The Imperial Concubine Chef - C103

Since she could not set up the stall, Su Xinyu focused on making the sauce. In fact, in the Chinese kitchen, all kinds of seasonings account for a large proportion. There were also various spices, and each new combination could create a different taste experience. To Su Xinyu, concocting these simple ingredients could change into a myriad of forms. Furthermore, there were even more medicinal herbs added in, as well as a mix of different ingredients. She was confident that she could succeed.

Don’t think the sauces are easy. In Western cuisine, the sauces are a very important part. Even if it was a Chinese cuisine, many cuisines would still require sauce. For example, a bowl of sweet and sour sauce. Different people with different ingredients could make it sour and sweet, but the taste was vastly different. Su Xinyu’s grandfather had made a special kind of seafood sauce out of the soy sauce, scallops lip gloss, and minced prawns that had been grinded into mud from her own home. This kind of seafood sauce was Su Xinyu’s favorite when eating hot pot with vegetables. There was really no time to cook. A spoonful of seafood sauce in boiling water could make a bowl of delicious seafood bean paste soup. A steamed bun is the best thing that can be eaten with rice.

Later on, Father Su created a “Thousand Army Paste” based on the Old Ancestor’s secret recipe. Actually, it was made from mushroom paste with 13 kinds of common fungi. The meaning of “a thousand takes a lot”. The military characters were the same as the bacteria. This sauce was dipped in a golden jade tofu from the Royal Kitchen. Even though the price wasn’t that high, it was still extremely high in the evaluation of the customers.

It could be said that the sauces were neither good nor bad, and it all depended on how the chef wanted to make them and how he wanted to use them. Su Xinyu knew that even if she liked being a chef, in the future, if there really was a trade. She couldn’t work at the stove forever. And this era was too different from the modern era. She could buy the servants for the death contract and make them cooks without fear that the secret recipe would be leaked. However, she could not guarantee that the person she bought would be skilled in cooking. Cooking is about talent, not hard memorization. When the time came, he only needed to fry the soy sauce, so he didn’t have to worry too much about it.

Therefore, Su Xinyu was also making preparations for the future. The soy sauce used as a base was just her starting point.

Su Xinyu asked Aunt Zhao to accept a hundred kilograms of adult sauce first. Because they were all made very cheaply, one catty and two catties. Basically, she didn’t even count the time. After all, making soy sauce required not only soybeans, but also a large amount of salt. Salt is not cheap. When people went to the seaside, they would sometimes bring back some seawater to cook their own crude salt. Although they had to carry people on their back, if there weren’t too many of them, the yamen runner would not even bother. It’s always better than anywhere else where there’s no salt except for salt.

Actually, Su Xinyu felt that three to four kilograms was acceptable. However, she would not take the initiative to raise the price. After all, she wanted to do business and not do good deeds. In the future, once she reached that scale, even Zhao Family would have to communicate with her neighbors. She really didn’t have the ability to solve the problem of having so many elders. One had to know that sometimes, not all youngsters took advantage of one another.

Su Xinyu first chose the most common of the four ingredients to fry.

The first was hard jam. Sunflower seeds and pecans were produced here. As it was the second largest County City located closest to the capital, goods from the north and south could be bought as well. Further north, hazelnuts and pine nuts are also at moderate prices. These nuts are rich in grease and have little moisture and salt in the sauce to keep them from rotting for longer. There was also a strong fragrance and a sweet smell. In the salty sauce, it could neutralize the freshness, and the fragrance itself was very tempting. It was not any worse than meat.

The second was fish shrimp sauce. Although the giant swallow has yet to develop powerful pelagic fishing, offshore fishing is still very prosperous. Therefore, eating small fish and shrimp here isn’t expensive, and there are also some small shellfish that are very cheap. So that was Su Xinyu’s second goal. Mud was grinded with the cheapest small fish and shrimp, then the water was boiled and sterilized with sea salt. It was then fried together with soy sauce, with ginger sauce and onion oil in it to dispel the cold. Although the taste was different from what his grandfather had made, the sea here had never been contaminated, so the taste was even better. It was just that to Su Xinyu, it wasn’t as nostalgic as the seafood sauce his grandfather made for him.

The third was the Thousand-army Jam made by her father. In ancient times, farmers near mountain forests would go up the mountain to pick up mountain fodder to sell to their families. Therefore, it was not difficult to buy mushrooms on the mountain. And the price was definitely low. There were a lot of high-grade mushrooms. Farmers like the Morchella were not familiar with them, but they were all sold to the collector of the mountain goods after drying their brains. After that, there would be more people who would take over the mountain to sell. Su Xinyu begged Zhao Xi to help him collect these treasures. Because she didn’t know how much to use, she didn’t ask for help.

The fourth was meat sauce with meat pieces. In fact, other than the chicken being relatively cheap, the other meat here was relatively expensive. However, the chicken sauce was obviously not strong enough to make meat, so he chose pork in the end. If he could really develop it in the future, buying an entire pig would be a bit more worthwhile.

These four kinds of sauces, the nut sauce is strong, the fish and shrimp sauce is fresh, the mushroom sauce is smooth, the pork sauce is spicy. After making it, not only did she let her family of three taste it first, she also invited Zhao Xi and Aunt Zhao over.

Aunt Zhao first ate a mouthful of this mushroom sauce. Aiyo, my darling. How could these wild mushrooms and soy sauce make such a good taste? This sauce, just a little is enough for me to eat a few bowls of rice! ”

Zhao Xi first tried it with the seafood sauce. One tablespoon of the tip tasted fresh, then fragrant, then salty, and finally there would be backgammon lingering between the lips. “He might not be a gourmet, and he doesn’t know how to cook good food, but he knew the innkeeper well and had already eaten many dishes. This seafood sauce can definitely be said to be the best of the best.” Good, good, good. This is great. Yu, how are you planning to sell this? Open a shop? ”

Su Xinyu did not plan to hide anything from Zhao Xi and his wife. After spending so much time with each other, she was very clear on their character. Moreover, since they were going to cooperate, they had to do so in a cooperative manner. Trust was the most basic way to interact with others. So she told him the truth, “I’m not going to open a shop and sell this. You two should also know that my cousin and my cousin are at the front of the battle formation. The soldiers were too busy eating and drinking with the rebels every day, which was why I wanted to do something simple to deliver to them. This thing can be eaten with cake. Moreover, since the amount of salt could be kept, it wasn’t too high either. I think it’s more suitable for the soldiers in front of us to eat. ”

Zhao Xi opened his eyes wide. Ah? Are you going to reward the soldiers on the front lines? ”

Su Xinyu laughed. No. I also want to earn money to eat. However, my cousin and my cousin are both small military officers. So I want to send some over for them to try. If I could, they definitely wouldn’t let me suffer a loss. However, the items sent to the frontlines would not earn much. So in the future, I plan to ask the store to consign it to us for sale. Whether it was the grocery store or the restaurant, they would not let these things get buried. So don’t worry, aunt. ”

Aunt Zhao was full of smiles: “Yu doesn’t need to worry about anything. Head, don’t ask so much. I have seen the two big brothers of Yu before, they are all majestic and they are all amiable towards Yu. No matter what, they would not mistreat the Yu. But even Yu is thinking about his brothers, I was wondering why he didn’t set up the stall, and was thinking about it. ”

Su Xinyu sighed: “There’s nothing we can do. I’m really worried that they won’t even care about the least amount of food and drink. My aunt’s family only has this one son, and our first uncle the Great auntie also relies on this eldest son. How can I not worry? ”

Zhao Xi also sighed, “Isn’t it so? He didn’t know when this would come to an end. It’s fine if they were fighting in the Wenjiang area, but the situation in the capital is also unstable. No one could be sure how long it would be before the people became anxious. You are right not to open the shop. “As long as you can find a market.”

Su Xinyu nodded, “Yes. I think so too. The Uncle Zhang will definitely be able to help, but at that time, I might need you to help me ask those big restaurants. This sauce can only be eaten dry. There are many other methods. I just used this seafood sauce to fry a plate of cauliflower.

It was not just the Zhao Family couple that had confidence in these four types of sauces. Zhang Ziyi was also full of praise after he tasted it. If the army didn’t need it in the future, they could just let him sell it. This thing was easy to transport, so he was not afraid of it being bad. At least, he could sell it to the northern side of the continent’s Four Seas Grocery Shop s. Make sure you earn money.

Of course Su Xinyu was confident. However, with Zhang Ziyi’s guarantee, she felt even more at ease. Uncle Zhang, please help me deliver these twenty jars of soy sauce to Ling Ge. I also have a letter for you to forward. There are several ways of eating these sauces. I’m here to help them save time, not to earn money. So if it’s not convenient to use it, he has to write me back. I can concentrate on making other supplies for you here. ”

Zhang Ziyi smiled and nodded, “Okay. It’s hard for you to think this way. In fact, they were all essential in the army. Now that they only had a single jar, they could take the place of several. That would save a lot of time. It’s all up to me. But can you give me two more jars of Thousand Army Jam and Seafood Sauce? I plan to take it to the Cloud Workshop to try it out first. ”

How can Su Xinyu not agree to this?” No problem. Actually, I can make a lot of different flavors. Let’s try again slowly if we have the chance. However, if Uncle Zhang can get me a cheap dry Bei, I must keep it. “I’ll make you some dried shellfish sauce that you’ll like!