Chapter 161 Meow meow meow
The task of selling porridge needs to be completed within three days, but now it is the last day.
Jian Yunlan has always wanted to try seafood porridge and pumpkin porridge, one is sweet and the other is salty, and diners can choose their favorite flavors.
After all, there wouldn't be many customers at the stall in the middle of the Death Desert. But even so, Jian Yunlan wanted to show his best skills on the last day!
Jian Yunlan has always been a person who does whatever he thinks of.
Therefore, after getting up early in the morning, I immediately started preparing to buy ingredients and cook porridge.
Jian Yunlan himself can only travel between the Jian family villa and the doomsday plane, but the housekeeper, driver Wang Ma and others can return to the plane where they originally lived at any time.
For example, the butler himself came from an ordinary modern urban dimension and would go back to visit his family once a week. Jian Yunlan gave him the task of buying seafood and asked him to take everyone to the seafood market in the modern dimension to purchase the freshest and best quality seafood.
"Abalone, lobster, scallops, sea cucumber, king crab, octopus..." Jian Yunlan said the ingredients while reminding everyone, "Money is not a problem. Make sure to pick the freshest ones, preferably alive."
The housekeeper listened attentively and took notes, while Wang Ma, the driver Xiao Li and others began to swallow their saliva while listening nearby.
——Oh my god, so many ingredients, coupled with the young master’s amazing cooking skills, it sounds delicious!
After finishing the long list, Jian Yunlan paused, looked at the expectant expressions of the crowd, and added with a smile: "...After I buy them, I will invite everyone to try the first pot of seafood porridge I make."
The servants' eyes lit up and they cheered with great excitement.
"Ahhhh! Great! Long live the young master!!" "Wow, I'm so lucky to be hired for this position." "Young master, we will follow you to the death!"
Even the usually reserved butler's eyes lit up, but he quickly adjusted himself and assured Jian Yunlan, "Master, don't worry! We will definitely buy you the freshest and best quality seafood from all the modern planes. Leave it to us!"
After all, they can also drink the porridge made from the seafood that Qi Qi bought.
Everyone had an expression of motivation and high morale.
It seems that there is no need to worry about the quality of the seafood, Jian Yunlan nodded with satisfaction.
Just before the butler led his men away, he suddenly remembered something and called him: "By the way, butler, can you help me buy some better quality casseroles."
Now Jian Yunlan only has one clay pot rewarded by the Kitchen God System, which is barely enough for the first two days. But today he wants to make two different flavors of porridge, so he will definitely need to buy a few more clay pots.
The butler nodded again: "I understand."
Then, the butler happily led the group of people, who were drooling, out.
While waiting for them to buy the seafood, Jian Yunlan soaked the rice first. As for the pumpkin in pumpkin porridge...
Jian Yunlan's mind moved, and the next second, he appeared in the portable spiritual field.
I haven't been here for several days, and the spiritual field I carry with me has changed again.
——The sky is blue and the clouds are white. The breeze is gentle and warm. A huge pear tree next to it is already laden with fruits. Various crops are growing well in the neat black soil of the farmland, and there are flocks of chickens and ducks in the farmhouse next to it.
Jian Yunlan casually glanced at the rows of crops, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
Sure enough, he remembered it right!
In a corner of the farmland, there is a large pumpkin field. Hidden under the green vines are huge dark orange pumpkins. The pumpkins are heavily pressed on the ground, each one is plump and firm, and the big ones are more than half a person's height.
The last time he came to the portable spiritual field, Jian Yunlan didn't look carefully, but just glanced casually. He vaguely remembered seeing the pumpkin vines, but there were no fruits at that time. I didn’t expect that the crops in the portable spiritual field grew so fast. In the blink of an eye, these pumpkins were ripe.
Jian Yunlan was a cook after all, and he didn't know much about these things in the fields, nor did he know how many pumpkins were needed to bear fruit. But even he knew that the fruiting speed in the portable spiritual field was very fast.
The sun had just risen and Niutou was already working in the fields.
Seeing Jian Yunlan, he opened his eyes wide, wiped the sweat from his forehead with the towel draped over his shoulders, and came up to him happily: "Mr. Jian, you are here! Take a look and see if you need anything. We have chickens here, too. Do you want me to kill a few?"
As he spoke, Niutou picked up a chicken, which immediately began to flutter in fear: "Cluck, cluck, cluck!"
"...No, no, no," Jian Yunlan quickly stopped him, "No, no, I won't make mushroom and chicken porridge today. I'll pick some pumpkin instead."
"Oh!" Niutou scratched his head and then put down the poor chicken.
The chicken immediately ran away in panic, with feathers flying all over the ground.
Niu Tou led Jian Yunlan to the pumpkin field:
"The pumpkins here are all ripe and very sweet. Take your pick, Mr. Jian!"
I have to say, as a snack stand owner, it is really a joy to own an entire farmland and be able to select ingredients directly from the field.
If you want to make pumpkin porridge sweet and soft, it is important to choose the right pumpkin.
Jian Yunlan picked and chose in the field and selected four huge pumpkins. Each pumpkin was a very deep orange-yellow color, with a uniform color and a full and complete appearance. The pumpkin stem was small and hard, with deep ridges. When gently tapped, it made a deep, dull sound.
"Mr. Jian, you have a good eye. These pumpkins are the sweetest and most mature in the field." Niutou said as he casually carried the four huge pumpkins on his shoulders and helped Jian Yunlan move the pumpkins from the field to the kitchen.
"Thank you, Niutou!" Jian Yunlan said sincerely.
Niutou Youqiqi tidied himself up and gave an embarrassed and simple smile.
Different types of rice are used to cook different porridges. To cook pumpkin porridge, a sweet porridge with a light taste, Jian Yunlan chooses to use half pearl rice and half glutinous rice. It will taste sweet, fragrant and smooth, and have a sandy and sticky texture, which is the best match with pumpkin.
As for seafood porridge, you can use the same rice used to cook century egg and lean meat porridge and mushroom and chicken porridge.
All the rice needed to cook porridge was soaked, and not long after, the housekeeper returned from various modern dimensions with the servants.
When Jian Yunlan saw the seafood they picked, her eyes widened immediately——
The abalone was very big, with a plump, tender and shiny soft body underneath its rough, wavy shell; there were also the turquoise lobsters with a pair of huge claws that looked very lively; and the orange-red king crab was even more so, with its shell covered with sharp protrusions and strong legs.
To be honest, even Jian Yunlan himself, who had been a social animal for most of his life, had never seen so many large and expensive seafoods all placed together, and they were all alive.
I have to say, after knowing that they would be the first to drink the seafood porridge, the housekeeper and the servants all burst out with endless potential. So many fresh and high-quality seafoods look delicious!
The housekeeper and the servants all looked at Jian Yunlan expectantly.
"These seafoods are of great quality and fresh. Thank you for your hard work." Jian Yunlan praised sincerely, "I will start cooking the porridge right now. Don't worry, I will let you taste it first when the time comes!"
Hearing this, everyone jumped up with joy.
Cheers broke out in the villa again.
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Because two kinds of porridge needed to be made at the same time, the workload was quite heavy, so everyone in the villa, including Taotie and Niutou, joined in the preparation work under the command of Jian Yunlan.
With the help of the housekeeper and everyone, several large pumpkins were peeled and cut into small pieces. In order to have the sweetest taste, Jian Yunlan peeled the skin very thickly, leaving only the sweetest part of the pumpkin flesh.
The pumpkin flesh was a beautiful golden color and exuded a sweet fragrance. Jian Yunlan put the chopped pumpkin directly into the steamer. The steamed pumpkin has bright color, and the porridge cooked later will be more golden and beautiful. After steaming, it is pressed into fine pumpkin puree.
The pumpkin porridge made in this way does not allow you to eat the whole piece of pumpkin, but you can taste the delicate and fragrant pumpkin puree. Every bite is refreshing, sweet and very delicious.
Boil pearl rice and glutinous rice together into a white porridge base, stirring constantly, and simmer over low heat for two hours. Add a few pieces of rock sugar, pour in the sticky and delicate pumpkin puree and mix. A pot of sweet pumpkin porridge is ready.
As for the seafood porridge, all the seafood needs to be processed in advance, such as removing the shrimp heads and shrimp threads, peeling the shrimp meat, and the king crab also needs to be cooked to remove the crab roe and crab meat. The abalone also needs to be shelled and the meat inside the abalone taken out, and then stewed with boiling porridge, which is very delicious.
After Jian Yunlan briefly explained the process of processing seafood, he handed it over to Taotie and his men - Taotie volunteered to do it.
"I am a glutton! I have eaten countless delicacies from land and sea. Who could be more suitable than me?" Taotie said very proudly, while secretly throwing the whole abalone with the shell into his mouth, "Chew, chew, chew."
Jian Yunlan: "..."
Just believe him for once.
Taotie brought a small stool and squatted on the ground to peel the shells silently. He was wearing a mask and an apron, with beautiful tendon meat. It was really pleasing to the eye just looking at him.
Although he spoke like an arrogant beast lord.
Fortunately, although Taotie looked unreliable, he did a great job in the end. All the seafood was cooked by him and arranged neatly.
After preparing the ingredients, Jian Yunlan started to cook porridge.
Jian Yunlan first used the shrimp heads to stir-fry shrimp oil. Under high temperature, the shrimp heads were quickly fried into an attractive golden red. After adding crab roe, the oil in the entire bottom of the pot took on a dense golden color. Fine bubbles emerged, and a rich and delicious shrimp and crab aroma spread throughout the kitchen with the sizzling sound of the hot oil!
The servants couldn't help but widen their eyes, took deep breaths, and swallowed their saliva:
“Fuck, it smells so good.” “Wow, I can already imagine how delicious the porridge is…” “I can’t wait!”
After the shrimp oil is almost cooked, Jian Yunlan puts the shrimp and crab meat into the pan in order and fry them. After the rich aroma is thoroughly fried out, pour in the rice and add boiling water.
The rice was dyed a beautiful golden color by the shrimp oil.
For two whole hours, Jian Yunlan stood beside the casserole, sometimes covering it and sometimes opening it, stirring the porridge at all times to prevent it from sticking to the pot, while watching the heat.
Finally, the first pot of delicious seafood porridge came out of the pot...
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