Chapter 170: Pig Head and Braised Eggs
While the knights and nobles were engaging in a battle of wits and courage, the brewing workshop was doing a booming business.
"There are no eggs left! Have you bought new eggs?"
Holding a long-handled soup spoon, Jiangyou fished out the last braised egg from the bubbling pot of braising liquid and wrapped it in an omelet. Then, he picked up a kitchen knife and chopped off a few pieces of pork head meat, stuffing them into the pancake as well. He expertly wrapped each piece in thick oil paper and handed it to the customer through the sales window: "Your pork head meat roll with egg! Five nickels for you!"
The guest put a row of coins in the window with satisfaction, picked up the oil-paper roll, and walked out happily while eating.
"I bought them! I bought them!" Jericho ran into the workshop breathlessly, carrying a large basket of eggs. "The eggs are here!"
"Okay! Naxia, put half in the water and boil it, and keep the other half to make the batter!" Jiang You turned around and ordered, then said to the next customer standing by the window: "Do you want pork head meat rolls with eggs? The braised eggs will take a while. Can you get fried eggs with them? Do you want them runny or cooked through?"
"Okay! A runny fried egg! And pig ears too!"
"You really know how to eat. It's ten nickels. Please wait a moment!"
The omelets were freshly baked and were now stacked in a food box next to the stove in the small kitchen. Jiang You took out a piece of pork head and pig ears from the large basin of braised food, cut off a few slices with a sharp knife, and put the rest back.
I heated a small frying pan, poured in cold oil, and cracked a freshly bought egg into it. The egg white, surrounding a round yolk, sizzled and sizzled in the pan, quickly turning white, bubbling, and turning a beautiful golden color.
The customer wanted runny yolk eggs, so Jiangyou didn't fry the eggs too hard. Before taking them out of the pan, he cast a purification spell to sterilize and disinfect them, ensuring that the customer could eat them safely and with peace of mind.
The pig's head and ears were neatly placed in the pancake, and then covered with the half-cooked fried egg. A little bit of marinade was poured on it to enhance the flavor and aroma, and then it was wrapped in the pancake skin and wrapped with oil paper, and then another customer was quickly sent away.
Three full pots of braised food served in the morning, two of which were already sold out just after noon. If Jiangyou hadn't been quick-witted and asked Jericho to buy two large baskets of eggs to make braised eggs, I'm afraid today's braised food wouldn't have lasted until the afternoon.
"This is selling so well," Jericho said, looking at the ever-lengthening line in front of the door. "More customers are buying these wraps than yesterday's roast meats!"
"Because it's cheap." Auntie Wolf, who was in charge of dine-in and takeout, had just sent away a group of Raven deliverymen. She dumped a pile of coins into the cash register. "A serving of roast meat starts at two copper coins, but a wrap is only a few nickels. It has meat, noodles, eggs, and vegetables, and the portion is generous, enough to feed an average person."
Takumi and Jericho both remembered Andre, who had to eat at least three burritos in one meal, and fell silent for a moment.
——The tenant/master has a big appetite and is difficult to feed.
Nasha had already cooked a pot of eggs in the house. She quickly poured out the boiling water in the pot and poured in cold water to cool the eggshells quickly, making it easier to peel them.
Today, Jiangyou had taught her a spell for shelling crayfish. Apparently, this wonderful household magic could also be used on eggs. With one incantation, the eggshell automatically split in two, and a smooth, white egg emerged. Naxia gathered them one by one into a basin and then poured them all into the brine pot.
It only takes a few minutes of cooking, and then the braised eggs can be fished out and soaked in a large crucible, where they will "slowly" absorb the flavor in the cooled marinade.
"1, 2, 3..." Nasha counted the seconds. When she heard the crucible make a ding sound, she opened the lid, scooped out the brown braised eggs with a sieve, put them in a basin, and took them to the small kitchen to sell.
After delivering the braised eggs, she went back to the kitchen and started making omelets.
Nothing can train a new cook better than a continuous stream of orders. After baking hundreds of pancakes since this morning, Nasha can now make a super perfect omelet even with her eyes closed.
"This is too much of a workout," she muttered, scooping another spoonful of batter into the pot.
"One pork head burrito with duck liver, vegetables, and a braised egg..." Jiang You quickly calculated, "Seven nickels! Wait a moment!"
Jericho brought a basin of washed vegetables to the small kitchen, then took the wrap that Takuyu had wrapped and took over her job at the window. "Please take your meal, next!"
Jiang You finally didn't have to do multiple jobs. She took a breath, picked up the kitchen knife nimbly, and started cutting the braised filling according to the customer's order.
Since Uncle Wolf’s meat blind boxes are cheap and the cost of braised food is low, the price will naturally not be too expensive. This way, he can make small profits but quick turnover and attract more customers.
In the past, many customers would frequently linger outside the store and wait and see, but because they were short of money, they could not bring themselves to buy a roast meat. Today, Jiang Youdu saw them in the queue in front of the window.
This made Jiangyou very pleased.
Food should be accessible to everyone, no matter what kind of food is served. Food in high-end Michelin restaurants is delicious, and food in roadside restaurants and breakfast stalls is also delicious. The nobility should enjoy the nobility’s way, and the poor should also have the poor’s way of eating.
When she gets back from her private cooking duties, she'll make some steamed buns and dumplings to sell in the shop. They're not expensive, just flour and yeast, but the finished product tastes much better than hard bread.
Jiangyou knows how to make steamed buns, a skill she learned in a past life from her neighbor who ran a breakfast shop downstairs. When she was little, her family would save money and free up more time to earn money by going to the breakfast shop downstairs every one or two days to buy a pile of large steamed buns for everyone (minus Jiangyou) to eat for the day. Over time, they became a regular customer.
Later, before the breakfast shop owner was about to close down, he taught this skill to Jiangyou, who wanted to learn cooking and would occasionally chat with him and entertain him while taking a walk downstairs, for the sake of being an old customer.
The owner of the breakfast shop is from the north and speaks authentic Beijing dialect. The steamed buns and dumplings he makes have a northern flavor. They are big, generous, soft and sweet, completely different from the steamed buns and dumplings in the south.
The steamed buns with the greasy braised food are incredibly delicious. They're also more filling than egg pancakes, so they're probably more suitable for the poor people here.
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