Chapter 11: Perversity
As a later generation, in the world of food with a wide variety of food and a huge amount, Zhang Yi knows very well what kind of food a person needs to pass the time when he is having fun.
And these delicacies can enhance their value with different shapes and some veritable gimmicks.
Based on the conditions of Chunfang Building today, Zhang Yi designed a whole dish test suitable for Chunfang Building very reasonably.
For example, the simple braised pig ears were divided into several varieties by him.
Because in this era, the so-called pig ears are actually connected to the pig's head, ear pieces and pig's mouth, and the meat quality of these three different parts is also quite different.
For example, the pig's mouth, its meat taste is biased towards 'glutinous', because there is more nerve distribution, and it tastes like 'glutinous' at the same time, there is a little bit of compactness, and the braised meat in this part is naturally listed, and even Zhang Yi gave him a nice name - fragrant mouth.
As for the pork head, it is another taste.
The meat of the pig's head is fatty but not greasy, and after marinating, the only little oil left in the meat is also squeezed out by the marinade, so the meat quality of this part becomes a very refreshing and delicious taste.
It tastes like meat, but it doesn't have that kind of fat, and it contains the rich aroma of marinade.
Of course, based on the various characteristics of pork head meat, the same dish was also named Yangchun Baixue by Zhang Yi.
The pig's ears are named ear sideburns because of their crispy bones between the ears, which not only highlight the theme but also contain a deep meaning.
As for the remaining fried peanuts and some stir-fried hot dishes, Zhang Yi made them, although it is only the family level of later generations, but in this era it is definitely comparable to the level of the imperial kitchen, Zhang Yi believes that with these dishes as a guarantee, it is not difficult to turn losses into profits.
It is worth noting that when trying to make stir-frying, Zhang Yi really encountered a problem.
Because of the lack of starch, the meat of the hot dish is too 'tough', and there is no such delicate feeling at all, but fortunately, sweet potatoes have already been available in this era, and after a simple initial processing, the new dish of stir-fried vegetables has been completely restored.
If you want to talk about starch, in fact, everyone is familiar with it, and it can also be called starch to put it bluntly.
It comes from a wide range of sources, such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and many other conventional crops can extract a large amount of starch, but according to the value of the crop, the sweet potato, which has a high yield, is undoubtedly the cheapest.
Because the process of making starch is not complicated, it is nothing more than crushing, filtering, precipitating, and drying.
Therefore, whether it is in later generations or now, Zhang Yi has used sweet potatoes as the raw material for starch.
Of course, Zhang Yi is very aware of the value of starch, although it does not seem to be worth much in terms of cost, but if you add some when stir-frying, it can improve the taste of the meat.
This is a revolutionary step towards cooking, and its value is not the same.
Even if you don't open a building in the future, even if you only buy starch, I'm afraid you can become a rich man who is not big or small, right? Zhang Yi smiled in his heart, as long as he kept the secret recipe, he could find those high-end restaurants to sell starch, and those restaurant shopkeepers didn't obediently pay for the silver and send it to him?
However, Zhang Yi has a bit of a headache, in the final analysis, the technical content of this thing is too low, as long as someone believes that a little research will definitely be able to find out the doorway, if it is only sold once or twice, it may be okay, and this road will not go through when the street will be full of time for a long time.
sighed secretly in her heart, and when Aunt Li looked at Zhang Yi with a strange expression, Zhang Yi's thoughts flew to the other side.
The success of the dishes was only the first step in his plans.
After all, Chunfanglou has been lonely for too long, both popularity and customer flow have obviously dropped to the freezing point, even if there are still two or three kittens now, but they are also some pseudo-scholars who can't afford to give money at all.
In Zhang Yi's memory, even though the so-called step boy is basically the biggest financier in the building, every time he comes to Chunfang Building. The night cost is only one or two taels of silver, and as for the other spectators, it is completely a cup of tea and drinking, counting on such a group of people not to say that they will turn losses into profits, and they will burn incense and worship the Buddha without accompanying their pants.
Therefore, if you want to reopen the situation, in addition to the innovation in the menu, there must be something else to stimulate consumption, and you must also have a group of high-spending people in order to achieve the standard of high returns.
Otherwise, a plate of Yangchun Baixue with a price of two taels of silver will not be sold for a year, and it is delicious..... There's a fart!
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Li Chunfang was very worried, not only because of the silver, but also because of the feeling of gain and loss in her heart, which made her mind blank all morning as if she was sleepwalking.
As the minutes passed, she recovered when she knew that there was a knock on the door.
"Sister, hurry up and come out, it's time to eat!"
Outside the door, Li Kexin's pleasant voice came in through the porter.
"Yes, okay, I'll be right here!" Li Chunfang answered, leaving all the thoughts in her mind behind, and then slowly opened the door.
After thinking about it all morning, she couldn't come up with a clue, and she simply didn't want to think about it now.
As she said to Zhang Yi in the morning, even if Chunfang Building is not opened, it is a big deal to sell the building to the countryside and buy some land to farm.
It's just that.... She forgot one question, just because they are afraid that they really can't farm!
When I went downstairs, the hall was already full.
From Erniang to Seventeen Niang, Aunt Li, who helped the cook, and Aunt Liu, who cleaned up, had already sat at the dinner table and waited for the meal to start, which made Li Chunfang undoubtedly very strange.
It has long been a habit in the building for sisters to sit and eat together, especially after there is no more maidservant, this way of gathering at the table to eat can not only save food, but the sisters can sometimes discuss the business situation in the building together.
But this is all Li Chunfang's idea, in fact, every time she eats, there are always one or two sisters who are late because of this or that, and she is the first time she has encountered the scene of gathering together like today, and rushing early to wait for herself.
"Eldest sister, sit down, I'll be waiting for you!" Erniang Li Xiangning watched Li Chunfang come over, her face was happy, and she hurriedly greeted: "Let's be blessed today, Brother Yi made a lot of dishes today, and I heard the third sister say that they are greedy when they look at it, and they say that they have to wait for you to come before they are served, so let you comment on it!" It's mysterious, and I don't even say it! ”
Li Xiangning said something that seemed to be a little tasty, but there was obviously a sense of expectation in her words.
As the second sister of Chunfanglou Li, she has also experienced the glory of Chunfanglou's heyday, and she has experienced a lot of so-called delicious dishes, and the reason why she is interested is because she sees that Chunfanglou seems to have a little sign of recovery from Zhang Yi's new dish innovation!