Chapter 9 Tofu

After buying potatoes, Xu Guangling turned to the stall selling tofu. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Compared with the dozens of stalls selling potatoes, there are much fewer stalls selling tofu, but in fact, there are a lot, Xu Guangling counted, there are nine, and two are specialized in selling thousands of dried tofu or something, in front of this stall, Xu Guangling walked from the back to the front.

Gypsum tofu and brine tofu are basically these two types, and there is nothing else.

Among these two types of tofu, the degree of age and tenderness varies. As for whether there is any tofu made with pure bean paste with the skin of soybeans removed, I'm sorry, there is none. Xu Guangling was disappointed at first, but soon, after thinking about it a little, he was relieved.

Remove the innocuous tofu skin little by little? If anyone does this tofu, it is estimated that they will go bankrupt before it opens.

In addition, it is also impossible to carefully select soybeans and pick out all the bad and inferior beans, leaving only all the good beans to make tofu. Or rather, for ordinary commercial production, this is impossible.

In other words, at this kind of stall, you should not expect to be able to buy the so-called "high-quality" tofu at all. If you want to eat that, the only way is to make it yourself.

But don't you need to choose these tofus?

Apparently not.

In the process of moving from soybeans to tofu, there are many elements that are crucial.

At the beginning, it is the choice of soybeans, which is the most important part, as the so-called "good woman is difficult to cook without rice", if the soybeans selected are not good, then don't expect to make how good the tofu can be. In addition, the seller doesn't care whether the soybeans are new or old, let alone the old beans, even if they are aged for ten years, it doesn't matter, as long as they make more tofu.

And the buyer's idea is clearly not like this.

The beans are selected, and then the soaking, the soaking water is a problem, but it can be ignored, because it is impossible to make high requirements for this link, and secondly, the length of soaking time affects the quality of the final tofu, and then the soaked beans are ground into soy milk, which is another important link.

Is it to grind manually with that kind of earth-style stone grinder, or to grind with a modern automatic grinder?

The tofu made by the two kinds of processing is very different!

Then there is the selection of brine, the time of brine, the heat control when brine, and the amount of brine added......

A lot of relevant knowledge flashed in Xu Guangling's mind, from soybeans to tofu, a complete set of processes in the whole process, the requirements, differences and possible problems in each link, Xu Guangling found that he was clear, and there was no ambiguity at all, in the old Chinese folk saying, there is really no room for a grain of sand in the eyes!

However, if you think about it a little more rationally, or look at this matter from the standpoint of a "bystander", there is so much knowledge and exquisiteness in it, it is really too complicated and complicated, how long does it take for a person to master all these things in this industry thoroughly?

Decades aside, years are always needed, right?

But now, Xu Guangling found that he knew these things well, and after the "potato identification expert", he now seems to be able to name "tofu making and identification expert" again. That's right, that's right, in addition to identification, there is also production.

Xu Guangling had no doubt that at this time, as long as he was given the raw materials and tools he needed, he could make the best tofu.

Not premium.

It's the "best"!

For a while, Xu Guangling was at a loss again.

What the hell is going on? The night passed, and he didn't seem to have been robbed of his body by some alien creature as he imagined last night, he was still him, his thoughts, his memories, his emotions, all of this told him that he was indeed Xu Guangling.

However, it is indeed different, very different!

There were a lot of things in his mind, a lot of things he had never been exposed to before, things he had never heard of. Not only that, but even the body seems to have some special instincts, such as the potatoes that were thrown casually at home before, and the casual picking when I was at the potato stall just now.

Let's take a look at it again, it's still the same sentence, it's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided.

Xu Guangling sighed softly and began to buy tofu. Just now, I walked all the way, and the advantages and disadvantages of a total of nine tofu stalls have been included in my heart.

Of the nine stalls, six of them use aged soybeans for their tofu, and one of these six uses soybeans that have been left for at least three years!

In addition, eight of the nine stalls use grinding machines for soybeans, and only one uses stone grinders.

Fortunately, the one that uses the stone grinder is one of the three that use new beans, and it is also one of the stalls with more experienced tofu skills, in other words, the stall is not high-quality tofu, but it is already the best tofu in the nine stalls and this vegetable market, and it is estimated that it is also the best tofu in the whole city.

And that stall was the first one Xu Guangling had passed by before.

That is, he now needs to rewind again.

After buying tofu, Xu Guangling did not leave with his things for the first time, but asked the stall owner, a lady who looked about fifty years old, because he was really curious: "Auntie, I see that the tofu on your stall is more authentic, is the cost of doing this a little higher, not cost-effective?"

There should be very few people asking such questions, and it's new customers.

In particular, this is a new customer who knows the goods.

Of course, it is not excluded that there may be Xu Guangling's tender face, sweet mouth, and the reason why he likes it, in short, the stall owner is very happy, and even a little bright: "Young man, you are right, my tofu is purely handmade, and it is a time-honored brand! Many old neighbors recognize my family, and they will only go to other houses to buy it when my family is sold out." Young man, do you need yuba? I have it at home, and I don't have enough to sell!"

Xu Guangling didn't plan to buy yuba, he didn't seem to have bought this kind of thing before, but at this time, he asked for two catties.

Sure enough, it shouldn't be enough to sell, and the yuba was actually collected behind the stall, and it was not taken out!

"Young man, count you cheaper, don't want five cents and a fraction, come to my house next time to buy it!"

"Definitely. Xu Guangling nodded.

After walking out of this row of stalls, Xu Guangling lowered his head, approached, looked at and sniffed the yuba in the bag, and it was as authentic as the tofu on the stall. If that stall is really a "time-honored brand", such yuba is indeed not worried. -- There are always people who know the goods!

And in the large area of non-authenticity, if you find an authentic one, you must immediately recognize this one.

In the case of Xu Guangling, if he comes to this vegetable market to buy tofu in the future, it is estimated that he will no longer pick and identify one stall after another, but will go directly to this stall.

Potatoes, tofu, mushrooms.

The three materials used in the "Jiupin White Jade Soup" in yesterday's dream are also the three materials that Xu Guangling knows very well now, and as for other things, Xu Guangling's understanding has not changed, and it is still the same as before.

But it's a little different.

For example, sweet potatoes, although sweet potatoes are not involved in the dream, but because of the bypass, Xu Guangling feels that his understanding of sweet potatoes should be a little worse than that of potatoes.

Two of the three ingredients involved have been bought, and only one mushroom remains.

However, Xu Guangling is not optimistic about the rest.