Chapter 145: The spicy taste of chili peppers and the numbness of Sichuan peppercorns
Yunniang is a native of Suijin, and her best dishes are various soups, noodles and other dishes.
If she wants to cook fish or meat, she is not as good as Song Liyun who has read the recipe.
She needs to cook these two fish herself.
Since General Xiao wanted to eat spicy food, Song Liyun prepared a boiled fish.
This is also what makes everyone salivate when seeing the recipe, but unfortunately the ingredients are always missing.
The common seasonings used in the Wu Dynasty included chili pepper, pepper, cumin, but no Sichuan peppercorns.
Song Liyun only discovered this problem when she ate grilled lamb chops for the second time in Qili County.
She remembered that Sichuan peppercorns were not only food, but also a medicine.
So she went to a pharmacy in Qili County to look for it, and not only bought the coveted peppercorns, but also the medicinal "kelp".
Sichuan pepper has many functions. It can warm the middle and dispel cold, and can relieve symptoms such as abdominal pain, liking to press, fear of cold and cold limbs, poor appetite and loose stools caused by insufficient yang energy and invasion of cold evil.
If used externally, it can also repel insects.
Song Liyun certainly didn't use it to treat illnesses. She needed the numbing effect of Sichuan peppercorns to make the spicy and delicious boiled fish.
In addition, she has a killer weapon.
That is "konbu", a marine plant of the same family as kelp.
Before the end of the world, every household’s favorite seasoning was probably MSG, a magical item that could turn plain water into delicious soup.
The earliest MSG was kelp powder.
Kelp is an amino acid that can dissolve in water. Grinding it into powder and adding it to soup can make it taste delicious.
Using kelp powder to enhance flavor was just Song Liyun's superficial need.
Kelp also has another important function, which is that it contains trace elements such as iodine.
Yunzhou is located inland and has no habit or opportunity to eat seafood, and most of the salt they eat is well salt.
Xiao An's physical and intellectual development is poor, and Song Liyun is worried that it may be caused by hypothyroidism.
We can't do any testing here, and we can't eat Shanghai products, so we can only use iodine-containing kelp for seasoning. Everyone can supplement iodine, killing two birds with one stone.
With the "help" of Xiao An and Hei Jin, Song Liyun scraped off the scales of the three fish, cut them into bones and fillets, and then seasoned them.
When the fish bones were being fried, Yunniang watched from the side and cried out in pain.
There is no frying method in the cooking recipes of the Wu Dynasty.
This method is really fuel-consuming.
Wait until the fish bones in the pot become fragrant, then chop the fish bones and cook various side dishes. Finally, put the fish fillets coated with starch evenly into the pot.
As the snow-white fish fillets floated up and down in the pot, the spicy aroma made Xiao An and Hei Jin drool.
Seeing that the two guys were really greedy, Song Liyun picked out some boneless meat slices and put some leeks, bean sprouts, and acorn tofu as a base, and let them eat first.
He put the fish fillets, soup and vegetables into the big rice bucket that Zhou Xiaoqi brought over.
Then add chili powder, Sichuan peppercorns, onion segments, and garlic into the rice bucket. Finally, heat the oil in a pan again and pour the boiling oil over the seasoning on the meat slices.
With a sizzling sound, a strange fragrance rose into the sky. Before the smoke dissipated, Song Liyun quickly covered the rice bucket.
I sighed in my heart: What a pity, the reason why boiled fish is so delicious is because of the refreshing feeling of freshly drizzled oil.
It smells quite nice now. I wonder what's going on inside the garrison when it's sent to it.
Zhou Xiaoqi sent two people to wait in the front yard. When Song Liyun was done, she took the rice bucket out and asked them to take it away as quickly as possible.
The two men took the rice buckets, jumped on their horses, and rushed back to the camp.
Looking at this somewhat familiar scene, Song Liyun blinked.
She seemed to recall a certain profession that was already vague in her memory, which was also like this: waiting outside other people's shops and delivering meals to those in need.
The only difference is that one rides a motorcycle and the other rides a horse.
As she spent more and more time in the Wu Dynasty, without mutant beasts and daily fear, her memories of the apocalyptic war became clearer and clearer.
Scenes of the campus, playground, swimming pool, cinema and bar filled with the sound of reading flashed before my eyes, and I could go home on weekends to enjoy a big meal made by my mother.
That was the real era of peace and prosperity.
At this moment, Yunniang's panicked voice in the yard interrupted her memories: "Xiao An, what's wrong with you? And Heijin, Heijin... Girl, girl!"
Song Liyun suddenly woke up, turned around and hurried back to the yard.
At this time, a bowl of fish fillets had been pushed far away. Xiao An stuck out his tongue, drooled, and his face flushed.
Kurojin was scratching his mouth and jumping around on the spot, roaring.
Yunniang was frightened by their actions. She called out Song Liyun while patting Xiaoan's back and chest.
Song Liyun was also startled and quickly hugged Xiao An: "Xiao An, what's wrong with you?"
Tears welled up in Xiao An's eyes. He pointed at his mouth and said, "Bugs are crawling!"
Heijin also pounced over and opened his mouth to show Song Liyun. The usually lawless monkey was now frightened and his eyes were wide open.
Song Liyun suddenly realized and burst into laughter, tears streaming down her face: "That's Sichuan peppercorns, it's numbing!"
People in the Wu Dynasty had never eaten Sichuan peppercorns, so Xiao An only tasted the flavor of the soup base.
The first time he experienced numbness, he thought there were bugs crawling in his mouth.
Song Liyun asked the two guys to rinse their mouths with clean water, and the numbness soon disappeared.
With Xiao An and Hei Jin's reactions in mind, Song Liyun was afraid that no one would dare to eat the fish on the stove, so she could only ask Yun Niang to stew another pot of beans for later use.
As for the bucket of fish that the garrison took away... Song Liyun had just explained it to them. She just hoped that adults would have stronger tolerance and not make such a joke.
Song Zhenping and Han Ming returned from the fields soon.
After they washed their hands and faces, before they started eating, Song Liyun mentioned that there were peppercorns in the fish.
"Sichuan pepper? The kind you said boiled with chili peppers can cure frostbite?"
Song Zhenping looked at the black round particles floating on the fish fillets. He remembered that Song Liyun bought them from the pharmacy in Qili County and asked Yunniang to boil water for soaking her hands.
Song Liyun nodded: "Yes, this thing tastes numbing, and it is also a medicine when put into dishes. It can drive away the cold and feels good to eat."
After she said that, Song Zhenping was a little afraid to eat.
Han Ming had confidence in Song Liyun's words. Since Miss Song said it was edible, he would eat it.
Han Ming's eyes lit up when he put a big piece of fish into his mouth. He sucked the fish meat and spit out the fish bones, and immediately said happily: "This tastes so..." He couldn't describe the spicy and fresh taste.
Anyway, I only have one feeling: delicious!
This is a taste that makes your lips tremble and your tongue shake.
Song Zhenping didn't have the good fortune to eat this, but Song Liyun didn't force him. She just ate heartily, and Han Ming next to her was eating even more voraciously.
Yunniang brought out the stewed meat with beans. Song Zhenping couldn't resist the aroma of boiled fish and started to try it again.
Spicy food is addictive.
When the taste buds receive this kind of stimulation, every bite feels like heaven.
Song Zhenping was sweating profusely while eating, but he still couldn't put down his chopsticks.
Xiao An ate the fish meat that Yunniang had removed the bones from carefully, and he was crying.
Heijin was eating so much that he was scratching his ears and cheeks. His eyes were red from the spicy food. He was howling and jumping around, but Song Liyun didn't let him eat, so he rolled his eyes and glared at her.
At this time, in the canteen of the guard post, a large bucket of fish had been divided into several basins.
(End of this chapter)
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