lunch time
When the fourth sister Su Tongtong saw the second sister who had just entered the dining room, she immediately ran over and hugged her: "Second sister, are you a little fairy? How can you make the red fruit so delicious? I want to keep it and eat it slowly. "
When she looked at the little girl's cute chubby face, chubby figure, and her big watery eyes, she felt like her heart was about to turn into cuteness.
"You can't keep it and eat it slowly, and you can't eat too much. If you can't finish it, you can share it with other friends."
Su Tongtong said generously: "Then after I finish my lunch, I will bring some for Xiaopang, Xiaoyi and Xiaoguo to eat when I return to school!"
Wang Huilan: "My dear daughter, the red fruit with icing sugar tastes really good and appetizing. I just went to the dining room and smelled the food, and I really felt hungry. I didn't have such a big reaction before."
Sure enough, everyone ate more during today's meal than before, and their appetites were better. The happiest thing is my elder brother and sister-in-law, who didn’t vomit even after eating a full bowl of food.
after lunch break
When Su Lele brought her maid Qiu Yu to the dining room, she found that her mother-in-law, Wang Huilan, was also there.
"Daughter, you are here. I came to the dining room to see how you make this other kind of red fruit snack."
"good."
Su Lele ordered his servants to remove the core and pedicle of each red fruit. Halfway through the process, he ordered Xia Zhi to start boiling water in a large pot. After the water boiled, pour in the red fruits and cook for a quarter of an hour. When the fruits became soft and cottony, turn off the heat. Remove the red fruits and do not throw away the remaining hawthorn water.
Put the soft boiled hawthorn fruit on the stone mill, and instruct the boy Chen Chunsheng to start pushing the stone mill. Halfway through, pour a small amount of hawthorn water on the stone mill until it is ground into fine hawthorn puree.
After repeated grinding, 40 kilograms of red fruits were finally turned into puree.
Pour the stirred hawthorn puree into an oil-free and salt-free pot, add 13 pounds of sugar, the ratio of puree to sugar is 3:1, then stir-fry over low heat without stopping in the middle. Hawthorn contains natural pectin, which is easy to shape. Fry until it becomes thick and becomes deep red in color. Use a shovel to scoop it up and it will be difficult to fall off.
Spread the fried hawthorn puree on flat and smooth oil paper. For 40 kilograms of fruit, spread 20 large pieces of oil paper. Then place it in a sunny place to dry. According to the strong sunshine outside, it can be dried as soon as it rains. Then slice it. That's it.
After staying in the kitchen for so long, Su Lele sweated a lot. After Su Lele finished, she went back to Bieyuan and took a fragrant cold bath.
After taking a shower, I felt much better. While it was still dark, I picked up a book of Miscellaneous Notes of Dayun Kingdom and started reading.
It turns out that there are also sunflowers in Dayun Kingdom, but they are all located in the north. Peanuts are common in the north and south, and peppers are also grown, but people don't eat much.
Sweet potatoes are basically grown by farmers at home. After all, they are an easy-to-fill food. It is a pity that there is no record of potatoes. I wonder if there is such a crop in Dayun Kingdom.
At this time, Su Lele's mind kept thinking of spiced melon seeds, caramel melon seeds, salt and pepper melon seeds, garlic peanuts, salty crunchy peanuts, spicy peanuts, spiced peanuts, peanut crisps, dried sweet potatoes... ..........
The book also records some customs and eating habits of Dayun Kingdom.
Generally, officials and wealthy families will prepare some tea, fruits, and original melon seeds when guests come to their homes; they will also prepare some common pastries: mung bean cake, red bean cake, jujube cake, wishful cake, and some also prepare some malt candies.
It is easier for farmers in the countryside to entertain guests. Make a bowl of sugar water and prepare some wild fruits; poorer farmers can only serve them with boiling water.
There are too few ancient snacks, and it seems there is a lot of room for development!
Modern snack shops can be found everywhere, with a wide variety of varieties and fierce competition. Su Lele relied on her unremitting efforts to run three snack shops.
It seems that snack shops all over Dayun Country are just around the corner! Su Lele thought beautifully, but in fact, she didn't have any money to open a shop now. The capital city is prosperous and there is no shortage of merchants. The monthly rent for a small 20-square-meter shop is 20 silver taels.
Su Lele plans to develop snacks and retail them at the same time. When he opens a workshop later and has more varieties, he will consider opening a shop. Otherwise, there will be just a few snacks and it will be boring!
Probably because the original owner was relatively fragile, Su Lele fell asleep while reading the miscellaneous books unknowingly.
When the maid Qiu Yu saw her falling asleep while reading a book, she felt a little sorry for her. The lady was too tired today, so she quickly took away the miscellaneous books and covered her crotch.
at dusk
Su Lele was woken up by a cry, and the sound came before the fourth sister. Seeing the chubby little figure of the fourth sister running and calling the second sister, second sister, her mood became happy unconsciously, and she was not unhappy because the fourth sister woke her up.
"Second sister, have you prepared another kind of snack? Fatty and the others like eating red fruits with sugar frosting. Fortunately, I saved a few to eat later, otherwise they would all be gone."
"It's done. I guess the fruit peel has been formed and dried now. I'll slice it into pieces for everyone to try after dinner."
On the way to the dining hall, I heard the fourth sister chirping: After my grandfather came back, he tasted the red fruit with sugar frosting you made and praised it for being delicious.
He just said he wanted to come over here to compliment you, but I think he wanted to come over and ask you if you had any leftover red glazed fruits. He wanted to give some to his old friends to try. Don't think I'm young because of his little thoughts, I don't know. I just heard you were asleep and didn't bother you. My mother still had some unfinished food, so she gave it to him, which made my grandfather very happy!
Dinner time dining room
"Grandpa, my second sister told me not to eat too much of this red fruit at one time."
Su Dong kept staring at the frosted red fruit: "Okay, I won't eat it."
Su Lele couldn't see his pitiful look and coaxed him: "Grandpa, I'll give you some new snacks after dinner. I'll give you more. This one can be kept for a long time without going bad."
"Daughter, I heard from Uncle Chen that you ordered him to go to Zhuangzi tomorrow to collect 500 kilograms of red fruits. Can you finish eating so many snacks?"
Before Su Lele could answer, his grandfather and fourth sister responded first:
"Why can't I finish it? It's not enough!"
"Grandpa is right. I want to bring more to Xiaopang and the others, and also hide some. When the young prince, Leng Haotian, comes back from the academy for vacation, I will give him a taste. He will definitely praise me."
Su Lele didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Her grandfather and fourth sister were absolutely perfect foodies.
"This is my plan. Our family only has a small village with no shops. My father and eldest brother's monthly salary can only cover the family expenses. Next year, my third brother will take the scientific examination and my sister-in-law will need to spend money if she is pregnant. Now is the time for red fruit During the ripening season, I plan to purchase from farmers and make a batch of red fruit snacks to sell, what do you think?"
"My daughter is right, our family looks pretty good, but in fact our family's wealth is not as good as that of many merchants. Zhuangzi harvests grains for his own consumption, but there is not much left over for selling."
"Grandpa agrees with your idea. Anyway, this red fruit is not valuable. I haven't tasted another snack you made. You can definitely make a profit just by selling the frosted red fruit."
No one else had an opinion either.
Everyone had a great time having dinner. Although it was the same common food, everyone's appetite improved significantly after eating the red fruits with sugar frosting.
After Su Lele finished his dinner, he was going to cut 20 large pieces of fruit peel into pieces, and then pack them in oil paper. A half-pound pack could hold at least 70 packs.
The whole family, including the servants, stared intently at Su Lele cutting the pieces of red peel.
