Chapter 355 The Taste of Freedom
Yan Yan insisted on giving her the dagger, and Chen Huazheng and the other two couldn't refuse again and again, so they finally accepted it.
They thanked Yan Yan, picked up their daggers and examined them carefully.
The dagger was unsheathed, flashing a cold light in the sunlight.
The blade is as thin as paper, and even the patterns on the blade are extremely delicate.
Zhou Ying couldn't help but praise: "It is indeed a good knife."
Yan Yan: "Ever since my grandfather gave me this gift, I have to carry a dagger every time I go into battle. Later, it actually saved my life. You carry this dagger with you, and it will definitely protect your safety."
Although Yan Yan was stopped on the street by He Qiming and Chen Shu that day, she felt a little uncomfortable.
But her good mood was not ruined by those two people.
That day, she first encountered an event at the food street and won a big gift package that brought good luck.
Then I had the novel and delicious Anxiang porridge and Anxiang tea in Yipintang, which were free of charge.
At that time, she had a strong premonition that something good would happen soon.
Sure enough, His Majesty sent a lot of things to Yan Mansion to send her, and praised her for being as brave as any man.
Yan Yan was extremely happy at that time. The gold, silver and jade artifacts were secondary. The most important thing was the red tasseled spear bestowed by the emperor.
After the palace servant who announced the decree left, Yan Yan immediately picked up the red tasseled spear and began to dance in the yard facing the sunlight.
Later, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night.
Yan Yan knew that His Majesty was using this method to express his affirmation of her.
From now on, she can go into battle and kill the enemy with the red tassel spear bestowed by His Majesty.
Of course, you have to bring a dagger as well.
Because that's her sense of security.
Yan Yan felt that all this good luck was brought to her by Shen Huazheng and others.
So she also wanted to give them daggers and share her sense of security with them.
Princess Lejia looked at the dagger carefully, then put it back into the sheath with satisfaction.
She picked up the teacup and said, "Miss Yan, thank you for the dagger. I'll make friends with you."
Princess Lejia originally liked Yan Yan's personality, and now she has an even better impression of her.
Yan Yan also raised the cup in front of him: "Princess, please call me A Yan. If you have any problems in the future, you can always write to the general's mansion or find me in the southwest."
Chen Huazheng and Zhou Ying smiled at each other and picked up the teacups in front of them.
"Ayan, I'll give you a cup of tea instead of wine. Just consider it as a thank you gift in return."
"You've come at the right time today. Zheng Zheng just made some delicious snacks. You can try some later."
"After drinking this cup of tea, we will be friends."
The clear tea reflects the smiling faces of the four people, exuding a sense of warmth.
After drinking tea, the maids brought over the things that Shen Huazheng had asked them to do.
There are ready-made pancakes, crushed peanuts, black and white sesame seeds, and even coriander.
Princess Lejia was a little curious: "Zhengzheng, aren't we going to eat sugar onions?"
She knew about pancakes. Zheng Zheng said she wanted to use that to roll up sugared onions and eat them, but what were the others used for?
Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "These are eaten with sugar onions."
Hearing her words, Zhou Ying and Princess Lejia's eyes flashed with surprise.
They had already tasted the sugar onions, which were sweet and crispy.
If it is served with pancakes, or even with crushed peanuts and sesame seeds, it is understandable.
But is Coriander serious?
Yan Yan didn’t react at all, she only knew that Princess Lejia had just said that Shen Huazheng had just made some delicious snacks.
She was now filled with joy as she would soon be able to eat the novel food made by Chen Huazheng.
Sure enough, coming here at this point is the right choice.
Hahaha! ! !
Chen Huazheng spread out the pancake, picked up the snow-white sugar onion, placed it on the pancake, sprinkled sesame seeds on it, and then folded it.
“You can roll it up like I did, and you can choose any toppings you want.”
Lay three pancakes flat, put sugar scallions in the middle, sprinkle with ingredients and wrap them up to make delicious sugar scallion pancakes.
Princess Lejia and the other two also followed Shen Huazheng's example, placing sugared shallots and ingredients on the pancakes and then began to fold them.
Although Shen Huazheng said that the ingredients could be chosen at will, everyone tacitly did not choose coriander.
After a while, a square piece of sugar-scallion pancake was ready.
Yan Yan took the rolled scallion pancake in front of her and looked at it carefully.
When she just returned to Beijing, Yan Yan went to Yipinlou to eat roast duck.
The pancake skin used to wrap the sugar onions is somewhat similar to the lotus leaf pancake used to wrap roast duck, but it is much thinner.
It takes about ten stacked together to make the thickness of a lotus leaf pancake.
What’s strange is that the crust is so thin yet still very tough.
This snack is really novel, with a thin and chewy crust.
Even though Yan Yan was not a good cook, she knew that this thin and tough crust was not something that an ordinary cook could make.
The sugar onions wrapped inside are in sections, like small bamboos.
Yan Yan smelled the sweet fragrance at the tip of her nose and took a light bite of the sugar onion.
She added crushed peanuts and white sesame seeds to the sugar-scallion pancake, and when you bite into it, there is a crisp sound between your lips and teeth.
The crust is soft, chewy and slightly salty, and the sugar onions are crispy and sweet.
The roasted peanuts and sesame seeds are particularly fragrant. When you chew them, you can taste the sweet and salty taste, which is extremely crispy and fragrant.
The multi-layered taste and the unique aroma of the pancake make people want to taste it again and again.
Every bite brings the ultimate enjoyment to the taste buds, and every bite is the taste of happiness.
Others were also eating the sugar-scallion pancakes they had rolled themselves with gusto.
The skin is chewy and the sugar onions inside are crispy and sweet.
As you chew, the peanuts and sesame seeds add flavor.
You can feel the unique layering with every bite.
Princess Lejia happily ate the scallion pancakes, her eyebrows curved in a good mood.
Zheng Zheng is right, sugared onions taste better when wrapped in pancakes.
Eating sugar onions alone does feel a bit sweet, but you can't eat too much at once.
But wrapped in a thin pancake crust, the sweetness is just right.
The pancake has a sweet taste with a barely noticeable saltiness.
Coupled with the crispy ingredients, the taste is simply top-notch.
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Princess Lejia swallowed the sugar onion in her mouth, picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.
The fresh breath instantly permeated between the lips and tongue, and even the sweetness in the mouth was swept away.
Princess Lejia put down her teacup with satisfaction: "It really tastes better when wrapped in crust, but this crust is so thin, yet it tastes soft and chewy, it's really amazing."
Yan Yan: "This scallion pancake is chewy on the outside and crispy on the inside. It is sweet and fragrant, with distinct layers of taste. It tastes quite surprising."
Princess Lejia said proudly: "This candied shallot was made by Zhengzheng and Aying together. Don't think it looks ordinary, because it actually took a lot of effort. Even the crust is exquisite."
She was there when the sugar onions were being made.
Naturally, I know that throughout the entire production process, every detail is full of thought and effort.
When making the pancakes, Shen Huazheng said that the dough should not stay in the pan for too long, otherwise the crust would become thick and affect the taste.
Fortunately, the cooks were all trained. They followed Shen Huazheng's instructions, took the soft dough and put it into the hot pan, kneaded it, and then quickly picked it up.
The round pancake in the pan took shape instantly. The cook quickly lifted it up and put it aside for later use, and then started making the second one.
If there is any mistake, the sugared onions you eat now probably won’t taste the same.
Yan Yan couldn't stop eating: "I have to thank you all for your hospitality. It not only made me feast on my food, but also broadened my horizons."
Princess Lejia nodded: "You are indeed very lucky."
Every time I happen to catch Zheng Zheng making new and exotic food.
Zhou Ying didn't say anything, just looked at them with a smile.
Everyone was happily eating sugared onions and drinking tea to relieve their greasiness. It was so relaxing.
Yan Yan usually doesn't like drinking tea very much, but after eating these snacks, even the tea that she used to think was a bit bitter seemed to have a bit more sweetness.
Shen Huazheng held the teacup and took a sip of tea.
The refreshing tea flows down the throat, swirls between the lips and teeth, and interweaves with the sweetness left in the mouth.
Chen Huazheng felt the sweet aftertaste and fragrance in her throat, lowered her eyes slightly, and concealed the expression in her eyes.
She always felt that greed was a direct response to emotion.
After coming to this world, even though all her family members held Shen Huazheng in their hands, she was always uneasy in her heart.
Only when you taste the familiar flavor can your heart settle down.
Delicious food is a memory marked by the stomach, and the delicious food of hometown is an indelible emotion.
After coming here, Shen Huazheng has been thinking about various foods.
Besides the fact that she is picky about food, there is another very important reason - she wants to regulate her emotions in this way.
Every time when the tip of my tongue encounters these familiar flavors, a tingling feeling arises in my heart.
At this time, the sunshine of my hometown, the sea of my hometown, the clouds of my hometown, and my relatives and friends of my hometown will suddenly emerge from the depths of my memory.
It gives people a sense of joy of reunion after a long separation.
[Sugar onion is indeed a good snack to eat with tea, but next time I eat this kind of snack, I'd better prepare Gongfu tea. ]
Princess Lejia, who was eating sugared onions with gusto, was stunned. Zhou Ying also paused in rolling the pancake.
What is Gongfu Tea?
What is the relationship between Kung Fu and tea?
Well, I don’t want to think about it anymore.
It takes a lot of brains~~
Anyway, when the time comes, Zheng'er/Zheng Zheng will tell them.
Shen Huazheng picked up a few more pancakes, spread them out, and began to put sugar onions and ingredients on them.
What surprised Princess Lejia and the others was that Shen Huazheng actually added a few corianders this time.
"Zheng Zheng, do you really want to roll coriander in it?"
"Yes, I want to try it with cilantro."
Shen Huazheng rolled up the pancake slowly and methodically, wrapping all the fillings tightly inside.
In the past, my grandfather liked to add coriander when he ate sugar-coated shallots.
He would also persuade Shen Huazheng to try the sugar-scallion pancakes with coriander, saying that they were very fragrant.
Shen Huazheng thought it was dark cuisine and refused it every time.
But when the idea of making sugar onions came into her mind today, Shen Huazheng's first reaction was to ask someone to prepare some coriander and add it in to taste how it tasted.
Shen Huazheng brought the rolled sugar onion to her mouth and took a bite.
The first bite has a soft and bouncy texture, but you can also feel some resistance.
Immediately afterwards, a very slight "crunching" sound came from between the lips and teeth.
That is the sound of the crispy sugar onions crushing between teeth and cheeks, crisp and healing.
As you chew, the taste of various fillings wrapped in the thin crust comes to your tongue one after another.
Sometimes it is soft and flexible, sometimes it is crispy, sometimes it is sweet, and sometimes it is crispy and fragrant.
If you taste it carefully, you can smell the unique scent of coriander, fresh and cool, which goes straight to your taste buds.
Shen Huazheng narrowed her eyes slightly. No wonder grandpa always said to add coriander to sugar onions.
It turns out that coriander is the finishing touch.
Coriander has a unique and strong flavor, and when paired with sweets, it creates a unique taste.
After swallowing, the fragrance lingers on the teeth.
The three of them were silently observing Shen Huazheng's reaction. Just by looking at her expression, they knew how delicious the sugar shallots with coriander were.
Princess Lejia was full of doubt: "Zhengzheng, is it really delicious with coriander?"
Shen Huazheng nodded: "It's delicious, you can try it too."
Princess Lejia and the other two knew that Chen Huazheng would not lie to them, so they added coriander to the sugar onions and tasted them carefully.
I thought the combination of coriander and sweet food would be a strange one, but the taste was unexpectedly different.
The pancake with a light flour aroma on the outside serves to wrap the filling and also neutralize the sweetness of the sugar-coated scallions.
Ingredients such as sesame seeds and crushed peanuts not only increase the taste, but also enhance the flavor.
After adding coriander, the taste is simply extremely fragrant!!
Princess Lejia and the other two were chewing the sugar onions in their mouths with contentment, feeling the complex aroma that filled their entire mouths.
Oh my god, what kind of magical delicacy is this?
Soft and crunchy texture, fragrant aroma, just the right sweetness...
That wonderful taste is really unforgettable~~
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Yan Yan swallowed the sugar onion in her mouth and couldn't help but look up at Shen Huazheng and the other two.
The same food may taste completely different to different people.
Sugar onions are the sweet taste of home for Chen Huazheng, but for Yan Yan, it is a feeling of freedom.
Especially the sugar-coated shallots with coriander.
Sugar-coated shallots are very crunchy, but they are wrapped in a salty crust with coriander added.
The collision of taste buds, the shock of enlightenment, the complex aroma...
For Yan Yan, every time she chews a bite, the taste of freedom blooms on her tongue, and every bite is a love for life.
Every time she returns to the capital, Yan Yan always feels depressed.
To her, this place is far less free than the frontier.
In the past, she believed that people in the capital were not free, especially women.
There has never been a shortage of noble ladies in the capital, but each of them seems to live in a cage tailor-made for them.
Many of them have various skills and abilities, but they have to look ahead and behind every step they take, for fear that they will take a wrong step and cause a disaster.
In fact, Yan Yan could understand the actions of these noble ladies, as they had brothers and sisters from the whole family behind them.
They understand their status and cannot act capriciously at any time or place.
If you behave inappropriately, you will not only be embarrassed.
No matter how much you yearn for it in your heart, you still have to suppress it in the end.
But when he came back this time, Yan Yan felt that the capital was a little different.
Upon closer inspection, it seems that a lot of things have happened in the capital, and even the people have changed a lot.
In Yan Yan's opinion, there are some things that would never have happened in the past.
For example, Zhou Ying made a prompt decision to divorce the unfaithful man, and quickly started a food business with Chen Huazheng and others.
For example, Shen Huazheng entered the officialdom as a woman and received support from all parties.
There are many other things, one by one, which seem to be unrelated, but are actually inextricably linked.
Yan Yan looked at the smiling faces of Shen Huazheng and the other two, and her eyes softened.
The corners of her lips curled up slightly, and a comfortable smile spread across her brows.
Some beautiful things are happening quietly, like the morning sunshine, warm and bright.
It’s really nice~
The capital city has also changed.
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