Border Cook

Chapter 202 Stewed Goose

After a busy period, the two brothers brought a whole goose that was cleaned and even had its internal organs completely removed to Xia Mingyue.

Use a sharp knife to quickly cut the whole goose into pieces of suitable size, soak it in cold water to remove the blood, add ginger slices and rice wine to the pot to remove the foam and fishy smell, then take it out and wash it clean.

Fry the sugar color, add the goose meat, add onion, ginger, garlic, rice wine, soy sauce, sweet bean sauce and salt for seasoning. To ensure that the goose meat tastes delicious, Xia Mingyue did not add boiling water to the pot, but added the stewed bone and chicken rack soup, and put in two dried chilies to enhance the flavor.

Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for about half an hour, until the soup in the pot becomes thick and the goose meat is soft and tender, then it can be served.

The goose was fat and meaty, and the whole goose was stewed in a large pot. When placed on the table, it looked very large and quite hearty.

The stewed goose, which has been fried with sugar color and added with soy sauce, has a very bright color. The sweet noodle sauce and bone broth add to the freshness and deliciousness of the goose meat. The slightly spicy taste of the chili is very appetizing...

The stewed goose tastes delicious, with tender meat and a mellow aftertaste. It is served with soft, glutinous and fragrant steamed pancakes. It is extremely comfortable to eat one bite of meat and one bite of pancake in this cold winter!

The big pot of stewed goose was almost eaten by noon, leaving only a few pieces of meat with bones. Xia Mingyue did not waste it. In the evening, she added some bone soup and boiled it into a rich soup. She cooked some noodles with bamboo shoots and garnished it with a few green spinach...

The fragrant and delicious goose meat and spinach noodles went into everyone's stomach amidst the constant affirmation and praise from everyone.

However, a stewed goose could not satisfy everyone's appetite.

After a day's interval, Xia Mingyue stewed the remaining goose.

This time, I added some side dishes such as black fungus, bean curd, and dried beans when stewing.

The black fungus is refreshing, the bean curd has a mellow flavor, and the soaked dried beans after being stewed with the meat will not affect the original wonderful taste of the meat. On the contrary, because they absorb the extremely unique chewy texture of the broth, the more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes. The aftertaste is even stronger than that of the meat.

This time, Xia Mingyue did not use sweet bean paste, but used black bean paste to stir-fry the bottom of the pot. She no longer added dried chilies when stewing. The stewed goose made in this way has a slightly spicy taste, the red oil is fragrant, and the taste is even more different.

I added more bone broth when stewing and directly pulled some noodles into the pot to cook as the staple food.

The noodles covered with stewed goose soup are chewy and rich in flavor, and are very satisfying to eat.

Just as Xia Mingyue's entire home was filled with the rich aroma of stewed goose, Manager Qian and the Liu couple completed the general renovation of their rouge shop.

Braised food is no longer sold at the doorstep. Instead, all the braised food has been moved inside the shop. The previous "Qian Ji" sign has also been taken down and replaced with a new sign with the words "Xia Ji Braised Food".

In short, there were no loud firecrackers or gongs and drums like when a new shop opens. The "Xia Ji Braised Food" shop was officially opened in silence.

But even so, during this period of time, old customers who have tasted the wonderful flavor of Xia Ji's braised food, as well as new customers who were introduced by others and wanted to try it, all came to the store without an appointment.

It looked very familiar, as if this Xia Ji Braised Food Shop was not a newly opened shop, but an old store with more than ten years of history.

Seeing that Xia Ji's braised food shop was bustling with people and business was booming, some people around could no longer sit still.

"It is said that people who are too kind-hearted cannot do business. In my opinion, this shopkeeper Qian is really a good businessman. In order to make a little money, he even gave up his family name. Is he planning to take the surname Xia from someone else?"

"If you ask me, the one with the guts is Madam Liu. She allowed her husband to run another family's business and followed his lead. She is really a virtuous woman." "I really don't know if the ancestors of the Qian family would be so angry that they would jump out of their coffins if they knew that their descendants gave up their good shop to run another family's business."

"I don't know, but it's definitely true that there's no face underground..."

A bunch of sour words turned in the air with the wind and finally drifted into the ears of Manager Qian and Liu.

Shopkeeper Qian frowned, "These people, they don't do their own housework all day long, they only know how to make up stories about others behind their backs. If they have the time, they should wipe the dust off their own door panels first!"

The door panel is covered with thick dust all day long. Even if there are guests coming, I am afraid they will not be willing to step in.

If your own business is not doing well, look for the reasons in yourself first. If you keep staring at other people's business, will your business get better?
Can other people give you some of the money they earn?

I really don’t know what these people are thinking!

"If you don't want to wipe the dust, then don't wipe it." Liu disagreed. "If you wipe the dust, maybe you can attract a few customers. If you don't wipe the dust, there will be no customers. That's better!"

It can be considered as retribution for gossiping behind one's back!
"It's good, but the less money you make, the more likely you are to stare at others, which is really not a good thing." Shopkeeper Qian was a little worried.

A red-eyed rabbit may bite people when it gets angry.

"If someone is interested in keeping an eye on others, no matter how busy he is at home or how much money he makes, he will probably keep an eye on them even when he is sleeping."

Liu said, "Don't pay attention to those people. If they want to be sharp, let them be sharp. How can people who only dare to say sarcastic things behind their backs have the courage?"

I’m afraid I won’t even dare to do anything bad!

Shopkeeper Qian thought what Liu said made sense, and after nodding repeatedly, he no longer took these sour remarks to heart and focused on running his braised food business.

Doing business well and getting money are the important things.

As for the other side...

A person who is not envied by others is not a successful person.

It's just a few words of criticism, it won't hurt you!
On the contrary, it is those who like to talk behind others' backs, who say too much and have no effect at all, and who even have to drink two more pots of tea when they go back, that are truly not worth the loss!

Here, Wu Xiong chose a place in Dongcheng District that was suitable for opening a breakfast stall. He had customized the necessary stoves, iron pots, long tables, long benches, bowls and spoons according to the specifications of the breakfast stall specified by Xia Mingyue.

Xia Mingyue also helped find two people who could do the job long-term, and Wu Xiong found two people himself, and they began to learn how to fry dough sticks, make spicy soup, etc.

Han also went to Xia Mingyue's home to learn from her.

The reason was that since she was the owner of the breakfast stall, if none of the waiters could do it, she would not know how to do it at all, so she needed to understand everything clearly so that she could manage the stall well.

Furthermore, if anyone needs to take leave for some reason, she can provide some help so that there won’t be a shortage of manpower and chaos at that time.