Return to the small mountain village in 1986

Seeing Gao Mingcheng pouring half of the pot of oil, the onlookers couldn't help but take a breath.

Although there is no shortage of food and drink now, they still remember those days when they were children! I think back in the day, when cooking, it was good to just use a few drops of oil!

The oil Gao Mingcheng uses is camellia oil. Every year after the frost, he will go back to the village to pick up tea seeds in the mountains, and then send them to the oil pressing workshop to squeeze out the camellia oil.

This tea oil can almost feed their family for a year. If they usually buy some lard for frying vegetables, there is no need to buy other oil.

Gao Mingcheng used a briquette stove and the pot was also a small pot, so others thought he put too much oil, but he didn't think so.

Gao Mingcheng explained: "You need to add more oil to the fried chicken, otherwise it will not be cooked properly. You can just watch from the side. After it is fried, I will let you taste it."

The briquettes in the stove had been replaced before, and now the fire was just right. After a while, the oil became warm.

Gao Mingcheng put his hand on the oil, felt the temperature of the oil, and then put the chicken legs coated in fried powder in first and fried them.

The two chickens have a total of four chicken legs. Each chicken leg is cut with a flower knife, which is convenient for marinating and frying.

The oil pan was sizzling, and each chicken drumstick had many bubbles. When the bubbles changed from big to small, the drumsticks slowly floated up from sinking to the bottom of the pot.

Guessing that they were almost fried, Gao Mingcheng took out the chicken legs and let them cool, then wiped away any residue floating in the oil pan.

After frying the chicken legs, continue to fry others. After the previous chicken legs and chicken wings are completely cool, fry them again. After re-frying, the batter on the surface of the chicken legs becomes golden and crispy, and it looks delicious. look.

The aroma of fried food has long filled the air. Not only my family members were greedy, but even the neighbors next door also swallowed their saliva. They were so greedy!
Once the oil had been filtered out of the fried chicken legs and the temperature was ready to be eaten, Gao Mingcheng invited everyone to have a taste.

There were four chicken drumsticks in total. Gao Mingcheng gave one to Xiao Xuxu and picked up one himself. He wanted to give it to Duo Mei again, but Duo Mei said that if Xiao Xuxu couldn't finish it, she could just eat more.

Okay, there are a lot of things, no need to be modest, Gao Mingcheng can just take what everyone wants to eat.

There was a chicken rack fried in the oil pan. This one was larger and would take longer to fry. Gao Mingcheng took the opportunity to sit on a stool and began to taste the chicken legs he had fried.

This is the original chicken leg without any dipping sauce. When you bite into it, you can feel the crispiness of the flour coating. When you eat the chicken leg, you feel that the meat of the chicken leg is very tender and juicy.

Although it was fried twice in a pan, the whole texture is crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside because of the flour coating.

If you fry the chicken legs directly without coating them in flour, the meat will become dry and woody after the chicken legs are cooked.

The drumsticks of white-feathered chickens that can be put on the market in more than forty days are naturally not very big. Gao Mingcheng could finish a chicken drumstick in just three or five mouthfuls.

To be honest, the chicken legs he made tasted so-so, not good or bad.

But for people in this era, fried food, especially fried meat, is naturally very attractive. The aroma is so overbearing that it penetrates directly into the nose, making people unable to ignore it.

If you are lucky enough to take a bite, this kind of food you have never eaten before can make people feel very novel and fond of it.

"It's delicious! This fried chicken is so delicious!" Gao Shufang's eyes were bright. After finishing the chicken drumstick in her hand, she called Gao Mingcheng to fry something more edible.

Gao Mingcheng kept moving, first taking out the chicken rack that was fried to medium-cooked, and then putting the previously fried chicken breasts, chicken wings, etc. into the oil pan and frying again.

After re-frying, pick it up and put it on a plate for everyone to eat as they wish.

Gao Mingcheng took a bite of each, including the original ones and the ones with chili pepper.

When this chili is pickled, chili powder is added, but the chili powder is a bit thick, so the taste is uneven.

If it is to be sold in the future, the chili powder, pepper powder, Sichuan pepper powder, etc. must be made finer.

You also need to prepare dipping sauces.

As for ketchup and salad dressing, there is no rush for this right now. If he finds it in the seasoning market, he can add it.

When it comes to ketchup, many people think it is from foreign countries, but it actually originated in China. After the overseas Chinese immigrated, they brought the technology of making ketchup with them. Later, because foreign fast food restaurants opened in China, it became a specialty sauce of the beautiful country.

Gao Mingcheng commented on himself while eating.

Naturally, he also asked Gao Shufang and others for their opinions, but unfortunately, the answer he got was not only delicious, but also delicious!
Well, their pursuit of food is too low. As long as it is not too salty or bland, and fried just right, it is delicious!

Even though one pot was accidentally burnt, Gao Mingli said after eating it, it was very burnt, chewy and delicious!

The charm of fried chicken cannot be resisted even by people in later generations who have no shortage of food and drink, let alone people today!
The two white-feathered chickens seemed like a lot, but they were eaten very quickly. It was Gao Shufang who was careful and reserved a chicken rack for Lou Xinyu to eat in advance.

Many Meis were extremely satisfied with their food. Even Xiao Xuxu tried his best to eat half a chicken leg and a chicken wing.

Duo Mei said: "Is this the foreign fast food in the capital? Mingcheng, why didn't I know that you are so good? You can know how it is made after eating it once?"

Gao Mingcheng crossed his arms and said proudly: "Of course, let alone Western fast food, it's other dishes. I've had a few bites, and I probably know how to make them."

Except for some dishes with complicated production techniques, Gao Mingcheng could tell whether they were fried first and then stir-fried after taking a bite of most dishes, and he could probably guess what seasonings were put in them.

This is not because he has good talent, but simply because he is well-informed.

This fried chicken experiment was generally successful, but there were still some areas that needed improvement. No one could help him for the time being, so he had to make adjustments himself.

Gao Mingcheng decided to weigh all the ingredients and seasonings next time, and then formulate a fixed recipe. This was the case in fast food restaurants in later generations. Even the oil temperature of fried things was controlled by computers.

With standardized ingredients and a fixed oil temperature, the waiters in fast food restaurants only need to follow the steps and fry for a few minutes when they should be fried. Then the fried texture will not be high or low, but the quality will be stable. .

Many Americans have said that they want to open a restaurant before. The reason is very simple. They think that when the store is busy, they don't have to spend money to eat in other restaurants.

Gao Mingcheng thought over and over again and felt that the restaurant could be opened. After all, as people's living conditions gradually improved, more people would be willing to eat and drink.

From now on, until the catering market is saturated, there will be more than ten years of prime time!

Not to mention becoming bigger and stronger in the catering industry and opening a few profitable stores, that is absolutely no problem.

But their county is a small place after all.

Nowadays, there are many restaurants in the county. There are a few larger ones that can host banquets, but most of them are small shops with only three or five tables and provide some home-cooked meals. If they want to open a restaurant, they need to have good food, so the competition is relatively high.

But what if you open a foreign fast food restaurant?

Under the banner of the same style as foreign fast food, are you still worried about poor business?

In the county, the fast food restaurant he opened was the only one! This empty market will all belong to him!
If the business in the county is good and the food ingredients are large-scale, then you can open a store in the provincial capital!

Gao Mingcheng carefully explained these plans to Duo Mei in the evening.

Many Mei naturally had no objections and said they would listen to Gao Mingcheng, and asked Gao Mingcheng if he could cook all foreign fast food.

Well... Gao Mingcheng didn't stick to his words, he said he had to try it first.

It can be said that fried chicken is already 80% successful, and the next step is to standardize the recipe.

But burgers, mashed potatoes, small salads, etc. all need to be tried several times before they are ready.

Gao Mingcheng said: "There is no need to go anywhere or do anything recently. I plan to spend a few days doing research, but you can't just rely on me. You guys also need to use your brains to see how to do it better." tasty."

In terms of cooking skills, Gao Mingcheng is not as good as the women in his family, but he has a lot more knowledge about future generations than them, and it is like standing on the shoulders of giants.

Duo Mei nodded and said that he would also help study the formula.

As the saying goes, you can't chew off more than you can chew. In the next few days, Gao Mingcheng did not focus on making burgers or mashed potatoes, but focused on the recipe for fried chicken.

He bought two white-feathered chickens every day. At first, he brought them back and killed them himself. Later, he simply asked the chicken seller to kill them for him and then deliver them to the store, which saved a lot of trouble.

The chicken legs, wings and other parts are all quite delicious, but the chicken breast is a bit on the dull side.

However, Gao Mingcheng had the experience of later generations. He directly cut the chicken breast into shreds and made it into chicken tenders. Then he sprinkled some dipping sauce on it and it tasted delicious!
On the 19th, the day before the wine was served at Huang Dazhi's house, Gao Mingcheng finally figured out the recipe for fried chicken.

The ingredients, ingredients, and frying time are all recorded in a notebook.

With this recipe, anyone can make fried chicken with similar taste.

When eating fried chicken on the first day, Gao Shufang and others said that the fried chicken was so delicious!
When eating fried chicken the next day, Gao Shufang and others said that the fried chicken was still delicious!
Day three...

I have been eating fried chicken for five days in a row. No matter how delicious the fried chicken is, I am almost tired of it. Not to mention that because Gao Mingcheng wanted to research the recipe for fried chicken, they still had to eat chicken heads, necks, feet, and offal every day!
By the end of the meal, everyone was almost talking about the chicken.

They never expected that one day they would be able to eat chicken until they were tired of it!
Gao Mingcheng himself was almost tired of eating. Seeing that the recipe was almost ready, he decided to call it a day and fry the chicken. It happened that the oil in the pot had been used for so long and it was time to pour it out.

Then one night when it was dark and the moon was high, Gao Mingcheng secretly dumped the waste oil.

Why secretly? It was because when Gao Mingcheng said he didn't want the pot of oil, Gao Shufang and others looked at him with disapproval.

Therefore, for everyone's health, Gao Mingcheng could only dump the oil secretly.

As for after it’s poured out, hey, it’s all poured out, what else can we do?
The weather is sunny on May 20th, and the temperature at noon is over 20 degrees. You need to wear a thin coat in the morning and evening, but at noon, you can wear a skirt!

Today is the day when Huang Dazhi holds a banquet. He organizes his son's full-moon banquet and housewarming banquet together, but if he wants to send red envelopes, he only needs to send one.

Gao Mingcheng took his wife and children, and Lou Xinyu, a colleague of Huang Dazhi, took his partner Gao Shufang. The group was going to have a banquet at Huang Dazhi's home.

As for Gao Mingli and his wife, they have to stay in the store to look after it.

Huang Dazhi's new house is not far from the clothing store. It takes about five or six minutes to walk there.

When he first bought the land, under the guidance of Gao Mingcheng, he bought land close to the roadside. The kindergarten built by Gao Mingcheng was also close to the roadside, but the location was better than that of Huang Dazhi's house, making it easier for people nearby. The children were sent here to study.

When Gao Mingcheng and others arrived at Huang Dazhi's house, they saw that there were already many people inside.

Compared with the yard of Gao Mingcheng Xin's house, the yard of Huang Dazhi's house is smaller. There is only a loquat tree planted in the corner of the yard.

But now this loquat tree is still very small, and it will take several years before it blooms and bears fruit.

When people here grow fruit in their yards, they usually grow fruit trees such as grapefruit, bayberry, and loquat, because these fruit trees have many uses.

For example, after the leaves of grapefruit are washed and blanched, they can be used to make cakes and eat them. In addition, grapefruit peel can also be used as pickles.

Bayberry can be used to make bayberry wine and bayberry preserves, and loquat, the name of loquat paste is very famous!

If a child has a cough, picking a few loquat leaves, washing the hair on the back, boiling water and eating it will have a certain effect.

The loquat tree at Huang Dazhi's house is small enough to be ignored, but the pair of bamboos placed in front of the steps are particularly eye-catching!

This bamboo grows very well because it has roots and soil. It looks like it is three stories high. On the top of the bamboo, the bamboo leaves are green and fluttering in the wind.

Some red cloths are tied on the bamboo poles to add to the celebration.

Placing a pair of bamboos in front of the door of a new house means growing taller and taller.

There were four tables of wine in the yard and two tables in the living room on the first floor. Gao Mingcheng glanced at it and thought Huang Dazhi had only placed six tables of wine. But after meeting Huang Dazhi, Huang Dazhi called them to the second floor. sit.

The second floor is a suite. In the living room on the second floor, there are also two tables. It seems that there are eight tables of wine in total.

Gao Guobing and Zhao Dongmei were already sitting on the second floor. When they saw Gao Mingcheng and the others coming, they quickly called to sit next to them.

Gao Mingcheng asked Duo Mei to hold the child and sit next to Zhao Dongmei. He said hello to Gao Guobing, and then said: "Uncle and aunt, you sit down first. I'll go down and see if there is anything I can help with."

After hearing this, Lou Xinyu asked Gao Shufang to sit here and followed Gao Mingcheng downstairs.

Although the banquet is held at home, two chefs are still required. In the backyard, there are two large stoves. There are many layers of steamers on one stove, and some vegetables are being stir-fried on the other stove.

The chef was in charge, but Huang Dazhi's sisters-in-law were the ones cutting and washing the vegetables. Even Luo Li's two brothers were not idle, but did things within their power, such as pouring water for the guests. (End of chapter)