Chapter 83 Throwing a stone to test the water

Fu Zhengtu went out this morning with Su Taotao's plan.

Su Taotao said, "Fu Zhengtu, you should hand in the plan later. I plan to make a pot of coconut candy first. It will be more convincing if you bring the product to test the water."

Fu Zhengtu lowered his eyes slightly and looked at her.

Su Taotao nodded her head: "Remember to tell your leader that I have countless sales plans for all the fruits on the island. What is written in the plan is only a small part of them."

"I know," Fu Zhengtu looked at her wanton eyes and asked with curved lips, "Is there enough young coconut at home? If not, wait until I get off work to buy some."

Su Taotao shook her head: "There are many ways to make coconut candy. I can't use young coconut this time. I need old coconuts."

Fu Zhengtu thought for a while and said: "The water in the old coconuts on the island is no longer sweet, and the coconut meat tastes tasteless. Not many people eat it."

Most of them were knocked out to feed the pigs.

Su Taotao said, "That's right. I want to use the simplest method to turn waste into treasure. Only in this way can I show my value."

Su Taotao does know several ways to make coconut candy. Some require a lot of manpower and material resources, and some require the assistance of modern machines. The simplest and least technically demanding method is the one made with old coconut meat.

Coconut water is sweet and delicious, and coconut meat is also slightly sweet and tender. It is widely welcomed by everyone, and even Chen Chen likes to eat it.

The water of old coconuts has no taste, and sometimes it will be sour and unpalatable. It is better to drink boiled water than old coconuts. But old coconut meat is a good thing. When conditions permit, it can be used to make canned coconut milk and sold abroad.

But now, Su Taotao uses it to make the simplest coconut candy or coconut meat candy.

Su Taotao held Chenchen, and Fu Zhengtu carried Chenchen's "mount", and the family of three went out at the same time.

Chenchen wanted to bring Baibai with him, but Su Taotao had to persuade him to give up the idea.

The child wore a small straw hat today, and Su Taotao was worried that he would get sunburned, so she put on long sleeves and long pants, leaving only his white little feet exposed to the sun.

The little guy sat on the "mount" made by his father for the first time, and was pushed out by his mother to "show off on the street". He was so arrogant and smiled at everyone he saw.

This was the most attention Su Taotao received after one day on the island.

She has not been the focus for a long time.

If her "cold" and "not to be messed with" personality were not known to everyone, it is estimated that people who have children of the same age as Chenchen would come up to her and ask her about the baby stroller.

On the contrary, little Fu Haochen, who was not sure whether he had adapted or was too happy, was not afraid of giving birth at all. Whoever looked at him, he would smile back, making others bleed.

Su Taotao wandered around for a long time before finding a few old coconuts. The coconut stall owner refused to take her money, saying that this kind of coconuts were generally not sold and were used to feed livestock.

Times have changed, and Su Taotao didn't know what to say. She thanked the stall owner and put the old coconuts in the basket under the stroller.

The stall owner had a little girl about four or five years old, and Su Taotao gave her a handful of candy.

The little girl thanked him and happily took it. She stared at Chenchen with her big round eyes and smiled shyly.

Chenchen smiled at her. She shyly hid behind her father, but couldn't help but secretly poked her head out to look. Chenchen

deliberately stared at her with his eyes wide open and tilted his head.

She hid back again.

Chenchen thought that others were playing hide-and-seek with him, and laughed happily.

The two children didn't say a word to each other, but they had a lot of fun.

It was very interesting.

It was the first time that Su Taotao saw Chenchen interacting with a stranger so happily.

The more cheerful the child was, the more relieved she was.

She pushed Chenchen to buy two kilograms of sugar.

For lunch, she bought two pounds of mantis shrimp and half a pound of seaweed. For dinner, she bought a pig's trotter and some vegetables.

Fu Yuanhang is in the peak period of growth. Su Taotao has been making very light dinners recently. He is always hungry at night, but he is too embarrassed to say it.

Su Taotao saw him drinking a lot of water and asked him several times before he told the truth.

When he was hungry in his hometown, he would stew sweet potatoes for himself, but here, when he was hungry, he would only drink water.

Chenchen drank milk once before going to bed. This silly boy didn't even make a cup of malted milk and refused to tell her.

Nutrition in the 21st century is not applicable to the 1970s. There were no high-salt, high-sugar, and high-fat snacks and drinks in those days. All nutrition intake came from three meals a day. Although their family was not rich, it was not so bad that the children did not eat enough.

So Su Taotao stopped worrying and bought whatever she wanted to eat. She just ate less.

Children should still go out for a walk more often. Chen Chen was much happier after a walk.

The only thing that made the child unhappy was that Su Taotao locked his "mount" in the awning downstairs, so his uncle could not push him to play in the morning.

Although the lock was added, Su Taotao was still worried about being stolen. Although the punishment for thieves is very severe these days, there are still some who are not afraid of death. Even children are dared to be stolen, let alone cars.

Su Taotao began to make coconut candy with an uneasy mood.

The raw materials of old coconut candy are actually very simple, just coconut shreds and white sugar, but peeling and shaving are particularly laborious.

The main reason is that Su Taotao is not strong enough. It took a long time to turn four old coconuts into coconut shreds that are not much thicker than paper.

The next step is to boil syrup. Su Taotao tasted some coconut water, kept the ones that were not spoiled, and poured them into the white sugar to boil syrup together. In this way, the "original soup and original food" will taste richer than directly boiling with water.

Wait for the coconut milk to completely dissolve the sugar, stir it into a sticky brown syrup, then add the shredded coconut and stir until every shredded coconut is coated with sugar color. Then you can remove the shredded coconut from the pan and put it in the same flat plate as steamed sausage noodles.

Then take out the rolling pin and press it evenly while it is still hot, so that it becomes a sugar cake as thick as your finger.

After it is set aside to cool, you can use a knife to cut it into evenly sized sugar cubes.

This is the original, traditional handmade coconut candy.

In fact, it can be improved, such as adding peanuts and sesame seeds, which will make it more fragrant and delicious. Of course, the cost will also be higher, and the selling price will also rise accordingly.

Excluding labor costs, the cost of this basic coconut candy is actually about the same as that of ordinary candies, and it is very competitive in the market.

In addition, it is a local specialty. This thing is only available in the southernmost coastal cities. Local people may not be rare, and they can even make it by themselves. However, if it is transported to central and northern cities, the market potential will be huge.

In recent years, transportation and express delivery are not well developed. It is difficult to transport fresh fruits from the south to the north for sale, but processed products do not have this problem.

If you want to go to the mid-to-high-end market, you can also launch peanut sesame models in the future.

After cooling, the sugar biscuits will become particularly hard, and you need to cut them while hammering the back of the knife to cut them off.

The next step is packaging. Good products must be accompanied by exquisite packaging to leave a good impression on people and sell them at a good price.

But in this age of limited conditions, gimmicks should be avoided if possible.

Su Taotao found two cowhide bags, painted blue sea and sky, coconuts and coconut trees on them, wrote "Produced by xx base workshop" on the side, and wrote "Traditional handmade coconut candy" in the middle in the largest font.

A simple and clear cover was successfully produced.

As the first taster of coconut candy, Chenchen gave his mother a high evaluation: "Great~~"

Su Taotao took a bite, it was sweet and crispy, with a strong aroma of coconut milk. The more she chewed, the more fragrant it was. It tasted really good.

Fu Zhengtu will greatly increase the probability of success by taking such a product to test the waters.