Seeing that Wei Zifu was in a state of obsession and enjoyment, Wei Qing could no longer hold back and started tasting it.

It's a pity that Wei Qing is a rough person. After putting this thing into his mouth, he only thought it was delicious, but he couldn't distinguish its material at all.

Liu Che automatically ignored Wei Qing and asked Wei Zifu directly: "Zifu, can you taste what this is?"

Wei Zifu woke up from his drunken state, frowned slightly and said: "This tastes a bit like seafood, but it doesn't have the fishy smell of seafood at all..."

After thinking for a long time, Wei Zifu finally said in frustration: "I can't even taste what it is!"

Liu Che immediately looked at Tang Qi and said, "Mr. Tang, we can't even taste what it is, so you should tell us directly!"

Tang Qi shrugged his shoulders and said: "Okay, let me tell you directly, the main ingredient of this thing is carrageenan!"

"Carrageen?"

Liu Che, Wei Qing and Wei Zifu were all stunned.

They have never heard of this term at all.

But this is normal.

Carrageenan mainly grows on seaside rocks and is a type of seaweed.

It often grows in clumps, has no branches, is shaped like antlers, and is colored like amber, so it is called carrageenan.

The main food eaten in the Han Dynasty was produced on land, so of course they didn't know about antler.

It was hundreds of years later in the Song Dynasty that this thing was actually used as a food ingredient.

The recipes of people in the Song Dynasty were already very rich.

Those that fly in the sky, swim in the water, and run on the ground basically have them all.

Returning to the topic, after a brief period of confusion, Liu Che asked Tang Qi again: "Mr. Tang, what is this carrageenan...?"

Tang Qi had long expected Liu Che to ask such a question.

He directly took out a ball of carrots from a sack in the corner and put it on the dining table.

"Here, this is carrot, a seaside specialty. It can be used as a cold dish, stir-fry or soup. It tastes crispy, rich in nutrients, and is very nutritious!"

Tang Qi said to the three of them in an introduction tone.

Liu Che stretched out his finger and poked the carrageen, then frowned and said: "The color of the carrageen is similar to that of the 'bone', but it is much harder. Mr. Tang, how did you turn it into that soft and smooth look?"

Tang Qi said with a smile: "This is actually very simple, just boil it! Boil the carrageenan into a gelatin, and then add some potato starch to make it stick together and become what it is now, with a very tender and smooth texture!

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Liu Che nodded, seemingly understanding, but in fact he still didn't understand.

The main reason is that he doesn't understand the function of potato starch at all.

He only had a rough understanding of the process.

At this time, Wei Zifu said: "I think the most difficult part of this dish is to remove the bones. Mr. Tang, when you removed the bones, you did not destroy the fascia connected to the bones at all, so that they turned into gelatin."

The antler flavor will not penetrate into the pork, nor will it destroy the original taste of the pork!"

Tang Qi gave a thumbs up and said: "Experts, the most difficult part of this dish is indeed the bone removal, which tests the chef's knife skills very high!"

Wei Zifu asked enthusiastically: "Mr. Tang, can you give me the complete recipe of this dish? I really want to learn it!"

Tang Qi smiled and said: "Of course, I wish I could train someone with similar cooking skills to me, so that I don't have to cook by myself in the future, I just have to wait to eat every day!"

"Then it's settled, I will be your apprentice, Mr. Tang, from now on. Let's high-five!"

After Wei Zifu finished speaking, he stood up and extended his palm to Tang Qi.

Logically speaking, one needs to kneel down to worship.

However, as Wei Zifu is a queen, she cannot salute anyone except the emperor and the queen mother, otherwise it will be an insult to the royal majesty.

So I can only give high fives as an oath.

Fortunately, Tang Qi was not so particular and he happily stretched out his right hand and gave Wei Zifu a high-five.

The agreement to become a disciple is now complete.

"Okay, now you know everything you should know, hurry up and eat the elbow, it won't taste good when it's cold!"

While Tang Qi urged, he also moved his chopsticks.

Liu Che, Wei Qing and Wei Zifu quickly followed suit and started eating.

…

At the same time, in a courtyard somewhere in Ye County, a father and daughter were having an intense discussion.

The father is none other than the rich man of the Han Dynasty, Prince Zhuo of the Zhuo family!

The Zhuo family has made a living by smelting iron for generations. In Zhuo Wangsun's generation, because Zhuo Wangsun was good at management, the Zhuo family's iron smelting business expanded, and he himself became the richest man in the Han Dynasty.

And the daughter of Zhuo Wangsun is none other than the famous beauty in history, Zhuo Wenjun!

The most well-known story about Zhuo Wenjun is the story of her meeting Sima Xiangru.

At that time, when Sima Xiangru was a guest at Zhuo's house, he accidentally saw Zhuo Wenjun's beauty and fell in love with her, so he played the song "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix".

The sound of the piano conveyed my love to Zhuo Wenjun.

It happened that Zhuo Wenjun also admired Sima Xiangru's talent and appearance, so he eloped with Sima Xiangru.

The two of them first spent a relatively difficult time in Chengdu. Later, Sima Xiangru finally entered the court and became an official, but he played the tricks of successful people, staying away from home all day long and living happily outside.

Then Zhuo Wenjun composed a song "Baitou Yin"!

Among them, "If you wish to win the heart of one person, we will never leave each other", which has become a famous saying through the ages.

Sima Xiangru also changed his mind because of this poem, gave up his romantic life outside, and went home to accompany Zhuo Wenjun every day in court.

From this point of view, we can see that Zhuo Wenjun is a very smart and talented woman.

In fact, in addition to beauty and talent, Zhuo Wenjun also has very high business talents.

One-third of the Zhuo family's business is managed by Zhuo Wenjun.

When Zhuo Wangsun makes business decisions, he often asks Zhuo Wenjun for his opinion.

Zhuo Wenjun always makes very constructive suggestions.

This time Zhuo Wangsun and Zhuo Wenjun met in Ye County mainly because a major event happened that would wipe out the Zhuo family in an instant.

"Father, His Majesty was killed and disappeared at sea. Is it true?"

Zhuo Wenjun asked Zhuo Wangsun with an extremely serious expression.

Zhuo Wangsun sighed and said: "Of course it is true. The Zhuo family who followed His Majesty to sea have not sent any flying pigeon messages for five days!

If there is no shipwreck, according to the previous agreement, they should send a carrier pigeon to deliver the news every two days!"

Zhuo Wenjun frowned and said: "Maybe it's because the pigeons were not adapted to the weather during the voyage, and it's not necessarily because the pigeons got some strange disease and died collectively!"

Zhuo Wangsun nodded and said: "It is indeed possible, but the people I installed at the port also sent news that Prime Minister Gongsun Hong had gathered nearly a hundred ships to go to sea!
Chapter completed!