After the apocalypse descended, both animals and plants mutated, and humanity was relegated to the bottom of the food chain, struggling to survive. In the safe bases, human food had long been repla...
Chapter 076 Chapter 76 Dough
If Mu Chen was here now, Tang Ming would have gone, but Mu Chen had not returned yet, so it was impossible for Tang Ming to leave An Qing.
He asked Lin Zhiqi to go to the planting base to get some aphrodisiac buds, then stayed by An Qing's side. Seeing that she was mixing too much flour and water, and that it didn't look like she was going to make pancakes, he asked, "What are you doing?"
An Qing was very angry and didn't want to pay any attention to him. It was really annoying to have flour on her hair, especially wet flour. She didn't know how long it would take to clean the flour off her hair when she got home.
Tang Ming knew he was in the wrong, and seeing An Qing ignoring him, he could only stand quietly by the side, pretending to be invisible.
An Qing quickly mixed the flour. After mixing, the flour was not as dry as when making white flour pancakes, but it was not very thin either. It was a bit like the state of mixed meat paste.
She then took out a large pot to boil water, turned down the heat after the water boiled, kneaded a small ball of dough in her hand, greased a little oil on the spoon, and quickly scooped the flour from her hand into the water.
The dough balls were as thick as little fingers and quickly solidified into shape in the water.
Seeing this, Tang Ming knew that An Qing wanted to cook noodle dumplings, so he also took a spoon and kneaded the dough and stood by the pot to push the dumplings into the pot.
An Qing glanced at him, made an incomprehensible humming sound in her throat, and said nothing else, continuing to make the noodles.
The two of them quickly prepared a large pot of noodle dumplings. An Qing stirred it with a large spoon and then cooked it over high heat.
The noodle dumplings do not need to be cooked for too long, as long as they are cooked thoroughly, and soon the pot of noodle dumplings can be taken out.
Tang Ming had already brought another pot. An Qing used a colander to scoop up the cooked noodles and put them into the empty pot, then started cooking the next pot.
While the next pot of noodle dumplings was cooking, An Qing scooped a bowl of cooked noodle dumplings and took it to look at the sauce that was cooking the pig ears.
Use chopsticks to poke the pig's ear. It's already cooked and it will be pierced with one poke.
She hurriedly asked Ye Yu to pick up the pig ears, and she scooped a spoonful of marinade into the noodles. Then she put two pieces of the braised pig tail and chicken feet into the bowl, and cut a lot of the freshly cooked pig ears into the bowl.
Lin Zhiqi has already sent the aphrodisiac buds over. This time he got a lot of them and packed ten large boxes directly over.
An Qing washed a handful of aphrodisiac buds, put them into the casserole with stewed pork ribs and boiled them twice. After confirming that they were cooked, she took them out and put them into the bowl of noodle dumplings.
A bowl of fragrant braised noodle dumplings came out.
An Qing took the bowl and sat at the bar. She used a spoon to scoop up the noodles soaked in sauce and put them into her mouth.
The noodles are still chewy after being cooked, with a strong wheat aroma, and are very delicious when mixed with the marinade.
An Qing ate another piece of braised pig's tail. The pig's tail was very large, with a thick bone in the middle and a lot of meat on the tail. When she took a bite, both the skin on the outside and the meat inside were very chewy, and the pig's tail that had absorbed the marinade was particularly flavorful.
She ate a piece of pig tail and a piece of noodle, then a piece of chicken feet and a piece of noodle.
It’s true, the meat on the chicken feet is actually crispy, and feels just like the crispy meat in the center of the pickled pepper chicken feet in my previous life.
Because the guinea fowl was big enough, its claws were big, and the meat on it was thick, An Qing could chew on its toes for a long time. After she had chewed off all the meat, she threw away the bones and ate the next piece.
An Qing was enjoying the meal here very much. The people working around her couldn't help but look at her. They smelled the fragrance in the air and their mouths were almost drooling.
Yuncheng knocked on the table in front of him, "Stop looking and work hard."
Working in a restaurant really requires some perseverance, otherwise the constant smell of food in the restaurant can easily make people confused.
Jiang You is the leader of this group of people who cannot go to the battlefield arranged by Wei Xunyi. However, now these people have been dispersed and are working with different people. He is just a decoration.
Jiang You was once the captain of Team 1009. He was seriously injured during a mission and many of his tendons and veins were broken. Although he was lucky enough to survive, his fighting power decreased, his physical fitness and reaction speed were not as good as before, and he could no longer participate in combat.
After returning to the base, he accepted the base's arrangements and did various logistical work.
This time the base was in danger, and he originally thought that he would be assigned some dangerous logistical work, but he did not expect that Secretary Wei would directly arrange for him to bring people to the hotel to help.
Jiang You is now frying dried meat with Yuncheng. Pot after pot of fragrant dried meat is constantly coming out of the pot, and the aroma is so delicious that it makes your mouth water.
Fortunately, although the willpower of this group of people cannot be compared with that of the special teams, it is still very firm. Therefore, even if they are drooling, no one secretly takes the dried meat to eat.
Moreover, as he watched pot after pot of dried meat being packed and sent out, he felt a special sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.
However, the aroma of braised food coming from the store was so overpowering that Jiang You couldn't help but look over there frequently. Now that An Qing was sitting there eating, she would of course attract more people's attention.
Fortunately, after Yuncheng’s reminder, everyone turned their gaze away and worked honestly.
After finishing a bowl of braised noodle dumplings, An Qing still didn't feel any improvement in her strength. She just felt very satisfied. It was so delicious. If she wasn't already full, she would have wanted another bowl.
An Qing looked at the busy people inside and outside the store, and then looked at Tang Ming, who was still obediently cooking and scooping out the noodles by the pot while she was eating them.
She waved: "Lin Zhiqi, come here."
An Qing was always protected by members of the Fiery Team, some near and some far away. Lin Zhiqi was not far away from An Qing. When she waved, he saw her and immediately walked over, "Boss."
An Qing nodded. "Go and make arrangements. Have everyone take turns eating a bowl of noodles. Remember that someone needs to stay in each area to continue working. Then have a few people from the Fiery Team help scoop out the noodles."
Lin Zhiqi didn’t know what noodle dumplings were before, but after An Qing said that, and then he looked at what Tang Ming was cooking, he realized immediately that it was noodle dumplings.
He nodded and went to make the arrangements.
An Qing walked back to the kitchen, picked up a small bowl and started adding seasonings.
With so many people, even if each person only eats a small bowl, the sauce in the pot is not enough, so we can only prepare a bowl of sauce for them.
An Qing put some garlic powder and onion powder into the bowl, then oyster sauce, light soy sauce, vinegar, salt, mushroom powder, and pepper powder. After a while, she scooped a small spoonful of noodle soup into the bowl. The bowl of sauce was ready, and she just put the noodle dumplings in.
Soon Lin Zhiqi arranged for several members of the Fire Team to come and help her.
An Qing pointed to the bowls that had been prepared with the soup base: "Pour half a spoonful of noodle soup into each bowl, and then scoop ten noodle dumplings into it."
The four people assigned this time were Li Ran, Song Zhiming, Chen Guangmao and Wang Hu.
Several people nodded, and each went over to get a large spoon and get ready.
An Qing continued to season the bowl, looked at the four people, and asked Li Ran, "What's your name?"
Li Ran looked over and replied in a serious tone, "Li Ran."
An Qing nodded: "Come here and watch how I season the base. Then try to do the same later."
Li Ran was a little surprised, but still put down the big spoon in his hand and walked to An Qing to look at her.
An Qing introduced the seasoning bottles on the table to her. "This is onion powder, this is garlic powder, this is pepper powder and mushroom powder. These are spices used in food to enhance flavor. They can be used in many foods..."
As she spoke, she added seasonings to the bowl, checking Li Ran's reaction from time to time. Seeing that Li Ran was listening attentively and attentively, she continued, "The amount of these ingredients depends on how much food is in the bowl. For example, in this small bowl, you need to put less salt and light soy sauce for half a spoonful of soup and ten noodles, otherwise it will be too salty. You also need to use less vinegar, otherwise it will be too sour. And as for the Sichuan peppercorns, only a little bit is enough, otherwise it will be too numbing and inedible..."
An Qing tried to explain it to her as carefully as possible, but she really couldn't tell Li Ran in detail about the seasonings, so she could only let her understand it as much as possible.
After watching An Qing mix a few bowls of ingredients, Li Ran took out a bowl for himself.
She remembered everything An Qing said, but she was still a little confused.
However, she was observant and had a good memory, so she could remember the order in which An Qing added the seasonings and the amount of seasonings she used. So it should be fine to just follow the amount of seasonings that An Qing added before.
When An Qing saw Li Ran trying to season the bowl, she stopped and watched.
Although Li Ran's movements were not as agile as hers, he was able to do the same thing one after another without any lag, and the amount he used seemed to be about the same as hers.
Even if it's not exactly the same, it probably won't be too salty or too bland.
An Qing smiled. "That's right. I didn't expect you to learn so quickly. It seems you have a talent for this."
Li Ran: “…”
She is not talented, she just follows An Qing's instructions completely.
As they were talking, some people had already come to line up. Lin Zhiqi first arranged for Jiang You and his group to take turns to eat the noodles.
Jiang You is closer to this side and happens to be the first one in line.
Song Zhiming and the others were already prepared. When they saw someone coming, they immediately picked up the bowl and carefully scooped half a spoonful of soup into it.
The boiling hot noodle soup rushed into the seasoning bowl, instantly stimulating the aroma in the bowl. Although it was not as strong and overbearing as the marinade, Jiang You was standing close to it and could smell the fragrance instantly.
He stared at the bowl and swallowed involuntarily.
When he came here to work, he thought he could only look but not eat, and he had already made preparations. Who knew that someone had just arranged for them to come and take turns eating the noodles.
This is what the boss just ate.
Song Zhiming counted the cooked noodles, scooped ten into a bowl with one spoon, and handed it to Jiang You.
Jiang You held the bowl in his hand, watching the white smoke curling out of the bowl and smelling the fragrance floating along with the white smoke. The speed of saliva secretion in his mouth suddenly increased. He didn't dare to speak at all, for fear that his saliva would flow out as soon as he opened his mouth.
He hurriedly held the bowl to make room for the person behind him, but he was a little confused. How should he eat this?
Tang Ming was speechless and found it a little funny. An Qing didn't tell Song Zhiming and the others to take the small spoon for eating, so Song Zhiming and the others didn't realize that they had to give the spoon to Jiang You and the others.
Tang Ming turned around and took out a bunch of spoons. He took one and gave it to Jiang You, "Eat with this."
Then he said to the others in line, "Come over with your bowl of noodles and take a spoon to eat. After you finish eating, go wash the bowl and spoon and put them on the rack."
Jiang You held the spoon and thanked Tang Ming.
The restaurant was crowded, so he walked to the door, sat down on the steps, and scooped a piece of dough into his mouth with a spoon.
It was a little hot, and Jiang You was breathing heavily because of the heat, while chewing the noodles.
So delicious!
Jiang You was thinking while eating, I heard that there will be countless delicious foods before the end of the world. I wonder if we can eat noodles like this every day before the end of the world, and if we can eat them whenever we want?