cultivating immortals and planting the fields

Chapter 596 Invention of Tofu
At this time, although it is already midnight, almost twelve o'clock, the stall owners who set up the night market have not closed their stalls, no matter whether they have business or not. Closing the stalls, of course, there are some stalls that are almost sold out, or feel that today’s business is already very good, closing the stalls early, going home and resting early, can be regarded as a day off for themselves, but this is just an individual, For example, Zhang Wei's stall at the intersection, after Zhang Wei just paid the bill, the boss has already started to clean up the stall, because the draft beer has been bought, and the large piece of barbecue is almost consumed.

Passed a few more stalls along the way, most of them were barbecue stalls, or snacks such as soup noodles, cold noodles, cold noodle, basically nothing new, just passed a few stalls, the bottle of Jiudu in Fenglie's hand was already drunk It's almost there.

"Brother, this beer is not as good as that draft beer. Although it has a little more fragrance, it lacks a little of the original wheat fragrance. If you drink it in one sip, it feels okay, but if you taste it carefully, the taste will not be good, hehe , I’m not bragging, if it weren’t for my thousands of years of experience in wine tasting, I really wouldn’t be able to drink it.” Feng Lie drank almost all of the bottle of Jiudu, obviously, he also drank the difference, Zhang Wei only bought a mention, which seems to be correct.

"Brother, there is a tofu stand in front of you, do you want to taste it?" Zhang Weishun glanced at a small night market stall with "Liu Kee Bean Stall" hanging not far in front, and the faint smell of stinky tofu , You can smell it from a long distance, although the smell is very smelly, but when you smell it carefully, there is a bit of bean fragrance in it. When you mention tofu, you have to think of Liu An, the king of Huainan.

According to legend, tofu was invented by Huainan King Liu An, and there are different theories about the invention of this tofu by Huainan King Liu An. One of them said that Huainan King Liu An's mother was sick, but he wanted to eat bean yellow, but the bean yellow was too hard I couldn’t eat it, so Liu An had an idea and asked people to grind the tofu and then burn it into juice. However, in order to increase the taste, Liu An ordered people to add some salt. Most modern times put marinated salt, but there is no Thinking of it, the soy milk turned into lumps, which not only tasted tender, but also delicious.

In addition, soy products are rich in nutrition and good for physical and mental health, and tofu is even more delicious. Therefore, tofu has gradually been passed down, and as tofu spreads more and more widely, more and more types of soy products have been developed. However, even so, everyone still prefers Bagongshan tofu.The reason is that Liu An invented tofu in Bagong Mountain at that time.

Then some soy products like tofu skin, stewed tofu, firm tofu, water tofu, dried tofu, etc. were gradually developed following the popularity of tofu. Even later, in the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhi And also inadvertently invented stinky tofu.In fact, stinky tofu is also made from fermented bean curd. Wang Zhihe, a person in the Qing Dynasty, because he failed the imperial examination, had no choice but to return to his ancestral business at home and grind tofu to make a living. There is a lot of savings, but if the accumulated tofu cannot be sold, it will definitely lose everything. Therefore, Wang Zhihe cut the tofu into small pieces, mixed with salt, spices, etc. and sealed them in jars. Fermented bean curd can be produced.

However, who knew that after a while, when Wang Zhihe opened the jar again, the fermented bean curd was not produced, but the tofu became stinky. Wang Zhihe tasted it unintentionally when he was disappointed, but he didn't expect The stinky tofu tasted delicious. Wang Zhihe, who thought he would lose all his money, was overjoyed, so he used other methods to enhance the taste of the stinky tofu. He was originally a scholar, naturally intelligent, but in the end it was fried Stinky tofu is the most delicious.

In today's soy products, in addition to soy milk, there are tofu nao, water tofu, firm tofu, and stinky tofu.

Because tofu was only invented in the last millennium, especially stinky tofu, it’s not that long. This is the first time I’ve even heard of it, let alone eaten it. It's so delicious, now that Zhang Wei said so, he really couldn't help but want to chop it up immediately.

Zhang Wei didn't know if Liu An, the King of Huainan, really existed. There was Liu An in the Heavenly Court, but he was not the King of Huainan. In the Heavenly Court, there wasn't even tofu, let alone stinky tofu.

"Little brother is really amazing. Our tofu jar was passed down from our ancestor Liu Angong, the king of Huainan. Now tofu has entered thousands of households and has become the most common home-cooked dish. However, there are not many who can remember who invented tofu. Not to mention who invented the stinky tofu. Come on, two little brothers, here are two deep-fried stinky tofu, and our own homemade sauce, which is best eaten with dipping. The other Mashan is Good." This tofu jar is also a husband and wife stall, it seems that most of them here are husband and wife stalls, the stalls are not big, four or five tables, two people, busy, should be enough.

The boss doesn’t look too young, he is about five or sixty years old, his temples have started to turn gray, and his hair is clustered with silver. He also admired Zhang Wei’s explanation just now. Today’s young people, besides knowing that tofu is made of beans and Except for water, what materials are used for other materials? It is estimated that there will be no one in a thousand miles who knows. As for the inventor, he may know even less, let alone these allusions. Boring, obtained from reading books.The stinky tofu is passed down by the old people in the village. They say that in Tongshan Town, there are Wang Zhihe's descendants, and the stinky tofu made is unique.However, the real Wang family himself went to other places to open a company to sell stinky tofu. The tofu he handed down was only sold in Tongshan Town.Therefore, it is not famous.

However, Zhang Wei has never eaten stinky tofu, especially deep-fried stinky tofu. It looks like tofu is cheap, but in fact, this stinky tofu is not cheap. There are really not many people who spend money on stinky tofu, such as wild vegetables and radishes, so stinky tofu is more popular in big cities.

For example, at this small stall, looking at the piles of disposable small plates next to it, even those who still order stinky tofu from time to time will know that the business of this small stall is indeed good.

Moreover, this tofu store is not just selling stinky tofu. Since it is called "bean stall", there are several kinds of soy products for sale.

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