When Xia Mingyue saw the finished copper pot, her eyes suddenly lit up.

The shape and size of the copper pot were exactly what she required. The shape looked grand and round, very beautiful, and the surface of the copper pot had auspicious cloud texture, which further enhanced its beauty.

Xia Mingyue couldn't let go of the copper pot. She kept looking at it carefully, and even opened each component of the copper pot and assembled it carefully.

The reassembled copper pot fits perfectly and is very stable, which shows that the person who made the copper pot has exquisite and skilled craftsmanship.

The more Xia Mingyue looked at the copper pot, the happier she became. While she was sighing, she was also surprised at Shi Dahai's grinning face beside her.

This person really has real skills, but why does he look so unsure?
Shi Dahai liked the most to appreciate the astonished expressions on other people's faces when they saw the bronze ware he made. When he saw Xia Mingyue's surprise, he was also secretly happy in his heart, but when he saw Xia Mingyue's surprise and hesitancy to speak, he just chuckled.

"Madam Xia, do you think it's unbelievable that I can make such a fine bronze ware, since I'm usually so playful and frivolous?"

Xia Mingyue did not deny it and nodded.

Shi Dahai was not angry, but slapped his thigh fiercely, "When I first started to learn how to make copperware from my master, my master also doubted me, saying that I was good at talking and I should go into business or be a clerk."

"To be honest, I usually talk a lot and I like to talk. I originally wanted to learn storytelling, and I learned to make bronzeware only because my parents liked it. I never thought that I could make it so well. Even my master was very surprised and insisted that he teach me all these skills."

"I can't refuse, so I will continue to learn the skills of making copperware from Master. But I don't want to keep my mouth idle, so I still want to say more..."

So once we meet, we start talking nonstop and can't stop.

"So that's how it is." Xia Mingyue nodded slightly.

Talented players are indeed so terrifying.

Even if it is not what you want, you can easily stand at the top of the pyramid.

Envious...

Shi Dahai chuckled again, his eyes rolling around, "Since my copper pot is to Madam Xia's liking, can I try the food that Madam Xia made with this copper pot?"

"No problem." Xia Mingyue said cheerfully, "But it will take some time to prepare the food. Master Shi can have some tea here and wait for a while."

"Okay." Shi Dahai nodded like pounding garlic.

Not to mention waiting for a while to have tea, waiting two or three minutes is no problem!

Xia Mingyue asked Manager Fu and others to wait and taste the food. She told Yin Qiao to serve tea and took Zhuang Mama and Zhuang Cui to prepare it.

The copper pot is used for making shabu-shabu mutton, and the shape of the copper pot draws on the special copper hot pot used in the Donglaishun shabu-shabu mutton making technique. It has the characteristics of a large furnace, a lot of charcoal, fast boiling, reasonable ventilation and long burning time. Even if more than a dozen people dine around such a copper pot, the soup can still boil for an hour without adding charcoal, satisfying the needs of shabu-shabu mutton.

When making the hot pot soup base, Xia Mingyue also borrowed from the soup base of Donglaishun mutton hot pot. She used ginger slices, chopped green onions, dried shrimps, and shiitake mushroom soup as ingredients to stew a pot of light and delicious but delicious soup base.

The most important part of mutton hot pot is the raw material. The best parts are the top brain, cucumber strips and big three forks. Before cutting the meat, the blood and impurities in the meat must be fully removed to ensure the quality of the mutton and the taste when eating. The best raw materials need to be matched with excellent knife skills. One pound of mutton should be cut into 80 to 90 slices to ensure that the sliced ​​meat is delicate, bright in color, fat but not greasy, lean but not dry, and cooked as soon as it is put into the pot, and will not become mushy after being boiled for a long time.

Xia Mingyue had prepared sesame paste, peanut butter, soybean paste, chives and other dipping sauces, as well as her own pickled garlic, which she served on the table along with freshly sliced ​​mutton, and a copper pot with charcoal fire and soup base.

Everyone looked at the gradually boiling soup and the fresh mutton, and immediately realized that they were going to eat mutton hotpot.

It’s not that uncommon to eat mutton hotpot. Even wealthier families would have some fresh mutton hotpot to nourish their bodies in autumn and winter.

The copper pot that Xia Mingyue spent so much effort to make was just for eating hot pot?

Is it that people live too refined lives and are particular about everything, so they need these exquisite things to go with their hot pot meals, or is it that the hot pot made by Madam Xia is different from others?
With a little surprise, everyone put the thinly sliced ​​meat into the boiling soup in the copper pot.

You don't have to pour the entire piece of meat into the pot. Just use chopsticks to pick up the meat slices and dip them briefly in the pot, and the thin slices of meat will be cooked.

You can either put the meat slices directly into your mouth, or dip them in some sauce according to your taste before eating, and the delicious taste will burst out in your mouth immediately...

The words "fresh, tender and smooth" are fully reflected in this piece of mutton. The soup base is delicious but not overpowering. After the mutton is dipped in the soup, more deliciousness is left in the soup. When you have eaten enough of the mutton, some light and refreshing vegetables will also be delicious.

When you get tired of eating, peel two cloves of pickled garlic to enhance the flavor, freshness and reduce the greasiness, making it twice as delicious!
"This hot pot is delicious." Manager Fu was the first to express his admiration.

Although he was just a steward and not a particularly powerful person in the entire He family, the He family was wealthy and generous, and they were very kind and generous to their servants, so he had eaten a lot of good things.

He had eaten a lot of food like shabu-shabu, but none of them could compare to what he was eating in front of him.

Madam Xia’s craftsmanship never disappoints!

Jiang Zhuguo, Zhuang Cui and others who tried the food together also expressed their admiration, thinking that the taste of the copper pot mutton hotpot was much better than the mutton hotpot they had eaten at home in Jinqiu County before.

Although Zhuang's mother and Yin Qiao had also tasted Xia Mingyue's cooking, when they ate the mutton hotpot, they exclaimed that it was delicious and praised Xia Mingyue's cooking skills for improving and exceeding their expectations.

Only Shi Dahai was left, silent at this moment.

"Master Shi, what do you think of the hot pot taste?" Xia Mingyue asked with a smile.

Shi Dahai swallowed the meat that filled his entire mouth with some difficulty, and then nodded repeatedly, "Let me put it this way, this shabu-shabu mutton is the most delicious meat I have ever eaten!"

none of them!

"You didn't say a word, so I thought the mutton hotpot made by Madam Xia was not to your taste." Manager Fu was a little surprised.

"You don't know this." Shi Dahai said as he put the thinly sliced ​​mutton into the pot. "This person only has one mouth, but he has to do two things, eat and talk, and the two cannot be done at the same time. If I only focus on praising him, won't I delay eating?" (End of this chapter)