Chapter 51 Have you heard of Malatang?
The green vegetables in the village were growing very juicy, so Shen Qingyue bought more than 50 kilograms.
I sliced the potatoes thinly and soaked the dried kelp. I also bought 50 kilograms of corn noodles, wide rice noodles, and cold noodles.
That day, Shen Qingyue said directly to Sister-in-law Ying: "Sister-in-law, can you go to the county with us to work?"
Sister-in-law Ying agreed without hesitation: "Sure, the child is grown up anyway."
Chen Mei was hesitant to speak, and only at night did she finally come to Shen Qingyue's side and ask, "How was your talk with the steel factory? Did they let us sell boxed lunches?"
Shen Qingyue said, "Let them sell it." She also told them that the steel plant had rented them a window.
Chen Mei was stunned. From what her sister said, she could work in the steel mill and rent a canteen.
It was like a ragtag army suddenly became a regular army.
Shen Qingyue said: "However, I don't plan to make lunch boxes tomorrow. Let's make spicy hot pot."
Malatang is a snack that has become popular in later generations. It has been popular for more than 20 years and has remained popular.
This snack, which has stood the test of time, was a complete dimensionality reduction blow in the 1980s.
In her previous life, Shen Qingyue spent more than 10,000 yuan on tuition fees to learn how to make Malatang.
Malatang has low cost and vegetables are quite cheap, so she has a price advantage.
Going to try it!
"What should we do with those repeat customers who buy boxed lunches?" Chen Mei said.
Shen Qingyue said, "Anyway, ours is a special window. I've already written it on the blackboard: spicy hot pot tomorrow, and boxed lunch the day after tomorrow. This way, we can stagger the time and eat whatever we want."
She went to the cafeteria, hoping to hit the jackpot.
Shen Mei said, "Okay."
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The next day was another busy morning. Shen Qingyue took all her belongings away in an ox cart.
The oxcarts were packed full, and they used to be parked outside the steel mills.
Now they were taken directly to the cafeteria. When they arrived at the cafeteria, Chen Mei and Sister Ying didn't even dare to raise their heads.
The canteen here is even bigger than the threshing ground in the village.
Shen Qingyue took a look and found that the space reserved for him in the kitchen was quite large.
Not only are there sewers and sinks, but there are also two huge stoves and even some seasonings.
The head chef in the kitchen said, "If you need anything, you can tell me. I can give you whatever I have. We'll settle the bill at the end of the month!"
When Shen Qingyue heard what he said, her eyes lit up and she said, "I want two hundred large plastic bowls and one thousand small glass bottles!" The glass bottles were used to store yogurt, and her fermented yogurt was almost ready.
Secondly, you need two large stainless steel pots for cooking noodles.
There are also various seasonings.
The logistics director said, "Okay." He had new ones in his warehouse.
Even without his call, they can still be mobilized. This is the confidence of the state-owned factory.
The three female comrades came here and started working.
After cleaning the inside and outside of the room, I started washing and picking the vegetables, and soaked the noodles, vermicelli, etc. in water.
Soon, big pots, plastic bowls and other things were brought over.
The vegetables here are also displayed openly, and there are twenty small red buckets of seasonings.
Around nine o'clock, the original canteen also started cooking and stir-frying and stewing dishes.
Although they didn't say it, everyone in the steel factory cafeteria had a subtle competitive attitude towards Shen Qingyue.
Almost everyone cooked their best dishes, hoping to outdo Shen Qingyue.
Chef Chen went in, and his junior fellow chef, Chef Li, became the temporary person in charge.
The inspectors ordered them not to have a lot of waste every day.
After much thought, I decided to steam more rice and reduce the amount of vegetables. This can't be wrong, right?
Although there was a wall between the two windows, I couldn't see what they were doing.
But the apprentices were transporting vegetables and other things here and there, and they would pass by here on their way back and forth. They were puzzled when they saw them.
When they came back, they all told Chef Li, "Their dishes haven't been cooked yet. They're all outside."
The apprentice really couldn't figure out what the other party was doing, so he had to ask the knowledgeable Chef Li.
In the end, Chef Li didn't know what they were doing, so he just let them go and said, "Let's do our own thing and ignore her."
Although he said so, he still made an excuse to go out for a walk, wanting to see what tricks Shen Qingyue and the others were playing.
After looking around, I still had no idea what she was going to do. Was she going to make some raw side dishes for everyone later?
Just when I was wondering, I saw Shen Qingyue start frying chili oil!
This is the finishing touch that determines whether the spicy hot pot is delicious. Shen Qingyue buys some of the various dried chilies she comes across these days and has accumulated fourteen kinds of chilies.
It is ground with a traditional mill, and the oil is a seasoning oil fried with a variety of spices.
The peppers are first mixed with vinegar to prevent them from getting sticky, then a spoonful of seasoning oil is added, stirred, and then another spoonful is added. When a large bucket of peppers is fried, the whole cafeteria is filled with a special aroma!
On Shen Qingyue's first day on the job, Sister Ying was washing vegetables in the back, and asked her elder sister to cook, while Shen Qingyue would season the dishes. Just then, a bell rang.
The atmosphere in the entire cafeteria suddenly changed, and there was a bit of tension.
Soon everyone started pouring into the cafeteria.
They had heard yesterday that Shen Qingyue would be moving into their cafeteria. They were full of anticipation, but when they arrived, they were a little confused.
"What is this?"
Shen Qingyue said, "Malatang, fifty cents a bowl, come and try one."
The steel mill workers had never heard of Malatang. Hearing this, they said, "Let's try it."
Shen Qingyue asked: "What do you want to eat?"
The steel mill employee scratched his head and said, "I don't know what to eat either."
Shen Qingyue said: "How about you try a little of everything?"
"Okay."
Then I added two kinds of noodles and made a spicy hot pot with a normal taste.
The spicy hot pot can be cooked in a huge pot for just a dozen seconds and then taken out.
Those who have noodles and vegetables quickly take them to season them. There are more than a dozen kinds of seasonings, which makes people dazzled.
Then add a little bit of everything, the finishing touch is the thick sesame paste, and add a little fragrant chili oil on top, the aroma is strange and overbearing.
Keep trying to get into other people's noses.
Everyone smelled the food, and more people crowded around the window, lining up to get their food boiled.
Shen Qingyue served a large portion of spicy hot pot, a big bowl including noodles and vegetables.
People holding spicy hot pot have to walk very carefully, for fear of spilling it.
A lot of people lined up to buy.
After buying, bring it to the person you know.
Those people asked, “What is this?”
"Malatang." This is a new word I learned.
"I thought they were making boxed lunches, why are they doing this?" They also wanted to buy some, but the Malatang window was crowded and they didn't want to wait in a long line.
I had to order a meal somewhere else.
But the smell of the spicy hot pot was like a small hook, drilling into their noses.
Seeing the people at the same table stirring the spicy hot pot with chopsticks to mix the seasoning evenly, and then taking a bite, his eyes widened.
Every bite of vegetables and noodles is covered with sticky sesame paste, which has a slightly sour, sweet and spicy taste and is extremely delicious.
The seafood inside is crispy and the potato chips are delicious.
The vermicelli is sticky and the noodles are soft and mushy, with a very rich taste.
The people at the same table couldn't help drooling when they saw him eating.
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