Chapter 160 Newcomer Training (Part 1)
After sharing gossip and anecdotes, Jiangyou and Andrei grew closer. Wine, late night conversation, and memories—what could be better than these to bring two strangers closer together?
The half-drunk knight staggered up the stairs, and after hearing the interesting stories and full of gossip, Jiangyou happily perfected the recipe. After collecting all the glass wine glasses, he used the soul fire as a bird toy and played with the little rice cake for a while. Then he returned to his empty room with his little pet on his head and slept well all night.
The next morning, Jiangyou woke up to a burst of intense bird calls. She rubbed her eyes and found that Xiao Nian Gao was standing on the windowsill for some reason, with a ball of magic flame in his mouth and was eating it happily.
"Where did the snacks come from?" Jiangyou bent over to take a look, only to find that Xiaoniangao had already swallowed the flame in one gulp. She felt a little regretful and puzzled, but then she thought, as long as she didn't find two Lu Bu whiskers in the cat's mouth when she was kissing it, there would be no big problem. Xiaoniangao found the snacks herself, so let her enjoy it herself.
A new day began as usual. Jiangyou took out a basin and filled it with water using magic. He took a towel and removed each of his joints, scrubbed them, and then put them back together. After washing himself, he pressed the rice cakes to wash them again. Then he happily poured the water into the fields in the backyard and went downstairs to work happily.
——Well, the sanitary conditions in the Middle Ages were not very good. They had no sewers or septic tanks. Normal people had to go to the public toilets on the corners if they wanted to use the toilet. There were manure troughs dug underground, and there were special Haf people who were responsible for cleaning them and taking the excrement out of the city to use as fertilizer.
If you don't want to go out at night, some people will use wooden toilets. Every once in a while, the Hafu people will come to collect them, which is like the ancient "pouring night incense".
Fortunately, as a skeleton, Jiangyou doesn't have these worries at all. She only needs to get a basin of water to scrub her bones from time to time.
The two contact books used for the workshop's business operations were already glowing white: Holly sent her an investment details list, which recorded the ingredients recently invested and the corresponding amount, and asked her if she needed any ingredients; Lorisa sent her the performance report of the past few days, and the momentum of the branch was still very strong. Lorisa had already put the first gold coin of profit into the coin box of the refrigerator, so Jiangyou didn't need to distract herself to support her.
Jiangyou sent reply messages to both of his investment partners, then hummed a song as he walked out of the gate with the newly written [Job Recruitment Notice] and posted it outside the courtyard wall again.
The new chef is about to start her internship, but the new waiter has not been found yet. Aunt Wolf has been invited by Holly to the Axe Mansion, and it is not known how many days she can help. Jiangyou has to make plans as soon as possible.
Aunt Wolf, the good neighbor, comes to work as a waitress at Jiangyou's place. First, it's because of the friendship between her and Jiangyou. Second, she likes the delicious food and employee meals made by Jiangyou. Third, she likes this lively atmosphere full of strange gossip. Fourth, she can also earn some pocket money.
However, the retired teacher was still old and might not be able to handle the heavy daily workload. She had mentioned to Jiangyou in the past few days that once Jiangyou found enough employees, she would retire and come over from time to time to be Jiangyou's guest.
After posting the job posting, the new cook, Naxia, arrived early to start work. Her timing was perfect; she happened to run into the horse-drawn carriage delivering vegetables and meat.
So one person received the dishes and the other inspected the meat. Jiangyou also took out a basket full of sugar residue, wine dregs and sauce residue and asked the delivery boy from Uncle Wolf's house to count and recycle them. These residues are rich in nutrients and can be used as livestock feed after processing. Uncle Wolf usually collects beer dregs from the Witch Forest, so he naturally knows how to deal with them.
Today, Uncle Wolf sent mostly offal, chicken and duck feet, and wings. It was a generous portion, but there were few whole pieces of meat, only two large pig heads. Little Wolf said apologetically, "My family has a big order for a banquet for an aristocratic family. All the good meat has been reserved, but Uncle Wolf said you should take these offal as well."
"I'll take it!" Jiang You accepted everything that came his way. "I'll take anything that's clean and fresh!"
The price of offal was really cheap. When compared with the dregs used as feed, Brother Wolf actually had to pay a few nickels. Jiangyou happily took the money and called Naxia to help carry the offal to the backyard for cleaning.
"Today we're not making roast meat, we're making braised food!"
The meat blind box delivered today was exactly what Jiangyou wanted, as roast meats are difficult to learn, but braised meats are easy to make. With the private chef assignment imminent, she needed to get Naxia to learn how to make simple dishes as soon as possible.
"You have to learn a few dishes," Jiang You said, "rice noodle rolls, braised food, blanched food, cold dishes, and cocktails. Time is short, so learn as much as you can in the next two days, and sell whatever you learn. Just don't ruin my reputation."
Naxia suddenly became nervous. She clenched her coarse cloth skirt and wiped the sweat from her palms: "I, I will try my best!"
Jiang You found two aprons, one for each of her and said, "Come on, let's wash these first."
The most troublesome part of braised food is cleaning the offal. Other parts are easy to clean, but pig lungs, pig intestines, chicken intestines, and duck intestines are the most difficult to clean.
They first sorted through the three large buckets of offal, sorting them into pots and basins so they could be processed in different ways: chicken wings, duck wings, chicken feet, and duck feet were placed in one basin, hearts and livers in another, and the harder-to-clean intestines and pig lungs were piled in a bucket...
In order to make the braised food delicious and odorless, the pig lungs must be repeatedly rinsed with salt and vinegar; the inside and outside of the intestines must be rubbed with white vinegar or salt, flour or starch to remove mucus and impurities. Jiangyou also likes to peel off excess fat, which can remove the odor and greasiness to the greatest extent, making it taste healthier and more refreshing.
Of course, in addition to braising, pig lungs can also be stir-fried with green peppers, which is crispy, tender and smooth. Jiang You starts drooling just thinking about the taste... well, although she can't seem to drool in the true sense of the word now.
While Nasha was working, Takumi was observing her carefully.
A person's true character is often best revealed when doing this kind of rough and dirty work. With the brewing workshop's booming business, the number of people interested in these dishes and wanting to learn how to make them is only increasing. However, those who can withstand the ordeal of cleaning offal and chicken and duck feet without ever having seen the finished product of a braised dish are rare.
Jiangyou thought Nasha would raise questions, object or try to evade this task, but he didn't expect this girl to be so down-to-earth. She put on an apron, rolled up her sleeves and started washing like Jiangyou. Her movements were quick and efficient, as if she was used to doing all kinds of rough work in her daily life.
There was a hint of appreciation in Jiangyou's eyes.
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