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Gu Sisi walked lightly and trotted to Cui's house at the end of the village, and the wolf dogs Mo Feng and Mo Er followed her one after the other. I saw the door of Cui's house open, and Gu Sisi shouted loudly: "Master, I'm here, why is the door open today?"

Old Man Cui watched the little apprentice run to him, hurriedly stopped arranging the peony's hand, and his deep and high voice sounded: "Didn't you sense that my Siwa'er was coming, open the door and wait for you." Your grandmother is making you snacks. ”

"I can smell the fragrance from afar, what is grandma doing? Gu Sisi admires the craftsmanship of Grandma Cui, even if she can learn a little bit from it, she feels that she has benefited immensely. She couldn't help but drool at the thought of that delicious pastry.

"Yo he, the nose is about to catch up with the ink wind!" Old man Cui is very attentive to the two apprentices, but if he gets something delicious, he will always keep it. Mo Feng squatted to the side, as if he understood the old man's words, and called out "Wang!"

Old Man Cui is also familiar with these two wolf dogs now, so he is not surprised by Mo Feng's performance, "Mo Feng, you can really understand, I know that you are smart, I will give you and Mo Er more food later!"

Because of Old Man Cui's praise, Mo Feng kept circling around Old Man Cui, while Mo Er was obediently squatting at Gu Sisi's feet, and his eyes seemed to be strange to Mo Feng's performance. The old man touched Mo Feng's head and looked behind Gu Sisi, "Why didn't you see the lightning?

"Yes, the little one has been going to the mountains lately, and he won't be back until the time comes. Gu Sisi nodded, indicating that he was used to Lightning's recent behavior.

"Aren't you afraid that it won't come back after entering the mountain?" Old Man Cui frowned, should he say that his little apprentice has a big heart or a big heart.

"Lightning is the spirit of the mountain, and the mountain is its home, since it may leave me sooner or later, why should I hold it up, it is better to let it get used to it earlier. "Guss loves ocelot lightning, but animals have animal nature.

"It's good that you understand, Master is afraid that you will be reluctant when the time comes. Okay, little gluttonous cat, let's go to the stove room, your grandmother made eight big pieces today, and Brother An'er has a good mouth again. Old Man Cui nodded, as long as the little apprentice has a score in his heart.

Gu Sisi became interested in the dim sum that the master said, and even her eyes couldn't help but earn the boss, "Eight big pieces"? She was afraid that she had heard it wrong, so she asked again, "Is it the dim sum of the old capital!"

"You know? No, your grandmother didn't do it for you. ”

"Where do I know so much, I just saw it in a book, and I have an impression, hehe. ”

Eight large pieces are a kind of northern-style pastries, which belong to a kind of Beijing eight pieces, and Beijing eight pieces contain large eight pieces, small eight pieces and small eight pieces. The so-called eight pieces refer to eight kinds of fillings, such as hawthorn, rose, green plum, sugar, bean paste, date paste, salt and pepper, raisins, etc., wrapped in dough containing cooking oil, and carefully baked in impressions of various patterns.

There are many kinds of this kind of pastry, with different tastes, with heavy oil, light sugar, crispy and soft, sweet and salty taste. There are kidney-shaped, drum-shaped, bergamot-shaped, bat-shaped, peach-shaped, pomegranate-shaped, etc., which can be said to be diverse, delicate and small.

There is also a special one for the eight large pieces, that is, the high-grade dim sum, which is called the fine eight pieces in Beijing, and the production of fine layers is more uniform, the filling is soft and sandy, and the fruit is pure and thick. The pattern is divided into eight kinds, such as three immortals, silver ingots, osmanthus, blessing, lu, longevity, and peach, which can be said to be the best of the best.

"Wow, peach, this is a pomegranate, grandma, you made it so well! This pastry is so beautiful! It looks delicious, grandma, can you teach me how to make it?"

"My Siwa'er's mouth is so sweet, you have to learn, grandma will definitely teach, grandma is still waiting to eat the snacks made by Siwaer." ”

"Grandma, don't worry, I will study hard, and make a lot of snacks in the future, grandma won't have to work so hard then!"

"Okay, good, Si Wa'er has a heart, my baby's rose fruit honey cake made last time is very good, you can also learn this, grandma will wait to eat it in the future!"

"Grandma taught me well, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to learn. ”

"Little Lingjing!These eight pieces, in the Qing Dynasty, are used in the royal family, royal family, wedding and funeral ceremonies and daily life, the most indispensable gifts and furnishings, and later the recipe of this pastry, from the palace dining room to the people, of course, the folk do, the materials are not as good as those used in the palace, this taste must be worse. This pastry is mainly made of sifted white flour, sugar, lard, honey and various nut seeds, which can be salty or sweet. ”

"Grandma, is there still a big eight and a small eight?"

"Yes, the big eight pieces are eight kinds of dim sum, like your favorite hemp cake, as well as jujube flowers, roll cakes, and different words such as blessing, lu, longevity, and happiness. There are round, peach-shaped, square, etc., and the finished dim sum is finally packed in a box, and you can go to relatives to give it away. As for the small eight pieces, which are small ones, they should be doubled, that is, sixteen pieces in a cardboard box. In the past, if someone met a daughter returning to her parents' house, or giving New Year's medicine to the elders, they had to go to the pastry shop to buy a box of eight large pieces and carry it in their hands, which seemed to be high-grade and generous. ”