Pharmaceutical factories are different from other places. The employees have high incomes and are naturally more particular than ordinary people. Putting aside the taste, their hygiene habits alone can filter out 90% of the street vendors.
After discussing hygiene, let's talk about taste. Nowadays, individual vendors and small stalls have nowhere to learn their skills; they all rely on their own experimentation, using the same methods they use to cook at home. Naturally, the taste varies from good to bad.
Even the addition of a vendor at the entrance of the pharmaceutical factory becomes a topic of conversation among the factory workers. They inquire among themselves, and if one worker dislikes the taste, the whole factory knows.
Sure enough, the two vendors selling steamed buns and mantou moved to a different location after less than three days.
The old man selling fried dough sticks made them in a decent but unremarkable way. But fried dough sticks are cheap, so I buy a few every now and then without feeling bad. Whether they taste good or not doesn't really matter. There haven't been any new vendors at the pharmaceutical factory entrance for months.
The middle-aged man, finding it strange, yawned as he approached, glanced at the words "roujiamo" (Chinese hamburger), and asked in confusion:
"Roujiamo, what kind of snack is that? I've never heard of it."
"It's a snack that came from another place. It's made by stuffing meat and eggs into a steamed bun. If you like spicy food, you can add some chili and garlic. One bite and your mouth is full of meat. I'm not bragging, but once you've tried it, you'll never forget it!" Chu Yu said with a smile.
You can't hit someone who's smiling, especially a pretty girl like her.
The middle-aged man laughed heartily: "How much?"
"It costs 30 cents a serving, and it's all made with real pork hind leg meat."
One pound of raw pork yields 5.5 to 6 ounces of cooked pork after cooking. One ounce of cooked pork is enough to make one roujiamo (Chinese hamburger). One pound of raw pork can easily make six roujiamo. Pork costs 1 yuan per pound, and Chu Yu bought 50 pounds in one go, spending nearly 50 yuan.
A pound of regular flour costs less than 20 cents and can make 6 steamed buns. If you want to sell all the pork, the cost of flour is about 10 yuan.
Eggs cost 25 cents per pound, and the cost of one egg is about 3 cents. 300 eggs would cost 9 yuan.
The garlic and chili peppers were all grown by my second uncle's family, so there was no cost. But how much could my second uncle's family grow on that little plot of land? Sooner or later, they would have to spend money to buy them. Chili peppers weren't worth much, but garlic was never cheap. At the market, it cost 1.5 yuan for a big bunch, and we needed at least one bunch a day, which was all cost money.
Adding the cost of the coal stove and the time spent baking the cakes, Chu Yu was troubled for several days about how to set a price.
In her previous life, Chu Yu's family ran a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) shop in the garage across from the school. When pork was 15 yuan per jin (500g), roujiamo sold for 15 yuan each in the city, while Chu Yu's family sold them for 8-10 yuan, which was half the price of pork. Based on this standard, the roujiamo should have been priced at 5 mao (0.5 yuan) each.
But you can't calculate it that way. Pork is a scarce resource nowadays, so its price is naturally not low.
In the market, a bowl of wontons costs 20 cents, wonton noodles cost 25 cents, a bowl of flower tea costs 18 cents, and 14 fresh meat dumplings cost 20 cents with a coupon. Dumpling shops on the roadside charge 30 cents for 14 dumplings. Compared with the prices of other food stalls, Chu Yu set the price of roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) at the same price as dumplings.
Logically speaking, dumplings are filling and should be more expensive than roujiamo (Chinese hamburger).
Ke Chuyu packaged the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger), a novel snack from out of town. She spent a lot of money to find a master craftsman to learn the family recipe, and there was no other place in the area that made it like this!
It contains meat, eggs, and flour—aren't all of those good things?
Is 30 cents expensive? Not at all!
The uncle also felt that spending a few cents to try something new was nothing, "Give me four, two with chili and garlic, and two for the kids, plain."
The uncle came to buy breakfast. It's not a big deal if he doesn't bring his child, but if he doesn't bring his wife, that tigress at home will eat him alive!
Roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) is not cheap, but the couple both work.
The company provided housing, and lunch and dinner were eaten in the staff canteen, which was almost free. The children studied at the pharmaceutical factory's affiliated school, and after graduating from the technical school, they could take over their parents' jobs at the pharmaceutical factory. After entering the pharmaceutical factory, they were provided housing by the company, so they never had much to spend in their lives.
We certainly don't lack this much food at home.
"Okay, Uncle, just a moment, I'll make it for you right away!" Chu Yu said with a smile.
Deng Fangping took the spoon to scoop out the meat and braised eggs, while Shu Hui prepared the steamed buns, which needed to be baked to become crispy.
Both of them had cloths tied around their heads so that their hair wouldn't fall into their food no matter how much they bent over. Their nails were neatly trimmed, and there was a basin of water next to them. They would rinse their hands from time to time. It's no exaggeration to say that they were more particular about cooking than people cook at home.
The uncle felt relieved!
Sliced pork leg meat and eggs are stuffed into the pancake, and then the broth is poured in. Just looking at it makes your mouth water!
Unfortunately, the uncle was standing downwind, and the fragrance was wafting into his nose. He couldn't resist and said to Chu Yu:
"I'll eat mine first, and take the rest with me."
Chu Yu smiled and gave him his.
The uncle took a bite and exclaimed with delight, "Wow, this is so delicious! Your roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) is just my taste!"
"Old Zhao, what's making you eat so deliciously?" A worker he knew from the factory came out to buy breakfast and greeted him.
The uncle was a little embarrassed; at his age, he was still letting his colleagues see his gluttonous side.
"Old Zhang, this is a local delicacy from Deyang, called Roujiamo, which was brought here by a young girl who spent a lot of money to learn the craft from a master in another city! I'm not exaggerating, it tastes really good! Come and try it!"
Old Zhang initially refused, but seeing how much Old Zhao enjoyed eating, he couldn't resist ordering two.
"My wife specifically asked for steamed buns, so I can't just buy roujiamo (Chinese hamburger). What if she doesn't like them and gets upset? Women can be so temperamental!" Old Zhang said, subtly hinting at his own opinion.
Chu Yu smiled as she packed the roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) for him, saying, "It's not that women have bad tempers, it's that you love your wife. Men who love their wives are always lucky!"
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