s!
However, this salt, this snow sand salt, melts in your mouth, it is so fragrant and salty, and has no other taste at all.
Salt is the taste of salt! !
Even Queen Changsun felt that as long as she was given a big cake or a bowl of rice, to put it bluntly, she would not need to eat the vegetables, just add salt.
Numb!
Cracked!
Exploded!
Queen Changsun's hands were shaking badly.
She stared at the snow, sand and salt, her eyes really seemed to have solidified.
She had never seen such salt in her life, not just her, she was sure that no one in the entire world had seen it.
But there are so many in Prince Chu’s Mansion! !
The fact that the dishes in Prince Chu's Mansion were so delicious just now must have a lot to do with this salt! !
Absolutely amazing!
It’s really amazing! !
She took a deep breath and calmed down her heartbeat, which was like a turbulent wave.
Gudong...
She swallowed hard again.
He forced himself to shift his gaze and put it back on the other bottles and jars.
On the other side of the snow-sand salt, there is another jar. The contents in that jar seem to be similar to the snow-sand salt.
It's also white.
It just looks like the particles are larger than snow sand salt.
Queen Changsun couldn't control it. She didn't have any thoughts in her mind, but her hand had already grabbed it.
Grab it.
Feeling the weight in her hand, Queen Changsun put it directly into her mouth.
Cluck cluck...
These particles make a lot of noise when they rub against the teeth in the mouth.
Even Queen Changsun was impatient and wanted to taste the taste of these particles, so she bit a lot of them with force.
"hiss……."
But the next moment, Empress Changsun was completely dumbfounded.
This smell! !
