The "cabbage lotus" that has been boiled with broth in advance has become light yellow and translucent. The leaves have absorbed the deliciousness of the broth and are mixed with the sweetness of the cabbage itself. When you eat it, the rich taste of the fish soup is swept away, and replaced by the refreshing taste of the salty yet light broth that fills your mouth.
“Although it’s not as good as sauerkraut, cabbage is also very good at removing oil. If you feel greasy after eating silver carp, this is the perfect way to relieve the greasiness.”
Although it is a different style of dish from the crab stuffed with orange, it is also appetizing.
Su Qingluan said as she opened the lid of the last non-staple dish.
This dish is easy to identify - it's just pumpkin strips.
However, Su Qingluan used some ingenuity in the plating. She stacked up finger-thick pumpkin strips layer by layer and arranged them into the shape of a chrysanthemum. The pumpkin flesh itself was a rich golden color, making the shape look more like a chrysanthemum.
But if you look closely, you will find that this "pumpkin strip" is unusual - the outer layer of the pumpkin is covered with a layer of golden yellow fine sand-like substance. When you smell it up close, it actually emits a salty and fragrant smell.
Mu Xingzhi couldn't figure out what it was for a moment, but Song Bo, having bought tofu and salted duck eggs for Su Qingluan before, immediately understood: "Is this outer layer duck egg yolk?"
Su Qingluan nodded: "This egg yolk baked pumpkin is indeed made with pickled duck egg yolks that have released oil. This can neutralize the soft texture of the pumpkin and also eliminate the original greasy feeling in the mouth."
"So the remaining three bowls contain today's main course?" Song Bo asked doubtfully, "Why is there so little?"
Su Qingluan laughed: "Maybe, saving food is everyone's responsibility?"
Mu Xingzhi said indifferently: "If you think you are not full, Dai will give you the remaining dishes." Song Bo looked at the plate of particularly eye-catching silver carp heads and wisely closed his mouth.
When the three small bowls were opened, they contained three bowls of light yellow dragon beard noodles that had been stretched to the size of hair, and topped with crab roe and crab meat toppings.
Although it was only a small bowl, it instantly stole the flavor of all the dishes. The rich aroma of crab roe and crab paste was very appealing to the taste buds and dominated every inch of the air.
Su Qingluan said at this time: "There is nothing special about this noodle, it just takes advantage of the delicious flavor of the crab."
"Qingluan, there's no need to be so modest," Mu Xingzhi picked up a chopstick of dragon beard noodles, "Being able to make noodles as thin as silk threads is not something that ordinary people can do."
Song couldn't help but sigh: "It's not like I haven't eaten dragon beard noodles before, but this is the first time I've seen one as thin as a cow's hair."
Su Qingluan did not hide anything - mainly because the other party was not in the same industry, and she felt that Mu Xingzhi and Mr. Song were sensible and knew what to say and what not to say, so she generously told them all the techniques for kneading dough.
"In short, add some salt and let it rest for a little longer. Also, don't forget to brush a layer of soybean oil when the dough is resting. This will prevent the noodles from sticking together and make it smoother when pulled."
Mu Xingzhi tasted a mouthful of dragon beard noodles: "Qingluan, this is probably made with soybean oil, right?" Even if he imitated Su Qingluan and put the citrus peels into the soybean oil barrel, and heated it beforehand to kill the staleness, the old soybean oil was not as pure as the one extracted by modern technology, and it would still have a bit of a bean smell no matter how he ate it.
However, a skilled chef can cover it up with various flavors, but the taste itself still exists and cannot fool people with a very sensitive sense of taste - such as Mu Xingzhi.
So when he took a bite, there was no bean smell, and Mu Xingzhi knew that Su Qingluan did not add soybean oil.
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "No wonder Song Bo said it's not easy to get a compliment from you. People with a keen sense of taste can indeed detect it more easily."
Indeed, at first, Su Qingluan planned to brush a layer of raw soybean oil on the dough. However, she soon noticed that the flavors of soybean oil and crab roe and crab paste were not harmonious and unified. If she added it just like that, the flavor would seem particularly abrupt.
So Su Qingluan had an idea on the spur of the moment. She chopped the peeled crab shells into small pieces, added all the small crab legs that were difficult to take out because they were too leftovers, and put them all into soybean oil to fry the fresh and fragrant crab flavor. Ordinary soybean oil became "crab oil", which not only had the fresh taste of crab, but also changed its color from golden yellow to orange-red, which was more intense. She brushed it on the surface of the dough, giving the final dragon beard noodles a light golden color.
However, Su Qingluan did not turn this bowl of dragon beard noodles into soup noodles, but only put a thin layer of base soup mixed with crab oil and broth exuded from steamed crab roe on the bottom.
"This dragon beard noodle looks exquisite and smells fragrant, but it's just too small. Such a small bowl is not enough for me to fill my teeth." Song Bo gestured at the small bowl that he could hold in one hand from the bottom, and said with a worried look, "This is too little."
"This is just a staple food to fill my stomach. What's more," Su Qingluan used her chopsticks to point at the toppings that almost covered the surface of the noodles, "there are three crabs in this small bowl of noodles. Eating too much will make you feel sick, and it will not be delicious if you can't eat anything else."
Mu Xingzhi joked, "I didn't have time to taste crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival, but Qingluan took this opportunity to let me enjoy a 'crab feast'."
Su Qingluan sighed, "After all, the three of us have to eat twenty crabs and a large silver carp. The other ingredients are fine, but if you leave the river fish out for even a day longer, you'll easily get upset. I can't bear to see such fresh crabs and fish spoil."
If it were in modern times, Su Qingluan could naturally put the fish and crabs in the constant temperature layer of the refrigerator, but it is obvious that there is no such convenient condition in this era.
Although the temperature outside can drop below zero degrees at night, once the river fish is frozen, the meat will change from being very elastic to a loose pile of residue and will no longer be fresh. Therefore, Su Qingluan absolutely does not want to let this rare river fish stay overnight and waste the tender meat.
Su Qingluan naturally couldn't talk about the refrigerator. She just said that if river fish were not stored properly, frozen or left overnight, the taste would be greatly reduced. This finally dispelled Song Bo's doubts.
As for Mu Xingzhi, Su Qingluan had completely given up - this man had probably suspected her more than once or twice, and the only thing left was to put the words "This woman is suspicious" in her face.
At the same time, Su Qingluan also understood that in a sense, she was indeed "Mrs. Su" herself. As long as she did not admit it, Mu Xingzhi would have no way to deal with her.
After all the dishes were revealed, Song Bo immediately picked up his own portion and went out to eat.
On this side, although Su Qingluan knew that Mu Xingzhi still found her suspicious, she had to admit that this man had the ability to make people let down their guard easily even if they knew the danger. Unconsciously, Su Qingluan had unconsciously entered a state of having dinner and chatting with friends.
At this moment, there was a commotion outside. Although it was not very clear because of the wall, there were faint sounds of running footsteps and noisy shouts, and even the sound of gongs clanging. In short, it was very chaotic.
Su Qingluan's heart tightened: Why does it feel like the whole village is in chaos? What happened?
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