Ancient Foodie Survival Guide Chapter 17
Tled by Serena Love
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Chapter 17: Stinky Tofu in Soup
Xie Xun didn't have lunch, working on an empty stomach, and was so busy.
Jiang Shuyao was completely opposite to him. She has a full meal at noon, and she was idle in the afternoon with nothing to do. So she started to tinker with snacks again.
She took out a jar from the corner of the kitchen and put it on the countertop.
The maids have enjoyed all kinds of delicacies by her side these days. Seeing that she has new ideas, they look forward to the jar.
Then they saw Jiang Shuyao uncovering the lid and using chopsticks to pick out a piece of black-gray dried tofu.
The maids couldn't help but widened their eyes, and the gluttons in their hearts disappeared instantly.
The dried stinky tofu was successfully fermented, and Jiang Shuyao is extremely satisfied.
Stinky tofu, with strong smells and overbearing taste. People can smell that smelly scent from far away. It can be described as a master in the snack street.
To cook the stinky tofu, the first step is to adjust the sauce. Grind dried shiitake mushrooms and dried shrimp into powder for freshness, chop garlic and chop green onions into a bowl, add cornel oil, appropriate amount of sugar, soy sauce, salt, and water, stir well and set aside.
Take a wok and heat the oil. After the oil temperature rises, add the dried stinky tofu.
The maids were taken aback, and hurriedly stopped her. "Miss, the tofu is ruined, you can't eat it."
"Yes, it's all moldy."
Several people are chattering, trying to persuade her with every word.
Before Jiang Shuyao had time to explain, as soon as the oil is hot, the strange smell of stinky tofu overflowed immediately, and the maids were stinked dumb for a moment.
Then they tried to stop her even more anxiously: "Miss, this, this smells is so... you can't eat it."
"It's too unpleasant, Miss, just think about fresh food, you can't use this rotten tofu as an ingredient."
The maid took a few steps back and took out a handkerchief to cover her nose, "Miss, come here quickly, don't get that smell on your body."
Jiang Shuyao can understand the disgust of the maids, but she, a stinky tofu fanatic, started to swallow just by smelling the scent. How could she be easily stopped by them?
"Believe me, this stinky tofu is just smells bad, but it tastes delicious and attractive."
It is impossible for the maids to allow this "prank", if the master hurts her stomach, none of them can escape punishment.
"Miss, just smell it and you know that it's not delicious, you must not eat it."
"And it's all rotten, look at this color, black and moldy, I have never seen dried tofu so rotten.
"Okay, okay, if you don't like the smell, just go out." Jiang Shuyao focused on doing two things, and while talking to the maids, she put the fried stinky tofu into a bowl.
Seeing her picking the tofu one by one, the maids are even more anxious, but Jiang Shuyao's previous reputation is still there, so no maids dared to go up and stop her.
There are many sauces for stinky tofu, and the flavors are various. Jiang Shuyao prefers the sauce to be slightly thickened, but not too thick, but a gravy that was just able to hang on the dried tofu so that the fragrant and spicy hot soup can fully cover the stinky tofu.
She ordered the kitchen girl to take firewood and burn it on a low fire. She pour the sauce into the pot, add starch, and boil it for a while, and the thick gravy is ready.
Poke a few small holes in the fried stinky tofu with chopsticks, pour the gravy, and the hot soup slowly soaks the stinky tofu along the holes.
Sprinkle with chopped green onion and sesame seeds, and the soup with stinky tofu is ready.
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Jiang Shuyao swallowed, then turned around, scaring the four maids.
"Miss!" Bai Zhi's face was about to twist together, "I can't eat it."
Jiang Shuyao didn't expect them to worry about this, and smiled helplessly. "Of course it can be eaten, this is fried. And it's not rotten, it's fermentated. Don't the soy sauce you usually eat were also be fermented?"
Bai Zhi retorted, "How can it be the same?" But seeing Jiang Shuyao looks straight like a bamboo, she was slightly relieved.
Smelling the smell of stinky tofu, Jiang Shuyao swallowed, ignoring the maids that tried to stop her, she picked up a piece and putting it in her mouth.
Biting the fragrant and fluffy stinky tofu skin, the hot gravy overflows from the stinky tofu, and the tender tofu inside retains the heat from the pot, so that Jiang Shuyao's tears are about to come out.
As she breathed, she chewed the stinky tofu happily. The more she chewed, the more flavorful it became. Spicy and hot, every bite has the unique mellow taste of stinky tofu.
She put a lot of spicy oil, so the hot and spicy stinky tofu is swallowed into her abdomen. The heat spread to her stomach, it was so refreshing.
Seeing her eating happily, the maids are all stunned, not knowing what to do.
Jiang Shuyao is not the kind of person who eats alone, she has a mouth addiction and she will not forget others.
"Do you want to eat?"
The maids shook their heads quickly and refused, fearing that Jiang Shuyao would be angry, so they didn't dare to raise their heads.
"It's really delicious, believe me!"
When she was persuading the maids, a small dumpling rushed in from the door of the kitchen, and a milky voice shouted, "What is delicious? What is delicious?"
In the blink of an eye, he rushed to Jiang Shuyao.
Jiang Shuyao looked down at Xie Zhao, as if he had seen a husky that was raised in modern times before. When she touched the plastic snack bag, it could rush over quickly.
It's just that Xie Zhao ran so fast that he only smelled the smell of stinky tofu when he arrived.
He took a few steps back, wrinkled his face and raised his neck to look at Jiang Shuyao. "What is this, how come it smells weird?"
Several maids are so painful and slandering: Is this only smelling strange? It's obviously very smelly...
"This is stinky tofu. It smells strange but tastes delicious." Jiang Shuyao explained tirelessly. Seeing him alone, she looked up and looking for Xie Yao's figure.
Sure enough, the twins are inseparable.
Xie Yao grabbed on the door frame, only showing half of his face. He is hesitating not to step into the small kitchen, and look like he is "secretly observing".
Jiang Shuyao couldn't laugh or cry, rubbed Xie Zhao's head. "This plate is too spicy, I'll make another one for you."
She moved quickly, deep-fried another stinky tofu, re-adjusted the sauce, and repeated the set of actions just now. The steaming five-spiced stinky tofu is ready.
Xie Zhao is at the age of being curious about everything. He originally disliked the strange smell of stinky tofu, but when Jiang Shuyao fry the tofu and boil the gravy, he was thrown away with curiosity.
Jiang Shuyao bent down, handed the porcelain plate to him, and said, "Taste it?"
Xie Zhao sniffed carefully. The dried tofu smelled tangy at first, but after smelling it more, he felt a faint fragrance.
He didn't hesitate, took the chopsticks and put a piece of stinky tofu into his mouth.
"Be careful." Jiang Shuyao quickly reminded.
The maidservants are frustrated. The young lady already has no place in the Duke Xie's mansion. If the food hurts the little son of the main branch, there is really no one in this mansion who can protect her.
Jiang Shuyao didn't know their worries at all, and looked at Xie Zhao expectantly. "How?"
The five-spiced stinky tofu highlights the savory flavor. The gravy is wrapped with powder from shiitake mushrooms and dried shrimps. The pungent aroma enhances the flavor, but it will not cover up the mellow aroma of the stinky tofu itself. The more he chews, the more mellow the aroma. It's crispy outside, tender inside, and extremely delicious.
"Hmm..." Xie Zhao feels so hot that he hummed, and he stunned while breathing. "It's delicious, so delicious."
This action was exactly the same as Jiang Shuyao, and the maids were silent.
Xie Zhao chewed, and before swallowing, he couldn't wait to clamp the second piece.
The white and tender chubby face was bulging, like a hamster hiding melon seeds.
Jiang Shuyao's heart melted. Seeing his admiration, she couldn't help but sighing, "You really look like my brother."
Xie Zhao blinked his eyes and smiled slyly at Jiang Shuyao.
Xie Yao, who was observing secretly by the door frame, raised his leg and stepped in, slowly walking over, and whispered. "You can't be a brother, it will messed up the seniority."
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Aunt Jiang Shuyao, who is being blamed, bent down and poked Xie Yao's little face. "Ah Yao want to try it?"
Xie Yao squeezed his cuffs entangledly, glanced at his elder brother who is not looking at him, then glanced at Jiang Shuyao. He didn't know what he was thinking, and he responded in a low voice, "Yes."
Xie Zhao ate the plate in his hand happily, and babbling, causing the several maids to surround him and look after him, fearing that he would choke.
There is only Jiang Shuyao on Xie Yao's side. Jiang Shuyao squatted in front of him, holding a plate, looking at Xie Yao's watery eyes, and wanted to feed him by hand.
Although Xie Yao was frail, Xu-shi has never spoiled him, so he hadn't been fed by hand for a long time.
He was about to say "I'll do it myself." Jiang Shuyao had already bring the stinky tofu to his mouth.
"Be careful, blow it first, and take a small bite."
Xie Yao pursed his mouth, swallowing his sentence, and blowing on the stinky tofu under Jiang Shuyao's scorching sight, and lightly took a bite.
The way he eats is very different from Xie Zhao. It is very gentle, but somewhat like his third uncle.
He chewed slowly, his eyes lit up like black grapes, and gradually he was surprised.
Jiang Shuyao looked at him with a grin. The little dumplings were so beautiful that even the small changes in their expressions is very cute.
After Xie Yao swallowed this small bite and there is nothing in his mouth, he opened his mouth and said, "It's really delicious."
"Will you eat more?" Jiang Shuyao asked, holding up her chopsticks.
Xie Yao nodded, and just opened his small mouth, but suddenly a roar came from the door.
"Jiang Shuyao!"
Jiang Shuyao's hand shakes, and the stinky tofu dropped onto the plate.
Xie Pei stood at the door angrily, smelling the stench of the room, watching Jiang Shuyao squatting in front of Xie Yao to feed him. Her chest is rising and falling violently with anger.
She just heard that her maid said that Jiang Shuyao sent breakfast to the main hall today, and remembered the embarrassment she had yesterday. The more she thought about it, the more embarrassed she became. This embarrassment gradually turned into anger, so she ran to Jiang Shuyao to vent up her anger.
Since Jiang Shuyao got married, she has been suffocated, but she has never bothered to care about this kind of brainless person who is famous in the capital. Now she is not happy to see her living in the Duke Xie's mansion. Taking advantage of this anger, she rushed in to find fault.
Seeing the dark and lacquered thing in front of Xie Yao, the thought of finding fault disappeared instantly, leaving only anxiety.
She ran over and pulled Xie Yao away, then angrily and anxiously yelled at Jiang Shuyao. "What kind of dirty smelly thing you dare to feed Ah Yao?!"
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