At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was a vendor named Liu Jixiang in Xindu, he passed by the study of the champion Yang Shen osmanthus fragrance, and found that the fragrance of this osmanthus was different from what he usually saw and smelled, so he broke off a few and went back to insert it. A few years later, he collected these fresh osmanthus flowers, squeezed out the bitter water, soaked them with sugar, and stirred them with steamed rice flour, glutinous rice flour and cooked oil, and then boxed them into shape, and named them osmanthus cakes. As soon as the osmanthus cake was put on the market, because it was sweet and delicious, it quickly attracted people to buy it first. ”

"Doesn't that seem like we're doing it now?" Jiang Qinjiu was full of doubts.

Dad Yun laughed, "Every kind of food, from the beginning to the present, how many improvements and innovations have been experienced in the middle, how can it remain the same?" ”

Ye Xun also asked a question: "Shouldn't traditional food be made according to traditional methods?" ”

"Traditional food is about remembering the stories behind them and what they mean, not just reading them from the book. If it tastes better or is more economical after changing it, then you should change it instead of blindly following someone else's recipe. Every craft, like science, needs to be innovated. Otherwise, what are we pursuing? "Dad Yun has been a cook all his life, and in addition to the recipes handed down by his ancestors, he also has several original private dishes.

After the story was told, the rice milk of several people was also stirred.

Dad Yun pointed to the bag of yeast powder on the board and said, "Turn off the fire first, then take a small dish and pour some water, and use the spoon next to it to fill a spoonful of yeast powder and let it melt first." After the stirred powder has cooled thoroughly, pour the yeast water into it and continue to stir well with chopsticks. ”

In order to make the sticky slurry cool quickly, several people stirred it with chopsticks.

After they were ready one by one, Daddy Yun took out four more round cake plates. "Now, pour the rice milk into it."

Yun Xi asked, "Do you need to brush the oil?" ”

Yun Dad shook his head, "No, this is not sticky." After speaking, after a few people poured it in, he continued: "Wrap a layer of plastic wrap on it, let it ferment by itself, according to the current temperature, it will take about one and a half hours, and we will make the following." With that, he took out a glass jar of maltose from the cupboard. This one is also very simple, I'll help you get the sugar good first. ”

He put the glass jar in the hot water he had used to cook the noodles and asked them, "Have you all seen candy paintings painted on the street?" ”

All four replied that they had seen it.

Yun Dad said: "Next, I will teach you to make dragon whisker cakes, and the maltose used to paint sugar is used." ”

The temperature of the water in the pot is not low, and the maltose quickly changes from a solid to a flowable, viscous liquid. Dad Yun put a pot of cooked glutinous rice flour in front of everyone, poured out the maltose, and pinched 4 sugar sticks for them.

"Your task, pull it into a thin strand of hair, and follow Xi Xi's operation technique, dip it in glutinous rice flour while pulling, otherwise it will stick back."

Several people thought it was fun, but Yiran had a lot of fun.

Yun Dad took advantage of his free time to tell them the story of the dragon beard cake, which is his habit, and he likes to tell the stories behind each dish to the younger generations, so that they can understand each delicacy through these stories.

When Emperor Zhengde traveled to the people, he found that the folk actually had a taste, the shape of such a special sugar, called "silver silk sugar" at that time, the entrance was extremely fragrant, the taste was special, so he had a good impression of this thing, so he ordered to bring it back to the palace, and named it "Dragon Whisker Candy", also known as "Dragon Whisker Roll" and then introduced into the people, has been a favorite food of the ministers and concubines. It is rumored that the dragon whisker cake has been circulated among the people for 2,000 years, and it has always been the emperor's royal dim sum until the Yongzheng period, when the dragon whisker cake became famous. Legend has it that one day, Emperor Yongzheng set up a full banquet of the Han Dynasty and feasted hundreds of civil and military officials. When the imperial kitchen made the crisp on the spot, Emperor Yongzheng saw that it was skillful, like a dragon and a phoenix, the sugar silk in his hand was snow-white and slender, such as the beard of an auspicious dragon, the dragon's face was happy, and he rewarded all the concubines and courtiers, and specially named this sugar as "dragon whisker crisp", since then, the reputation of the dragon whisker crisp has spread all over the country. "A few people listened to the story and pulled the candy, and thought it was much more interesting than watching TV and playing games. Men are born with strong hands, Ye Xun is the first to pull it up, Yun Xi is second, Jiang Gin is third, but Yiran is fourth. Why? Because he asked Dad Yun to give him a big candy stick.

"Not bad, good, good looks!" Dad Yun is like a general on patrol, and he is very satisfied with what everyone has done.

Since the rice milk had not yet risen well, they began to make a third snack, Dingsheng Cake.

There are two versions of the story of Dingsheng Cake, one is that the people of the Southern Song Dynasty made it specially for the Han Army to go out to inspire the soldiers, and the cake has the word "Dingsheng", which was later called "Dingsheng Cake"; The other is that after the Southern Song Dynasty set the capital of Hangzhou, Yue Fei led the army many times to protect the country, and the people of Hangzhou would send victory cakes along the way, hoping to return victoriously.

Yun Xi is familiar with the first type, because what Yun Dad told her at the beginning is the first type.

Legend has it that during the Jianyan period of the Song Dynasty, Jin Wushu invaded Lin'an, and was beaten by the soldiers and civilians of Hangzhou like wild dogs, and retreated from Lin'an to Pingjiang in a hurry, and broke into Suzhou City.

At that time, Han Shizhong, a famous general of the Southern Song Dynasty, was stationed in the Songjiang area, and when he heard that the Jin soldiers were retreating to the north, he immediately led 8,000 men and horses with his wife Liang Hongyu to ambush on the shore of Taihu Lake and snipe the Jin soldiers to retreat north. Jin Wushu didn't expect to meet Han Shizhong in Dahu, and after eating a stuffy stick, he was very angry in his heart, and hurriedly begged for help to fight Han Shizhong. This battle lasted for 7749 days, and even Taihu Jun was so frightened that he retreated.

As the saying goes: "It is difficult for one person to block four hands, and four hands are afraid of many people." "Although the Han army is brave and good at fighting, how can 8,000 men and horses resist 100,000 gold soldiers. To win the Golden Vulture technique, you must have a good plan. For this matter, Han Shizhong thought of countermeasures day and night, didn't think about tea and dinner, and his eyes were red. Late one night, the guard came to report that his wife had asked him to see him. Han Shizhong raised his head, only to see his wife Liang Hongyu carrying a pot of pastries, and ran in respectfully and said, "General, the people of Suzhou have sent a few baskets of sweet cakes to comfort the soldiers." This pot of pastries, they said they must invite you to taste, this is a little bit of their heart. ”

Han Shizhong took it and took a look, this pastry style is very chic, the two ends are big, the middle is thin, like a fixed pattern. Reaching out and taking a piece, he broke it and saw a note in the cake, on which were written four sentences: "The enemy camp is like a fixed tenon, with a large head and a thin waist, and if one is cut off, the two ends should not be formed." Han Shizhong was very surprised, and hurriedly beckoned his wife to come over, and his wife said at a glance: "The common people really know the general's thoughts, you see, don't these four sentences clearly tell us the formation of the Jin army, the common people can feel it clearly, see it clearly, it's really good news!" ”

Han Shizhong said happily: "Yes, I have been exploring the enemy situation for the past few days, and I haven't found out yet, but the common people have figured out the formation of the gold thief for me." From this point of view, I immediately sent troops to cut off the golden soldiers at the waist, so that they could not care about each other, and the formation was in chaos, and then I took the opportunity to chase and kill, and won in the chaos. ”

So, Han Shizhong dispatched troops overnight, like a flying knife, and went straight to the enemy camp to kill. Suddenly, the Jin army was in turmoil, and all the Jin soldiers were like flies with their heads pinched, north and south, only caring about their own way to escape. When he fled all the way to Huang Tiandang near Zhenjiang, he was beaten head-on by Liang Hongyu's elite soldiers who had already arrived, and most of them were killed and injured; Along the way, he encountered a storm in Taihu Lake and drowned countless people.