C802 La Baja (1/2)
It was said that the origin of the porridge was a couple who didn't know to be frugal or hardworking. On the day of the eighth, they didn't have any surplus food, so they could only eat eight kinds of beans together to quench their hunger.
Later on, in order to remind themselves not to go through with it so that they would not end up starving to death during the new year, every household cooked the porridge as a souvenir.
Legend has it that the origin of Laba was only a guess, but the custom of the festival was passed down, and the making of the porridge was no longer a bad dish, but an exquisite enjoyment.
Beijing was the birthplace of the flag culture, and the flag people did not have to produce ironclad crops to eat. For more than two hundred years, they had enough money and free time to allow the idle people to grow all sorts of fastidious habits.
Let's just say that this porridge was cooked with the most particular care and complexity. The white rice was mixed with red dates, lotus seeds, walnuts, chestnuts, almonds, pine nuts, cinnamon, hazelnuts, grapes, white fruit, water chestnuts, black silk, roses, red beans, peanuts … There were no less than twenty.
Since the evening of the seventh day of the second month, people had been busy, soaking rice, harvesting beans, removing cores, peeling and peeling … Then, the fire simmered slowly, and the whole night went by. In the morning of the eighth day, a bowl of fragrant porridge was considered finished, and with a spoonful of sugar, he paid attention to the fact that the other party was making ice candies, and the purest ice candies produced by the Ryukyu was the best.
Only the heavens knew how the Ryukyu people produced it, the candies were as clear as crystals.
If you think this is the most delicate way to eat it? That was an absolute mistake. Real wealthy families such as palaces and manors had to go through the process of carving through the dried fruits they ate.
Walnut, peanuts, hazelnuts, dried almonds and the like had to be carved into animals and plants at the very least. If conditions allowed, they had to be further refined into fruit lions.
When you eat the Eight Treasures Porridge, a small lion is standing in your bowl. It is delicious and beautiful. This is the most typical example of a free egg that hurts.
The holiday atmosphere in Beijing this year was much more lively than in previous years, because the agreement between Letian Firm and the Ministry of Revenue had allowed paper bonds to flow into the area. A large number of officials and Baji had received a lot of arrears, causing the people who had been there for a long time to suddenly have a strong purchasing power.
It was a festival just to eat rice porridge. Every household had to get some fish and chicken as well as fat as an elbow for the festival. Since he could spend the bonds in his hands, if he did not quickly turn into something else, he would lose his life.
The entire Beijing was worried, because all the idler knew that the imperial government was once again stubborn with Xiao Letian.
On the morning of the eighth day, the idler s finished their porridge at home, ate a plate of butchered meat, and then went to the teahouse. As soon as they entered, they opened their mouths and started shouting ”Waiter …” ”F * cking hell, that prodigal old ladies of mine already stewed meat so early in the morning. I wonder if I've cleared my stomach in these two days?”
Just as he finished speaking, another of the Eight Flag Lords carrying a bird cage walked in. He had just picked a curtain. ”Waiter …” Hang up my oriole... Give me a pot of Tie Guanyin, look a bit … ”Go get oily, it's sweet and oily this early in the morning, who's going to suffer …”
These idle and pained people had to show them what they had eaten this morning in such a way. The people from the old brewery knew that they had two taels of sesame oil in their stomachs, so they cupped their hands and smiled.
”Good morning, Third Master Ding!” ”Elder Lucky …”
”Ouch …” ”Greetings, second master Ma. You're also lucky …”