Since strawberries are a spring fruit, although research institutes in the interstellar world have developed strawberries that grow in winter, they are very expensive. The price that Lu Mingming bought was five times that of winter strawberries produced on Earth.
Considering the high cost of raw materials, Lu Mingming did not prepare too many strawberries and brown sugar, so when she conducted the initial experiment with rock sugar strawberries yesterday, the two little ones only got to eat the sweet brown sugar sauce.
Ever since he learned that Lu Mingming made the snacks for Class A, Morian had been craving the rock candy strawberries and had been calculating on his abacus the whole way there.
"The outer layer is glutinous rice paper, which is edible."
Seeing the man staring blankly at the shell of the candied strawberry, Lu Mingming whispered a reminder from the side.
Morian lowered his eyes and thanked him.
He actually knew, because he had secretly eaten too many milk candies.
The man held a candied strawberry in his hand, the unremoved rice paper separating his fingers from the sticky candy shell.
He first put the tip of the candied strawberry into his mouth to taste it.
The texture is like a bunch of hard glass beads, with a faint hint of brown sugar, but no strawberry flavor at all.
It shouldn't be too bland, right?
Morian, on a tentative note, took a bite of the entire strawberry tip.
As the syrup shattered, a crisp snap made the children in the front row involuntarily grimace, as if afraid their teacher's teeth had broken.
Contrary to what the cubs expected, after their teeth broke through the glistening brown sugar shell, they immediately bit into the strawberry.
A delicious sweetness, mixed with brown sugar syrup, burst forth in Morian's mouth.
It was a fresh and natural sweetness, completely different from the desserts we usually eat.
The glutinous rice paper melts on the tongue immediately, and the soft, juicy fruit fills the mouth with satisfaction. The sweet but not cloying syrup shell blends with the strawberry pulp, bringing a touch of winter warmth to the taste buds.
I did not disappoint him.
Morian wiped the sugar crumbs from the corners of his mouth with his fingers, feeling extremely satisfied:
"This is my first time trying this. Is it candied strawberry? It's delicious. You guys should try it."
Morian's words were full of affirmation for Lu Mingming.
"Thanks."
Lu Mingming smiled. She had been making it for a long time yesterday, and her son hadn't eaten it yet.
Morian chewed on the brown sugar shell, looking down at the candied strawberry in his hand—Morian remembered seeing this in an old recipe, its original name seemed to be candied hawthorn?
However, the candied strawberries and gourds in front of us didn't really have anything to do with it.
Thinking of this, Morian began to introduce the origins of candied hawthorn to the cubs, emphasizing at the end that it was an ancient planetary recipe and a rare delicacy.
Not to mention the little ones, even Lu Mingming's eyes widened slightly as he listened to Morian's story.
Few people in the entire interstellar space know of the existence of ancient Earth. Unexpectedly, this homeroom teacher is so knowledgeable that he even knows about candied hawthorn, a snack sold on ancient Earth.
Lu Mingming originally wanted to prepare candied hawthorns, but unfortunately, hawthorns were not sold in the entire StarNet market, so she had no choice but to settle for candied strawberries instead.
Instead of making candied hawthorn skewers by coating bunches of hawthorns in syrup, Lu Mingming uses individual strawberries.
The strawberries sold by the Sal City Research Institute are red and large, coated with brown sugar and have a sweet and sour taste. The sugar shell on top looks crystal clear, and they make a crunchy sound when you bite into them, which is very satisfying.
The cold wind outside the window was strong, causing the branches of the nearby trees to shake and shed layers of snow, which mixed with the sugar frosting on the candied strawberries.
Distrustful of Lu Mingming, Gray Blue immediately asked, "Did you put snow from outside on the strawberries? I'm not that easy to fool!"
If the decoration is made of leftover snow, it will melt shortly after coming into contact with the hot syrup, and there won't be enough time to put it into their mouths.
Lu Ming raised his eyebrows and explained, "The strawberries are brushed with a layer of brown sugar, and the small white 'snowflakes' are icing sugar, which are all edible. When I was a child, I loved eating candied strawberries. You should try some."
The little ones, born into aristocratic families, really didn't want to eat them, and looked at the strawberries in their palms with disdain.
With all sorts of pastries at home, why eat this slovenly food, which might even be unclean?
"Does everyone know how to reciprocate Teacher Mingming's sentiments?"
Morian's sudden reminder roused the little ones from the nightmare of being punished.
Under the "tyrannical" supervision of Morian, the little cubs frowned and forced their eyes closed as they stuffed the candied hawthorns into their mouths.
A few children who dared not eat the "inferior products" stuck out their tongues to lick the outermost sugar coating. After tasting it, their little eyes lit up.
Sitting below the podium, Gray-Blue tried hard to overcome her aversion to the rice paper, tearing off the outer layer bit by bit with her chubby little hands, muttering to herself:
"It's so weird... Who would feed a child paper?"
After spending most of the day, Gray Blue still hadn't removed all the rice paper.
Left with no other choice, he pinched his nose and forced the whole strawberry into his mouth. (cascoo.net)
The next second, Gray Blue suddenly widened his eyes.
Feeling the sweet juice melting in his mouth, his white teeth crunched and chewed away all the sweet brown sugar shells. He had never eaten anything so delicious!
It's ten times, no, a hundred times better than the desserts in those five-star hotels!
Gray Blue hated that he could only count to one hundred, otherwise his evaluation could have been even higher.
I never knew there were such delicious things in the world!
Although the little ones didn't say it aloud, the expressions on their faces showed that they wholeheartedly agreed with the rock sugar strawberry.
Some children were anxious to contact their parents and instruct them to buy a factory to make rock sugar strawberries, but Lu Mingming stopped them. Then, another child turned around and tried to make a video call to the quantum computer.
Lu Mingming clapped her hands beside the podium, and the crisp applause instantly attracted the attention of all the cubs in the room.
Now, Lu Mingming is not only their caretaker, but also a master of creating delicious food, the source of hunger in their little bellies and the constant flow of saliva in their mouths.
Everyone's eyes remained fixed on the strawberry, afraid of missing the next piece of candied strawberry.
Lu Mingming said, "Rock sugar strawberry is the teacher's exclusive recipe. Others don't know how to make it. Babies, don't make things difficult for your family and the manufacturer."
The little cubs withdrew their personal computers with disappointed expressions. The giant rabbit, Gray Blue, had become much less mischievous after eating the candied strawberry. Its eyes sparkled, and without the slightest embarrassment, it asked again, "Teacher, is there any more food? I want more."
Lu Mingming promised, "I can make a lot of snacks. If you all like them, and behave well for the next three days, I'll give you all snacks to eat. I guarantee you won't get them in other classes!"
The children had an unconscious competitive spirit; when they heard that other classes couldn't get any, they answered in unison with great enthusiasm, "Okay!"
Lu Mingming covered her mouth and chuckled. They really were foodies who couldn't live without delicious food.
Since the rock sugar strawberries are so popular, I'll bring back a couple when I go to see the glutinous rice balls and ice cream later.
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