SWNOVELXO Chapter 142 Grilled Steamed Buns
Early in the morning, a pair of newly recruited helpers were waiting at the door of the shop.
Mao Xi hired a brother and sister named Zhu. The older brother was named Dajiang and the younger sister was named Yaomei.
Dajiang is good at knife skills, and Yaomei is good at cooking.
Mao Xi arranged for the brother and sister to be responsible for handling breakfast and side dishes today.
There are too many people in the shop, and when there are fewer diners at noon every day, they will be divided into two groups and take turns taking an hour's lunch break.
The shop's fried snacks, such as twists and fried ingot wontons, as well as various fruit biscuits, are regularly sold by Yinggeer along the streets of the town.
Mao Xi asked him to arrange it according to the previous route of selling crisp pears.
When the shop just opened for business, Mrs. Chen came in with three big steamed buns and said, "Ah Shu, the steamed buns were steamed too much this morning. A Jiao refused to eat them. I was afraid they would spoil, so I gave them to you."
Everyone had already eaten breakfast, so Mao Xi sliced the steamed buns into pieces and fried them in a pan.
The steamed buns are fried until they are slightly browned, and they still taste like steamed bun slices.
Mao Xi put the steamed buns on small plates and asked everyone to take them as snacks when they were hungry.
After lunch break, Lou Laner planned to go to Kaitang County to sell snacks.
Like Brother Ying, she also took a small basket and filled it with various fried snacks and fruit cookies, and also brought baked buns with her as dry food.
She purposely went to the wrongdoing drum at the yamen door to have a look.
The examiner's desk has been moved away, and I don't know if the old man I met before got his money back.
Lou Lan'er no longer sells snacks around the East Stage. She specifically asked Brother Ying for advice before setting off.
Brother Ying taught her that peddling should go to some small alleys with densely populated houses, as well as markets and areas around Wazi.
Passing by the market, Xiaohong stopped Lou Lan'er and said, "Sister Lan'er, what delicious food did you bring to sell today?"
"These are snacks and fruits, take a look."
Xiaohong was selecting from Lou Laner's bamboo basket and saw fried wontons and fried steamed bun slices.
"These fried wontons and fried steamed buns look good. Can you make me one? I want to eat them myself."
Lou Laner stuffed two pieces of steamed buns into Xiaohong's hands and said, "These steamed buns are free, you can try them."
After Xiaohong finished eating the steamed bun slices, she loved the taste and praised: "Sister Lan'er, if your shop sells these steamed bun slices, someone will definitely buy them. I think this is better than biscuits to satisfy hunger, and you can take it with you on the road." .”
Lou Lan'er asked her to try other snacks: "Try these fried wontons again. It will taste better if they are freshly cooked in the shop."
Xiaohong tried it again, and sure enough, no one would refuse fried pasta, and it was also covered with meat.
Xiao Hong was excited for a moment and said hurriedly: "This is my first time to eat fried wontons. The outside is crispy and the meat inside is tender. Sister Lan'er, I will go to Liuxiang Snacks with you now. Give it to my lady today. The home-cooked food I bought also included two portions of fried wontons.”
After saying that, she turned back to Zhou Mansion and asked the coachman to take her to Lihua Town.
Mao Xi was marinating lemon chicken feet in the shop. As soon as Xiaohong entered the shop, she said to her: "Shop Manager Mao Xi, my lady's food is still the same as before, and today I will add two fried wontons."
Mao Xi arranged for Xiaoqing and Yaomei to prepare food and asked Xiaohong to wait aside.
"Xiao Hong, does your young lady still like to have a sour mouth recently?"
Xiaohong nodded hurriedly: "Yes, I eat sour plums non-stop every day. Fortunately, my uncle is with her every day, so she won't be bored."
"Did you see Sister Lan'er today?"
"I just ate the fried wontons she brought. I thought they were good and wanted to take them back for my lady to try."
Mao Xi brought two different plates of Douzi dishes and promoted them to Xiao Hong.
"Xiaohong, you haven't been here for a few days. Our shop has a lot of extra dishes recently. Can you look at the food label and buy some for your young lady and uncle?"
Xiao Hong looked at the food sign and the description of the dishes in the shop, and asked Mao Xi to get a plate of each.
It’s so refreshing for a wealthy family to buy food! Mao Xi took a bamboo tube of beef biscuits from the counter and wanted to give it to Xiaohong.
"Xiao Hong, I give you this tube of biscuits. You can also eat them as snacks on your way back and forth."
Xiao Hong declined and asked instead: "Shopkeeper, do you still have some grilled steamed buns? The ones Sister Laner ate today, I think they are particularly delicious."
The remaining slices of grilled steamed buns in the shop had already been eaten by everyone, and Mao Xi shook her head regretfully.
"If you like it, I can bake more steamed buns when I have time."
Zhou's food was ready. Xiaoqing handed the food box to Xiaohong. As soon as Xiaohong left the shop, Mao Xi asked Yaomei to knead the dough and steam some large steamed buns.
She remembered that a few days ago, when she was browsing the book given by Monk Wen Yuan, she saw a dish that looked very similar to grilled steamed buns. The name of the dish was very elegant, but she couldn't remember it at the moment.
Mao Xi opened the book and started to look it up... Found it!
That dish is called "Spicy Qiong Ye".
The book talks about using overnight steamed buns, coating them with oil and honey, baking them over a fire, and then letting them cool to dissipate heat.
It's just a piece of toasted steamed bun, but it was compared to Qiong Ye and given such an elegant name.
This steamed bun does not need to be left overnight, just let it cool and bake it directly. Muxi bakes three types, original, garlic, and honey.
She decided to try it at the breakfast stall tomorrow, maybe it would actually sell.
On weekdays, other steamed bun shops sell steamed buns for 1 cent each, but she makes four large slices of baked buns, adds oil and seasonings and bakes them. She sells them for 2 cents, right?
Steamed buns here are also called steamed cakes, and Mao Xi named this dish Zhi Mantou.
The next morning, I thought the roasted steamed buns would not be sold, but I didn't expect that they were very popular with some lower-class workers. They started work early on weekdays and would get tired of eating soy milk steamed buns for breakfast.
Fried steamed buns contain starch and oil, and are fragrant and crispy. They can be carried with you when wrapped in oil paper, and they will not go bad if you put them on you for a day.
When I feel hungry at work, I take out a piece of toasted steamed bun from my pocket and take a bite when I want to eat, especially when I am hungry.
But to Ma Xi, this is a mixture of sugar and oil, and eating it is a carbohydrate bomb.
It was okay to eat one slice, but if she ate it every day, she was afraid that one day she would become a chubby cook.