Lin Wanwan asked Hua Nong to prepare a new dining table and cutlery, then brought new dishes, just waiting for Xiao Chong to come over.
Tonight, Hua Nong prepared a dinner of sour soup beef, spicy crab, steamed pomfret, scallion oil clams, sliced beef, and several vegetable dishes.
Among them, the chili peppers in sour soup beef and sliced beef were appearing in the Tang Dynasty for the first time; historically, chili peppers were introduced to Huaxia from America during the late Ming Dynasty along the coastal routes.
They were first introduced to the Southeast Coastal Area, but people there preferred sweet and mild flavors and loved seafood, showing little interest in chili peppers. Instead, the inland people embraced chili peppers earlier due to regional and salt issues.
