Chapter 73 French Snail
Yu Dapai received the last payment, and the snow was sealed. At least, the caravan came back in a hurry. With the three hundred taels of silver from Yu Dapai, he came back.
Apricot uses cooked corn kernels as a foil, cuts a little pork belly, stir-fry it in a pot, and thicken it with water starch. Then, pour the thick soup on the mashed potatoes, so that a delicious mashed potatoes is ready.
After a day of tossing, from apple rings to mashed potatoes, Zhenxing took a lot of effort. Nevertheless, Zhenxing is still full of excitement and expectation, looking forward to the opening of the restaurant one day earlier.
Qi Bosong stretched out five fingers and poured a basin of cold water on Zhen Xing.
"Can you open a restaurant with five dishes?" Qi Bosong said.
"Five specialties are enough. The rest can be the same as other restaurants!" Zhen Xing said.
"Since it's the same as other restaurants, why do they still come to your house?" Qi Bosong said.
Zhen Xing was stunned by Qi Boxong's question. He tilted his head and looked at Qi Boxong for a long time, but he didn't find an answer. Yes, why did she come to her restaurant?
"If you want to be superior, not only the environment, but also the dishes are also very important. If so, everyone's dishes are the same. The price is cheap. Why don't you go to someone else's house instead of coming to your house? Qi Bosong said.
Zhen Xing took a deep breath and leaned against Qi Bosong. Yes, five dishes, how to make a restaurant? When it comes to restaurants, it must be distinctive, otherwise, who will come in for dinner?
If you make a hodgepodge, what's the difference from a snack stand? When Zhen Xing had a whim, she simply got a fast food restaurant. Flowing-flowing homework, can you eat as you like?
Or, make a buffet and eat whatever you want?
Er...
There are too many thoughts of Zhen Xing, and I don't know what to do if I am disturbed by this idea. Buffet is a good choice, but can people in this era understand it?
Besides, buffet? Is it okay?
Zhenxing frowned, and the buffet was also divided into high and low grades. Is it mid-range in their house? According to the standard of a hundred years later, I'm afraid it's not enough. However, what should we give the guests for the buffet?
Forget it, I'm afraid the buffet is still not easy to manage. She has no experience in this field. She cooks some strange dishes in a restaurant, which may be acceptable to everyone.
Now that you have made up your mind, you have to work hard on the dishes.
If there is a decent table of signature dishes in the restaurant. For example, a whole fish feast. There are not so many fish in Ili City, so it can be a whole sheep banquet. However, there are many restaurants made by the whole sheep banquet, which is nothing new.
Potato feast? Beans banquet? Isn't this too vulgar?
I can't. There is a monk's banquet with a table of all vegetarian dishes, right?
Uh? It's not bad to make a vegetarian restaurant, but these days, there are many rich people who believe in Buddhism, but who can come to eat vegetarian food every day? He doesn't have money. He can't afford to eat it. I can only eat radishes and vegetables at home while asking God to worship Buddha. In the final analysis, the Qing government was incompetent and ruined the people.
Who doesn't want to live a good life every day? Unfortunately, the Qing government will pay compensation as soon as it defeats the battle. Where does the silver come from? Didn't it come out of the blood of the people?
And her mother-in-law, Empress Dowager Cixi. I built a garden to celebrate my birthday, and it cost countless silver. It can be said that the people are not living.
Zhen Xing suddenly fell from the palace to the bottom. For the first time, she understood Zhang Yanghao's famous sentence "Xing, the people are suffering. Death, the people suffer."
It is not the people who really get the benefits, but the group of high-ranking rulers. Only they, who stand at the peak of power, can really do whatever they want with their power.
Zhen Xing complains about the dissatisfaction of the ruling class, but what's the use of complaining? She didn't even dare to say anything. Otherwise, she would be taken back to Beijing as a promiscuous party. At that time, she would be full of mouths and couldn't explain how she escaped from death.
Well, Zhen Xing had to put away all her complaints. Re-enter the difficult life, life needs to be lived, the stomach needs to be filled, the business should be done as usual, and love should be sweet. This is her current life goal.
What kind of special dish should I make? No way, it's just a potato banquet, right? Then who will eat it?
Bitter gourd feast? By the way, she remembered that there is a famous dish in Hunan called Stirky Meat Stir-fried Bitter Gourd. Rumor has it that it tastes good. Stir-fried bitter gourd with stinky meat, stewed fish with bitter gourd, scrambled eggs with bitter gourd, and stewed tofu with bitter gourd. Unfortunately, bitter gourd is the talent of ordinary people after all, and it can't be put on the table.
Oh, I'm so worried that Zhen Xing's eyebrows are deeply locked, and she has a broken heart.
Xiaofuzi left, and Qi Boxong went back to his room. It was getting late, and Qi Boxong lit a candle. The faint light is dim and drowsy. Zhen Xing doesn't like the oil light and candle light at night. The flame the size of a bean grain makes people more dizzy after watching it.
Oh, I can't. It's all French food, right? We don't have that skill either! Zhen Xing finally lost the battle and lost on the recipe of this restaurant.
The most famous French cuisine is foie gras and snails!
Zhenxing never dared to eat snails. She remembered reading Junji Ito's horror comics when she was a child. Inside, a girl's tongue becomes... into a slug... (slug, snail-like soft animal, no shell)
I don't know if eating snails will turn into snails. Zhenxing has a cold war when she thinks of it.
Someone should eat snails these days, right? This is also a specialty.
On the morning of the second day, Zhen Xing clamored for Qi Boxong to go to the vegetable market to buy snails. This is embarrassing for Qi Bosong. Where can I find a snail these days? Where can I buy that kind of thing in the vegetable market?
Seeing that Qi Bosong was really unable to do it, Zhen Xing had an idea and found a few children. Each of them has three big sons, and they want the children to come to see her with snails at noon. Of course, Zhen Xing also has the premise that the snail must be big enough, at least, the size of two copper coins.
The matter of the snail was put aside, and Zhenxing's bright eyes stared at the Korean ginseng chicken soup again. Ginseng chicken soup is not difficult to make in Zhenxing's eyes. As long as you stuff the inexpensive white ginseng and red dates into the chicken's stomach and boil them for a few hours, there should be no problem.
When it comes to Korean cuisine, you can also insert a foot. In addition to ginseng chicken soup, you can also make soy sauce soup and spicy cabbage tofu soup. Fried rice cakes, fried pork belly with spicy cabbage, seaweed rice, etc.
However, you need to have spicy cabbage first!
Thinking of spicy cabbage, Zhen Xing also thought of the road to making money. In winter in the north, in addition to pickled cabbage, isn't spicy cabbage also a good choice? In addition to being launched in restaurants, spicy cabbage can also be sold in supermarkets. In this way, it can also win the popularity of the supermarket, which is really killing two birds with one stone.
Just as Zhen Xing smiled and blossomed, the children sent snails.
Fifteen snails, three children are nine eldest sons. These children are real, and the snails sent are the biggest ones.
Coincidentally, Qi Bosong went to the store. The family affairs are casually tossed around.
Fifteen snails were thrown into the hot water and copied, and the snails immediately died. Zhen Xing picked out the worm beef with a toothpick to remove the dirt. Clean these fifteen snails again.
The cleaned snail was put in a small basin, and cooking wine, minced ginger, minced garlic and cinnamon powder were poured into the basin. Zhen Xing soaked it aside. What's next? What should I do?
Simply massage the snails and let the taste enter faster. After the massage, Zhenxing cut a little more shiitake mushrooms, put the snail into the pot, and stir-fry the mushrooms to make it fragrant.
Next, Zhen Xing carefully stuffed the snail beef and diced mushrooms into the snail shell with a small spoon. Fifteen snail beef was finally stuffed into the fourteen snail shells, and the other one didn't know where it was. Zhen Xing didn't like the smell very much, so naturally someone became the victim of the tasting.
Zhenxing put this plate of snails into the food box, and she walked to the store happily with the food box in the wind. Qi Bosong had just finished arranging for everyone to put the goods on, and as soon as he turned around, he saw Zhenxing coming in with the food box.
Seeing Zhen Xing's happy face, Qi Bosong suddenly felt cold in his heart.
He remembered that when she left in the morning, she was talking about the snail. Is it done? Seeing that Zhen Xing was getting closer and closer, Qi Boxong hurriedly greeted her with a smile.
"Oh, why are you here? What a coincidence. I'm going to Brother Liu!" Qi Bosong said.
Zhen Xing immediately pouted her little mouth, grabbed Qi Boxong's hand and said, "I'll go with you?"
Qi Bosong was immediately embarrassed. With a "hum", Zhen Xing raised her head and said to Qi Boxong, "I knew you didn't press the good heart!" Want to lie to me! No way!"
Qi Boxong smiled and said, "Really, I guessed it. Okay, okay, you're smart! However, I really don't eat that saf of beef!"
"If you don't eat, pull it down! I don't know what's good or not!" Zhen Xing said an annoy.
Qi Boxong followed Zhen Xing awkwardly. Zhen Xing walked to the store and said to the guys with a smile, "Come on, everyone, come and taste it. I made something special for everyone today!"
With that, Zhen Xing pointed to the finger box.
At a glance, the boss's wife was so kind that she hurriedly put down the work in her hand and ran over. Qi Bosong said that you will be able to stand it in a while.
Zhen Xing opened the food box with a smile and said with a smile, "Two per person, don't grab it!" Sun Dequan didn't come? Send it to him later!"
The guys looked forward to it excitedly. As soon as the food box was opened, everyone couldn't help but be stunned. What's more, he frowned and ate insects? Does the boss's wife eat insects?
As soon as Qi Bosong saw that the atmosphere was wrong, he immediately said, "Guys, don't get me wrong. I heard that this newly learned dish is very popular in the Western Regions. I ate a plate last night. It tasted good. Let's try it! Try it!"
The little guys listened and retreated. Can snails be eaten? How disgusting? Zhen Xing couldn't help but be disappointed. Xiao Fuzi knew that he was going to be unlucky and hid in advance. At this time, Sun Dequan came in from the backyard and immediately gathered around as soon as he saw so many people.
"Ouch, it's really lively! What are you all busy with?" Sun Dequan squeezed forward and said with a smile.
As soon as they saw Sun Dequan coming, everyone seemed to see the savior and immediately made way to let Sun Dequan pass.