happy fisherman

Chapter 354 The icing on the cake
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Beibei went to the kitchen and made a hibiscus prawn from the sea prawns brought from home, and made a sour fish fillet, and then made a beautiful vegetarian dish with ready-made ingredients - Dinghu Shangsu.

Beibei could see that Qiao Qiongyan was in a bad mood, and tried to please her, so when she brought the three dishes to the table, Qiao Qiongyan's eyes almost fell out of shock.

But her surprise was surprise, not fright.

"Beibei, you have made the dishes so beautiful that I can't bear to have chopsticks." Qiao Qiongyan stared at the dish of Dinghu Shangsu and said worriedly.

This plate of Dinghu Shangsu is made by Beibei with blanched straw mushrooms, yellow fungus, snow fungus, bamboo shoots, dried bamboo fungus, lotus seeds, etc.

This vegetarian dish is not difficult to make, but it takes a lot of effort to arrange the plate. Part of the blanched or stewed yellow ears, straw mushrooms and other ingredients are built into a circle along the bottom of the pot, and then the rest of the ingredients are filled. Among them, it is covered in a plate to form a layered "mountain-shaped" dish, and then thickened with wine, soup, and sauce to make a juice, and then poured on it.

Although this Dinghu Shangsu is a vegetarian dish, it is Beibei's favorite among all the vegetarian dishes Beibei has ever eaten because of its fine ingredients, elegant tones, distinct layers, freshness, smoothness, and fragrance.

She made this dish from memory, and it tasted a little bit worse than the ones she had eaten in restaurants before, but on the platter, she was indeed better.

"Eat it. If you like it, I'll make it for you later." Beibei served her a bowl of rice and urged her.

Widow Liu and Shui Lan had already eaten and went back to the inner courtyard to sort out the accounts. While eating, Beibei asked casually, "Why are you upset?"

Qiao Qiongyan paused when she was about to pick up the food, then put the chopsticks back into her mouth and began to bite.

Beibei glanced at her, and said persuasively: "It's better to say what's on your mind if you're upset, don't let yourself be suffocated."

Qiao Qiongyan stared sharply, picked up a chopsticks of vegetarian vegetables and threw them into her bowl, and said, "What's on my mind?"

Under Beibei's scrutinizing eyes, Qiao Qiongyan quickly finished a bowl of rice, put down her chopsticks and said, "I'm full, I'm home, and I'll come to play with you when I have time."

There are ghosts!

Beibei looked thoughtfully at Qiao Qiongyan's fleeing back and thought to herself.

Because Master Rong had said something first, Bei Bei went to the General's Mansion after breakfast the next day.

Master Rong first asked Beibei to cut another fish fillet for him to see, but he didn't say anything after watching it, so he taught Beibei to make the icing on the cake.

This icing on the cotton is made with squid, fungus, quail eggs, shrimp skin, green and red peppers, ginger, onion and garlic.

While watching, Beibei recorded the points that need to be paid attention to in this dish.

Master Rong made it for her once, and then asked Beibei to do it.

Beibei has always had a good memory of food. The squid, sea cucumber and side dishes have all been cut up, and the quail eggs are also cooked.

Beibei put oil in the pot according to the steps that Master Rong said. First lightly fry the ginger slices, then fry the dried shrimps, green onions and garlic until fragrant, then filter the oil for later use, then stir-fry the squid flowers, sea cucumbers, and fungus. Sugar and seasonings are fired, and finally add green and red peppers and stir-fry until raw, add water starch and start the pot.

Seeing that all the steps of Beibei's cooking were correct, Master Rong tasted a piece with his chopsticks and found the taste to be good. He nodded happily and said, "It's just that the heat is still a bit off, so I'll do it when I go back and practice."

Master Rong felt more and more that it was a wise move for him to accept Beibei as an apprentice, not because he was bragging, but he also said that the apprentice he took in was no worse than the apprentices his senior brothers took in!
"Wait a minute, master!"

Seeing that Master Rong was going to leave this dish for other cooks to taste, Beibei called out in time, took out a carving knife from his pocket, grabbed a carrot on the table and waved the carving knife.

The General's Mansion has a lot of ingredients, even the carrots.

Master Rong squinted his eyes and watched his apprentice shaking the carving knife in his hand. Within a short while, Beibei carved out five small red starfish, and then placed them around the plate, becoming a real icing on the cake.

"Girl, when did you learn to carve ingredients?"

Master Rong remembered that a few days ago she asked if she could teach her to carve ornaments with ingredients.

"Master, my mother taught me." Beibei said frankly.

Master Rong knew that Beibei's mother used to be a cook, and asked, "Did you learn it this time when you went back?"

"Yes."

Beibei nodded indifferently, but a hint of surprise flashed in Master Rong's eyes.

Although this starfish is easy to carve, but it can be learned to this level in a few days, which is already very good.

"Come on, girl, I'll teach you to carve an iceberg snow lotus!" Master Rong picked up an out-of-season white radish sent by Beibei, and moved the carving knife with great interest.

Beibei looked at the carving knife in his master's hand, and his eyes glowed with gold: "Master, your carving knife is...gold?"

Master Rong smiled lightly: "That's right, this carving knife was a gift from the late emperor on his [-]th birthday. Every chef in the imperial dining room has one."

Too extravagant!Beibei blinked and thought to himself.

"Why, do you like this carving knife?" Seeing that the apprentice was staring at the carving knife in his hand, Master Rong couldn't help asking amusedly.

"Hehe, no, I was thinking of using a carving knife that is more suitable for my hand some other day." Beibei laughed.

"Let's use the one in your hand for now. When you leave the teacher, I will give you this carving knife as a teacher." Master Rong said, but the movement in his hand did not stop.

"Master, how can I do that? This is something that the late emperor bestowed on you. It is very commemorative. I can't take you." Beibei shook her head hurriedly.

A gentleman does not take what others like, let alone this person is her master.

Master Rong smiled, didn't say anything more, and continued with what he was doing.

In less than a cup of tea, the white radish in Master Rong's hand turned into two crystal clear iceberg snow lotuses.

Beibei blinked her phoenix eyes, and raised the corners of her lips, this iceberg snow lotus is really beautiful!

"You can go back and practice the vegetable carving of iceberg snow lotus." Master Rong treasured the remaining few white radishes and put them aside.

Did you ask for any ingredients when you were in the palace?But in this remote county town, it is almost impossible to see vegetables that are out of season. I don't know where this girl got so many white radishes that are out of season?
Beibei went out of the kitchen and wanted to find Qiao Qiongyan in the inner courtyard, but she was in vain. A maid said that Qiao Qiongyan and Xiao Zhu had gone out early in the morning.

Beibei was about to go back to the shop when she saw Jiang Yun'er walking from the garden.

"Bei Bei, I was about to send someone to call you over." Jiang Yun'er walked towards Bei Bei with a happy face.

PS: Thank you everyone for the monthly pass, okay~~ Continue to make more changes today~~
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