Chapter 382: Fancy Eating
Princess Lejia also ate the candied haws with gusto, looking very satisfied.
When my grandmother gets old, she's just like a child.
After I get back, I can find some time to make some candied fruit for her. Maybe my parents and elder brother will like it too.
After all, fruit tastes the same no matter how you eat it, so this can be considered a different way of eating fruit.
No matter what the food is, Zheng Zheng will find ways to eat it.
She had just silently memorized all the steps, and knew that the most important thing about candied fruit is the freshness of the fruit, and the cooking time of the sugar is also very important.
Zheng Zheng said that if the sugar is not cooked enough, it will stick to your teeth.
If it is overcooked, it will taste bitter.
However, she now knows how to deal with it.
After boiling the syrup, dip the chopsticks in cold water.
If it tastes sweet and crunchy, then it is cooked just right and can be served.
Shen Huazheng finished the candied haws in her hand, then picked up the fruit tea and took a sip.
The sweet fruity aroma of apples and pears is combined with the sweet and sour refreshing taste of kumquats and oranges, and the unique fragrance of red dates and wolfberries creates a unique taste.
After swallowing, the fruity aroma still lingers on the tip of the tongue.
Shen Huazheng narrowed her eyes slightly, and felt that every part of her mouth and body seemed to be stained with this gentle and lingering fragrance.
She drank the fruit tea in the cup in one gulp, the refreshing tea flowing down her throat and swirling between her lips and teeth.
I didn’t expect fruit tea and candied haws to go so well together. It seems like I can make a similar combination in the future.
Xiao Jingran finished the candied haws in his hand, looked at the apple candied haws on the table, and then looked at the orange candied haws.
Unlike the red and round hawthorn candied haws and apple candied haws, orange candied haws are in petals.
Even the color of the sugar coating on the outside is not as bright red as the other two kinds of candied haws.
"Sister Zheng, why do the apple and hawthorn candied haws look bright red, while the orange candied haws look a little yellowish?"
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "Because when the syrup was coated, the temperature of the sugar was very high, and the skin of the apples and hawthorns was scalded. The sugar coating on the outside was stained with a touch of red. So the color of the sugar coating of the orange candied haws is a little yellowish.
Xiao Jingran nodded as if he understood, then picked up an apple candied haws and started eating it happily.
When you take a bite, the outer sugar coating is crispy and sweet.
The apples inside are fresh and juicy, the flesh is soft, and it exudes a rich aroma.
The fruity aroma and the sweetness of syrup blend between the lips and teeth, refreshing and not greasy.
Oddly enough, apples also taste sweet.
But when eaten with the sugar coating on the outside, it doesn’t feel too sweet.
On the contrary, it smells very good.
Xiao Jingran swallowed the candied apple in his mouth and couldn't help but praise: "It's delicious."
He usually doesn't like eating apples very much, but now he thinks the candied apples are really delicious.
It turns out that apples can be made into delicious desserts.
Princess Lejia also picked up an apple candied haws and couldn't wait to taste it.
The baked apples last time gave her quite a surprise, so I guess the candied apples won’t be much worse.
When you take a bite, the sweet and crispy sugar coating breaks apart in your mouth.
Then the sweet juice overflowed in the mouth, and the whole mouth was filled with rich fruity aroma.
Unlike the original baked apples, the apples wrapped in sugar coating still retain their crisp and tender texture.
If you taste it carefully, you will find that the fruity aroma and sweet and sour taste of the apple effectively neutralize the sweetness of the syrup, making the overall taste more harmonious.
Princess Lejia swallowed the candied haws in her mouth and picked up the teacup again.
Take a sip of fruit tea and you will instantly feel the fruity aroma surrounding you.
It is like a fresh and sweet breeze that instantly penetrates the taste buds and makes people intoxicated.
Princess Lejia took another sip of the fruit tea. It was really delicious.
No wonder Zheng Zheng wants to make fruit tea to eat with candied haws, the taste is really amazing.
Shen Huazheng picked up a candied orange haws and started eating it bite by bite.
Although fresh hawthorns are more juicy than pickled hawthorns, they still cannot compare with a juicy orange.
It has the same crispy outside and tender inside texture, but the sweet and sour taste of orange is more prominent.
Gently bite open the thin, crispy and sweet sugar coating on the outside, and the rich juice inside will gush out, filling your mouth with sweetness.
The three of them ate the candied haws in their hands one bite after another, took a sip of fruit tea from time to time, and indulged in the taste enjoyment brought by the fruit afternoon tea.
When Xiao Jingran and Princess Lejia returned, the rain outside had stopped and a fresh scent filled the air.
After getting on the carriage, Xiao Jingran excitedly opened the food box that Shen Huazheng gave him.
Seeing the various kinds of candied fruit inside, Xiao Jingran was so happy that his mouth was almost stretched to his ears.
When they left, Chen Huazheng specially asked someone to pack some candied haws for them to take away, one portion for each person.
Seeing how happy he was, Princess Lejia couldn't help but smile and said, "Ran'er, this candied haws will be enough for you to eat for a long time."
Xiao Jingran: "Well, Ran'er will share it with his father and mother when he returns."
Although his father and mother always abandoned him and never took him with them wherever they went.
But he is a good boy and will share the delicious food with them.
The more Princess Lejia looked at her little cousin, the more she felt that he was well-behaved and cute: "Ran'er is such a good child."
Xiao Jingran pursed his lips and smiled, accepting all the praise from his cousin.
He must always be a good boy, otherwise he won’t be able to grow delicious food next time.
Hehehe~~~
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After returning to the Shen Mansion today, the Shen family had lunch together and then went about their own business.
When it was time for dinner, everyone gathered in the side hall again.
The maids brought dish after dish to the table, and the rising hot steam and rich aroma continued to penetrate the noses of everyone present.
Shen Keheng looked at the table full of dishes with sparkling eyes. Although some of the dishes were ones he had eaten before, there were still some that were quite unfamiliar.
It seems that Zheng'er has made a new dish again.
Shen Kesi looked at the chicken on the table: "Zheng'er, is this a new dish?"
Although I have eaten dishes made with chicken several times, this time the cooking method was something I had never seen before.
Shen Huazheng smiled and said “hmm”: “This is ginger and scallion chicken.”
Then, she pointed to two other dishes she had never made before and introduced them: "This is steamed yellow croaker with oil and salt, and this is baked crab with oil."
Shen Keheng: "Why are there so many ways to cook chicken? We have eaten nearly ten kinds so far."
Chen Keting corrected: "More than that, there must be more than ten kinds."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone else nodded in agreement.
They have tried more than a dozen different ways of cooking chicken.
For example, soy sauce chicken, coconut chicken, chicken and crab pot, chestnut braised chicken, salt-baked chicken, poached chicken, pork tripe and chicken pot, three-cup chicken, beggar's chicken, steamed chicken with winter melon, big plate chicken, and baked chicken with bean paste.
There is also fish maw chicken pot and various chicken soups with different other ingredients, and even chicken wings can be made into chicken wing rice rolls.
These dishes are either tender and smooth, fresh and refreshing, or crispy and fragrant, and they are all incredibly delicious.
The same goes for other ingredients. It seems that the same ingredient can immediately become another delicacy by just changing the combination.
I always feel that all kinds of strange and bizarre cooking methods in Zheng'er's mind come out one after another, and the dishes she makes are extremely delicious and unmatched.
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "Chicken has a hundred flavors, and there are countless ways to cook chicken. I'm afraid I can't finish talking about it even if I talk about it for a whole day and night."
[Like white sliced chicken, four cups chicken, sesame oil chicken, wind sand chicken, galangal chicken, sauna chicken, crispy chicken, salty and fragrant chicken, pomegranate chicken, lychee stewed chicken, chrysanthemum chicken, mushroom chicken, spicy chicken...]
Everyone in the Shen family: (●ˇˇ●)
I thought I had eaten enough chicken dishes, but it turns out I have seen too little of the world.
Shen Keheng also sighed in his heart. As expected, there are always people better than you.
Shen Zhaonian raised his chopsticks: "Come on, everyone, start eating. Otherwise the food will get cold."
As he spoke, he stretched out his chopsticks towards the plate of ginger and scallion chicken.
The golden and shiny chicken is decorated with green onions, which looks very tempting.
Seeing Shen Zhaonian pick up the food, everyone else also raised their chopsticks.
Zhou also picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and tasted it.
Ginger and Scallion Chicken is made by spreading minced ginger and shredded scallions on the chicken, then pouring boiling hot oil on it, allowing the spicy aroma of ginger and scallions to quickly penetrate the surface of the chicken.
This not only preserves the original flavor of the chicken, but also fully brings out the freshness of the chicken, making it tender and smooth in taste.
Shen Zhaonian swallowed the chicken in his mouth: "This ginger and scallion chicken is so delicious!!"
The ginger and scallion chicken has smooth and tender skin and rich juice.
Ginger and scallions not only remove the fishy smell, but also bring out the fragrance of the chicken.
Zhou felt the rich aroma in her mouth: "It's really delicious."
In the past, when she ate chicken, she always complained that the chicken skin was greasy.
But when you taste the ginger and scallion chicken, the ginger and scallion juice wrapped around the chicken skin gives you a refreshing feeling when you put it in your mouth.
The chicken is white and tender with a hint of pink, and tastes tender and smooth with a mellow aroma.
As you chew, the juice between the layers of meat will burst between your lips and teeth.
If you taste it carefully, you will find that the delicate aroma of chicken and the rich fragrance of ginger and scallions are perfectly blended together, creating a unique flavor.
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