flstandardbreds Chapter 209: Still quite strong
Chapter 209: Still quite strong
Zhao Xiaojing put the dough in place, gave the seat in front of the panel to Yun Yongyuan, and stood aside watching with interest.
She learned how to knead dough from Dong Mei, and learned it from Hou Guihua in the cafeteria. Later, when she was making sugar water, the system also taught her some basic techniques.
Although the system is powerful, the skills required to make sugar water are very basic, so she is not proficient in this area. Her techniques are indeed still basic, and it can be said that she has not learned it formally and systematically.
Now that she has Yun Yongyuan, a formal culinary student, to guide her, it is naturally the best thing, and she is happy to learn.
"It's indeed faster and more skillful than the way I use it." Zhao Xiaojing said after watching for a long time.
After Yun Yongyuan picked up the dough, he first kneaded it a few times with the base of his palms, pushing and pulling it in a large area. Then he began to fold and flatten the dough again and again in small areas. In less than a minute, the dough had become visibly smooth.
"This is the technique that the flour chef uses to make steamed buns every time. You see, a large area is kneaded at the beginning, which will cause the gluten to be pulled repeatedly. The more the dough is kneaded, the tighter it will become, because the gluten structure becomes tighter." Yun Yongyuan dipped his hand in flour sprinkled when kneading the dough, pointed at the dough and began to explain on the spot.
"After kneading it a few times, the dough becomes smaller. Now flatten the dough in a small area and fold it inward repeatedly. After a few times, the dough will be smooth. Your technique is OK, but you use a lot of force and it takes a long time, which is brute force. However, most people can't knead it well with your method and it's easy to get lumps. This shows that you have your own way even if you use brute force, and you are quite strong."
"Pfft!" Lu Hongwen was amused by Yun Yongyuan's words, "This is the first time I've heard someone say this about Sister Jingzi. Hahaha, Sister Jingzi, there will be a day when you will have to use brute force! Senior Brother Yun, if you can talk more, please tell me more about your skills!"
Zhao Xiaojing was also amused by being laughed at. When she heard the second half of Lu Hongwen's sentence, she immediately nodded and said, "Senior Brother Yun, please teach me more!"
Yun Yongyuan originally thought that girls were concerned about their reputation and that excessive denial would hurt their feelings, so he deliberately said a few words of encouragement. When he saw that Zhao Xiaojing didn't mind, he immediately felt relieved.
"Okay, there is another method..."
Yun Yongyuan taught them two more tricks seriously. The three of them kneaded the dough and put it on the board to rise while chatting and laughing. Zhao Xiaojing started to chop the stuffing with a horseshoe knife. The rest of the people were not idle either, and they all started to prepare dinner in advance.
When ** Ping and Wang Jiandang arrived at the restaurant on time at 4:30, the few people had already prepared all the dishes for dinner and were sitting in the hall waiting eagerly. Zhao Xiaojing had also put the soup dumplings in the steamer.
"Aunt Chen, Uncle Wang! Please come and sit down. You've come just in time. The soup dumplings are already in the steamer!" Su Yuchen quickly stood up and greeted them. The rest of the people also stood up, some gave up their seats, some poured water.
"Xiao Su, these are the new sugar-coated apples from Xinjiang. They're crispy and sweet. I have a lot of them at home, so I'll share some with you." ** Ping still came with a bag of big, red apples.
Su Yuchen knew it was useless to refuse, so she accepted it helplessly, "Aunt Chen, I won't be polite to you, and next time you come, don't be polite to us.
Mirror is here for you to help and give us suggestions. We are very happy that you can come. If you bring more food, we won’t dare to ask you to come and make something delicious.”
"This was given to your uncle Wang by someone else. They are doing favors with each other. There are always a lot of fruits at my house. If we don't finish them, they will go bad. There are many people here. You can share them. It won't be a waste, right?"
"Your Aunt Chen is right! In previous years when you didn't come, we had no choice but to drive half an hour every day to deliver the gifts to our relatives! Since you came, I have saved on gas! We have to thank you, we are not just being polite." Wang Jiandang quickly agreed.
As she spoke, Zhao Xiaojing brought over the steamer, which was a large steamer used for steaming dumplings. After putting the soup dumplings in it, the dumplings looked particularly small and exquisite. She steamed a total of 18 dumplings in one pot.
"This half is water chestnut soup dumplings, and this half is shepherd's purse soup dumplings. The second pot has been put on the pot to continue steaming. You can eat first."
The soup dumplings just out of the pot gave off hot white mist. As soon as they were served on the table, everyone could immediately feel the heat. The white half was filled with water chestnuts, and the other half, which was faintly green, was filled with shepherd's purse.
"Oh, there are shepherd's purse soup dumplings!" Wang Jiandang looked at the steamer with surprise and his voice became three points higher.
"The wild vegetable stomach is coming back again. I can't walk when I see wild vegetables! Didn't we just eat shepherd's purse yesterday?" ** Ping pouted at Wang Jiandang.
"That's different, this is shepherd's purse made by Xiao Zhao!" Wang Jiandang said as he pulled out his chopsticks. Seeing that everyone was eager to eat but didn't pick up anything with their chopsticks, he quickly greeted them.
"Eat, eat, eat! Why are you being so polite? We are all family, why are you waiting for us?"
"Eat, eat. Xiao Zhao and Xiao Su, you guys can sit down too! We can just squeeze in." The largest table in the restaurant is for six people. After ** Ping and his wife came, there were two more people. ** Ping was busy moving a stool, but Lu Hongwen had already stood up and moved two more over.
"You guys eat first, I have to watch the pot, it's still steaming! Thank you, Aunt Chen and Uncle Wang!" Zhao Xiaojing got the message and was thinking about what wild vegetables there are in this season. Seeing this, she waved her hand quickly, took the fruit bag from Su Yuchen's hand, thanked the two of them, and walked towards the back kitchen.
"Whoever eats first, eat first!" Su Yuchen sat down, took out a pair of chopsticks and greeted everyone. Then everyone carefully stretched out their chopsticks towards the steamer.
As the heat dissipated, the soup dumplings finally revealed their original appearance. The steamed skin of the soup dumplings was almost transparent, with round bellies bulging out. Everyone was afraid that they would break if they picked them up, so as soon as the chopsticks touched the soup dumplings, they quickly reached out their bowls to the steamer to catch them.
People have different ways of picking up soup dumplings. Some hold the dumpling by the belly button and lift it gently, some extend the chopsticks to the bottom of the dumpling and slowly support it, and some just pick it up from the middle.
Everyone at the table was so nervous when picking up the soup dumplings that their movements were much slower, but after being picked up by chopsticks, the soup dumplings just shook slightly and fell down, deforming on the chopsticks due to the force, but remained intact from beginning to end.
"Hey, young man, you can't eat like that! If you swallow it whole, you won't be able to taste it and it will burn your tongue!"
Wang Jiandang hurriedly spoke out to stop him.
However, Wu Kaile on the opposite side had already stuffed the entire soup dumpling into his mouth, then he opened his eyes wide and gasped continuously, grimacing because of the burn, and chewed a few bites quickly while enduring the heat, swallowed it with difficulty, and then picked up the cold boiled water in front of him and gulped it down.
"Open the window first, drink the soup later, and finish it all!" Wang Jiandang smiled helplessly.
Wu Kaile looked at Wang Jiandang with grievance. He was still frightened by the burn. After drinking the water, he kept fanning his mouth with his hand. "Uncle Wang, what do you mean?"
"It's about how to eat soup dumplings! First, bite the skin, then suck the soup inside. After drinking the soup, eat the whole thing including the skin and filling." ** Ping continued to explain.