After saying that, Emperor Zhengde seemed to remember something and asked:
"By the way, Master Ma, what is the name of the divine grain you are talking about? How does it taste? Don't be so unpalatable that it's hard to swallow."
"Report to Your Majesty, the divine grain I am talking about is called sweet potato, also called sweet potato, which tastes sweet. Moreover, I have also developed a variety of ways to eat it, which is quite delicious."
"Sweet potato? Is it similar to Dioscium?" Emperor Zhengde asked thoughtfully.
Dioscium is yam. In China, there are very few native potatoes, and yam is the most important potato. The most important sweet potatoes, cassava and potatoes in later generations are all crops native to the Americas. Only yam, a common potato (some uncommon ones are not counted), are native to China.
Marling nodded immediately:
"Yes, some are similar to yams, and the taste is similar, but they are not as smooth as yams."
Recalling the taste of the yam, Emperor Zhengde nodded and asked again:
"Did Lord Ma come with sweet potatoes? Can you let me see it?"
"That's a must. There are some sweet potatoes on my boat, so I can send someone to pick them up."
"Okay, I will allocate a group of cavalry for you, one man and two horses, and go to Tianjin Guard to get sweet potatoes!"
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Then, the court meeting ended soon. After all, the court meeting was actually nothing. It was mainly to receive Marin, a rare foreign king. After the court meeting was dispersed, Marin asked the guards to carry sweet potatoes on the ship with his warrant.
The next day, Ma Lin stayed in Huitong Hall and didn't go out. On the third day, the team came back from Dagukou, Wei, Tianjin, and brought back hundreds of kilograms of sweet potatoes and hundreds of kilograms of fans.
These fans were made by Marin when he was in Keelung, because it took a long time to produce fans, and it took more than 12 hours to settle alone and could not be displayed on the spot. Therefore, Marin simply made hundreds of kilograms of fans in Keelung and brought them to Beijing. In addition, he also brought a set of tools for fans to make.
In fact, the process of making vermicelli is similar to the previous steps of making tofu in the traditional method. Only the final stage is different, the tofu is collected in whole pieces and pressed with cloth after decoding. The vermicelli uses a funnel with a mesh to leak a certain concentration of vermicelli paste into the pot, and then cook it into vermicelli...
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On the fourth morning court, Marin brought sweet potatoes and fans to the palace at midnight. Because today he was going to show off his various ways to eat fans...
Because it is a regular dynasty, the number of people is obviously much less than that of the New Year and New Years of June 15. Moreover, it was not in the Golden Palace, but in the Fengtian Gate.
This time, Malin did not go to court directly, but came to the kitchen outside the imperial kitchen outside Jingyun Gate to guide the imperial kitchen to start processing fans and sweet potatoes. It should be pointed out that there are two large imperial kitchens in the Forbidden City, one is the outer kitchen, which is the one outside Jingyun Gate. It is mainly responsible for the emperor's banquet for ministers, and also for the diet of the cabinet ministers on duty. The inner kitchen is mainly responsible for the emperor's diet, which is more sophisticated. But this time Malin's task is to let the tycoons in the court taste the taste of the delicious food made of sweet potatoes, of course it was made in the outer kitchen. Moreover, this place is closer to the place where the court is to go to court.
Sweet potatoes are very simple, just set up an oven and bake them directly. The imperial chefs in the palace are all the top cooking experts, so it is no problem to roast sweet potatoes.
Then there is how to eat vermicelli, which is a bit more troublesome. Marin needs to make two famous vermicelli stewed pork vermicelli and duck blood vermicelli soup, but before making these two dishes, you need to soak the hard vermicelli vermicelli first.
Also, this time, Malin decided to use a high-end method to let the imperial chef cook the old duck soup as the soup.
Since it is a broth, it naturally needs to be steamed for a long time, so that the taste is just right. When Emperor Zhengde was at Fengtianmen's "Imperial Gate" and Ma Lin took a group of imperial chefs to stare at the pot of cooking old duck soup...
It was easy to wait until the old duck soup was almost done, and Malin began to direct the imperial chefs to take action...
Duck blood vermicelli soup is relatively simple. With the stock, you just need to cook the prepared duck blood, duck intestines, duck liver and other duck mixtures with the fans for a while and then take it out, and then add the stock when serving the bowl.
At this time, the Imperial Gate had almost done its part. Ordinary officials in the court dispersed, such as those low-ranking censors. However, Emperor Zhengde and a group of top bosses stayed and wanted to try the legendary food. The group of people who stayed mainly included a group of superb military generals and nobles, as well as cabinet members and ministers of the six ministries and ministers.
Of course, they don’t all have to try it out. Many people stayed here just to see the fun, to see if the sweet potato is really delicious and whether it is worth promoting and planting.
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Because I was coming to court in the middle of the night, many ministers just ate some pastries and put them on their stomachs in advance, but they didn't eat much.
When the duck blood vermicelli soup was prepared, it was already eight or nine o'clock in the morning. It just so happened that there was not much work today and it was over. The ministers got up at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night and set off. It has been several hours now and I am already hungry.
When Malin commanded the eunuchs to arrive near Fengtianmen with bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup, the old duck soup emitted a burst of fragrance, which made some ministers unable to help but drool. Emperor Zhengde obviously smelled the fragrance and wanted to eat it.
However, according to the rules, Emperor Zhengde cannot eat anything of unknown origin, and must send someone to test the drug first. He has to wait until the eunuch who tests the drug has been eaten for a while before he can actually start eating it.
Seeing this, Malin smiled, and said nothing, and asked the eunuch for a small bowl. Then, he used a small spoon to scoop a little soup from each bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and put it into his own bowl. Then, drink it in one sip...
In this way, everyone is convinced that there is no problem. After all, Marin has a noble status and there is no need to take everyone to take the poison and seek death.
The military generals and nobles couldn't help it anymore. They had a lot of appetite. Moreover, after serving for a few hours, they were already hungry. When they saw the fragrant duck blood vermicelli soup, they could no longer bear it.
Then, the old but still strong British Duke Zhang Mao took the lead in getting a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup, and then said in surprise:
"Hey, noodles?" But after looking at it, it didn't seem to look like it. After all, the noodles are white, while the fans are dark and slightly transparent.
But after taking a bite, the hungry British Duke felt very delicious. Then, he started to eat it "sigh"...
Seeing that the old Duke was so delicious, Emperor Zhengde couldn't help it. Then, he asked someone to bring a bowl of duck blood vermicelli soup and started eating it...
After taking a few bites, Emperor Zhengde said in surprise:
"It tastes pretty good!" Then, he ate again...
In fact, duck blood vermicelli soup may not be so delicious. However, this time is a coincidence. Because Emperor Zhengde and his ministers had just been in court for a few hours and had not had time to have breakfast, it was time to be hungry. Duck blood vermicelli soup is a good breakfast, and old duck soup is also suitable for drinking some warm stomach in the morning. Therefore, the deliciousness of duck blood vermicelli soup was magnified...
Afterwards, the 30 bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup brought together were snatched up and emptied. However, many big shots still didn't eat it and were very dissatisfied.
But this was not a problem. Soon, the roasted sweet potatoes and pork stewed vermicelli were almost done and were brought up...
As usual, Malin ate it first to dispel everyone's concerns. Then, the civil and military ministers who did not eat duck blood vermicelli soup went to get roasted sweet potatoes and pork stewed vermicelli to eat... Of course, as the emperor, Emperor Zhengde naturally had to taste it...
After the meal, the big guys were still unsatisfied and were very satisfied and thought it was not bad. Of course, they just thought it was not bad...
After all, whether it is Emperor Zhengde or other civil and military ministers, as the top boss of the Ming Empire, what kind of delicacy have you never eaten?
Duck blood vermicelli soup, pork stewed vermicelli and roasted sweet potatoes are indeed delicious, but it is not surprising in front of these big guys who have eaten all kinds of delicacies.
Therefore, in the eyes of these big guys, the three dishes carefully prepared by Marin are just good. They will never be crazy after eating them like the ones written in the book, and then they will be out of control...
Of course, if you switch time to the Tang Dynasty, where cooking is not popular, or switch location to Europe where dark cuisine is popular, it may happen that people will become crazy after eating it. In the Ming Dynasty, which has many delicious foods, these three foods are pretty good at most...
However, the "not bad" evaluation is enough. After eating three delicacies prepared by Malin, the big guys from the Ming court confirmed that sweet potatoes are indeed worth promoting and are good food...
And this is exactly what Marin wants...
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Chapter completed!