Chapter 138: Restless Tofu
Kagawa looked at the three people who looked at death speechlessly, picked up the drink jug next to him and poured three cups of sweet soy milk for the three of them, and then concentrated on his own stirring work.
Gradually, some slag began to emerge from the cloudy soybean milk, and when the slag was almost completely separated from the liquid, Kagawa asked the chef to fetch the gauze and flat cylindrical container that had been sterilized for food. Because it was a temporary decision to make tofu, it was quite difficult to find a container with holes around and at the bottom to drain the water, after all, modern people don't go to steam things to eat, this kind of container with holes is useless for them, Kagawa almost asked the chef to turn over all the containers in the warehouse to find a barely suitable one.
Put the gauze in the container, then spread the white residue in the pot evenly on it, cover it with gauze, and then find a container of about the same diameter, fill it with some water to increase the weight, and press it on top of the cloth.
After a series of tasks were done and the weight of the round pot used to press the tofu was correct, Kagawa also poured himself a cup of sweet soy milk, and brought the three people who were silently on the edge of the kitchen to eat tofu with the three people who were silently on the edge of the kitchen and Ono standing outside the kitchen.
"Ingredients?"
The three of them and Ono, who was eating melons on the side, were surprised when Kagawa said, "This is actually an ingredient."
"Aren't the ingredients vegetables and meat? Can capers also be used as an ingredient? ”
Aino wondered, and imagined in his brain the scene of sour pasty soy milk used to fry or cook soup and noodles...... Even he, a knowledgeable honor student, had some brain crashes.
"I said it's not sour soy milk, it's tofu, it's not sour...... Probably. Kagawa swore at first, but then remembered that this was the first time he had made tofu, and he added the last two words with some unconfidence. She wasn't sure if she would actually make sour soy milk or sour tofu, sour tofu...... She hadn't really tried these things in her short experience of 21st century cuisine, let alone the three-faced and confused members, and she herself couldn't imagine the taste of sour tofu.
Seeing Kagawa's face change and change, it was not difficult for Ouyang Yating and the three of them to guess that their president was thinking of something strange off topic again, but at the moment they had more things to care about.
"Tell me more about the beans you made...... Rot? How do you use it as an ingredient, wouldn't it be nice to make it directly with beans? Why do we need to process it? ”
"Because the taste is different." Kagawa Masasei said, when it comes to eating, she is not ambiguous, "The texture of tofu is softer than that of beans, and the absorption of seasonings and soup is much higher than that of beans, and the taste is soft and easy to digest, and it can be further absorbed after further processing into dried tofu." ”
At the end, she swallowed her saliva in dismay, because she remembered the tofu strips sold at the entrance of the elementary school. In the past, there was a primary school on the way to the subway station, and occasionally when I got up early to catch the first train, I could see some small vendors squatting at the school gate selling tofu strips and spicy hot, but when I needed to catch the first train, it was often a very busy time for work, so even if I vaguely smelled the fragrance, I was indifferent and continued to step on high heels to catch the subway.
But after returning to her teenage days as a student, Kagawa feels like her taste has gone back to her childhood, and now when she thinks of tofu strips, she can't help but want to have a beef brisket spicy tang with sesame spicy oil and minced garlic (with tofu strips and radish version).
Unlike Kagawa, who is somewhat immersed in memories, the other three + one still don't understand the existence of tofu, after all, the reprocessed ingredients are still a bit too challenging for their imagination.
"In fact, in ancient times, there were not many times when beans were eaten directly." Kagawa wiped the non-existent saliva on the corner of his mouth, and continued, "It's more about using ingredients made from different processing of beans to cook, and the consumption of ancient beans is basically concentrated in this area, followed by some soy snacks, I have seen this kind of in the information, but the preparation method is a little complicated, so I haven't excerpted it." ”
The last sentence is not familiar with lying, but she did see the shadow of beans in the introduction or packaging bag materials of some vegetarian snacks, and she also knew that she had eaten so many soy snacks when she was a child, she curiously clicked into the web page and looked at the comparison table, looking at various additives and condiments that are not usually used, Kagawa closed the page silently.
Let's make tofu honestly, and then send these to my father after I have solved the problem of mass production of beans, it's a food processing group, she can't understand it, and the research department over there can't also understand it, right?
The three of Ouyang Yating here were even more confused at this time: Make it into a snack? How? Fried into fries like okara with okara?
Before you know it, an hour has passed, and the tofu is almost ready. Kagawa rushed to the kitchen as soon as the alarm went off, but when he asked the chef to lift the container, he looked at the things covered by the cloth underneath, and the nervousness that had finally disappeared rose to his heart.
What should I do if it goes bad?
What if it doesn't taste good?
What if they made pork like they did before and made them have a bad impression of soy products? Will this failure become the biggest obstacle to the birth of tofu and even soy products?
The initial uneasiness spread through her mind like a virus, and when Ouyang Yating and Aino's calls brought her back to her senses, Kagawa realized that cold sweat broke out in her palms.
"What's wrong? You're not quite right from the start. Aino didn't have so many scruples, and asked directly. Ouyang Yating glanced at her bamboo horse very helplessly: This girl's mouth is sometimes really unobstructed.
However, it also saves the roundabout curves.
"Hmm......" Kagawa looked at the tofu covered by the cloth in the container with a look of intent, and finally made up his mind to take a deep breath and tell it all: "To be honest, I don't have much confidence in making this tofu this time, and I don't know if the things in it are done, so I ......"
"That's it?" Ouyang Yating and the three looked at each other, and then looked at Kagawa, who was hesitant and uneasy.
Burst!
The first to laugh was Aino, Ouyang Yating and Liang Gong couldn't help but laugh out loud, and finally evolved into a laugh of the three of them.
"Don't laugh, I'm serious." Kagawa's head was full of black lines, because she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth when she saw Ono standing outside the kitchen.
"Then you can rest assured, we don't think of you as the perfect chef yet." Aino looked at her amusedly, "We've been following you for a few days to get beans, and we know how troublesome these beans can be to deal with." These things are all tens of thousands of years old, and we thought that we might really encounter a bottleneck in the future, but we didn't expect you to react like this...... Burst! ”
Saying that, he couldn't help laughing again, Kagawa's face turned even darker, and Ouyang Yating saw this and hurriedly pulled his bamboo horse to the corner of the kitchen, preventing his own president from settling old accounts by the way and destroying this guy with an unzippered mouth.
Kagawa glared at him angrily, but her mood was much more relaxed, she went to the sink to clean her hands, and then carefully uncovered the cloth in the pot, the familiar white solid came into view, she pressed it gently, the soft texture of the tofu fed back to her fingertips, and the hanging heart finally let go.
The taste is not mentioned for the time being, it seems that this method of white vinegar marinated can indeed make the tofu clump and have a shape, even if the taste is not good, and then improve the recipe.
A good start is half the battle.