Chapter two hundred and fifty seventh longevity peach(1/2)
My cousin hurried out and found Gao Dian who was bored.
"Xiaodian, you are a pastry chef, please help me think of a solution!"
Gao Dian was a little confused and asked, "Brother, you have to explain clearly what's going on."
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Time goes back to the past.
In Gaodian, there are many types of dishes at the banquet, and pastries are also indispensable.
Although many people don’t eat much, there are still some.
The types of pastries vary depending on what the owner bought.
Usually, it is like steamed buns, rice cakes, dumplings, bean paste buns, and red date cakes.
What is the specific arrangements of each company.
In China, there is a saying that longevity noodles are said. When an elderly person dies, they usually cook a bowl of longevity noodles, which means longevity and health.
Here, when the elderly celebrate their birthday, there must be a bowl of longevity noodles on the table. The longevity noodles here are usually made with sauce.
The so-called sauerkra noodles are actually a kind of sauce made by adding meat, carrots, ham, etc. and mixing them with starch.
The sauce is sticky. The noodles are boiled in white water and placed in a bowl. Then scoop a bowl of sauce and put it in, stir evenly so that the starch fills each noodles.
It tastes smooth and refreshing, and the taste of sauerkra and noodles is stacked in, making the taste rich and varied.
Grandpa Gaodian celebrated his birthday, and they started preparing a long time in advance.
Uncle Gaodian contacted the seller early to buy the ingredients they needed.
In addition to the ingredients, he also ordered some pastries.
The main ones are longevity peaches, rice cakes, and bean paste buns.
These are basically ready-made and you just need to steam them in a steamer and then serve them on the table.
This is a common method used by Gaodian here, ordering this semi-finished pastry.
Because the pastry is not easy to make, and the shape and taste of the pastry are not as good as those bought outside.
Different places, the things the chef knows are different.
Other ingredients arrived early, but the pastry was out of stock for the time being.
There was a saying that he would wait, but this time it was today.
But when Mr. Gao Dian asked again today, what he still said was nothing.
My cousin Gao Dian went to ask several more companies, but they all said nothing.
So, Gao Dian's cousin came back in a hurry and discussed how to solve this problem.
Other pastries, if you don’t have them, it’s not a big deal, but longevity peaches are necessary, if they don’t have one.
This is Grandpa Gaodian’s 80th birthday. How can there be no longevity peaches on the table except longevity noodles?
This kind of longevity peach is not a real peach, but a steamed bun made of flour.
This is much better than real peaches, and the price is more affordable. There are ten people on a table, one birthday peach per person, and one birthday peach per table is ten. There are twenty or thirty tables in total, which is two or three hundred birthday peaches.
If you use all the real peaches, how expensive will it be?
Therefore, longevity peaches are generally made of flour in rural areas, rather than selling real peaches.
If you have longevity noodles, you can buy noodles everywhere, so don’t worry, it’s just that this longevity peach does not have it.
Uncle Gao Dian and his friends also asked the chef who came to cook and asked him if he would make birthday peaches. The chef shook his head.
It’s not that he can’t do it, but that he can’t do it.
Making a birthday boy requires a steady hand and a calm mind to make it look good, but his hands are not that stable now, and it may not look good when making it.
That's all, the problem is that there are twenty or thirty tables, which are all handmade by him, and his energy does not allow it.
As for his disciples, neither of them had learned this.
Because there are ready-made longevity peaches now, they are made beautifully and have a stable taste. So the master did not teach this, and he hasn't made it for many years.
The master's rejection made Uncle Gao Dian and others anxious.
Isn’t this a joke if I don’t have a longevity?
My uncle suggested that my cousin Gao Dian go to the city to ask, but there is no one in the county town, but there must be one in the city.
They are still some distance from the city and it takes about two hours to drive.
At this time, Gao Dian's cousin suddenly said, "Isn't Xiaodian a pastry chef? Why don't we ask him to see if he can make it."
The proposal of Mr. Gao Dian quickly received everyone's support.
"It's very far away to the city, and we don't know where to buy it. And when we go at this time, it may not be closed. It's likely that we will have a waste of time." Uncle Gao Dian San said.
"Oh! I wouldn't have bought it from him if I had known it!" the uncle sighed.
"It's useless to say this now. Let's ask Xiaodian if he can do it first. If not, let's find a way." Gao Huaqiang said.
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After listening to my cousin’s talk, Gao Dian understood.
"Shoutao...I haven't made it." Gao Dian said.
When my cousin heard this, she frowned and said, "What should I do?"
He thought Gao Dian could do it, but he didn't expect Gao Dian to do it.
Gao Dian pondered: "But I can give it a try."
He can make steamed buns, but he has never made them.
But I think it's just a difference in appearance, it's basically the same.
He thought he could give it a try.
My cousin said, "Forget it, I'll go to the city to look for it."
"Can you really buy it now?" Gao Dian asked.
My cousin was silent immediately. He really couldn't guarantee that he could buy it, and there must be one in the city.
But he didn't know where and whether the door was closed now.
So it is unknown whether you can buy it in the city. At the same time, my cousin was a little confused. Gao Dian gave it a try. What if it couldn’t be done?
"I'll go and ask what they said," said my cousin.
"Okay." Gao Dian nodded and agreed.
Can you let him give it a try and see how they decide. Although he is still confident, he dare not really guarantee anything like this.
He usually doesn't say too much.
My cousin left to ask, and Gao Dian was waiting in place. After a while, my cousin came out and walked to Gao Dian and said, "They said you want to give it a try first. If you can't do it, then say something else."
Gao Dian said after hearing this: "Okay, then I'll try to make it."
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. What do you need? Tell me, I'll buy it for you." My cousin said.
Gao Dian pondered for a while and said, "Don't worry, I'll ask my teacher before talking."
"Okay! Then remember to say to me if you ask," said my cousin.
Gao Dian responded and took out his cell phone to call the teacher.
After a while, the phone was connected, Gao Dian said: "Teacher."
"Didn't you come back?" Wei Lianzhang asked the first sentence.
"Teacher, I haven't gone back. I'm in my hometown now, and my grandfather celebrates his birthday." Gao Dian said.
"That's it, I thought you were continuing to travel outside." Wei Lianzhang said.
"No."
"Is there anything wrong with calling me?" the teacher asked.
"Teacher, that's it..."
Gao Dian told Wei Lianzhang about the matter.
Wei Lianzhang pondered: "It is actually not difficult to make longevity peaches. They are just ways to make steamed buns, but the shapes are different."
"Then teacher, can you tell me how it was done?" Gao Dian asked.
"I won't teach you the part of making steamed buns. The main thing is that you need to dye it with red rice. You can search for tutorials online. With your talent, you should be able to learn it easily. I really have nothing to teach you." Wei Lianzhang said.
"Okay teacher, I understand." Gao Dian said.
Then the teacher hung up the phone, Gao Dian searched the Internet, and after reading the tutorial for a while, he knew it, and then he went to find his cousin.
When Gao Dian found his cousin, his cousin was still busy. It was not an easy thing to hold a banquet, and many things needed to be busy.
To be continued...