The Lone Star of the Tang Dynasty

With Li Changge's call, a burst of fragrant aroma suddenly wafted out from the back kitchen, permeating the entire living room.

Li Er, Du Ruhui, Empress Changsun and Li Junxian were all attracted by this aroma, and they all smelled the fragrance and exclaimed: "How delicious is this, it can exude such a soul-stirring aroma?" Even in the palace or their own mansions, they have seen the craftsmanship of many famous chefs, but they have never tasted such an attractive taste.

Li Changge smiled heartily and warmly beckoned everyone to sit at the table.

The two maids, Mian'er and Ying'er, walked out of the back kitchen with a big iron plate at the right time, presenting the source of the fragrance in front of everyone.

Although everyone recognized the ingredients on the plate, the fine-grained seasoning sprinkled on top seemed strange and new.

After the maids retreated, they served three identical large iron plates one after another, a total of five iron plates the size of a dustpan were piled with all kinds of dishes, which made people's eyes shine and their appetite was greatly increased. All the food is carefully interspersed with wooden skewers, which is new and unique, and arouses the curiosity of everyone.

Li Er picked up a wooden skewer with barbecue, looked at Li Changge and asked with a smile: "Childe, is this hot meat?" Li Changge responded with a smile: "That's right, this is barbecue, using the best pork belly, and there is mutton underneath, Lao Li, you must taste them all." "

Although Li Er, as an emperor, had eaten a lot of roasted meat, he was amazed by this unique cooking technique and unprecedented aroma. He asked Li Changge how it was made, especially those mysterious spices. Li Changge saw everyone's curiosity about the dark yellow-green granular seasoning on the barbecue skewers, and casually explained: "Oh, that's cumin." Li Er couldn't help but be stunned when he heard "natural", and then took a bite, and in an instant, his mouth was full of relish, and the fat but not greasy taste made him full of praise, and praised again and again: "The way of nature, fragrant, is really a good name! I don't know where to find this 'natural' seasoning?"

Seeing this, Li Changge secretly laughed in his heart, and did not correct Li Er's misunderstanding of the name of cumin, but he really couldn't give a reasonable source. After all, in the previous life, cumin was a seasoning introduced to the Central Plains from the Western Regions, and it was not common in the early Tang Dynasty. Actually, these cumins come from his system check-in rewards. So, he thought for a moment and said perfunctorily: "What about this...... I found it in the wilderness. "

At this time, the entourage beside Li Er suddenly remembered something and interjected: "Your Majesty...... Master, I remembered that there were indeed restaurants in Chang'an City that sold similar dishes, but they called it cumin barbecue, not natural barbecue. As soon as these words came out, Li Er looked at Li Changge in surprise, as if he noticed a trace of abnormality.

Li Changge shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and continued to make up the story as he spoke: "Well, there are businessmen from Chang'an who come to me to buy goods, but I don't have much inventory on hand, and most of them are reserved for my own enjoyment." Li Changge's words made the people present suspicious, and Li Er felt that there might be more secrets hidden in it. However, no matter what the truth is, the most important thing at this moment is to enjoy this unprecedented food feast and feel the unique ingenuity and unique flavor from Li Changge.

Du Ruhui almost choked on his own spittle, and said to Li Changge dumbfounded: "Son, you may not know, this cumin roasted meat is very popular among the princes and nobles of Chang'an City, and it is all the rage. In order to taste this small dish, they did not hesitate to spend hundreds of copper coins. "

When Li Er heard this, he was both shocked and suspicious in his heart, secretly thinking that the life of the five surnames and seven hopes was so luxurious. But what surprised him even more was that Li Changge had such a secret recipe for food, but he did not make a fortune with it, but handled it calmly and indifferently to fame and fortune.

When Empress Changsun heard the words "cumin roasted meat", she was already overjoyed, and her eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and at this moment her appetite increased greatly, and she enjoyed the delicacies carefully prepared by her children. Although Li Er and Empress Changsun have been fighting outside all the year round and are not particular about their diet, the delicacy of this cumin roasted meat is really irresistible. For a while, the couple buried their heads in eating, and in a blink of an eye, half of the barbecue on the big plate was gone.

At this time, Li Er found that there was another dish on the plate with golden color, crispy skin and soft glutinous taste, and slightly sweet in salty and fresh. He asked Li Changge curiously: "Childe, what is this?" Li Changge replied: "This is a potato." Li Er was unfamiliar with this and was puzzled.

Li Changge explained that potatoes are a crop found by chance in the wild, although the stems and leaves are inedible, the roots under the soil have a unique taste, can replace the staple food, and have a high yield and are easy to grow. In the northern region, rice is not easy to grow, and potatoes solve this problem and become one of his staple foods. Li Er mistakenly thought that potatoes were not in high yield like cumin, so he was grateful for Li Changge's warm hospitality, and continued to feast on the table.

Just as they were having their best time, Li Er took a bite of a piece of barbecue meat, but found that the taste was different, it seemed to be mutton, but it was different. His mind moved, and he thought that at the beginning of the war, there had been a bad rumor in the market—could it be that this precious son, like a barbarian, actually ate human flesh?

Li Changge replied: "This is mutton." "

But the mutton in Li's second hand seemed to be different from the barbecue he had eaten before, and he became more and more puzzled.

Li Changge replied casually: "This is pork in your hand." Li Er was stunned when he heard this, his expression was full of incredulity. In his cognition, pork smells so fishy that it is generally only barely hungry when marching and fighting, and even poor people are reluctant to eat it on weekdays. But at this moment, the pork in his hand was roasted tender and delicious, subverting his cognition.

Li Changge was also quite surprised when he saw this, until he realized that the unpalatable pork that Li Er was talking about was wild boar, not farmed pork. As a former hunter, Li Changge knew that wild boar meat was indeed difficult to eat, so he solved the mystery with a smile: "I understand, Lao Li, the pork you used to eat should be wild boar, right? "

Li Er's eyes widened when he heard this, as if a whole new world had opened. He never imagined that pork could be so delicious through farming, which not only refreshed his taste experience, but also made him interested in the pork farming technology in Li Changge's mouth.