Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 752 The meaning of secretly crossing the old warehouse (seeking a monthly ticket)
"Mom, then if we go there the day after tomorrow, we will propose marriage?"

"Almost, logically speaking, we should find another person to go with us in advance. This person should know both of us and have a good relationship, but generally speaking, we should be more inclined to be here. .

After all, when you get to this point, it's just a matter of negotiating conditions, but you and Hongdou get along well, and her parents are also very easy to get along with, so we can go there by ourselves, and we don't need to find anyone else. "

Chen Nian nodded.

If his mother hadn't said these things, he really wouldn't know.

But if the marriage was done in ancient times, the steps would definitely be more cumbersome, that is, some steps have been omitted now, but even so, this kind of thing cannot be explained clearly in a few words.

"I'm going back, are you going back?" Feng Honghong had already packed her things at this time.

"Mom, I'll wait a little longer. I haven't researched new dishes for several days. I want to study again today, so I won't go back now." Chen Nian said.

"There shouldn't be a need for new dishes in our store, and we have to wait until the Chinese New Year is over." Feng Honghong was a little puzzled.

"That's what I said, but the new dish I'm researching this time is not going to be put on the menu so early."

"Okay, anyway, the hotel is yours, you can figure it out yourself."

"Mom, then I'll send you back first." Chen Nian was not in a hurry, and it was getting late now. Usually, his mother and Aunt Wen came back together, so Chen Nian was more at ease, but today his mother was alone. Man, Chen Nian felt that he still had to give it away.

And I always send red beans back, if I don't send my mother, it seems a bit unfair.

Although Feng Honghong strongly refused, not wanting his son to be so troublesome, Chen Nian still insisted. After sending his mother home, he returned to the store by bike again.

As a result, when I came back, I saw that my cousin hadn't left work yet.

So after parking the car, he went to the next door first.

"Sister, you haven't gone back yet?"

"Ah?" Lu Xiao was in the store at the moment, chatting with Gu Cheng while tidying up.

Gu Cheng is also a new employee recruited by his cousin. He used to be a programmer, but because he didn't like his own job very much, he resigned, and then went to work as an ordinary clerk in a cake shop.

After seeing Chen Nian's sudden arrival, he was shocked.

"I've just finished my work, the store hasn't been cleaned yet, and the things for tomorrow are not ready yet, so I'll go back later." Lu Xiao said.

"I'm going to make some late-night snacks later. I may not be able to finish it all by myself. Do you two want to come together later?"

"I……"

Gu Cheng opened his mouth, not knowing whether to agree or not.

But after hearing this, Lu Xiao's eyes lit up: "Okay, Gu Cheng, didn't you say that you sleep late every day? Why don't you go back after eating supper, you also ate my brother The cooked food is very delicious.”

"Okay." Gu Cheng nodded, and looked at Chen Nian with a smile, "Then it's hard work, Boss Chen, but is there anything you need to help with? I always cook by myself at home, I'm here later I'll help you when I'm done."

"No need." Chen Nian waved his hand, "I don't need any help here, just make some simple supper, you can do your work here, and come over when you're done."

After finishing speaking, Chen Nian turned around and returned to the shop.

As early as noon, Chen Nian had already thought about what new dishes he would try in the evening.

He's going to make a tamale and then make a dessert.

The reason why I made steamed pork is because when I was looking at my mobile phone at noon, I discovered that there was a selection of famous regional classic dishes in China a few years ago, and one of the top ten famous dishes in Chongqing is Sichuan-style steamed pork.

Chen Nian always thought that steamed pork with rice flour was not from Sichuan cuisine. Although he had eaten it before, he also went to school in the north. There are many places where this dish is made.

After the last investigation, I found out that the birthplace of tamales is not Sichuan, but Jiangxi.

This dish was recorded for the first time in the "Suiyuan Food List" written by the poet Yuan Mei.

And this dish, as we know before aging, besides originating in Jiangxi, is mainly popular in some provinces in southern China, such as Sichuan, Hunan, AH, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and so on.

In some places in the north such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan and other places, there is also this dish, but they have incorporated some traditional characteristics of the region in terms of cooking techniques.

So Chen Nian became interested in this dish. He did a simple search on the Internet before, and he felt that it is not difficult to make, and it is quite unique.

So I'm going to try it out.

To make tamales, it is natural to use flour and meat literally, but this flour is not made of rice flour, but rice.

When searching the Internet before, Chen Nian saw that the stickiness of the rice used in this dish should not be too long, so Chen Nian thought about it, and directly discarded the glutinous rice, and planned to use rice to make it.

The rice used for aging is also called machine rice, that is, rice polished by a machine.

Usually the rice bought in the supermarket is polished by a machine before being bagged.

So the stickiness of the rice itself is not that strong.

This time, I prepared about a catty and five taels of pork belly and two or two rice. First, put the rice into the pot, then add pepper, cinnamon, and star anise to stir fry.

Wait until its surface is slightly yellow and the water is basically evaporated, then take it out, then grind it into a coarse powder and put it aside for later use.

Then take the pork to clean, scrape off the residual hair on it, and then cut it into slices about eight centimeters long, three millimeters thick, and four centimeters wide.

The pork used for aging is three-line pork belly, which is more moderate in fat and lean.

After cutting, it was aged and washed again, and then the moisture on it was wiped dry with a towel.

After putting it into the plate, add chopped green onion, ginger rice, brown sugar, light soy sauce, a small amount of salt, dark soy sauce, rice wine and fermented bean curd soup.

After grasping and mixing evenly, put a plastic wrap on it and put it in the refrigerator for marinating.

The reason why the dark soy sauce is added is that if only the previous seasonings are added, the color will not be enough, so a part of the dark soy sauce needs to be added for coloring.

The steamed pork version made by Chen Nian is not purely based on Jiangxi characteristics, but incorporates some other local dishes, but the overall pickling is not much different.

While marinating, Chen Nian began to prepare desserts again.

For dessert, Chen Nian plans to make a milk peanut cheese, which Chen Nian saw on the Internet before. At that time, he collected it and planned to make it for red beans after he learned it. However, he is busy every day and he came back this time. After that, I kept making lo mei.

So the old age has been delayed until now.

In fact, Chen Nian originally planned to ask his cousin to eat together tonight, and then have some desserts after eating, and ask her to comment on how she made.

But I didn't expect Gu Cheng to be there, so I couldn't cook just one dish. Three people would have to cook at least three dishes. The other two old-fashioned dishes were to stir-fry one vegetable and another stir-fry beef with celery.

Making milk peanut cheese is actually not complicated, and the ingredients used are also very simple. He doesn’t have milk here, but it doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have it. The cousin next door makes cakes, so there must be no shortage of dessert ingredients.

Chen Nian first peels the peanuts, then puts them directly into the cooking machine, and then adds about a cup of water to grind them into a paste.

Then pass through a sieve again to remove the residue.

After it was done, Chen Nian went to the next door to ask his cousin for some milk.

Put it in a pot and boil, remove the layer of milk skin on it for later use.

Immediately afterwards, he took a small bowl and put cornmeal in it, and then diluted it with water.

At this time, Chen Nian went to the stove to look at the pot again. After cleaning it again, he first poured milk into it, and then poured the ground peanut pulp into it.

Wait until it boils and add sugar.

Stir well, then put the freshly adjusted corn flour into the pot, and then continue to stir gently.

After the pot was boiled again, Chen Nian took it out and poured it into three bowls, and put it aside to wait for it to cool naturally. Later, it needs to be put in the refrigerator for a while after it cools down.

Taking advantage of this time, the aged beef is taken out again, washed and cut into shreds, and then marinated with oyster sauce, light soy sauce, sugar, cooking wine and other ingredients.

It also needs to be refrigerated in the refrigerator, because this can shorten the marinating time and make the beef more flavorful.

After marinating all the ingredients, Chen Nian cleaned up the stove again, which is also his habit.

A clean stove is always more comfortable to look at.

But just after Chen Nian finished cleaning up, Lu Xiao and Gu Cheng also came here.

"Chen Nian, how long will it take for the supper to be ready?"

"Wait a little longer, the meat needs to be steamed." Chen Nian said, "You can wait a little longer, or play a game."

"Playing games?" Lu Xiao sighed, "I'm really not very good at playing games. The only game that can be played on my phone is Xiao Xiao Le. Now I have passed the latest level."

At this moment, Gu Cheng suddenly mentioned: "Then how about we play poker? Boss Chen, do you have any poker here? If not, I'll go and buy a pair, or else just wait and wait."

"I have the playing cards here." Then Chen Nian took out a pack of playing cards from the drawer over the counter.

"Usually they will play when they have nothing to do in the store, but there are only three of us now, how about playing Fight the Landlord?"

"Okay, I will do this."

So the three of them opened the box and poured out the playing cards, and began to fight the landlord.

When he was at Miaomiaowu's house, Chen Nian was hanged up and beaten by Ke Jie on Doudi Zhu, but now that he is here, Chen Nian feels that he has regained some confidence.

While playing cards, he observed the two people in front of him, thinking that the relationship between the two of them seems to be quite close, and Gu Cheng would always visit his cousin from time to time.

The most obvious sign that a person cares about another person is that they always look at each other unconsciously when they laugh.

After playing like this for two rounds: "You two shuffle the cards first, I'll go and see the meat, and I'll play with you later."

After talking about Chen Nian, he got up and went back to the kitchen, took the marinated tamales out of the refrigerator, added broth to it, and mixed the rice noodles well.

After mixing well, press the meat one by one, put the meat skin down into the bowl, and then mix the previously prepared peas with the same seasoning as the meat and spread on top.

Then put it in the pressure cooker, ready to start steaming.

In fact, according to the normal method, it is better to steam slowly in a drawer, but if it is steamed in a drawer, it must be steamed for at least one and a half hours.

But if you use a pressure cooker, this time will be greatly shortened.

It is only the first time to make this in old age, so he needs to check whether the taste is suitable or not, and the ratio of rice. If there is no problem with the taste and the rice, then it will be fine to use a cage in the future.

After turning on the switch of the pressure cooker, Chen Nian put the cooled milk and peanut cheese into the refrigerator to refrigerate.

After finishing these, he went outside to continue playing cards.

While fighting the landlord, Chen Nian asked some things about Gu Cheng on the sidelines, such as his basic information and some hobbies.

At the same time, he was watching his cousin.

Lu Xiao is actually similar to Gu Cheng, and he always looks aside from time to time. Chen Nian, who is now going through the stage of passionate love, can naturally see that there seems to be something wrong with the two of them.

Overall, Gu Cheng's family background is good, and after getting along with him for a while, he realized that Gu Cheng is also a good person.

She doesn't smoke, loves to be clean, and matches her cousin quite well in character.

"Sister, I'm about to get married, and you don't even have a date. Are you planning to turn your cake shop into a listed company before looking for it?" Chen Nian asked.

"What are you talking about? I just want to take a good look at the cake shop now. As for the other things, I haven't thought much about it yet. Anyway, I'm not in a hurry."

Gu Cheng seemed to have noticed something at this time, he glanced at Chen Nian inadvertently, and then asked casually: "Boss, if you are looking for a boyfriend, what are your requirements?"

Lu Xiao blushed slightly when she heard this, and an imperceptible panic flashed in her eyes, but she has been urged to marry many times over the years, so she is very experienced in dealing with such problems: "If I'm in a relationship, I have to be over 1.8 meters tall, and I don't ask him to be handsome, but at least he shouldn't be too sloppy. He must be self-motivated, and he must be clean, and it is best to support him. My career, I don't want to become a full-time wife after marriage.

Even if I have kids later, I don't want to throw out my cake shop, at least I can do it again after the kids start school. "

Hearing these words, Gu Cheng began to correspond in his heart.

After thinking for a while, he felt that he fully met Lu Xiao's requirements.

At this time, he looked at Chen Nian again, wanting Chen Nian to ask more questions in this regard, but unexpectedly, Chen Nian's voice turned to Gu Cheng again, talking about some developments in the computer industry.

Although Gu Cheng was a little anxious, Chen Nian never talked about love, so he had no choice but to wait.

But he already had such thoughts, and in the process of playing cards later, he would always give way to Chen Nian and Lu Xiao intentionally or unintentionally.

Soon after another half an hour passed, Chen Nian saw that the time was almost up, so he asked the two of them to wait for a while, because he needed to go to the kitchen to get busy.

(End of this chapter)