Chapter 1457 - 567: The Better the Chicken Beak Soup Tastes, the More Tragic the Characters Become! Dundun, the TV Fan! [Subscription Request]

Chapter 1457: Chapter 567: The Better the Chicken Beak Soup Tastes, the More Tragic the Characters Become! Dundun, the TV Fan! [Subscription Request]

"Xu Bao, did you finish drinking with everyone?"

Leaving the private room, Lin Xu had just arrived on the second floor when Shen Jiayue, who was editing a video, took off her headphones and asked curiously.

She couldn’t drink, so she didn’t go to the private room. Instead, she edited footage from yesterday of herself playing the piano at a booth on the second floor.

Recently, she hadn’t practiced much, leading to a decline in her skills.

So she simply played the theme song of "Mission: Impossible" for Dundun, and while playing, she placed a Maaserat car model beside Dundun.

Lin Xu glanced at the editing progress and said with a smile:

"They got quite tipsy and wanted to try the taste of Chicken Beak Soup, so I’m going to make some."

Chicken Beak Soup?

Shen Jiayue looked curious:

"You can make soup with chicken butts?"

In different regions, there’s a term for chicken beak, but the corresponding part differs from place to place.

Some places call chicken wing tips chicken beaks, some call chicken butts chicken beaks, and in others, chicken beaks refer to chicken gizzards.

This is the vastness of our country; names and customs vary greatly.

Lin Xu pinched the girl’s cheek:

"It’s not chicken butts, it’s chicken wing tips."

There are actually debates among researchers of "Jin Ping Mei" about whether Chicken Beak Soup uses chicken butts or wing tips, but the author of the book detailed the recipe, indicating that chicken beak refers to chicken wing tips, specifically tender wing tips.

The preparation is not difficult: blanch the chicken wing tips to remove bones, cut them into thin strips, and cook them in Chicken Soup with pepper and vinegar to make a hot and sour soup.

In terms of taste, it should resemble the common Northern hot and sour soup.

In the book, Chun Mei uses the excuse of feeling unwell to drink Chicken Beak Soup, similar to Northern people drinking hot and sour soup when feeling unwell.

Add more pepper to sweat it out, and the symptoms will naturally disappear.

Even in the twenty-first century, this tradition persists.

"You can make soup with chicken wing tips?"

Shen Jiayue hung the headphones around her neck and grinned at Lin Xu:

"Can I have a taste?"

"Of course you can. As long as Baobao wants to eat, I’ll make it right away."

"Thank you, Xu Bao, Mua~"

Shen Jiayue stood up and kissed Lin Xu, just as Chen Yan came up from the stairs and couldn’t help but click her tongue:

"In broad daylight, in the store, can’t you two restrain yourselves?"

Shen Jiayue heard this, wrapped her arms around Lin Xu’s neck, and gave him another kiss:

"My husband, I can kiss him wherever I want... Got the house sorted, Yan Bao?"

Today is the day for Chen Yan to hand over the house. She bought a duplex in Lin Xu’s neighborhood, and today it finally became available, so she couldn’t wait to go for the inspection.

"Got it sorted, but it’s not ready to move in yet."

Chen Yan put down her bag, took off her down jacket, and poured herself a cup of tea, guzzling it down before saying:

"The furniture and appliances inside are from ten years ago, and I don’t like them, so I want to replace them all. Also, once these things are moved out, a simple renovation is necessary, like repainting the walls with some latex paint or something."

Upon hearing this, Shen Jiayue couldn’t help but remark:

"With all this hassle, who knows when you’ll actually be able to move in."

Chen Yan filled herself another half cup of tea and said nonchalantly:

"No rush, worse comes to worst I’ll stay at your place."

Ahem, this time I bought the house with my own money, so everything must be decorated according to my ideas—no seniors can come in, lest they start giving opinions and suggestions.

Seeing the sisters chatting happily, Lin Xu didn’t interrupt and went into the kitchen to start making Chicken Beak Soup.

Chen Yan, sitting across from Shen Jiayue, curiously asked:

"Is your brother-in-law preparing to cook something?"

"Yeah, he’s planning to make Chicken Beak Soup; your father-in-law and mother-in-law want to try it."

"Wow, really diving into ’Jin Ping Mei’? Chicken Beak Soup, as a device for Sun Xue’e’s execution, has been studied by many. I wonder how your brother-in-law’s version will turn out."

Shen Jiayue paused:

"Isn’t that a raunchy book? You’re actually reading it so openly?"

"’Jin Ping Mei’ is a novel about worldly matters, detailing the human affairs, customs, cultural life, and various idioms and expressions of the mid-Ming Dynasty. It has high research value; without this book, ’Dream of the Red Chamber’ wouldn’t exist."

Shen Jiayue blinked.

The young me totally couldn’t grasp these topics that only middle-aged people understand.

She pointed upstairs:

"I don’t get what you’re saying. Why not go upstairs and discuss with your father-in-law and mother-in-law."

Chen Yan: ??????

Who would be foolish enough to discuss this book with their in-laws?

Damn Yueyue, you’re really stirring the pot.

She checked the time on her phone:

"Your brother-in-law finishes early today, and I’ve got tickets for De Yun Society to listen to some comedy, so I won’t go chat literature with a group of middle-aged and elderly folks."

Wait a bit for the Chicken Beak Soup tasting and then leave.

Avoid traffic and avoid being late.

Shen Jiayue put her headphones back on and continued editing the video.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu washed the chicken wing tips again, scrubbed them with salt, and washed out quite a bit of congealed blood from the pores.

Once everything was ready, he put the chicken wing tips into a pot of cold water, added scallion and ginger, Sichuan peppercorn and star anise, bay leaves, cinnamon, aged tangerine peel, and rice wine, brought the water to a boil on high heat, skimmed the froth, and then simmered on low for three to four minutes.

He took them out and cooled them in cold water.

The chicken wing tips barely had any meat, just skin and bones.

After cooling, Lin Xu took a small knife and carefully sliced one side of the chicken wing tip, removing the bones inside to make the wing tip boneless.