Not to mention how Ye Zixin and Ye Shao communicated, after eating, Luo Tong went to the village committee to find Lao Chen.

After all, the lotus pods in the lotus pond should also be harvested, and it will definitely be too late to rely on her and Sheng Qiwu alone.

There is something to find Lao Chen, this is already Luo Tong's consistent thought, after all, Lao Chen can help her do it properly.

And Luo Tong didn't let others work in vain, she gave money to everyone who came to help, so the villagers were still very active.

After all, it is a ten-acre lotus pond, and it takes a lot of time to really harvest it. Lao Chen hired ten people, and it took three days of such busy work to harvest all the lotus pods in this lotus pond.

The lotus pods that are picked back need to be plucked out of the lotus seeds inside, which requires aunts. Most of them are ingenious, and the lotus seeds they pick still need to be cored and dried before they can be stored.

During this period, Masson was the happiest, looking at the full of fresh lotus seeds, Masson's saliva was about to flow out, but there was almost no bad taste for any chef.

The fresh lotus seeds handled by the eldest ladies were put aside to play, and Ma Sen's eyes were smiling. These lotus seeds have been peeled and cored, looking white and tender, and very fresh, which eliminates the need for soaking.

Luo Tong is very fond of Masson tinkering with these things, and it is not a pity to use some raw materials.

When the time comes, Masson will make a lot of delicacies, and she looks at Masson with a salivating face, "What are you thinking about delicious?"

Ma Sen smashed his mouth: "This fresh lotus seed can be made into many delicious things, for example, it can be cooked, like lotus seed pork belly soup, as well as lotus seed lean porridge, lotus seed lily porridge and so on." ”

"This is just the name of the dish, lotus seeds can also be made into sugar water, such as lotus seed soup, lotus seed white fungus lily porridge, lotus seed red date porridge, longan lotus seed and so on. ”

When it comes to eating, Masson is a treasure.

Not only that, but this fresh lotus seed can also be used as desserts, such as lotus seeds, lotus paste, lotus seed cake, lotus seed cake, etc. ”

Ma Sen said that Luo Tong's saliva was about to come down, and she asked curiously: "Is this lotus paste the lotus paste moon cake we used to say?"

"That's right, if you want to talk about this lotus paste mooncake, it's still very promising. ”

"What do you say?

"Lotus Seed Paste was pioneered by the famous Lianxiang Lou in Guangzhou, which owns the "first lotus seed pastry", and was later sold as a pastry by Lianxiang Lou, which was very popular with Guangzhou citizens. ”

"And it's not a small one," Ma Sen looked at the lotus seeds, and the ladies who cored the lotus seeds all pricked up their ears and listened to Ma Sen.

In 2009, Guangzhou was selected for the list of intangible cultural heritage of Guangzhou, and Cantonese lotus paste mooncakes became one of the first delicacies on the list. ”

"That's amazing, huh?"

As soon as you get in touch with the tangible cultural heritage, you will instantly feel high.

Luo Tong pursed his lips, "Let's try it?" Anyway, there are so many lotus seeds, we don't sell them, we can just digest them ourselves." ”

"Besides, it's also after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the season of mooncakes has already arrived. ”

They went to Pingzhou after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they were in a hurry at that time, and they didn't have time to make mooncakes or anything at home.

Luo Tong thought about taking this opportunity to make some lotus paste mooncakes, which could be regarded as the right time.

As soon as it came to eating, Ma Sen immediately came to the spirit: "Let's do more, after all, there are so many people, and it will be a lot for everyone to share one." ”

Luo Tong is naturally indispensable, anyway, they are all familiar people. As Masson said, one person is divided into one, and there are still fifty or sixty.

This is said to be done, Ma Sen pulled about five or six catties of lotus seeds to the kitchen to prepare to make this lotus paste mooncake.

Before leaving, looking at the lotus core taken out by the eldest lady, he couldn't help patting his head and said: "This lotus core is a good thing, Xiao Luo Ke must not waste it, he must put it away." ”

"What is the saying of this lotus core? I have only heard that this lotus core is used to make tea, is there any other use?"

"It's a big use!" Ma Sen was not angry, "Don't look at this lotus core as small and inconspicuous, but scientific studies have shown that the lotus core has three major effects." ”

While popularizing the role of the lotus core with Luo Tong, he kept moving in his hands. After all, these lotus seeds are fresh, so you only need to clean them, dry them and steam them in the pot.

Luo Tong looked at Ma Sen's movements with a good eye: "Tell me, what are the three major functions of this lotus seed?"

"One is the obvious antihypertensive effect, the second is the anti-arrhythmic effect, the third is to significantly inhibit the aggregation of platelets, reduce the formation of thrombosis, and have the effect of anti-lipid peroxidation and free radical scavenging. ”

Don't look at Masson as a chef, but he is still particularly interested in this medicinal diet. He knows the properties of many ingredients clearly.

"And in recent years, scientific research has also shown that the lotus core has a good anti-cancer effect. ”

"So what should this lotus core do, what can it do deliciously or say?"

"In fact, there is nothing lofty and ordinary people can do. It is to dry this lotus core, and then make tea and drink it. ”

"But after all, this lotus core is a cold thing, and people with a weak spleen and stomach can't drink much. ”

While speaking, the movements of Ma Sen's hands did not stop, and Luo Tong was watching Ma Senzhe's smooth movements.

In the process of steaming fresh lotus seeds, Ma Sen found another pot and pulled out dozens of salted duck eggs from a large vat in the corner.

"This lotus paste mooncake is generally divided into red lotus paste mooncakes, white lotus paste mooncakes and egg yolk lotus paste mooncakes. ”

"Let's do some of each of us today. This red lotus paste mooncake is made of lotus paste with brown sugar. ”

"The white lotus paste mooncake is made of lotus paste and sugar, and the egg yolk lotus paste mooncake is made with salted egg yolk in it. ”

"First of all, we will separate the egg white and yolk of this salted duck egg, and the egg yolk of this salted duck egg is the main material of egg yolk lotus paste mooncake. ”

"So what do you do with this protein? Isn't it a waste?"

Ma Sen smiled: "It can't be wasted, the remaining salty protein can also be cooked, and it will definitely not be wasted." Besides, we still have so many people here, and there aren't many of them. ”

As he spoke, the lotus seeds were also steamed. Masson poured the steamed lotus seeds into a large stainless steel basin and pounded them vigorously into a puree.

In the process of beating, Ma Sen will also add a little cold boiled water from time to time, after all, it is too dry and the lotus seeds can't be beaten.

Generally, it is faster to use a blender, but it is better to do it manually. Under the guidance of Ma Sen, Luo Tong separated the salted egg yolks one by one.

The color of the egg yolk is red, and it looks like a small sun.