Jia Mu’s dining table

When it comes to eating, Jia Mu, an old feudal lord, is the most particular and the best at eating. What impressed me most was that during the 49th meal, the first dish served was steamed lamb with milk.

Jia Mu said: "This is a dish for us elderly people. It is something that has never seen the light of day. It's a pity that you children can't eat it." This "thing that has never seen the light of day" once aroused countless imaginations in me: What is it? Later, I saw in some articles that someone said that "things that have never seen the light of day" are sheep fetuses. Steamed lamb with milk is a good product for nourishing the body and replenishing Qi. It is suitable for the elderly to eat and greatly replenishes vitality.

As for Jia’s mother saying, “It’s a pity that children can’t eat it,” it’s because this dish is very hot, so it’s not suitable for young people to eat. The problem of raw materials is very scary to think about, and it has greatly reduced my yearning for this "medicine".

Different from this dish, the dim sum that Jia Mu ate at the banquet for Grandma Liu made me endlessly daydream.

After dinner, the girl brought four snacks: "In this box are two steamed foods: lotus root powder cinnamon sugar cake and pine pulp goose oil rolls. In that box are two fried foods: only about an inch in size Crab stuffed dumplings and butter-fried small noodle fruits of various colors."

Some are sweet, some are salty, some are steamed, some are fried, some are meat and some are vegetarian - I saw this section when I was hungry. I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. But after hearing this, Jia Mu frowned and said, "It's greasy now. Who can eat this?" She only ate half of the roll and gave the rest to the girl.

Completely opposite to Jia Mu, Grandma Liu Ban'er tried everything and ate half of the plate. Not only did she eat with gusto, but Grandma Liu could also talk:

"Grandma Liu saw that the small fruits were all exquisite and translucent, so she picked one with a peony pattern and said with a smile: "The most ingenious one in our hometown. My sisters can't even cut out such a piece of paper with scissors. I love to eat but can't bear to eat it, so it would be better to hire someone to make some fancy designs for them. ”

These words were clever. He first praised the exquisiteness and good taste of the food in Jia’s family, and then implicitly expressed his idea that he had not eaten enough. Sure enough, Jia’s mother was very happy, and Grandma Liu brought her some food before leaving. I went to Yi Porcelain Jar's house.

Actually, I guess Grandma Liu may be thinking about her granddaughter Qing'er and her daughter. She stayed with Ban'er for two days in Jia's house. It was pitiful. Qing'er couldn't even see him... It would be great if he could bring back some snacks for his children!

Jia Mu was tired of eating the food she disliked. Grandma Liu has never heard of or seen anything in her life. The disparity between the rich and the poor here is very touching.

In the 43rd chapter, Mrs. Jia was caught in the cold. Mrs. Wang and others paid their respects to Jia Mu. He said: "You just brought pheasant cub soup. I tasted it and it was quite tasty. I ate two more pieces of meat and I felt very satisfied." ""If there are still raw ones, fry two more pieces. The salty ones will make the porridge taste better. Although the soup is good, it is not good for porridge. "

Baoyu also made rice with tea and ate pheasant and melon dumplings. Wang Xifeng also prepared pheasant soup for Jia Mu to drink when she went back. She also joked that the "creditor" had been sent away by her and she would take her ancestor back. Drinking hot pheasant soup will make you old.

It seems that pheasant is a popular ingredient in Jia Mansion. I remember that Wu Jinxiao’s tribute list to Ningguo Mansion included: “Pheasant. Two hundred pairs each, two hundred pairs of rabbits..." record.

Obviously, this pheasant is not the same breed as the "fat chicken and big duck" chicken that Sister-in-law Liu mentioned in the kitchen of Jia Mansion when playing chess. In fact, In terms of nutritional value, there is no qualitative difference between pheasants and domestic chickens.

It’s just that pheasants taste better and have slightly higher nutrient content than domestic chickens. Game is rare. In a palace like Jia's, it is natural to eat game.