Chapter 7: Ozma's Mind (v. 7)
Early the next morning, Lord Ozma hurried to the grandmother's house. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The little girl who came to open the door today was very enthusiastic, and even took the initiative to take Master Ozma's hand and go to the pastry room. The little girl's behavior has ruined Lord Ozma, and it seems that this little girl is still easier to deceive than the big girl. Ah~phew! It's going to be coaxing! When I thought that when I first pursued Liz, it was really heaven and earth, and I did everything. Just a little sister, that's not a matter of minutes, hum~!
Our Lord Ozma also unconsciously began to be arrogant in his own little world.
When Ozma came to the pastry shop, she saw her grandmother still as busy as yesterday. Master Ozma felt a little guilty in her heart, and said to the old woman with concern:
"Grandma. Just take a break. It's been a tiring day and a night. ”
"Eh~~~ Grandma is not tired. Besides, grandma also slept yesterday, and she was busy all day and night, so don't talk nonsense! The old lady said busily.
Ozma was too embarrassed to answer, so she had to keep silent, sitting quietly and silently watching the old woman busy around her.
As for that little girl, she naturally has her own little world. I went to play while I was early.
For several days, Ozma was quietly in the pastry room in front of Grandma's most loyal audience. Over time, Ozma seems to have developed a little bit of a way to make pastries. Occasionally hearing the old woman's low voice to herself, Lord Ozma seemed to be able to make out some kind of doorway.
Time passed quietly like this, and it did not stop at all because of anyone's efforts.
I can't remember the first day, in the afternoon of a certain day.
The old grandmother is still talking to herself about the reasons for her failure, and one of the passages happens to float to the ears of Lord Ozma, who is not in space, and the content of this sentence is as follows.
“…… Why can't you mix this mixture that can be baked quickly without losing the taste of the pastry? Hey~~ Let's look for other materials......"
After hearing this exclamation, Master Ozma, who was secretly learning the art on the side, unconsciously asked the old grandmother:
"Grandma. I have a question. Doesn't it have to reduce the baking time of the pastry, but not the evaporation time of the alcohol, or the onset of evaporation? ”
The old lady didn't say much, obviously accustomed to Ozma's sudden way of asking questions, but after a few minutes, the old lady suddenly said to Ozma:
"Ozma. What is the issue you just mentioned, can you say it again? Grandma, I'm older, so I don't hear very well! ”
It was the first time that Lord Ozma had heard the old woman call her name directly, and she was shocked, and hurriedly replied:
"I asked if I could reduce or delay the evaporation of alcohol."
"To be more detailed!" The old woman shouted loudly when she saw that Ozma's speech was obviously different from what had been said in a few minutes.
This shocked Ozma again, could it be that Grandma had been deranged from overwork for several days? Little sister Violet, brother, I'm sorry for you. Didn't take care of your grandma.
Just as Ozma was in the middle of her mind, the old grandmother spoke again, but this time it was very calm:
"Don't panic. Child. Think slowly. ”
Lord Ozma was now in the midst of the third shock, but at the behest of the old woman, she could only barely organize her language, and stammered:
"...... Grandmother. You...... You take a break, you take a break. Take a sip and I'll tell you about it. ”
"No, I don't. Grandma, I'm so good. The old woman waved her hand very casually
When Lord Ozma saw this, he had no choice but to continue:
"That's what I just meant. Didn't you say that you should reduce the baking time of the pastry, my idea was that it was possible to delay the infusion time of the wine to reduce the volatilization of the alcohol. ”
"Uh-huh. Good boy. Good boy! Good idea. Good idea! It's worth a try! It's worth a try!! The old lady praised Ozma one after another, which made Ozma embarrassed for a while.
Lord Ozma was embarrassed, but it didn't affect the movement of the grandmother's hand at all.
Soon. The grandmother chose the recipe that best suited the cooking method from the recipe that had been tried thousands of times, and a new round of experimentation began.
Soon, a faint aroma of wine was quickly annihilated in the already wine-filled pastry room as the oven was opened. However, the old grandmother near the oven had already noticed the faint aroma of wine, and the old grandmother's heart was already half at ease at this time. I saw the old woman take the baking tray out of the oven with a wooden spatula, put it aside and slowly cool it to a certain temperature, and then said to Ozma:
"Come on. Child. Come and taste what the pastry tastes like in the way you say it goes. ”
Ozma was not pretentious, but walked closer, picked up a piece of pastry and put it to his nose and sniffed it gently, before putting it in his mouth and chewing it slowly.
At first smell, there is a faint aroma of wine, very light and restrained. After eating it, it is soft and glutinous, then Q-bomb, and finally overflowing the tip of the tongue with the spicy taste of the wine and the unique sweetness of the pastry.
"It's so delicious!! Ozma couldn't help but sigh.
In the process of Ozma's unconsciously satisfied look as she savored it, the grandmother had already begun to explain the pastry-making process. Her demeanor is like that of an old lady who counts the advantages of her granddaughter.
(Note: Although she is)
"The baking process is actually very simple, and it is not very complicated. The firm mixture of agar and gluten is wrapped in a ball of gluten flour and baked in the oven. When the outer dough of the pastry is golden brown, quickly remove it, then quickly infuse a serving of elf essence, and bake for another 30 seconds, and you're done.
The main difficulty lies in the ratio of the blend of materials that are encapsulated with the essence inside. Too much agar or too little gluten can affect the self-healing process of the small gaps created during the injection of elf essence. If it heals too slowly, the injected alcohol will be evaporated through the gap; If it heals too quickly, it means that the inner mixture is too viscous, which will cause the elf essence injected into it to mix with it, thus losing the original taste of the elf essence.
Of course, this elf essence must also be specially treated, and it must be heated in advance in a secretly sealed container. The reason why the container is airtight is to prevent unnecessary alcohol volatilization during the heating process, which affects the quality of the pastry.
Although it is difficult to guarantee that no alcohol will be volatilized during the baking process, the volatile alcohol seeps into the inner and outer layers of the pastry, which happens to cause the pastry to have a faint aroma. Since it only takes 30 seconds to return to the oven after adding the elf essence, the aroma of this wine is not very strong, and it will give people a subtle feeling. Grandma, I really like it. ”
(Note: This process of making pastries is purely nonsense, and I hope that all of you who are skilled in cooking will not try it without permission, otherwise, you will bear all the consequences!) It is hereby declared! )
After explaining the process of making pastries, the old grandmother watched Master Ozma stuff this new type of pastry into her mouth one by one, and couldn't help but smile and said to him:
"Eat slowly. No one is robbing you. I'll bake a few more ovens later, and you can take it back to your friends to eat. ”
"I'm afraid it's not enough. My friend is notoriously a big eater, and there is more than one. Master Ozma said cautiously.
"Okay, okay, got it. My good boy. Grandma will make it for you. The old grandmother deliberately put on a helpless look, but she still couldn't hide the happy look on her face at this time.
While Ozma breathed a sigh of relief, he quietly put a bag of gold coins in this big pastry room while his grandmother was not paying attention.
The old woman, who was looking calm on the side, suddenly turned back to Lord Ozma and said:
"Kids. This new style of pastry doesn't have a name yet! You can get one. ”
Master Ozma scratched her head, muttered for a moment, and then said:
"It's called 'drunk'. It takes the artistic conception of "only knowing the best wine, and it lasts forever". ”
(Note: This is indeed "the most", not "drunk", the difference of one word, please savor it carefully.) )
When the old lady heard Ozma's answer, she agreed very much, and nodded slightly, which was considered to be agreed.
In this way, a new style of pastry called "Drunken Lingering" has since been born and swept the entire Arad continent, of course, this is a later story.
(Note: When Xiaobai wrote this novel, he directly ignored many unnecessary details.) I also hope that all careful book friends will not be surprised when they see Xiaobai suddenly ask a character to call out the name of another character. This is not because of Xiaobai's negligence, but because these two characters must already be familiar partners. Therefore, for the sake of the smoothness of the overall rhythm of the novel, please let Xiaobai be willful. )
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