Chapter 243 Treat You to Eat Potatoes
All kinds of news in the city of Wien spread quickly. Frederick did not hide his identity, and what he did spread quickly.
After many down-and-out painters received his funding, not only did more people sell paintings on the street, but they also opened their stalls much earlier.
After hearing this, Ferdinand asked his royal painter to put on old clothes and set up a stall early in the morning to see how Frederick would react.
However, at this time Frederick ran away in search of delicious food.
"It tastes very good!" Frederick was tasting the apple strudel in a small teahouse. "You can try adding some raisins to the apple filling and sprinkle some of the finest powdered sugar on the surface for decoration."
< br>"It's a pity that it's not the apple harvest season. I always feel like something is missing when using jam. I'll try it when the season comes."
His words soon spread through the emperor's secret agent organization. Ferdinand's ears.
Ferdinand asked the intelligence chief in confusion: "Did Wesson really say that?"
The intelligence chief replied: "It is true, and other people present also heard it."
"Then Duke Wesson went to the restaurant opposite and ordered a piece of beef stew. He said..."
Ferdinand frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice: "What did he say?"
The intelligence chief replied cautiously: "Duke Wesson said that the beef stew in that store is more delicious than the one in the palace, because... the chefs in the palace dare not improve the method for fear of trouble, and all the recipes remain unchanged for a hundred years. It's very boring."
Ferdinand nodded silently and asked, "You should know what to do next, right?"
The intelligence leader immediately replied: "I know. This shuts up Duke Wesson and the people in that store.”
"[Ven City expletive]!" Ferdinand wanted to hit someone, "I want you to buy one! See if it is really better than the one in the palace!"
"Also , whatever he ate, he agreed to buy it back for me to try.”
The intelligence chief said with some embarrassment: “Duke Wesson… today… also eats Elizabeth potatoes. Make it for others to eat in a shop."
Ferdinand raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Frederick has introduced potatoes for many years, and someone has taken them. When we went out to plant seeds, some people got into trouble because they didn’t know that the sprouts couldn’t be eaten, so there were a lot of rumors.
The most widely circulated rumor is that these underground fruits are for Duke Wesson's devil army to eat, and ordinary people will die if they eat them.
On the Osmaga Empire, only farmers in the mountainous areas grow some in the mountains, and people in the city don't touch it at all.
There is a restaurant in the city of Wein. The proprietress married from Weinstein last year. Last year she stocked up a cellar of Elizabeth potatoes according to her hometown’s method. As a result, less than 10% of the potatoes have been sold so far, and the remaining The ones below are about to sprout.
Frederick promoted potatoes as part of increasing Wesson's soft power. Naturally, he would not remain indifferent after seeing this situation.
“Don’t worry.” Frederick said to the fellow countryman, “I will help you advertise!”
Today, Theresa and several other eldest ladies came out with Frederick to collect delicacies. They were surprised to see Frederick enter the kitchen and cook things decently.
According to Frederick's idea, they should start with promoting potatoes.
When Ferdinand came to this store, Frederick had just made the first potato dish that was considered a snack.
After saluting, Ferdinand looked at his youngest daughter and several other eldest ladies with a smile, making their faces turn red.
“It’s wonderful to be young.” Ferdinand sighed.
The small shop was almost full of guards inside and outside the shop. Frederick squeezed between them, brought up the "Elizabeth Sweet Potatoes" in person, and said to the emperor with a depressed look: "Your Majesty, you want Don't tell me earlier, I'll give you my share."
Ferdinand said with a smile: "Then you eat theirs."
While the two were talking, One of the guards behind the emperor picked up the potato in front of Ferdinand, tested it for poison, and ate a small piece.
The guard paused and ate another small piece.
Ferdinand said to him: "If you take the opportunity to eat secretly, I will let your father beat you!"
The guard replied seriously: "Your Majesty, this is my duty."
Frederick smiled and said: "From the perspective of the beneficiary, I will not murder your Majesty. This is very important to me." It’s no good. I’m worried that someone will blame me.”
In the past two years, someone in Wesson has published several detective novels, which have been very popular. There are several cases in it that anyone can rely on. The range of prisoners is determined by benefiting from the murder of the victim.
With what he said, even if the emperor burps now, he can clear most of the suspicion in public opinion. Frederick continued: "This snack is very simple. Remove the buds and green poisonous parts of the Elizabeth potato, and cut the top into pieces with the bottom still attached. Steam it first and then let it cool. Fry it with fragrant garlic, Coat the onions and other spices on the Elizabeth potatoes, also in the middle of each piece, and finally bake it in the oven until the skin is crispy.”
His purpose is to promote Elizabethan potatoes, so naturally he won't keep the recipe a secret. The more people who make it and the more people who eat it, the more people will think he is awesome and can get such a good thing.
Ferdinand took a bite of the Elizabethan potato and found it quite good. It was soft and suitable for an old man like himself who didn’t have many teeth.
At this time, Frederick made potato cheese cakes, which is to mashed boiled peeled potatoes, then mix them with shredded cheese, spices, parsley, onions, salt, etc. to form a cake. , and finally coated in flour, eggs and bread crumbs, fried until the surface is golden brown, and eaten with red tomato sauce.
The last dish was the main dish. Frederick sauteed the onions in oil in a pot, added a little ham and local spices, and then added potato cubes and meat cubes to stew together.
To take care of the emperor who had bad teeth, Frederick added some meatballs.
During this period, Frederick secretly said to the landlady: "You can go home and buy some oyster sauce and put a little of it in the stew. Don't tell others. This is my family's secret recipe."
The landlady nodded immediately.
When the lid of the pressure cooker was opened, the aroma of Elizabethan potato stew made Ferdinand shout from the front: "Bring it up quickly!"
Other guards in the store could only swallow their saliva. He also looked at the guy who was testing the poison with envy. Everyone had been loyal for generations and wished they could take on this dangerous job for him today.
This time Frederick made a big pot and finally we could sit down and eat together.
"It tastes quite good." Ferdinand said while eating, "I didn't expect your cooking skills to be good."
Frederick just smiled, his cooking skills were forced out by Psyche If she wanted to learn magic outside the syllabus, she could only make delicious food for her, and even made pearl milk tea. In the end, even Richard Nall also learned this skill.
Ferdinand asked him again: "Isn't this a cheap meal?"
Frederick replied: "There are ways to spend money on these Elizabeth potatoes, and there are also cheap ways to make them. Of course, those who have money want to cook it in different ways. In the army, most soldiers make a big pot of potato stew, with beef, pork, and chicken. Civilians also make a lot of stew, and sometimes make it into mashed potatoes as a staple food. "It's just as simple as boiling it in water." But the food for the junior officers is not much better than that for the big-headed soldiers. Everything they have is stewed in one pot. Unlike Duke Wesson, the big-headed soldiers can eat such delicious things.
Ferdinand noticed another point and asked Frederick with some confusion: "What is a relief station?"
Frederick replied calmly: "In recent years, many people have come to us to look for work. , many people don’t have much money, and they will have no food for a while, so I opened a relief station, so that no matter who goes there, they will stutter and not die.”
Ferdinand Shake. He bowed his head and said: "Those lazy guys stopped working and went to the soup kitchen, not to make you poor."
Frederick smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, just eat wherever you can." The only food we have is boiled Elizabeth potatoes and boiling water, which can be eaten for two or three days, but this person will not be able to stand eating only for a long time."
"They also help arrange work, if you go to do more. You can get a little more cheese by doing jobs like sweeping the streets and collecting garbage.”
"If you are skilled, go to the guild and get a certificate, and you can eat well for a month before you can find a job."
After hearing this, Ferdinand said: "Even if it costs like this, It’s very big. There’s no limit to how much you can eat in a day. It’s so easy for the people below to do anything.”
He has been the emperor for so many years and is very familiar with the people below. 100 gold coins can get things done. In fact, you have to pay at least 500 gold coins to barely do it.
"It's not a big problem." Frederick said with a smile, "Elizabeth potatoes are very cheap where we are. If you sell them for less, you won't get much money. If you sell them for more, you will be discovered. There are monks from the church there to watch. "
"To tell you the truth, the money is worth it. The security in the city has improved a lot, but now there are no more bread thieves."
"Hiss..." Ferdinand looked at Frederick in disbelief, "So you don't have any poor people there?"
"How is that possible?" Frederick shook his head, "At most, they will starve to death. People, no one froze to death in winter.”
“Many families cannot eat meat every day. It only takes five or six days for a family in the village to eat a chicken. It was boiling in the pot. In the first few days, those who worked in the fields could only eat a little meat and drink soup. The children barely had one egg a day. On the last day, the whole family ate bones. "
"We can barely afford enough clothes for everyone. They all have thin cotton clothes, but there are many children in the family, so they can only give the younger ones clothes that the older children can’t wear.”
“Isn’t that enough?” Ferdinand almost jumped. "Not everyone in the city of Venn has a sip of chicken soup every day, eats eggs every day, and wears cotton-padded clothes!"
Frederick said in embarrassment: "It's not enough. My goal is to let every family eat a chicken every day, and every family has a bicycle."
Ferdinand was angry with him. Don't want to talk anymore.
The content of the conversation between the two of them spread quickly through the guards in the store and the ladies who followed Frederick out.
Many people have a new understanding of the wealth of Weisen State, and some have other thoughts.
(End of this chapter)