Food starts with noodles

He was rejected by Yao Meixiang before he finished speaking: "Learn what to learn, what is so easy to learn about kimchi, it's all hard work, I'm exhausted and I don't want to talk about it, the key is that I can't make any money..."

Chapter 162

Not only Yao Meixiang objected to his study, Li Hao also advised Xu Zhuo beside him.

"Boss Xu, why are you learning this thing? Study more food. It's useless for you to learn pickles. Few people in the Central Plains eat pickles. They usually eat pickles..."

As soon as I said this, Yao Meixiang suddenly asked: "What kind of taste do your pickles have? That foolish old Wei always said that the pickles I made are not as good as pickles..."

Hearing these words, Xu Zhuo and Li Hao were both stunned.

Yu Keke also pointedly said: "I didn't expect my godfather to be such a straight man before."

After finishing speaking, she took a look at Xu Zhuo.

Xu Zhuo is now thinking about Yao Meixiang's words: "My godfather said that, he must be homesick, right?"

Yao Meixiang nodded: "I'm right, I'm homesick, but I haven't said it clearly, let people guess what's on my mind, who has so much free time to guess his mind every day."

"As a big man, it's not easy to do things at all. He always hides and hides. It's annoying..."

It turned out that the separation between the two was not all about the children's problems.

There have been conflicts before.

Xu Zhuo was about to ask a few more questions when a customer suddenly asked Yao Meixiang, "Old Yao, how much is this jar of wild peppers? It's really hard to find wild peppers now, and all the ones sold in the market are artificially grown." ..."

Yao Meixiang walked over with the bowl and began to bargain with them.

All morning, the yard has been overcrowded.

Not only nearby households, but also chefs from some restaurants also came to purchase.

In Rongcheng and even the entire Sichuan-Chongqing region, almost everyone knows how to make kimchi, and everyone has a set of experience in making kimchi.

But this does not mean that no one buys kimchi anymore. On the contrary, the kimchi business has always been very popular in Sichuan and Chongqing.

With the accelerated pace of life, not everyone has the time to prepare a jar of kimchi at home.

Those office workers get up early and stay late all day, so they have no time to make kimchi, so when they are hungry, they buy some on the street and take them home.

If you are more particular, you can come to a store like Yao Meixiang, which specializes in buying Laotan kimchi.

What are the benefits of using old altars to make kimchi? The people who make kimchi can't tell.

But the taste of kimchi is indeed better than that made by Xintan.

And the older the kimchi jar, the better the taste.

When selling kimchi for Yao Meixiang, Xu Zhuo noticed that some people bought kimchi and just ordered and left, while some people sneaked out a jar or something else after buying kimchi and begged for kimchi water.

What kind of magical effect does this thing have?

During the busy break, Xu Zhuo asked Yao Meixiang.

Yao Meixiang smiled and said, "They want to make kimchi by themselves, but they are afraid that it won't taste good, so they come here to scoop up some old altar water and mix it in when making kimchi, the taste will be even better."

It was only then that Xu Zhuo realized that there was such a way.

Perhaps knowing that Yao Meixiang's shop will be closed, there are a lot of people buying kimchi today, and everyone wants to buy as much as possible.

Of course, the people who came were not only those who bought kimchi, but also came to ask Yao Meixiang if he sold kimchi jars.

These jars are very authentic old jars because they make kimchi all the year round.

Buying it back to make kimchi will improve the taste to a higher level.

But Yao Meixiang didn't plan to sell it: "I don't sell it, I don't sell it, I will continue to make kimchi when I find a suitable place. How are you going to do business after you buy me?"

He worked until noon, when the hustle and bustle in the courtyard came to an end.

Less than half of the pickles in the yard have been sold out, and it is estimated that they will be completely sold out in a few days.

Yao Meixiang was in a good mood. Although she still couldn't accept having an extra godson, these young people were kind and capable, and helped her a lot.

So, for lunch, she decided to take Xu Zhuo and the three of them to eat something delicious.

Several people took a taxi to a hot pot restaurant with an unremarkable sign.

The shop is not big, but it's very cozy. Before entering the door, the unique spicy smell of hot pot is directly drilled into the nose.

After entering, Yao Meixiang led a few people to the second floor, sat down and began to order the bottom of the pot.

Yao Meixiang glanced at several people: "Can I eat spicy? The hot pot in this restaurant is not very spicy. I usually order extra spicy, but you may not be used to it, so you can order medium spicy."

It's like making a huge compromise.

But I can't stand the medium spicy.

When Xu Zhuo mentioned these two words, he thought of Li Hao's eye-catching flaming red lips yesterday.

He said to Yao Meixiang: "Godmother, we can't eat spicy food..."

Yao Meixiang was a little upset: "You can't choose slightly spicy, right? Mildly spicy is to fool you outsiders, you don't feel like eating it at all..."

Boss Xu has done a test before, and the spiciness he can accept is slightly spicy, and it would be better if it is slightly spicy.

The mild spiciness was completely beyond his tolerance.

But now facing Yao Meixiang whose minimum acceptable level is medium spicy, Xu Zhuo is a little at a loss.

Today I really saw how wild Sichuan and Chongqing people eat spicy food.

In order to prevent his own mouth from turning into a sausage mouth, Xu Zhuo finally couldn't help but said: "Godmother, why don't you order the mandarin duck pot, so that you can eat extra spicy, and we don't have to feel so uncomfortable..."

Yao Meixiang was completely disappointed, she glanced at Li Hao and Yu Keke: "You two don't eat spicy food?"

Li Hao still has lingering fears about yesterday's experience: "I don't want to eat, I don't want to eat, I have oral ulcers, and I'm still taking medicine."

The nonsense of these words really came out of my mouth.

In the end, Yao Meixiang said that she could help him treat it: "Mouth ulcers are not considered a disease, and it will be cured immediately after eating a hot pot..."

In the end, Yu Keke had to go out.

"Godmother, I really like tomato hot pot, let me satisfy it today."

Yao Meixiang has never been in contact with children, so she has no resistance to Coco's acting like a baby.

In the end, she nodded with a disappointed face: "Forget it, let's go to the mandarin duck."

After finishing speaking, she waved at the waiter, ordered an extra spicy and tomato mandarin duck pot, and then started to order shabu-shabu.

Hairy belly, yellow throat, duck intestines, shrimp slips, goose intestines, duck blood, county liver, fat beef, brain flower, bean curd, wide noodles, lotus root slices, crispy meat, spicy beef, brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, etc. Yao Meixiang ticked off.

After ordering, start ordering dipping dishes.

Xu Zhuo and the others ordered mashed garlic with sesame oil, while Yao Meixiang ordered dry dishes.

The extra spicy hot pot with dry dishes completely opened Xu Zhuo's horizons.

The food was served very quickly. Before the hot pot was boiled, half of the dishes were served.

Taking advantage of this time, Xu Zhuo once again expressed his idea of ​​learning how to make kimchi.

"Godmother, if you don't do this, you just do it once. I can learn how much I can count. What do you think? I have come to Rongcheng, so I have to learn one thing."

"Besides, kimchi is an essential condiment in Sichuan cuisine. If you don't know how to make kimchi, can you still be considered a master of Sichuan cuisine?"

Yao Meixiang looked at Xu Zhuo like that: "Okay, okay, I just want to make diving kimchi for an old customer this afternoon, you can take a look if you want to learn..."

Chapter 163 Diving Kimchi

Diving kimchi is a type of Sichuan-style kimchi, also known as boiling water or bathing dishes.

Because the brewing time is short, it can be eaten within a day or two after entering the altar, like taking a bath in the kimchi water, so it is called diving kimchi.

Diving kimchi cannot be stored for a long time, and it will turn sour if it is soaked for a long time, so it is basically eaten as it is soaked.

The raw materials of diving kimchi are usually melon vegetables or hard roots, stems, leaves, fruits, etc. The meat dishes are usually pig ears, chicken feet and pig offal.

The opposite of diving kimchi is deep water kimchi.

Deep-water vegetables are pickled vegetables that have been soaked in water for a long time, such as ginger, garlic, pepper, radish, etc. It can be soaked in water for half a year without any problems, and the more soaked, the more mellow the taste.

According to the purpose, Sichuan pickles are also divided into side dishes and seasoning dishes.

The next meal refers to the kimchi that can be picked up or mixed or poured with chili oil to accompany the meal and porridge. Most vegetable kimchi, such as radish, celery sticks, cabbage leaves, etc., fall into this category. .

Seasoning dishes refer to pickles that can be used as seasonings for cooking dishes, such as pickled peppers, pickled ginger, pickled garlic, and Laotan sauerkraut.

Pickles are the secret weapon of Sichuan cuisine. A qualified master of Sichuan cuisine must be able to season with pickles and know how to make a dish delicious with pickles.

After reading the introduction about kimchi on his mobile phone, Xu Zhuo heaved a long sigh of relief.

The pickled peppers and chicken feet that I make by myself are also a kind of diving pickles. In the afternoon, I just observe how to do it and learn the skills of pickling.

Half a month has passed since the last time I learned seafood porridge in a big hotel in the provincial capital.

The skill that has been devoted to learning has been cooled down and can be used again.

Before coming here, Xu Zhuo wanted to find a knife-cut noodle shop to observe the noodle-cutting skills, but there are not many real noodle-cutting masters in Linping City.

Nowadays, many of the noodles sold in knife-shaved noodle shops are cut by machines, and some people even buy machine-made noodles directly from the market.

In addition, Xu Zhuo was quite busy during the few days in Linping City, so he didn't have time to really search for it, so he never learned this skill.

I didn't expect to be able to use it again when I came to Rongcheng.

Yao Meixiang was chomping on the hot pot right now, and didn't care about Xu Zhuo's desire to learn kimchi at all.

Anyway, he's going to do it in the afternoon, so he can watch it whenever he wants. Although making kimchi is very simple, it's not so simple that he can learn it after just one look.

Although the general process is basically known to everyone.

But the seasoning ratio is difficult.

Inexperienced people will definitely overturn when doing it for the first time.

With her hairy belly in her arms, Yao Meixiang rinsed it in the boiling red oil for a few times, then took it out, dipped it in the seasoning on the dry plate, stuffed it into her mouth while it was hot, and chewed it with a look of enjoyment.

Xu Zhuo and the three of them were dumbfounded. This is a very spicy pot base, but Yao Meixiang tasted it as if it was mildly spicy.

"Ba Shi! Eat it too, don't look at me, you're ashamed to see me as an old woman."

While speaking, Yao Meixiang threw the goose intestines into the pot while holding them.

After being scalded a few times, I took it out with chopsticks and continued to eat with big mouthfuls.

Li Hao couldn't care less about eating right now, he asked curiously, "Auntie, don't you think it's spicy?"

Not to mention eating right now, just looking at the bottom of a pot full of red peppers and green peppercorns made his mouth feel a little numb.

Convinced, he is really convinced now.

No wonder there is a joke about not bragging in front of Sichuanese that you can eat spicy food.

Before he wanted to compare.

After all, people in Guanzhong love spicy food.

If you only eat spicy food, maybe the people in Guanzhong can fight it. The key is that there are a lot of prickly ash and pepper in the hot pot, and the taste is really irresistible for ordinary people.

Even the land of Sanxiang, which is famous for its spicy food, can't stand such a strong spicy taste.

Like a food broadcaster, Yao Meixiang heartily showed Sichuan people's love for spicy food in front of three juniors who can't eat spicy food.

Li Hao was so greedy, he tried to pick up a piece of blanched fat beef from the bottom of the spicy pot, soaked it in the oil dish for a long time, and then carefully put it into his mouth.

But as soon as I chewed it twice, tears flowed out.

"Ouch, it's so spicy, so spicy, it's too spicy, Coke, Coke, I want Coke..."

Xu Zhuo quickly poured him a glass of Coke with a large bucket, and Li Hao recovered after drinking it all in one gulp.

"My god, this is too spicy! I dare not try again..."