Chapter 24 Sweet Potato Vermicelli

However, making sweet potato vermicelli needs to go through several procedures such as selection, cleaning, crushing, filtration, exposure, kneading the slurry, leaking cooling and drying, especially kneading the slurry and leaking cooling. Fortunately, they are now well-staffed, so Lin Yunxuan can soon devote herself to the study of sweet potato vermicelli.

In the first test, Lin Yunxuan selected 30 catties of sweet potatoes with smooth surface, no pests and diseases, and moderate size.

She put the selected sweet potatoes into a basket and put them in water to wash off the soil and impurities, and cut off the two ends of the sweet potatoes. Then the washed sweet potato slices are dried, and after drying, the sweet potato slices are crushed and ground into powder with a stone mill. In order to improve the flour yield, Lin Yunxuan grinded and ground the sweet potato flour and grinded it very finely.

After all the thirty catties of sweet potatoes were crushed and ground into powder, she added water, mixed and stirred, and poured them into a homemade filter cloth bag for filtration. After the vat was left to sit overnight, the starch settled to the bottom of the vat. After pouring out the water in the upper layer, Lin Yunxuan used a spatula and hands to pick off the sweet potato starch, put it into a dustpan with a layer of cloth prepared in advance, and then took it to a leeward and sunny place for exposure.

After the sweet potato starch is dried, Lin Yunxuan carries out the process of kneading the starch, which is the most tiring and physically exhausting. Knead the sun-dried sweet potato starch with water, you need to knead it evenly and repeatedly, just like when making steamed buns and noodles, and finally mix the sweet potato starch into a puree. Lin Yunxuan and Aunt Zhang worked together to knead this sweet potato starch.

In the interval between kneading the dough, Lin Yunxuan set up a large pot in the yard and asked Zhao An to boil the water. After the water boiled, she took out a special scoop made by herself with small holes at the bottom, put the kneaded starch into the scoop, and then hit it hard and evenly, so that the vermicelli slowly flowed out of the small holes left in the scoop and fell into the pot.

When the bottom of the vermicelli sinks to the bottom of the pot and then surfaces, you can get out of the pot, and the jade girl who is waiting on the side uses a pair of extra-long chopsticks to fish out the vermicelli from the pot, puts it in a large bucket filled with cold water on the side, and then puts it into another bucket of cold water to cool down, and keeps swinging until the vermicelli is loose. After that, Huzi took these fans to a leeward place to dry.

Leakage is the most exquisite process of craftsmanship, because the vermicelli can be evenly thickened and controlled by the leakage process, the leaker holds the leaky scoop in his hand, and lifts the leaky scoop when he needs fine vermicelli, and lowers the leaky scoop when he needs coarse vermicelli.

Lin Yunxuan's arm strength was not enough, and her hand was sore after a quarter of an hour of leakage, and the scoop she was holding couldn't be controlled, and as a result, the fans who leaked out were of different thicknesses, so she had to let Zhao Dalin take over, and tell him the key points while leaking.

After continuous experimentation and adjustment of the plan, five days later, Lin Yunxuan finally made a sweet potato vermicelli that satisfied her.

At noon on the same day, she used sweet potato vermicelli to make a low-profile version of ant on the tree and hot and sour noodles for everyone to try.

Why is it a low-spec version? Because some of the seasonings needed for these two dishes have not yet appeared in this time and space, Lin Yunxuan can only use ready-made ingredients to cook.

Lin Yunxuan's ants on the tree have a light taste and attractive color, but for Zhao Dalin's family and Aunt Zhang, who have never eaten sweet potato vermicelli, this dish is not only novel in appearance, but also refreshing in taste, and the taste has never been eaten, which really makes them have endless aftertaste.

As for the hot and sour noodles, the hot and sour noodles originally originated from the folk of Sichuan, and the taste is mainly named after highlighting the sour and spicy. Authentic hot and sour noodles are numb, spicy, fresh, fragrant, sour and not greasy.

Because the chili peppers in this time and space are not very common ingredients, they are generally used as medicinal materials, and they are only sold in pharmacies, and the price is relatively expensive, so the hot and sour powder she made this time does not have many chili peppers, and there is no pepper oil and chili oil, the taste is not authentic enough, so it can only be said that it is a low-profile version of hot and sour noodles.

However, everyone who tried hot and sour noodles for the first time was so spicy that they burst into tears at first, but after getting used to the spiciness, they couldn't stop, and they all said that they enjoyed eating it.

The crowd's praise for these two dishes made Lin Yunxuan more confident in these two dishes.

Originally, she wanted to make a few dishes related to sweet potato vermicelli and sell them to Zuixianlou, and if the time is ripe later, she plans to open her own store and carry forward the snacks that were popular all over the country in her previous life-hot and sour noodles, and it is best to open stores all over the country, so that she can really embark on the road of prosperity.

So for a while, she went to the grocery stores and pharmacies in town every day after selling lo-mei, and finally let her find the basic ingredients for hot and sour noodles. But the most important ingredient, chili pepper, gave her a bit of a headache.

If she wants to make hot and sour noodles, the demand for chili peppers must be not small, and if she goes to the pharmacy every time to buy them, not only the cost is large, but the supply is also unstable, so she has to think about how to find chili peppers with the right price and stable supply.

But no matter what, at least for now, she has found a way to go on the road in the future.

With the direction, the rest of the things will not be too difficult, there is no endless road, and she believes that there will always be a way.

Early the next morning, Lin Yunxuan took the newly made sweet potato vermicelli and followed Zhao Dalin to deliver the goods to Zuixian Building.

Since Zhao Dalin delivered the goods to Zuixianlou, and recently been busy selling lo-mei and developing sweet potato vermicelli, Lin Yunxuan has not been to Zuixianlou for a long time.

As soon as the two of them walked to the back door of the Drunken Immortal Building, they heard the suppressed angry voice of Shopkeeper Li coming from the door.

"Pillar, did you pass it on?"

"No, I didn't! Shopkeeper, you have to believe me, I really didn't do anything sorry for Zuixianlou! The big pillar's voice was hurried and panicked, with a hint of crying.

Lin Yunxuan grabbed Zhao Dalin and stood outside the door for a while, until she couldn't hear the sound in the door, and then raised her hand to knock on the door.

After a while, the door opened from the inside.

Shopkeeper Li didn't go far, looked back, and saw that it was the two of them, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Girl Xuan, Brother Zhao, you are here."

Shopkeeper Li is now familiar with Lin Yunxuan, so he no longer calls her Miss Zhao, and Lin Yunxuan also changed his name to call him Uncle Li.

"Uncle Li, long time no see, don't come unharmed?" Lin Yunxuan smiled sweetly.

"Thank you for your concern, all is well."

Shopkeeper Li smiled, but in Lin Yunxuan's opinion, he couldn't help but laugh a little. What had just happened in the door, although she had only heard a rough idea, it was not difficult to speculate.

"Miss Xuan, do you have a new dish this time uninvited?" Shopkeeper Li looked at Lin Yunxuan with burning eyes.

"Yes! It's still the old rule, you go to get busy first, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare, and then you can come and taste it when it's ready. ”

After a few words, the three of them walked to the door of the kitchen, and the shopkeeper Li said a few words to the kitchen people and left. After Lin Yunxuan said hello to the people in the kitchen, she began to prepare for cooking.

Lin Yunxuan asked the chef for some pork belly to chop into meat filling, add a little wine and salt to marinate. Then take out the sweet potato vermicelli from the back basket that has been soaked and drained. Then heat the pan with oil, slide and fry the meat filling to change color until it is dry, and the water vapor is fragrant, then add an appropriate amount of broth, mix well, and serve. Put a little base oil in the pot, then add the freshly chopped green onion, ginger and garlic to fry the fragrance, then pour in the vermicelli, add soy sauce and a little wine and stir-fry, and finally pour the meat filling and soup into it and stir-fry evenly, add a spoonful of sugar and a little salt to taste, and wait for the vermicelli to absorb the soup in the pot and then get out of the pot.

"It's so fragrant, what kind of dish is this?" Shopkeeper Li's voice suddenly came from behind Lin Yunxuan.

"Uncle Li, did you come here in time? The dish has just been prepared, and I haven't had time to call you yet. Lin Yunxuan said with a smile.

"You don't have to call me, I'll smell it automatically. Let's go out and eat and talk. Shopkeeper Li took the dish in Lin Yunxuan's hand with a smile and took the lead out of the kitchen.

After a short time, the two walked to the room where Shopkeeper Li was specially used for deliberations.

Shopkeeper Li put the plate on the table and began to carefully observe the dishes on the plate.

At first glance, there seemed to be rows of ants climbing on trees, and if you look closely at this row of ants, it turned out to be minced meat, and the noodles under the minced meat were shiny, and they looked very soft and tender.

Shopkeeper Li picked up the chopsticks and put a spoonful of vermicelli in his mouth, chewing it every bite, the warmth and mellow aroma are intertwined, the "noodles" are soft and lively, the minced meat emerges one after another, and the flavor of the food is distinct.

"Good taste, well, delicious. Girl Xuan, this noodle has a very different taste from what we usually eat, how did you come up with the idea of using noodles to cook? Shopkeeper Li put down his chopsticks with doubts.

When Lin Yunxuan heard the word noodles, she blinked slyly and said with a smile:

"Uncle Li, this is not noodles. This is a new ingredient that I have recently come up with, called vermicelli. ”

"Fans?" Shopkeeper Li was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized: "I see, I said why this noodle not only looks different from what I usually eat, but even the taste is different." ”

"Tell me, how are you going to sell this new ingredient this time?" Shopkeeper Li rubbed his hands and looked at Lin Yunxuan.

"The recipe is still at the old price, and our new ingredient vermicelli is from dry goods, and it doesn't weigh at all, 30 yuan a catty." Lin Yunxuan said as she took out the dried sweet potato vermicelli from the back basket.

Shopkeeper Li picked up a handful of sweet potato vermicelli and observed it carefully, only to see that the "vermicelli" was in the shape of a gray slender strip, which looked crystal clear under the sun. Shopkeeper Li took the "vermicelli" under his nose and sniffed it a few times, only to feel that a unique fragrance instantly penetrated into his nostrils, refreshing people's hearts.

"It's good, it's good!" Shopkeeper Li laughed with satisfaction. "Girl Xuan, I'm looking forward to what kind of surprise you will bring me next time!"

Lin Yunxuan smiled silently.

Soon, they settled the accounts.

Before leaving, Lin Yunxuan left a sentence for Shopkeeper Li, which made Shopkeeper Li fall into contemplation.

"Xuan'er, do you believe in the big pillar so much?" On the way home, Zhao Dalin remembered what Lin Yunxuan said to Shopkeeper Li, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Uncle, do you think Brother Da Zhu will be the kind of person who betrays Shopkeeper Li for money?" Lin Yunxuan did not answer the rhetorical question.

"No, I watched this kid grow up since I was a child, and he is very honest and trustworthy." Zhao Dalin shook his head and said.

"Although I don't have much contact with Brother Zhuzi, I have been in contact with my aunt for so long, and I know very well what kind of person my aunt is, and I believe that the children taught by my aunt will not be bad." Lin Yunxuan thought about it, and explained it to Zhao Dalin.

"You're right, we know how your aunt usually teaches these children. Let's not mention this after we go back, so that your aunt will not worry. Zhao Dalin told Lin Yunxuan as he walked.

"Hmm. By the way, uncle, we're going to hurry up and make sweet potato vermicelli when we go back..."

The two talked and walked, and the topic quickly shifted.