Chapter 44 New Varieties

Stone steamed buns were a long-lasting specialty snack at Xiao Ai’s fast food chain in my previous life.

Although it has never been particularly popular, it has been widely welcomed since its launch. Chain stores have opened all over the country, and many stores have listed it as a reserved product.

This is enough to show that it is indeed one of the foods that is easier for people to accept.

Since you are going to launch something new, you should naturally start with the ones you are most confident about.

Thanks to their parents, Shi Xiaoai and her brother, though born with a silver spoon in their mouths, weren't destined for pampering. Ever since they started high school, they'd been sent to the store to help out during their winter and summer vacations, except for the year they were preparing for exams.

Both of them are old employees of the store and have rotated through various positions several times.

So for these reserved products in the store, Xiao Ai can't say that she can make the quality and taste 100% similar, but she can still imitate them 70% or 80%.

And these seven or eight points are enough for her current small tea stall.

The method of making stone steamed buns is actually very simple. Just roll the leavened dough into small pancakes and then bake them.

What makes it different is that other yeast flatbreads are usually baked in a frying pan, but this one is placed on a hot stone and then cooked by the heat of the stone.

The different sizes and shapes of the stones selected will cause the stone buns to be baked with various patterns, and these uneven patterns will give it a unique beauty.

Of course, in addition to this, there is another particularly important point when Xiao Ai chose it, which is its durability in storage.

This thing is naturally crispy and delicious when eaten hot, and it tastes just as good when eaten cold. It also has a hard and relatively chewy texture.

Many people like to buy a lot of them at a time and keep them at home as a snack to chew slowly.

This is particularly beneficial for Shi Xiaoai. She can make the stone buns at night and sell them during the day, so she doesn't have to rush in the morning.

Shi Xiaoai went to the outer room. At this moment, Mingxi and Mingrui were still playing with the pile of stones. They were still arguing with each other, but this time the content of the argument had become who had chosen the most beautiful stone.

When they saw their mother coming, they immediately found the referee and asked her to make the decision.

However, Shi Xiaoai didn't have time to judge the case of these two kids. She asked directly, "Have you counted all the stones? I need to check them."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mingrui's face immediately turned bitter.

The two of them were only enlightened after Shi Xiaoai came here, and it has only been about two months.

Mingrui still has some difficulty counting to one hundred, so this kind of homework is quite difficult for him.

But Mingxi is different.

When the little girl heard her mother ask this, she immediately raised her head with a proud look.

She pushed her basket hard towards Shi Xiaoai, saying over and over again, "Mom, you count, you count mine, I've checked it twice, I guarantee it's correct!"

Shi Xiaoai knew the situation of the two children well. When she heard her daughter say this, she touched her head approvingly and praised her, "Xiaoxi is great!"

Then, without counting, he picked up the basket and went into the house.

But before she turned around, Cheng Yang had already taken the basket from her hand.

Seeing his surprised expression, Shi Xiaoai knew that he was amazed by her daughter's talent, so she didn't stop him. She showed the same proud expression as Mingxi and held the basket in front of him.

Cheng Yang took the basket to the side and counted everything. Shi Xiaoai also went over and touched Mingrui's head and asked, "How many did you stop counting?"

"Seventy-three." Mingrui lowered his head a little shyly.

"It's okay. Copy the numbers from one to one hundred again tonight. I'll check them tomorrow."

This has always been her requirement for her two children: if they don't know something, they can learn it, but they can't be lazy or pretend to know something they don't.

The two children were already used to it, and after hearing what she said, Ming Rui immediately nodded in agreement.

Seeing Cheng Yang was still carefully counting the stones picked out by his daughter, Shi Xiaoai didn't bother to pay attention and directly picked up the rest and went back to the kitchen.

She was reluctant to ruin her pot, so she simply placed the large enamel basin with a hole in it directly on the fire, poured the stones in, and while waiting for the stones to heat up, she skillfully rolled the pancakes on the chopping board.

She plans to make three flavors today: one original flavor, one with scallion oil, and another with milk flavor.

The scallion oil version is actually the same as the ordinary scallion pancake, the only difference here is the way of making the pancake is slightly changed.

Although it is called "Nai Xiang", it actually does not contain milk powder. Let's not talk about whether milk powder is expensive these days, the key is that there is nowhere to buy it!

Her family has neither a new mother nor a baby, so she can't get any milk powder tickets.

The so-called milky aroma is actually made by kneading lard and white sugar powder into the dough. If the ratio is mastered, the pancakes made will also be snow-white, sweet and delicious.

Although the original stone steamed bun looks a bit ordinary, it is suitable for more people. Moreover, the flour nowadays is not as refined as in later generations. Although the flour nowadays is not as white, it has a rich wheat aroma.

So there is no need to wait for the small pancakes to be baked. As soon as they are placed on the stone, the fragrance will be stimulated and it will make you salivate.

Because it was her first day trying to sell, Shi Xiaoai didn't make a lot. Aside from saving some for her family, she only made thirty of each variety. Besides the stone buns, she didn't dare cook too many tea eggs for the day, so she only cooked fifty.

But because she was willing to use more ingredients, and the tea she used was wild tea that was not available in Yuncheng, even though the tea eggs looked no different from the outside, once she opened the lid of the pot and the aroma of the steaming hot soup spread out, even Shi Xiaoai herself had to admit -

That is quite fragrant!

That night, the family of four were all full, even though they had already had dinner before.

The two little ones’ favorite food is the stone buns with milk flavor, and they won’t let go once they hold them.

They were just like two little hamsters, lowering their heads and snapping at the biscuits.

Cheng Yang has a special liking for tea eggs.

He even ran to the kitchen to get a small bowl of soup to dip the pancakes in. Xiao Ai couldn't bear to watch it.

"You're not afraid of salty food?" she asked in surprise.

Cheng Yang smiled innocently: "It's not salty. Did you put sugar in it? It tastes a bit sweet to me."

Shi Xiaoai smiled reservedly and did not answer the question.

After all, where in the world are there so many delicious foods that suddenly appear?

Behind every good taste there may be many people, or even generations, who have conducted multiple experiments and proportions before finally determining the best taste.

She was lucky, as she could still enjoy the protection of her parents even after she transmigrated into a book.

So these formulas are her golden fingers and her wealth code, and naturally they cannot be easily revealed.

The next day, the family of four got up early, had breakfast before six o'clock, and went out together.

Thinking of the comments from her family members about the new product last night, Shi Xiaoai became fully confident about today's business!