Chapter 4 Boiling and Burning Have a Future
It may be the welfare of the traverser, Yao Yuan obviously feels that his current physical condition is surprisingly good, and even the problem of young people sleeping in bed has disappeared.
I only slept for three or four hours last night, and I felt so energetic that I couldn't lie down.
As soon as the sky was bright, Yao Yuan quietly went out and ran along the road in the direction of Zizhu Park.
The eastern sky had just turned rosy, and the few high-rise buildings in the city's low skyline stood out a little, especially the circular revolving restaurant on the top of the 26th floor, which looked a bit postmodern in the morning light, a bit like an alien flying saucer.
There are already pigeons flying in the sky, and pigeon whistles come and go, which is a sound that is difficult to hear in later generations, and it is a special background that belongs to the current city.
"Nothing, don't have money, don't have disease!" Facing the morning light, Yao Yuan spread his legs and ran, muttering as he ran.
I just decided to enjoy life, but the money is gone, it doesn't matter if I don't have money, I can still earn it! The first priority is to get through our bodies.
Yao Yuan's pace of running was fast, and as his body heated up, his mind gradually began to move.
Still have to make some money!
In the end, we have also eaten and seen in our last life, and ordinary luxury cars and villas are not attractive to us, but don't let go of the opportunity to live this time, to be able to mix a three-in, five-entry courtyard in this era, and take your family and friends to live a free life as you like, so as to live up to this opportunity to be reborn, and all this has no money to lay the foundation, which is absolutely impossible.
However, what can we make money on as a cook?
I don't know anything about finance, trading and trading, and I am afraid that what can be relied on is my own craft.
Gradually, there were more people coming and going on the street.
Mo Daojun walked early, and there were even more early pedestrians.
Looking at the crowd of people selling goods and snacks in the morning market on the street, I gradually felt a little bit more careful.
Don't underestimate the small vendors who buy wontons and fried fritters on the street, this thing can make a lot of money after a month, and some people in later generations once relied on a bowl of small noodles in Shancheng to buy a car and a house, and achieved financial freedom, and I am afraid that it will not be an exception in this era.
According to the chef's experience, even this kind of street fast food, the gross profit usually reaches more than 60%, a bowl of wontons costs one dollar, the direct cost is two or three cents, and the rest is profit.
As long as you can sell 100 bowls a day, that's a net income of sixty or seventy, and the money you earn after a few days of work is enough for yourself and your sister to live comfortably for a month.
But wait a minute, each bowl of wontons is only sold for one dollar, and every wonton sold has to be filled and wrapped by hand, and then it has to be cooked on the spot.
Xie Zhenhua's idea last night seemed to be quite good, it seems that selling fried noodles can also work, this technical content is a little lower, the operation process is simpler, a pot of fried sauce is done, only someone needs to cook noodles and cut all the dishes to dry.
But this is the same as selling wontons, a bowl of noodles can't be sold at a high price, and the profit as the main product is a little low.
Besides, everyone calls the catering industry a diligent business, and it is impossible to succeed in this business without superhuman physical labor.
But now that I am a student, I am facing the college entrance examination immediately, and it seems that getting up early and returning late every day, guarding the food stall with smoke and fire does not seem to be in line with my purpose of enjoying life.
While running, he thought wildly, and ran through the street and turned into Zizhu Park, which was already lively, and it seemed that the early risers were concentrated in this place with mountains, rivers and bamboo forests.
A group of young and old gathered together in the empty field, each with their eyes closed and shaking their hands and writhing, looking serious and intoxicated.
A banner was also pulled between the two big trees: "Master Yan Xin's hand-shaking therapy brings the Gong to pass on the Fa!" ”
When Yao Yuan saw the content of the banner clearly, he not only laughed out loud, but almost got angry: "Ha, qigong is hot!" Why are so many people still practicing this? ”
Turning around a dirt mountain bag, there was another scene here, a group of shirtless men in coats, catching the pair of wrestlers.
Yao Yuan slowed down his pace, and found that several pairs of them went back and forth, one move and one style were quite orderly, and the footsteps were like butterflies piercing flowers, and with the whirring sound in his mouth, he fell between attack and defense.
That's kind of interesting.
Most of the people working in the kitchen are men, and there is nowhere to vent the accumulated hormones, and the cooks all like these confrontation sports when they get together on weekdays, and any boxing, sanda and other sports are very popular with the cooks, and Yao Yuan, a traditional wrestler, has also been in contact with it.
After observing for a while, you can see that a few of the men have a little real kung fu, and they are a little ready to move.
There is no pedometer, and there is no mobile phone APP, with experience estimates, just more than 40 minutes of running and playing should have run a distance of six or seven kilometers, sweating on the body, the mood is also much happier, and then the stomach began to rumble.
Wandering back to the morning market just passed, I sat down at the wonton stall I just passed by, and spent two yuan, a bowl of wontons, a tea egg, and two one-foot-long jujube-red crispy fritters. That's nice!
Two dollars for a breakfast, good!
The number of people in the morning market has gradually increased, and there are already people queuing up at the stalls selling meat on the side, and the eldest sister in the queue is complaining: "Why has the price of meat risen again, and the pork belly was still three yuan last week, and today it is three yuan and two pounds?" ”
The complaint resonated, and a sensible eldest brother answered: "Why don't prices increase this year?" If you meet it, buy it, buy it and eat it in your stomach, if you don't believe it, you just look at it, and you may have to go up next week! ”
This is right, it seems that the hottest topic on the lips of the people in this era is the price increase, since the abolition of the dual-track system two or three years ago, the price of non-staple food, domestic means of production, food and non-staple food seem to be rising, so that the people who have already adapted to the planned economy are very panicked for a period of time.
Yao Yuan's attention was attracted by a piece of cardboard standing on the meat stand:
Pork belly: 3.2 yuan a catty
Tenderloin: 3.5 yuan a catty
Pork leg meat: 3.1 yuan a catty
Pork ribs: 2.6 yuan a catty
Large intestine: 1.3 yuan a catty
Pork belly: 1.3 yuan a catty
Pork liver: 1.3 yuan a catty
Lung head: 0.8 yuan a catty
This price......
In the eyes of the eldest sister in line, it is already expensive, but in Yao Yuan's eyes, the price is ridiculously cheap.
Especially those pigs go into the water. When have you ever seen good things such as large intestine and pork belly before you bought a pound or more, it was like giving it for nothing.
In this era, people's tastes may still be biased towards more affordable pork, especially fatty meat, which is considered serious and enjoyable to eat. And what kind of water and miscellaneous have a fishy smell that can't be removed, and it is also difficult to deal with, I am afraid that in the eyes of most people, it is like a chicken rib, and few people care about it at all.
That's why the market determines the price, right?
Yao Yuan looked at this cardboard full of prices, and his eyes gradually lit up.
In later generations, offal products such as pig intestines and pork belly have become sought-after goods, and the price has long exceeded the price of pork belly and pork loin.
Take a pig's large intestine as an example, what is the dry sautéed large intestine, the nine-turn large intestine, the laba garlic roasted fat intestine, the stinky tofu fat intestine pot, the rotten garlic fat intestine, and the casserole stewed hanger, all of which are the favorites of meat lovers.
Especially in this era, the general protein intake of the common people is insufficient, and there will definitely be a preference for fatty and fragrant foods.
If these sewers are used as raw materials, the products made will be popular.
Yao Yuan blinked his eyes on the edge of the meat stall, and suddenly had a plan in his heart.
Since the establishment of the city, Pingcheng has a history of thousands of years, and naturally has long formed its own unique food style, but the so-called Pingcheng local special food, in addition to those who do not know the so-called palace banquet, most of the rest comes from the daily diet of the poor people, which is also a very strange thing.
There is only one snack, which itself comes from the court, but later takes root among the people and is welcomed by the common people, which is "Su made meat", also known as "boiled and burned"!
Since Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went down to the south of the Yangtze River and brought Zhang Dongguan, the chef of Suzhou Weaving Mansion, back to the capital, the pot of "Su made meat" stewed by more than a dozen spices has become a product in the imperial diet.
Later, after this "Su made meat" spread to the people, someone opened a restaurant with Su made meat as the main focus near Xihaizi, and it was like a market for a while.
However, the price is still unattainable for ordinary people, and some people replace the expensive raw materials with cheap ingredients such as pig intestines, pig lungs, pork belly, fried tofu, and white flour fire, and use the same technique to create a pot of "boiled fire".
The fragrance is strong, the soup with water is the staple food, a bowl full of meat aroma, and the key price is still approachable.
It is rumored that the earliest boiled fire stall was placed at the door of the Tianqiao Tea Garden, every night when the tea garden ended, the diners would put the water around the boiled stall, in addition to the guests who watched the play and listened to the book, the Liba who pulled the cart, and the bitter haha, even the famous boss in the opera garden also preferred this mouthful.
It's a pity that after a few years of public-private partnership and market changes, such a very distinctive and good food, because the big restaurants do not hesitate to do it, and the small vendors do not have the technology, in this era, it has become not easy for ordinary diners to eat this bite of braised and boiled fire.
Looking at the current price of ingredients, and then looking at the surging crowd in the morning market, Yao Yuan felt that this braised fire must have a big deal!
First of all, his identity is a student, and his first priority must be to study, he was greedy for fun in his last life, and after finishing high school, he went directly to the chef school to learn the craft, which once disappointed his parents, and it was also an eternal regret in his heart.
This time I have the opportunity to live again, and I feel really sorry for my chance to be reborn without going to a serious university.
Earning money is urgent, but it's best to do it in your spare time.
This determines that no matter which one you choose, it is best not to involve yourself too much energy, except during the summer vacation, of course.
The product has several characteristics that just meet its own requirements.
First, although this thing is a snack, but for the production, it requires a certain level of technology, from the preparation of raw materials to seasoning and fixing, there is a certain technical content, which can give full play to its own strengths, and after the product is launched, it will not be imitated by others so quickly, which is equivalent to having a small technical threshold.
Second, all the operational difficulties of boiling and burning are completed in the kitchen, after a large pot is done, when it is moved to the street to sell, only a simple heating equipment is needed, and then only a simple cut is needed to put everything into a bowl, and it can be operated by a simple training by a random person, and no professional technical requirements are required.
The third point, don't look at the boiling and burning of a bowl is water, but it is also meat, and it can be sold at a higher price if it is meat, and each bowl sells for three yuan, and the gross profit will be nearly two yuan, so it is a little interesting to dry.
Last but not least, the technical points of this thing are in the kitchen, as long as the production capacity is enough, it can supply multiple selling points at the same time, so it is easy to expand the business. After all, I used to be a professional chef, so I can't be too low!