Chapter 107: First Tasting of Hotpot

Duan Chun looked at the boiling soup pot and poured all the lamb slices into it with chopsticks.

In an instant, a burst of meaty aroma came to his nose.

In this ancient time when eating was simple, he hadn't smelled such a familiar meaty aroma for a long time.

The curious craftsmen sitting on the side, including Zhang Wu and Zhao Changlong, a group of guards, couldn't help sniffing.

The strong meaty aroma made his mouth water...

"It smells so good, I just ate so much."

"Why do you still drool?"

A craftsman said in surprise.

"Uncles, everyone come and try it."

"Take a look at the hot pot made by the younger generation, how does the food taste?"

Duan Chun said, but the chopsticks in his hand were not idle.

First, he scooped a big bowl for himself, dipped it in the sauce and swallowed it in big mouthfuls...

My God, it's simply delicious!

Duan Chun took the first bite, closed his eyes and sighed in his heart...

It has been several days since he came to this world, and he hasn't eaten such delicious food!

It's not that he's lazy, nor that he can't cook.

But in this era, there's not even a pot, how can you ask him to cook?

"Oh my god, I've never eaten such good meat in my life!"

"This meat is so fragrant... so tender and delicious!"

"Major General, what's the method?"

For a moment, all the craftsmen who just ate a mouthful of meat in confusion.

All were shocked beyond words...

"Uncle, hot pot is not eaten like this, you have to dip it in sauce."

"Leave some meat for me..."

Duan Chun was just about to explain the hot pot delicacy to them.

But he found that this group of people couldn't stop eating and took away all the mutton in the hot pot...

"Young Master, I'll go buy some more meat..."

Zhang Wu finished a bowl of meat and was about to pick it up again.

But he found that the mutton they bought had disappeared long ago.

And the aroma of hot pot meat attracted even the craftsmen who were forging iron in the yard.

They gathered around, watching the hot pot and swallowing their saliva...

"Go buy it quickly."

"Everyone, eat as much as you want."

Duan Chun laughed.

Duan Chun only saw the greedy look of the craftsmen now.

He already knew that once the hot pot was launched, the whole Imperial Capital would surely set off a huge wave!

After all, these craftsmen had just eaten their fill before going to forge iron.

And the aroma of the mutton hot pot had already made them so crazy...

"Here!"

Zhang Wu and Zhao Changlong hurriedly took the guards to buy meat...

What shocked Duan Chun was that more than a dozen craftsmen ate three and a half muttons!

He reluctantly put down his bowl and chopsticks.

"Major General, this mutton is really crazy!"

"It seems that the major general is already prepared."

"In the future, we will follow the major general to make this kind of copper pot."

Li Laosan said excitedly when he couldn't hold on any longer. He put down his chopsticks.

"The copper pot is only part of it."

"After the hot pot is made, your blacksmith shop will have no shortage of business in the future."

"And the iron pot is the biggest business."

Duan Chun now understands that among the three pots he proposed.

The iron pot for cooking is the most difficult tool to make.

Hot pots and copper pots are simpler.

This also makes Duan Chun more certain of his new plan.

That is, to turn Wanhua Tower into a top-notch restaurant for hot pot and hot pot!

As for cooking...

Duan Chun wants to start a new business and use the Duan family's manpower to open a large restaurant.

Not only can he feel at ease with the people.

It can also help my father solve more troubles.

Let more Xiaoqiweijunzhen relatives earn money to support themselves!

After waiting for two hours.

Duan Chun finally got a dozen hot pots and a dozen hot pots.

He immediately asked two guards to take three hot pots and hot pots back to the Duke's Mansion.

Keep them for himself to enjoy in the mansion in the future.

The remaining ten hot pots were taken to Wanhua Tower.

Before leaving, Duan Chun specifically reminded Li Laosan and the craftsmen.

In the future, they will only make three kinds of pots.

For this reason, Duan Chun left them three hundred taels of pawn tickets from the Ministry of Households to buy enough materials for them.

And asked them to make the hot pots and hot pots more exquisite and high-end.

As utensils to entertain the distinguished guests of the major families.

If the orders increase sharply at that time, more blacksmith shops will be opened in the farms outside the city.

Let's establish the brand of Changguogong pots first.

With the pots, Duan Chun returned to Wanhua Tower again...

In the backyard of Wanhua Tower, Manager Qu and a group of servants surrounded Duan Chun.

Watching the young master directing his own cook to put slices of tender mutton on the plate.

Then grind the sesame seeds into pulp and get all kinds of exotic seasonings.

When the hot pot boiled, the hot pot on the side also boiled.

Two different soups of different colors. The hot pot contains clear soup with only a few slices of ginger and garlic.

The hot pot contains a rich and fragrant soup with mutton fat and seasonings.

The table is filled with all the ingredients that Duan Chun could find in the kitchen.

All of them are cut into slices and placed on the side in plates.

"Young Master, this is..."

Shopkeeper Qu asked curiously.

"Follow me, everyone will know after eating a little."

Duan Chun smiled and took the chopsticks, first putting the cut mutton into the hot pot.

He knew that as soon as the aroma wafted, this group of people would go crazy immediately!

As expected, not long after the mutton was put into the pot, Duan Chun took it out and dipped it in the sauce.

When he swallowed it in one mouthful, the crowd only felt their Adam's apples move.

Then... their mouths were filled with saliva.

Gulp!

The sound of swallowing saliva resounded throughout the backyard.

"Everyone should try it too. The stewing time of this meat cannot be too long."

"Put it down and count in your mind. If it is within ten, you must take it out quickly."

"It is the most delicious food in the world when it is covered with sauce."

Duan Chun said.

"I understand."

Manager Qu quickly picked up the bowl and chopsticks and picked up a few pieces of meat and dipped them in sauce.

He swallowed it in big mouthfuls, and in an instant...

The expression on his face was directly stagnant!

"It's really a taste I've never tasted before..."

"I've opened a restaurant for several years, but this is the first time I've tasted such delicious food!"

"The meat is so tender that I almost swallowed my tongue!"

Shopkeeper Qu said in great surprise.

"Shopkeeper, is it really so delicious?"

Several cooks couldn't wait to pick up their chopsticks and start eating...

Almost everyone's first bite of meat had a petrified expression on their faces.

In the past, they cooked large chunks of mutton and then sliced ​​them with a dagger.

Or they grilled them over a high fire and cut them into chunks and ate them in big bites.

I've never eaten such thin slices of meat, and the taste is so delicious!

Duan Chun didn't say much and walked to the hot pot on the side.

This is the hot pot soup he specially prepared, but it's a pity that there is no chili in this era.

He can only use pepper and dogwood to replace the spicy taste.

Fortunately, the basic seasonings that should be available in this era, such as fennel and cumin, are available.

As long as the taste is similar, it can make people who have never eaten any delicious food in this era.

It's like discovering a new world, and there's no going back...