Chapter 54: Slice of Soup
For this attempt at sour soup, Lin Yu felt that there were still some flaws in the taste and texture. The next time she was ready to do it again, she would soak the corn for a few more days.
The noodle soup should not be left in the house all the time, and if it is fermented again, it will become very sour. If it's summer, you have to take it out to dry, and it's better in winter, just take it outside and freeze it.
There is still a lot of starch under the soup noodles, and this starch is also a good thing, and the tender meat is very good when stir-frying. Lin Yu has never seen anyone use starch since he crossed the country, and he didn't even use starch when he went to the restaurant to eat the first two times. This is probably also related to the eating habits of the north, where there are more stews and less starch. However, there are starches from roots such as tapioca flour and water chestnut flour used to make sweets.
The starch is to be dried. If you take it out in winter, it will freeze, and it will grow hair in the spring of the next year. So Lin Yu spread a white cloth on the kang to dry these starches.
"Sister Yu, is this the white noodles soaked in the bud rice?" Since eating sour soup yesterday, Lin Shan has also fallen in love with that taste, but she didn't expect that not only wheat can grind white noodles, but even bud rice can produce white noodles.
Listening to Lin Shan's words, Lin Yu couldn't help laughing. "It's not white flour, it's starch."
"Starch? Isn't it used to steam steamed buns? Lin Shan is curious, it looks like it's almost the same!
Lin Yu replied with a smile: "This is not something to steam steamed buns. However, the things I make out of it will be as shiny as the water chestnut cake I made before! β
"And this is for pastries?" Lin Shan was full of curiosity about this new thing.
"It can be made into pastries, but because its cost is much lower than water chestnut flour and tapioca flour, we can also make it into staple foods such as steamed dumplings and sliced soup, which is also delicious."
"Sliced soup?"
Lin Shan's rhetorical question made Lin Yu stunned for a moment, the cornstarch was precipitated at the same time when making noodle soup. The upper layer is noodle soup, and the lower layer is starch. There are not many things that are made in modern times, and they are far less famous than sour soup. There are few restaurants and snacks to make, and if you want to eat authentic soup, you basically have to go back to the countryside and let the elderly people use a big iron pot to make it. She also learned from her grandmother when she was a child, and she hasn't eaten it for many years.
"It's a very tasty thing. I'll do it for you tonight! As he spoke, Lin Yu cut the damp starch into pieces with a kitchen knife. The starch you make yourself is very solid and hard, so that after cutting it into pieces, it will be good to store when it dries, not to mention, take out a piece when you use it, and roll it out with a rolling pin.
Jing Hao hasn't been here for ten days, and since that burn, Tianxing has always come. Lin Yu saw that the expectation in Lin Shan's eyes was getting less and less, and he slowly put his mind at ease. It's okay if Jing Hao doesn't come, Lin Shan hasn't reached Cheng DΓΉ who is obsessed with him now, at best, he thinks he is good-looking, and his heart beats faster when he sees him, right? If you don't see this for a long time, it will slowly fade away.
In the afternoon, seeing that Taifu and they were coming back soon, Lin Yu put away the starch on the kang, took out two more pieces and crushed them, added a spoonful of white noodles, and thickened them with water.
Lin Yu first heated the pot, melted a large spoonful of lard into it, and stir-fried with chopped green onions. After pouring water, they call it "soup" here, which describes the sound of pouring water into the pot, and after this sound, the pot is full of soup. At this time, the chopped oil shuttle (the fat residue left over after the lard has been refined) and the shredded Chinese cabbage are put into the soup until the soup in the pot is completely boiling.
After adding seasoning to the pot, Lin Yu poured the paste-like batter along the edge of the pot with a spoon. This action is actually very fast, like throwing the noodle soup onto the pot with a spoon. Therefore, making a piece of soup is also called carrying a piece of soup. Since the pot was hot, the batter immediately attached to the side of the pot, and after a while it dried, lifted the edges, and became flakes. At this time, Lin Yu shoveled them into the soup with a spatula, and they became the powder in the soup. Repeat the batter until there are proper flakes in the soup.
When the noodles meet boiling water, they will be cooked in a while, so when all the noodles fell into the soup, Lin Yu stirred it with a spoon, and the fragrant and thick soup was ready.
Lin Yu took out this half pot of soup, and gave an extra clay pot to Qi Qianli, just when Taifu and they came back from school, Lin Yu asked Taifu to send it over.
When he came back, Taifu took a bag of candy, saying that it was sent by Mr. Qi's brother, and Pei Pei couldn't finish it alone, so Mr. Qi asked him to bring some back.
Anyway, they all got it back, so let's take it as a courtesy, Lin Yu didn't say anything, just gave the three of them points.
As soon as Taicai saw that there was sugar, he was about to stuff it into his mouth, but Taifu stopped him and said, "I'll eat right away, keep the sugar for tomorrow." β
Taicai looked at Lin Yu and saw that she also agreed with Taifu's appearance, so he reluctantly put the candy up.
And here, Lin Shan also wanted to eat it immediately, but when she saw that the Taifu brothers didn't eat it, she was embarrassed to put it away.
Lin Yu mixed a cold dish with shredded radish, sweet and sour, with a piece of soup, which was suitable for their room of women and children.
Everyone was amazed by this new delicacy. The powder flakes are shiny, smooth and tender. The meat oil and oil shuttle are paired together, which is particularly fragrant. The soup is thick, I've never seen anything like it before! Take a sip and it will make your mouth feel soft.
"It's delicious!" Taifu expressed his opinion.
"Yes! Sister-in-law! It's so delicious! Taichai also grinned.
"If you like it, you can eat it!"
"Sister Yu, you are really good at making things! I think if this thing were sold, it would be more acceptable to everyone than yesterday's. Lin Shan also put forward her own opinions.
"Everybody just eats well. I'm going to buy two pots tomorrow, and I'm thinking about it, and I want to go to the street to set up a stall. Lin Yu told everyone what he thought. Although they are all children, they should also have their own ideas. Especially Lin Shan, although she is only fourteen years old, but in this era is the age when she can be married, she lives here, Lin Yu needs her help to do many things, and she has the right to put forward her own opinions.
"But, Sister Yu, are you with Brother Daquan?" Lin Shan asked.
"My household registration is separate. Not with big brother. β
"That Sister Yu can only buy a pot priced by the government, and the rest will be bought from the blacksmith shop at a high price." Iron is a war resource, and the common people can buy cheap goods for the corresponding population from the government according to the household registration with iron pots and farm tools. If you want to have a few more pots, and there are not enough people, you can only buy them at a high price. The price may be more than ten times higher.
"Hmm. Ming'er, I'll go to the yamen and the blacksmith shop to have a look, and you can just soak the buds at home that have been picked up in the past few days. Lin Yu responded. She almost forgot that she was a single person, so she would save a lot of money by buying an iron pot.
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