Pastoral Valley Fragrance

Chapter 156 Peach Jam Is Delicious and Difficult to Make

Gu Yu bit her lip and stared at the stove motionlessly, her expression was more nervous than when she was boiling the medicine, because this time she was not sure at all.

On the contrary, Xu Qinshi and Xiao He, who were watching the excitement, chatted and laughed lightly there. When they heard that Gu Yu was going to cook the fruit into sauce, they were a little curious. They had never heard of the method, and Hearing An Jinxuan say that if peach sauce is made in the future, it can be eaten in winter, so it is very fresh to watch, and he is giving ideas on the side.

Gu Yu has never done such a thing before, in her imagination, it is nothing more than peeling and removing the core of the peaches, putting them into the pot to boil, and then putting some caramel in it to stir when it is almost done.

The result was unsatisfactory, the first time it was boiled into a mush, the second time I forgot to add sugar, and finally the third time, it took a lot of effort to cook it into a somewhat mushy look, but the taste was not much better.

Xu Qinshi didn't take it seriously, and said with a smile: "Gu Yu, don't worry about it. I really feel bad after eating this. Is there anyone willing to buy it? Besides, maybe you won't even be able to earn back the money for the candy. of."

Xiao He also said the same thing, but she still had hope, "Otherwise, try more, I always feel that cooking like this is not right. Grandma was so particular about the roses when she made them. Just cook it like this."

One sentence reminded the person in the dream, Gu Yu patted his head suddenly, knowing that this approach might not work, he threw the fire stick and sat on the ground thinking.Seeing her like this, Xu Qinshi and Xiao He quietly went back to the main room and asked Wang Shi and the others not to go in and bother her.

An Jinxuan squatted on the ground, feeling a little strange, "I've eaten these things before. Although I don't think they are very tasty, they are better, better than this time..."

Gu Yu looked at this crude pot and stove, thinking not to say that the cooking is not delicious now, even if it is delicious, it will be difficult to make it together in a big pot. It still needs to be sealed one by one, she sighed faintly, and continued: "I just don't know if we cut this piece too big. I'll try to chop it up and see."

An Jinxuan looked at Gu Yu, although he was a little discouraged, but he did not give up. He had no reason not to continue. Even if the food he made couldn't be eaten in the end, he would definitely continue to make it with Gu Yu, so he went over to arrange the things , "Peel the skin, leave the chopping to me."

The two of them kept busy from home until it was time to light the lamps. The people outside were urging them to eat, and they didn't care about it. The main reason was that they couldn't do without people.Originally, the whole family ate together, especially in this farmer's family, the dinner seemed more grand. Fortunately, Li Dequan and the others were not rigid people, and they didn't delay because of playing around. , just let them, Xiaoman cut off the food to the backyard, let them watch the stove while eating.

After repeated experiments, the food produced is neither delicious nor unpalatable, that is, it can be eaten, but the fragrance is good, Gu Yu still shakes his head, always feeling that there is something wrong with his method, whether it is not good or not. Just try another way.

After so many experiments, I still don't know how to control the heat. According to Gu Yu's own understanding, the peach sauce naturally evaporates the water, and the rest is mixed with caramel sugar, which is almost the same.But thinking is easier said than done.

The food that Xiao Man sent was quite hearty, Gu Yu liked to eat steamed egg custard, and he munched on other vegetables.

An Jinxuan ate and looked at the flowers in the basket beside him. They were left by Xiao He just now, and they were slightly trumpet-shaped. He suddenly asked Gu Yu, "Gu Yu, what do you think of this flower? What color is it?"

Gu Yu's head was full of peaches and peaches, and he rolled his eyes when he asked, "Nonsense, isn't this white!"

An Jinxuan chuckled, squeezed his fingers hard, and the white flower became transparent, and placed it next to the oil lamp for Gu Yu to see, "You think it's white, sometimes it's not, there are bubbles in it, just squeeze it and you'll see it." become transparent."

Gu Yu ate his meal bit by bit, looking at the fire, he was a little absent-minded, "What about the whiteness, what about the transparency, the most important thing right now is to get the moisture out of the peaches..." Gu Yu suddenly stood up, almost throwing the rice bowl in his hand go out.

An Jinxuan was watching from the sidelines and was terrified, "Okay, okay, I have to eat first, I'm really crazy, but I was going to ask my uncle, there must be some outsiders coming to his restaurant , and he also goes out every year, so he has more knowledge than us, but the shopkeeper is busy, and he said that uncle doesn't have much time, so I'll be back. But I remembered, last time I went to you On the other side of the master, he is also steaming something..."

Gu Yu pondered for a while, then burst out laughing, "Brother Jinxuan, we've gone astray, we just want to cook like crazy, but you know, the water hasn't been squeezed out yet, relying on this You have to keep stirring the fire, don’t panic if you’re tired, or burn the pot if you’re not careful, I have a solution!”

Seeing Gu Yu's continuous complacency, An Jinxuan asked repeatedly, "What idea did you think of?"

Gu Yu coughed twice, refused to eat, his hands were already stained with peaches, and looked a bit dark under the night light.Gu Yu peeled the peaches with his dark hands, "Look, there must be a lot of water here, and it would be troublesome for us to squeeze it out, but it's better to ripen the peaches first, then gently squeeze out a little water, and the remaining The cooked peach meat is soft, add a certain amount of sugar, and then cook some of these cooked peach meat in a pot, stirring constantly, maybe you can make a good peach sauce! Quick and easy!"

An Jinxuan listened to it word for word, and then asked another question, "Then don't you need to use water when you cook the peaches?"

Gu Yu was still a little excited, and went over to take pictures of An Jinxuan, "You, you, you are so smart, who said that you have to use water to cook it? I should have thought of it when I boiled the medicine today, but luckily my sister today I made this custard for me to eat at night, so I thought about it more."

An Jinxuan was confused by Gu Yu's incoherent words, and fumbled, "What does it have to do with medicine and custard? .

"Steam!"

Just such a word, it all explains the problem clearly.An Jinxuan went to the front yard to bring a stack of bowls, and Gu Yu quickly peeled and removed the core, so that a peach was divided into several petals and put into the bowl. Steaming in the pot, the matter of burning the fire is much more at ease, and there is no need to worry about it getting burnt.

Telling An Jinxuan to watch the fire, Gu Yu cleaned the small pot again, waiting for the ripe peach meat to be cooked.

After the peaches were steamed, the flesh of the peaches had already started to soften. Gu Yu simply didn't squeeze the water. Anyway, some of it would evaporate during cooking. Besides, if there was no water at all, the sugar wouldn't melt.

While cooking this time, the aroma is very different. Gu Yu was excited for a while, and kept stirring with a spatula in his hand, while stirring, he shouted, "Slow fire, small fire, the pot is almost burnt... Big fire, big fire, hurry up!" Order, or when will it be cooked."

These two people are so busy in the backyard, it sounds funny to the people in front, but since the big guys don't have any ideas, they simply don't bother them.

Gu Yu and the others naturally couldn't care about the people in front of them. They only had jam in their eyes. The light from the oil lamp was very weak. Gu Yu was stirring the contents of the pot, and a huge black shadow was cast on the wall. An Jinxuan squatted on the ground to light the fire, watching Seeing the black shadow constantly moving around, and Gu Yu's loud voice, he suddenly felt that the shadow was very vivid and exaggerated.It goes without saying.

Gu Yu was sweating profusely, but she didn't feel the heat. Besides, she couldn't rely on experience this time, just relying on intuition. Seeing that the contents of the pot had already been stained with the spatula, An Jinxuan brought a bowl of water and put it on the stove. On the stage, I used chopsticks to light some peach sauce from the pot and put it in. I looked at it, and before I could speak, Gu Yu shouted loudly: "Ah, don't mess with water, it will be easy to mold, otherwise How can you keep it!"

An Jinxuan chuckled, "I want to say that the jam is ready. You can see that it doesn't disperse in the water, and it sinks. It should be ready. Otherwise, it will be dry if it is too hard. Why are you so anxious? Where can I stay this time?"

Only then did Gu Yu come to her senses, and she kept thinking about going to the sky one step at a time, to seal it, to prevent it from getting in contact with these cold waters, how could she think that this might not be the first one, but after hearing An Jinxuan's words, she did With an embarrassed smile, he picked up a little bit with chopsticks and tasted it in his mouth, feeling overjoyed for a while.

Gu Yu and An Jinxuan carried the big bowls and went back to the main room through the back door one after another.

Xu Qinshi looked at them amused, "Did you come back from burning charcoal, look at that black body, smoky, why should you suffer such a crime..."

Gu Yu didn't need to look to know that the two of them were not looking much better at this moment. They had been locked in the stove for so long, and the fire was still burning inside in this weather, plus the peach juice stained their clothes and fingers, and there was still time to burn. The uncertain dust and the smell of sweat all over her body, she didn't care about these, she brought the bowls to everyone with a smile and smelled them, then put the bowls on the table, said with a sense of accomplishment , "If you want to eat peach sauce, get your chopsticks yourself!"

"Why, is it really made? It smells good, do you know how it tastes?"

Gu Yu had already tasted it, so naturally she stood aside with a smile and said nothing.

Xiao He rushed to the kitchen to get the chopsticks, handed them to everyone, then ran again to get the bowl, Xiao Man also went to fetch water as instructed, and mixed the peach sauce with water.Everyone praised and thought of a way, and then Xu Qinshi said to mix the water and put it in a jar and drop it into the well water. I will eat it at noon tomorrow, and everyone will like it.

It's a pity that when I looked back, I was surprised that the little peach sauce just now could not stand up to everyone's eating like this, there was nothing left, and Xia Zhi was holding the bowl of peach sauce and licking it happily.

(End of this chapter)