Chapter 166: Teaching cooking in the palace
A very solemn voice came, could it be the emperor?
Su Xiaoxiao did not dare to raise her head, lowered her head and said: "Yes."
"The civilian woman is here."
"Eunuch Li told me last time that the dishes made by my wife are very delicious, but none of the dishes we make according to your method can match the taste of yours. I wonder if my wife is willing to teach my royal chefs? "
When Su Xiaoxiao heard this, she didn't expect that the emperor would start asking for advice from her?
When did the emperor speak so politely? Su Xiaoxiao's feeling at that time was that she really wanted to look up and see the emperor's face. She felt that what this middle-aged man said was quite pleasant. After all, this was the emperor who was the most powerful person among ten thousand people. His manner of speaking was even more polite than that of his subordinates.
In fact, this is all an illusion.
Since they are members of the ruling class, how can they speak politely to the people below? You can still pretend to be fake, and this is the same no matter where you are in the world, even in primitive tribes.
Since he is already in the ruling class and his status is different from yours, why are you still talking nonsense?
It doesn't exist at all.
Su Xiaoxiao said quickly: "That is the honor of a civilian woman. I am willing to teach."
"Hahaha..." The emperor laughed heartily after hearing this, and he immediately issued the imperial edict.
"Eunuch Li, take Mrs. Su to the imperial kitchen today and cook me a delicious meal. I want to eat it now."
The emperor is really resolute in what he says and does, and he will soon start hosting a banquet for all civil and military officials.
Su Xiaoxiao didn't expect that she would take on a big job just after entering the palace.
The imperial dining room is worthy of being an imperial dining room. There are all kinds of good things in it. The kitchen is actually very big, but the quality of the dishes that the chef can cook has little to do with the size of the kitchen.
Su Xiaoxiao stood in this huge imperial dining room, looking at the dazzling array of seasonings and delicious food that she had never even seen before.
Eunuch Li also introduced Su Xiaoxiao to the other chefs in the imperial kitchen. Those chefs were actually very proud.
The royal chefs were very unhappy when they heard that Eunuch Li said that they should all cooperate with Su Xiaoxiao for today's meal.
They looked Su Xiaoxiao up and down.
She is just a young woman, what is so great about her?
Furthermore, Eunuch Li also said that all the chefs in the imperial dining room must listen to Su Xiaoxiao today. What does this mean? Did she come by air?
What does it mean to ask a skinny, dry little lady to come over and teach them how to do things?
A senior chef in the imperial kitchen, his surname is Wang.
Wang Yuchu looked down on Su Xiaoxiao. He said to Eunuch Li: "If the emperor wants to change the taste, we can study new dishes according to his requirements, but it is a joke to ask all of us to listen to the orders of a peasant woman. !”
Su Xiaoxiao felt it. Because of his appearance, he probably threatened the status of the great chefs in the imperial kitchen, which is why they rejected Su Xiaoxiao so much.
Su Xiaoxiao smiled at them and said: "I am here today under the order of the emperor. I dare not say that I am teaching you. I ask you to cooperate and give me the kitchen for a while. After I finish cooking this meal for the emperor, I will I won’t be an eyesore here in the future, can you guys look at it?”
Those people wanted to give Su Xiaoxiao a sense of oppression and suppress Su Xiaoxiao, but in the end they didn't care at all.
Su Xiaoxiao really felt that the royal chefs like herself were strange, but she didn't actually want to come over and steal their jobs. Finally, they temporarily suppressed their anger and sent a little eunuch who was very unfamiliar with the kitchen to help Su Xiaoxiao.
"Do you have soy sauce here?"
When Su Xiaoxiao started cooking, she realized that there was no seasoning around her. Su Xiaoxiao quickly asked the little eunuch to find Qian Musheng, because all the soy sauce she brought was placed next to Qian Musheng.
The little eunuch still trusts Su Xiaoxiao.
After a while, Su Xiaoxiao saw the little eunuch getting soy sauce from Qian Musheng. Naturally, this soy sauce was quite unexpected, and it could achieve such a cooking effect right away.
Now even Su Xiaoxiao is beginning to observe the situation here with confidence. This is indeed the perfect place for making delicious braised dishes in the entire harem.
And when it comes to cooking here, it seems to be just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, this is the little eunuch who follows Su Xiaoxiao.
Originally, he wanted to learn cooking from other great chefs, but everyone was still very repulsive towards him. They felt very repulsive towards the newcomers, and they simply did not allow this young apprentice to join.
Su Xiaoxiao saw it. Since he went out to get soy sauce for himself and risked being scolded by other chefs in the imperial kitchen, Su Xiaoxiao felt that he still had to help this young apprentice.
"Do you want to learn cooking from me so that you can cook for the emperor in the future?"
When the young apprentice heard this, he nodded tremblingly and said, "Okay, I want to learn from the lady."
Su Xiaoxiao looked at it and said to him with a smile: "You don't have to be so polite. Just follow me and learn. You just need to watch every step I do."
Because Su Xiaoxiao secretly asked the apprentice to get the soy sauce for her, so in the royal kitchen where the steward could not see, the apprentice was very smart and handed the soy sauce to Su Xiaoxiao.
Su Xiaoxiao smiled at him. Today, Su Xiaoxiao thought of cooking some dishes with strong flavors. The dishes at this time were all more Jingkou-flavored, for example, more sweet.
Su Xiaoxiao made boiled fish and cold rabbit, as well as boiled meat slices and pot-wrapped pork. She also made a fish head with chopped pepper and braised pork ribs. These dishes were all on the sweeter side.
Therefore, it is still not possible to be too radical all at once. Su Xiaoxiao decided to take it slowly and step by step, hoping that the emperor can appreciate the taste of this new soy sauce.
Su Xiaoxiao also learned that the emperor loved eels, so she specially made an eel soup for the emperor, which was simply perfect.
For the first time, the little apprentice observed the chef Su Xiaoxiao cooking at close range. While he was really admiring him, he also secretly vowed in his heart that he would become such a great chef in the future and be able to cook all these dishes perfectly. And very skilled.
After Su Xiaoxiao made these dishes, she saw that many chefs and the chefs in the imperial dining room had begun to regret it.
They felt that they should not be too proud and conceited. In fact, they felt that they should have just stayed in front of Su Xiaoxiao and learned together.
But after all, I couldn't lose my temper, so naturally I couldn't get Su Xiaoxiao's true biography.
Su Xiaoxiao handed over all her recipes to this young apprentice without reservation, and placed her hopes on him, hoping that he could truly become the pillar of the imperial kitchen in the future.
(End of chapter)