Chapter 435: Noodles

Two kinds of staple food were made, one was the crispy meat pie that An Yunji liked, and the other was the noodles that Lu Qiyan liked.

This time, Xia Mingyue made a very homely noodle dish.

Stir-fry chopped peanuts, scallion segments, diced celery, etc. in an oil pan. After all the vegetables are cooked, add water and bring to a boil. Add thin hand-rolled noodles. After they are cooked, pour in the noodle soup prepared with eggs, flour, vinegar and water. Finally, season with cornstarch and salt.

In order to make this bowl of noodles more flavorful, Xia Mingyue added some cooked five-spice soybeans and a spoonful of chili oil to the bowl after serving the noodles according to Lu Qiyan's usual taste preferences.

Lu Qiyan took the bowl of noodles, mixed the various ingredients in the bowl evenly with chopsticks, then lowered his head and started eating.

The noodles are neither too thin nor too thick, they are soft and sticky, and the noodle soup is rich. When eating, you don't need to use chopsticks to pick up the noodles and put them into your mouth. Just put the bowl to your mouth and eat with your mouth open.

Take a deep sip, and you can taste the noodles and soup, the fragrance of peanuts, the freshness of eggs, the freshness of celery, the richness of soybeans, and the sourness of vinegar in the soup...

It is not as strong as many braised noodles, but it tastes comfortable, like a gentle breeze and drizzle, warm and soft.

It was the first time that Lu Qiyan ate this kind of noodles. He felt that it had a homely taste. The more he ate, the more appetite he felt. He scooped up bowl after bowl.

In the end, almost all of the small pot of noodles made by Xia Mingyue went into Lu Qiyan's stomach.

But even so, Lu Qiyan still felt a little unsatisfied and had to eat something else to satisfy his craving.

The appearance of this big eater really shocked An Yunji who was standing beside him.

In the army, he had seen Lu Qiyan eat before, but he had never seen Lu Qiyan eat like this.

As the saying goes, you can know a person’s face but not his belly, it’s probably like this…

An Yunji felt that Lu Qiyan's appearance was far from what he liked, and he kept shaking his head.

My brother-in-law has such an appetite, and I still have to take the trouble to feed him. Won't this really annoy my sister?
An Yunji subconsciously looked at Xia Mingyue.

At this time, Xia Mingyue was looking at Lu Qiyan with a smile on her lips and a gentle look in her eyes, her relief was beyond words.

An Yunji, "..."

Failed!
For a cook, the thing she likes to see most is others eating up all the food she cooks!

As expected, my brother-in-law is such a sinister and treacherous person.

Damn it!
An Yunji was filled with resentment and stuffed the puff pastry meat pie into his mouth.

At this time, Wu Jin was enjoying his dinner in the yard.

Crispy meat patties and starchy noodles, one thick and one thin, the combination is simply delicious. It can be said that a dog’s life is perfect!

Lu Qiyan and An Yunji each took two days off and only returned to the camp on the third night.

Xia Mingyue looked at the time and began to arrange her diet for the next two days.

On the first day, of course, you should eat plenty of fish and meat and feed them well.

A piece of Dongpo pork weighs two taels, is fragrant and delicious, soft and glutinous and melts in your mouth.

A whole piece of fried sweet and sour fish with a crispy skin and a rich, sweet and sour sauce that is very appetizing.

You will never tire of eating this dish. The duck stewed with sour radish is sour, refreshing, and light. The bones are still bloody, but the chicken is tender and delicious. It is delicious whether you eat it directly or dip it in the sauce...

After eating all the chicken, duck, fish and meat for the whole day and eating with an open appetite, it is inevitable that you will feel a little bloated. By the next day, you will have a poor appetite and will not be able to eat much.

At this time, you need some sour or spicy dishes to fully stimulate your taste buds. They can also drive away the coldness in your body and make you feel comfortable in this increasingly cold late autumn.

So, in the afternoon of the next day, Xia Mingyue began to prepare everything for eating hot pot the next day.

Spicy hot pot.

The taste is obviously different from the light and delicious copper pot hot pot, and spicy hot pot requires you to eat something fresh that you don’t have the time and energy to eat on weekdays.

For example, duck intestines, duck blood, tripe...

These things don't seem to be valuable, but they are difficult to obtain because they are difficult to handle and collect.

Just when Xia Mingyue was worried about whether this spicy hot pot meal could meet her expectations, He Shunzi stood up and patted his chest loudly, "Madam Xia, rest assured, leave this matter to me."

He usually walked between the villages and the streets of Changzhou City. Over the past few months, he had become more and more familiar with his surroundings. This familiarity was not limited to what was produced in each place. He even knew where the restaurants and hotels in Changzhou City usually bought their ingredients from, what they used and what they did not use.

For example, the Eight Treasure Duck is popular in Kangfulou. The ducks used every day are freshly slaughtered in the morning, so you can definitely find enough duck blood and duck intestines there.

As for the tripe, it is a part of the cow. Working oxen cannot be slaughtered easily, but some will inevitably die young or be injured. After reporting to the government for record, they can be slaughtered and eaten. If you inquire about it, you will definitely get a lot.

He Shunzi was very confident in his connections, and after giving Xia Mingyue a promise, he drove the ox cart out.

Seeing this, Xia Mingyue felt more confident and started to fry the hot pot base. She no longer bothered the central kitchen with the rest of the common ingredients, but gave them to Honglian to purchase and prepare.

Honglian is also knowledgeable and has a lot of experience in this area.

After receiving the order, Honglian went to the street with a bamboo basket and bought things according to the list made by Xia Mingyue.

First, go to the mountain product shop to look for some wild mushrooms.

Honglian was indeed quite discerning in selecting ingredients just as Xia Mingyue had said. She only picked out some bamboo fungus, cattle liver, chicken mushroom, which had unique taste and good taste when cooked, as well as some wild wood ear mushrooms that looked fleshy.

In addition, Honglian also specially looked for some dried bamboo shoots.

Fresh bamboo shoots in spring are shelled and rooted, steamed at high temperature, rinsed with clean water and dried. When eaten now, they can be soaked for half an hour and then cut into pieces and boiled. They have a thick and crispy taste and are full of fragrance.

These things can definitely become unique ingredients in hotpot. They are fresh and not greasy.

Honglian felt quite accomplished and continued walking on the street with a half-full bamboo basket, trying to find something rare at the stalls selling farm vegetables.

As Honglian was walking, someone stopped her.

"This must be Madam Honglian, right?" The other person was smiling sweetly, wearing green cloth, and looked like a servant from some family.

Honglian was surprised as to why the other party knew him, and he did not recognize the person in front of him, but he still bowed politely, "I wonder who you are, is there anything I can do for you?"

"My master would like to invite Madam Honglian over to talk. Please follow me upstairs." The servant pointed to the teahouse next to them.

Noodles are a common dish in the home. Basically, the method of making them is different in every place. This is just the method in the author’s hometown, which may not be the same as the method you know.