Chapter 618 Special Ingredients
Yang Xiu was not afraid of strangers and ran after Liang Liang to play with a smile on his face.
Everyone chatted for a while before Yangmei and her family of three left.
Shang Ruoting arranged two rooms in the west wing for Yang Tao and her siblings.
After Yang Tao finished packing, he took Yang Xu and Yang Liu to find something to do.
No matter what Shang Ruoting said, they refused to sit idle.
To use Yang Tao's words, it was already a disturbance enough for them to live in Sister Ruoting's house, and they should do what they could.
On New Year's Eve, the Tan and Shang families discussed and decided to go to Tan Chen's courtyard to celebrate the New Year together.
Li Jiasheng also took Yang Tao and her siblings to his home to celebrate the New Year, and then sent them back in the evening.
Early in the morning, Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen took out all the prepared ingredients and placed them on the chopping board in the kitchen.
Shang Lifeng has recovered well and has no problem cooking for everyone. What's more, there are many people helping him, so he is not too tired.
When he and Old Lady Shang walked into the kitchen together, they were instantly attracted by the two big ostrich eggs.
"Lifeng, if I'm not mistaken, this thing should be an ostrich egg."
Speaking of ostrich eggs, Shang Lifeng thought of the record of this ingredient in "Li's Imperial Cuisine".
"Well, there's a record in Li's Imperial Cuisine that when our ancestor was a royal chef in the palace, a foreign friend presented the emperor with five ostrich eggs. To preserve the eggs' original large size, our ancestor boiled the eggs first, then cut them in half and poured a unique meat sauce over them. It's said to be delicious.
Besides that, it can be made into egg custard, which is said to be very nutritious.”
Old Lady Shang picked up an ostrich egg with curiosity and said, "Tan Chen is really a capable person. He actually managed to get an ostrich egg that I have never seen in my life."
Shang Lifeng was also very happy. Those who were unwilling to challenge new dishes were not good cooks. Now, thanks to his daughter and son-in-law, he was fortunate enough to be able to cook a dish with special ingredients.
"Mom, today we're going to show off our skills with these two eggs."
As the mother and son were talking, Shao Ping also walked in.
Recently, whenever his father and grandmother cook, he would watch and help out.
As soon as Shao Ping walked into the kitchen, he saw his grandmother and father each holding an egg that big and grinning there.
"Grandma, Dad, are these ostrich eggs?"
Old Lady Shang was obviously a little surprised: "Shao Ping knows this thing?"
Shao Ping nodded and said, "I saw ostriches and their eggs when I was visiting the zoo in Gangcheng.
Grandma, Dad, how come we have ostrich eggs? Are we planning to make them into a dish?"
Shang Lifeng smiled and explained to his son: "This must have been obtained by your brother-in-law. Your grandma and I plan to use this ostrich egg to make two dishes."
The three people kept talking about ostrich eggs, and their hands never stopped working as they processed various ingredients.
The Tan family and their four little ones arrived at the courtyard at around nine o'clock in the morning. Grandpa Tan also brought a lot of vegetables and big strawberries that he had grown in the greenhouse.
It undoubtedly enriched the dining table of Tan Chen's family again.
Shaoan and Liangliang took the four little ones to play aside, while the elders followed Tan Chen and Shang Ruoting to paste Spring Festival couplets and window flowers.
At noon, delicious dishes were served on the table one after another.
Mr. Tan’s favorite Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is of course indispensable, but what really caught his eye were the two dishes made with ostrich eggs.
Especially the steamed egg custard wrapped in half an egg shell.
Mr. Tan said tentatively, "This white and round thing looks a bit like an egg."
Shang Lifeng rubbed his hands and smiled innocently: "Uncle Tan, this is minced meat and ostrich egg custard."
"What? These are ostrich eggs?" Mr. Tan was shocked.
He had indeed heard of this kind of thing, but had never seen it. He didn't expect that when he was so old, he would still have the good fortune to eat such a delicious thing.
Seeing this, Tan Chen quickly said, "Grandpa, this was also obtained by my friend. I bought a few because they looked fresh. I just happened to have one left. I'll bring it back to you later."
Mr. Tan now felt that his eldest grandson was a mystery. The fact that he could get such rare seafood was already admirable enough, and now he had even gotten an ostrich egg...
However, the old man did not speculate too much. His grandson was capable and he, as a grandfather, was proud of it.
"Okay, take that egg back to Grandpa, and show it to Old Gao. I'm sure he'll be jealous and envious, hahahaha..."
In addition to this eye-catching ostrich egg today, Tan Chen's family has another good thing.
That was the table where they were having their meal.
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