Bud wheat noodles fried dough twist
"Xiu'er, how do you make the sprouted wheat flour you mentioned? Do you just let the sprouts grow on the wheat stalks?" Hu Yufeng couldn't help asking.
Yang Xiu carefully looked at the germination and nodded, "Put it in a cool place. It will be almost done in two days. Then just rub off the husks."
Hu Yufeng nodded to show that she understood, and then directed Qin Shengtian and Qin Wenli to move the wheat to the shady utility room.
The problem was solved, and Hu Yufeng began to gossip about the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law next door:
"I heard Liu Rong's words today, there's something else going on. What's going on? Is there something we don't know about?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, the old lady couldn't help but point at herself. Seeing Hu Yufeng nod, the old lady told them what Qin Ling had said a few days ago:
"It is said that when the two families split up the family property, the wheat fields were not divided. They were divided after the wheat was harvested. I don't know why the eldest son's wife was crazy. She went to Wenqing's wheat stack and took two of them. She and Wenqing's wife almost had a fight..."
Well, the old lady said she was crazy, and Chen Xiulian was indeed crazy. She nodded and agreed to let Liu Rong in. They had fought for eight hundred rounds in the past six months. Didn’t she see through his character? You dare to attack someone else's haystack, you must be crazy.
Hu Yufeng gloated: "It's what she deserves. My sister-in-law is so ruthless. The bottom of her own pot is black, and she still has the nerve to laugh at our family..."
Qin Shengtian also grinned. He was not laughing at his sister-in-law. It was just that the king of the family was in a good mood, so he dared to breathe deeply again.
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Two days later, the wheat grains were indeed covered with tender green sprouts. Yang Xiu spread out the tarpaulin and he and the old lady used the most primitive way of threshing: beating with a stick, and they threshed the three bundles of wheat thoroughly.
The thrashed wheat grains and husks are mixed together, and the husks are slowly winnowed out with a winnowing basket. Finally, the wheat is passed through a sieve again before it is considered clean.
These tasks are no problem for the young and middle-aged Yang Xiu. She didn't need anyone's help and finished everything in one afternoon. The finished product filled just one and a half bags.
The next step is grinding. This is simple. The house has the two major elements: a stone mill and a donkey. Just keep an eye on the donkey and make sure it doesn't steal any food.
The last step is steaming. This is even simpler. It is a very simple steaming process that takes about 30 minutes until the noodles are cooked.
As soon as the finished product came out of the pot, Hu Yufeng and her two children came over following the smell.
"Mom, it smells sweet..." Qin Shu leaned closer to smell it, and couldn't help but stretched out a finger to touch it, but he was so burned that he pulled his finger back.
Qin Yu laughed out loud, revealing two gaps in his teeth: "Stupid, it must be hot right out of the pot, can't you use chopsticks?"
Hu Yufeng picked up a small piece with chopsticks and put it into her mouth to taste it carefully. As expected, it had a light sweetness, and a slight sourness with a hint of wine aroma when chewed carefully. It was quite delicious.
She instantly felt a little envious of Yang Xiu. She couldn't help but wonder if jealousy was partly the reason why she targeted Yang Xiu when she first got married? It’s strange to say, maybe I have really become a good person, the things I remember when I was young are a little vague, as if I felt ashamed of them and deliberately forgot them. As you keep pretending, you end up deceiving yourself.
She couldn't help but shudder. Just forget it. It's fine like this now. It's fine!
"Grandma, do you want to go to the bathroom?" Qin Shu raised his head with doubts in his little eyes.
Hu Yufeng shook her head in confusion.
"Then you..." Qin Shu made a trembling motion, "What you did just now was exactly the same as when I couldn't hold my pee..."
Yang Xiu & Qin Yu…
Hu Yufeng couldn't help but hold her forehead with her hand, "It's okay, grandma is just hot, it got hot all of a sudden today..."
Qin Shu nodded regretfully to show that he understood.
"Xiu'er, didn't you say that your grandma used this to make dumplings? Why don't we try making some tomorrow?" Seeing that Qin Shu was no longer hesitant, Hu Yufeng patted her chest and had a new idea.
Yang Xiu nodded in agreement. Seeing the two children fighting over the plates of sprouted wheat noodles, she couldn't help but smile indulgently. In fact, this thing is just a rarity. It cannot be compared with white sugar or brown sugar in terms of sweetness. Especially for young girls and boys who have tasted sugar since childhood, its appeal will only last for a short while.
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"Come, try my grandma's secret recipe: sprouted wheat buns..." Yang Xiu held a basket of buns and couldn't help but tease them.
Qin Wenli quickly said in support: "Let me have one. Hey, your family is rich, let me try this rich bun..." As he said this, he handed the first one to Qin Shengtian first.
Yang Xiu glared at him and took one for both her mother-in-law and the old lady: "I haven't eaten it for many years. I'm just remembering the steps my grandma took to make it. I don't know if it tastes right..."
As she said this, she took one and took a bite: Hmm... She couldn't help but squint her eyes happily. This is the taste, the taste of home in her memory.
Others also took a bite and couldn't help but praise:
"You know what, it's really delicious, not as sweet as sugar buns..."
"Yes, it also smells like alcohol. I think it tastes better than sugar buns..."
Yang Xiu listened to the praises from everyone at the table with a smile on her face, accepted all the compliments on behalf of her grandmother, and then began to eat with satisfaction.
"Mom, can this be used to make fried dough twists?" Qin Yu asked vaguely while biting a bun in her mouth. Ever since her last suggestion was adopted, Qin Yu has been particularly concerned about improving the fried dough twist. Whenever she comes across something delicious, her first reaction is to see if it can be made into fried dough twist.
Yang Xiu was stunned and couldn't help thinking about the feasibility. If you use sprouted wheat flour instead of honey or sugar, it will not be sweet enough so you have to add a lot of it, but that will affect the soft texture of the fried dough twist. She couldn't help but shook her head, probably not.
"Can we make the filling with sprouted wheat flour, wrap it up and fry it, just like we do with fried cakes?" Qin Yu asked again. Yougao is a snack in Yang County. It is made by wrapping hot bread with a mixture of sugar and oil and frying it. It tastes crispy on the outside and sweet on the inside and is very popular among adults and children.
"What a great idea..." Qin Wenli couldn't help but admire. I have to say that children’s thoughts are really wild and imaginative. How come we adults have never thought that fried dough twists can be filled with fillings? Qin Wenli's eyes lit up as he translated this idea to Yang Xiu, who looked confused.
Yang Xiu's eyes also lit up. The buns in my hand no longer smell good, so I just want to try it out.
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After finishing her meal in a hurry, Yang Xiuguo didn't wash the dishes or brush the brush, but dived into the basin and started trying her new product.
Seeing this, Hu Yufeng shook her head, tied on an apron and did the work herself.
Yang Xiu’s brain was working rapidly, how could he make the sandwich? By the way, making dumplings... Yang Xiu first smeared a layer of oil on the chopping board, then scooped up a ball of sprouted wheat flour and rolled it into thin strips for later use. Then scoop up another ball of leavened dough, roll it into a long strip, and then cut it into three-centimeter-wide strips. Then put the sprouted wheat strips on the dough and pinch the two sides together.
Looking at the thick strips, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Next, she rolled them into thin strips and twisted them into a twist. Yang Xiu explored step by step, and finally a dough twist that looked unremarkable was made.
Qin Yu had already enthusiastically set up the small stove, and Yang Xiu poured oil into the pot to proceed to the last step of the experiment: frying the twisted dough sticks.
After washing the pot, Hu Yufeng couldn't help but come over to watch. The fat fried dough twists were put into the pot, becoming heavy. As the boiling oil fried out the moisture in the dough, the fried dough twists began to float in the pot. When both sides turned golden brown, Yang Xiu could not wait to take them out.
The fried dough twist on the plate looked ordinary, but felt heavy in the hand. Yang Xiu tore it open without fear of the burn, and saw the white dough sandwiched with yellowish sprouted wheat flour. He took a bite and found the crust to be crispy and the filling to be soft and sweet. I wouldn’t say it’s very delicious, but it’s not bad either.
Yang Xiu couldn't help scratching his head: "It's not as delicious as I thought. Is this a failure?"
Hu Yufeng finished eating half of it, wiped her hands and said, "It's not a failure. The sprouted wheat noodles in the middle are too thick, so it tastes a bit sticky. What if you put less?"
Yang Xiu suddenly realized, shook her mother-in-law's arm happily, turned around and ran into the kitchen.
Hu Yufeng laughed, shook her head, and waited resignedly by the stove for her daughter-in-law's next round of experiments.
After a while, Yang Xiu brought out a few more peanut doughs, lit a fire, fried them, and then started a new round of tasting.
Qin Yu and the other person were very enthusiastic at the beginning, but later on they couldn't be called anymore. Only Hu Yufeng and the old lady were left tasting and describing each dish under the gaze of Yang Xiu's big eyes that were as bright as light bulbs.
"I think this is just right. The outer layer of the twist takes up more than half of the dough, and the filling is just the right thickness. It would be even better if it could flow like a fried cake..."
The old lady nodded and said: "Why not add some oil or honey water to it and mix it into syrup."
Yang Xiu nodded seriously, wrote it down in the notebook, and then went back to the kitchen.
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Qin Wenli and Qin Shengtian came back from work in the evening and were met with the expectant looks of the old lady and Hu Yufeng as soon as they entered the door. So before Qin and his son had time to drink a sip of water, they started a new round of food tasting.
Hu Yufeng and her mother-in-law couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. To be honest, no matter how good something is, it will be tiring to eat it over and over again and describe the taste!
"Okay, this is it. I think it's OK. Nai, you try it..." Qin Wenli compared the taste of different proportions again, and finally pointed at one of them and said. Yang Xiu marked this one and looked at Qin Shengtian expectantly. Qin Shengtian looked puzzled. They were all delicious. But how delicious were they? As long as it tastes good, why make things difficult for him?
Well, Yang Xiu no longer had any hope for this father-in-law, and turned around and quickly called the mother-in-law and the old lady: "Come and try it, just this last one
"... "
The old lady came over tremblingly and took a bite, her eyes lit up: "This is the taste, Xiu'er, you are really amazing, you really made it..."
Hu Yufeng and her two children pricked up their ears, and when they saw everyone praising it, they hurried over to taste it.
"Mom, it's delicious, much better than the one in the morning..." Qin Shu couldn't help but suck the oil off his fingers and gave his approval of the taste.
Hu Yufeng also nodded while eating, and her mind instantly filled with countless promotional versions, each of which was sure to make the stuffed fried dough twists look amazing. She couldn't help but stare at Yang Xiu with loving eyes. He was such a treasure. Oh my, what kind of vision do I have to bring such a big treasure into my family.
Under the naked gaze of her mother-in-law, Yang Xiu couldn't help but shivering with goose bumps on her body.
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