Chapter 061 Chapter 61 Bun Filling
The fragrance spread from the hotel to the surrounding areas, attracting everyone nearby who had not yet started work and running to the hotel entrance.
"What's that smell? It smells so good!"
"Is it meat? One time when I was in the jungle, I encountered a mutant beast that had been killed by lightning. It smelled like meat, but there's one difference. The smell coming from the restaurant is noticeably more fragrant."
The aroma of grease was so tempting, but there was a sign at the door saying "Closed for today."
More and more people gathered around, ignoring the sign at the door and staring at the restaurant.
The sound of swallowing saliva was heard all around.
Seeing this, the members of the Fire Team scattered around the hotel quietly entered the hotel and reported the situation outside to An Qing.
An Qing had just taken out another pot of lard residue and was putting the lard into another basin.
The lard residue fell onto the previous lard residue with a clatter, and the crispy surface collided with each other, making a crisp sound.
Hearing that many more people had gathered outside, attracted by the lard residue, An Qing was a little confused for a moment. "It smells so bad outside?"
Lin Zhiqi from the Blazing Team nodded honestly, "The fragrance is very distinct."
It's also very tempting.
Even he himself couldn't help swallowing his saliva several times when he smelled the smell. Those of them who had undergone special training did the same, not to mention others.
An Qing didn't know what to say. She was just thinking about how to eat the lard residue. Should she chop it up and mix it into the stuffing of buns, or cook more rice and make it into rice with the lard residue?
Lard scraps are delicious no matter how you eat them. You can also eat them directly with some salt sprinkled on them, but you will get sick of them if you eat too much.
Fortunately, this thing doesn't spoil easily, so it's fine to keep it for a few days.
She hadn't figured out what to eat yet, but so many people came outside, ignoring the sign she had put up saying the restaurant was closed today, and a long line had already formed.
An Qing said to Lin Zhiqi, "Go and see how many people are queuing outside."
Lin Zhiqi didn't even need to go out to look. He answered without blinking, "There were already seven or eight hundred people when I came in, and there were also people attracted by the fragrance."
Seven or eight hundred people...
An Qing felt a little suffocated. She had just completely forgotten how many pieces she had cut the fat into. Was there probably about seven or eight hundred pieces?
Besides, it would be too cruel for her to ask someone for 1 yuan for such a small piece of lard.
Although people in the base may not care, An Qing can't get over it in her heart.
These days, she has tens of millions of points in her card. The currency in the base has little appeal to her at the moment. What she needs more now is happiness value.
But distributing it for free to outsiders is not feasible either. Some things are more about scarcity than inequality.
She gave free food to this group of people today. Those who didn’t get the free food must feel uncomfortable, right?
The mental state of people in this world is inherently unstable, and An Qing doesn't want to stimulate them back to their original state just after seeing them getting better.
An Qing thought for a moment and said to Lin Zhiqi, "Go outside and tell them that today we are preparing the ingredients for tomorrow's food. Ask them to come earlier tomorrow and not block the door today. If they do, no food will be sold today."
"Also, tell them that if they continue to block the hotel entrance, they will be blacklisted."
An Qing didn't want to threaten people like this every time.
But there is no way, the people in this world are somewhat unwilling to listen to kind words and persuasion, and they will only obey if they are threatened.
Lin Zhiqi nodded and went out to negotiate with the people outside.
An Qing sighed, put the remaining fat into the pot and started to refine the oil.
In fact, she also thought the smell of lard was very fragrant.
After thinking about it, she washed her hands carefully, then picked out a piece of almost cold lard from the lard residue and put it into her mouth.
The lard residue has not completely cooled down at this moment. When you take a bite, the crispy outer skin is bitten through, and the warm fat inside flows to the tip of your tongue. The crispy, crunchy and rich aroma of fat instantly fills your mouth.
It's delicious even without salt.
An Qing couldn't help but narrowed her eyes happily.
She was crunching the crispy oil residue here, and Muchen, who had already chopped the aphrodisiac buds, moved his gaze over.
Including Tang Ming who was still chopping meat.
An Qing noticed two strong gazes and felt a little embarrassed, as if she had been caught eating secretly.
She blinked and looked at the two of them: "Would you like to try it? It's really delicious."
Mu Chen came over without saying a word after washing his hands. He didn't take much, just took a piece and put it in his mouth.
Almost after one bite, Muchen fell in love with the texture and taste. It was completely different from the thousand-layer puff pastry and was very addictive.
Although he had not undergone special training, his willpower was actually very strong. Even if he was not full after eating the food before and still wanted to eat, he could control himself.
But this time, after Mu Chen finished eating the lard scraps, he stared at the remaining lard scraps with burning eyes, and his hands seemed to have their own consciousness, eager to take a piece.
That longing look seemed to be turning into reality.
An Qing: "..."
When Mu Chen doesn't speak, his presence is very low, almost the same as Tang Ming's.
But because Tang Ming has been with her for a long time, she would not forget his existence most of the time, but she would easily forget Muchen from time to time.
The only exception is when he eats his favorite food and hasn't had enough.
Feeling Muchen's burning gaze, An Qing turned over the lard residue in the pot. The lard residue had already floated up, and its volume was much smaller than when it was first put into the pot. However, the surface had only changed a little bit of color, and it would take a while longer to be refined.
An Qing handed the spatula to Mu Chen, "Come and stir the pot slowly. The last bit of oil residue will be left for us to eat later."
Mu Chen suppressed his restless hands and nodded, very seriously and formally. He walked over and took the spatula from An Qing's hand, holding it somewhat awkwardly, and then flipped it one by one according to the speed and trajectory that An Qing had flipped before.
Tang Ming was still chopping meat. He didn't come over when Mu Chen was eating the lard just now.
An Qing walked over and washed her hands, then grabbed a handful of lard residue and stuffed a piece into Tang Ming's mouth. "Captain Tang, you should try it too."
Tang Ming paused when he saw the golden lard crumbs being handed to his mouth. He smelled the rich aroma with a familiar taste, then opened his mouth and bit the lard crumbs.
He was very careful when eating and did not touch An Qing's fingers.
An Qing looked at him with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
Tang Ming hummed and said vaguely, "It's delicious."
An Qing saw that he had finished chopping the meat on the chopping board, then walked out of the kitchen to see how Ye Yu and the others were doing with the noodles.
At this moment, Ye Yu and his friends had already met several times, and this was the last time.
The dough was covered by the bowl, and An Qing couldn't see how the dough was rising inside.
Seeing that they were no longer busy, he smiled and said, "Go in and absorb it quickly. Remember to wash it clean, and then come out and eat something good."
Ye Yu and the others had already smelled the smell of lard coming from the kitchen, and the aroma of lard was even stronger than outside.
Several people did not hesitate and immediately got up and went to the kitchen to wash their hands, and each of them was given a piece of lard.
Yuncheng ate the lard crumbs, which were so delicious that he wanted to swallow his tongue. Unfortunately, the lard crumbs were too small and were gone in just a few bites.
He couldn't help but smack his lips, savoring the taste in his mouth. "Before, I never thought that we would be able to eat mutant beasts one day."
After hearing this, An Qing also felt that the people in this world were really pitiful.
After all, according to the food picture books she saw in the library, she felt that this world should be a parallel universe to hers, and they were people from the same country in different worlds.
You know, for people in their country, there is nothing that they cannot eat.
If the animals and plants simply mutated and grew into monsters, those mutated giant creatures might become delicacies on everyone's dinner table. They were being merciful by not eating the mutated animals and plants to extinction.
However, these mutated plants and animals have become their nemesis. Their mutations are not only physical, but they also contain extremely deadly toxins that are extremely deadly to humans and cannot be eaten at all.
So in the end, humans could only develop nutrient solution to provide the nutrients needed by the human body to survive.
She couldn't help but say, "There will definitely be more food in the future."
Ye Yu smiled when he heard that, and looked at An Qing, who had changed from being calm at the beginning to being gentle now.
An Qing opened the lid and looked at the dough inside. The dough had obviously been fermented. One could tell with the naked eye that it was two or three times larger than the original dough and now occupied the entire basin.
An Qing nodded in satisfaction. "Well done, it's fermented just right. You can go back and ask if anyone else is willing to learn how to make these. Next time I knead the dough, I'll give it to you. You can also guide those who want to learn."
"Okay." Several people agreed in unison.
An Qing asked: "Do you remember how to cook dry rice before? How much water should be added?" An Qing asked them.
Ye Yu nodded, "Remember, the water should cover half of the steamer."
An Qing glanced at Ye Yu. Her memory was really good. Every time she asked something, Ye Yu could always give the correct response at the first opportunity.
"What about you?" An Qing looked at the others.
Everyone nodded.
An Qing smiled and said, "Then tomorrow morning, when you get up, come to the restaurant and steam the rice. I'll leave the rice at the restaurant and you can steam it when you get there tomorrow."
She went to the door to take a look at the situation outside. There were still many people outside. Lin Zhiqi stood on the steps at the entrance of the hotel without saying a word. It was obvious that he had already said what he wanted to say.
At this moment, the people who were lined up in a long queue outside dispersed one by one, and they looked back every few steps, obviously still reluctant to leave.
An Qing sighed, "001, can the shelves in this supermarket be upgraded? One hundred kilograms of rice and one hundred kilograms of flour in two days is really not enough."
001, "Sorry, there doesn't seem to be an upgrade function in the system."
An Qing was silent for a moment, somewhat unwillingly, "Can I unlock the duplicate shelf?"
If she could unlock ten more food shelves, she would have a thousand kilograms of rice and a thousand kilograms of flour.
001 came out of the system and squatted on An Qing's shoulder. "I don't know about this either. You can give it a try."
An Qing: "..."
In the kitchen, Tang Ming had already chopped the pork. An Qing told Ye Yu and the others to continue kneading the dough. After kneading it until it was firm, she went into the kitchen and started making the filling for the buns.
In fact, many bun fillings are made directly from cooked raw meat.
But now, both snow pork and aphrodisiac buds must be cooked in a wok to remove the toxins inside.
It's easy to imagine that if you don't turn on the fire, just mixing the meat and the agar-agar buds together will definitely not work, so you can only simply stir-fry them until they are cooked through.
An Qing first boiled water in a wok, blanched the agarwood buds in the boiling water, then took them out and poured out the water in the wok, heated oil in another wok, poured in the snow pork and stir-fried it.
The pork was stir-fried until each grain was distinct. She added ginger and garlic powder, shallot powder, thirteen spices, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, and salt...
She wasn't sure how much salt to put, so she just sprinkled a small layer on the surface. After making sure that all the meat in the pot was cooked, she picked up some meat with chopsticks and put it into her mouth.
The snow pork was very tender and tasted delicious with enough seasoning. It was even better than the wild boar An Qing had eaten before, except that it lacked salt and had no flavor.
An Qing added some more salt, stir-fried it twice and tasted it, and it felt like it was still a little short of done.
After adding salt four times, she felt that the taste was almost right. Then she poured in the fragrant buds and stir-fried them together. After the snow pork and fragrant buds were evenly mixed, An Qing turned off the heat and poured it into the prepared clean large bowl.
She picked up some more with her chopsticks to taste it.
Well, the Mixiang buds are fragrant, crispy and have a hint of bitterness. The taste is not bad. On the contrary, the combined taste of the Mixiang buds makes it taste even better. However, the taste of the Mixiang buds is a bit like a wild vegetable she had eaten in her previous life - dog bean sprouts.
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