Chapter 44:
In my previous life, the new variety of stone buns was an enduring speciality snack of the Xiao Aijia fast food chain.
Although it has never been trendy, it has been fashionable since its launch. Chain stores have opened nationwide, and many stores have listed it as a reserved product.
This shows that it is indeed one of the foods more readily accepted by people.
Since you want to introduce something new, you naturally have to start with something you are more familiar with.
Thanks to her parents, although Shi Xiaoai and her brother were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, they did not have a life that they could be arrogant about. When they enter high school, they will inevitably be asked to help in the store during the winter and summer vacations, except when they are preparing for exams.
Both are considered old employees in the store, and they have rotated through various positions several times.
So, for these reserved products in the store, Xiao Ai can make them 100% similar in quality and taste, but there is no problem imitating them 70% or 80%.
And these seventy or eighty percent are enough for her current small tea stall.
Stone buns are made simple: roll the yeast dough into small pancakes and then bake them.
What makes it unique is that other dough cakes are usually baked in a pan, but they are placed on a hot stone, and then the heat of the stone is used to bake them.
The stones chosen are of different sizes and shapes, which will cause the stone steamed buns to be imprinted with various patterns, and these uneven patterns will give it a unique beauty.
Of course, there is another critical point when Xiao Ai chooses it: it is durable in storage.
This thing tastes naturally crispy and delicious when hot and just as good as cold. It also has a rugged, relatively chewy texture.
Many people like to buy many at once and keep them at home as teething snacks to eat slowly.
This is particularly advantageous for Shi Xiaoai. She can make the stone buns at night and sell them during the day, so she will be prompt in the morning.
Shi Xiaoai went to the outhouse. At this moment, Mingxi and Mingrui were still playing with the pile of stones. They were still arguing, but this time, the content of the dispute had changed to who chose the most beautiful stone.
Seeing their mother coming, the two immediately found the referee and asked her to rule.
However, Shi Xiaoai didn't have time to judge the lawsuit between these two brats. She asked directly: "Have you counted all the stones clearly? I want to check." As soon as these words came out, Mingrui immediately felt bitter.
The two of them only became enlightened after Shi Xiaoai had travelled through time, and it had only been two months since then.
Mingrui still needs help counting to a hundred, so this homework is tricky.
Mingxi is different.
When her mother asked this question, the little girl immediately raised her head, looking proud and smug.
She pushed her basket hard towards Shi Xiaoai and said in a loud voice: "Mom, you count, you count mine. I checked twice, and I guarantee it is correct!
"The situation of the two children was well understood. When their daughter said this, she patted her head with approval and praised, "Xiaoxi is great!"
Then, without counting, she picked up the basket and entered the house.
But before she turned around, Cheng Yang had already taken the basket from her hand.
Seeing the surprised expression on his face, Shi Xiaoai knew that he was shocked by his daughter's talent, so he didn't stop, showing the same proud expression as Ming Xi, and raised the basket before his eyes.
Cheng Yang took the basket to one side and counted it one by one. Shi Xiaoai also went over and touched Mingrui's head and asked, "How many can you count anymore?"
"Seventy-three." Octavia was a little shy. Then, he lowered his head to the ground.
"It's okay. I'll copy the numbers from one to one hundred again tonight and check them tomorrow."
This is her consistent request for her two children. If you don't know it, go and learn it, but you can't be lazy, and you can't pretend to be ignorant. Understand.
The two children had long been used to it, and after hearing what she said, Ming Rui immediately nodded in agreement.
Seeing that Cheng Yang was still seriously counting the pebbles picked out by his daughter, Shi Xiaoai didn't bother; he just picked up the rest and returned to the kitchen.
She couldn't bear to waste her pot, so she put the large enamel basin with holes directly on the fire, poured the stones in and waited for them to heat up while skillfully rolling out the pancakes on the chopping board.
She will make three flavours today: one original, one with scallion oil, and the other milky.
The scallion oil pancake recipe is the same as the ordinary one. Here, we just changed the pancake method.
Although the milky flavour is called this, it has no milk powder. Let's talk about something other than whether milk powder is expensive these days. The critical point is that there is no place to buy it!
There is neither a mother nor a baby in her family, so there is no way to get milk powder coupons.
The so-called milky flavour kneads lard and powdered sugar into the dough. The pancakes made by mastering the ratio will also be white sweet, and delicious.
Although the original stone bun looks ordinary, it suits more people. Moreover, today's flour is less highly processed than that of later generations. Although the current flour is not as white, it will have a strong wheat flavour.
So you don't even have to wait for the pancakes to be baked. When you put them on the stone, the aroma will be stimulated, and the smell will make people drool.
Because it was the first day of trying to sell, Shi Xiaoai only did a little. In addition to saving some for home use, she only made thirty of each variety. Besides the stone buns, she only dared to cook a few tea eggs for sale today, which were only fifty.
But because she was willing to put in the ingredients, and the tea she used was wild tea that was not available in Yuncheng, so although the appearance of those tea eggs didn't make any difference, when she opened the lid of the pot, she was greeted by the steaming ingredients. When the soup's flavour spread, even Shi Xiaoai admitted, it was pretty fragrant!
That night, the family of four was all whole. You must know that they had already had dinner before.
The two cubs like to eat milk-scented stone buns the most, and they won't let go of them.
Like two little hamsters, they lowered their heads and clicked on the cake.
Cheng Yang, on the other hand, has a particular liking for tea eggs.
Ultimately, he even ran to the kitchen and filled up a small bowl of soup to dip the pancakes in. Shi Xiaoai couldn't bear to look at it.
"Aren't you afraid of salty food?" She couldn't help but ask in surprise.
Cheng Yang smiled naively: "It's not salty. Did you put sugar in it? It's still a little sweet when I eat it."
Shi Xiaoai smiled reservedly and did not answer the question.
After all, where in the world are so many delicious things suddenly appearing?
Behind all good flavours, many people, or even generations, may have conducted many experiments and ratios before finally determining the best taste.
She is lucky; even if she wears a book, she can still enjoy the shade of her parents.
So these formulas are her golden fingers and the password to her wealth. Naturally, they must be revealed slowly.
The family of four all got up early the next day, had breakfast before six o'clock, and went out together.
Considering her family's evaluation of the new product last night, Shi Xiaoai felt confident about today's business!
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