Chapter 512 Longevity Noodles VI
The white radish was boiled in white water without any seasoning on the bottom of the stainless steel basin. Then, the various roast chicken, roast duck and braised goose that were busy all morning were chopped into batches, covering the white radish by area.
There are more and more types of food in stainless steel washbasins, and the height of the piles is gradually increasing. Erina Nakiri, who has experienced a hand-held palette in Shunde, once again mixed into the birthday banquet production team with her talent of "God's tongue" and served as the master's cooking test specialist.
The chefs of the birthday banquet tasted different dishes that were not inferior to those of the chefs of Yuanyue Resort. They thought they would serve them plates like the Shunde Village Banquet, but the masters gathered all the dishes in a stainless steel washbasin. This never-before-seen presentation method aroused the interest of Yuanyue's pride of heaven.
"Master, so many dishes are served in one basin, will the taste not interfere with each other?" Erina Nakiri faithfully asked her own question.
The master who piled the freshly fried meatballs on the top layer and covered them with tin foil to keep them warm waiting for the birthday party to start the banquet thought for a while, "The tastes between dishes will be connected to each other, but this is also the characteristic of pot dishes. Combining all the ingredients in a washbasin means the spirit of unity, friendship and mutual assistance among Hakka people."
"Oh, it turns out that this way of presentation is called potted vegetables." Erina Nakiri saw a brand new way of cooking and took photos with her mobile phone as a souvenir.
The master, who is over 50 years old, has a good impression of this young and beautiful girl who is very skilled in cooking, hardworking and studious, and secretly said to her, "Miss, don't look at the many kinds of ingredients in this pot, the most delicious one is the radish on the bottom of the pot."
"Radish? Is it the white radish that is cooked with boiled water?" Even Erina Nakiri, who grew up in a Japanese who advocates a light diet, does not have much confidence in the white radish that does not have any seasoning.
The master just smiled mysteriously and said, "Little girl, don't be too preconceived. The radish at the bottom of the Hakka basin has the title of fairy radish. It's useless to say more. You'll try it yourself. You'll know if you want to try it yourself, but you must start quickly. The remaining radish that is left in the end is stared at by the whole table."
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The lights are on, and the results of the busy day are gathered in more than 20 stainless steel washbasins covered with tin foil. The banquet for Grandpa Fu Hua's 75th birthday is just the beginning. Although the economic conditions have improved now, young people still like to go to big cities to work hard for their dreams. Therefore, most of the villagers attending the birthday party tonight are middle-aged and elderly people over 50 years old and underage children.
Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, Fu Hua's grandparents walked out of the Shenyuan Building in festive red clothes, and came to the center of the venue to worship the ancestors invited from the ancestral hall amid the blessings and applause of the villagers. They came to the main table to sit after burning incense and toasting. The others also sat down, but they didn't even get their chopsticks. Everyone was waiting to witness an important part of the birthday banquet.
The person who presided over the etiquette was another respected old man from the same village. According to the ceremonial guidance of Fu Hua, the eldest son, father and her second uncle who could not appear, and the younger sister-in-law were kneeling in a row on the cushion, respectfully kowtowing to the two old men, thanking for their kindness for raising them.
The two old men also kindly stroked the heads of their children and grandchildren to signal them to get up, and the villagers in the village raised their glasses to toast the two old birthday stars. Then the highlight was the main story, Fu Hua presented the longevity noodles to celebrate his birthday on behalf of his father, the eldest son of the second elder.
Looking at the longevity noodles with only a few slices of green vegetables and a fried egg, Jiang Yunfeng was very worried because she was clumsy in the process of making the toppings by Fu Hua, and she even knocked over the salt jar. However, the perm designed by Jiang Yunfeng is very good, including Korean ginseng, angelica, red dates, and chicken soup made from the old hens in a sand pot for a long time. After filtering and picking up, she added vegetables and fried eggs to symbolize that she is good and clean.
The longevity noodles made by my baby granddaughter, although it was very salty, the two old men still ate them all, and even drank no drop of the soup. Fu Hua, who had tasted his skills, lowered his head in shame and poked his fingers.
Seeing the emcee making a gesture to him, Jiang Yunfeng was slow to react and hurriedly added flour and water to the dough that Fu Hua had ruined, and brought the longevity peaches he had created forward.
The two old men also picked up kitchen knives and sliced the big steamed buns of longevity peaches and distributed them to everyone. The villagers received the food distributed by the old birthday boy and chewed them enthusiastically. This step is called "chewing disaster".
After completing these etiquette steps, the birthday party officially began. Fu Hua sat between his grandparents, and his second uncle and sister-in-law sat on the left and right sides of the two old men, picking up the dishes from the pot of vegetables for the old man.
The banquet was coming to an end in a harmonious and lively atmosphere, and the pots of pots were slowly coming to an end. Remembering the master's words, he was also very interested in the white radish that was blown to be "fairy radish" and was named "fairy radish" under the table, and winked at the stainless steel washbasin heated on the low fire.
It's really troublesome to want to eat but don't want to grab it by yourself! Jiang Yunfeng curled his lips and stepped forward to join the battle for radish. He used chopsticks to push, pick, block, and snatch, and only grabbed two pieces in front of a table of masters.
Erina Nakiri glanced at him disgustedly, and naturally put the two pieces of radish into his bowl. The white radish that was originally boiled in white water has now been dyed lightly. Erina Nakiri's eyes widened with surprise.
So that's it! I finally understand why the master just blanched the white radish with boiled water without adding any seasonings. As the bottom of the pot, it is indeed not allowed to be seasoned in advance, because the juice oozing out of the ingredients on it during the heating process will slowly penetrate downward under the action of gravity, and finally gather at the bottom of the washbasin.
The white radish is soaked in these juices with various ingredients, and it has been deeply savory. Therefore, Erina Nakiri can taste the taste of the food in the whole pot in such a small piece of radish.
After the birthday party, the villagers who came to celebrate the birthday left their birthday gifts and left their own. Several old men who were addicted to alcohol grabbed the master and praised him for his first-class skills while drinking. It seemed that the battle situation would continue for a while.
In the living room on the fourth floor of Shenyuan Building, Jiang Yunfeng, who was an outsider, took out the birthday gift he prepared and placed it on the coffee table and bowed respectfully, saying, "I wish the two old people a blessing like the East China Sea and a long life than the South Mountain."
Fu Hua's grandparents were all people who had seen the world, especially the grandfather who liked arts and entertainment, who knew more clearly the size and quality of the two parties in front of him. They bought the value of the warm Tianhuang stone sculptures, and asked for the price for the sake of safety.
Jiang Yunfeng answered truthfully, "I came in a hurry and bought it when I was passing by Longyan City. I spent 5 million."
The two old men took a breath and said it was too expensive to accept it.
Jiang Yunfeng was very persuading, but in the end he could only lied that he could not return the goods and said that if the two elders did not accept them, they thought it was because they disliked the gifts that were not enough. In order not to let him do any "extreme behavior", such as emptying the antique shop, the two elders could only accept them.
With his waist stretched, Nakirina walked along the corridor toward the room where he was resting. From the corner of his eyes, he accidentally caught a figure on the roof of the Tulou. The red agate on the hairband draped on his back had exposed the identity of the man. Under the bright moonlight, Fu Hua hugged her legs, rested her chin on her knees and looked at the southwest direction in a daze.
"Student Fu Hua, is there any special scenery on the roof? Is it so fascinating?" The sound of tiles waving came from behind. Fu Hua turned around and found that it was Nakirina climbing up the roof along the stairs, and was walking towards him staggeringly on the tilted roof.
Nakirina's status is noble and it would be amazing if she slipped and fell. Fu Hua hurriedly got up and walked over to help her and sat down. She said melancholy, "The countryside is not as bright as a city with bright lights and wine. It's dark everywhere at night. There is no charming scenery. I just thought about my parents. After this year's Spring Festival, I haven't seen each other for three years. Alas~~"
"Have you asked Ling Zun for the job?"
"My parents are both engineers of the State Grid. Now they are commissioned by the state to assist the Ivia Republic, which has just ended the civil war, to carry out infrastructure construction. Because the reconstruction task is heavy, he and his mother cannot come back this year." Fu Hua mentioned that his parents' work was extremely proud, but he said that the Lunar New Year was approaching, and his expression was depressed again.
Erina Nakiri recalled the scene when she spent the Spring Festival in Guangzhou last year and went to deliver New Year's Eve dinner to the director of the service center's director. Compared to this, Erina Naki was quite lucky. At least his father could see him at any time in the same city, and even if he was transferred to the Ministry of Public Security this year, he was in the same country. Fu Hua was much more miserable. Not only could he not meet his parents, but he was also far away from his parents.
Because of family reasons, Erina Nakiri left her father since childhood and her mother died early, and grew up under the care of her grandfather, and could understand Fu Hua's longing for her parents. When she saw her looking southwest, she said, "Since they can't come back, then let's go there. I am still very interested in the magical continent of Africa."
Chapter completed!