Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 800 You Can't Be a Broker

After setting off, Chen Nian began to look forward to the next journey. It was the first time for him to travel far away in this way, although he also spent most of the year on board the Platinum Star before. , but it’s like a small society on a luxury cruise like that.

Everyone paid a lot of money to come here, and all kinds of food are naturally available.

But the relative difference is that when they leave, they can only bring some dry food and vegetables that can fit, and even the meat has to be bought on the spot.

Otherwise, in hot weather, if the meat is left outside, it will not be edible after a day.

Even if you bring it, you can only bring some dried meat and the like.

Before the caravan set off, they planned all the routes in advance. If they could enter the county town or the city, they had to go inside. Although there were many people, at least the quality of life could be guaranteed.

In fact, if the distance is relatively long, they will choose to spend the night and eat outside.

Basically, in three days, Chen Nian can make about three meals.

On the first day, Chen Nian made sliced ​​noodles for them. The water, vegetables, and noodles were brought with them when they set off. Since they couldn't get to the next county at noon, they could only make do with it outside.

The first thing that Chen Nian prepares is the dishes. Wash and cut the cabbage, pork and potatoes that he brought with him when he set out, put them into the pot and cook them.

After reconciling the noodles, Chen Nian put it aside to wake up, and took advantage of this time to take out the prepared fried sauce and pour it into the basin.

After briefly scrubbing the pot, pour water into it again, and start cutting the noodles inside after the water boils.

The noodles of more than 30 people had to be peeled all at once, so he held a huge piece of dough in one hand and took a noodle knife in the other hand to peel the noodles into the pot with all his strength.

"Chen Nian, I saw that they can cut noodles into the pot from a long distance, can you do it?"

"How far?"

"No matter what, there must be two people so far away."

A person is 1.7 meters eight, and two people are about [-] meters.

Chen Nian thought for a while: "Then I may not be able to cut in, it's almost the same if I'm alone."

Speaking of Chen Nian, he began to cut back while cutting, and the face was raised higher and higher.

Until about 1.5 meters, Chen Nian felt that this was his limit.

In this way, the noodles were cut here for a long time, and after a pot was cut, people were asked to line up to get them noodles.

The person who finished scooping up the noodles went to the other side to pour vegetables for himself.

This pot was finished, and Chen Nian continued to cut another pot. Fortunately, there were only more than 30 people on their trip this time, so one pot could hold more than a dozen bowls.

After all the noodles are cut, Chen Nian scoops up the noodles and eats them himself.

"Brothers, drink some noodle soup after eating the noodles. There is some noodle soup in the pot. Call me later when you want to drink noodle soup. I'll scoop it up for you." Chen Nian said.

Anyway, these people are all older than me, some are in their 20s, some are in their 30s, and some are in their 40s, but Chen Nian is called Brother directly.

"No, we can just come by ourselves. We have been busy all afternoon, how can we scoop up some noodle soup and ask you to come?"

Chen Nian smiled: "It's okay, that's all I do. We'll have a long time to go. If you want to eat, just tell me in advance. I'll go shopping when I go to the city."

"No problem, but Chen Nian is really good at your craftsmanship. The dough is just right. I can't eat such suitable noodles outside. You are as good as my mother-in-law these two times."

After hearing this, Chen Nian couldn't help taking two steps back with the bowl in his hand: "Brother, you can't talk nonsense? Everyone is male, so don't think bad things about me."

"Hahaha." Chen Nian's words made everyone laugh.

When they are away from home, they are full of old men, and there must be two dirty words in the four sentences in the conversation.

Otherwise, they would be bored to death along the way.

In the next few days, Chen Nian made noodles for them every day, but the types of noodles were different. Basically, Chen Nian made them whatever they wanted. As long as they had materials and tools, Chen Nian could make them for them. .

And their relationship with Chen Nian is getting better and better.

After all, although they used to bring a cook with them when they went out, they would not cook well for these big bosses. The daily requirement is to be able to eat enough.

Some of them set off from Lingma County to Yangzhou, and all they brought in the car were medicinal materials. They would sell these medicinal materials at that time, and then use the silver to sell some silk cloth to sell back.

Although Mr. Liu mainly deals with ticket numbers, he can also do other businesses. After all, you can't put all your eggs in one basket when doing business.

Only by taking this money out to make money to make money can you make more and more money.

Some of the silk bought from Yangzhou will be digested locally and in nearby counties, and some will be taken to Taiyuan Mansion for digestion, and most of the rest will be sold in the capital.

After all, it was the most prosperous place, and there were countless rich people. Maybe the money they spent on a suit of clothes was enough for ordinary people to eat for several years.

It's just that on this day, the leader of the caravan this time, who is also the shopkeeper in charge of the silk business under Mr. Liu, approached Chen Nian: "Chen Nian, can you be a fryer? The big guy wants to eat a little bit. When the time comes, I can just make egg soup or something."

"It's not bad for frying." Chen Nian knows this kind of food. When he was at Genzhu Noodle Restaurant, Gao Genzhu made it before.

Although it looks bland on the outside, it tastes pretty good.

"No problem, I will do this, but will we not be able to enter the city at noon tomorrow?"

"Well, this section of the road is quite a long way. If we want to enter the city, we will get the sunset anyway. Anyway, after we stay in the shop, others will pack up the horses and watch things. I will go out with you and let's buy some vegetables."

"it is good."

Chen Nian nodded, and then followed the crowd into the county town to find a shop to stay.

Others fed the horses, fed the horses, fetched water, cleaned the house, and Chen Nian went out to buy vegetables with the shopkeeper.

I mainly bought some potatoes, and then I bought seven or eight catties of leeks, and five or six catties of eggs. If there is still flour in the carriage, it is estimated that I can eat another two or three hundred miles, so I don’t need to buy any more.

In the evening, Chen Nian and three other people are responsible for watching things here, because this time it is also Chen Nian's turn. In their team, except for the groom who is in charge of driving, everyone else is resting, most of the time They were all lying in the car and chatting.

So at night they have to take turns on the night shift to watch these goods.

If anyone is really sleepy, they can sleep for a while, and others will help to keep an eye on it, and then change it in the middle of the night.

Anyway, it's okay to lack of sleep. When they set off on the road the next day, they will naturally have a lot of time to sleep.

Even if the car was bumpy, they were already used to this kind of life.

In this way until the next day, after they had breakfast here, they brought the horses again, hitched the carriage to the horses and set off, continuing towards Yangzhou.

And Chen Nian was lying in the car and sleeping soundly.

Soon it was noon, Chen Nian turned over to check when he felt the carriage stopped.

They are now in a clearing on the side of the road.

So Chen Nian jumped off the carriage and prepared to cook.

Last night, it was already agreed that today we will make fried rice, so Chen Nian first took some water from the well at the inn last night, washed the potatoes, and then peeled the potatoes.

Immediately afterwards, I took out another grater and started to wipe the potatoes. This grater has a larger hole than the one used to make potato shreds. When I was old, I cut the potatoes in half and then rubbed them. It becomes a wide strip about the length of one and a half knuckles of the little finger.

Chen Nian returned to the car and took out the flour, and began to put the flour into the basin, shaking it as he put it, until the outside of the potatoes was evenly covered with flour, and they were no longer connected to each other.

And one of the reasons for putting flour is exactly the same. If the potatoes contain moisture in the pot, they will definitely stick to each other, but it will be much better if flour is added.

After finishing this, the people over there also helped Chen Nian to prepare the stove and boil the boiling water. At this time, Chen Nian put the cage on it and sprinkled the potatoes fully wrapped in flour into it.

In order to make this aging, three cages were sprinkled.

Now this potato is going to be steamed in a pan.

After the steaming was almost done, Chen Nian took down the cages one by one, and asked someone to help get the potatoes inside into the pot again.

At this time, there was still a lot of boiling water in the pot, and Chen Nian called everyone to pour the boiling water into their respective kettles to avoid wasting it.

After scooping out all the water in the pot, Chen Nian boiled it for a while until the water on the top of the pot evaporated, and then put the oil into it. When the oil was slightly hot, first fried the eggs, and then put the fried eggs After filling it out, Chen Nian poured the steamed potatoes into the pot, and began to stir fry them continuously.

While stir-frying, the pot also began to emit bursts of aroma, including the aroma of potatoes and the aroma of fried noodles.

This time, the aging used a large pot, and the spatula was also a huge shovel like a shovel. After the potatoes were almost fried, the aging put the chopped leeks in it, and then continued to stir fry, while turning While frying, start to sprinkle various seasonings in it for seasoning.

During the constant stir frying, the oil in the pot disappeared completely, and was absorbed on the surface of these potatoes. With the constant stir frying, the water on the surface was also rapidly lost, but the purpose of aging is not to harden the frying. Instead, fry it dry.

When Chen Nian stopped, he felt that his arms were starting to feel a little sore, but when he looked at the frying pan that had been prepared in the pot, it was golden in color and dotted with the green color of leeks.

But under high-temperature stir-frying, the color of leeks becomes slightly darker.

Everyone came over with big bowls to fill them up, and everyone filled them to the brim. In the end, Chen Nian also filled a bowl for himself, but he didn't rush to eat, but poured some boiling water into the pot and poured the rest After the eggs are beaten and stirred, pour them into the pot to cook the egg soup.

There are still some seaweed and shrimp skins on the car, and the old ones are also put in.

Although the fire wasn't that big at this time, Chen Nian didn't bother to take care of it, and started eating with a bowl at the side.

Although the fried potatoes are fried, they only dry out the outer layer of moisture, and there are still some soft ones inside. The potatoes that have been steamed before become soft at this time.

It tastes like the outside faces are providing the direction of taste.

The taste is adjusted just right, so it tastes particularly fragrant at this moment.

But Chen Nian began to sigh while eating. It would be great if there was a little more oil and spicy food. It will definitely be more fragrant when mixed with these fried dumplings.

It's a pity that they didn't bring these when they came out this time, and Chen Nian didn't think of it beforehand.

The more you eat, the more you start to miss the spicy oil at home, and you start to miss the old godmother and old godfather...

But if you think about it, if you think about it, you can't change the spicy oil now.

After eating, the soup in the pot was also cooked, and Chen Nian put down the bowl and began to serve it to everyone.

I have to say that fried buns and seaweed egg drop soup are a perfect match.

Although the fried rice is delicious, it will inevitably be dry if you eat it alone. After eating, have a bowl of seaweed and egg drop soup, not to mention how comfortable it is.

In this egg drop soup, there are no other seasonings, just a little salt and white pepper.

When it is almost cooked, add some sesame oil to it.

The faint egg fragrance and seaweed fragrance are mixed together, and seasoning is added. Drinking it in one sip is thirst-quenching and delicious.

"You have to drink the soup warm, just like wiping your face with a hot towel after a tiring day, the pores all over your body will open.

It's not enough when eating, but every time I drink soup, I will sweat a lot on my body. "

The next step is to wash their own bowls, and Chen Nian needs to clean the pot and various kitchen utensils that have been used before.

After Chen Nian was cleaned up, everyone began to rest.

The money box was pulled on the carriage, and they spread the bedding directly on top of the money box, took off their shirts and lay directly on it.

I then covered my face and body with the clothes, and went straight to sleep.

As for the possibility of sweating on their bodies, they couldn't care less about it. After all, how can they have such good conditions when they go out?
The only thing I can do is to borrow the water from other people's inn to wash my body and clothes after arriving at a place.

When he was sleeping, Chen Nian was still thinking about the lunch he made at noon. Fried Bulanzi was just one of the dishes made with potatoes here.

Gao Genzhu once said that there is a county in Luliang whose specialty is potatoes, and there are many ways to eat potatoes. Potatoes can be made into flowers just like noodles in Shanxi.

"Chen Nian, your craftsmanship is good. The food you cook has the taste of our Lingma County. It's really a blessing to be able to eat such authentic and delicious food when you are out of the house." Said the elder brother who was lying on the side.

"Hey, I learned it all from Brother Genzhu. His skills are amazing! However, I haven't learned all of them yet. I'm not bad because Brother Genzhu has done it for me and taught me a few times. I can, but at the time I heard Brother Genzhu say that not only potatoes can be made without rotten seeds, but also sophora japonica and elm money can be made, but I haven't eaten it yet..."

"That's right, Sophora japonica is delicious even if it is not rotten, but it can only be eaten at the turn of spring and summer every year."

(End of this chapter)