The Culinary Tycoon

The scientific name of jelly fruit is the fruit of the climbing plant, which can be used as medicine itself, but it is actually a very good food.

Yu Qingze looked at a large piece of jelly fruit climbing on the rocks and surrounding small trees in front of him, and was very happy. This is an excellent food for relieving summer heat and reducing dryness!

He still remembers being at his grandfather’s house when he was a child. In midsummer, several trees in the village were covered with jelly fruit. People in the village would pick them to make jelly, add honey or sugar to it, and it was refreshing. Like jelly, very delicious.

The production method is also very simple, he still remembers.

After discovering this good thing, Yu Qingze didn't bother to clean up his lame reputation, and directly picked a large and full fruit jelly.

His left shoulder was injured, and he couldn't lift his left arm, so he could only pick it with one hand. Fortunately, the vines of jelly fruit were not very high, and some of them were on the nearby rocks, which were not too high. He could easily pick them. can be picked up.

Not far away, the lame young Chang Hao found another fungus. He picked it up excitedly and wanted to show it off again. Who knew that when he turned around, he found that Yu Qingze was no longer looking for fungus, but picking the fungus. what.

"Brother Yu, what are you doing? I found another fungus, and there are two!" If you don't look for it quickly, you won't be able to catch up with me.Chang Hao walked to Yu Qingze's side with the two mushrooms he found, and looked curiously at the small pile of fruits on the ground.

"This fruit can't be eaten, what do you do with it?"

"It's edible, I'll make it for you this afternoon, I'm sure you'll like it!" Yu Qingze didn't turn his head, and tiptoed to pull the jelly fruit on the branch above his head. It was green in color, plump and huge, and there must be a lot of pectin in it !

"Is this edible? Isn't it medicine?" Chang Hao was very surprised. He had known this fruit for several years and never knew it could be eaten, but he had seen Doctor Yu pick it for medicine.

Yu Qingze finally picked off the top fruit, and explained with a smile: "Many medicinal materials are edible."

"Oh, is it delicious?" Chang Hao is most concerned about this question, "Will it smell like medicine?"

Yu Qingze poked him on the forehead and scolded with a smile: "Snacks, why don't you take it if it smells like medicine?"

Chang Hao touched his forehead with a grin, and said cheekily: "If it tastes good, even a little bit of medicine is still tolerable!"

Yu Qingze smiled, turned around and continued to pick the fruit.

Chang Hao didn't look for fungus anymore, anyway, if he couldn't find it, it would be better to pick this wild fruit, there are all of them in front of him, so he doesn't have to bother to find them.

The two picked a bunch, and Yu Qingze saw that it was almost ready, and together with Chang Hao, they went looking for Grandpa Chang and Chang Le with their clothes.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Le were also surprised when they picked the fruit, but since Yu Qingze said it could be eaten, he probably could eat it. Anyway, Yu Qingze pointed to the green grass on the ground and said that it can make delicious food, and they would not Doubt, will eat it with a smile.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Le picked up a lot of fungus, adding up to three or four catties, and poured them into a dung skip. Yu Qingze and Chang Hao put the jelly fruit they picked in another dung skip.

Several people returned home with a lot of harvest.

There is no need to taboo on the Ghost Festival here, and there is a custom that ducks must be eaten, which has a homonym for "press", which means to suppress ghosts.

Yesterday, my grandfather bought a duck from someone in the same village.

After returning, it was almost noon, and the family began to cook.

Chang Hao cooks, while Grandpa Chang kills ducks.

Yu Qingze first asked Chang Le to chop the chicken into pieces and blanch it in water, then put it into a large casserole with the fir tree fungus, add ginger and garlic, and put it on a small stove for Chang Hao to simmer.Then Chang Le went to wash the vegetables, and Yu Qingze started plucking duck feathers with Grandpa Chang.

Prepare the duck, cut it open, save half of it for dinner, and prepare the remaining half to make braised duck with ginger according to Yu Qingze's arrangement.

"Brother Le, you can do it today." Yu Qingze said.

Chang Le looked at him, waved his hand, and said that he had never cooked braised duck with ginger, and he had never even heard the name of the dish, and he had never seen Yu Qingze cook it once, so he didn't know how to cook it.

Yu Qingze pulled down his wrist and said, "It's okay, I'll teach you, just do what I tell you."

Chang Le hesitated.

Yu Qingze pointed to his left hand and said, "I still can't lift my arm."

When Chang Le heard it, he nodded immediately.It was also my own carelessness. Brother Yu is a patient now, how can he still let him cook? He has a bit of regret on his face.

Yu Qingze smiled. In fact, his right hand is fine, and cooking with one hand is completely fine, but he just wants to watch Chang Le do it once.

Moreover, if you want to have good cooking skills, you must practice more at ordinary times, but with the material conditions of the current world, there is no way for Chang Le to use food to practice by himself, so Yu Qingze can only teach him step by step in this way. Learning is also practice, killing two birds with one stone.

Starting from the duck meat chopping, Yu Qingze didn't do anything the whole time, he just dictated instructions from the side and let Chang Le do it.

Over there, the chicken stewed in front of the stove has begun to smell, gurgling, mixed with the rich aroma of fir tree fungus, it smells like drooling.

"It smells so good!" Chang Hao lit the fire and took a deep breath of the aroma with his probe close to the casserole. It was delicious and sweet.

Chang Le smacked her lips, hungry.

"Xiaohao, the fire is too big, turn it down, or the soup will be dried up in a while." Yu Qingze saw that the lid was pushed open by the soup over there, so he quickly reminded Chang Hao.

"Oh, good." Chang Hao quickly pulled out two sticks of firewood. His brother likes to drink soup very much. If there is no soup, he will have nothing to drink.

Here, Chang Le, under Yu Qingze's guidance, first cut the duck into pieces, sliced ​​ginger and red pepper.Then boil the water, blanch the duck pieces, wash away the blood foam and drain the water.Set up another oil pan, saute the ginger and garlic slices until fragrant, then pour the duck pieces into the pan and stir-fry until golden, add the ginger slices and stir well, then add soy sauce, white vinegar, and wine and stir well, and finally add water to cover the duck meat , after boiling, turn to medium-low heat and simmer. When there is a little soup remaining, add salt and red pepper flakes, stir fry to collect the juice, sprinkle chopped green onion, and it is ready.

After setting up the plate, Chang Le looked at the braised duck with ginger in the bowl. The duck meat was golden and shiny, the ginger was soaked in the soup, the bright red chili flakes and green scallions enriched the color, and it looked very appetizing.

This is what I did.With a smile on his face, Chang Le took a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Yu Qingze, asking him to taste them.

Yu Qingze took the chopsticks, put a small piece of duck meat into his mouth, chewed it a few times and swallowed it, then stretched out his thumb and said, "Well, it tastes good."

In fact, the taste is still different from what he made, but for someone who is cooking this dish for the first time, it is very good. He is also happy to see Chang Le's happy expression, and wants to make him happy.

When Chang Le heard this, his eyes lit up, the corners of his mouth curled up, and he put the bowl of food on the desk on the other side with satisfaction.

I am happy to be recognized by Master.

"You eat a piece too." Saying that, Yu Qingze changed the chopsticks, picked up another piece of duck meat, and handed it to Chang Le's mouth naturally.

Chang Le looked at the chopsticks next to his mouth, and was taken aback for a moment, why did Big Brother Yu still feed himself?Some hesitated to eat it.

"What's the matter? Eat, you made this yourself. Ah—" Yu Qingze urged, and even coaxed.

Chang Le's face became hot, and he didn't think about it anymore. He quickly opened his mouth, moved forward and took the piece of meat away in one bite.

"How is it? Does it taste good?" Yu Qingze said with a smile.

Chang Le lowered his head and nodded, his ears were red, he didn't know what the duck meat tasted like in his mouth, he only knew that his face and ears were hot, and he was a little ashamed.

Seeing his reaction, Yu Qingze pursed her lips and smiled.

The young Chang Hao lowered his head and secretly covered his mouth and smiled.

When the duck meat was ready, the stewed chicken with fir tree fungus was almost ready. Yu Qingze added some salt to adjust the taste, and then asked Chang Hao to draw out the firewood.

Chang Le fried another vegetable, and lunch is ready.

There are chickens and ducks. There is light and sweet stewed chicken with fir tree fungus, and there is also heavy-tasting stewed duck with ginger and a plate of green vegetables. For the farmer, it is also a very hearty meal.

Everyone drank a small bowl of chicken soup first.This soup perfectly combines the richness of the chicken and the freshness and sweetness of the fir tree fungus, leaving several people with endless aftertaste.The pot of chicken hasn't started yet, and the heat has bottomed out.

Then I ate it.

Chang Le paid special attention to the reaction of his grandfather and younger brother to duck meat. Seeing that they all said it was delicious, he was very happy and very satisfied.

After a lunch, several people were very full and their stomachs were round.

But for snacks, he still misses the wild fruit he picked in the morning. Yu Qingze said that he would make delicious ones for him.

After taking a nap, he went to the kitchen to find Yu Qingze, and began to read, "Brother Yu, when shall we make that jelly?"

"Do it now!" Knowing that Chang Hao had been looking forward to it for a long time, Yu Qingze agreed.

He and Chang Le were making Liangpi in the kitchen, but when they saw that the snacks were getting up, they washed their hands and started to make them.

Chang Le also paused to watch him make jelly.

First cut the jelly fruit, get out the seeds inside, wrap it in a clean cotton cloth, and tie the opening.Then immerse the whole seed-covered end in the cold boiled water prepared in advance.

Yu Qingze got a lot of fruit seeds, so he used the wooden basin they used to make cold noodles to fill most of the basin with water.

After a few minutes, Yu Qingze pinched the cloth towel, let Chang Le wash his hands and squeezed the bag of fruit seeds vigorously, squeezing out all the milky white pectin inside.This whole process is done in water.

After kneading and squeezing until nothing came out, Yu Qingze took out the cloth bag, put it aside, got out the fruit seeds that got in by accident in the water, and then left the basin of water to stand.

Chang Hao watched the whole process without blinking. Seeing Yu Qingze walking away at this moment, he asked, "Brother Yu, are you done?"

Yu Qingze nodded, "Yes, just let it sit, and you can eat it in two quarters of an hour."

Chang Hao pointed at the basin of water, dumbfounded, "Just drink, do you want to drink this basin of water?"

Yu Qingze laughed, and said, "It won't be water after a while. Hey, don't move it, just let it sit there, it will surprise you later." Seeing that Chang Hao wanted to shake the water, Yu Qingze quickly stopped it he.

There was no honey at home, but there was a small jar of syrup, and he scooped some out and added some water to dissolve it, and it would be ready for use later.

Chang Le stayed motionless by the basin of water, waiting to see something that would 'surprise' him, but after looking at it for a while, nothing changed. His legs were numb, and he stood up to help his brother light the fire Make Liangpi.

But after burning for a while, I couldn't help but ran to take a look.

When he ran five or six times, he suddenly found that there seemed to be something different in the water.

"It's freezing, it's freezing! Brother, come and see, it's freezing!" Chang Hao was shocked, pointing to the basin and calling his brother to come and see.

Hearing this, Chang Le walked over curiously and saw that the water in the basin had disappeared, and the inside had been frozen into a whole piece, and it was still transparent!

Yu Qingze came over to take a look, and said, "You can eat it!"

He took four small bowls, filled them with a spoon one by one, then put the melted sugar water in, handed them to Chang Hao and Chang Le, and said, "Taste."

The two took the bowl, the 'Dong Dong' inside was crystal clear, it looked like a gemstone, but it could be cut open as soon as the spoon was put on it, it was very tender.

Chang Hao scooped up a piece with a spoon and put it in his mouth. It was cool in the mouth, and his whole body was shocked. The 'Dong Dong' had a sweet taste. He just wanted to chew it, but the 'Dong Dong' slipped into his throat went.

Chang Hao: ...Oh, don't chew!

"Delicious!" Chang Hao immediately took another big spoonful of Hululu and drank it.

Chang Le took a sip with a surprised expression.At first he thought jelly, which was eaten like cold noodles and cold skin, turned out to be like this, and it should be counted as a dessert.

However, it's really delicious, refreshing and cool, smooth and crispy. It was very hot when I was busy making Liangpi, but now I feel more comfortable.Has he ever eaten a dessert like this, 'frozen water'?

Seeing their expressions, Yu Qingze smiled with satisfaction, and then took a bowl of jelly to the main room for Grandpa Chang who was repairing a hoe.

After Grandpa Chang tasted it, he was also very appreciative, and he didn't repair the hoe anymore. It's so hot, so go to the kitchen and eat two bowls of jelly before talking!

"Brother Yu, can we also get this jelly for sale? There are so many fruits on the mountain, and they are so delicious, and the recipe is simple, so it's not for nothing. Besides, it must be very easy to sell!" Chang Hao said while eating. Forget about developing a business.For a while now, he has been setting up a stall, and he always thinks about whether he can sell whatever he eats and whether he can make money.

Grandpa Chang and Chang Le also nodded in agreement.

Yu Qingze said: "It can be sold. I also think that we will sell it in a few days. This is definitely more popular than mung bean soup. The recipe is also simple. Just buy some sugar. If there is honey, the taste will be better."

After making up their minds, they discussed going to the mountains to pick some tomorrow.

Ever since he picked jelly fruit and fir tree fungus in the mountains, Yu Qingze became very interested in the mountains.There are so many treasures in the mountains, maybe you can find something good by walking around more?

The next day, Yu Qingze followed Chang Le and Chang Hao into the mountains for a wander.Grandpa Chang was alone at home. When it was almost noon in the morning, two unexpected guests ushered in the house.