Food starts with Mapo Tofu

It didn't take long for everyone to eat the old egg-filled biscuits.

But since each person finished sharing an egg-filled biscuit, there are still noodles, ham and the remaining sauce, so Chen Nian made a few more and took them to the next door to share with the cousin and the workers who are working today. .

"Master, when will we start selling roast duck?" Xie Yu asked curiously while preparing the ingredients for the morning.

"It will probably take another day or two. I've done enough research now. I just roasted one yesterday, and today there are only some duck racks left. We'll have stewed soup for lunch." Chen Nian said.

"Just the duck rack left?" Xie Yu said in surprise, "I said why the duck in the freezer doesn't look like the one from yesterday."

"Can you still recognize the duck's face?" Chen Nian was even more curious when he heard this.

"Basically, the two ducks are quite obvious." Xie Yu said, "One has a longer neck and the other has a shorter neck. It can be seen, and the places where they are placed are different."

"Bull." He Hai couldn't help giving a thumbs up in vain.

The white is because the flour is still on the hands.

But Qiao Zhaomei's concern is not here: "It's good to make soup, Laohuo soup is delicious. Our family used to cook Laohuo soup every day, especially the one made by my mother is very beautiful!"

"Drink it every day?" Li Ting couldn't help asking, "Is Laohuo soup the kind of soup that needs to be boiled for a long time?"

"Yes, it will take a long time, several hours." Qiao Zhaomei nodded.

"But wouldn't there be a lot of purines in this soup? Will it cause gout after a long time?"

"This." Qiao Zhaomei sighed, "It's true that we are prone to gout, especially when we are old, but there is no way around it. This is the custom passed down from our ancestors. Everyone likes to drink Laohuo soup, that is, We young people drink less and don’t have time to work outside, but sometimes even if we have gout, we still want to drink occasionally.”

"It's just getting used to it, right?" Chen Nian said, "Just like what Yan Lili said when she came here, their family is used to drinking millet porridge. There is a custom in some areas in the north that they must eat big fish on the first day of the new year. Big meat, eat well, because it means that you can eat well this year, but their parents will also cook millet porridge on the first day of junior high school, because they like to drink this, and they will feel uncomfortable if they don’t drink it for a day."

"Is there such a person?" Everyone was surprised after hearing this.

"Yes." Chen Nian nodded, "It is true that people in the north drink more millet porridge. What I know is that the millet in Northeast China is very good, and the millet in Tianjin is also good. In Shanxi, I remember that there is Qinzhou Yellow Rice Congee in Qin County. In addition to these, Shandong, Hebei, and Henan also have special millet places, and in short, they drink more than the south."

"Boss, why do you know everything?" Li Ting admired him a little.

"Didn't I live in the north for four years? I had classmates from all over the place, and with my major, I knew a lot more." Chen Nian said with a smile.

"That's great, if only I could study hard at that meeting." Li Ting couldn't help sighing.

"You also graduated from high school?" Chen Nian asked.

"Yes, after the college entrance examination." Li Ting nodded.

"Why did you come out so early?" Chen Nian was a little curious.

"Because he passed 208 in the college entrance examination, he can only go to the worst college. Even if he has tutoring, he can't save it. It's better to start working as soon as possible." Xie Yu said.

"I can still upgrade my undergraduate degree! I will still be a bachelor's degree!" Li Ting was a little unconvinced when he heard this.

"Come on, if you study a little in high school, you won't be able to take the 208 exam!" Xie Yu and Li Ting are brothers, so they are merciless when talking about these topics.

But Li Ting was still not convinced: "It's not because of you. My parents said that you graduated from high school and that you worked as a chef in a restaurant and earned thousands of dollars a month, so let me also work in this area." It developed, and I also found a restaurant, and then found that I quite like this line of work.”

"That's right." Xie Yu said with a smile.

"What's right?" Li Ting glanced at his cousin, "My knife skills are better than yours now."

When Xie Yu heard this, he couldn't refute for a while, because his cousin's knife skills were indeed better than his own.

Who made people specialize in this?

Xie Yu looked at Li Ting: "Second son, cut up the meat for me and mince it."

"Okay, I'll go after I finish cutting this piece of meat."

In this way, while chatting, they were busy preparing the ingredients for noon.

In the middle of the aging, the duck racks at the previous altitude were stewed into the pot, and some old soup was added to taste, and winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, red dates, and chestnuts were added.

"It's a bit cloudy today, just drink some soup to warm you up." Chen Nian said.

Qiao Zhaomei, who was watching, nodded from the side.

He knew before that his chef could cook Cantonese cuisine, but now he is really good at cooking old soup.

Although it is not old fire soup made by the old age.

But at least in Qiao Zhaomei's opinion, it's similar.

"You can also try it in the future. Besides this, there are simpler ones. Stir-fry the duck rack in the oil pan, then add scallion and ginger cooking wine and sauté until fragrant. Finally, add water, salt, chicken essence, and less pepper, etc. When it’s out of the pot, add a handful of chopped green onions.”

Chen Nian said.

If the roast duck is sold in the store in the future, it may not be sold out every day, and the rest will definitely not be sold the next day.

He planned to let the staff take it back when the time came.

It is also good to have some soup after eating the duck.

After all, everyone has a family.

And everyone nodded one after another to express that they had learned it.

Among them, Li Ting even suggested: "Boss, I think you should also create an account like those people on the Internet and teach people how to cook every day. With your good looks and cooking skills, Boss, you will definitely attract many people."

But as soon as the words fell, He Hai said on the sidelines: "Brother Li, our boss has an account on the Internet, and now he has more than 20 fans, but the videos he posts are all in cooperation with others, so it has increased by 20." .”

"So many!" Li Ting obviously didn't expect that, he only knew that the boss seems to be cooperating with Miao Miaowu, but he didn't know that the boss could have so many fans!

"I thought about it too, but at this stage I still plan to wait. After all, it takes me several days to learn how to cook a dish by myself, and it takes time to do video shooting and post-production. Now the store is already busy. There will be new dishes in the store for a period of time, and if we do self-media again, we will be too busy."

"That's it." Li Ting nodded.

"That's okay. My personal plan is that if the restaurant can't continue to open in the future, or if I teach you all, each of you can be independent, I can make videos every day." Chen Nian said with a smile.

"Master, I think you can do it." He Hai nodded.

"I hope." Chen Nian sighed, he didn't know how long he would have to wait.

In this way, they were chatting and working at the same time, and soon it was time for the staff meal at noon.

It was a cloudy day today, and it was a little cold to stand on the street wearing short sleeves, but they were drinking soup and eating in the house, and they didn't feel cold at all. Instead, everyone was sweating slightly after eating.

But after eating, Chen Nian thought of another thing.

"By the way, haven't we always rested in the store at noon before? I thought about it later, and you all live nearby. If you want to go home and rest after work in the afternoon, go home and rest. At four in the afternoon It's fine if you can come here before [-]:[-], resting at home is better than resting in the store, at least you can lie down." Chen Nian said.

"Master, I'll forget it. My girlfriend just came to Chengdu recently, and now she's out looking at the shop every day. She wants to open a nail shop. Although it's simple, she probably won't have time to go back to rest at noon after opening. I'll just stay in the store." He Hai said.

"Okay." Chen Nian nodded, then looked at Xie Yu and Qiao Zhaomei: "You two can go back to rest if you can, there are people in your family."

Xie Yu couldn't help but look at Qiao Zhaomei.

Then the two looked at Chen Nian at the same time.

"Master, then I will go back after get off work at noon, and come back after three o'clock. I can still sleep at home for an hour."

Chen Nian patted the two of them on the shoulders: "Go, go, I remember that you are very close to home, you can only walk for 10 minutes, and you can take a rest when you go back. To be honest, do you want to go back and take a nap a long time ago? "

"That's not true." Xie Yu smiled.

"Okay, what are you pretending to do with me? It was also my negligence. I just realized today that you should have been allowed to go back to rest a long time ago. However, it may rain today. When the time comes, take a look. If it doesn't rain, you can go back to rest. It will be the same in the future. .”

Since it was cloudy today, there were no customers in the store after they finished their staff meal.

People in some nearby office buildings have not come yet after get off work, but the residents living nearby will choose to deal with the couple at home when they see the bad weather today. Otherwise, if they go out to eat, they end up eating If it started to rain, they could only be locked in the shop.

Seeing that there were no guests, Chen Nian went to the computer and started downloading songs for Uncle Niu.

In this way, about seven or eight minutes passed.

Uncle Niu came to the store first with an umbrella.

"Xiao Nian, how is the song?"

At this time, Chen Nian had just pulled out the USB flash drive from the computer.

"After downloading, I downloaded ten more songs, all of which are popular recently."

"Okay, no problem." Uncle Niu happily took the USB flash drive, "Then I'll go back first."

At this time Feng Honghong came out: "Master, why don't you have some food here before you go, I'll treat you to dinner."

"Haha, it's nothing, I just ate here yesterday, and I have something to do when I go out later."

When Feng Honghong heard that Uncle Niu had something to do: "Forget it, uncle, if you have something to do, do it first, and come over when you are too lazy to cook at home."

"No problem, I'm not being polite to you." Uncle Niu waved his hand after speaking: "Let's go."

Then he turned around and left the Honghong Hotel gracefully.

After Uncle Niu left, Aunt Wen looked at Uncle Niu's back and said, "I feel very healthy for this uncle. I have seen many people of this age who are already in poor health."

"As long as it doesn't rain, Uncle Niu will go to the square to dance every day. Even if the weather outside is bad, he will broadcast the live dance at home, and he can dance for three or four hours a day."

"so smart?"

"Yes, Uncle Niu's health is probably better than that of many young people. After all, when you are old and exercise, you will not get sick easily." Chen Nian said.

But Uncle Niu just left.

On the back foot came another uncle.

"Mr. Wu, you are here!" After seeing the person coming, Feng Honghong hurried forward to say hello.

The person who came was Wu Qiufang, an old university professor.

And behind him were two people who looked about his age.

"What wind brought you here today, come here, sit here." Feng Honghong smiled and greeted while guiding the three of them to the side seats.

"Ham, I went to a class outside today and took my two students with me. I didn't go when they wanted to invite me to eat, so I brought the two of them to you. If they want to invite me, I must be outside. I am not used to those big restaurants, but yours are delicious." Wu Qiufang said.

"Haha, you've been honored. This is a family restaurant. Let's cook some home-cooked food. What do you want to eat?" Feng Honghong handed over the menu as she spoke.

"Take a look, you two, what do you want to eat? I'll treat you today." Wu Qiufang pushed the menu directly in front of his students without paying attention.

"No, no, teacher, we can eat anything. We are not picky eaters, so you can order." The two students quickly pushed the menu back.

How can they order food in front of the instructor?

"It's okay, I've eaten at this restaurant several times, I can order whatever I want, it's delicious." Wu Qiufang said.

"Then you should come here, you have eaten and know what is the best."

Seeing the three people pushing back, Feng Honghong began to smooth things over: "Mr. Wu, please order, you are an elder."

"Okay." Wu Qiufang sighed: "Ma Po Tofu, this must be the order, this is the signature, there is also a double-cooked pork, goose breast with double pepper, boiled dried shreds, and garlic lettuce, by the way Let’s get some sour plum soup too, it’s cold, and young people like to drink it cold now.” Mr. Wu ordered five dishes in one go, and ordered sour plum soup after feeling that it was almost done.

"Teacher, let's have room temperature ones, we don't drink cold ones now." One of the students said quickly.

"That's right, it's already cold today, and drinking cold ones is not good for the stomach, so it should be at room temperature."

Seeing this, Wu Qiufang knew that the two students were worried that they could not drink ice, so he nodded: "Okay, it's at room temperature."

Feng Honghong wrote down all these things.

"Your two students are really kind. They know how to keep in good health at a young age, and today's children are all sensible." Feng Honghong said while writing.

"You are still young, let's say they are young. Both of them just got into my hands last year, and they both got their PhDs this year. One is 27 and the other is 28."

"Doctor!" Feng Honghong said in surprise, "Son, you see, everyone is a doctor!"

Chen Nian had been listening to the chat outside just now, and when he heard his mother suddenly cue himself, he couldn't help crying and said: "Got it, Mom, when my family doesn't open a restaurant in the future, I will also rely on a doctor for you."