The king, minister, assistant, and envoy

Author: Round head and round belly

The king, minister, assistant, and envoy

"clever."

When Huang Xiaoming heard Liu Yifei's words, he smiled and said, "Where is the delicious thing Brother Yi makes for? Why is that thing?"

When the audience in the live broadcast room heard this, they also started to tease each other.

"I really want to have Brother Yi!"

"If I knew a friend like Brother Yi, I would definitely go to have free meals for three meals a day!"

"I'm willing to spend money!"

"When will Brother Yi come to Hangzhou to play! I'll treat you to West Lake jealous fish, just make me a tofu feast."

Li Yi did not pay attention to the barrage of the audience in the live broadcast room. He was observing the color of the spices in the oil pan and judging the temperature of the fire.

Liu Yifei looked at the spices he had fiddled with a colander and asked curiously: "What's there in it?"

"Star anise, cinnamon, sanna, bay leaves, and grass fruit are all common spices."

Li Yi explained casually, then turned off the fire and controlled the oil temperature to prevent it from rising too high.

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Liu Yifei thought and sighed: "It's really a bit amazing to think about it. People may have used these seasonings thousands of years ago. Until now, everyone is still using them."

Huang Xiaoming also nodded and said, "The first person who discovered that he could use these seasonings to cook will probably not have thought that people all over the world are cooking with these seasonings."

"Yes!"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Yi's movement of flipping the spices and asked, "Brother Yi, how many types of seasonings are there for our Chinese food?"

"Hundreds of them! There are no specific numbers."

Li Yi smelled the scent of spices that were gradually evaporating, and smiled: "Chinese food is also constantly improving. As long as it tastes good, you can use it. There is no fixed routine, so you can match it at will."

"How to distinguish?"

Huang Xiaoming asked curiously: "There must be tens of thousands of seasonings, arrangement and combination, right? How can you remember them all?"

"The classification of seasonings is the most complex, and there has never been a unified standard. There are many methods to classify them by flavor type, some by flavor type, and some by the type of plant and location of the spice."

Li Yi poured the slag into the bowl next to him and explained: "I am used to being divided according to the purpose, and can be roughly divided into five categories.

The first type is spices that have a direct spicy and stimulating feeling, such as chili, ginger, pepper, pepper, etc. These spices will have a significant heat after eating them and people will sweat."

When Huang Xiaoming heard this, he nodded repeatedly in agreement: "Yes, the classification of spicy food is too important. I feel that the change of chili peppers to Chinese food is the biggest."

"yes!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Peppers have only been introduced to China for hundreds of years, but now there are almost no peppers in major cuisines.

However, the spicy flavor has existed since ancient times. However, before chili was introduced to China, Chinese people had spicy spices such as dogwood and pepper."

As he spoke, the odor of the seasonings floating in the pot was already very strong. Seeing this, Li Yi directly picked up the chopped onion, scallion slices and ginger slices, and poured them into the pot together.

It's so cool!

The aroma of scallion in the pot instantly became richer. Under the stimulation, Liu Yifei couldn't help but sneeze several times.

Seeing this, Li Yi smiled and explained: "The spices of the allium genus, such as onion, garlic, and leek, are the second largest category of seasonings, and they all have a more exciting smell."

"Ah Yeh!"

Huang Xiaoming covered his mouth and nose with his elbow, and sneezed, then asked: "Are these the most traditional seasonings in our Chinese food?"

"Of course."

Li Yi smiled and said, "The Book of Songs has long been picking vegetables and offering lambs and leeks. At that time, the ancestors were already eating these seasonings, but they were all wild at that time."

After Liu Yifei sneezed several times, her nose finally felt much more comfortable.

As the spices were wrapped in rapeseed oil, Maillard's reaction gradually appeared, and the originally irritating smell gradually changed toward the aroma.

"It smells so good!"

Liu Yifei sniffed the fragrance and exclaimed: "It feels like a lot of seasonings are mixed together, but it is very harmonious."

Li Yi heard this and asked her with a smile: "Which smell do you think is more prominent?"

Liu Yifei sniffed carefully before saying, "The onion smells more, but you can also smell the scent of star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves, but it smells so harmoniously and does not steal the taste at all."

"Hey? I've got the point."

Li Yi smiled and said, "When spices are matched, they are generally divided into four levels: monarch, minister, assistant, and envoy according to their efficacy. The dosage should also be matched according to the ratio of 4:2:1:0.5. The spices that are matched in this way have a balanced taste."

"Ah? There is still such a priority?"

Liu Yifei exclaimed: "No wonder you said that spices are similar to medicinal materials, and even the ratio is like medicine! Are there any monarch, minister, and assistant?"

"These spices can be used as medicinal materials, of course they have to be prepared according to the rules."

Li Yi said, while using a colander to pull the spices in the pot to heat them evenly, so that the ester substances in it can be evaporated and incorporated into rapeseed oil to form sesame oil.

Huang Xiaoming, who was standing by, asked curiously: "You haven't finished talking yet! What are the other three types of spices?"

When Li Yi heard this, he explained casually: "The third type is aromatic spices, such as laurel, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla beans, and nutmeg. Their smell is relatively fragrant and not so exciting.

The fourth category is vanilla spices, which are aromatic herb plants such as thyme, rosemary, etc. It also includes some plants from the Umbrella family, such as various celery, coriander, carrots, etc.

But these plants are not exactly spices, they are also treated as vegetables, so I am all classified in the category of vanilla.”

Hearing this, Liu Yifei suddenly said, "Celery is really hard to eat."

"ah?"

Huang Xiaoming was shocked: "How delicious is celery? It tastes very refreshing?"

“Refresh?”

Liu Yifei said disgusted: "It tastes like soap, and I can't eat it at all."

"ah?"

Huang Xiaoming was even more surprised: "Soup smell? How could it be?"

Li Yi laughed and said, "This is a genetic problem. Some people lack a gene called [OR6A2] in their bodies, so they can't eat celery, coriander, and carrots."

After hearing Li Yi's explanation, many viewers jumped out in the live broadcast room and excitedly posted barrage.

"It's true! When I eat celery, I smell soap! I don't know why my roommates eat so deliciously."

"I finally found the organization. I can't eat celery. When I was a child, my mother scolded her for being picky about food, but celery is really hard to eat!"

"I can't even eat one celery, one cilantro, and one carrot,"

"I can eat celery, but I can't eat celery at all. I can't figure out why some people think celery is delicious, with a fishy smell."

"???? The folded ear root is delicious, right? You won't eat it, right? If you want a cold dish, add chili vinegar. I don't know how refreshing it is. I can eat a plate of it in one meal!"

"I'm allergic to starch. Do you know how I've lived over the years?"

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