Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 118: First experience with small reunion cakes (Part )

Jiang suddenly stopped talking here, paused and said, "Milk is hard to find. If we share it and it's gone when we want to use it, it will delay the making of the reunion cakes."

Shen Yu originally thought that the milk was easy to come by, so he just wanted to ask Zhang San to bring it over. He didn't think too much about it. He also thought that his family had never drunk it before, so after boiling it, they could drink it for fun.

After hearing what Li and Jiang said, Shen Yu stuck out his tongue in embarrassment and quickly flattered them, "Mother and Aunt Jiang are right. Without you, how can I make money? I'll do as you say."

Li and Jiang were both amused. Li said, "You are such a grown-up girl, yet you are still so naughty."

In the afternoon, all the noodles and fillings that Shen Yu ordered arrived.

Shen Yu officially began to prepare to try making small reunion cakes.

The family divided the work. Shen Yu prepared the crust and fillings, while Li and Yutao prepared the dough for steaming buns for tomorrow's steaming.

Li had also prepared the fillings several times under Shen Yu's guidance. As long as she carefully followed the dosage and preparation techniques Shen Yu said, the taste would be almost the same as what Shen Yu prepared himself. When she was boiling the broth and cooking oil, Shen Yu would help her and keep an eye on her.

Jiang was responsible for boiling the fresh milk and setting aside the amount for today's trial, and making the rest into yogurt.

Yucheng and Dundun's tasks are even more important. They are responsible for supplying clean water and making fire.

At this time, the old furniture in the house had long been burned up, and what they used now was the firewood delivered to the stall every morning, which saved the trouble of chopping wood. However, Shen Yu still wanted to use charcoal, which is coal in later generations.

Coal is more durable, and if added properly, the charcoal fire can be kept burning for a long time without people having to pay close attention to add firewood. It is convenient and does not take up space.

The price of firewood was cheap, only fifty cents for a load of firewood, but it was not durable. After buying it in the morning, I had to ask someone to deliver another load of firewood to my home in the morning to have enough.

Coal was sold by weight. One weight of twelve jin cost sixty wen. Generally, two weights made up one load, so one load of coal cost one hundred and twenty wen.

Li had never used coal and thought it was expensive, so he kept buying firewood. Shen Yu was busy expanding his business, and considering that he had enough manpower for the time being, he bought firewood first. It would not be too late to switch to coal when the weather got cold.

There is another reason. Since coal was not yet popular at that time, the stove was not very well sealed and was more suitable for burning firewood.

When Shen Wen was a child, her family used a coal stove. Although she never used it again after she grew up, she still had a general impression of it. She thought that after a while, she would think carefully about how to modify the stove so that it would be both energy-saving and more suitable for burning coal.

Shen Yu looked at the two boys rubbing their hands, ready to get down to work, so he quickly put these thoughts aside, packed up and started working.

When Shen Yu bought the fillings yesterday, he had already arranged the production process in his mind. These fillings are all ready-made, except for the salted duck eggs which are raw.

She took the basket of salt duck eggs and prepared two clean soup bowls, one for the egg whites and the other for the egg yolks.

Thirty salted duck eggs were cracked quickly, and Dun Dun came over very tactfully to clean the eggshells.

Shen Yu smiled and said, "Sister Yuzhi, you don't have to worry about these minor cleaning matters. I will take care of them all. I can also be responsible for keeping an eye on the fire for you."

Shen Yu said as he washed his hands in the basin: "Dun Dun, you are really capable."

Dun Dun smiled sheepishly. After two days of eating full meals, Dun Dun's temper had obviously improved a lot.

The stubbornness that he had at the beginning was gone, and he was no longer silent like a sullen person. When he played with Yucheng, all day long in the yard, one could hear the two little brothers chattering non-stop, occasionally with the occasional laughter as sweet as jade peaches and silver bells.

Even Mrs. Li said that the courtyard has become more lively since Dun Dun came.

Use a pair of bamboo chopsticks to beat the duck egg whites evenly, then put the steamer on, arrange the salted egg yolks one by one, spray some shochu, put the soup bowl with the duck egg whites in the middle, cover the steamer lid, and steam for about a quarter of an hour after the water boils. After the duck egg whites are steamed, they can be used to make soup, and the salted egg yolks can be cooled and set aside.

Shen Yu looked at Jiang's side. The fresh milk was already cooking on a low fire. It would probably be soon before they could start making the cheese.

In modern times, Shen Yu used butter and light cream. He tried making yogurt with the help of a master chef and found it quite interesting. The taste was a bit like the old yogurt of later generations. He didn't know what Jiang's recipe would taste like, but Shen Yu was still looking forward to it.

The snow skin mooncakes of later generations are Shen Yu’s favorite. They are rich in color and do not need to be baked. They taste soft and sticky, not greasy, and have a slightly sweet taste. She can’t stop eating them every time and savors them for a long time.

As a result of her love for it, when she makes this kind of pie crust, she doesn’t need to use a scale. She can just add the ingredients based on her feeling and the result will still be delicious.

As needed, put glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour, wheat flour starch and wheat flour in a bowl, stir evenly and then sieve through a fine sieve to ensure that the mixed flour is fine.

The milk at Jiang's side was also boiled. According to Shen Yu's request, a small half was scooped out and set aside to cool. Then, an appropriate amount of powdered sugar was added to the remaining cooked milk, and it was stirred evenly for later use.

Jiang took out a bowl of fermented glutinous rice and filtered out the clear juice with a strainer.

When the milk in the pot is almost cool, pour the filtered fermented glutinous rice juice into the pot slowly while stirring.

After stirring evenly, pour all the milk into a soup bowl, place it on the steamer, cover the steamer lid, and let Dun Dun watch the fire start steaming.

Jiang smiled and said, "Steam the yogurt for a quarter of an hour and then simmer it for a while. Then let it cool and put it in well water to cool it down. When it solidifies, you can eat it. You can also use it to make cakes or yogurt cherries."

Shen Yu's salted egg yolks have been steamed and cooled, and the milk has also cooled, so it's time to proceed to the next step.

Pour the milk into a larger bowl, add some vegetable oil, and stir until the oil and milk are thoroughly blended.

Pour the sifted flour in, add appropriate amount of snowflake sugar powder, stir well until there are no flour particles, and the liquid is fine and there are no bubbles. Let it stand for half an hour, then steam it in a steamer for an hour, let it dry until it is no longer hot, and knead it until it is smooth to get a soft and easy-to-use snow skin pancake crust.

Shen Yu mixed it evenly and then confidently handed the rest to Jiang to complete.

She started making the golden sand and custard filling.

Put six salted egg yolks in a bowl, crush them with a spatula until they are fine and free of particles, crack in a few raw eggs, add some milk, powdered sugar, and vegetable oil, stir well, and then add some starch to increase the viscosity. Although it is simpler than later generations, it is the only way. Finally, sprinkle two grains of salt to make the taste sweeter.