Chapter 15 The cake is baked
Seeing Bai Huahua's goat's milk, Peach Blossom remembered that she hadn't drunk milk for a long time, so she just boiled it to taste, let the small wind frame pot burn the fire, and told him that the small fire was boiling for a while after boiling, which was about the time for him to drink a big bowl of hot water.
"This thing is so fishy," Sister Xiaoli couldn't stand the smell when she first smelled it, "Sister, this is fragrant, it's really fragrant." "Children love this milky smell the most.
"I think it smells good, too." Chunliu kept inhaling to smell the milky fragrance.
"What smells so good," the uncle smelled with his nose before he entered the yard. "Uncle, you must be a dog." "Okay, dare to laugh at me," the uncle scratched Peach Blossom's armpit with his hand, and the scratching Peach Blossom laughed breathlessly.
"Everyone has a portion today, try fresh goat's milk," "Flower, your goat's milk is for us to drink, can you drink this, I thought you were going to use something," "It's not to eat it in the stomach, just drink it." ”
"This thing is so fishy, can it be delicious, we are so big and drink milk to make people see jokes." "Sister Xiaoli, you are wrong. This thing is very nutritious, just like human breast milk, think about a small child can grow to more than a year old just by eating breast milk, and the same is true for lambs, it can be seen that there is nutrients that the body needs,"
Let Uncle go and buy white sugar, and then take a few large porcelain bowls, "Come and put some sugar in each bowl, Sister Xiaoli will take the bowl to taste it for your aunt first, this is good for the patient, Chunliu, you send two bowls to Uncle Qin and Brother Dazhu, let's also have a bowl, and when Brother Wen comes back from buying a cauldron, let's taste it, and everyone will talk about the taste after drinking." ”
Sister Xiaoli frowned and drank a bowl when she came back from delivering milk, "Don't say it, this thing feels fishy in the first two bites, and the more you drink it, the more fragrant it becomes, and the aftertaste is sweet." Xiaofeng drank a big bowl of milk to support his stomach, but his eyes couldn't leave the milk in the pot. Smacking his mouth and tasting the milky aftertaste.
"It's delicious, Peach Blossom, how did you come up with an idea, it's so delicious." Spring Willow talked to Peach Blossom while drinking.
After drinking the peach blossoms, I feel okay, but it is still not as fishy as milk, and I will definitely find a cow if I have a chance.
Seeing that there was still a lot of milk left in the pot, Peach Blossom couldn't help but itch her hands, wanted to play a cake to practice her hands, missed the sweet taste, said to take action, a group of people began to be guided by her, Sister Xiaoli prepared tools, Xiaofeng went to the fire of the barbecue grill, and Uncle went to borrow the name. Buy eggs, flour.
There is no orange oil with the fishy smell of eggs, and the peach blossom had to go to Chunhelou to weigh a pound of tangerine peel, the tangerine peel is dried from the orange peel, and the fishy smell is OK. Chop the tangerine peel and let Xiaofeng cook a piece of old pumpkin left over from yesterday's dinner by Uncle Xiao.
After getting ready, Peach Blossom weighed two catties of eggs, asked Sister Xiaoli and Chunliu to peel the eggs and put them in a large wooden basin, add one catty and two taels of sugar, add a small pinch of salt, and use the wire balls that have been customized to imitate egg balls to beat hard.
She weighed out a pound of four taels of flour on the side, and went through it with a basket, after all, there was no industrial fineness in the previous life with a stone mill, and she used a bowl to weigh out two taels of boiled goat's milk, and then a tael of lard to let Xiaofeng put it in the bowl and put it by the fire to dissolve, the days without vegetable oil were really bad, and the customized live bottom iron basin was wiped with oil early, and the cake paste of these Xiaoli sisters was not yet good, and the hands were sore.
Peach Blossom carefully demonstrated, telling them that the egg batter should be beaten until fluffy and viscous, adding flour in stages, stirring lightly a few times each time, adding a small pinch of tangerine peel, and finally adding goat's milk and oil along the edge of the basin in stages, stirring while pouring. Don't use too much force, just stir well. Stir the batter to a thick shape. There is a clear and delicate texture that does not dissipate quickly.
Divide half of the batter, put half of it into a live basin, and add the other half of the peach blossoms to the boiled pumpkin, the pumpkin is too watery, and you also need to add some flour to increase the consistency, stir a few times and put it into the live bottom pot.
Peach Blossom told Sister Xiaoli that the beaten cake batter should be loaded into the live bottom iron basin as soon as possible, and the iron basin should be gently knocked up and down, excluding the large bubbles that the pot is in, and the cake pores will be small, and the pores will be small, and the taste will be more delicate.
The packed live bottom should be quickly placed in an iron baking tray and quickly placed in the oven where the temperature has already been raised.
The fire of the oven is peach blossom on the side to teach the little wind, don't be too prosperous, everyone is full of expectations waiting in front of the stove, peach blossom estimate the size and time of the fire, about half an hour, open a thin slit from the furnace door to take a look, quickly close the furnace door from the new, the start is very good, is the fire is not on the color, so it is required to increase the fire, reduce the bottom fire,
There are also requirements to see the cake being baked, you can't open the door of the stove, you can only open a thin slit, take a look, and quickly close the door again. Once the cake is baked by a large amount of cold air, it will be deflated, and it will not be able to get up again.
The fragrance of the cake slowly came out, getting stronger and stronger, everyone couldn't help but swallow their saliva, their noses also sucked up, Xiaofeng and Chunliu couldn't stop asking, "Are you okay, are you okay?"
After about ten minutes of roasting, the peach blossoms looked at it again, this time the color was golden, high above the basin surface, and there were a few cracks on it. Peach Blossom used the prepared chopsticks to stick it on the cake, pulled it out, and saw that the chopsticks were smooth and did not stick to the cake batter, which seemed to be good.
Peach Blossom asked Sister Xiaoli to prepare a thick cloth, open the door of the furnace, and let Uncle Xiao use a thick cloth to bring out the iron plate. At first glance, people can't help but want to take a big bite, not to mention the tempting special fragrance, Peach Blossom asked Uncle to pause on each iron plate on the board to prevent the cake from collapsing.
After a little drying, the uncle couldn't wait to eat it, while calling it hot, while keeping saying that it was delicious, the greedy Xiaofeng also reached out to ask, the uncle buckled a piece and put it in his hand, and he let go of his hand and dropped the cake on the ground, and the uncle had to take another piece to blow and blow before handing it to him, this time he hurriedly stuffed it into his mouth,
Peach Blossom found a knife, turned around next to the basin, separated the cake and the basin, used a thick cloth to directly buckle the basin upside down to the board, picked up the outer ring of the basin, and then lifted the bottom of the basin, and saw that the fire at the bottom was a bit big, and it seemed that it had to be evenly dispensed with charcoal fire, so I had to cut off the layer of paste at the bottom of the cake with a knife and divide it into several pieces, so that Sister Xiaoli and the greedy spring willow who was drooling on the side tasted it, and then poured out the remaining pots of cakes, and also tasted the results of this time, although there was no previous life with all kinds of incense powder, The delicate and fragrant ingredients are added, but I haven't eaten it for a long time, and I still miss this taste.
Let Sister Xiaoli send a piece to her aunt, and call Uncle Qin and Brother Dazhu to eat together, everyone called it delicious, and the addition of pumpkin and non-addition are completely two flavors.
A total of four pots were made, four catties and nine taels of materials, the sugar is the most expensive, white noodles, goat's milk is not cheap, the cost is about three hundred and sixty Wen, and one of them is also weighed when baked, about one catty, the cost is almost one hundred Wen a catty, it seems that the price is dozens of times higher than the dim sum on the market.
At noon, everyone naturally eats cakes, and they can't stop talking while calling it too luxurious. I ate it all and said that it was not enjoyable.
After eating, Peach Blossom discussed with Uncle Qin to see if he could press a handle on the wire ball and fix it to a place, which could be operated by a connecting rod like a stone mill.
Seeing the milked goat's milk again, Peach Blossom is ready to try another pot of cake, the second time to do it, everyone cooperates very well, the wire ball with a connecting rod hits the cake really fast, and it is very labor-saving, even the breeze can be easily operated, and the cake is baked out and looks much better, at least not much paste.
Peach Blossom decided to bring two pots to the house, and sent one pot to each of the Ding shopkeepers and You shopkeepers, and the two families thanked them for letting Peach Blossom open and notify them, and they must be there. Shopkeeper You even wanted to get the right to operate the cake, but was rejected by Peach Blossom, and the sister said that she would leave a few things to expand her business and make a fortune.
After arriving home in the evening, there was a constant scramble, all saying that it was delicious, and even Xiao Xiuyun was crying and snatching a few more pieces from several people. A few leather boys even jumped up and down to beg for it.
After eating, Peach Blossom discussed with her grandfather, "Grandpa, you see that the girls in our family can earn money, and it is okay for a few boys to do this," "Then let's see what work can be arranged for them." "Grandpa, if our family prospers, what will we lack the most?" "Lack of money." "No, it's a scholar, what our family lacks most now is someone who can keep accounts and count, and our shopkeeper can't invite outsiders, and when the time comes, he will be fooled into making fake accounts, and he won't know what the problem is when he hollows out our family." So I want to send a few boys to study for two years, not hoping to get any top prizes, but at least to sort out simple accounts. ”
"Okay, this is good, our family has not had a scholar for several generations, but we don't have a master in our village, so we have to go to the study house in the city. Generally, new students will be accepted after the spring season, and they will have to wait for another two months" "Then I will teach them at home at night." ”
"That peach blossom, can you let me learn with them too, I can't read, and I won't be able to do the accounts in the store in a few days." Brother Wen also raised his concerns, but Peach Blossom really didn't take into account that he couldn't read, thinking that he could keep accounts.
"Then I'll teach you at home these next few nights, and tomorrow you'll have to buy some basic literacy books, as well as pen and paper."