Chang’an Small Restaurant

    There are many festivals in the first month, and after two days of people, it is the beginning of spring, and then it is the Shangyuan Festival in the city that never sleeps for three days.

    At this time, it is popular to eat spring dishes. The so-called spring dish is to eat vegetables and vegetables with bread rolls.

    In this era of no greenhouse vegetables, the temperature below zero, the term "spring vegetables" is more of a symbolic image, and most of the rolls are winter radishes, woks, onions, etc. of. Even in the palace, there is no more celery, garlic sprouts, and chives.

    It's nice to have some vegetables that are out of season. Just like giving iced buttermilk in summer, every spring day, the emperor will give spring dishes to nobles and ministers to express his love. Zhou Fengqing, the censor, got a son on the spring day, and just got the spring plate given by the emperor today, so he named his son Apan, which is quite a bit of the legacy of Confucius naming his son "Li".

    The spring plate that was given as a political gift in the palace was very particular. The vegetables are cut into very fine shreds, red, white, green, and yellow, and they are placed separately; there are four or five kinds of sauces such as noodle sauce, chive sauce, and meat sauce; there is also a plate dedicated to cakes, which are very different. For the spring cakes baked by future generations, the cakes at this time are spread with a batter stirred with eggs, fine salt and sesame oil, which is fragrant and soft.

    Once upon a time in the dining room of the inner court, Shen Shaoguang could eat three sheets of this kind of burritos, accompanied by a bowl of mutton minced soup.

    Although there are no out-of-season vegetables to eat now, but there is no restraint, Shen Shaoguang will try to restore the spring cakes of later generations, as for the problem of insufficient vegetables - meat.

    Let's talk about this cake first. Although it is faster to spread the cake, the baked cake is more vigorous and suitable for cabbage. Use hot water to mix the noodles, two dough sticks, grease the middle, roll out into thin pancakes, and fry them on a flat-bottomed pan over low heat.

    All kinds of vegetables don't have much work to do. The radish, wort, and green onion are all peeled off, and only the tender ones are shredded. This is a lettuce plate. Cooked dishes include spread eggs, fried bean sprouts and vermicelli, and fried tofu.

    And then there are all kinds of meat, classic sauce elbow, pork belly, smoked chicken, sauce pork, and even pig ears and pig faces, all shredded and placed on a plate, who Whatever you love, take it for yourself.

    When eating, open some of the two cakes, spread the sauce on the inside, put shredded onion, shredded radish, put all kinds of meat, put eggs, bean sprouts, roll them into a roll, You can open your mouth to eat. ①

    As soon as this spring dish was launched, it was warmly welcomed. The dishes of a food table are colorful and fragrant. Ordinary people, who has eaten such exquisite and luxurious spring dishes? The key is that the cost is not expensive, after all, pork is cheap. More importantly, it is really delicious. What was originally just for the holidays turned out to be truly delicious.

    This spring dish has been a hot sale since the first day of Lichun. or delivery. It has been sold until the Shangyuan Festival, which is a bit of a hindrance, but Shen Shaoguang thinks that people will continue to eat after the festival. After all, in February and March, when the real spring vegetables come down, the spring cakes at that time are really good. eat.

    "The Chinese cabbage and radishes at that time were no longer enough. Instead, use spring chives and eggs, spinach vermicelli, shredded pork and shepherd's purse, and if you add courgettes with thorns on the top, such spring cakes..." Shen While Shaoguang was making dumplings, he thought about it with A Yuan.

    A Yuan swallowed and said, "I can eat eight or nine of these spring cakes."

    Shen Shaoguang: "…"

    Shen Shaoguang looked at A Yuan's waist: "A Yuan, have you ever heard the words 'If you don't lose weight in February, March and April, you will be sad in June, July and August'?"

    A Yuan simply shook her head: "No!"

    There was a "sneer" behind him, and he didn't need to look back, he knew it was Yu San.

    A Yuan thought for a while, "I'll reduce it after I've eaten this spring dish with spinach and courgette."

    Shen Shaoguang nodded, just have a date.

    A Yuan glared at San San angrily and said nothing.

    Actually, it was Shen Shaoguang who slipped his lips just now. In later generations, cucumbers are really easy to get. Every time you eat spring rolls, you will have them.

    Shen Shaoguang turned back and warned Yu Sanyi, telling a joke to make A Yuan happy, "Actually, there are courgettes in spring, but it's just not easy to get. When talking about the former dynasty—"

    As long as she said "Qian Dynasty", this is the little lady who wants to talk about ancient times, A Yuan and A Chang hurriedly perked up their ears to listen, even Yu San also let go of the movements in his hands.

    "One year in Yuan Zheng, the sage wanted to eat cucumber and sent eunuchs to buy it. It's freezing cold, where can I buy it? Well, I just met a person who took it in the East Market. He was selling two courgettes. The **** was overjoyed and asked what the price was. The melon seller said, 'Fifty taels of silver a piece, and two for a hundred taels.'"

    A Yuan Achang opened his mouth wide.

    "The **** thinks it is too expensive. In summer, he buys several for two cents. The melon seller said: 'Since it is too expensive, don't buy it. I will keep it for myself.' I just ate one of them with a click."

    A Yuan and A Chang opened their mouths even wider, A Chang murmured: "Five taels of silver are eaten like this..."

    "The **** was in a hurry, afraid that he would eat the remaining one, and hurriedly took out the money to buy it, but who knew that the seller of the melon had raised the price again, and the remaining one was One hundred taels."

    "The **** thought it was too expensive, and the melon seller said, 'Since it is too expensive—' Hearing this, the **** hurriedly gave him money to buy the only remaining courgette." ②

    A Yuan and A Chang laughed, Yu San laughed too, bowed his head and continued making silk cage cakes.

    At this time, the Lantern Festival is not yet the era when the Lantern Festival dominates the world. People eat meat porridge, silkworm noodles, silk cage cakes, as well as fire moths, Yuliang cakes, oil? . Boiled porridge, steamed cakes, fried cakes, all kinds of food chaos battle.

    It's already so messy, so don't be afraid of more mess, the dumplings must also come out to brush a wave of existence. Shen Shaoguang packed the most classic black sesame stuffed dumplings and recommended it to diners who came to eat on the first day of the new year.

    The people of this dynasty have a preference for sweets, and most diners accept the dumplings well, such as Lin Shaoyin.

      question.

      kind, but it is inevitable.

    Lin Yan, as Jingzhao Shaoyin, is one of the main persons in charge. He has been on duty for two consecutive days, and he can finally rest on the third day. Originally, I wanted to accompany my grandmother at home, Mrs. Jiang Tai, who was old and frail, with poor waist and legs.

    But Mrs. Tai had to drive him out, "Go out for a walk on the New Year's Day, ward off evil spirits, pray for good luck and keep fit."

    The grandmother gave her a fist and a loving heart. Lin Yan didn't want to disobey, so he agreed with a smile, thinking about going out and walking around in the market, after agreeing with Jing'er, he went back to accompany his grandmother.

    There are not as many people looking at the lights in the workshop as I imagined, because this is the third day, and many people are tired of walking around, so they have expanded the scope of the fun, such as going to Anfumen to watch the song , go to see a hundred operas near Chongren Square.

    It's not like they're shoulder-to-shoulder, Lin Yan really does have some fun shopping. Standing on the street and looking forward, there are lanterns and trees along the road, scholars guessing lantern riddles, girls surrounded by maids, children running with lanterns... Beautiful scenery, prosperity and happiness.

     After a few steps, I saw Shenji Restaurant.

    Lin Yan walked over slowly and looked up at the lantern hanging in front of Shen Ji's door. The lamp is just an ordinary drum-shaped lamp, but the Huasheng stickers on it are very novel.

    Lin Yan couldn't help but smile.

    Opening the curtain and entering the house, she heard the little lady Shen laughing: "This is called Meiren Yuanzi. You see this skin is white and soft, how much like the face of a beautiful little lady?"

    The old woman who brought her little grandson to eat snacks laughed, "It's a good name!"

    Shen Shaoguang is just a joke, if any poet eats this "beautiful round child", write a poem to praise it, from then on, the descendants describe the beauty as "the skin is like a glutinous rice ball". Then sin.

    Hearing the door ringing, looking up, Shen Shaoguang smiled and said hello: "Lin Langjun Shangyuan auspicious."

    Miss Shen has a gentle smile, the lively Huasheng at the door, and the name "Beautiful Yuanzi", which well explains what it means to be different from the outside. Fortunately, Lin Yan was already used to it, and smiled, "The owner is auspicious Shang Yuan."

    "Lin Langjun, would you like to try our glutinous rice balls? The sesame filling is sweet and fragrant."

    Lin Yan nodded: "Alright."

    The glutinous rice **** were well cooked, and they were served on the table after a while.

    Lin Yan scooped one out with a spoon and bit it lightly. It really tasted good and delicious.

    The grandfather and grandson sitting further inside finished eating and walked out, "Grandma, this gentleman also eats beauties."

    "Not a beauty, but a 'Beauty Mariko'." The old woman taught her grandson.

    "What is beauty?"

    "This shopkeeper is a beauty."

    The boy nodded: "Little lady is delicious."

    Shen Shaoguang, who was cleaning up the tableware: "…"

    Lin Yan who bit half of the dumpling: "..."

    Forget it, childish words are fine, childish words are fine. Shen Shaoguang took the tableware and chopsticks back to the kitchen to wash them.

    Lin Yan glanced at Shen Shaoguang's back unnaturally, and put the remaining half of the rice ball with white skin and black filling in his mouth, soft and sweet between his lips and teeth. Lin Yan took a sip of the soup, and his expression became natural. There was a difference between the surface and the inside, and it really looked like...

    Shen Shaoguang finished washing the dishes and brought out a small box with some rolled Yuanxiao in it. Seeing that Lin Yan had finished eating the small bowl of dumplings, "I haven't seen Mrs. Tai for many days, I don't know how it has been? These are some raw glutinous rice balls, the same stuffing, but the method is slightly different, please bring it back to Mrs. Tai to taste. "

    Lin Yan thanked Shen Shaoguang and wanted to tell her about her father's books, but the topic was abrupt. During such a festival, when it came to those sad things, Lin Yan didn't know how to speak.

    Shen Shaoguang raised his eyebrows and said casually: "Today there are few people in the workshop, so they all went to Anfumen to watch Tage. Why didn't Lin Langjun go to see?"

    Shen Shaoguang guessed that with this dull temperament, 80% is a otaku, so he doesn't like to move, of course, it may also be a social animal overtime dog, this kind of carnival day in the city, he is Jingzhao Shaoyin and I can't be idle, I've been working on extra shifts for a few days, and I finally got some free time. I guess I don't like to be in the crowd any more.

    "The lanterns in the workshop are very good." Lin Yan smiled.

    Shen Shaoguang nodded, suddenly asked with a smile: "I was in Anfumen that day, why did Langjun let me go? I just thought I was going to be sent to Luoyang."

    Shen Shaoguang originally thought that he might be afraid of causing trouble and drowning in muddy waters. Later, through contact, especially after listening to the conversation between Li Xianggong and this Lin Shaoyin last time, he knew that he was returning to the official position. If Bishi did something similar to his father in this life, then he must not be timid and tactful.

    Of course, he was lucky, or, because of his inferiority, he did not annoy the emperor or cause death.

    In any case, the previous speculation was untenable. Just when Anfumen was mentioned, Shen Shaoguang suddenly wanted to ask.

    Lin Yan pursed her lips, "It is a virtuous policy for saints to let people out of the palace, and it is to reduce the resentment of the harem. The girl is quite strategic, why can't a certain girl be a perfect girl?"

    After thinking about it for a while, Shen Shaoguang smiled and blessed him, "Thank you Lin Langjun for following the situation and being kindhearted."

    This thank you word, there is truth in the empty, the empty in the truth, like the spring breeze of the legendary people in the willow palm. Lin Yan laughed, wondering if this articulation was like this since childhood, or whether it was practiced in the palace.

    Since it was about Anfumen, Lin Yan also continued, "Clean up the dust in the New Year and find some books for your honor in the house. When will I have someone deliver it to the girl."

    Shen Shaoguang raised his eyes in surprise and nodded his thanks, but the lively expression just now became quiet.

    Lin Yan wanted to comfort her with a few words, but she didn't know each other well, and the pain of bereavement cannot be explained by two superficial words, but at this time she stood up and left or said something else, It was not suitable, so we had to stay silent.

    Yu San, A Yuan, and A Chang came back from the outside, and as soon as the curtain was lifted, they saw this scene. sit.

    Today, the little lady also teased and said "the willow stalks on the moon, the people are about after dusk". Yu San glanced at Lin Yan again and again, but he looked like a dog...

    Shen Shaoguang turned his head and asked with a smile: "Really? It is said that there is a light wheel that can be turned, is it true?"

    The author has something to say:

    ①Shaoguang's spring cakes refer to Mr. Liang Shiqiu's "Popiah". Regarding the winter and spring vegetables and spring dishes in the Tang Dynasty, I have checked some information, but it is not very accurate. There are inferences and my own fiction here.

    ②The story comes from Mr. Deng Yunxiang's "Yunxiang Talking Food". As for whether there is a more original source, I don't know.