"It's not that we can't make something else. In the summer, they may not eat big fish and meat, so it's better to make more cold dishes.
We have dishes like cold-mixed black fungus and smashed cucumber, and we serve anything cool. Ice jelly is also a specialty here, and we put some edible flowers in it, such as gardenia.
It can add fragrance and make the ice jelly look particularly good.
But this may not be enough. If we want the leaders above us to remember An County, we must present the most distinctive things about An County."
Zhang Qiu said regretfully, "The difficulty lies in the fact that we don't have anything unique in An County."
"Of course we don't have any. Our Anxian potatoes are our specialty."
"Yangtiao is similar to sweet potato. Poor people use it to cook and eat. How can we give it to leaders?"
"It's to let the leaders know that An County is poor and needs to be developed and paid attention to. So I serve them a copper pot of potato stewed rice. I guarantee they will never forget it after eating it."
Potato rice is not something that can be made casually; it requires a copper pot.
The pickup truck drove to the town in just over ten minutes, and headed south to find Butcher Wang, who usually sold meat at the market. His family ran a pig farm.
"Butcher Wang, have you sold all the pig ears and cheeks from the pigs you slaughter every day?"
Butcher Wang shook his head and said, "No, not many people like to eat that stuff. I used to give it away to others, but they all refused to take it. Now I have a lot of it frozen in the freezer at home.
We can’t even finish it at home, and we’re wondering what to do. Big sister, do you want it? If you do, I’ll sell it to you at a discount.”
"How much do you have and how cheap is it?" Xiangnan asked.
"We have dozens of pairs of pig ears and about twenty pairs of pig cheeks. If you want them, they're fifty cents a pound." Butcher Wang directly cut the price in half.
No one wants these pig ears and pig faces at the price of meat.
"All for 40 cents a pound. I want them all." Xiangnan bargained.
Butcher Wang made up his mind. He thought that his family couldn't eat so much anyway, so he might as well sell it for some money. At 40 cents per pound, a whole pig could fetch more money.
There isn't much meat on pig's face and it's difficult to prepare, so whoever wants it can take it.
Xiangnan and his friends took Butcher Wang home and bought some pig cheeks and pig ears, spending fifty yuan.
Xiangnan went to Aunt Qin's house again and wanted to buy at least fifty ducks.
Aunt Qin's son was at home this time and was very happy to see her: "My mother told me that you wanted to cooperate. Sister Xiangnan, you can come to my house and buy as many ducks as you want.
How about I give it to you at 20% off the market price?"
"Sure, I need at least fifty ducks today. That will save me a lot of money. Go pick out the ducks and get all the ones that can be sold."
Aunt Qin's son hurried to drive the ducks back from the field. It took him a lot of effort to get fifty ducks back and hand them over to Xiangnan.
After Xiangnan bought the duck, he said to him, "If you sell ducks, and someone doesn't want the duck feet, duck feet, duck necks, etc., you can keep them and sell them to me."
"They would definitely be willing to chop off the duck's feet, legs, and neck. The duck would be much lighter."
"Well, I'll make up for the missing money. Remember to leave some for me."
Time waits for no one, so Xiangnan went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a copper pot. Now the members of the supply and marketing cooperative are still arrogant and full of impatience.
But Xiao Hong and the others were quite polite to Xiang Nan. They greeted her as soon as they saw her come in and gave her whatever she wanted as soon as possible.
It is no longer the time when we treat every customer equally and arrogantly.
Xiangnan kindly reminded her: "Sister Xiao, if your supply and marketing cooperative continues to operate like this, I'm afraid it won't last long."
Xiao Hong shook her head: "That's impossible. Our supply and marketing cooperative is a state-owned unit."
Xiangnan smiled and said, "I hope so. However, many small department stores have opened up now, and the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county are becoming less and less popular."
"It doesn't matter if there's no business. The government still has to pay us."
Xiangnan said a few words and left when he saw that they didn't listen, and hurried home to stew potatoes in a copper pot.
She had to make a lot of braised dishes and roast duck, so Zhang Qiu waited for her there. When she was done, he would bring them to the county town to be served on tomorrow's big dinner table.
Xiangnan and Li Mo alone cannot prepare all the roast duck and braised dishes today.
Xiangnan called all the people who worked in her house. There were ten people in the workshop, and three of them were cake makers. She put all of them to work, regardless of whether they could learn it or not.
She was mainly responsible for making copper pot braised potatoes, which she would serve to Zhang Qiu in the evening. When he thought the food was good and ready to be served, she would tell him the recipe and go back to ask the two chefs to make it.
The state-owned restaurant made her a lot of money, and she gave him a cooking recipe as a way of repaying him.
Xu Mei moved closer to the stove, staring at Xiangnan putting things into the copper pot, remembering what she put in.
Then he stayed here for a while, then stood there for a while, looking around.
Zhou Xiumei nudged Xiangnan and said, "Sister-in-law Li Mo is not a quiet person. She's looking around. Is she trying to steal something?"
Xiangnan smiled and said, "Let her steal. If she can steal it, it's her ability."
The braising liquid for the braised dishes was prepared in advance by Xiangnan and his family. Just throw the pig cheeks and ears into the braising liquid and cook them together.
There is no brine recipe, so she can’t steal it.
The same goes for roast duck. The duck must first be soaked in a sauce with various ingredients for two hours. This sauce is also the key.
As for the copper pot stewed rice, she didn't want to hide it. Even if Xu Mei stole it, could she be willing to spend so much money on it?
Where can she sell the food after she learns it? Can she make braised potatoes in a copper pot and sell them outside? Who will buy them?
The group of people were busy until dinner time before they took a break. Xiangnan had someone steam a lot of small cakes and put them on the table as snacks.
Some people also make French fries with potatoes, and some make mashed potatoes to make potato pancakes.
"Yangtuo" is just the name used in An County, and it is actually a smaller potato.
These potato pancakes, French fries, and small cakes are placed there as snacks. After eating these, the leaders will probably be almost full.
If they are served cold dishes, they will be half full again. Finally, if they are served roast duck, they probably won’t have stomachs left for other dishes.
So Xiangnan had to do a lot of work, and everyone was busy until eight or nine o'clock before they finished.
Xiangnan gave the guys who worked overtime an extra day's salary, and everyone went home happily.
Xiangnan's hair was not dry after taking a shower, and the weather was hot, so she wore a small bellyband and Dacron trousers and sat at the head of the bed, drying her hair.
Huo De pulled her onto the bed and took the towel from her hand to wipe her hair: "You can't sleep if you don't dry it. You'll get a headache."
Xiangnan chuckled: "Thank you, Brother Huo."
Huo De tapped her on the head and said, "Don't mess around. You are tired today, go to bed early."
"Brother Huo, I didn't do anything wrong. Just saying thank you is wrong." Xiang Nan hugged his waist and rested his head on his shoulder.
Huo De wiped her head and tail. He really had no way to deal with this little goblin, but he must control himself today. Xiang Nan was exhausted today and there was no way he could let her get tired again.
"Be good and don't move. You'll be the one who will feel uncomfortable later." Hood advised softly.
Less than two minutes into his persuasion, Xiangnan fell asleep on his shoulder. He was really tired.
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