Chapter 35 White Jade Clay
early morning.
God has no instructions for today's prayer. It has been several days in a row, but the people in Black Stone Valley still maintain their piety as always when praying. No one showed a surprised expression, which shows that they had experienced a longer time before and had not gone out to hunt.
After cooking these days, Li Qi's open-air kitchen has gradually become perfect. There are as many as four kitchen tables and four stoves made of stones. By the time Li Qi and Nong came here, Rong and the other three apprentices were already preparing.
"Why are there so many white taros?"
The farmer saw a kitchen table full of rhizomes, which is the staple food they usually eat, but Li Qi had named it white taro.
"You will know later!" Li Qi said: "Now we have to wash the white taro and rub the outer layer of skin."
This kitchen team is already accustomed to following Li Qi's orders, holding these white taros with big leaves to the stream, starting to clean and rub the skin.
They don’t need a knife to peel the skin from this white taro, because their strength and the thick calluses on their hands are simply a skin peeling tool, soaking water, rubbing it casually, and then washing it with water, and it’s done!
Li Qi, the master, was the slowest. He had to use a knife to scrape it, but he no longer did this job. He is now standing alone in front of the kitchen table to deal with snake meat.
"The white taro has not been put yet."
When Nong and the others finished washing, they found that Li Qi had already set fire and put the stewing pot on it. They couldn't help but say curiously.
They have been cooking snake soup these days, so this white taro must be put.
“I’ve changed the dishes today!”
"New dish?" The Nong's eyes suddenly shone.
Li Qi nodded. He had to create a new dish other than snake soup, further demonstrate the function of pottery and stimulate everyone to produce more pottery. He also ordered: "Cut the white taro into pieces, and then chop the fruits."
"oh!"
Several apprentices immediately took out their own stone knife and started cutting it.
Li Qi was also helpless in terms of knives because he had not found iron ore for the time being. Fortunately, these people are quite abnormal and use stone knives very easily.
After they were cut, Li Qi asked them to put them in a melted stone pot and simmer.
"Is that cooked?"
A female apprentice named Qin asked.
Li Qi first taught them some professional terms, not to bake everything.
Li Qi nodded.
This subverts their understanding of cooking skills. They once thought that snake soup was all cooking skills.
The few people couldn't help but become excited. They already had a strong interest in cooking.
While doing it, Li Qi also explained to them some basic knowledge such as cooking skills, how to look at the heat, and so on.
Not only that, more and more people were watching around. They were almost annoyed at watching it, but today they knew that Li Qi was going to cook with a stew pot. After finishing the work in their hands, they immediately rushed to observe. When they saw that Li Qi had indeed changed his routine, they were very excited.
After a while, Li Qi asked Rong to remove the stone pot, pour out the water inside, and then put it on the table.
Li Qi picked up a stone hammer, pounded it inside, and handed it to the farmer, "Do as we did just now."
Here, he doesn't want to do any hard work. It's not that he is lazy, but that he is too inefficient. He can do it in one go.
Li Qi picked up a few white green vegetable stems. This stem was somewhat similar to the stem of cabbage, but it was much thicker. Li Qi used a dagger to cut the green vegetable stems into thin pieces, piece by piece, and then scalded them out in the hat pot. Then he came to the stove and opened the lid of the stewing pot. The strong fragrance spread with the white air.
Li Qi slapped the fan with his hand, and saw that there was tempting clear soup inside.
"Can you eat it?"
The farmer came over.
Li Qi gave him a blank look and said, "Stay doing your work." Then he said, "Rong, take this cup off."
Rong directly held the stew pot with both hands, but his hands were not afraid of being hot.
Li Qi first poured the cup of clear soup into several bowls, then took out the snake meat inside, placed it on a large washed leaf, and let Qin take the stew pot over and wash it.
Li Qi personally tasted the snake soup, nodded slightly, thinking that the snake meat was really unparalleled. After being put on for so many days, the taste did not change at all. Moreover, it lacked some seasonings and could make such a delicious soup.
He only has salt, oil, sauce and vinegar, but there is nothing else. He only relies on some seasonings to combine the flavors, but the snake meat itself is too delicious. If there are too many seasonings, it will affect the taste of the snake meat itself.
"You stop first."
Li Qi brought a bowl of clear soup to the farmer.
Nong looked at him curiously.
Li Qi slowly poured the soup into it and told him: "Whike it slowly, try to stir the soup evenly."
"Is that true?"
"Um."
After two bowls of soup were put down, Nong also stirred the white taro inside into a mud. Li Qi used a spoon to dig out all the white taro inside and placed it on the large leaf with snake meat.
Several apprentices were already stunned and had no idea what Li Qi was doing.
They couldn't understand it, and the people around them were even more confused. In the past, they were drooling, but today they were in a fog.
Li Qi picked up another piece of wood chip, scraped a piece of white taro paste, applied it to the crystal clear and thin stems of green vegetables, and scraped it again until the whole stem was covered.
Then sprinkle some fruit diced fruits that are not beautiful at all on top, then spread the snake meat, then roll up the stems of the vegetable, take out some green leaf silk that has just been prepared and tied up, and then cut it into pieces with a knife.
The sound of "cracking" made Nong and several apprentices swallowed.
And when Li Qi put the cut white taro paste one by one on the table.
A familiar scene appeared again, and the melon-eating crowd began to drool again. They finally became immune to snake soup. When Li Qi changed the dishes, they were revealed again.
"Wow! So beautiful!"
He said with his big shiny eyes.
The crystal clear green vegetable stems are white taro paste as white as snow, and the pink fruit diced in the middle is wrapped in the red and white transparent snake meat inside, which is extremely tempting. Thinking about the thing they ate before, it is a world of difference.
Meeting Li Qi is undoubtedly the happiest time in their lives. Otherwise, in a few centuries, they might not have been able to see such a beautiful and attractive dish.
This is the new dish that Li Qi came up with these days, combining mashed potatoes and sushi.
"This is the new dish I made today, called Baiyu Pure. I'll try how it tastes first?"
Li Qi picked up a white taro paste, put it in his mouth, and bit it down. First, it was crisp and juicy green vegetable stems, but it was immediately soft, as if it melted in the mouth, with delicious white stem mud with snake soup, which filled his mouth. When you just felt a little bit greasy, it immediately became sweet diced fruits, which was extremely surprising, and finally it was the smooth and fresh snake meat.
This sense of layering is not only full of surprises, but also perfectly matched, making people chew faster.
Li Qi closed his eyes lightly and shook his head slightly, "Perfect! I didn't expect that in such a simple environment, I could still make such a perfect dish. I am such a genius!"
Suddenly, he heard a "wow" sound, which woke Li Qi up. When he opened his eyes, he saw that Man and the others were about to pounce on him. Fortunately, the adults behind him twisted them, otherwise Li Qi's open-air kitchen would be finished.
"I want to eat!"
"Let me go, I want to eat!"
The little kids seemed to be possessed by evil spirits and kept waving their hands forward.
Tick! Catch!
He even made a low growl of "whip".
It would be fine if you were so beautiful, but you were so intoxicated that Man and the others could not bear it. They were so anxious that they burst into tears and were already in a state of madness.
But many adults seemed to be unable to hear it, and looked straight at the white stem mud on the table.
Li Qi quickly ordered the apprentice to distribute the first batch of white jade clay to the Man and block their mouths.
When Man and the others got the white jade mud, they immediately stuffed it into their mouths. This was also the most familiar way of eating. When they ate, they didn't blink and had tears on their faces. After eating one, they followed one after another, as if nothing else existed.
Li Qi was afraid that these adults would go crazy too, so he couldn't stop them. He hurriedly said, "Don't be anxious, we'll eat this too at night."
"Really?"
"Well, I have already told Po Yi that I would take out the fruits I had for dinner."
"This is so good!"
......
The adults were extremely surprised. This meal was the main meal during the day. If you eat the same thing at night, it would be like eating the main meal during the day and the main meal at night. This is really a blessing.
But in fact, the amount of meat did not increase, which is the rule, but Li Qi cleverly combined the main meal and dinner.
After stabilizing these adults, Li Qi quickly ordered a few apprentices to work quickly, but with the first experience, the second time will naturally be much faster.
Soon, the white jade mud was distributed to everyone, and the adults and little kids were sitting cross-legged on the ground, eating very focusedly, and no one spoke, but his face was full of joy and happiness.
“How is it?”
Li Qi asked at Nong.
"It's delicious, delicious, everything you cook is delicious." Nong replied vaguely.
Li Qi smiled slightly, relaxed his muscles and said, "If you want to eat at night, you have to work hard later. Later, it will be a test of you."
He only made part of it, and part of it was dinner. Because the farmers couldn't stand it, Li Qi decided to let them eat first and then make it later, but he would be there to guide the whole process later and would not do it himself, because he still had a lot to do, so it was impossible for him to squat here to cook every day.
Several people nodded one after another. If they could still eat this at night, it would be worth it no matter how hard the work they had. Besides, this is nothing compared to the work they had done before.
Chapter completed!