Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 359 Controlled Experiments
Seeing this scene, Fu Xin couldn't help but quicken his pace again.

And the closer he got, the more he saw Lu Ke over there with teary eyes, looking around from time to time, as if he was asking for help.

But this is Chang'an Ling personally leading people, how dare those people beside him speak out?

Fu Xin, who had run for three or four kilometers at a stretch, was almost out of breath, but at this moment, he didn't care about it at all, and went straight to the door of the dim sum shop.

But just when he was about to speak, he saw that the situation at the scene was a bit wrong. Isn't Lu Ke crying over there? Why is Chen Nian smiling like something here?
The sudden appearance of Fu Xin also attracted the attention of the people present. Most of the people did not recognize the number one scholar. Others standing on the side of the road can only see a mass of red over there.

Few people can really see clearly what Fu Xin looks like.

But Chen Nian and Chang'an Ling knew Fu Xin.

"What's the matter with Fu Zhuan appearing here?" Chang'an Ling turned his head and asked curiously, and seeing that Fu Xin was panting at the moment, as if he was about to lose his breath at any moment, he became even more curious.

However, Chen Nian and Fu Xin had been together for a long time, seeing Fu Xin suddenly appearing in such an eager manner, turning his head and looking at the tears on his cousin's face, he seemed to know what was going on in his heart.

But this is not the time to explain, so Chen Nian said: "Brother Fu, this lord sent me the plaque inscribed by His Majesty himself, did you also get the news and come to congratulate me?"

From the side, he explained the purpose of Chang'an Order today, the purpose is to let Fu Xin not misunderstand or talk nonsense.

As soon as Fu Xin heard this, he first looked up at the imperial plaque hanging above the dim sum shop, and then at the dusty old plaque standing beside him.

That's it!

It turned out that it wasn't the old age that offended someone, but His Majesty gave him a plaque...

No, why did His Majesty suddenly give him a plaque?

Could it be that Chen Nian still has some relationship in the capital that he doesn't know about?

Although he was guessing in his heart, Fu Xin followed Chen Nian's words and said: "Yes, Brother Chen is Fu Mou's benefactor. Today, Brother Chen received this reward. After I found out, I came here to do my best for Brother Chen. Congratulations, I look a bit embarrassed, and I hope you will forgive me."

Fu Xin said and cupped his hands.

Although Chang An Ling felt that this was not the case, he didn't bother to think about it. He had a good relationship with the current prime minister, so he naturally valued this new champion very much.

Just a little curious about the relationship between the two, Fu Xin said it briefly again afterwards, but still emphasized the importance of aging as much as possible.

Chang'an Ling became interested as soon as he heard it.

But Chen Nian hastily said: "Caomin is used to idleness, and a lot of knowledge in Caomin's heart is just picking up people's wisdom, which cannot be put on the table. Today, I would like to thank Your Majesty for giving me a plaque. Thank you Chang'an Ling for sending this imperial plaque."

Chen Nian said this because he wanted to skip this topic, and the others were not in a hurry when they saw this, anyway, they knew that Chen Nian would stay in the capital for a long time.

Chang'an Ling intends to tell His Majesty about the situation on Chen Nian's side when he goes back, but Fu Xin feels sincerely happy now.

After a while, Chang'an ordered people to leave, and Chen Nian immediately announced that in order to celebrate Lu Wanxing's Dim Sum Shop gaining the emperor's favor, all dim sum in the shop will be sold at half price today!
And only for this day, the original price will be restored tomorrow!
As soon as the words fell, those onlookers gathered around the door of Lu Wanxing's dim sum shop. They also wanted to be happy, after all, they were standing under the words written by the emperor himself.

There are also those stores that Chen Nian had negotiated to cooperate with before, after learning the truth of the matter, each of them began to feel very grateful that they had reached a cooperation with Chen Nian.

They didn't expect this kid to be so powerful, and he managed to manage Lu's dim sum shop to such an extent within a few days after he came to the capital.

Fortunately, they didn't directly say about canceling the cooperation just now, otherwise it would be too late to regret now.

Some are happy and some are worried, but those who refused to cooperate are regretting it.

It can be predicted that with the golden signboard of the emperor, this renamed Lu Wanxing dim sum shop will definitely be a hit!
"After all, this was certified by the emperor himself!"

"When I buy dim sum from here, it's like eating the same style as the emperor, and if I round it up, it's like becoming an emperor myself!"

Therefore, the few of them shamelessly thought of going to Lu Wanxing Dim Sum Shop to discuss cooperation with them in a while, and not only because of the traffic that the other party brought to this street, but also because of the old connections that are now worthy of their curry favor. , The hustle and bustle is all for profit.

But just before the crowd gathered around, Chen Nian packed two more pastries and secretly stuffed them to Fu Xin, asking him to take them back to the Imperial Academy when he went back, so that everyone could taste them and build a good relationship.

It wasn't until after Fu Xin was sent away that Chen Nian noticed that the mess outside the store was basically that whoever was strong could squeeze in front.

"Everyone line up!"

"Come one by one! Those who line up can buy it, and those who jump in line won't sell it!"

As soon as the voice fell, the voice seemed to have a magical power, and everyone started to line up.

As for the quarrel between them during the queuing process because of who is first and who is behind, this is not a matter of old age. Usually, as long as there is no fight in this situation, it is best not to meddle too much, otherwise it will attract people on both sides. .

Moreover, when these people quarreled, the people watching from the sidelines would also start to persuade the fight, and after persuading them, they resolved it by themselves.

Soon the order of the team was re-established, and everyone was queuing up to buy half-price pastries.

Since this street is relatively lively, there will still be a lot of people passing by, and then seeing the queue here, although I don't know why, but the body can't help but stand at the end.

The snacks in the shop are sold at half price, so they still make a profit, but that way the profit will be very small, but today they got the plaque bestowed by the emperor, the profit will be small, anyway, as long as they can make money.

There are a lot of people queuing up now, but fortunately, the dim sum has just been made at this time in the afternoon, and the portion is quite large, so Lu Ke sells it here, while Chen Nian continues to make dim sum at the back.

There are not many types of dim sum here at Chen Nian, but a few are enough. As long as the taste is good, no matter what kind of dim sum, people will always buy it at half price.

And in order to prevent selling too quickly, they limit each person to buy two kinds at most, and buy half a catty of each at most.

However, this does not limit repeated queuing. As long as you have that patience, it is completely fine to queue up again at the end after buying.

So busy until the evening, the talents gradually dispersed.

And after today's queuing, people also know that starting tomorrow, the shop will launch a new kind of pastry called Qianguo Cake, and it is precisely because His Majesty ate this pastry that he personally wrote the inscription for Lu Wanxing's dim sum.

In addition, from tomorrow to You hour, every half an hour, the dim sum in the store will be [-]% cheaper.

This move is also for the dim sum made on that day to be sold on the same day and not put on the next day.

……

At night, Chen Nian went back to cook, while Lu Ke kept beating his waist, moving his shoulders and arms.

This is the first time since she opened the dim sum shop that so many people visited in one day!

Even now, when she thinks about the daytime events, it seems like she is dreaming. The pastry shop of their old Lu family has won His Majesty's favor like this?
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Chen Nian who was busy in the kitchen.

"How many surprises can you give me?"

During dinner, Chen Nian asked Lu Ke about the market for milk and eggs. The answer he got was that the market for eggs was generally good, because many families used eggs as a nutritional supplement. Even ordinary people's homes occasionally eat eggs.

But the market for milk is very small, because in this period, even if there is milk, it is squeezed from cattle and buffaloes.

These two types of cattle are originally used for farming, so the milk produced is barely enough for drinking at home, but it is not enough if you want to use it in large quantities.

"Forget it, I can only make a fuss about the eggs first. As for the milk, I will talk about it later. If there is a chance, I will try it again." Chen Nian thought so in his heart.

After dinner, Lu Ke wanted to wash the dishes and let Chen Nian go to rest for a while. After all, she was only in charge of selling during the day, and Chen Nian was also making pastries, so he had to spare time to talk to him and she would sell some together. Heart.

But Chen Nian went back to the room directly, closed the door and told him to rest well, after all, he had to prepare the ingredients for the next day later.

This kind of workload is nothing to Chen Nian. When he was in Honghong Hotel, which day was not busier than this?
When making dim sum, you can rest while steaming in the pot, but there is no rest time for cooking.

After frying one pot, there is another pot.

After Chen Nian packed up and set off, he took homemade charcoal pencils and a small notebook and was ready to start experimenting.

All the medicinal materials to be used are aged. After going to the blacksmith's shop, carpenter's shop and fruit stand in the morning, I stopped by the pharmacy to buy all the medicinal materials to be used.

The first is ebony plums. Chen Nian looked at the ebony plums in the store. These are all smoked. After all, their main function is to use them as medicine.

Therefore, even if it is washed before being boiled, there will still be a faint smoky smell on it.

Although for some people the smoky taste is a highlight, if not, they will feel that something is lacking, but aging still has to find a way to see how to get rid of that taste.

Those who like the smoky flavor will buy it at that time, and those who don't like it will have other choices.

However, the smoky smell on the ebony plums taken out this time has become much less. This is because these ebony plums have been carefully cleaned by Lu Ke, but this is not enough for aging.

In addition to removing the smoky smell on the top, it is also very simple, as long as it is steamed in a pan, and it does not need to be steamed for too long.

The second is to prepare other ingredients for making sour plum soup, such as ebony, black dates, hawthorn, tangerine peel, licorice, roselle, etc.

Later, roselle was mostly used in scented tea. Its publicized effect is beauty, but in fact the effect is minimal, but it is better than nothing.

The reason why Chen Nian uses this medicinal material here is mainly to enhance the color, and the water soaked from the roselle itself has a slightly sour taste and a bright red color, which can be blended with sour plum soup.

Then there is tangerine peel. Chen Nian planned to buy some three-year-old ones and try to make them. After arriving at the pharmacy, Chen Nian found that other years were also sold, so he bought some five-year-old ones. Even in ancient times, tangerine peel was also very common. During this period, people also used tangerine peel to soak water.

In addition to this there is licorice.

Most of these medicinal materials are returned by people from the field, and then sold to pharmacies,
These wild licorice have become less and less in later generations, mainly because they have been dug up and sold out. Most of the ones available in the market are cultivated artificially, and the truly wild ones are very rare.

First of all, aging is the same as before. Weigh all the materials to be used except osmanthus, put them together and wash them, and then put them in a pot and add water.

This is the head of sour plum soup.

But after the water boils, turn to low heat and continue to cook for 40 minutes.

The second is the second frying. After waiting for 40 minutes, put the yellow rock sugar prepared in advance into it, continue to boil over high heat, and stir while boiling. When the rock sugar has melted, boil it over medium heat for 10 minutes about.

Aging does not change the time conditions, but adds some materials that I have prepared before.

After it was brewed, Chen Nian lifted the lid of the pot, and the steam came out immediately, but at this time, the smell was strong and intoxicating.

Then Chen Nian began to observe and record its status.

Material x group

Variations: Dark plums are steamed, with roselle and tangerine peel added.

Color: bright red and transparent, the color of roselle is obvious.

Smell: The taste is slightly sweet and slightly astringent, with a hint of plum flavor and a little roselle fragrance.

Hot drink: The plum flavor is obvious, the smoky taste is obviously reduced, slightly sour, and the sweetness is moderate.

Cold drink: The plum flavor is obvious, a little smoky, slightly sour, with astringent sweetness, and obvious layers of tangerine peel.

Chen Nian didn't make much this time, basically the amount was about 3 bowls, and he served a bowl to Lu Ke, and got a compliment that it was delicious and better than the original one.

But Chen Nian was not fooled by this sugar-coated cannonball.

Soon he began to drink the sour plum soup this time, while starting to do the second experiment. During the second time, he had a whim. If the roselle flower was not added, the color might be a little darker, but after all, it is Sour plum soup, it seems that there is no big problem if the color is slightly darker. Otherwise, if you insist on using roselle, you need to put more sugar in it to neutralize the sour taste after adding roselle.

On the contrary, if you don't add this roselle flower, the original sweet and sour will reach a certain balance, and besides that, Chen Nian suddenly thought of an experience.

When making sweet dishes, some salt is usually added to enhance its sweetness, so can I also put some salt in it to make the sweet taste more layered?

(End of this chapter)