Chapter 146: A lot of concerns
However, if you want to talk about the types and patterns, it may be that the founding queen has no love for moon cakes, and there are only five kernels in the original memory, or the kind of large moon cakes like a plate, the family buys a piece, cuts it and eats it together.
Because it is relatively large, the price is naturally expensive.
However, the materials are still very willing, sweet and greasy, indicating that there is more sugar and oil, and the ancient level of science and technology is backward, whether it is sugar or oil, it is very precious, so, even if the taste is not so good, but thinking about it once a year, or more sugar and oil means that the family has money, no matter what the reason, most of the moon cakes here are this feature.
Well, in this way, there is actually still a market for moon cakes.
"None of us have ever eaten mooncakes." A sister with a twisted braid and a small red flower on her head said embarrassedly.
"This sister, haven't you eaten it, come and talk about it." Tian Qingan looked at her sister who said that she had eaten a little before.
"I, I forgot that it was all years ago, and it tasted very good, and there was nothing else."
Uncle the village chief coughed twice, "The moon cakes in the town are all sold in dim sum shops, like making cakes, with sugar filling on the bread, cooked in the pot, the hot and delicious just out of the pot, it can't be put for a long time, it's hard, I can't bite it." ”
Tian Qingan knew why, the moon cake crust sold in the town was made of dead noodles, not oily skin, and it was to be eaten just out of the pot.
However, there is already oil skin in the capital, and of course, the cost of materials will increase, and the price will naturally rise.
"The mooncakes I want to make are different from what you said, no matter how much I said, you haven't seen it, you haven't tasted it, you don't know, so it's okay, you can help me make a few together, and when it's done, let's see if it's okay."
Everyone nodded, they still trusted Tian Qingan very much, these days they helped the family make cool skin, and they also saved some money.
The village chief immediately said: "Go to my house, my family is full of things!" ”
Tian Qingan has no opinion, "It just so happens that there are peach trees and jujube trees in my uncle's house, let's make peach flavor and jujube paste today!" ”
Uncle Village Chief took the initiative to contribute two catties of white noodles, Tian Qingan didn't do it, don't look at what she said one by one, in fact, she really hasn't made moon cakes, in order to avoid overturning, she is still the one who commands!
"Sister Changle, Sister Peach, you two go pick ten ripe peaches, peel and wash them, cut them into small pieces and soak them in salt water for a while...... Sister Liu'er, Sister Lotus, Sister Pear Blossom and Sister Zaohua, the four of you make noodles, four parts of noodles, one part of vegetable oil, half part of sugar, wake up first after you are alive, and I will make a difference. ”
You can't make moon cakes without moon cake molds!
When she came, she didn't bring the tools for carving, so she had to go to the small courtyard, where she carved and brought it back directly.
On the front is the name of the filling, and on the back is an auspicious pattern.
She didn't have much time, so she carved two types, one square and one round, with a handle on the front half and a handle on the back, and pressed to remove the mold.
When she went back, she had finished the work she had explained, and she looked at the jujube paste first, it was too wet, and it took a while to boil before getting out of the pot.
The next thing is to boil the sauce, add sugar while boiling, in fact, it is better to add honey, but this one is not.
Peaches have a lot of water, and it takes a long time to knead into a ball.
The previous live oil surface is divided into small agents, kneaded round, and then flattened into a round round jujube paste and peach paste, and kneaded round.
Then Tian Qingan put it in the abrasive and flattened it, and a mooncake was formed.
There is no oven, Sister Changle is responsible for cooking in the pot, the skin is thin, and it cooks quickly, and the sweet smell comes out after a while.
Uncle Village Chief sniffed, "Why don't I smell peaches?" ”
At this time, the first plate of moon cakes was served, Tian Qingan didn't have time to deal with the village chief's uncle, so he took a knife and cut it into four pieces, cut four, and everyone could taste it.
"Put the rest outside, let it cool and let everyone taste it again."
Seeing that the village chief's uncle began to eat, the others stopped and picked up a piece.
Tian Qingan also picked up a piece of peach puree, and before he could eat it, he smelled the sweetness of the peach.
Put it in the mouth, the skin is soft and delicious, and the inside is sweet and sour, and it seems to be even more delicious than what I ate in my previous life.
After all, the ingredients used in this moon cake are very real, and the peach puree is the peach puree, without additives, and there is no winter melon puree mixed with the flavor of the peach flavor.
"It's delicious, it's delicious!" Without her asking, the others said.
Looking at the rest of the straight swallowing saliva, I still want to eat.
Of course, just think about it, I can't afford to eat!
After all, it is made of white flour, and there is a lot of oil and sugar, and it feels like a guilty person to eat it.
Tian Qingan also tasted the same taste as them and did not eat again.
When all of them are made, Tian Qingan said: "This is just two kinds of simple ones, you can also make fresh meat moon cakes, ham moon cakes, flower moon cakes, snow skin moon cakes, crystal moon cakes, in addition to the filling can be different, the pie crust can also be changed, for example, the pie crust is steamed sweet potatoes and noodles, you can also use mung beans and noodles, so many types, the Mid-Autumn Festival will definitely be a big seller!" ”
Well, ancient people liked to drink tea, and they can also get a black tea flavor, green tea flavor, and oolong tea flavor!
But after she finished speaking, except for the village chief, who seemed more excited, the others were not as enthusiastic as they imagined, "What's wrong?" ”
Sister Peach said: "Red dates, we also know that this moon cake is delicious, but it costs too much, it is too expensive to sell, and we suffer if it is cheaper...... Not quite right! ”
"Sisters, who told you that this mooncake is too expensive to sell? If you sell it in town, you won't be able to! If we want to do it, we will do the best, and if we want to sell it, we will naturally go to the capital to sell it! ”
"Yes, the red dates are right, our moon cakes are delicious and beautiful, don't worry about not being able to sell, you just do what you do, the rest is our business!" The village chief said, "There is nothing that can't be sold if you make red dates!" ”
Tian Qingan glanced at him, the village chief was really floating!
The village chief spoke, and the sisters no longer had any worries.
"Do you want to do it now?" Among them, Sister Changle is the oldest and the most calm, and everyone takes her as the leader.
"You can start doing it, at this time, the major dim sum shops in Beijing have already started to make mooncakes and sell them, we have to hurry up...... Remember, our mooncakes are facing the rich people in the capital, so we must use white noodles, and the fillings inside must also use the best! "It's the seventh day of August now, and there are eight days left before the Mid-Autumn Festival, and they are already late, and they feel that they have made a lot of less money!
"That's good!" The sisters responded and began to prepare things, because they had made money for a while, thinking about eating meat dumplings during the Mid-Autumn Festival, every household bought two catties of white noodles, not much, but it was a lot to get together.