Beans are really a good thing.
It can not only squeeze soybean oil, but also make countless delicacies.
Soak it in water and grind it into soy milk. When boiling the soy milk, the oily skin on the surface can be made into tofu skin. Add some gypsum to make tofu curd. Press it dry to get watered tofu. Press half of the water to dry it to get dried tofu.
If it accidentally goes bad or becomes moldy, it can still be made into stinky tofu and hairy tofu... Of course, the conditions for the production of these two alternative delicacies are relatively harsh, so don't make them randomly if you don't understand.
Early in the morning on the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Xi got up very early after sleeping well. After doing a set of stretching exercises in the yard, Zhang Xi went to the kitchen backyard and idlely guided Xiao Qibao to try making tofu. .
He had already done it once with Xiao Qibao, but Xiao Qibao's understanding in this area was not very good and he had not fully mastered the process, so Zhang Xi gave Xiao Qibao some guidance again.
The first time he made tofu, he just made water tofu. This time, Zhang Xi plans to make several other tofu products as well.
Tofu puffs are easy to make, but these days there is no soy sauce, only bean paste, dried shrimps, seaweed and other things that can only be seen at the beach. Anyway, Zhang Xi has never seen it since he crossed over. As for the minced meat, he is even more reluctant to let it go. .
So, Zhang Xi just used bean paste, added some water and a little salt, diluted it and poured it on the tofu. When he was about to eat it, Kou Feng arrived.
When someone comes to visit, the etiquette must be thoughtful, and it is almost breakfast time, so Zhang Xi naturally invites Kou Feng to have dinner with him. The staple food is noodles left over from the day before yesterday and a bowl of tofu.
Tofu curd poured with bean paste is not very delicious in Zhang Xi's eyes, and he even finds it a bit unpalatable, but in Kou Feng's eyes, this is a heavenly delicacy.
It’s not that the food industry is underdeveloped in this era. In fact, some noble and palace cuisine is still very good.
But this kid Kou Feng was not from a noble family. Although his aunt and his mother were members of the Han clan, the existence of Han clan clan these days was probably equivalent to Zhang Xi having the same surname as the Jade Emperor, which was meaningless.
Therefore, Kou Feng has never eaten much delicious food at all. Now he can eat tender and smooth tofu with a salty and fresh sauce... He ate three large bowls of this tofu. It was full of praise.
Seeing Kou Feng eating so happily and making delicious sounds frequently, Zhang Xi suddenly felt a sense of pride.
A sense of superiority and pride that comes from modern society towards the rustics of this era.
Driven by this sense of pride, Zhang Xi, who was so excited, insisted on dragging Kou Feng to visit his "tofu workshop", completely ignoring the resentful looks from Xiao Qibao who was already getting angry.
When he got to the kitchen, he saw the soy milk in the wooden barrel and the tofu that was still being pressed... Kou Feng watched and marveled over and over again.
"Sir, are you saying that such delicacies are made from bean sprouts?!" Kou Feng looked surprised and asked curiously, "What is this big stone pressing on?!"
Kou Feng saw the water tofu that was still being pressed to remove the water.
"Last year, my lord hosted a banquet. Didn't the young general see it? This is the tofu!" Zhang Xi said with a hint of pride.
"Sir, you can actually make such delicious food?!" Kou Feng was even more surprised, looking at Zhang Xi with a bit of admiration in his eyes.
This time Zhang Xi was even more proud.
"Thank you, thank you!" Zhang Xi laughed and said ostentatiously, "This thing existed in the early Han Dynasty, it is not a strange thing... It is also a coincidence. According to legend, when the king of Huainan in the former Han Dynasty was refining alchemy, he added it to soy milk. A little bit of gypsum, but unexpectedly it tastes so delicious.”
Little Qibao was completely desperate now. His master had already leaked all the formula.
Kou Feng was also surprised.
People these days, whether they are ordinary people or wealthy families, take some family secret recipes very seriously, and some people are even willing to sacrifice their lives to protect them.
In Kou Feng's opinion, not many people in the world knew about this art of making tofu, and it could have been treasured as a family heirloom, but Zhang Xi told Kou Feng directly without caring.
This is also the reason why Xiao Qibao is always anxious to get angry.
In Xiao Qibao's view, his master should not bring an outsider into his backyard to peek into his secret recipe.
In Xiao Qibao's eyes, Kou Feng is an outsider.
But in the eyes of Kou Feng, a half-year-old child, Zhang Xi, who he had only met three times, was willing to tell him all the secret recipes. This meant that he really didn't regard himself as an outsider.
People in this era, although there are also those who have cunning thoughts and intrigues, most people's thoughts are relatively straightforward and simple.
There are many situations where we become close friends at first sight. Not to mention the distance, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang who are very close are the best proof.
Kou Feng was full of emotions now, and his favorability towards Zhang Xi was slowly rising. From the bottom of his heart, he felt that Zhang Xi... well, he was really a good person.
But Zhang Xi didn't know that much, because he didn't realize that he had revealed the secret recipe.
Tofu, this thing is almost on the streets. Who has never eaten it, and how many people don’t know how to make tofu... In modern society.
So Zhang Xi didn't realize that making tofu in this era was actually a secret recipe.
Not only did he not realize it, Zhang Xi also started talking to Kou Feng non-stop about the benefits of tofu.
Not to mention foods like tofu skin and dried tofu. The most important thing is that these things can extract oil and provide plant protein.
"Can bean sprouts produce oil as much as possible?!" Kou Feng was surprised again. After being surprised, he looked solemn and asked, "Sir, do you know how to produce oil?!"
"This...Xi also doesn't know!" Zhang Xi said after feeling slightly embarrassed.
Zhang Xi doesn't know how to squeeze soybean oil, he really doesn't.
In modern society, vegetable oil extraction is all done by machine. Just press a button and it will be OK. Manual oil extraction... If you are not a professional in this, who can?
Besides, soybean oil is rarely used in modern society, and the oil yield of soybeans is not high. Everyone generally uses rapeseed oil.
But...well, you just talked so much, but now when people ask you, you don't know...it's a bit embarrassing to brag.
It's a bit embarrassing.
He quickly made some amends and said, "Although Xi doesn't know the details, but...mostly by squeezing..."
Well, soybean oil must be extracted, but how to extract it... I really don’t know how to extract it.
Zhang Xi didn't know, but Kou Feng did.
"But it's the same as extracting oil from flax seeds?!" Kou Feng asked.
"Humazi?!" Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, a little at a loss.
What are flaxseeds? !
Kou Feng didn't find it strange. It was not a big deal for scholars of this era not to know about flaxseed.
Although the scholars of this era did not advocate empty talk as much as in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was not a big deal if they did not know about such things at the bottom of society.
Kou Feng took the opportunity to give Zhang Xi a popular science.
This flaxseed is a plant brought back by Zhang Qian during his mission to the Western Regions during the Pre-Han Dynasty. It is an important oil crop in this era and is a major source of vegetable oil.
The way to obtain oil from flax seeds is to squeeze it.
The only pity is that flaxseed has only been introduced for a short period of time, and people still don’t know how to grow it effectively. Except for the Wuyuan area in the north, which is manipulated by barbarians, it is rarely grown in other areas, so the yield is not high.
Don't think that something that was introduced for two hundred years is a long time ago. In this era when most people are unable to solve the problem of food and clothing, it is impossible to even think about asking people to give up growing food that can save their lives and switch to cash crops.
Even in later generations, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, converting rice to mulberry was a national policy and promoted by the state. If the people said they didn't want to plant it, they just didn't plant it.
If you don't eat oil, your physical fitness will decline, but if you don't eat, you will die.
But soybeans are different. Soybeans have a very long history of planting in China. They have been planted for thousands of years from the ancient pre-Qin era to the end of the Han Dynasty. They can be grown from south to north, and can be grown when necessary. Use it as food for famine relief.
If this soybean could really be extracted for oil in the same way as flax seeds... Kou Feng wouldn't even dare to think about it.
"Sir, come with me to the city quickly to see the lord!"
As he spoke, Kou Feng stepped forward and grabbed Zhang Xi's wrist, dragging Zhang Xi to see Liu Bei.
Zhang Xi, who was inexplicable, forgot about the text and said stupidly, "No, why are you meeting the Lord?!"
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Bei was at home with Mrs. Gan to celebrate the New Year. Why should our subordinates be so blind?
"Hey, sir!" Kou Feng was quite anxious and said to Zhang Xi, "Sir, do you know how big a deal it is once bean sprouts can extract oil?!"
Zhang Xi continued to look confused, making Kou Feng anxious, and continued, "Today, most of the oil obtained comes from the fat of animals. If bean sprouts can obtain oil, it will be much easier to capture animals... "
Yes, I understand, I understand completely.
The ancients have long been aware of the usefulness of oil to the human body, and have been trying to obtain oil from nature.
The mainstream source of edible oil in this era is animal fat, which is basically obtained from cattle, sheep, pigs and other animals, which has also created a group of "meat eaters".
After all, people who can eat oil all year round must have much better physical fitness than ordinary people who cannot eat oil.
Since the birth of human beings, they have never stopped craving oils, whether they are vegetable oils or animal oils.
In the past, because animal oil was relatively convenient to obtain, humans from ancient times to the present have mainly obtained animal oil. However, the introduction of flax seeds marked the beginning of the Chinese people in this era to seek to obtain vegetable oil.
But after all, flaxseed was introduced from the Western Regions for more than two hundred years, and its planting history and experience cannot be compared with soybeans, which have been cultivated for thousands of years.
Once soybeans can obtain vegetable oil, this will be of epoch-making significance for the Chinese who are good at farming civilization.
"I know...but I can't go now!" After Zhang Xi understood the intention, he still refused and said, "I'm not sure how to extract oil from this bean curd. If I report it to the lord now, I won't be able to extract it." .....Wouldn’t this disappoint the lord?!”
Right, it's better for us to be more cautious about this matter.
You can't give people hope and then let them watch their hopes shattered.
Another thing, although Zhang Xi is indeed sure that soybeans can be extracted for oil, Zhang Xi really doesn't know how to extract oil, and whether it is extracted according to the so-called extraction method of flax seeds.
Even now, Zhang Xi still hasn't figured out what this flaxseed is.
