Transform randomly in Kexue World

Chapter 129 Rice Cake and Cat
Japanese rice cakes, not surprisingly, also came in from China.In the Nara period, rice cakes were made into the shape of a mirror, and instead of a mirror, they became a tribute to the "Tokujin" and were called "Kagemochi".Later, there was the custom of eating rice cakes during the New Year, which has nothing to do with whether or not the god of the year is enshrined.

(It’s what you occasionally see in Japanese comics and TV dramas. It consists of two white doughs, one big and one small, stacked together, and a small orange is placed on top of it to form a tower. ' offerings.)
In addition to mirror cakes, rice cakes can also be made into a variety of shapes, such as gold bars, gold small pans, and copper coins that symbolize 'prosperous wealth'.

Martin, the big raccoon, picked up an oval-shaped golden rice cake with his chopsticks and held it up high. In his line of sight, he made the rice cake overlap with the forehead of Huiyuan Ai who was sitting opposite him, thinking of the gold coin on Huiyuan Miaomiao's head.

Hui Yuan Ai noticed his small movements, and understood his meaning, and felt childish for ignoring him.

Martin took a bite: "Hmm...it doesn't seem like hand-made rice cakes?"

"It's a rice cake kneaded directly from glutinous rice flour and water." Conan also said.

Without the repeated beating action, it seems that the microscopic structure is not firm enough. Although it is still sticky to the teeth because of the glutinous rice, it does not have the toughness of the rice cake that Martin imagined when it was first eaten.

Hui Yuanai said: "If the rice cakes are made by hand, they are not easy to digest. For the elderly like the doctor, this kind of steamed rice cakes is relatively better."

Martin looked at Dr. Ali: "Doctor, you are already an old man."

Dr. A Li blushed: "You don't need to remind me."

Originally, Dr. Ali knew his own age well. When he introduced Haibara Ai to Police Officer Henggou in Shizuoka Prefecture last night, he also directly mentioned his granddaughter.Being emphasized that age is annoying, but it will not be overwhelmed.

But then the white-haired raccoon asked again: "But where is your wife?"

Boom, Dr. Ali became depressed and seemed to be overwhelmed.

By the way, the doctor seems to have a cp, remember she is a blonde mixed-race rich woman?

However, the number of appearances and roles of the rich woman is pitifully small, and the treatment is similar to that of a passer-by in ordinary daily cases. Martin doesn't even remember her name.

(If counting memories, Kinoshita Fusae only appeared in three episodes, while Yamamura Misao's grandma, Yamamura Misae, actually appeared in four episodes, and made a cameo appearance in the theatrical version of M10.)
But Martin remembers that the prerequisite for opening the relevant plot is to crack the code...but where is the code hidden by Dr. A Li?
Obviously he has been hit and sunk by Martin's "single dog", but the doctor's eyes don't have the look of "there was such a girl..." in his eyes at all, shouldn't it be forgotten in the back of his head?
The routine could not continue, so Martin changed the subject: "By the way, rice cakes are also a very dangerous food. I heard that there are people in Japan who suffocate because of rice cakes every year. You must not tell jokes at the dinner table."

"You're the only one here who can tell jokes at the dinner table?"

"Oh hehe, this joke is so boring, big detective."

At least the attention was diverted back to Nian Gao.

Not only the shape, but also the materials and cooking methods of rice cakes have changed with the development of the times.

For example, matcha powder, hawthorn, corn (millet, pumpkin), and purple sweet potato (black rice) were added to make a five-color rice cake of white, green, red, yellow, and purple, although the yellow rice cake was replaced by Dr. A Li.

Another example is the way of eating that originated in Iwate Prefecture, where rice cakes are eaten with walnut sauce-but the brown-yellow walnut sauce has also been cancelled.There is also soybean flour mochi that originated in Nara Prefecture, because the golden yellow soybean flour was also canceled.In short, today's rice cake feast at Dr. Ali's house is prohibited from "engaging in pornography".

However, the implementation of this ban on pornography does not seem to be so thorough.Conan fell silent as he watched the golden color scooped out of the red bean rice cake soup in the spoon.

The history of red bean rice cake soup begins with mirror cakes. At that time, mirror cakes would be offered to Suishen on New Year’s Day, and then removed and eaten on January [-].People at that time believed that the mirror cake contained the blessings bestowed by the god of the year.

After ten days of air-drying in the dry winter, the outer layer of the mirror cake is very hard. To eat the mirror cake, it is smashed with a hammer, and then the soft part is eaten, while the hard outer part is boiled.

Evolved to today, it has become red bean rice cake soup 'お先兴'.

The color of red bean rice cake soup is usually dark red or brownish red bean soup color.Rice cakes are usually white rice cakes, but they turn slightly golden brown when cooked in the soup.

The general red bean rice cake soup is red beans, sugar, and rice cakes, but there are also some high-end dishes that add eggs and seafood ingredients to the ingredients.

The rice cake feast ordered by Dr. A Li is a very high-end red bean rice cake soup.

That's why Conan looked at his spoon and remained silent: in the dark red soup, besides the tender white shrimps in the bright red, there are flocculent egg flowers floating in it, light golden yellow, fluid and Like a solid, like some disconnected metabolic residues.

"Drink it, big detective." Martin obviously saw through Conan's association: "This is Corgi's fate!"

"Why are you mentioning corgis, bastard! Speaking of dogs, isn't it more like that thing?"

"That's your own problem! When have you ever actually seen a dog eat poor food?"

Boom!Hui Yuanai slapped the table, and said with a dark face: "This topic, end it immediately!"

The two boys stopped immediately.

The topic is easy to end, but some things are not so easy to end, such as associations, and joyful moods.

Conan was the first to break his grip and let out a low chuckle. Martin and Dr. Ali knew what he was laughing at, and they also smiled knowingly.

Conan, who got the positive feedback, felt happier and wanted to laugh more, and the "can't hold back laughing" thing was a bit funny. As a result, Conan started to laugh first, and all the young and old laughed out of control. Put down the chopsticks and spoons for eating rice cakes, lest three of the four people choke to death on the rice cakes.He wanted to take a sip of water first to suppress his smile, but he couldn't grasp the right timing to avoid choking on the water.

By the time this round of laughter finally ended, the spoonful of rice cake soup that had been on Martin's spoon had cooled completely.But for Martin's "cat's tongue" today, the temperature is just right when it's completely cool.

Lifting the spoon to his mouth and nose, Big Lizi sniffed lightly.The sweet aroma of red bean soup and the rice aroma of rice cake are intertwined, the faint egg aroma of eggs and the faint fragrance of seafood are embellished, which is very attractive.

After drinking it, the taste of red beans is very strong, with a slight bean bitterness, but it is more covered by sweetness.The texture of the rice cake is very soft and glutinous, and it has no taste in itself, but it is very sweet after absorbing the taste of red bean soup.The taste of the egg flower is as bland as the smell, and the firm shrimp and the tough and elastic scallops release the salty taste when they are ground between the teeth, and then mix with the taste of this sweet soup, It was an odd match for Martin.

In addition to the classic white rice cakes, roasted rice cakes are also used to make red bean rice cake soup. The softened rice cakes are soft and sticky, and can be drawn.But in today's rice cake feast, baked rice cakes are used as another dish.

Dip strips of baked rice cakes with miso and roll them with seaweed.Then insert a small wooden stick like Oden, it is easy to pick up and send it to the shape of the mouth.

The seaweed miso rock-yaki rice cake was dark brown in color. Martin picked it up and took a small bite. The seaweed was snapped and the rice cake had a springy texture.And this time it is a purely salty dish. The rich umami flavor of seaweed and miso sauce is mixed together, and finely chopped bonito flakes are mixed in it, which enhances the taste of the whole dish.In the unbreakable soft glutinous rice cake, these ingredients are chewed, smashed, and release their respective salty and fresh flavors, especially the fishy flavor, which is really special for today's Martin.

After licking all the softened rice cakes stuck to the small wooden sticks, Martin made a critical evaluation: "It's average. After this period of time, I'll make you a donkey roll, seasoned with red bean paste, sweet-scented osmanthus, and sesame oil." Take out the ingredients, spread them on the thinly rolled rice cakes, roll them up, throw them in the high-quality soybean noodles and roll them—the bean-flavored stuffing is sweet, soft in the mouth, unique in flavor, melts in the mouth, and sweet in the heart—— That's called authentic!"

In other words, Dr. Ali’s rice cake feast is more than just a few. In fact, there is also a "rice cake miscellaneous cooking" material package consisting of broth soup dumplings, rice cakes, and vegetables. Limited by the appetite of a few people, it will definitely not be enough , has been thrown into the refrigerator for tomorrow's breakfast.

And such a high-intensity eating of rice cakes made Martin feel that he should wait a month before making Chinese rice cakes such as donkey rolls.

Just as he was talking, Martin found that some residual miso soy sauce was flowing down the small wooden stick to his cat's paw, and without thinking about it, he stuck out his small tongue and licked the back of his paw directly.

After licking the hair on the back of the paw, he turned over the paw and licked the center of the paw directly.

"Hey, Martin." Conan couldn't help reminding: "Although it is normal and common for cats to lick their paws, you are still a human after all. Isn't it better to restrain yourself?"

It is said that when cats bask in the sun, vitamin D will be secreted from their fur, and cats will smear saliva on their paws, use the saliva on their paws to dissolve the vitamin D on their fur, and finally lick their paws again to eat vitamin D.Therefore, cats are often seen licking their paws, or cats 'wash their faces'.

Hearing Conan's words, Martin lowered his claws, turned to look at Conan again: "Meow?"

In the golden eyeballs, the black pupils shrunk into a vertical line, irrational at all, clearly a pair of beast pupils.

Wait, isn't something wrong with Martin?
(End of this chapter)