The specific temperature is measured by the temperature of Yoyo, and the time is also calculated by Yoyo looking at the clock, the second master does not use a thermometer, he uses his hands to feel the temperature.

The second master's craft of making maltose was learned from a fellow villager in the Kanto region and the mainland. It is said that the master of this second master is an authentic family handicraft.

The maltose made by their family is uniform in thickness, the sesame seeds are stained with no skin, there are 129 small holes in the middle of each hemp sugar, the two ends are sealed and not ventilated, the food is crispy, sweet and palatable, and it has been famous for its fragrant, sweet, crispy and crispy four characteristics.

They have processed hemp sugar for more than ten lifetimes in the first ten years, it is an ancestral craft, no one can figure out which era it started, the legend originated in the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, it has a history of four or five hundred years, because of its delicious taste, crispy and sweet, during the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, it became a tribute and was rewarded by the emperor.

The main raw materials of their maltose are selected rice, millet, millet, barley, sesame, which are the essence of the five grains and hand-made traditional snack foods with multiple fermentations, which are healthy foods suitable for all ages.

The selection of materials is strict, the production is excellent, the process is varied, there are rules and regulations, and each process must be just right, and the heat is grasped. When it was in the winter moon, it began to make hemp sugar.

Their ancestors have made a fortune by boiling maltose for generations, and the family property is thousands of hectares, and the fertile land is thousands of hectares.

After the liberation, the proper big landlords, the property was confiscated, the land was divided equally, the workshop was credited, and the personnel were suppressed, so it can be said that the family was ruined.

The second master's family was separated, and he was disheartened and broke into Kanto alone, and happened to live in a tunzi with the second master, and the two of them had a temper and helped each other live.

The long winter was boring, and in order to make some snacks for the children, the two of them made maltose, made more, and sold some to nearby villagers, which could subsidize the family.

The second master and they went to the northernmost extremely cold place, and their lives were extremely difficult. The second master's master died within a few years.

Before he died, he gave all his savings to the second master, and told him to return to his hometown, not for adults but also for children. At that time, the second master's body had hidden dangers, and their place of residence was really not suitable for the recovery of the disease.

It was by relying on the master's gift that the second master successfully returned to Hantun. When he returned, he brought back the remains of the master and buried them with his family, fulfilling the master's wishes.

The second master also used boiled maltose syrup to make other kinds of maltose.

Crushed peanut maltose: Put the maltose syrup into the crushed peanuts, stir well, put it in a square tray with a depth of two centimeters coated with oil, compact and level it while it is hot, cool it outside, and quickly cut it into squares or diamonds of about 2 centimeters.

Sesame Candy: Same as crushed peanut maltose, except that crushed peanuts are replaced with cooked sesame seeds.

Sesame balls: Cut the two-centimeter-thick candy strips into cubes, quickly roll them into circles with your hands, and roll them on a plate covered with cooked sesame seeds, and the outside will be covered with cooked sesame seeds.

Jade slices of sugar: Add cooked sesame seeds to the boiled maltose syrup, stir well, put it on the oiled cutting board, quickly press it into a thin slice of about one centimeter with an oiled rolling pin, and then cut it into a rectangle five centimeters wide and ten centimeters long. This kind of maltose is as transparent and warm as a jade slice, and is called jade flake sugar by people.

The jade slices are added with some black sesame seeds, which is black and white, and it is more beautiful.

Knock and crush: It is to cool the boiled maltose syrup directly into a large piece like a brick. It is covered with large and small gaps, and when you eat it, you can knock it with a hammer and a few small pieces will fall off.

In the past two years, the merchant has bought this kind of broken one, a dime or two, and he can buy a big bag. Knock and crush crispy and sweet, the elderly and children love to eat.

The children can take some broken hair and rotten shoes, and they can also exchange a piece of candy the size of a date, stuff it in their mouths and suck it for a long time.

Boiled maltose syrup can also be eaten directly, and the merchant calls this syrup sugar ball. This syrup is thinner than the syrup used to make maltose, but in a greater concentration than the syrup. Packed in a transparent open glass bottle, it is crystal clear and transparent, and it makes people salivate when they look at it.

A penny of a sugar ball is to dip a clean sorghum stalk in the syrup and turn it in one direction, and a round ball the size of a jujube is formed. The children held their hands up, adding from time to time, and their faces were intoxicated.

The maltose was made into more than ten products by the second master, long, square, round, thick and thin, placed on a plate and placed on a table.

The second master also specially asked for two wide-mouth glass bottles, and put the syrup and the syrup for making sugar balls into them.

From the moment you saw the candy balls sold by the merchant, you felt that they were similar to the lollipops of later generations, but unfortunately, this candy balls had to be made and sold and could not be stored.

Seeing the syrup that the second master had boiled to make a sugar ball, he had a whim, and before the sesame ball cooled, he quickly inserted a ten-centimeter-long bamboo skewer, and the simple version of the lollipop was baked.

The second master smiled when he saw it: "This method is good, let the children take it and eat it clean." Then let Yoyo take a handful of bamboo skewers and make more than 200 at once.

Since the second master made maltose, the people in the village went to the sugar mill to watch when they had nothing to do, and those who could help the handle would help them, and those who couldn't help would watch the excitement.

On the day of the sugar, it happened to be Sunday, and the people who didn't go to work in the village came, and the children crowded in the yard, around the shelves of frozen sugar, and from time to time there were bursts of screams, and many children were hungry to snort.

Children of all ages are greedy, but the adults are instructed at home, and no one is allowed to eat maltose before the second master worships.

Therefore, although the children were greedy and snorting, none of them dared to come forward to grab the maltose.

The working group and expert group stationed in Hantun, the teachers and students of the University of Science and Technology, and even the Japanese devils such as Yamamoto came.

After all the products are made, the tributes are placed on the offering table, and carried to the spiritual seat of the king of the stove, and the second master takes the lead in kneeling to worship the king of the stove. Unlike the worship on the 23rd day of the lunar month, the worship of "God says good things" is not said.

People here have a custom that whenever the family improves their lives, they must first pay homage to the Lord of the Stove and thank the Lord of the Stove for his meritorious service in protecting the family, so that people's lives can be improved.

It is very simple to respect the king of the stove, put the food in front of the spiritual seat of the king of the stove, and sincerely chant two sentences: "The king of the stove, your old man will taste it first." ”

After the ceremony is completed, all the tributes and products are placed in the courtyard for those who come to take them at will.

The children all grabbed the lollipop, and Yoyo picked up a long maltose, put it in his mouth and bite it gently, it was crispy and sweet and crispy, which was really rare and delicious. Compared with the ones bought at the bazaar in previous years, the grade is much higher.

In previous years, although the maltose bought in time was also hollow, there was basically no small gap in it, it was sweet and delicious, but the crispiness was much worse, and the taste was not much better than that made by the second master.