Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2039 Group Wedding ([-])

After finishing speaking, he got up and went to the long dining table.Zhang Yu was startled, and hurriedly followed.

According to the sponsor's opinion, this buffet is to fully demonstrate the superiority of the "Australian style" lifestyle.

Local tyrants are not short of money, and they are in this "Number One City in the South", so they naturally strive for excellence in food and drink.This is different from the buffet dinner held in Lingao and other places.

Judging from their personal experience, the cooking of the Ming Dynasty was relatively simple and simple, whether in terms of variety or seasoning, it was still not comparable to the salt merchants of the Qing Dynasty who worked hard to eat, drink and have fun in the old time and space.However, most of the guests are big families, and Ziminglou has been opened in Guangzhou for many years. Most of them have tasted various "Australian dishes", and it is obvious that dishes such as "tomato scrambled eggs" and "fried chicken" can no longer make them produce Shocked.

If you want to make some high-end dishes from the old time and space, there is no difficulty, but most of these dishes are dishes with double precision of knife and firework, which cannot be processed in large quantities, and are not suitable for long-term heat preservation required by large banquets.

Therefore, when Fang Fei discussed the menu with the veteran in charge of the chef, he first emphasized "abundance" rather than "exquisiteness".

"It's like everyone going to the United States. American food, as you know, is definitely better than British food. I can't talk about other things, but anyone who has been to the United States will definitely be shocked by the abundance and cheapness of food in the United States. .We want this effect.”

Under the leadership of several veteran culinary enthusiasts, the chefs of the big world studied many buffet recipes in the old time and space, and drew up the buffet menu for the wedding.

Because it was the 17th century, people generally lacked oil and water in their stomachs, so "hard vegetables" were indispensable.There are nearly ten kinds of "meat dishes" alone, such as mountains of golden crispy meat; ribs baked with spices and honey baked on the grill; fried chicken legs and wings; crispy fried chicken cutlets strips; sauced lion heads piled into a pyramid shape, sprinkled with emerald green scallions... Even the braised pork was stewed in two big pots.The red, trembling pork belly is steaming in a large earthenware pot. The side dish of one pot is potatoes, and the other pot is dried bamboo shoots-this can effectively reduce the amount of pork belly.

In order to highlight abundance, the supply cannot be limited, but the budget is limited.So there are many ways to save money similar to braised pork: in addition to horseshoes, minced fried dough sticks are mixed into the lion's head; fried pork strips and crispy meat should be coated as thickly as possible, comparable to chicken popcorn.

Since the cost of meat needs to be controlled, relatively abundant aquatic products are used in large quantities.In the two large pots, a variety of surimi products are cooked according to the practice of Kanto cooking, including fish cakes and chikuwa produced in modern methods, as well as fish skin dumplings, swallow dumplings, fish balls, etc. made by Fujian chefs.One bite is a traditional clear soup flavor, and the other is a curry flavor.

The highlight is fresh seafood.Because there is no cold chain logistics in this time and space, it is difficult to transport seafood that dies out of water to the market in time.Even a coastal city like Guangzhou rarely has fresh seafood to eat, and most of them are dried and pickled before they go on the market.Even wealthy families can rarely eat dishes cooked with fresh seafood.

The seafood shipped from Hong Kong is also cooked in various ways, such as fish, crab, shrimp, shellfish, salt and pepper, fried, steamed, grilled, braised, boiled and boiled. There are a variety of cooking methods and seasonings, including curry, satay Such exotic seasonings are also available.As soon as it is put out, the well-informed big households are amazed.

Some of them often come and go to the Ziming Building, and it is not uncommon for them to have seen the Australians' ability to cook fresh seafood. However, with so many varieties and so many cooking methods gathered together, more than ten large pots and baking trays are full of long The table emits all kinds of fragrances, and people can't help but twitch their index fingers when they get close.

"Brother Zhang, this item is a rare gem." Gao Ju wanted to establish a relationship with him, and deliberately chatted with him while picking up the vegetables.

Although Zhang Yu has read a lot of "Australian books" and "Australian periodicals", most of the matters related to Australians are just on paper -- it is also the first time he eats this buffet.The ability to not show timidity depends entirely on the scattered articles I have read in the past.

Now he was a little dizzy standing in front of the dining table, suffering from difficulty in choosing.There are too many dishes in front of him that he doesn't know.At this moment, Master Gao suddenly said this, and he couldn't help but feel panicked. He looked up and saw that it was a large metal plate. The bottom of the plate was water mixed with crushed ice, and it was filled with crystal clear small glasses. The ones are cream-like things of various colors, dotted with slices of fruit.

Zhang Yu knew about this thing, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and said: "This is ice cream." In order to show that he had tasted it himself, and it wasn't just hearsay, he added, "Ziminglou has this."

"Ziminglou's ice cream is really wonderful! Although I know that the ice cream used is nothing more than sugar and milk, but I don't know what secret method the Australians use to make it so dense, soft, mellow and smooth."

Dairy products were also produced in the Ming Dynasty, and the cheese brought by the Mongols was not too rare in the Ming Dynasty.Some people also say that ice cream was invented in the Yuan Dynasty and was later spread to Europe by Marco Polo.However, in fact, the similar practice of adding milk, cream, and spices to shaved ice or crushed ice has existed since ancient Egypt.But these primitive "ice creams" are not the same thing as ice cream in the modern sense.

The flavor of modern ice cream comes from the churned sweet cream that has not been completely frozen after being frozen, maintaining a semi-melted taste.The large amount of air mixed in during the stirring process adds a fluffy feeling to the semi-melted and soft taste.

The manufacture of ice cream requires a lower temperature. The taste of modern Italian and American ice cream could not be achieved by relying on natural ice refrigeration in the 17th century.The production of Ziminglou also relies entirely on the availability of cold storage—naturally, the production rate is not high, and it is an out-and-out luxury in Guangzhou.

Zhang Yu, however, read an article about ice cream in a magazine, and now he wanted to show off, saying: "The ingredients and preparation of ice cream are not difficult. It's rare that there is no refrigerator used by Australians——I read it in a magazine, saying that making ice cream The temperature is so cold that it cannot be reached even by piling up countless ice cubes."

"Brother Zhang really has profound knowledge of Australia." Gao Ju exclaimed, "I heard that the several trade names opened by the Zunfu all use Australian machines to produce, and there must be many similar Australian secret methods."

As soon as Zhang Yu mentioned this, he suddenly became energetic, talking endlessly about the machines he bought with a loan, how easy these machines are to use, and how their production efficiency is extremely high.

"... Let's just talk about this mixer, which can mix hundreds of catties of powder at a time, and several thousand catties a day. If you ask the master to mix it manually, it's not bad to be able to stir hundreds of catties a day. It takes a lot of energy. They eat a lot, and they eat a lot. Not to mention wages, even the food is a huge expense. Now the factory only needs to send laborers to feed and discharge materials on time, and hire a child to look after the rest at any time—he can watch three Four mixers. The wages are less than one-fifth of the master's."

Zhang Yu said it with joy - he rarely has the opportunity to talk about this with people on weekdays. After all, he is not the second generation of dim sum shop who has nothing to do and reads newspapers in teahouses, but is in charge of a factory with stores. General Manager of a food company.Although the business is hired by a shopkeeper to manage it, you have to do it yourself in the end. The days of bragging and farting are gone forever.

He agrees with the new machines and methods of the Australians from the bottom of his heart, and is complacent about his "luck".But this kind of proud mood rarely has the opportunity to tell.After prodding Gao Gao for a while, he couldn't help pouring out in front of this unfamiliar outsider.

He raised his head and nodded perfunctorily, while secretly calculating in his heart.He didn't say these words just to flatter Zhang Yu, to get close to him.At the same time, it is also to understand the actual situation of the "light industry model" erected by the Australian.The Zhang family is currently the only "private enterprise" in Guangzhou that uses a large number of Australian machines and technologies.It is said that he made a lot of money.Gao Ju also intends to follow suit and invest the funds accumulated over the years of trade in industrial production.

However, after he inquired about the situation, the chiefs are very welcome to invest in the industry, and there are various support policies.But after a preliminary understanding, the investment in this industry is astonishingly high.Let’s take Zhang’s factory as an example. It is said that it only spent more than 1 yuan to buy land, build a factory building, and purchase equipment—all of which were made possible by loans from Australians.

And he also learned that although the Zhang family has taken a large number of orders from Australians, especially from the military, the factory operates in three shifts, making money like a torrent of money.However, the super-large production scale also brings pressure on capital turnover.It is said that the production and operation of Zhang's Food Company can only be maintained by "bank" loans.If the loan is interrupted, you will be in trouble immediately.

This kind of situation made Gao Ju couldn't help hesitating on it.There is no doubt that Zhang Yu is a benchmark set by the chiefs. As long as he does not commit suicide, no matter what happens, the Senate will definitely protect him.But it's hard to say whether there is such a relationship between my family and the Senate.Zhang Yu started at a young age, but now he has an advantage.

What he looked up to was the Australian-style silk and satin computer room.Not long ago, the chiefs were still promoting this project to the federation, but very few people responded.After looking at it, I also feel biting - the initial investment is more than 10 yuan, and some machines cost thousands of yuan per machine, and there are also supporting steam engines, boilers and other things, which are also hundreds of thousands of expenses.In operation, the monthly production and operating expenses are an astonishing figure, not to mention the huge investment in the cocoon harvesting season.

If there is a mistake in such a transaction, I am afraid that the family will go bankrupt! ——
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