Even if you can eat it, with such a high sweetness - although you can't taste it because of the seasoning - if you finish a whole jar of jam, not to mention the problem of tooth decay, your throat alone will probably be so bad that you won't want it the next day.
When Xie Zian heard this, he also showed an expression similar to that of a toothache, and asked hesitantly: "What if I can't eat it? I can continue to eat tomorrow?"
Su Qingluan smiled and said, "The spoon is stained with the young man's saliva. If it comes into contact with the jam, it will probably go sour and spoil within a few days." After all, jam in this era does not have any preservatives such as potassium sorbate.
Xie Zian was stunned when he heard this: "Shouldn't jam only be kept for three to five days before it must be eaten, otherwise it will quickly go bad?" The jams he ate before were all made and eaten right on the spot. Even if it was not jam from his own house, he would rush to get it and eat it as soon as possible.
Although Xie Zian gave the leftover jam to his servants without feeling bad, it was an indisputable fact that the jam would go bad within a few days.
Su Qingluan was very surprised to hear what Xie Zian said, and thought to herself: Although there are no preservatives, her jam cannot be like the jam sold in supermarkets in her previous life, which will not deteriorate for one and a half or two years. But with the temperature outside gradually dropping, it is definitely no problem to keep it for three or four months. What's more, even in summer, the jam should be able to be kept for a month or so, right?
How can it go rancid in just three to five days?
Su Qingluan asked Xie Zian if he knew how to make jam, but the young master who was only responsible for "tasting" naturally didn't know about this kind of "mundane business".
Fortunately, the chef in the Xie Mansion knew how to make fruit jam, and Su Qingluan understood after asking.
It turns out that when making fruit jam, people will subconsciously choose ripe, large and sweet fruits as raw materials. In this way, fresh fruits can be directly mashed into a paste, or a small amount of sugar or honey can be added after they are boiled and cooked to make fruit jam.
In this state, since the fruit itself tastes sweet enough, there is no need to add too much white sugar for seasoning, and naturally there is no obvious preservative effect. It is natural for the fruit jam to deteriorate in three to five days.
Su Qingluan was different. She chose wild fruits from the mountains. Although they had a strong fruity aroma, they were also sour enough to reach the top of her head and overturn her skull.
Because the taste was too sour, Su Qingluan could only add more sugar to season it. Moreover, in order to enhance the flavor, a little salt was added. In addition, after a long period of boiling, most of the moisture in the wild fruit evaporated.
All these processing steps further increase the osmotic pressure when making jam. In this high-salt, high-sugar, and low-water environment, it is very difficult for microorganisms to reproduce and thrive, and naturally it is less likely to spoil.
However, because a large amount of sugar and salt are used, the cost price of these two small bottles of jam is also very considerable.
But Su Qingluan said it didn't matter - jam is to ordinary people of this era what a Michelin restaurant is to salaried office workers who have mortgages, car loans and a four-legged money-eating beast.
In other words, Su Qingluan positioned these two tubes of jam as "high-end luxury food" from the beginning.
Who has money? The rich!
And who has the money and leisure to study delicious food? It is the noble ladies living in the back house of this era and the idle dandies like the one in front of him!
They need to enjoy life and want to pursue a more extreme taste bud enjoyment. Su Qingluan will naturally not miss such an obvious and resource-rich blue ocean!
Want to eat delicious food? Isn't that easy?
However, "delicious food" alone is not enough. Su Qingluan understands that if she wants to achieve her goal, this delicious food must be "local specialty food with local characteristics that can only be found in this place"!
...So, local wild fruits should also be considered "local foods", right?
The chef of the Xie Mansion was obviously surprised that Su Qingluan's jam could be kept fresh for months without spoiling, but he also understood that every chef had a secret recipe, and if the other party did not tell it actively, he would have to inquire about it. It was not only lacking in judgment, but also against the rules.
Xie Zian looked at another jar of jam, asked someone to bring up a new small teaspoon, scooped out a little and tasted it.
It has a different kind of sweet and sour taste, and a different kind of tea fragrance.
Although both are combinations of jam and tea, they give two completely different feelings.
Su Qingluan just looked at the other person savoring the memory, her heart beating fast.
Maybe it was a long time, maybe just a moment, before Xie Zian finally looked up and asked, "How much do you want for this bottle of jam?"
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