Wen Nan's face stiffened. If he had known that the other party was after his steamed buns, he shouldn't have spoken to them in the first place!
Three steamed buns weren't enough for him.
Even the landlords didn't have any surplus grain, so where could they distribute it?
Besides, a sandwich?
Even a dog wouldn't eat two slices of bread with some leafy greens, tomatoes, and eggs in between!
"Your coffee goes better with a sandwich!"
The colleague waved the sandwich in his hand a couple of times, and seeing that Wen Nan didn't say anything, he immediately took action to forcibly replace it.
"I bought this sandwich at the coffee shop; it cost 38 yuan. How about I give you a steamed bun in return?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a sandwich was stuffed into Wen Nan's arms, and her face immediately darkened.
"I disagree! Your sandwich is nowhere near as good as my beef bun! Give it back to me!"
Seeing Wen Nan's excitement, his colleagues understood that the steamed buns must be really delicious, otherwise the guy wouldn't be in such a hurry.
They're in the same group and usually get along very well. There's no reason why they wouldn't even give him a bun; they must be reluctant to part with it!
Right now, without thinking twice, I immediately took a big bite.
The truth is, no matter how delicious something is, the only thing that matters is eating it yourself.
Holy crap!
The next second, a startled exclamation came from my colleague Xiao Wang in the quiet office.
One bite and you're greeted by the meat filling. Wen Nan had been kneading it for a long time, so the meat filling inside the bun was piping hot. The delicious meat juice, combined with the soft and chewy bun skin, made for a perfect combination.
With both staple food and meat, the dough inside the buns is soaked in sauce and dyed a deep reddish-brown, making them incredibly flavorful no matter how you eat them.
At that moment, Xiao Wang understood why Wen Nan didn't want to eat the sandwich.
Who would want to eat a cold sandwich when they're eating such delicious steamed buns?
"It's so delicious, Wen Nan! Which Huaguoshan Park is it? I want to go and eat my fill!"
Wen Nan watched as Xiao Wang wolfed down her big steamed bun. Without thinking about anything else, she immediately wolfed down the last beef bun left in the lunchbox, afraid that if she waited any longer, she would lose it too.
The other colleagues who were late to the party looked at the two of them with expressions of shock, as if they hadn't eaten steamed buns in ages.
No, it's really not that bad!
"Is it really that exaggerated? Steamed buns are just like that."
Before Wen Nan could even speak after hearing the complaints, Xiao Wang excitedly retorted.
"It's so delicious! The buns are filled with beef, the meat flavor is so strong, so fragrant, and there's even meat juice in them. Wow, one bite and it's so fresh!"
Xiao Wang's wistful and longing voice echoed in everyone's ears.
The lingering aroma in the air whetted the appetites of many.
"I know Huaguo Mountain, it's on Health Avenue, I'll go back and have a taste."
"I'm tired of the breakfasts near the company. If they're good, I'll go buy them."
On a boring morning, people can chat for ages over breakfast.
Wen Nan wasn't full and planned to boil two eggs, but because she got up late, she didn't have time, so she just picked up the sandwich Xiao Wang handed her and started eating.
With a hot, fragrant beef bun as a base, eating this cold sandwich, where even the cold fried egg tastes fishy, is rather disappointing.
I need a cup of coffee to calm down.
It's so bitter!
......
After returning home, Lin Zhou first put all the ingredients in the refrigerator, planning to set up his stall in the evening, as he wasn't in a hurry to process them.
Let's have a leisurely breakfast first.
Not picky at all, I took the leftover dough from yesterday's steamed buns, tore it into pieces, and cooked a noodle soup.
Since merging with the max-level cooking skills given by the system, his culinary skills have improved dramatically. As long as he knows the recipe, he can make any dish.
If the system provides recipes, it's like adding wings to a tiger. The food produced is so delicious that people wonder if it's even humanly made; it's unbelievably good.
Lin Zhou eats his own cooking every day, and he still hasn't gotten used to it.
I gained five pounds in just over a week.
Everything I make tastes so good I could swallow it whole; it's hard not to gain weight!
So he started consciously controlling his diet, otherwise a handsome young man would end up as a big fat man.
Having eaten and drunk my fill, I had nothing else to do.
Lin Zhou dejectedly pulled out his phone and started playing games.
Living in a big villa without having to work is so comfortable.
This is the kind of life a human being should live!
Lin Zhou played until the afternoon, then got hungry and ate another meal. After taking a nap, he started preparing to make steamed buns.
The dough was prepared before bed, so now that the filling is chopped, it's ready to be wrapped.
First, take a piece of old ginger, slice it, put it in a bowl, add a little peppercorn, and pour in warm water at about 30℃ to soak it. It will be used to season the filling later.
Take the beef out of the refrigerator, wash it clean, and then cut it into small pieces to mince.
Two cleavers were used to quickly and smoothly chop meat on the cutting board.
The force and angle were just right, and no meat scraps flew out, which shows how amazing Lin Zhou's cooking skills are.
Place the chopped minced meat in a large stainless steel bowl for later use.
Lin Zhou started chopping scallions again.
Before starting, he also put on a pair of sunglasses to prevent his eyes from getting hurt.
Pour the chopped scallions into the stainless steel bowl that contained the beef, add the scallion and ginger water, and stir in the same direction while stirring, adding more scallion and ginger water as you stir, until the ground beef is completely broken up.
This is a step that requires patience.
Stir the meat until the scallion and ginger water is absorbed by the ground beef, then crack a few eggs into the ground beef and stir well. Next, add a large spoonful of lard, salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, etc. Finally, add sesame oil. Sesame oil can enhance the flavor of the beef, so you can add a little more sesame oil.
After seasoning, Lin Zhou continued to hold the bowl with one hand and stir in the same direction with the other until the ground beef became sticky.
If the air conditioning hadn't been on, he would definitely be drenched in sweat right now.
Cooking is also physically demanding, especially making two hundred steamed buns at once, which takes a lot of effort.
The beef filling is done, and there's also the vegetable and mushroom filling.
It was another tedious process of chopping vegetables and mushrooms, followed by seasoning.
Unlike beef, you don't need to spend as much time mixing the vegetables and mushrooms to make them sticky. Just make sure the ingredients and seasonings are mixed evenly.
Then came the long process of making steamed buns.
First, knead the dough repeatedly to remove the air. Then, cut the dough into small pieces and roll them out into dumpling wrappers that are thicker in the middle and thinner at the edges. All that's left is to wrap them.
Lin Zhou carried two large basins of filling to the coffee table in the living room, turned on the TV, and started making steamed buns while watching TV.
It's perfectly fine to multitask.
You don't even need to look; you can make buns of the same size and weight just by feeling them with your hands.
The sight of plump, white buns squeezed together is a comforting reminder of perfectionism.
In summer, steamed buns ferment quickly, so there's no need to put them in the sun to ferment. Just wrap them and put them in a steamer, and they'll be fully fermented by the time you set up your stall to steam them in the evening.
"OK, all done!"
Two hours later, Lin Zhou looked at the 205 buns he had wrapped and felt a great sense of accomplishment.
Needless to say, the five extra buns were steamed by Lin Zhou as soon as they were fermented and then eaten by him.
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