Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 260 Seasoning is Not Simple

After Xu Lan was reminded by Qingyu, her heart suddenly brightened.

That's right, the existing method was also obtained through various attempts by the predecessors, and it does not mean that it is the only truth. She can also try to make some changes herself.

With this level of knowledge, Xu Lan was so excited that she couldn't wait to know what flavor she could taste.So I immediately put on my back basket and came to the Daquwan market.

The so-called reconciliation of the five flavors is salty, sour, bitter, spicy and sweet.In addition to the saltiness of the king of all flavors, the three most important flavors are sauce, vinegar, and soy sauce, so Xu Lan planned to make these three flavors first, and among these three flavors, of course, the sauce is the first.

There are also many types of sauces, such as bean paste, wheat paste, meat paste, fish paste, shrimp paste, elm paste, etc. There are many types.Considering the cost, Xu Lan planned to make the most common meat sauce and bean paste, so she went to the meat stall in the market.

It was already afternoon at that time, and the meat in the meat market was not that fresh anymore, and most of the meat left was leftovers.

But it’s better than nothing, it’s just a trial, so Xu Lan didn’t get entangled, went to all the meat stalls, and finally bought a small half basket, and then went to the vegetable market, bought black beans, soybeans and other necessary things, and then carried it on her back Return to Tao Yaju with a full basket.

She was eager to try something new, so she simply stopped looking at the seasoning on the shop.

After returning to Tao Yaju, Ye Qiu had already left the house, and Qing Yu had finished writing the recruitment notice. At that time, she was making paste in the kitchen, and was going to find someone to post it around the city tomorrow.

Xu Lan came to the kitchen with a basket on her back, and greeted Qing Yu: "Miss San, I'm back.

I bought twenty catties of black beans and soybeans, ten catties each of beef, mutton, rabbit, venison, crab and carp, and spent 18 taels and [-] coppers. "As he spoke, he handed over the rest of the money to Qing Yu.

"Keep it as a snack." Qingyu shoveled the paste in the pot, and then cleaned the pot. She had seen Xu Lan make bean paste before, so she knew that it should be steamed in a pot.

When Xu Lan thought that there was still money to spend in the future, she accepted it, then took out a large bag of black soybeans from the back basket, and then went to the warehouse to get star anise, fennel, cinnamon, bay leaves, angelica, cloves, and lemongrass Twenty kinds of fragrant medicinal materials, as well as the koji and yellow clothes made before.

Xu Lan cleans the soybeans first, then directly puts them into a large steamer, puts the steamer on the steamer, adds medicinal materials to the water, and steams the soybeans.

The dry steaming took half a day, and halfway through it had to be turned up and down to steam thoroughly, so it was cleared and turned to the stove.Xu Lan continued to prepare other meat sauces.

"I thought that it might not be a one-time trial, so I bought several types of meat, and prepared to try each with different medicinal materials to see which tastes the best in the end." The method of making meat sauce, the type of meat used There are also many, including cattle, sheep, roe, deer, and rabbits.

Qingyu set up the firewood, and when the fire started to ignite steadily, she came to Xu Lan's side to help, "What are you going to do?"

Xu Lan said: "I plan to grind the medicinal materials into powder and add them directly. If they are boiled, the fragrance will not come out."

"Then I'll pound." Qingyu took out a small stone mortar from under the chopping board, and sat down to pound the herbs.

Xu Lan took out the beef, washed it, and cut it into jujube-sized pieces.Then break off ten catties of koji, smash it through a silk sieve, and finally mix the beef with ten catties of koji, four and a half catties of white salt, and two catties of yellow clothes.

After she finished her work here, Qingyu had already pounded a batch of herbs.

Xu Lan divided the beef into [-] portions, then added an appropriate amount of medicinal powder to the first portion, stirred it evenly, put the meat into a small jar, sealed the pot with mud, and placed it in the sun to dry. with.

Other meats are prepared in the same way.She moved quickly, and quickly finished making five different meat sauces with the first medicinal material.And Qingyu's movement was not slow, the two of them cooperated, and within an hour, all the meat sauce was made.

After making the meat sauce, Xu Lan saw that the soybeans were not fully steamed, so she started making fish sauce again.

First remove the scales from the fish, remove the internal organs, wash and wipe dry, then cut the fish into slices, and then cut into strips;

Then ten catties of fish with six catties of yellow clothes, of which two catties are whole grains, and four catties are crushed into powder, and then four catties of white salt, two catties of crushed dried ginger, and four taels of shredded orange peel Stir well;

In the end, it is also divided into [-] parts, mixed with different medicinal materials, then put into jars, sealed with mud, and left to dry in the sun.

And after the fish sauce is ready, the soybeans are almost ready.Xu Lan pinched the beans and saw that the inside of the beans had turned black and ripe, so she poured the beans into a clean dustpan and took them out to dry in the sun.
Because there are many medicinal materials to be tested, there are also many jars. Xu Lan went out and bought 120 small earthen jars on the way, so that when other people came back one after another, they saw a yard of jars, which was very strange.

Hongtao first handed over the twenty house deeds to Qingyu, and then held the jar and smelled it, "What is this?
"Sauce. Different herbs are added in it, and I want to see if it can create a new taste." Xu Lan explained.

Hongtao has a good nose, she covered her nose slightly and said, "It smells like meat, is this the sauce we usually eat?"

Xu Lan smiled, "It's naturally like this when it's just made. After half a month of drying, the meat and koji inside will ferment, and the sauce will be produced, and the taste will change.

The meat sauce is diluted and seasoned with a thick soup made from freshly killed pheasants.The fish sauce also has to be seasoned with good wine after it is mature. "

Unconsciously, Hongtao let out an oh, and put down the jar, she was no longer interested.

After dinner, Ye Qiu who went out finally came back.He held a sandalwood abacus in his hand, and after meeting with everyone in Tao Yaju one by one, he came to Qingyu and said, "Miss San, I've bought everything."

Qing Yu said hello, there is nothing else to do today, so she persuaded everyone to go to rest earlier, and then went back to the house to meditate.

Early the next morning, Ye Qiu followed Shi'an to Juxianzhai to get busy, Wenya Hongtao also went out one after another, and Xu Lan continued to make bean paste.

The soybeans that have been steamed yesterday have to be steamed again after being dried in the sun, and then the skins can be pounded. After the skins are pounded, they must be soaked in hot soup. mixed fermentation.

The whole production process takes at least two days.As for the meat sauce, it cannot be exposed to the sun, and it must change with the position of the sun. Obviously, 120 jars is not an easy task.

Qingyu asked Xu Lan to work slowly at home, while she carried a roll of job advertisements and ten boxes of paste on her back, found the little beggars she knew before, and gave each of them fifty copper coins for their help. To post notices.As for the position of the paste, it is naturally the outer ring.

Time passed, and two days passed quickly, and news spread from various places in Yinzhou City.

A "Juxianzhai" restaurant was born, recruiting hundreds of long-term workers such as Fudunzi, and the wages are generous.And the strangest thing is that it is not limited to men and women.

(End of this chapter)