Chapter 055: The Origin of Plum Blossom Cake
was busy for a while, but unexpectedly it caused a turmoil, which made Zhang Xiaoxiao, who was on the first day of work, feel a sense of frustration.
She quickly stopped her ingenuity and concentrated on making some plum blossom cakes with all kinds of fillings in them.
"Master, like this, it's really like a plum blossom, no wonder it's called plum blossom cake, I want to eat it when I see the process."
"By the way, the plum blossom cake is called the plum blossom cake because its shape is like a plum blossom, but I see you, the mouth doesn't seem to be particularly big, why is it called this name?
Big mouth, it's a little ugly. The mess was a little familiar, and Zhang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but ask Li Dazui about the origin of that ridiculous name.
"Master, you tell me the story of the plum blossom cake first, and then I'll tell you how my big mouth came about?" Big Mouth begged.
"You said that this plum blossom cake is your family's ancestral, there must be an unusual story."
"The name of the plum blossom cake was actually taken by Emperor Qianlong."
Big Mouth was stunned, opened his mouth and shouted: "What, this is still the name chosen by the emperor, it is majestic enough."
This delicacy is actually linked to the emperor, hey, master, is Concubine Mei the ancestor of your family? There's a lot to be found in that. β
"It's not as you think, if my family had such a favored concubine, my family wouldn't be so poor." Zhang Xiaoxiao said with a wry smile.
"Stop, master, your family is poor, your ancestors have been craftsmen for generations, how can you be poor? Don't lie to me. β
"Really, you think your family is poor because you are in the mountains.
Although my family lives in the city, they live on plum blossom cakes, my family lives in the alley, the faΓ§ade is not prosperous, and I don't have a mother, my father is also a cripple, and my younger brothers and sisters have to study.
To tell you the truth, I'm burdened. Zhang Xiaoxiao shook his head with a wry smile and continued to complain.
"My mother died of illness, and after she died, she owed a lot of money, and now the house is going to be expropriated, and she has to pay to build a house.
Otherwise, I wouldn't have come here to work, and how free it is to pedal my broken tricycle at home.
Working here, you have to look at other people's faces all day long, which is annoying. β
Frustrated on the first day, Zhang Xiaoxiao couldn't help but doubt the happy days when he was doing business, unrestrained,
No one cares, if you want to innovate, you can innovate, and ideas pop up in your head all the time.
Seeing the customers smiling and holding the plum blossom cake happily, she felt a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction with the new ideas she had created.
"Why did you come here when it's so good out there? You know, when you enter here, you have eyes on you every day, and there are little shoes for you to wear from time to time. β
Why is this so? I didn't offend anyone, so why should I be given little shoes to wear? Zhang Xiaoxiao's unspeakable grievances made her feel very sad. Is the human heart so dark in this? β
"Hehe, master, I don't know when you became everyone's public enemy."
"Public enemy? Big mouth, what are you talking about, I only came to see it yesterday, and I only went to work today,
There are not many people who know each other, how can they suddenly become everyone's public enemies? I do not quite understand. β
Zhang Xiaoxiao scratched the back of her head, she couldn't believe her ears.
In their neighborhood, there is no one who doesn't like themselves, how did they get here and suddenly become a thorn in everyone's side?
She couldn't figure it out, so she had to look at this apprentice with pitiful eyes.
"Didn't you notice who you were with when you came?"
"It's Mr. Chen, he looked for me, of course he brought me in, will I come here for no reason?"
slapped the table with a big mouth and said loudly: "The problem is here, because you are the person brought by Mr. Chen, and Mr. Chen regards any woman as a stone.
has never easily accosted and laughed with women, even the director, who is as beautiful as a flower and has a crush on Mr. Chen, has rarely seen Mr. Chen smile at a woman, let alone talk casually with people. β
"Do you mean that we, Mr. Chen, are we a lump of ice?"
"yes, he's just a lump of ice, so what's if he's a lump of ice?
The more indifferent he is, the more he attracts the attention of women, tall and angular faces,
The eyes are black and white, the nose is high, and the mouth is as thin as cicada wings, so cool ......" The big mouth described Chen Hao with a face.
It's normal for girls to think of spring, like Big Mouth, who turns into a nymphomaniac in seconds at the age of sixteen.
"Do you like Mr. Chen too?" Zhang Xiaoxiao snorted, then patted her face lightly.
The big mouth was poked in the heart, his face was red, and he said shyly: "Oh, I'm not the only one who likes Mr. Chen, almost every girl here likes him." β
"Oh, Mr. Chen is so cool, who doesn't like him, unless there is a problem with his eyes." Zhang Xiaoxiao said to herself.
"Master, will you also like Mr. Chen?" Big Mouth asked, tilting his head.
"How could that be, I wouldn't like him, and...... And I also have people I like. β
Big mouth slapped his palms and laughed: "That's good, that's good, in this way, I will have one less competitor." β
Sure enough, she was a nymphomaniac, looking at her dancing hands, Zhang Xiaoxiao couldn't cry or laugh.
"Alright, be so happy, stop daydreaming. Help me put those nuts in. Otherwise, the director came, and we would have to be trained again with empty hands. β
"You still say, it's good to be your apprentice, but I haven't learned any skills yet, I've carried the black pot for you many times, hey, you have to treat me well in the future."
Zhang Xiaoxiao was afraid of being trained again, so she immediately started to make plum blossom cakes again.
She mixes flour, fermented flour and water into a prize, pours it into a hot plum blossom mold, and then puts the prepared bean paste, fresh meat, vegetable lard, roses and other fillings into it.
Then fill the batter on top, sprinkle with sugar, red and green melon shreds, and then close the lid of the mold and push it into the oven.
"Master, is this okay? It doesn't seem that difficult. β
"As long as you are willing to learn by heart, nothing is difficult, as long as you master the key principles, you can do it." Zhang Xiaoxiao said meaningfully.
They waited while cleaning the kitchen utensils, and it was only a few minutes before the aroma quickly filled the entire kitchen.
The baked plum cake has an attractive color, sweet but not greasy, and is moderately soft and crispy, making people salivate at first glance.
The people in the kitchen all ran over to see the whole thing fresh.
"Pastry chef, can you give us a try?" Someone suggested.
"Since it's free, of course you can!" Zhang smiled and smiled, knocked off the mold, put it in a paper plate, and let them taste it, all of them smiled and were happy.
"What's the matter with you guys? What's going on? What are you doing around the pastry shop? β
At this time, the blue-collar team brought Xiaoyu over with the purchaser, and was surprised to see the white coats crowded at the door one after another.
"Li Xiaobo, are you still talking in the back kitchen, how can this be?"
"The people who got the plum blossom cake are about to disperse, and they are about to disperse, otherwise I won't be able to keep my black gauze hat." The chef's head tightened, and he hurriedly drove away his brothers.
The big mouth smiled and said: "Chef, didn't you say that your black gauze hat is Sun Wukong's tight hoop, what, you are also afraid of being taken off?" β