Chapter 40: Learn to make buns
"Aunt Zhang, have you finished eating so soon?" This book is complicated and unhappy, but it is not very slow.
"Yes, do you want to learn now? Do you need a nap?" Aunt Zhang asked thoughtfully.
"No need, let's go now. I'll change my clothes first. Aunt Zhang waits for me for a while." Tang Shayubi closed the door and entered the room, and quickly changed into his more neat clothes.
Then he went to the kitchen with Aunt Zhang.
The kitchen has been cleaned, and the stove holes are still emitting heat, which is warmer than outside.
As soon as Aunt Zhang entered the kitchen, she took out a wooden board, prepared tools, and lit water.
"Girl, please help me take down the old noodles in that cabinet." Aunt Zhang, who was boiling water, pointed at a cabinet.
Tang Sha walked to the cabinet and opened it. She had never made such a thing before. She didn't even know what the old noodles were.
Looking left and right, I found only a basin containing a piece of dough.
"Aunt Zhang, is this?" Tang Sha looked at Aunt Zhang's basin.
"It's that." Aunt Zhang replied.
Tang Sha closed the cabinet and placed the old noodles next to the wooden board.
Then he asked, "Aunt Zhang, what is the use of this old noodles?" It doesn't seem like a freshly kneaded dough.
He specializes in his skills, and Tang Sha's question aroused Aunt Zhang's enthusiasm: "In fact, everyone's methods of making buns are similar, but the taste is different. The most important part of this is to make noodles. This old noodles is used to make noodles. Generally, the dough takes a long time to make noodles by itself. With this old noodles, it won't take long. It's the same as the koji added when making wine."
"Has something been added to this old noodles?" Tang Sha knew that there was no such thing as yeast in ancient times.
"Where are you adding anything? This is just a normal dough that lasts longer." Aunt Zhang smiled.
Tang Sha nodded, but in fact he had only a slight understanding. It doesn’t matter, just learn it.
Aunt Zhang continued, "Where did I say just now? Oh, this noodles are all about controlling the amount of the old noodles, the warmth of the water, the strength of the dough, the time, the filling of the buns, and the heat when steaming the buns. If you want to say that the best taste of this bun is Taixue buns. I was lucky enough to get a gift from a young master, and I will never forget the taste of the whole life."
Tang Sha, the Taixue Baozi, has been seen in books. It is specially used for rewards from Taixue students, and it can be seen that it is precious.
"If you have the chance, you will definitely taste it."
The water was almost ready, so I made a basin of water and cooled down.
Aunt Zhang washed her hands and took some green onions from the bar. She took a piece of pork that had not been used up just now.
People in the Imperial City generally do not eat pork and think it is cheap. More of them are lamb and beef.
Tang Sha was watching Aunt Zhang carefully from the side, from cutting onions, chopping meat, to mixing sauce.
After the filling is prepared, we start kneading the dough. Aunt Zhang reminded her to use the dosage while practicing it.
After kneading the noodles, I waited to make them. After about two quarters of an hour, I smelled the smell of glutinous rice wine.
"Did you smell this wine? This is the smell when the noodles are ready." Aunt Zhang said.
Tang Sha nodded. Her learning ability was also excellent, so she could understand it at a glance. She secretly wrote down all of these.
Then there is the cut noodles, rolling noodles, and wrapping the filling. Tang Sha can participate in this link.
Seeing Tang Sha's smooth movement of cutting and rolling noodles, she cut the long noodle pieces almost the same size, and her hands were very stable. She suspected that this was not the first time she had done such a thing.
Tang Sha has been learning martial arts for so many years but has not only learned boxing and baton techniques, but also learned a little bit of knife skills from his senior brothers.
A simple operation like sectioning is indeed difficult.
Finally, put the buns in a cage and steam them, and they will be ready in about a quarter of an hour.
Seeing the steamed buns emitting the sweet aroma of flour, Tang Sha felt a little hungry.
After washing my hands, I grabbed one directly with my hands, which was a bit hot.
I took a bite, which was a bit hot.
The noodles are soft and chewy. This taste is similar to the one I bought outside the palace.
But the filling inside is not as delicious as the bun, which may be due to the ingredients.
"Well~ Aunt Zhang, this tastes good. I think you can return to your old business and your business must be very good." Tang Sha sighed.
The words of sincerity scared Aunt Zhang: "What do you mean by a girl?"
Seeing Aunt Zhang's panicked eyes, Tang Sha knew that she had misunderstood her words, and then explained with a smile: "I don't mean to ask you to leave. I just said that the buns you made are no worse than those in the buns and wine shops outside. If you open a store yourself, your business will definitely not be worse than them."
Aunt Zhang then felt relieved and smiled bitterly: "How can I open a store with money? I could help me when my family was still there. Later, I couldn't move the stall alone."
Tang Sha thought for a moment and said, "Aunt Zhang, I have an idea."
"Please tell me, girl."
"I plan to open a shop that specializes in pasta such as buns and cages. What do you think?"
"There are too many people buying buns now, so it's not easy to make." Aunt Zhang advised.
"I know there is a bun in Sichuan and Shu called Xiaolongbao, which tastes delicious. Compared with this bun, it is smaller and tasty. Moreover, I think most of the buns in the imperial city are made of green onion meat. So why can't you make vegetable stuffing? Just like the buns are made of all kinds of delicious dishes. In addition to buns, there are also braised wheat, steamed dumplings, etc. Although I don't know how to make them, I know a lot of exotic cakes. I believe it is not difficult to make them with your experience."
Although Aunt Zhang has good skills, she doesn’t have many ideas in business. But after listening to Tang Sha’s statement, she also thinks it is feasible. She is just afraid that her ability is not enough and she lets down Tang Sha’s trust.
"I'm afraid I'm going to drag my daughter down."
"Why don't we try selling tomorrow? If the business is pretty good, there is no need to shirk it." Tang Sha discussed.
Aunt Zhang thought about it for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Girl tell me what kind of Xiaolongbao is."
Tang Sha is naturally happy to explain.
He distributed the remaining buns to the guys and the bookmakers who had to sleep and read books. Then he tweeted with Aunt Zhang in the kitchen.
It didn't stop until dark. Because I was afraid I would get up early tomorrow, I kept Aunt Zhang and her granddaughter overnight at the bookstore.
Tang Sha fed water and went back to the room to wash, and went to bed. He had to get up early, just like when he was studying, the aunts who made breakfast would come to the cafeteria to cook at around 4 in the morning. The classmates who were close to the cafeteria in the dormitory complained that it was too noisy every day.
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At the foot of Nan'an Temple, a young monk sat on the stairs, with a cute little shaman sitting on his legs. The little shaman held a big gourd in his short and chubby hands. Some water stains were left on the corners of his pink mouth. A broom was placed next to it.
These two people are Wuque and Endless.
Wugui gently wiped away the wine stains on the corner of Wanxian's mouth with his thumb. Wanxian raised his head and looked at Wugui with his clear wet eyes, and said, "Brother Xi, when will Brother Wushi come back?"
Wugui hugged Wujin a little tightly and complained: "You, Senior Brother Wushi, are not a good person. You forgot your junior brother with a wife. Next time you come back, maybe I will bring you a junior nephew back, and he won't want you."
"Really?" Wanjin asked worriedly with her cute, light-colored eyebrows.
Just when Wugui wanted to answer, he suddenly appeared not far away.
After a closer look, I curled my lips and ignored me.
Chapter completed!