Datang First Chef

Chapter 11

Guangdefang is close to the West Market, and the residents in the square are mixed. Except for a very few officials who live here, most of them are ordinary residents, small businessmen, and Hu people who do business in the West Market.

Chang'an in the Zhenguan era has been superior to other cities in the same period for hundreds of years, and has become an international metropolis with mixed races.

There is a Persian family living in the courtyard next to Li Sanniang. The male owner has deep-cut facial features and a high nose bridge. There is also a blond Persian beauty in the family. The two speak very fluent Chinese. Knowing the etiquette of the Han people very well, Li Sanniang gets along well with their family, and the blonde woman often makes pancakes for Mo Wenyuan.

Hubing is similar to biscuits, crispy on the outside, sprinkled with sesame seeds on the surface, you can hear the "creaking" sound when you bite into it, and the sesame seeds stick to the teeth, leaving a fragrance on the lips and teeth.

Big Beard opened a restaurant in West Market, specializing in Hujiu, but this time he didn't know whether it was because of an accident at home or for other reasons. He was eager to return to his hometown, and he had to deal with his store in West Market and the courtyard next door in a short time.

Li Sanniang shot quickly and was born with a good eloquence, so she paid a low price for the house next door.

She took Mo Wenyuan and Mo Xiaogou to see the furnishings in the courtyard, and she was quite satisfied with the barbarian decoration, so she turned to the two children and asked, "What do you think?"

It doesn't matter where Xiaogou Mo lives, he can't see the good or the bad, scratching his head and saying, "I think it's all good."

Mo Wenyuan also had no objection, he just said: "I want to build a shed and a mill."

Li Sanniang thought about it: "It's easy, but it will take some time. Are you in a hurry?"

Mo Wenyuan said: "It's okay to use the one from Daxingshan Temple first. I told Master Huiyuan, and he promised to lend me the stone mill and return it to the donkey to pull the mill."

Li Sanniang made a gesture to slap him on the head and said, "What the hell are you planning?"

Mo Wenyuan grinned and ran away: "I saw a new way of eating from the book, and I want to try it."

Li Sanniang said speechlessly: "You saw the new way of eating from the Buddhist scriptures? Why didn't you realize the great truth?"

Mo Wenyuan said: "It's not Buddhist scriptures, but miscellaneous notes." He added, "If I really understand the truth from the scriptures, you will cry, mother. Pointing at the sky with one finger and fleeing into the empty door? Aunt, your bakery is empty, you will cry to death."

Mo Xiaogou also felt that his cousin was right, and nodded seriously: "Extremely extremly."

Li Sanniang didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and spat on Mo Wenyuan: "You still point to the sky and the earth, who do you think you are?" Do you still want to learn from the Buddha that I am the only one in the sky and the earth?

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After confirming that the courtyard furnishings remained unchanged, Li Sanniang called Zi Ren.Ziren is the collective name for construction workers in ancient times, and a special description appeared in the "Kao Gong Ji" in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods.

It's just building walls and setting up a shed. There is no need to hire a special person in a home with a male owner, but Li Sanniang is a widow, and the male in the family is underage, so it is more convenient to use real money to find someone to do it.

She wasn't afraid that Ziren would cut corners. These days, craftsmen are similar to businessmen, and they value quality the most. If word of mouth is bad, they won't be able to make a living.

Mo Wenyuan was not idle during this time. Apart from helping Li Sanniang with work, he was also busy harvesting beans. No matter what kind of bean products he made, soybeans were the raw material. There was a lot of soybean production these days. Bread, and beans can also be used to satisfy hunger. In remote areas where copper coins are not commonly used, beans and cloth are even used as exchange currencies, bartering things.

Of course, bartering is rare in Chang'an City, and a copper plate can be exchanged for a large handful of beans.

Li Sanniang is an open-minded person. The two children in the family want to do something. As long as Xiao gives a reason, she seldom objects. Just like Mo Wenyuan asked her for copper coins for an uncertain food recipe, she didn't even ask. Appropriate with one swipe.

Xiaogou Mo went in and out of the courtyard and saw the pottery urns full of beans lined up neatly. He was puzzled: "Isn't it enough to buy so many?"

When I was struggling, someone shouted at the door of the store again: "Is there anyone in the store?"

Mo Xiaogou went out and found that he was dressed as an official, not a small official living in Guangdefang, he said: "What do you want, guest officer?"

The man said: "Peach steamed buns, plum steamed buns, vegetarian meat pancakes..." He gave the name of all the steamed buns they supplied to Daxingshan Temple.

Mo Xiaogou gave it to this person after packing. This kind of situation has been very common in recent days. Li Sanniang's small steamed cake stall has from time to time a gentleman from the noble family, and even officials come to buy cage cakes, which has never happened before.

Holding the steamed buns, the official murmured to himself: "Daxingshan Temple actually cooperates with this kind of small shop, why don't you go directly to the shop in Jingshanfang?" Steamed bun.

He was lucky, he took out vegetarian meat stuffing, stuffed it into his mouth and chewed, but he was touched by some taste, his eyes opened wider and wider, and his chewing speed became faster and faster.

After eating two steamed buns in a row, he breathed a sigh of relief: It's no wonder this steamed bun is popular in Chang'an City, it's really delicious.

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There are online celebrity shops in modern society, and there are also in Chang'an City.Since the Obon Festival, peach steamed buns have sprung up in major bakeries like bamboo shoots after the rain. As long as they sell long cakes, they dare not say that they do not sell peach steamed buns.

After cooking, the taste is very different. Most of them are cut into pieces and steamed, and the taste is not as good as homemade peaches.

Li Sanniang's family is both original and authentic. More and more people come here to buy peach steamed buns, and the sales of other cakes have also increased.

The above are only popular among the people. After they became suppliers of cakes in Xingshan Temple, legends of vegetarian steamed buns and peach steamed buns also spread among dignitaries.

According to the normal historical process, Taoism should have the upper hand in Chang'an City at this time. This sect takes a high-end route, and most of the dignitaries and dignitaries believe in Taoism.It is a pity that once the elements of Journey to the West are added, the sage's tendency to promote Buddhism and suppress Taoism becomes more and more obvious. By Xuanzang's westward journey, temples in Chang'an City have blossomed everywhere. They all believed in Buddhism.

Their family members occasionally go to the temple to worship and fulfill their vows, or to ask for scriptures or listen to lectures. The monks entertain them differently from ordinary people. They always arrange a monk's room and serve tea and snacks.

The nearest dim sum is the steamed buns that I buy in bulk.

Tasted it for the first time and was amazed. Then I heard the master say that fruits can be put into steamed buns, and vegetarian dishes can be used as meat. I also heard that the person who made this dish heard the Buddha’s teaching of vegetarian meat in a dream. The eyes of the steamed buns are different. up.

This, this, this, this meat is probably not eaten by the Buddha?

After coming and going again and again, Li Sanniang's bakery became popular among the nobles!

Even sages have heard of "vegetarian meat" and mentioned it when talking to their confidants.

"I heard that Daxingshan Temple has a dish of vegetarian meat, can you try it?"

"Taste it, it's really delicious."

"It's more fragrant than pork."

After chatting for a few more words, the saint stopped talking.That night, there were obviously a few more cage pancakes on his table, which he said were offered by Daxingshan Temple. The saint nodded after tasting them, and said bluntly that they were delicious.

With the official certification, Li Sanniang Bakery has completely left its name among the privileged class. In addition, the nobles have a lot of money, and they send people to buy cage cakes for tens of hundreds of dollars, so that the supply of steamed buns is almost in short supply. Mo Xiaogou couldn't figure it out at first, why did the business suddenly improve?

Mo Wenyuan knew the reason, but he had been focusing on beans these days and ignored the rest.

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Mo Wenyuan agreed in advance with the monk who bought the buns that he wanted to borrow the stone mill from Daxingshan Temple. Of course, Huiyuan would not disagree after learning about it. He was curious about what kind of whimsy Mr. Mo Xiaolang had.

On this day, the fat monk could not come in person, but he brought an extra donkey with him, saying that he would help him carry beans. The eight baskets of beans were divided into two donkeys. Mo Wenyuan sat high on the donkey's back, as if happy The donkey baby.

He couldn't help asking: "What are you going to eat?" His eyes were full of desire for delicious food.

Mo Wenyuan said: "I was reading Miscellaneous Notes last time, and I saw King Huainan concocting alchemy with alchemists on Bagong Mountain, and got bean milk."

"It is stated in the book that the bean milk tastes sweet, smooth and tender, and has the fragrance of beans. I want to restore the bean milk. Master, what do you think?"

He couldn't help saying: "It's not that good, just give me a bowl after it's restored."

Mo Wenyuan said: "I can save it."

Mr. Mo Xiaolang has not escaped into Buddhism, but he is already very popular in Daxingshan Temple. Even the eminent monks look at him differently. Many people in the temple put down their work after learning that he wants to use a stone to grind beans. at the mill.

When he got off the donkey, the monk offered to help and unload the beans. Mo Wenyuan had soaked the soybeans in water for about 6 hours before coming.

Beans are poured from the hole above the millstone and ground into bean dregs. The monks have already prepared large wooden barrels to hold the milky white slurry.

Mo Wenyuan commanded: "Pour hot water into the wooden barrel, the amount of water is half of that of bean dregs."

Monk Huikong, who was busy carving tablets, also came. He looked at it and wondered, "Isn't this the way to grind soybean milk?"

Mo Wenyuan said: "Up to this point, it is indeed the way to grind soybean milk."

The legend of soy milk was also created by Liu An, the king of Huainan. It is said that when his mother was sick, he soaked soybeans and ground them into pulp for his mother to drink. Liu's mother recovered quickly after drinking the juice.By the time of the Tang Dynasty, soy milk had become a relatively common drink, which could be bought in the streets and alleys. Mo Wenyuan's breakfast often consisted of a bowl of soy milk and a steamed bun.

Dilute the soymilk with water in proportion and start filtering. In modern times, Mo Wenyuan’s restaurant directly bought special soymilk filter cloth to filter. However, cotton cloth had not yet appeared in Tang Dynasty, so he reckoned and found fine linen as a substitute , the effect is similar.

The two corners of the linen cloth are hooked in the air, and the other two corners are carried by two strong monks. Afterwards, the diluted bean dregs are poured into the linen cloth and shaken continuously until no water is filtered out.Mo Wenyuan was small, so he commanded from the side, and the strong monk acted under his guidance.

After filtering, wrap the bean dregs with fine linen cloth, and the two monks squeeze the wrapping forcefully, so that the soy milk seeps out of the cloth and falls like a pot.

While watching, Mo Wenyuan took a pen to write and draw on the notebook. He muttered to himself: "Next time, we should make a machine that can use the principle of leverage to squeeze pulp, which is much more efficient than manual squeezing."

Squeezing soybean milk by hand is a technical job. If you do it alone, you will get tired after a while. Fortunately, there are many people watching him making bean milk. The gravy is freshly baked.

Mo Wenyuan happily said: "You can start cooking." He found two stools, and the stools were stacked on top of each other. Mr. Mo Xiaolang stepped on the stools and lashed out at Fang Qiu in front of the iron pot.

White foam came out of the sauce, and the pot became more and more full until the foam was almost flush with the side of the pot. After a few more minutes of cooking, the foam gradually decreased until there was no more. After seeing that the soup surface was stable, he proceeded to the final preparation. The key step is to order tofu in sour soup.

The sour soup is easy to make. The vinegar and water fermented from the tail of liquor are mixed with water, which can reach a mixing ratio of 1:5.Mo Wenyuan took out a bamboo pot from the newsboy bag, and sprinkled the prepared sour soup into the pot.

The monk stared at the cauldron intently. After the sour soup went down, a wonderful change occurred in the cauldron. Wisps of white clouds condensed and filled the iron pan after a while.The delicious and smooth tofu nao is filled in the pot, and its color is whiter than that of the best white jade.

Suddenly, a system notification sounded in my mind.

[Task: Develop Douhua (1/1)]

[Reward points: 100]

Mo Wenyuan took a deep breath, the aroma of beans welling up in his mouth and nose, he felt very refreshed, he said: "Does anyone want to have a bowl of bean curd first?"

The monks all raised their hands.

I want!