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Chapter 1535 Pineapple Cake

"This is a special product that Sister Xiao brought back from Yizhou. You must have never tasted it, my lord."

As soon as Chu Yun returned home, Ella came over with a plate of snacks and said to Chu Yun mysteriously.

"There are things in this world that I haven't tasted?" Chu Yun couldn't believe it.

He looked at the plate, where pieces of square, golden and exquisite pastries were neatly arranged, with an attractive luster.

"You brought it back from Yizhou?"

Chu Yun looked at Xiao Xiu'er, at this time Xiao Xiu'er had just returned from Yizhou with Ge Ya and Yu Cheng.

"Well, when I was in Yizhou, I met an old acquaintance who gave us a fruit called pineapple from America. On the way back, I thought about whether this fruit could be used as an ingredient in the filling, Make a kind of cake that you have never tasted before. Goya and I used more than a dozen pineapples to barely adjust the taste of the cake. I wonder if adults will like it?" Xiaoxiu'er was a little worried, no I know whether Chu Yun likes or hates the taste of this cake.

People's tastes are different, just like Goya doesn't like the sour taste in pineapples, but Xiao Xiu'er thinks that maintaining a certain sour taste will make it more palatable and improve digestion.

For some reason, Xiao Xiuer's opinion of Chu Yun was still very important to her, so she felt uneasy when Chu Yun planned to try the cakes she made.

"Pineapple...is this pineapple cake?" Chu Yun immediately thought of pineapple when he heard about pineapple.

Pineapple and pineapple are the same fruit, but there is a slight difference between the varieties in Yizhou and the mainland, but Chu Yun really ate pineapple crisps in his previous era!
Thinking about it carefully, in fact, many crops produced in the Americas gradually spread to the east along the sea route since the era of the great sea route. It is not surprising that some people in Yizhou began to plant new crops.

It’s just that the square-shaped pineapple cake has not yet appeared. Xiao Xiu’er and Goya are probably the inventors of this kind of pastry.

"It turns out that this kind of thing is called pineapple cake... Have you ever tasted this kind of cake, my lord?"

Xiao Xiu'er originally thought that Chu Yun had never seen such a novel crop as pineapple, and wanted to come back as a specialty of Yizhou for everyone to taste.

If Chu Yun had already tasted this kind of pastry, then the pastry with pineapple as the filling would appear as bland as other pastries.

Thinking of this, Xiao Xiu'er couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

"I was lucky enough to taste it, but it has been many years, and whether the pastry is delicious or not depends not only on the choice of ingredients, but also on the skill of the cook. Different people make the same kind of pastry, the taste is absolutely different It’s the same. That’s why some old shops will pay more attention to the chef’s personal craftsmanship.” Chu Yun saw Xiao Xiu’er’s slightly disappointed expression, and said quickly.

What he said was telling the truth. He hadn't eaten pineapple cakes for a long time, and he used to eat pineapple cakes produced in batches by machines, which was completely different from the handmade pineapple cakes of this era.

Chu Yun took a piece of pineapple cake and put it in his mouth under Xiao Xiuer's expectant eyes.

"It's a nostalgic taste... no, there is no wax gourd in it, and almost all pineapple is used as filling. The fragrance of pineapple is sweet and sour. It's really delicious..."

Chu Yun looked in amazement at half of the pineapple cake, and the inside was filled with pineapple filling that was more golden than the outside.

In the past, the pineapple cake he ate was filled with winter melon as the main filling, followed by pineapple in order to increase the taste, but Xiao Xiuer obviously hadn't considered the combination of winter melon and pineapple, and used the pineapple cake filled with pineapple.

Because of Chu Yun's unthinking praise, Xiao Xiu'er's originally somewhat disappointed expression showed a hint of a smile.

"In addition to pineapple and flour, the raw materials include egg white, brown sugar, butter, and salt... It is not easy to control the proportion of these raw materials. It seems that you have spent a lot of effort." Chu Yun knew that he wanted to create something new. Planting new pastries is a difficult task. It is hard to imagine that Xiao Xiu'er can make such pineapple cakes in such a short time on the return trip.

It was the first time that Chu Yun saw pineapple as a raw material when he came to this world.

Even if he did not deliberately promote certain crops imported from the Americas, some people seemed to realize their economic value.

"I think Sister Xiao has such a good skill. Even if she is not a doctor, she can support herself as a chef in our mansion." Ella said.

"Sister, you're joking. It's just that my sister couldn't find any special products in Yizhou and came back to give it to you, so she just took a chance." Xiao Xiu'er said quickly.

"The specialty of Yizhou... maybe this kind of pineapple cake can become a local specialty. The local area should be more suitable for growing pineapples. If we export pineapple cakes in addition to pineapple, wouldn't it increase the value of the pineapple itself and create higher profits?" ?” Chu Yun thought of a deal.

Every place will always have its own specialties, and selling local pineapple and pineapple cakes to various provinces will not only enrich the food varieties of the people in each province, but also increase the income of Yizhou Prefecture.

"Your Excellency always thinks about things related to business. Sister Xiao, it's rare for you to come back from Yizhou. Why don't you stay in our mansion for dinner today? I've already prepared your bowls and chopsticks. I think your lord wants to hear it too." You tell about the changes in Yizhou, but he still cares about the relationship between that place and the land." Da Yuer came out holding her daughter at this time, and said to Xiao Xiuer.

"Okay." Xiao Xiu'er was used to staying in the military lord's mansion for meals sometimes.

As for Goya and Yu Cheng returned to their home.

After Goya and Selina, who are better friends with Xiao Xiuer, both got married, Xiao Xiuer was the only one left.

Xiao Xiuer patiently told Chu Yun and the others about her experience in Yizhou at the dinner table. There is no doubt that Yizhou at this time has undergone earth-shaking changes from Yizhou seven years ago. Many pioneering villages have increased in population. became a town.People in some inland areas where famines occurred will also migrate to Yizhou, where there are fewer people and more land, bringing people and technology, and trying to build Yizhou into a granary and sugar-making center.

Chu Yun was very satisfied with this situation.

While Chu Yun was listening to Xiao Xiu'er talking about what he saw during his trip to Yizhou, an official rushed to the military lord's mansion and was stopped by the guards.

"I'm the stationmaster of the telegraph terminal in Beijing. It's an emergency. I don't have time to notify the Lord of the Sixth Department. I need to see the Lord of the Army!" the visitor said immediately.

"My lord, please wait a moment, we will report right away." The guard saw that the stationmaster of the telegraph terminal was looking for Chu Yun himself, and knew that it must be a big deal.

"Wait a minute, I'll go to the front yard."

When Chu Yun learned that the chief stationmaster was looking for him directly, something big must have happened.

The official position of the station chief of the telegraph terminal in Beijing is not very high, but the telegrams from all over the country are collected to him, and he is aware of any troubles.

Seeing Chu Yun, the head of the station scratched his head and said, "Your Excellency, something happened to Tianjin Wei!"

(End of this chapter)