Chapter 475: Do Something Different
Chen Huazheng couldn't help but ask: "Aning, what's wrong with you?"
Why did you suddenly sigh out of nowhere?
Zhou Ying also found it a little strange. Aning was clearly eating happily just now and didn't seem to be worried about anything.
She suddenly thought of something and her heart tightened.
Could it be that Aning is unhappy again because of her unreliable father and brother? ?
Did they write to her?
Or did Aning get some news from somewhere and that’s why she’s in a bad mood?
Princess Lejia swallowed the glutinous rice balls in her mouth and said, "Nothing. I was just eating the glutinous rice balls and suddenly felt that I was too self-righteous before."
Chen Huazheng & Zhou Ying: (⊙o⊙)?
What does glutinous rice balls have to do with self-righteousness?
Princess Lejia knew that they were both confused by her, so she explained: "I always thought that I had seen and tasted enough things before, but now it seems that my vision is still too narrow."
She paused and continued, "I used to think that food was either salty or sweet. After I met Zheng Zheng, I realized that in addition to salty and sweet, you can also combine the two and make food salty and sweet. There are even sour and spicy, and sweet and spicy..."
Princess Lejia was born into a noble family and had been favored by the emperor since childhood. She was also loved by Princess Yi'an and Marquis Wenxin and his wife.
The food and things we use are always the best.
She once thought that what she liked to eat, or the taste of her daily food, was authentic.
Although I won't criticize people who have alternative tastes, I still regard them as heretics in my heart.
Thinking about it now, I feel really ashamed.
After getting to know Zheng Zheng, she tried all kinds of new and exotic foods and experienced different flavors.
She also understood that everything that happened in the past was just the prejudice in her heart.
If you want to know real food, you need not only curiosity but also tolerance.
The stagnation of taste buds is the stagnation of the soul.
Now, it seems that she has seen a lot of the "market" with Zheng Zheng, but in fact, she has only seen a corner of the delicious food.
Just like this ham dumpling, although I have tasted it before, it is a salty and sweet food.
I have also eaten salty dumplings.
But she never imagined that ham and osmanthus could be made into a delicious and sweet filling for glutinous rice balls.
Tea soup can also be used as the soup base for glutinous rice balls.
Moreover, the combination of these different flavors does not make people feel inconsistent at all, but instead creates an incredibly wonderful taste.
Chen Huazheng didn't expect that Princess Lejia sighed because of this, and couldn't help but laugh.
"So it's for this, what's the big deal? How can you be so narrow-minded?"
In Shen Huazheng's view, the exploration of food is a never-ending journey.
No matter where she goes, she will subconsciously search for local delicacies.
Just like what Mr. Wang Zengqi said - "A person's taste should be broader and more diverse. Try the sweet in the south, the salty in the north, the spicy in the east, and the sour in the west."
It is normal to try everything.
Zhou Ying also breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that she had overthought it.
Aning was not unhappy, nor did she sigh for the Jiang father and son.
But it's true. After Aning severed ties with Jiang Jinrong and his son, she no longer considered them as her own relatives.
How could I be unhappy for them?
Princess Lejia couldn't help but smile when she saw that Shen Huazheng and Zhou Ying both looked relieved.
In fact, she just felt that her mind was not broad enough and sighed.
Unexpectedly, Zheng Zheng and A Ying both misunderstood.
Princess Lejia: "Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there are many foods that are similar to glutinous rice balls. They can be sweet or salty, and can even be filled with fillings of different flavors. For example, moon cakes, fried dumplings, and thin crumbs..."
Shen Huazheng nodded: "Zongzi is also OK."
"Zongzi??"
“Can zongzi have different kinds of flavors?”
Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying spoke at the same time.
The rice dumplings they had eaten before were usually filled with red dates or red bean paste, and they had never eaten rice dumplings with other flavors.
Chen Huazheng: "Of course you can. Zongzi can be made not only into sweet zongzi but also alkaline zongzi. There are also salty meat zongzi and seafood zongzi. There are also salty and sweet zongzi."
There are so many flavors of Zongzi, although they are divided into two categories: salty and sweet. However, there are countless types of salty Zongzi fillings, and there are also many sweet ones.
In her previous world, every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, there would always be a dispute between the north and the south over whether the rice dumplings should be sweet or salty.
Some people think that zongzi must be sweet, and those who eat salty zongzi are weird.
Some people also think that zongzi must be salty, and those who eat sweet zongzi are heretics.
Chen Huazheng eats both sweet and salty rice dumplings. If she has to rank them, she prefers the fresh meat rice dumplings with dried shrimp and scallops.
In addition to meat dumplings, Chen Huazheng’s favorite is the double-mixed dumplings.
Because double-mixed zongzi has two flavors in one zongzi, both sweet and salty.
Princess Lejia's eyes widened: "There are so many flavors of zongzi, even salty and sweet ones!!"
Oh my God, she couldn’t even count all the flavors that Zheng Zheng mentioned with both hands.
Zhou Ying was also secretly amazed. The flavors that Zheng'er described were truly unheard of.
If we make all these zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival, can we eat them all? ?
Shen Huazheng nodded with a smile: “You will know when the Dragon Boat Festival comes.”
Thinking of the different flavors of rice dumplings that Shen Huazheng mentioned, Princess Lejia suddenly became excited.
what to do?
Now that spring has just begun, she is already looking forward to the Dragon Boat Festival.
When the time comes, she will definitely try all the rice dumplings that Zheng Zheng mentioned.
After a meal, it is perfect to have some fruit to relieve the greasiness.
Princess Lejia picked up an orange and muttered, "These oranges are quite sweet, but there are too many of them."
I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but just as Magistrate Lin sent a basket of oranges to their yard, the Xie family also sent a basket right after.
Even County Magistrate Li sent some oranges, which made people wonder if they had made an appointment.
However, these oranges are really delicious.
Zhou Ying also felt that there seemed to be too many oranges in the inn, and the three of them were afraid that they would not be able to finish them all in a short time.
It would be bad if it got damaged.
Shen Huazheng suddenly said, “Why don’t we use oranges to make some other food.”
Thinking of the orange-flavored bream she made last time, Princess Lejia's eyes sparkled.
"Zheng Zheng, what do you want to eat?"
Does Zheng Zheng want to make fresh orange chicken, orange-flavored spare ribs, or orange crisps this time?
However, they had just eaten and were still a little full.
Should we wait until dinner to eat the orange chicken and orange-flavored spareribs?
Orange Cake sounds like the name of a snack, but it can be served as afternoon tea.
Princess Lejia was still daydreaming when Shen Huazheng's voice rang out again.
"Let's make a simple one first, orange jelly."
Although it was not quite what she thought, as a supporter, Princess Lejia immediately clapped her hands and cheered: "Yes, yes, I like eating jelly the most."
Jelly is also good for afternoon tea, especially jelly with fruit in it.
She likes peach jelly, melon jelly or orange jelly.
I like the ones made by Zheng Zheng even more.
Hehehe~~~
Shen Huazheng: "However, today I plan to do something a little different."
Princess Lejia rolled her eyes. Aren’t all jellies like that?
How else could it be different?
Zhou Ying couldn't help but ask, "Zheng'er, what are you going to do?"
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "When we made jelly before, we would embed the fruit pulp in the jelly, or embellish it around and on the top of the jelly. This time, we put the jelly inside the orange."
Zhou Ying immediately reacted: "Zheng'er, you want to hollow out the flesh of the orange and then put the jelly inside?"
Princess Lejia also thought of the crab stuffed orange she had eaten, and realized that Shen Huazheng wanted to use the orange as a container for the jelly.
"Zheng Zheng, do you want to make the jelly first and then put it in the orange?"
But Shen Huazheng smiled and shook her head: “No, this time we are going to make jelly in oranges.”
Zhou Ying & Princess Le Jia: (⊙ｏ⊙)
Jelly made in oranges sounds interesting.
The three of them agreed and immediately went to the kitchen and started to get busy.
Shen Huazheng had someone wash the oranges and cut off the tops.
The next step is to dig out the orange pulp.
Princess Lejia volunteered: "Zhengzheng, let me do it."
Since orange peel is used as a container, the step of taking out the orange flesh must be very important.
She also wanted to be involved in important steps.
Chen Huazheng: "Okay, then let Aning do it. But you have to be careful. If you can't keep the peel intact and break the skin, it will be unusable."
Princess Lejia nodded: "I understand! I will be very careful."
As she spoke, Princess Lejia picked up a spoon and carefully scooped out the flesh.
She would always dig out the orange flesh completely, leaving the remaining orange peel to retain its unique beauty.
Seeing Princess Lejia's serious look, Shen Huazheng and Zhou Ying couldn't help but laugh.
It seems that Aning is really serious about this task.
Soon, Princess Lejia used a spoon to empty all the opened oranges.
The orange pulp was put into a porcelain bowl, and no juice was left.
Shen Huazheng had people mash the fruit pulp into juice, then pour the juice and the pulp residue into the pot, and then add an appropriate amount of water.
Princess Lejia: "Zhengzheng, are you going to cook the orange pulp?"
Chen Huazheng added tea leaves into the pot: "Yes, we need to add more tea leaves together."
Add tea leaves and cook together, the jelly will have the fragrance of tea.
Zhou Ying: (■_■)
Didn't you say you were going to make jelly? Why did it feel like Zheng'er was going to make fruit tea?
Princess Lejia:
The jelly with tea and fruit aroma must be delicious~~
Chen Huazheng had been watching the pot. When the juice in the pot boiled, she used a strainer to sift out the soup and poured it into a large clean porcelain bowl.
Then add gelatin powder and sugar into a porcelain bowl, stir evenly, and pour into the orange peels that have been hollowed out.
After all the processes were completed, Shen Huazheng asked someone to put the orange jelly aside to cool.
Princess Lejia looked at the "orange houses" filled with jelly liquid and said, "Zhengzheng, is this all right?"
Chen Huazheng: "Yes, you can eat it when you wake up from your nap."
Princess Lejia was delighted: "That can be used as afternoon tea."
At that time, I can ask someone to make some goat milk tea to drink with it. It’s so wonderful just thinking about it.
The three of them left the kitchen contentedly and returned to their room to take a nap.
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After waking up from a nap, the first thing Princess Lejia did was to go to the kitchen to see if the orange jelly was ready.
The golden "orange house" is filled with crystal jelly, like a calm lake.
It looks very elegant.
"Zheng Zheng, this jelly looks like it's completely solidified. It should be ready to eat."
Shen Huazheng picked up the spoon and poked the jelly gently.
The texture of the jelly is delicate, and when the spoon touches the jelly, you can feel a slight rebound.
Shen Huazheng smiled slightly: “Okay.”
Princess Lejia cheered, "Then let's go have afternoon tea now."
The first time she saw the formed jelly, she couldn't wait to taste the orange jelly.
Although I have eaten orange jelly before, that one had the orange jelly embedded in jelly.
It's a little different from the jelly in front of me.
Maybe the jelly made from orange peels will taste unique.
Zhou Ying asked someone to serve the prepared milk tea, and then left the kitchen with Chen Huazheng and Princess Lejia.
The three of them had just sat down in the side hall when they heard a servant come to report that Yun Ruo had arrived.
Princess Lejia immediately put down the spoon in her hand and said, "Let her in quickly."
As she spoke, she put the orange cover back on the table.
Shen Huazheng: …
Zhou Ying: …
Aning was able to resist eating.
Princess Lejia looked at Orange, whose appearance had returned to normal, and smiled with satisfaction.
I wonder how Aruo will react when he sees the orange jelly.
Yun Ruo followed the servant to the side hall and saw Chen Huazheng and the other two already sitting there waiting for her.
There were various fruit snacks and drinks on the table.
"Aruo, you've come just in time. Zheng Zheng made a very special dessert today. Come and try it with us."
Very special dessert??
Yun Ruo looked at the food on the table, there were almond cakes, sesame cakes and date paste cakes.
But I have eaten these before.
Other than that, there are only some fruits and milk tea.
Yun Ruo blinked her eyes, not understanding what the special dessert Princess Lejia was talking about was.
Just then, a maid placed a plate in front of Yun Ruo.
Yun Ruo looked up and saw an orange on the plate.
There was a flash of doubt in her eyes: "Orange?"
Could it be that the special dessert the princess just mentioned is orange? ?
But oranges aren’t anything special.
Besides, shouldn't it be considered a fruit?
Princess Lejia smiled and said, "Aruo, this is not an ordinary orange. Take a closer look."
But this orange looks no different from ordinary oranges. What's so special about it? ?
Yun Ruo looked at the orange in front of her for a long time with doubts in her mind, and then she found that the orange lid could be opened.
She opened the lid and was stunned when she saw what was inside.
The orange is filled with crystal clear jelly. (Picture attached here)
"Is this jelly?!"
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