Daming: Me!The auspicious beast unicorn of the old Zhu family

Chapter 24 Daming Food!Comrade Zhu's Xiao Jiujiu!

"Da da da--"

Following behind Queen Ma.

It was the court ladies holding steaming delicacies in their hands. They were dressed plainly, but their appearances were all of the upper-middle class.

after all.

Those who can enter the palace must be carefully selected.

Zhu Yuanzhang certainly doesn't have much time to manage these matters on weekdays. He is already busy enough with state affairs, and he has to train a few brats in the family, not to mention that the only woman who can make him worthy of affection is Empress Ma. , Other women are basically tool people.

So, these things.

On weekdays, they are all handled by Queen Ma.

One after another, delicacies were brought to the table, which made people dizzy.

People take food as their heaven!
The Chinese nation has studied food since ancient times. According to the customs and habits of each place and the difference in food culture, many special food have also been formed.

The staple food is mainly bounded by the Huaihe River.

In the south of the Huaihe River, rice is the main food, while in the north of the Huai River, steamed buns and pancakes are the main food.

Now, a new regime is only beginning to be established.

At this time, it is not easy to be too extravagant, so Zhu Yuanzhang's daily meals are mainly simple tea and light rice. The vegetarian dishes that often appear on the dinner table include dandelion, sorghum cakes, millet cakes, beans, etc.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang advocates frugality, meat dishes are still indispensable.

Plus.

This time the family banquet was for someone's request, and it was for entertaining the husband, so it must not be sloppy, and the virtuous Empress Ma naturally knew this.

Meat dishes such as braised pork trotters, stir-fried prawns, and boiled fish are all available, and even Queen Ma cooks it herself.

But don't think that this is extravagant and wasteful.

Compared with the one hundred and eight imperial meals in the Qing Dynasty.

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty had 24 courses of breakfast and [-] courses of lunch, but they didn't know where the frugality was. After all, they were also emperors. Their standards of frugality must be completely different from those of ordinary people.

This is the case.

It was not until the middle of the Ming Dynasty that the emperor's diet was improved to a certain extent.

At that time, the food on the emperor's table became mainly meat dishes, and chicken, duck and fish almost always appeared on the emperor's table every day.

Because of the fullness of the treasury, the taste of the emperor is not limited to steaming, cooking, frying and stewing. Therefore, a large number of outstanding folk chefs have been introduced to make excellent and delicious dishes. Umami, and give full play to the advantages of the chef to meet the needs of the emperor.

this stage.

Many ingredients are made by frying, grilling and other means.

The fusion of big spices, such as tiger skin meat, Langya crispy candy, big roast goose, etc., is similar to what is called junk food in modern times.

But it can't resist the emperor's love, eating it in the mouth, the aftertaste is endless, not only the emperor, but also many ministers and eunuchs followed suit, bringing the character of the foodies to the extreme, resulting in many fat people.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, the extravagance became even more serious.

It was originally a delicacy of the palace, but it also spread to the common people in large quantities, and was quickly welcomed by the common people. Many wealthy and wealthy families followed suit one after another, and the famous Nanjing salted duck appeared at this time.

Not only that.

During the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Western delicacies were introduced.

For example, potatoes, tomatoes, corn, peppers, peanuts, sunflowers, etc. were introduced at this time.

the introduction of these crops.

Greatly enriched the recipes of the Chinese nation.

Especially the introduction of chili has had a profound impact on Chinese foodies.

Therefore, it is not surprising to see a lot of potbellied sons walking on the street in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. After all, there are too many delicacies in this era. It is difficult for foodies to withstand the temptation of delicacies, like the eldest son of Zhu Di in the future ——Zhu Gaochi is synonymous with foodies.

Zhu Yuanzhang held a wet handkerchief, washed his hands before meals, and said with a smile, "Sir, please have dinner."

Juggernaut Changhong looked at the table full of delicacies in front of him, frowned slightly, and did not move his chopsticks immediately: "Your Majesty, do you have anything to ask?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face froze: "Sir, what are you talking about, this is just a family banquet."

Although Comrade Zhu wants to get away with it.

But obviously, Juggernaut Changhong was not so easily fooled.

Being able to become the King of Protecting Qi among the Qilin guards and being worshiped as the emperor's teacher by Zhu Yuanzhang, the sword master Changhong naturally relied not only on the blessing of Qilin's blood, but also his own profound vision and knowledge were also very important factors.

and so.

He immediately noticed something was wrong.

"Since His Majesty became a general of a thousand men."

"So far, I don't know how many banquets I have eaten."

"And the meat dishes such as roast goose, braised pig's trotters, and stir-fried prawns made by the empress are extremely delicious, so you must try them."

"but--"

"On weekdays, due to the tight military budget, family banquets generally do not exceed ten dishes."

"There were only three family banquets, with more than ten dishes, and these three times, your majesty asked you to solve the problem, so seeing such a sumptuous food today, I am afraid that what your majesty asked for is a bit troublesome."

"."

Sword Master Changhong said lightly.

It is clear.

The two have been together for so long, they have already figured out each other.

The other party's personality, temper and disposition can be said to be very clear, and some small habits are also very familiar.

As the saying goes-

The weasel paid New Year's greetings to the chicken, but he didn't have a good heart.

If it is a family banquet with less than ten dishes, then Juggernaut Changhong can definitely eat it with peace of mind, but this time it is more than ten dishes, so he can't feel at ease even after eating a meal. People are soft. After eating this meal, it will be troublesome if I want to refuse again.

"Hey--"

"Sir, what are you talking about? This is just an ordinary family banquet."

"Come, come, you have a taste of this roast goose."

"."

Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly picked up chopsticks for his husband to roast the goose.

The faint fragrance exuding from it makes people feel appetizing. Queen Ma's cooking skills are absolutely impeccable. After all, Comrade Zhu's three meals a day are often cooked by her herself. .

Any foodie.

No one can refuse this delicious roast goose.

For example, Comrade Zhu’s good brother——Xu Da, that’s even better. Even if he has gangrene, he can’t change this hobby.

Seeing the embarrassment of Comrade Zhu.

Prince Zhu Biao also looked like he wanted to laugh, but he was holding back.

Empress Ma, on the other hand, didn't hide too much, just covered her mouth and smiled lightly, she naturally couldn't understand what kind of virtue she was, he was just like that.

"Do not--"

"Your Majesty, tell me why you are here first, and then I will eat."

"Otherwise, I won't be able to eat this meal with peace of mind."

"."

Juggernaut Changhong obviously doesn't like this.

Doesn't he know what kind of virtue Comrade Zhu is?
If you want to fool yourself, there is no way!

If you really believed his evil and thought that this was just an ordinary family dinner, you would be too naive.

Doesn't he understand himself as a disciple?
Seen through the little Jiujiu in his heart, Zhu Yuanzhang said helplessly: "It's okay, it's true that you can't hide anything from Mr., so let's talk about some things first."

(End of this chapter)