My daily life of cooking food in Tokyo

Chapter 244 Wine

Of course, except for the medicinal food, the other dishes taste quite good.

Especially the stir-fried lotus root dish.

Cut the fresh lotus root into inch-wide cubes.

No need for overly complicated cooking.

Simply fry until cooked and add some salt to taste.

The main thing to eat is the crispness and sweetness of fresh lotus root.

While chewing, the sweetness and fragrance of lotus root are also released due to the squeezing of the teeth.

Gradually fill the entire mouth.

Gives a very comfortable feeling.

But it's just a bit lacking in food and beverages.

But it doesn't matter, there are chili fried pork and small fried yellow beef with rice.

A mere rice bowl is nothing to worry about.

Pork with alternating fat and lean textures tastes best.

Moisturized by lard, the whole piece of pork tastes very tender.

It is different from the chili fried pork that Liu Minghui made.

The peppers in this chili stir-fry are not overcooked.

So it still maintains a crisp and delicate taste.

The spiciness is prominent and slightly sweet, which adds a different flavor to the pork.

The flavors of chili and pork blend together, making it the most homely delicacy.

Pair it with some white rice.

People couldn't help but turn into a rice-drying machine and began to pull it out quickly.

The fried yellow beef is different.

Taking advantage of early in the morning, Xiang Zhen went to the vegetable market to snap up the freshest part of a whole head of beef.

It only needs to be slightly marinated to taste, and the peculiar smell in the beef can be removed for cooking.

Add onions and some peppercorns and stir-fry until ripe.

Onions have a rich aroma and a hint of sweetness.

Beef is more tender and chewy than pork.

Add a little peppercorns.

One bite is a crazy stimulation of multiple flavors.

It's so delicious that people can't stop.

After a crazy meal, drinking a bowl of clear soup can make people feel satisfied from body to soul.

In contrast to the photon in the room who was enjoying the meal, Liu Lixing felt that the taste of the soup was too bland and started to frantically dip it in water.

Especially the extremely tender black-bone chicken meat, with the help of dipping it in water, it regained its second spring.

The original strange taste of the medicinal materials was suppressed by the strong taste of the water.

The spicy and delicious dipping water highlights the tenderness of the black-bone chicken.

With one bite, the black-bone chicken bursts with juice.

The more you chew, the more fragrant, and the more you chew, the more flavorful.

After eating and drinking enough, Photon in the room immediately stood up and prepared to clear the table.

However, Xiang Zhen rushed over and held him down, exclaiming: "Guangzi, please don't move."

"It's inconvenient for you right now and you need to have a good rest."

"Just leave this to some lazy person."

Liu Minghui looked helpless. Without asking, he knew that he was the lazy person mentioned by Xiang Zhen.

Obviously I am very diligent and take the initiative to help clean up every time, but I still get complained about.

It's really snowing in June, more wrong than Dou E.

But now was not the time to argue. Liu Minghui stood up and packed up with Xiang Zhen.

While they were cleaning up together, Liu Minghui asked curiously: "Mom, how are things arranged for tomorrow?"

"Are we going to set up a few tables?"

Xiang Zhen said angrily: "Don't you know what kind of family we are? Why do we do all these fancy things?"

"When the time comes, just set up two big tables at home, order delicious food, and call some relatives and friends to come over for a meal."

"It's complicated. People thought you were planning to receive gift money."

"What was originally a happy thing has turned out to be a bad one."

Liu Minghui has no objection to this point.

It's mother Xiang Zhen's birthday, she just wants to be happy.

What Liu Minghui cared about was how to prepare tomorrow's meal.

He immediately asked: "What about the food?"

"Call a chef to do it?"

Xiang Zhen immediately refused: "What are you calling a chef, am I not a chef?"

"Although the meals are a bit too much, I can still do it when I get up early."

At this point, Xiang Zhen suddenly realized what Liu Minghui meant.

Naturally he wanted to help.

Thinking of Liu Minghui's craftsmanship, Xiang Zhen felt that her saliva began to secrete faster.

She is a little hungry.

Especially thinking of what happened last night, Xiang Zhen couldn't help laughing out loud.

After carrying two large bowls of mung bean soup back and waiting for a while, Liu Lixing finally woke up in a daze.

At this time, the two bowls of mung bean soup on the table were already empty.

Needless to say, Xiang Zhen naturally enjoyed it as soon as she brought it over.

I have to say, this mung bean soup is really her favorite.

No matter how much I drink, it is never enough.

If it wasn't for Liu Lixing, there might be two empty bowls left here.

Seeing Liu Lixing's new arrival, Xiang Zhen immediately helped him up.

He put the mung bean soup to Liu Lixing's mouth.

He doesn't have as good a treatment as Indoor Photon, who can be fed one bite at a time.

Although Liu Lixing had woken up, his head was still confused and unclear.

While his nose was twitching, he suddenly smelled a very pleasant fragrance.

Instinctively, he swallowed subconsciously.

What is this and why does it smell so good?
At this moment, Xiang Zhen brought the mung bean soup to his mouth.

Liu Lixing was not polite either.

He began to swallow in big mouthfuls.

After swallowing, Liu Lixing felt an extraordinary taste.

What on earth is this and why does it taste so good?

Even the drunkenness was suppressed by this delicious food, allowing him to regain some of his sobriety.

It's just that when he was about to drink more, he found that this delicious bowl began to get farther and farther away from him.

He looked at Xiang Zhen and murmured: "Honey, this stuff tastes so good."

"Isn't it the fine nectar you found so hard for me?"

"I still want it!"

Xiang Zhen found it a little funny, but at the same time understood, she smiled and said, "Drink slowly, don't choke."

"I'll feed you after you drink it."

It wasn't that she was reluctant to give Liu Lixing a drink, she was just afraid that he would choke.

After all, a drunk person cannot be treated with common sense.

Hearing Xiang Zhen's words, I felt the mung bean soup melt in my mouth, full of fragrance.

Liu Lixing was reluctant to swallow it.

Such a delicious thing, if you don't savor it carefully, it is really a waste of money.

But looking at Xiang Zhen's expectant eyes, Liu Lixing finally swallowed it.

Feel the mung bean soup slipping from the esophagus and moistening the stomach.

Liu Lixing felt very comfortable, and even the drunkenness had softened a little. He was very moved and said to Xiang Zhen:
"Honey, thank you so much for making such delicious food for me."

"I knew you were the best for me."

Xiang Zhen hesitated, saying that she couldn't make such delicious mung bean soup.

If it weren't for Liu Minghui's method of turning decay into magic, this mung bean soup wouldn't be so delicious.

But I think Liu Minghui just warmed up the rhetoric.

Xiang Zhen suddenly felt that there was nothing wrong with saying that the mung bean soup was made by herself.

Ok.

It's just that my son processed it a little bit more and changed the flavor a little bit.

He immediately said without blushing and without a beating heart: "What else?"

"Who else will be so kind to you?"

"Drink quickly, and go to bed early after drinking."

Liu Minghui's strength is obvious to all.

Just because it's too good isn't necessarily a good thing.

Xiang Zhen asked with some hesitation: "Xiaohui, how good is your ordinary home cooking?"

Liu Minghui patted his chest and said, "Don't you know what your son's craft is?"

"There will be absolutely no problem at all."

Xiang Zhen confirmed again: "Is it as delicious as those braised vegetables and mung bean soup?"

Liu Minghui said as a matter of course: "Of course."

"Everything your son cooks is delicious!"

Xiang Zhen sighed and said, "Son, sometimes being too good is not a good thing."

"Your craftsmanship is very good, but a big tree is easy to attract wind, so let me do it myself."

"Mom just needs to know that you have this kind of heart."

"Besides, it's just an ordinary birthday party."

"How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer?"

"Xiaohui, your skills should wait until the critical moment to use them."

The reason why Xiang Zhen said that was naturally because of her own considerations.

She really didn't want to bring trouble to Liu Minghui because of a birthday party.

Liu Minghui said categorically: "My mother's birthday party is naturally worthy of my craftsmanship."

"It's just that what you said is right, Mom."

"I can walk away, but you still want to live here."

"If you don't make a compromise, I'll cook just one dish, which can be regarded as my best effort."

Seeing the hesitation in Xiang Zhen's eyes, Liu Minghui said coquettishly, "Mom~"

"I come all the way back. If I don't do something, I always feel like I'm missing something."

"Just one dish, there will be absolutely no problem."

Xiang Zhen hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed.

This was Liu Minghui's wish, and she couldn't let it down.

If it's just one dish, it's really not easy to go wrong.

No.

This is not safe.

Xiang Zhen hesitated for a moment and said, "One dish is fine, but it must be a vegetarian dish."

"Meat dishes are not acceptable."

"If you agree, I will let you show everyone tomorrow."

Vegetarian?

How could vegetarian food limit my performance?

If he was just cooking one dish, Liu Minghui would naturally want to be the best at it.

Of course, you can't be too ostentatious and cause trouble for your own family.

For vegetarian dishes, it's just right.

Thinking of this, Liu Minghui agreed without hesitation and said:

"That's a vegetarian dish."

"Mom, just wait and see what I do tomorrow."

"I will never lose your face."

In this way, the two finalized the cooking for tomorrow.

The kitchen has been cleaned up, and Liu Minghui still has something to do, so he left here first.

Soon he returned to his room.

He came to the corner and looked at the wine he had brewed.

"Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the random task, the strongest wine."

"Ding, congratulations to the host's brewing technology (primary) to advanced."

As soon as he woke up this morning, Liu Minghui received a prompt from the system to complete the task.

He never thought that reaching this level would be considered as completing the mission.

As the winemaking knowledge flows in Liu Minghui's mind, it continues to leave its mark.

Liu Minghui suddenly had an idea.

Use the knowledge you just acquired.

Secondary processing is used to turn decay into magic and give these wines a second life.

Liu Minghui had actually had this idea before.

It's just that due to insufficient level, it can only be stranded.

Now that he has acquired more advanced brewing technology, Liu Minghui's heart is naturally eager to move.

He always felt that giving away these ordinary drinks would really ruin his tall image in everyone's eyes.

Just do it.

Liu Minghui picked up two jars of wine and came to his own brewing room.

As soon as I opened the door, I smelled the faint aroma of wine.

This is the aroma left after being intoxicated by wine countless times.

Here, the basic tools for handling wine are available, and Liu Minghui doesn't have to worry about the problem that a clever woman can't cook without rice.

Liu Minghui first boiled a pot of water and carefully cleaned the distillation tools needed.

This is a necessary step to remove bacteria from the tools.

Prevent them from polluting the wine and causing the wine to deteriorate.

Then there is a process of distillation, purification and impurity removal.

Utilize the principle that water and alcohol have different boiling points.

It's just a matter of heating the wine to the right temperature and collecting the steam that evaporates.

Then let the vapor condense back into liquid, and you can separate the water and alcohol into what you want.

Although this process is simple, it is a test of the winemaker's skills.

Because wine is not simply a mixture of alcohol and water.

It is also rich in alcohols and lipids, which is why it has such a wonderful aroma and taste.

If you don't pay attention, the wine will be purified and the quality will be worse.

Although higher in alcohol, it has lost its distinctive flavour.

At best, it's just drinking alcohol mixed with water.

To do this, you need to have a good understanding of wine.

Familiar with the boiling point of various substances in it can control the temperature and keep the essence you need.

At the same time, you also need to have a certain degree of creativity and have a plan for the taste of the final wine.

Bit by bit, the substances you want are purified from the first wine, and gathered into a new jar of fine wine.

To do this, it is natural to have a certain understanding of Chujiu.

Even the final wine must be created in the most reasonable way according to the taste of the first wine.

There is no fixed formula.

Some are only the wild imagination of the winemaker that day.

The final taste is entirely dependent on the winemaker's ability to portray the flavor and realize the creation.

Liu Minghui thought about it and decided to open the altar.

Before taking action, you must master the taste of the first drink.

Dip a little with chopsticks?
Liu Minghui rolled the wine into his tongue, and began to feel the taste of the first wine with every taste bud cell on his tongue.

The hot and powerful taste began to attack Liu Minghui's taste buds, showing off his own unique taste.

After repeating this five times, Liu Minghui already knew the taste of this first wine.

I already have the inspiration to create new wine.

But there is still one thing missing to complete this inspiration, and that is bamboo leeks.

In order to make the final wine taste more flavorful, a hint of bamboo fragrance incorporated into it is stimulated.

Need to add some extra essence of bamboo, bamboo leek is the most suitable thing.

Bamboo Lek is the juice contained in bamboo, which is light yellow in color and preferably transparent.

In addition to containing the essence of bamboo itself, it also has a special burnt aroma due to being roasted by fire.

Blended with spirits, it can produce a beautiful taste.

(End of this chapter)