Yunmeng Ballad: I opened a restaurant in the Warring States Period

Chapter 5 Eight Treasure Porridge

Two days later, Yunmengju opened as scheduled.

There are no lion dances with gongs and drums, or ceremonies for offering sacrifices to heaven and stoves, only a sign "opening today" is hung on the gate next to the shop sign of "Yunmengju", and today's menu is clearly written on it.

After Yunmengju opened, the first dish it cooked was eight-treasure porridge.

This was mainly because Chu Yunmeng didn't have a lot of money, and he had no advantage in ingredients, funds, or reputation, so he could only think of tricks.

And developing various eating tricks is exactly what she is good at.

After observing for a period of time, I found that not only the ingredients were simple, but also the way of eating was very monotonous.

The staple food is millet, rice, wheat, bean, and hemp grains, and the vegetables are mainly sunflower, leek, Huo, scallion, and green onion.

There are also livestock and meat, plus there is a lot of water in the Chu area, and there are rich fish and turtle aquatic resources, but they are all cooked in a big cauldron with water, just like the staple food and vegetables.

There is no fire to cook the oil, and the taste of the cooking is no different from that of pig food in the mouth of Chu Yunmeng who has tasted all kinds of delicacies.

Stimulated and inspired by this, she thought of a way to make a living by opening a restaurant without any memory or understanding of the world.

She believes that with her culinary skills, not to mention cooking the delicious delicacies she has eaten, that is, recreating the home-cooked dishes she has eaten, her restaurant will definitely be very popular.

Due to the limitation of cooking utensils, she chose eight-treasure porridge as the first new dish.

It is not only because the taste of eight-treasure porridge will not be much different from that of later generations even if it is cooked in a big tripod; it is also because in this era, only a single staple food is known to be boiled, served with sunflower and other vegetables, and the taste is simply mouth-watering. Fade out the bird!

To make it exactly as the eight-treasure porridge that Chu Yunmeng once ate, it is simply impossible at the moment.Therefore, Chu Yunmeng could only try his best to find alternative ingredients that existed in this era according to his memory, so as to restore the sweetness and softness that he had eaten to the greatest extent.

The main ingredients have been selected long ago. Corn is too hard to use, and wheat, millet and hemp are not suitable for cooking porridge. The rice that is abundant in Chudi happens to be soft and glutinous japonica rice, which is the most suitable.

The bean in the staple food can be used as an auxiliary material. In addition, Chu Yunmeng also selected black beans, red beans, red dates, peach kernels, chestnuts, and wolfberries for flavor.

One is that these auxiliary ingredients are sweet and sweet, and after being cooked soft and rotten, the sweetness of the raw materials blends together, which will bring a better taste.It is most suitable when sweeteners are scarce.

The second reason is that these excipients are actually warming and tonic foods in the medical records of later generations.In the deep winter full of cold, it can also warm the stomach of diners.

It not only makes diners eat happily, but also makes them healthier, which is the best of both worlds.

Because many people eat it, rice, beans, bean, black beans, and red beans are relatively easy to get. You only need to go to the vegetable market in Nanshi to purchase them.

However, red dates, peach kernels, chestnuts, and wolfberries are not as easy to eat as staple foods and beans because few people eat them.Chu Yunmeng went to several dried fruit shops and medical clinics to buy enough raw materials.

Especially goji berry, although there are also in the south, but the quantity is small, not as good as in the north, so the price is much more expensive.Two silver cloth coins can only be bought for about five taels.

After soaking several kinds of beans, Chu Yunmeng put the big tripod on the ground stove and cooked them quickly over high heat; then poured the cooked japonica rice and chestnuts, as well as red dates, peach kernels, and medlars, and poured them in with a small Cook on low heat until the whole pot of ingredients becomes sticky, and you're done.

Because it is stewed slowly over low heat, the aroma and sweetness of red dates, peach kernels, wolfberry and chestnuts penetrate into the japonica rice and several kinds of beans, and blend with each other, forming a natural sweetness, even without adding honey, It can also taste delicious.

Only one porridge is naturally not enough, but due to the limitations of ingredients and condiments, Chu Yunmeng can only make do with two simple side dishes of salted sunflower and green onion chicken as cooking.

Sunflower is one of the most commonly eaten vegetables in this era, but most of them are cooked in a large cauldron, and the boiled food is soft, unable to bring out the true taste of the food at all, only astringent or even swill.

In order to avoid the disadvantages of taste caused by cooking food in a large cauldron, Chu Yunmeng adopted another method.

Boil water over high heat, blanch the cut sunflowers in boiling water, and then marinate with salt for a few days until it tastes good.

Coupled with the salted crispy meat prepared in advance, the two small dishes are enough to support the first wave of new food.

Just as Chu Yunmeng thought, her innovative approach finally won the praise of diners.

"Shopkeeper Yun, you really have an idea. What kind of eight-treasure porridge is this, I've never eaten it before. I didn't expect to cook all these things together, and the taste would be so good." Aunt Li, the first diner of Yunmengju, praised.

"Yeah, it's delicious, soft and waxy, and sweet in the mouth. It's a delicacy I've never tasted before." The elderly Zhang Bo appraised while tasting the delicacy, closing his eyes and shaking his head.

"Shopkeeper Yun, your craftsmanship is really good... This sunflower dish has never tasted so delicious." Uncle Wei, who weighed weights with Uncle Zhang, sighed.

"There is also this crispy salted pork. I have never seen it before. The price is not expensive, and it makes us addicted to meat. It leaves a fragrance on our lips and teeth, and the aftertaste is endless. It tastes better than the real pork meat we ate before..." Wide knowledge The little old man Luo laughed beside him.

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Hearing the compliments from everyone, Chu Yunmeng felt happy, but at the same time sighed: This is not because of my skill, it all depends on my knowledge, my real skill is too late to display!

From everyone's feedback, Chu Yunmeng saw a bigger business opportunity.

She vowed that she must use the knowledge and information she possessed to make Yunmengju bigger and stronger in the shortest possible time.

There were not many people who came to Yunmengju on the opening day, and they were basically villagers from the Lihua Lane who were too busy with their livelihoods to start a business, and it was this group of people who helped Yunmengju to build a reputation in Yingdu.

The first seven days have begun to see signs, but the effect is not obvious.

In the past seven days, all the folks who came to Yunmengju to eat praised the taste of salted leeks compared to big cauldrons, and the recipes of chicken with green onions and eight-treasure porridge are novel and delicious.

The lobby of Yunmengju was obviously crowded, and the people waiting for an empty table never stopped.

On the eighth day, the people who came to Yunmengju to eat had already lined up outside the store——Chu Yunmeng, who had been running around the back kitchen and the lobby, didn't notice this scene, and he still ate at Yunmengju for three consecutive days When Uncle Zhang and Uncle Wei were chatting, Chu Yunmeng just listened to him.

"Oh, I just said that this Yunmengju has a bright future. Look, it's only the third day, and they've already lined up."

As soon as Chu Yunmeng finished serving Uncle Wei, he heard him sigh: "Eating will not be easy in the future."

"Yeah, I finally found a restaurant that suits my appetite, and I thought it could be used as a small base for frequent visits in the future..." Zhang Bo, who had few teeth left, sighed, "Who would have thought that he would hide so quickly?" Can't stop."

Then he smiled at Chu Yunmeng who was about to leave: "Shopkeeper, when the business grows in the future, don't forget to take care of our old neighbors!"

Chu Yunmeng smiled sweetly, and immediately turned around to go to the back kitchen to get busy.

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