When June came, the first thing that came was not the scorching sun, but a heavy rain.
The rain was heavy and lasted for a whole day and a night. After this rain, the village reservoir would be full.
On rainy days, it is inconvenient for customers to go out to buy goods, so the merchants naturally have nothing to do. So the men play mahjong or poker, and the women mostly gather together, chatting about gossip while doing their work, some knitting sweaters, and some crocheting slippers.
Our ancestors once said: "No one talks behind his back, and no one doesn't talk behind his back." This shows that the history of gossip is very long.
These days, Gao Mingcheng didn't play cards with others or chat with people. Instead, he started thinking about making hamburgers again.
Hamburgers are an important staple food in Western fast food. The previous fried chicken recipe is almost the same. It may not be comparable to authentic Western fast food, but... its recipe is definitely more suitable for the taste of local people!
Even if some fashionistas have been to big cities and tasted authentic KFC, and then went back to eat the food he cooked, they might say that this one tastes better.
A hamburger is made of two slices of bread, a piece of fried chicken, some lettuce, tomatoes and other seasonal vegetables, and salad dressing.
Theoretically, the method is simple, but fast food is the kind of food that is convenient to prepare.
After marinating and frying, chicken breasts and chicken legs can be put into burgers. In addition to chicken, you can also use steak, pork chops, etc.
However, beef is expensive, and the breed of domestic beef is different from that of foreign beef. Domestic beef is more suitable for stir-frying and stewing. Therefore, Gao Mingcheng does not plan to make steak-flavored burgers for the time being.
It is said that it is better to cook what is familiar than what is new. Naturally, the first burger made by Gao Mingcheng was a chicken leg burger!
The day after the rain, Gao Mingcheng went to the market to buy a few white-feathered chickens. He told people in advance to kill the chickens and send them to the store.
The man was also happy to help with the slaughter because he could get chicken blood and chicken feathers in the process.
In the era of material scarcity, these were also good things. The chicken blood could be eaten by oneself, and the chicken feathers could be sold for money.
Nowadays, there is a kind of vendor who specializes in exchanging chicken feathers for sugar. First, they buy a handful of sugar, and then walk through the streets or go to various villages, shouting "chicken feathers for sugar!" ~
When the children playing outside heard this, they would immediately run home and give the chicken feathers they had saved to the vendor in exchange for candy.
Generally, families who love their children are willing to let their children exchange it for candy. If they refuse to exchange it for candy, then they can exchange it for a dime or two.
The chicken feathers obtained in exchange are used by the factory to make feather dusters.
A feather duster is very useful. It can be used to sweep dust and also to beat children. It’s like two things in one!
After getting the chicken, Gao Mingcheng first cut open its belly and put all the internal organs in a basin, and Gao Shufang was responsible for cleaning them out.
Fried chicken offal with peppers is a great dish to go with rice or wine!
On the chopping board, Gao Mingcheng skillfully cut the chicken with his knife. He threw the chicken neck, head, and feet into a basin. He first cut the chicken wings, breasts, and legs separately. He cut the remaining chicken skeleton into two and put them together separately.
Because they are going to make hamburgers, the chicken legs have to be deboned, leaving only the pure meat.
After cutting, it’s time to marinate.
It takes time for the marinating to take effect, so Gao Mingcheng took advantage of this time to ride his bicycle to the bakery on another street to pick up the small loaves of bread he had ordered earlier.
The small bread is round, about the size of an adult's palm, but not very thick.
This size and thickness were exactly what Gao Mingcheng needed, so he paid for it readily and said that he might continue to order this kind of small bread in the future. The bakery owner naturally agreed with a smile.
After getting the bread, Gao Mingcheng planned to eat one first. He controlled the handlebars of the bicycle with one hand and ate the bread with the other hand. The June sunshine was shining down, and the sky after the rain was blue, like a flawless sapphire.
When you meet familiar people along the way, you will say hello to them. In a society of acquaintances, the relationships between people will become closer.
Bringing a bag of bread back to the store, Gao Mingcheng started processing it again. The bread had to be cut in the middle, into two parts.
The so-called hamburger is two slices of bread, with fried chicken and vegetables in the middle, and seasoned with salad dressing.
This shape is very sophisticated and mature. But they have never seen many of them, let alone eaten them, so they are very surprised.
At noon that day, no one in the store cooked, but instead ate hamburgers and fried chicken!
Gao Mingcheng made three kinds of burgers at once, namely chicken leg burger, chicken steak burger, and pork chop burger!
The family had good food, and they would buy one or two pounds of pork every day. The pork was bought in the morning. Gao Mingcheng cut two pork chops, marinated them, and fried them like fried chicken.
Although they are said to be three different burgers, they actually taste very similar because, apart from the fried meat, the bread, vegetables and salad dressing are all the same.
Oh, when marinating the meat, in order to take care of Xiao Xuxu, Gao Mingcheng specially marinated two non-spicy chicken legs.
People in Jiangxi like spicy food, so Gao Mingcheng created two levels of spiciness, one medium spicy and the other extra spicy, both of which are very suitable for the local people's taste.
After the burgers were freshly baked, Gao Mingcheng handed the finished burgers to everyone to eat, and he also picked up a chicken leg burger and started eating.
He had eaten one piece of this bread when he first bought it. Now, when he ate it with fried chicken legs and vegetables, he felt that the bread had become a little cold against the backdrop of the freshly fried chicken legs.
Well, Gao Mingcheng remembers the hamburgers in the fast food restaurant, even the bread was hot!
The freshly served burgers have the wheat aroma of bread, the meaty aroma of fried chicken, as well as vegetables and salad dressing, giving diners a rich taste experience.
Gao Mingcheng was nitpicking, thinking about how to improve it.
Many Americans gave positive reviews, saying that the hamburgers made by Gao Mingcheng were delicious.
Even Xiao Xuxu was polite and ate most of the burger, but he didn't like lettuce, so he picked it out and threw it away.
Because he threw the lettuce on the ground, Gao Mingcheng warned him by knocking on the head and told him that if he didn't want to eat it, he couldn't throw it on the ground but had to throw it in the trash can!
Little Xuxu seemed to understand, but he looked in the direction that Gao Mingcheng pointed to. When he ate the lettuce again, he ran to the trash can and threw it in.
"Well done, very good!" Gao Mingcheng grinned and gave praise generously, which earned Xiao Xuxu a happy giggle in return.
Xuan Mei couldn't stand wasting things, so she squatted down and said to Xiao Xuxu, "If there's food you don't like, give it to mom. Don't waste it!"
Little Xuxu looked at Gao Mingcheng, then at Xuanyuemei, and seemed unsure who to listen to. But he instinctively loved his mother more, so he nodded obediently and said, "Okay."
Gao Mingcheng somewhat disagreed, thinking that children should not be spoiled, otherwise they would get used to thinking that their mothers should eat the food they left over.
However, Gao Mingcheng's theory was refuted by many people.
The rebuttal was just one sentence, but it was quite lethal: "He is still young!"
Many beauties used the ultimate trick of "he is still young" and said, "What's the point of you saying this now? When he grows up, he will naturally understand!"
Many beauties took care of little Xuxu, and little Xuxu snuggled in her mother's arms proudly. Gao Mingcheng felt his fist harden.
It seems that he needs to keep a closer eye on this family.
Although the eldest son was too honest in the previous life, at least he had good character. Don’t let him become a bad person because of spoiling him in this life!
Gao Mingcheng glanced at the beautiful flat belly. In a few months, his little son would also be ready to come to the world!
The hamburgers made by Gao Mingcheng received unanimous praise from everyone, but Gao Mingcheng felt that there was still a lot of room for improvement.
In addition, if you really plan to open a fast food restaurant, then in addition to the food recipes, you will also need a stable supply of ingredients.
For example, white-feather chicken, bread, lettuce, etc.
In addition to these, Gao Mingcheng also needs to think about what to do with the excess chicken offal, chicken necks, chicken feet and other parts when using a large number of white-feathered chickens to make fast food in the future?
These things are delicious if you eat them for one or two meals, but eating them for every meal is a bit too much.
At this time, Gao Shufang said, "Chicken feet, chicken necks, chicken offal, etc., should be braised and then sold for money, right?"
Speaking of braised dishes, many people have to say: "If you want to braise, just buy some dried tofu and braise it with eggs!"
Braised tofu and braised eggs are also delicious!
You have to spend money to buy dried tofu, but eggs are already available at home.
Gao Mingcheng nodded, thinking that it could indeed be used to make braised dishes.
Although braised food and Western fast food don’t go together…
Gao Mingcheng said: "If we really open a store, we have to prepare the ingredients in advance. These ingredients need to be cut and marinated, which requires manual work. In summer, the weather is hot and the ingredients are easy to spoil, so they have to be kept in the refrigerator."
"Lettuce is afraid of both heat and cold. It can be grown in spring and autumn, but it is hard to buy in the market in summer and winter. The quality of Western fast food is uniform, and we want the same."
"Finally, there is the store issue. I am wondering whether I should rent a store to try first, or continue to buy land and build a house."
Gao Mingcheng talked about all the things that need to be considered and dealt with at the moment, hoping that everyone can work together to come up with a solution.
Xuanyuemei and Gao Shufang naturally spoke enthusiastically, and Zhang Jinling also said a few words.
She lowered her head, her eyes flickering, as if she was thinking of something.
When the topic came to an end, Zhang Jinling suddenly said, "Brother, if we open a store, we will definitely need a lot of white-feathered chickens. How about buying them from my mother's house?"
Zhang Jinling's parents also own a small piece of hill, where they raise a lot of chickens. They can make a lot of money every year by selling eggs and chicks.
However, her family raises local free-range chickens, commonly known as native chickens.
Zhang Jinling noticed Gao Mingcheng's eyes looking at her. She swallowed nervously and said bravely, "Although my family has never raised white-feathered chickens, raising chickens should be similar. We can ask around and then we'll know how to raise them."
Under Zhang Jinling's nervous gaze, Gao Mingcheng nodded calmly and said, "If your family is willing to raise chickens, as long as the chickens are OK, we will definitely buy chickens from you."
Gao Mingcheng thought there was no problem with Zhang Jinling's request.
If the white-feather chickens are provided by Zhang Jinling's parents' home, he will be able to better control the quality of the white-feather chickens.
However, people nowadays raise chickens on a small scale, so in addition to Zhang Jinling's family, he has to find another family to provide him with white-feathered chickens.
The dealers who now deliver white-feather chickens to him can naturally become food suppliers, but since they are not familiar with him, there may be problems such as running out of stock midway, or problems with the quality of the chickens, or because they see that his fast food business is doing well, they raise the price accordingly.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket, and don't have just one supplier of ingredients. He needs to prepare all these before opening the store.
As for the store, after everyone discussed it, we decided to rent a store first to start the business. If the business is good, we will consider buying land and building a house.
If business is bad --
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
In 1987, the first KFC opened in the capital. In 1989, the first KFC also opened in the Bund Dongfeng Hotel in Shanghai. From then on, people in Shanghai had to queue up to buy KFC!
The three words "KFC" seem to have magic power and have always been a topic of discussion among people. Many people save money just to have a meal at KFC.
When a child’s birthday comes, he can use this as an excuse to persuade his parents to go to KFC for a meal.
There are also young lovers, newlyweds, and fashionable men and women who are proud to have a meal at KFC.
At this time, only rich people can afford to eat KFC!
As imported fast food and as a novel food, it does bring a lot of yearning and joy to people.
There are only these two KFC stores in China now, but as the franchise option became available, KFC stores have sprung up in China like fireworks.
Every newly opened store is destined to make money!
It was not until the market approached saturation that the pace of making money and expansion gradually slowed down.
Gao Mingcheng had no plans to join because he didn't have the connections and wasn't willing to pay the franchise fee. With that money, wouldn't it be better for him to buy land and build a house?
As for KFC's food, as long as he thinks about it more, he can always make it taste 80% similar, which is enough for him to open a store locally.
Gao Mingcheng copied KFC's dishes and improved the recipes to make the food more suitable for local people's tastes.
In addition to the food recipe, he also needs to find a suitable storefront, design the store decoration, organize store opening activities and so on.
As for these activity plans, he doesn't need to think about them, just copy them!
Gao Mingcheng could list a long list of things with his eyes closed, such as unit price, package price, how much you can get as a small gift when you buy something, what discounts are offered during festivals, and how customers can get a small gift if they shop in the store on their birthday.
He wrote down everything he remembered, and then launched the event bit by bit, focusing on a surprise.
Well, thinking of the toys and gifts that KFC usually uses, Gao Mingcheng thought that he should also design a set of toys. When the time comes, he will give a blind box for every meal he buys, and a blind box for every purchase of a certain amount, and these blind boxes will be a set of their own.
This kind of toy can stimulate children's interest in collecting! (End of this chapter)
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