I have to say that the children of Da Song are not happy enough. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It's just that you can't eat rock sugar gourds, and the white rabbit doesn't have to eat it, it's a pity!

In his previous life, as a senior foodie, Xue Zong often studied the source of food, and happened to see the method of making rock candy in Song Yingxing's "Tiangong Kaiwu".

A large pot was set up in the courtyard of the Xue family, and dozens of catties of crude sugar were poured into it, and an appropriate amount of water was added to stir and completely melt into sugar water.

Add vegetable oil to a sandwich pot, start to boil, after boiling for two quarters of an hour, add an appropriate amount of dissolved alum water, fill it with sugar water and stir well.

A series of chemical reactions naturally occur, followed by crystallization. Of course, temperature is also a very important aspect, and there is no thermometer these days, so the heat and time are completely controlled by experience.

Xue Zong tried several times, and finally grasped a suitable time, then put the sugar solution in a basin, and then covered it with a clean quilt.

Natural crystallization is a very long process, it takes about seven or eight days, and the temperature in the quilt needs to be lowered by about 10 degrees every day, until seven days later, rock sugar will appear.

As for the toffee, the idea is very beautiful, and when I made it, I realized that it was not so easy. Lack of something, there is no edible gelatin these days.

However, there is also an unexpected gain, when the milk is about to dry, there are some solid milk lumps, and after a little pounding, something similar to milk powder appears.

It's a pity that the quality of the product is really not very good, and people are not used to drinking milk these days, let alone milk powder, so there is no business opportunity at all for the time being.

Of course, if there is a refrigerator, it will be perfect, and seeing that summer is coming, if it is made into ice cream, ice cream or something, there must be a vast market.

Naturally, Da Song does not have a refrigerator, but it is not impossible to make ice. Xue Zong had an idea, let the rock candy be placed and went out.

Saltpeter ice-making is the most primitive ice-making method, which is simple and feasible and easy to operate, but where should this raw material saltpeter be found?

Xue Zong inquired in the alley, but most people didn't know about it, and thought it was a stone carved by the building, so he asked him to ask the stonemason.

But fortunately, I met Granny Cao, who was selling cakes, at the entrance of the alley, and after hearing Xue Zong's question, she muttered: "Brother Zong is talking about frost? ”

"Frost?" Xue Zong was stunned for a moment, does saltpeter have this alias?

"That year, I had unbearable pain in my waist and abdomen, and Dr. Qiu gave me a taste of Fire Dragon Pill, which was made of ground frost, and I heard him mention it at that time, as if it was made of saltpeter."

"So?" Xue Zong didn't expect that saltpeter still had medicinal value.

Granny Cao smiled: "You go to the pharmacy and ask Dr. Qiu, he knows that maybe he can buy it." ”

"Okay, thank you, mother-in-law, by the way, the meatloaf you gave you last time was delicious."

Granny Cao said: "Where, the taste is far worse than the taste of a few shops in Xiangguo Temple, and the students who stepped into the spring yesterday are so disgusted!" ”

"That's because they don't know the goods!" Xue Zong comforted him, and then asked, "By the way, mother-in-law, why don't you use porpoise (pig) meat for your meatloaf?" ”

Granny Cao smiled: "Pork meat is fishy, it doesn't taste good when cooked, no one likes to eat it in Tokyo, and if it's not a mutton filling in the cake, no one buys it." ”

Is that so?

After asking a few more questions, Xue Zong figured out that beef and mutton were the first grade on the ancient Chinese meat list, and the emperors and nobles all liked to eat it.

In the Tang and Song dynasties, because cattle were an important production tool, the government ordered a ban on the slaughter of cattle, so mutton became the mainstream meat.

It is said that hundreds of sheep were slaughtered every day in the Great Song Palace, and the Ding butcher in Wuliu Lane also sold mutton, so he sent mutton bone soup to Xue Zong.

As for the pork meat, it is also eaten by people, mainly ordinary people, otherwise Lu You would not have written the poem "Chicken and porpoise in the harvest year".

But at the feet of the Son of Heaven, the wealthy people of Tokyo naturally looked up to the scholarly class in terms of food, so where could they look at the coarse pork meat?

The reason seems to be Granny Cao's so-called pork meat, which makes no sense? Isn't it mutton that smells good? Maybe the pork meat of the Great Song Dynasty is different from that of later generations!

But as long as the cooking technique is appropriate, it should be able to solve it, Su Shi once said that "the rich family refuses to eat, and the poor family does not understand cooking", and finally made up the Dongpo meat that has been passed down through the ages.

Therefore, there is a way, it is not difficult for senior foodies, Xue Zong decided to try it when he has time.

In this way, it can help Granny Cao, and it seems that it can also help Butcher Ding's family!

However, the top priority was to get saltpeter, Xue Zong resigned from Granny Cao, and groped his way to the Qiu Ji Pharmacy near the Zhou Bridge. When I passed by Liu's house, I took a few strings of rock sugar gourds, which can be regarded as souvenirs!

Qiu Jiayuan also lived in Wuliu Lane, and his family's medical skills were quite good, and after several generations of hard work, he now opened a pharmacy near the state bridge, which is also well-known in Tokyo.

After becoming wealthy, the Qiu family has never forgotten the neighbors of Wuliu Lane, and anyone who has an injury or illness will go to diagnose and prescribe medicine.

On the day Xue Zong fell into the water, Dr. Qiu immediately rushed over when he heard the news, and after seeing it in person and confirming that it was okay, everyone was relieved.

Today, although the main purpose of coming to the door is to inquire about saltpeter, it can be regarded as a visit to thank Dr. Qiu.

When Xue Zong walked to the door of the pharmacy, he was just in time for someone Dr. Qiu to go out to deliver an important patient, and after seeing Xue Zong, he immediately smiled and said, "Brother Zong, are you feeling better?" ”

"It's completely fine, I came to thank Uncle Qiu today." As a fifteen-year-old boy, Xue Zong was very polite.

"Where, it's your great fortune, it's okay, I've just walked once, and I haven't even prescribed medicine."

To this day, Dr. Qiu is still amazed, in such a situation of falling into the water, it is just a matter of surviving, Xue Zong is really lucky that he has no injuries at all.

"It's so hard to bother Uncle Qiu to go on a trip, not to mention that Uncle Qiu has been troublesome in the past." Xue Zong said with a smile: "These **** and fruit Uncle Liu made some rock sugar gourds, and brought some for you to taste." ”

Doctor Qiu took the gift, beckoned Xue Zong into the house, and after tasting the two, his eyebrows moved: "Hawthorn? ”

"It's really made of hawthorn, wrapped in some honey, and it sells well."

"Guozi Liu must be comfortable and happy, I know his unsalable hawthorns, and I have always wanted to help, and I can't sell much in this shop."

Doctor Qiu smiled: "But Brother Zong'er, you have a way, a little processing, hawthorn is worth a lot, right?" ”

"Hehe, the kid is also fooling, the blind cat bumped into the dead mouse!" Xue Zong saw that Dr. Qiu was eating happily, and asked with a smile: "Uncle Qiu, I want to ask you something, do you have saltpeter for sale in your shop?" ”

"Saltpeter? What is wrong with you? Doctor Qiu frowned and asked with concern.

"No, it's for other purposes."

"How much do you want?"

Xue Zong smiled: "First I want thirty or fifty pounds, and in the future... The more the merrier. ”

"What do you want so much saltpeter for?" Doctor Qiu was surprised: "I have saltpeter on the shop, and I only sell a few catties for half a year." ”

Belch......

Xue Zong sneered: "Don't hide it from Uncle Qiu, the kid wants to use saltpeter to make something special, and he can make a lot of money if he gets it right." ”

Make hay?

Doctor Qiu looked at Xue Zong suspiciously, and said seriously: "Brother Zong, I also know that your family is poor, and it is a good thing that you can think of making money to help your grandmother."

But don't think that hawthorn wrapped in sugar makes money, just toss around, I'll help you find a job in a nearby shop, you go and do it well, it's serious to learn some crafts. ”

"Uncle Qiu, you misunderstood." Xue Zong's head is full of black lines, and the good neighbors of the Great Song Dynasty don't understand themselves at all!

"Misunderstanding? Then you tell me, what do you buy saltpeter for? ”

When Xue Zongzheng didn't know how to explain, a guy came and shouted: "Doctor Qiu, someone has grabbed medicine, go and take a look!" ”

When I came to the front hall, I saw a neat-looking girl standing in front of the counter, thirteen or fourteen years old, the experienced doctor Qiu could see at a glance that this was the maid of a rich and noble family.

Dr. Qiu asked, "Is the girl unwell?" Or what herbs does your host need? ”

"It's my lady, I've been in a depressed mood lately, I don't think about eating, I need to buy a few appetizing and spleen-strengthening medicines!"

"How old is your lady, and is she married or not?" Dr. Qiu asked softly, obviously this symptom may also be pregnant, and if you don't see the patient, you must ask clearly.

The waitress looked slightly nervous, seemed to hesitate, and said, "My lady has more than ten sons, no...... He was never married. ”

Doctor Qiu's brows moved slightly, and Xue Zong on the side was also a little surprised, although it was only a few days before he was reborn in the Great Song Dynasty, he knew that women in this era got married early.

Thirteen or fourteen years old, a little later is only sixteen or seventeen, if it weren't for that, the old grandmother would not have bothered to raise Yun'er as a granddaughter-in-law.

But this lady is more than 20 years old, but she has never been married, which is really rare, and she seems to be an older leftover girl in the Great Song Dynasty.

Dr. Qiu asked, "This ...... Does your lady have any other Hou Zheng? Why is it that you are depressed and don't think about eating? ”

"This... The lady has been like this for many years! ”

Xue Zong sighed in his heart, the relationship is a Lin Daiyu-style rich daughter, sad all day long, how much sentimentality, can the body be good?

"I'm sorry, girl, I didn't see the patient, I didn't diagnose the pulse, and I didn't dare to prescribe medicine in the future." Doctor Qiu said in a low voice: "I don't know if I can invite your lady to come for treatment, or go to the house for diagnosis and treatment." ”

"This ...... I'm afraid it's not very convenient. Unexpectedly, the maid rejected Dr. Qiu's proper proposal.

After the words came out, the maid also seemed to feel that something was wrong, and said in a low voice: "The lady doesn't want to let ...... Worried, otherwise there will be a doctor to diagnose and treat, so ...... No way...... Please ask the doctor to prescribe a few appetizing and spleen-strengthening medicines. ”

"Girl, I'm sorry, if your lady has other Hou Zheng, casual medication may be harmful, please forgive me for not prescribing medicine." Dr. Qiu was very cautious.

"Doctor, help, I've been to several shops, and that's all the ......" The maid had red eyes and pleading.

"This ......"

Seeing this, Xue Zong smiled and said, "Uncle Qiu, why don't you let the girl bring back a few strings of rock sugar gourds?" This is fruit to eat, not medicine. ”

Doctor Qiu muttered slightly: "This is a solution, hawthorn is appetizing, honey is sweet, and the diet may be useful." ”