Although she said it was for sweets, Su Wan made baking soda and added citric acid to make baking powder.
The main purpose is to enrich the taste of pasta.
Today is the evening of June 29th.
Because the Ministry of Internal Affairs withheld two days' worth of food, it was originally estimated that the food would last until the fifth day of July, but now it can't.
By the end of tomorrow, most of the food will be gone.
So Su Wan had to plan the noodles to be made on July 1st as soon as possible.
Because there is so much pasta to eat, the taste of the pasta has to be improved.
It was okay in the past, the ingredients were rich and varied, and I didn’t eat them too carefully, but this time it was different.
This time they only had rice, flour, soybeans, and some oil.
Next is the pickles.
In this case, we can only try to enrich the taste of these single ingredients.
Naturally, Su Wan had to put dessert aside for now, as taking care of everyone's meals was more important.
As for toast and bread, they should also be used as backup options. When everyone has eaten too much Chinese noodles, they can switch to Western breakfast to change the taste.
Of course, baking soda has another use, which is that in July, the summer heat-relief soup can probably be made directly into soup. Now start preparing sparkling water for everyone to drink.
The taste of baking soda may not be very good, but she heard a few days ago that there was a piece of wild mint near Taiye Lake that no one was using. It had been unattended for a long time, so it was not surprising to see such a thing.
When the time comes, make some mint soda water, which is a great way to relieve the summer heat.
The limestone in front of you reacts with vinegar to produce carbon dioxide, and the carbon dioxide produced by the reaction is collected using pig bladders.
Then dissolve the pure alkali in water to make a pure alkali solution.
The next step, which Su Wan had done many times, was to pass the collected carbon dioxide gas into a pure alkaline solution.
But these days there were no catheters, so we could only keep the container of pure alkali solution as closed as possible, and then carefully open the pig bladder to allow the gas to enter.
Now you can wait for the carbon dioxide to react with the pure alkaline solution.
Continue to collect carbon dioxide gas during the reaction and wait to continue.
Until the powder at the bottom settles down, the bottom layer is what is commonly known as baking soda. Handmade products are definitely not as pure as industrial products.
But it's definitely okay to use.
This little bit of baking soda will be enough for her to use for a long time.
But if we have to cook for more than a thousand people, this amount of baking soda is definitely not enough, so we must continue to make it.
The things that have settled down are waiting for the dried ingredients to be used immediately, which also requires a process.
Yan Pei accompanied her and finished it bit by bit until the moon rose above the branches. Now it was the end of the month and the moonlight was faint, so the two of them lit many candles in the small kitchen.
After it is done, put it in a ventilated place. Now the weather is dry, so it should be ready to use tomorrow.
After these things were made, Su Wan looked at Yan Pei.
If many people think the previous recipes are important, then baking soda is even more special.
Although yeast can also make pasta fluffy, adding some baking soda is even better.
Not to mention that baking soda can be used to make sparkling water, which is even more useful. Su Wan has already thought that the daily summer-cooling soup in July will probably be gone.
At least we should find ways to preserve everyone's quality of life in advance, so as to create more room for negotiation for the female officials.
Unexpectedly, Yan Pei took the initiative to say: "Only you and I know about this matter. After tonight, I won't know anything about it."
This is too sensible.
It’s no wonder that I’ve been feeding this poor little thing for so long!
Su Wan nodded, and finally said: "Back then, a recipe for cold noodles caused a mess outside. If this thing is released, I'm afraid it will be a hundred or a thousand times more chaotic."
This is something that can transform pasta.
Even if she wanted to tell everyone, she would be guilty of possessing a treasure, and she was not stupid enough to become the target of public criticism.
This stuff is used in small quantities, so there is no need to tell everyone.
But at the end, Su Wan asked, "Do you really believe me? Can this thing be eaten?"
Yan Pei smiled: "There are more minerals that can be used as food."
Although such a complicated method is rare, he looked at Su Wan's method. Although the operation was not skilled, there was obviously a pattern to follow.
Then it's not something that was made casually.
After listening to Yan Pei's words, Su Wan thought to herself that there were more minerals that could be used as food, and this was true.
And she is not used as food, but just as an additive.
Of course, there is no need to be afraid when you hear about additives. Most additives that have passed modern testing are safe to eat as long as they are not excessive.
As the saying goes, talking about toxicity without considering the dosage is just nonsense.
Modern research has also found that several food factors that can make people feel delicious can even be synthesized directly without any harm.
For example, tryptophan, a factor contained in meat, eggs and milk, can directly regulate people's mood.
The same is true for vitamin C, endorphins, etc.
So the fact that food can make people happy is not just a psychological effect, but a real thing.
These synthetic additives in appropriate amounts are all intended to make food more delicious and make people happier.
But who would be scared after seeing this kind of production process?
Yan Pei's attitude made Su Wan like him even more.
Good, you are indeed good friends!
Although she couldn't explain such a complicated thing, it was really nice to have someone who would help her without any explanation.
She just needs to do it, since no one around her will ask any questions anyway.
The reason I didn’t bring Yu Shu this time was because I was afraid she would think too much. After all, these things do look a bit scary.
Su Wan smiled and said, "I'll make you some soft toast later. It will definitely be delicious."
With baking soda, you can make baking powder. Then the bread toast will be extra fluffy and as soft as clouds.
"But it will take a while, until the trouble in the western kitchen is resolved. And be careful."
Yan Pei naturally knew what happened in the Shangshi Division and nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
After the appointment, both of them had to go back.
However, Su Wan did not notice that Yan Pei did not go towards the Taoist temple residence, but first entered the Guandi Temple, and then pretended to go to Bingzhangsi from the Guandi Temple.
Finally, we walked through the corridor in the middle of Taiye Lake, obviously heading to the western palace.
There were pools of water on both sides of the corridor, willow branches swaying in the wind. Two whistling sounds suddenly came from the shaded area. Xie Pei quickly dodged to the corridor, just avoiding the sharp blades of the two men. However, when he took another step back, his arm suddenly felt cold, and his already old Taoist robe was torn apart, with blood stains on it.
Xie Pei frowned slightly, calmly drew out the soft sword from his waist, and began to respond.
The guards hiding behind him suddenly appeared and started fighting with the three assassins.
The three assassins couldn't stand it anymore and knew that fighting would be fruitless, so they jumped into the water of Taiye Lake on both sides. The guards who came running pierced the water with their swords. In the dark night, the thieves were nowhere to be seen.
Looking back at the Third Prince, he just glanced at the traces of mending on his clothes and said, "Check it out. We can't leave the palace for a while."
"Also, let the news out quietly."
The wind blew by, and there was no warmth at all from the small kitchen just now. Xie Pei returned to the cold bedroom with a cold face. The guards who came hurriedly treated his wounds.
The wound was aimed at threatening the Third Prince's life, and was so deep that the bone was visible.
Xie Pei didn't show any expression. He carried out assassination attempts like this five or six times a year. He was careless just now, otherwise he wouldn't have been injured.
Fortunately, I concealed myself when I left, so those people probably didn't know that I came from the small kitchen.
Xie Pei looked towards the small kitchen in the west kitchen.
But in this situation, I can't go there recently.
Otherwise there would definitely be danger over there.
On June 30th, Su Wan got up early and collected the dried baking soda and put it all into a jar. This amount of baking soda was enough for several days, and it was enough for the entire western kitchen to use, and could be used for several days.
After cleaning up the small kitchen, Su Wan took a little bit to the big kitchen. Today was the last day of June, and they were going to have braised noodles for lunch, so she just happened to bring some baking soda over. Adding a little bit would make the noodles taste better.
There were even minced meat sesame cakes in the evening, but we didn’t get the ingredients yesterday, so today the only thing left for the minced meat sesame cakes was the sesame cakes.
I hope the baking soda she made can make the sesame cakes taste better, so let’s not worry about the minced meat for now.
After all, by tomorrow, there won’t even be eggs to eat.
Tomorrow is the first day of July, and there are no ingredients to exchange for the warrant.
Poor Shangshisi.
But as soon as Su Wan arrived at the kitchen, she heard a piece of gossip.
There was an assassin in the palace yesterday!
Assassinate the Third Prince who stays in the palace!
So now the palace is under martial law, and they are all looking for assassins! The palace staff are not allowed to move around freely these days, otherwise if something goes wrong, they will bear the consequences.
Is it so serious? Su Wan had heard about the Third Prince of the Imperial Palace, but she didn't know much about him and didn't know what kind of person he was.
Some new palace servants who didn't like to pry into other people's affairs were even more confused.
Who is the Third Prince?
How come I have never heard of it.
"Your Highness is the only legitimate son of the late Queen, and is also the legitimate prince of Tianxiang Kingdom today."
Children born to other imperial concubines and imperial concubines cannot be considered legitimate.
But there is very little news about the only legitimate son.
"Anyway, just don't mention his name randomly. The Saint particularly hates him. It's all because the late Queen left him here."
This sentence also mentions the saint and the late queen.
Su Wan felt that the story between them must be very exciting. Fortunately, the western kitchen was making a bankrupt version of breakfast while chatting about the Third Prince.
The third prince is the only child of the late queen. He has not lived in the inner city of the imperial palace since he was young. He has always lived in the Wanshou Palace west of Taiye Lake. Even when the late queen passed away, he still lived there.
Nowadays, the Xiwai Palace is a deserted and lonely place, not to mention the Wanshou Palace which is further west than the Xiwai Palace.
The palace servants over there were also lazy and didn't care about their master at all.
It’s because the Third Prince has lost his mother that the Saint doesn’t love him.
At that time, the late empress was very powerful and forced the sage to bow his head. If the late empress did not want to live in the deep palace, she would not live there. If the late empress wanted to meet with foreign officials, she would meet with foreign officials.
He even met several times the other prince who had fought with the saint for the throne.
And they have a very close personal relationship.
When Su Wan heard this, she felt that the saint’s head seemed to be green?
Or am I overthinking it?
Unexpectedly, Xiaoyue beside him whispered, "It's not that they are very close, it's that they are too close. Some people suspect that the Third Prince is not the Saint's child at all, but the Saint's brother's."
"That's why the Third Prince is so unwelcome."
Putting it this way, everything seems to make sense.
No wonder he is the only legitimate son but is like a transparent person.
It's really pitiful.
Such an identity must be difficult to live with in the palace.
Su Wan carefully sorted out the gossip.
The late queen's mother's family was very powerful back then, so whoever she married had a greater chance of becoming a prince.
But unexpectedly, she chose the current saint.
But secretly she has an affair with the Saint's brothers, and now it seems that she has no feelings for the Saint, so she doesn't live in the inner city of the imperial palace at all, and moves directly from Kunning Palace where the Queen should live to the remote Wanshou Palace.
Because the late queen's mother's family was indeed very powerful, the saint did not say anything and turned a blind eye to their close personal relationship.
You can ignore the rumors about children.
Anyway, he has more than one son, and his previous wife has already given birth to a son.
It would be fine if the late queen, or the late queen's mother's family, had always been there.
The Third Prince can still sit safely in his position as the eldest son, waiting to attend court and attend government affairs in a reasonable manner.
But things did not go so smoothly. The late queen's father and brother, who had made great military achievements, passed away, and she herself also died of illness in Wanshou Palace.
Leaving behind the eight-year-old Third Prince.
The third prince has lost his mother, and his biological father has doubts about his identity, so he lives his life on his own in an awkward situation.
Some people also said that since the saint had doubts, wouldn’t it be better to abolish his identity?
But now it is just a rumor. If the legitimate son is really deposed, wouldn't it confirm the fact that he has a green head.
Besides, the saint himself doesn’t know whether this son is his or not.
So it's straight into an awkward situation.
If I admit that he is my son, I will feel upset.
He refuses to admit that he is his son, and he feels so guilty.
Moreover, not only did the late queen oppress his legal wife, but even the saint himself was not very tough.
Even if there was nothing fishy about it, it would be hard for him to have any good feelings towards his third son.
When you feel all kinds of emotions, ignoring them is indeed a good solution.
But this assassination came too unexpectedly.
Who would go look for a son that a saint doesn't love?
Is there any reason behind this?
The news spread so widely that when the people from the various departments of the West Outer Palace came to eat, they naturally brought the news with them.
There are roughly two types of rumors.
One theory is that the person who assassinated the Third Prince was sent by Concubine Jiang.
Because as long as the Third Prince died, even if she could not become the Queen, her son would be the legitimate prince who was most qualified to be the Crown Prince.
The other one is more shocking. Even though the West Outer Palace is too far away from the center of power in the imperial palace, no one dares to say such things.
A small number of palace servants said that the person who wanted to kill the Third Prince was the Emperor, a saint!
The saint regarded the Third Prince as a stain and wanted to kill him to vent his hatred, so why didn't he kill him before? Because the time was coming.
Now it is the end of June, and until the Third Prince’s birthday on the sixth day of November, whether the Saint is willing or not, the Third Prince must follow the ancestral system and go to court to listen to government affairs!
The son who used to be so difficult to avoid now has to meet him every day and share the power in his hands.
How could he tolerate this, so he had to kill the Third Prince.
But the statement of father killing son was too horrifying. If the West Kitchen was not the cafeteria, and the cafeteria was not a place where all kinds of information were circulated, Su Wan would not have heard such a wonderful statement.
It seems that both statements are correct.
But Su Wan also realized that the current saint relied on the support of others to ascend the throne, and it was not easy for him to sit firmly on the throne.
Even though he has been on the throne for more than ten years, people below him are still not convinced.
He was just trying to maintain his balance.
If he really held great power, he would not be held hostage by his ministers like this.
Fortunately, we are living in a peaceful and prosperous age now, and it is visibly visible that the food in Tianxiang Kingdom is quite abundant, otherwise there would have been countless troubles.
Being an emperor really depends on luck.
An emperor who is lucky enough will arrive at a good time and will not have to rush to work. As long as his ministers are supportive and the climate is favorable, he can still sit firmly on the throne.
No matter how hard an unlucky emperor works, there will be problems everywhere, such as floods or hail.
Modern people cannot compete with the weather, let alone ancient people.
The entire Tianxiang Kingdom's court was filled with an atmosphere of making do.
But it is probably because of this that the local customs are very open. Although Su Wan has only been in the palace, I heard that in the entire Tianxiang country, no matter where you go, you don’t need a pass, which shows how open it is.
All I can say is that strictness has its advantages, and looseness has its advantages.
But the most innocent person in this story should be the Third Prince.
Everyone else had their own faults. To put it bluntly, the late queen was wrong, the saint was wrong, and Concubine Jiang was wrong.
Only the Third Prince was born to bear these responsibilities.
From what I heard about the late queen's personality, she wasn't someone who loved children very much.
Otherwise, the Third Prince’s identity would not be so embarrassing.
It's not necessary for a mother to devote all her energy to her child, but if she were a little more considerate, this poor Third Prince wouldn't be surrounded by rumors since birth.
Not to mention the remaining two, they are not good people either.
Su Wan was already cursing in her heart, the main reason being the matter of the Shangshi Division.
Tomorrow, more than 6,000 palace servants will have no food to eat!
They used food as a check and balance, but the ones who were used to check and balance were the palace servants who worked hard for them.
Anyone with a conscience would not do this.
Even though it was Concubine Jiang who did it, there's nothing wrong with cursing the emperor in your heart, right?
After listening to the gossip, the breakfast was almost over.
Breakfast on June 30th: corn porridge and fried buns.
Fortunately, there are enough ingredients, but the fried buns are obviously smaller than before. With such a small amount of ingredients, it is good enough for everyone to eat well.
The lunch after breakfast was originally supposed to be braised noodles with beans and pork belly, but it became braised noodles with beans.
Originally, the people in the various departments of the West Outer Palace had some complaints.
But when I eat the noodles, I always feel that today's noodles are particularly chewy. I don’t know if it’s an illusion?
Would it taste better without the pork belly?
By the evening, we had minced meat pancakes, Tai Chi taro paste, and loofah and egg soup.
The minced meat is gone, and so are the eggs.
But the loofah soup is fine, but why does the sesame cake taste so different?
It seems that only seasoning and chopped green onions are used in it?
This sesame cake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. It fills your mouth with fragrance. Even without meat, it’s not bad?
Some of them were smart enough to take the sesame cakes and then ask someone to buy braised meat outside the palace to eat with them.
This is so fragrant!
Well, you are indeed a creative official in the Western Outer Palace.
Only the big pig's trotter of the Li family was confused. Didn't they say that there would be no food in the palace tomorrow? Why did they come out to buy food today?
Now the news that the Imperial Palace’s Food Department is running out of food has spread outside the palace.
If someone hadn't spread the news deliberately, how could everyone around the palace know about it?
The drama has already begun, and these people will certainly publicize it with great fanfare.
But come to think of it, the palace has been quite lively lately.
Even though the people in the inner palace were not there, one moment the Imperial Kitchen could not get food, the next moment the Third Prince was assassinated, one thing after another happened.
But the assassination attempt was settled on the evening of June 30th. It was not because the assassin was caught, but because the guards simply did not want to catch him. It seemed that they felt that the Third Prince was not important and could not be found.
After this incident happened, many people began to believe that the person who assassinated the Third Prince might actually have been sent by the saint?
I was just joking before, but now I kind of believe it.
When Su Wan heard this, she couldn't help but sigh that there were actually people who were even more pitiful than Yan Pei.
He is a prince after all, and he is so miserable even after being injured.
Someone attempted to assassinate him, but the palace guards just conducted a symbolic search and then let him go?
This is extremely neglected.
But thinking of Yan Pei, Su Wan brought the meat patties she made in the evening to Guandi Temple.
The meat inside was from a newly acquired rooster in the "zoo". The two eunuchs of the Shangbaojian insisted on eating it, so they slaughtered one.
So I brought it over to Yan Pei. It was different from the food in the big kitchen.
After the friendship they had when making baking soda together last night, Su Wan felt that Yan Pei was so thoughtful.
Unfortunately, after I came over, I only saw a note, which was written by Yan Pei, saying that he couldn't come over recently because he had too many things to do.
Seeing this, Su Wan did not take the chicken patties back, but presented them respectfully to Lord Guandi.
I hope Lord Guandi will bless them and have a smooth July in the Western Kitchen and the Imperial Food Department.
On the first day of July, Concubine Jiang's order was not delivered.
It happened on June 27th, so it should be delivered in four days.
But it just couldn't be delivered, and this situation was not surprising to anyone, not even the people in the palace.
Everyone saw the feud between Concubine Jiang and the Imperial Kitchen, and understood that the two sides were incompatible.
But the people in the Imperial Food Department didn’t think about the fact that she was Imperial Concubine Jiang, the only Imperial Concubine, or even the only concubine.
The empress who gave birth to the second prince was only a third-rank imperial concubine, and the second-rank position was left vacant, which shows the status of Concubine Jiang in the harem.
Why don't you think of provoking her?
In the eyes of the various palace officials, even if that person won in an inglorious way, the Imperial Food Department would definitely lose.
At this time, it was outside the Dezheng Hall of Yuhua Palace, the royal palace.
There were two grand court meetings every month, and the sage was quite diligent in attending them and never missed a single one.
But the scene before him seemed too overwhelming for him to handle.
The official from the Imperial Food Department wore a red official uniform and a silver fish bag on his waist. He cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, everything I just said is true. Since the Imperial Concubine has been suffering from the heat since arriving at the temporary palace, it is really not appropriate for her to be in charge of the Western Outer Palace."
"We are holding a court meeting here. After the meeting, the Saint will give a banquet. However, in the Kyoto Imperial Palace, 6,400 people are starving because of Concubine Jiang's illness. Please make a decision as soon as possible."
Although you are sick, it is just heatstroke.
Just because of your heat, more than 6,000 people are starving?
After the female official finished speaking, the Censorate was ready to take action.
My goodness, how come they didn’t know about such a big thing.
Such a lively event, they should be allowed to participate!
The saint at the top looked increasingly embarrassed and said, "I didn't even know this happened."
After the saint finished speaking, he looked at the people from the Censorate and subconsciously felt a headache.
When word of what happened at the grand court reached Concubine Jiang's palace, she looked incredulous: "They, they really participated in the grand court?"
On second thought, it is normal for an official to attend the grand court meeting.
"Go and get more information, and it would be best if you can find someone to help explain it to me." Concubine Jiang glanced at Jiang Hongye. Originally, she could have attended the court meeting, but unfortunately it was of no use now.
As a result, the female officials of the Imperial Food Department made reports directly at the court meetings, while Imperial Concubine Jiang could only wait in the harem. Even the news spread very slowly, because the harem was not allowed to interfere in government affairs.
I originally thought that they would surrender sooner or later, but I didn't know that their battlefield was not in the harem, but in the previous dynasty.
Instead, he held a memorial in his hand and asked the emperor to replace the person in power.
Anyway, the people in power today are in poor health, so they might as well take good care of themselves!
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