A perfectly boiled egg, once peeled, reveals a glossy white egg white. When broken in half, the yolk inside is beautiful, without any greenish tinge on the outside, a perfectly golden yellow yolk, and it has a rich egg aroma.
The cooking time for boiling eggs is also very important. If they are overcooked, the eggs are prone to cracking or the yolks may turn green, which will affect the taste.
If the eggs aren't cooked properly, they'll be difficult to peel. Also, if they're not safe to eat raw, they'll taste fishy.
The heat is just right.
Lin Zhou nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the pure golden color of the egg yolk.
It's actually quite easy to tell whether an egg is free-range or not; just look at the yolk – is it golden yellow or orange?
The free-range eggs sold in supermarkets don't have this color. The yolks are always a pale yellow, very light, and they don't taste very good.
Eating half a hard-boiled egg in one bite, you can taste the rich aroma of the egg, the smooth and tender egg white, and the mellow and creamy yolk.
Not bad, not bad.
Aside from the slightly annoying difference in size, the taste is still pretty good.
Lin Zhou ate two hard-boiled eggs in one bite, then took out the remaining hard-boiled eggs, rinsed them in cold water, and then cracked all the eggshells to create beautiful patterns.
Tea eggs are a very common breakfast item, and can be found in many breakfast shops.
The methods are basically the same.
But if you want each tea egg to look beautiful, you have to pay attention to your technique and the amount of force you use when cracking the shell.
The cracked patterns on the eggshell are the same as the patterns on the finished braised tea eggs. To achieve a pattern like cracked ceramic, the shell must first be broken according to the pattern.
Each hard-boiled egg prepared by Lin Zhou has a unique pattern.
Put it back into the stainless steel bucket, add water, the prepared spice packet, sugar, and soy sauce.
Then comes the most important ingredient: tea.
Tea eggs, tea eggs, besides the egg, tea also makes up a large proportion.
Only by selecting high-quality tea leaves that produce a light broth, are resistant to multiple infusions, and have a strong flavor can you give simple tea eggs a rich and smooth taste.
Good tea is a crucial step in transforming ordinary tea eggs into a delicious treat.
Lin Zhou took out the black tea he had brought, put some into a gauze bag, tied the strap, and threw it into the pot. The tea eggs could then be cooked.
Boil the eggs for half an hour, then turn off the heat and let them soak.
During this time, Lin Zhou tidied up the ingredients and kitchenware he had bought.
Once the room was filled with the distinct aroma of tea eggs, Lin Zhou felt hungry first.
So I opened the newly bought flour, kneaded a dough, and prepared to make a bowl of hand-pulled noodles, which would go perfectly with a tea egg.
I took a rare break and enjoyed some quiet time to cook myself dinner.
Lin Zhou enjoyed this time alone, humming a song, feeling very comfortable.
The windows in the room were all open for ventilation, and the aroma of tea eggs and food wafted out, just in time for dinner.
The aroma permeates the air, reaching everyone from upstairs to downstairs, even passersby.
"It smells so good! It's already past six o'clock, I'm so hungry! Whose food is this that smells so good?!"
Passersby in the neighborhood smelled the aroma and looked around curiously, but they didn't know which family was cooking.
The family upstairs, who were having dinner, found their meal even more delicious because of the aroma.
"Mom, it smells like tea eggs. I want to eat tea eggs tomorrow too."
The child sniffed carefully and immediately recognized it as a tea egg.
The taste of tea eggs is easy to distinguish; they have the aroma of tea and braised meat, which is rich and tempting.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy it for you. There are tea eggs at the breakfast shop downstairs. You won't need to make breakfast. Just go and buy a cup of soy milk, two steamed buns, and a tea egg. That'll be enough for your breakfast."
Tea eggs aren't worth much. They used to be cheap, costing 50 cents or a dollar, but now they've gone up to 1.5 or 2 dollars.
Prices were cheaper back then.
"Okay~"
With her mother's assurance, the child ate heartily, enjoying the delicious aroma.
......
Night fell.
The longtime diners from Jiangdong, who had been searching all day, couldn't find any trace of Boss Lin, who seemed to have vanished into thin air, and they all shed pitiful tears.
A crowd of customers at the steamed bun stall.
"What's going on? We have so many people now, we've searched the whole of Jiangdong in one day, but we haven't found a single clue. Could it be that Boss Lin is still setting up a stall in Koucheng this week?"
"They probably haven't found him yet. If those show-offs in Koucheng find Boss Lin, they'll definitely spread the word to provoke us. They can't out-argue us, so they resort to this trick."
"There's been no activity on the internet in Koucheng so far, so I guess no one has been able to find Boss Lin."
“My friend from Koucheng said that diners there are also organizing to look for Mr. Lin, but there is still no news.”
“It’s been a whole day. Let’s search again tonight. If we still can’t find him in Jiangdong, then we’ll have to look to Koucheng next door.”
"Didn't you all think that, given Mr. Lin's personality, after being so popular last week that he needed bodyguards to help him pack up, he's still out setting up a stall this week?"
"There's nothing we can do about it. When I saw that trending topic online, I had a bad feeling. There was no way to stop it. Those people in Koucheng promoted it too much."
As longtime diners in Jiangdong, they already had a general idea of how Lin Zhou set up his stall.
Whenever there are a lot of people, Boss Lin will choose a place where no one can find him the following week.
Or close up shop early.
If there are too many customers in one city, he will move to another city to set up his stall.
Although the regular customers were reluctant to admit it, based on the location and time when Mr. Lin set up his stall, they deduced that this was indeed the case.
Everyone was very saddened by the thought that no one might be able to find the place where Boss Lin had set up his stall this week.
How can we live without Mr. Lin's delicious food!
"Where's the group admin? Any news?"
“Our group hasn’t had a lucky winner in a long time. Is it because we haven’t been burning enough incense lately? Boss Lin isn’t favoring us anymore. I need to go burn some incense for the statue of the God of Cookery.”
"I feel that Changzhong Temple is still somewhat effective. I'll take the day off tomorrow to offer incense and make a wish."
"......"
In reality, no one can find Mr. Lin.
The group members then started resorting to praying to Buddha.
I don't know if it will work, but I'm just looking for some psychological comfort.
Meanwhile, online, there was no news of Lin Zhou setting up a stall in Times Square on Monday.
The popularity of Western-style suona music has suddenly dropped.
Without continuous updates of videos and without any excitement to watch, the popularity naturally declined.
Koucheng gained national attention through this controversy.
The hype has died down now, which is better than before when not many people knew about it.
In response, Koucheng Culture and Tourism even wanted to present Lin Zhou with a banner.
But when they turned around, Lin Zhouren was nowhere to be found.
The popularity of suona-themed Western food has faded, but Lin Zhou's popularity has actually increased.
Netizens were very curious about this weekly random location stall arrangement and called on Mr. Lin to set up a stall in their city.
......
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