The card draw is not ruthless, and the gate of the house is unstable

Chapter 41
When the two returned to the main hall of Yikun Palace, people were still discussing around the stone mill.

Zhao Yitian watched this scene, frowned and said:

"Don't surround yourself, spread out, let Miss Qi demonstrate how to use this thing."

The crowd dispersed, and Xie Qingyu stepped forward.

It's a small grinder.

Hulled wheat has already been placed on the side.

Xie Qingyu took a spoonful and put it into the inlet of the stone mill, and then asked someone to take something and put it at the outlet.

Another person was called to the side, and demonstrated: "Hold your hands here, and then turn in one direction."

The man followed suit, and after a while, a lot of powder appeared in the grooves of the stone mill.

Xie Qingyu looked at the powder that came out and explained: "This is wheat flour, but it has to go through a process."

While talking, he asked someone to pick up the sieve on the side.

"Go get a basin and prepare it."

Because the flour needs to be ground, the large basin in the kitchen has already been brought over and placed not far away.

When enough wheat flour was ground, Xie Qingyu asked someone to pour the freshly ground wheat flour into the sieve.

Xie Qingyu looked at the wheat flour in the sieve, "Actually, there is another step in grinding wheat flour, which is moistening the wheat. Wetting the wheat will allow the wheat bran to separate from the flour better."

While signaling to the person holding the sieve to pick it up, and then began to sift the noodles, he continued: "But because this wheat is newly harvested and still has moisture, there is no need to moisturize it."

After the wheat flour was sifted, Xie Qingyu pointed to the wheat bran remaining on the sieve, "Look, this is wheat bran, which can be used to feed livestock."

Then he pointed to the flour in the basin, "The white thing in the bottom basin is wheat flour, just scoop it out and add water when cooking."

Zhao Yitian nodded in satisfaction. This tool called a stone mill is indeed useful.

Seeing that there was a lot of flour produced, Xie Qingyu asked: "Your Majesty, Empress, can I teach you how to use this wheat flour?"

Zhao Yitian waved his hand, and said loudly: "Go to the queen's small kitchen, I just want to see how this flour becomes those foods."

A group of people came to the small kitchen of Yikun Palace again.

It is said to be a small kitchen, but it is not small at all.

Maybe it's just relative to the imperial dining room.

Although the people in the small kitchen had heard the rumors before, they did not expect that the two big figures in the Palace would come directly to the small kitchen.

"See Your Majesty."

"See the Empress."

Everyone knelt down to greet him.

"Excuse me." Zhao Yitian raised his hand to signal.

"Today, the Queen and I came here because we discovered a new kind of food, so we came here to try it out."

When Zhao Yitian said this, he looked at Xie Qingyu, "This is Mrs. Xie, and she will guide you how to turn this wheat flour into food."

Xie Qingyu stepped forward, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since it's getting late, I'll let them do some simple things first, so as not to delay dinner."

Seeing Zhao Yitian nodding, Xie Qingyu turned around and said, "I have to trouble everyone to come up with a few people and go in with me."

Hearing Xie Qingyu's words, a eunuch in charge came to Xie Qingyu, bent down and said with a smile: "What did Mr. Xie say, this way please, this servant will bring them to help you."

Xie Qingyu asked someone to bring freshly baked flour into the small kitchen.

The emperor and queen also walked in.

"Let's make a few that don't take time or ferment." Xie Qingyu looked at the people in the kitchen and said.

The eunuch in charge quickly responded: "Everything is at your beck and call, your servants will do what you say."

Xie Qingyu nodded, and then asked them to prepare some mashed garlic, cabbage, and potato chips.

Perhaps because she was preparing dinner, everything she wanted was prepared.

Xie Qingyu directly asked people to start mixing the batter.

There are two kinds of adjustments, one is added with eggs, and the other is directly adjusted with water and flour.

She is going to fry plain flour cakes and potato cakes.

Ask the chief eunuch to pick up the adjusted batter without eggs, and then directly pick it into the hot oil prepared on the side and fry it.

After frying in the pot, Xie Qingyu asked someone to pick it up, and brought it to the emperor and queen for them to taste.

Then people put the eggs in and fry them.

The same operation, let the emperor and queen taste it after frying.

They continued to put the cut potato strips into the batter without eggs, and continued to fry them.

After frying, let the two taste it.

This is where it comes to an end.

Xie Qingyu looked at the two of them and asked, "Your Majesty, empress, how do you feel?"

Both of them nodded.

This wheat flour can make a lot of food.

Zhao Yitian commented: "The taste is not bad, and the recipe is simple, you will be able to read it once."

"However, it's a bit expensive to do so, and ordinary people probably can't afford to eat like this every day."

Xie Qingyu bowed and said: "Don't worry, your majesty, there are many ways to eat this wheat flour, and there are also ways to eat it without oil."

"For example, making steamed buns, pancakes, and other snacks."

As he said that, Xie Qingyu asked someone to scoop out the oil in the pot, then asked someone to pour the batter into the pot, and then lifted the pot to let the batter circle around the pot, so that the batter was evenly spread on the pot.

After baking for a while, someone turned the cake over again.

That's it for a pie.

Xie Qingyu asked people to present the cake to the emperor and empress, "This is the simplest way to make cake. To make the cake more delicious, maybe you can let it ferment."

"Fermentation requires yeast, we don't have it, but white wine, honey and sugar can be used instead." Xie Qingyu said while taking another bowl to start demonstrating, "First add water to the flour and stir to make this viscous If it’s a paste, add white wine, or honey and sugar.”

"Then let it be sealed and fermented for about two hours, which is similar to yeast."

"When it's time to knead the dough, add it in and knead, and then continue to ferment for an hour or two before kneading. Then you can make steamed buns, buns, dumplings and the like, and you can also make pancakes."

"Next, let's make pimple soup."

Xie Qingyu washed his hands, and then began to knead the dough.

"There are also many ways to make pimple soup. I like to slice it. Let's make this first."

"The steps of making steamed buns, steamed buns and kneading noodles are the same as the one I'm making now, the difference is that they need to be fermented, and this one can be put directly into the pot."

Xie Qingyu kneaded and said: "When the time comes, it will be the same as I am now. First add water to make flocculents, then knead it with your hands. of the yeast."

"However, what we are making now is pimple soup, and now we can slice it into the pot."

Xie Qingyu asked someone to make the soup, and at the same time asked someone to slice the dough.

After the soup boils, put the sliced ​​noodles in it.

After being cooked, it was fished out and given to the two most noble people in the world to taste.

(End of this chapter)