"What a delicious smell! Can we eat now?"
She saw the minced meat steamed in the basin and couldn't help swallowing.
Lin Xu took a small spoon, stirred the minced meat in the basin, then filtered the beaten egg liquid through a fine sieve into it. This allowed the meat, which was steamed until just cooked, and the egg liquid to mix together fully.
The steamed egg made this way, with the fresh fragrance of the eggs and the rich aroma of the meat combined, might not have looked the best, but its flavor and texture were superb.
Another method involved not stirring the meat but covering it with the egg liquid; this was called meat cake steamed egg.
Although it might have looked slightly better, the fragrance didn't spread evenly and wasn't as good as when the minced meat was stirred before steaming.
