Chapter 648: Master of Cooking
Preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner is a big project.
The kitchen of the studio villa is divided into an inner kitchen and a western kitchen. The space is particularly spacious, enough for Zhang Pei to show her skills. The girls all help her, and even Yang Huayue helps to pick vegetables.
The ingredients Liu Lan and her friends bought filled the kitchen to the brim.
Among the girls, Chu Yu, Tao Zhiyao and Miao Xiaomei are the most capable. They do things efficiently, quickly and well. The others are either clumsy or too slow.
Liu Lan was constantly disliked by her mother.
"I asked you to buy sharp peppers, not green peppers."
"Oh my god, are these the carrot shreds you cut? Not only are they thick, but they're also of different lengths. They don't look good at all! What a waste of food."
"Oh, forget it, just go to Huayue and help her pick vegetables."
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Everyone was laughing. Liu Lan blushed and walked silently to Yang Huayue's side. Shen Mozhen didn't want to make things worse, so he also washed the vegetables here.
Liu Man said to Shen Mozhen embarrassedly, "I laughed at you for setting the kitchen on fire earlier, but it turns out I'm not much better than you."
"So I'm more conscious today and I came here to wash the vegetables instead of going into the kitchen," Shen Mozhen said with self-awareness, "I won't cause any trouble for Auntie."
"There's a saying that goes 'Every profession has its specialties'. It's amazing enough that you two can play the piano. You also need talent to cook," Yang Huayue said as she peeled spinach with quite skilled movements. During the time when she and Jiang Yichao lived together, she cooked for Jiang Yichao. Jiang Yichao praised her cooking skills more than once, and it shouldn't be flattery.
If Yang Huayue could stand up, she would definitely be willing to help in the kitchen. "Besides, your mother is so capable, you just need to open your mouth and eat."
What Yang Huayue said was right. In Liu Lan's memory, Zhang Pei's care for her previous master was really thorough and not vague at all. She lived a life of having everything provided for her. She had never picked vegetables, washed dishes, or even gone into the kitchen many times.
Liu Lan could only accept the fact that Yang Huayue misunderstood her as a spoiled little princess.
As for herself, there was no one to serve her or pamper her in the cold palace. She could only eat what the palace servants gave her, without any choice. The food two thousand years ago was already poorer than it is today, and the food provided in the cold palace was even the lowest quality. Even pigs would not eat those things now.
Before entering the cold palace, the women were all beautiful and pampered young ladies. They fell from heaven to hell. They were helpless and had no idea of changing the status quo. They would rather go with the flow and eat pig food and dream illusory dreams until they die. Otherwise, Wang Zhaojun's story would not have been passed down through the ages. Looking back now, Liu Man feels that they are not incompetent, but their thoughts are imprisoned by that era, just like herself before she traveled through time.
"Sister Chu Yu, you are so amazing!" Sun Weiwei's exclamation interrupted Liu Lan's memories, and they all looked inside. At the same time, they also smelled a fragrance coming from the steamer on the gas stove. Chu Yu turned off the fire and opened the lid. A stronger smell of steamed beef wafted out, and everyone couldn't help but sniff hard.
"Everyone, eat some beef patties first to fill your stomach."
Before Liu Lan went out to the supermarket to buy ingredients, Chu Yu had already started busying herself in the kitchen. She said she would be responsible for everyone's lunch and would not let anyone else help.
I didn't expect that she could make such delicious food without saying a word. Liu Lan was not very hungry at first, but was made hungry by the aroma.
Chu Yu scooped the steamed beef patties out of the steamer and sprinkled some chopped green pepper and diced carrot on the surface. That's right, it was Liu Lan who was taught a lesson by Zhang Pei for buying and cutting the wrong ingredients. Chu Yu did not waste any of it and recycled all of it. Liu Lan was so moved that she couldn't express it in words.
The older sister is so nice. While others were laughing at her, Chu Yu was thinking about how to help her out.
The beef patty was relatively large and hot, so it was not nice to chew it while holding it in your arms. Chu Yu used a knife to carefully cut it into four small portions like cutting a pizza, and handed it to Zhang Pei, the only elder present, and said, "Auntie, please have a piece first."
Zhang Pei looked at the fresh beef flowing out of the dough and her appetite was aroused. She blew on it to cool it down a little, then lowered her head and took a small bite. A fragrant and fresh aroma, with the rich aroma of the beef itself, rushed into her mouth almost instantly.
She exclaimed, “It’s so delicious!!!”
Zhang Pei is a good cook and is much more picky about food than Liu Lan. She always feels that the food in restaurants is not as delicious as the food she cooks herself. Unfortunately, she is busy with her career and has no time to cook. Eating takeout and eating out is the norm for her. She hasn't eaten food that suits her taste for a long time.
Seeing this, everyone became even more eager to take action.
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