Chapter 136: The Role of Soybeans
When Kagawa brought out the bean dregs pancakes, Xiangqi and Lin Ming were arguing about "which is better, sweet milk or sweet soy milk", Xiangqi didn't like the slight beany smell left in the sweet soy milk, and Lin Ming was not very interested in the taste of adding sugar to pure milk.
"If you don't like sweet milk, why did you drink it with me before?" Xiangqi ruthlessly exposed his partner.
"That's when I don't have a choice." When this sentence was spoken, Lin Ming wiped a handful of bitter tears in his heart, before the appearance of soy milk, the only thing that could be called a drink was fruit juice, milk and fruit milk mixed with the two, it seems to be one of the three but the essence is one of the two, if you drink juice all day long, your mouth will be a little sour, and Sister Kagawa doesn't let the two of them only drink juice for a long time, so they are all milk juice to drink, but he can't get used to the taste of lactose + sugar mixture no matter what!
"You dislike my sister's sweet milk?" Xiangqi raised his eyebrows, this expression was very similar to Xiangchuan, which made Ouyang Yating, who was sitting at the dining table and watching, feel that this pair of them is really sisters.
"I didn't say that. Ah, Kagawa-san! Don't listen to her! At first, Lin Ming was holding back the incense flag on the ground, but as soon as he saw Kagawa coming to the table with a plate and looking at the two of them helplessly, he panicked and hurriedly explained.
If you offend anyone, you can't offend the cook, Lin Ming can be said to be self-taught.
Kagawa blinked, his gaze moved back and forth on his sister and Lin Ming, and it took a long time for him to come up with a sentence: "It's good." ”
Before everyone had time to fall into contemplation in confusion, they were first attracted by the pancakes that were served, mainly because the fragrance was very attractive, a little more than the usual pancakes that they had just tasted in soy milk.
Kagawa originally wanted to make some fried bean dregs and the like for the recipe, but if she thought about it carefully, the staple food was only noodles such as steamed buns or dried noodles. Fried bean dregs, she plans to think about the recipe before starting.
Watching the people at the table begin to discuss the difference between the pancakes with bean dregs and the original, Kagawa remembered the discussion between his sister and Lin Ming just now.
That's good. She meditated again in her heart.
Recalling that when she first came to 30,000 years later, as a picky modern person, she used ready-made ingredients to make something that would be edible (in her opinion), and her relatives and friends were also particular about what she made, which once made Kagawa think that modern people are not picky. However, with the increase in the variety of diets, everyone also has a difference between liking and disliking the same food like Lin Ming and Xiangqi, and go back to choose the type they like.
In Kagawa's view, this is a good trend, because having a tendency to like it means that the food that will be launched in the future can be purchased by a specific consumer group, and there will be a market, which is conducive to the entry of food products into the market in the 21st century.
- Not to mention anything else, at least to the point where she has milk tea and small cakes as snacks when she goes out with her sister!
Kagawa thought so and took a big bite of a large piece of bean dregs cake.
Well, sweet.
On the morning of the fourth day, the milky smell on the table was mixed with some bean aroma, and Xiang Weiguo finally decided to take the okara pancakes and soy milk to the company - to pull with the shareholders.
Originally, it had been a lot of effort to persuade the shareholders to agree to submit the application for the inclusion of edible mushrooms in the ingredients and the development of related foods to the Agricultural Bureau, if it were not for the live broadcast of the class competition of the eighth class of high school, the fragrant fried chicken with shiitake mushrooms and mushroom chicken soup conquered other high-level government officials who watched the live broadcast at that time, and the establishment of the edible mushroom experimental field would not have been so smooth.
But soybeans are different, there is no precedent for this thing! And this thing is not even included in the category of ingredients, medicinal materials and condiments, and if you want to apply, you must have ironclad evidence, so Xiang Weiguo originally planned to wait for the eldest daughter to make their so-called "soy sauce" before submitting the application - after all, the gold content of condiments is higher, but this plan was not maintained for two days before the eldest daughter suddenly made soy milk and okara cakes.
What do you mean? Is it possible that beans can also be used as drinks and ingredients? Can it even be made into a staple like flour? Xiang Weiguo looked at the big pot of soy milk in his hand, and thought that the staple food ingredient market might be turbulent in the future, and his heart was numb.
Aino, who is engaged in the food business at home, also has the same question, but at this moment, as a member of the Tongue Society, he does not have so many concerns as Xiang Weiguo, so he chooses to ask his president directly.
"Staple food...... I read the information before that some countries in ancient times did use it as a staple food, but because of some characteristics of beans, it was not the first choice for most countries. ”
"Features?" The people on the table who were eating bean dregs stopped their movements and looked at her.
"That is, if you eat too much, your stomach will be flatulent." Kagawa was actually hesitant to talk about it at the dinner table.
Oh - high school students and above who have some knowledge of high school medicine suddenly realized that they were hesitant to continue eating.
"Flatulence?" It's not that the high school student's incense flag is now full of big question marks.
"It's what it means to fart." Lin Ming, who is a big ghost, took over the topic directly, and then unsurprisingly received a slap on the back of the red-faced Xiangqi.
Indeed, this is not a topic that should be done at breakfast.
"Ahem, but beans are still excellent as a supplementary food." Seeing that the atmosphere at the table was gradually weird, Kagawa, who was the initiator, still felt a little guilty, so he quickly changed the topic, "Soybeans are rich in starch and protein, so they are often eaten as complementary foods with rice and pasta. ”
"What is the Supplement?" This time it was Ouyang Yating's turn to ask.
Not only Ouyang Yating, but everyone was also full of questions.
At this time, Kagawa remembered that modern food is directly mixed with staple food and ingredients to make liquid food and solid food, and there are production escort ships to ensure supply, and there is no shortage of food, let alone supplementary food used to match staple food.
Kagawa, a non-agricultural student, also has little knowledge in this area, so she can only tell everyone her own understanding: the mixture of supplementary food and staple food, mostly high-starch crops, can reduce the consumption of staple food, and can also improve the taste of staple food. Kagawa's impression of the more famous supplementary food should be one of the main characters' nirvana artifacts that travel through ancient times - sweet potatoes, because this thing was rare in ancient times. Beans are common in China, but they lack development.
What the two of them have in common is probably that they will have bloating when they eat too much, right? Kagawa complained silently in his heart.
However, this popular science is indeed just a "food knowledge" for everyone at the table, and if the third boat group, which is famous for its agricultural products, will have a shortage of staple food, then the other eleven boat groups will definitely be greatly affected. Therefore, "due to the shortage of staple food, supplementary food is added to reduce the consumption of staple food", everyone classifies it into the category of "ancient people's food culture".
In fact, when the country got out of the state of food shortage, these supplementary grains were indeed transformed into other functional ingredients, sweet potatoes became roasted sweet potatoes, dried sweet potatoes and other snacks, or directly made into staple food ingredients such as sweet potato flour, soybeans are more regarded as ingredients in dishes, stir-fried vegetables and soup dishes can often see their figures, followed by the transformation into soy sauce, bean paste, Northeast miso and other condiments. Their original status as supplementary food would have been less aware of them if they had not been constantly watching, traveling, or studying agriculture.
Kagawa himself didn't plan to let it develop in the direction of supplementary food when he got the soybeans, and if the beans were not used to make soy sauce soup and soy milk stuffed tofu, it would be a violent thing.
………… Well?
Bean curd?
Kagawa bit the straw and sucked the soy milk, as if he had thought of something.
(End of chapter)