Chapter 1055 What's the use of paper bowls? Enamel pots and instant noodles are the perfect match!
Looking at the yellow and orange beer in the cup, which was still bubbling, Xiaodie and Zhan Ying both widened their eyes in surprise. As Luo Chong's wives, they were naturally knowledgeable. They had drunk white wine and rice wine, but this kind of bubbling wine was the first time they had seen it.
"Husband, is this really wine? Why is there still bubbling? Can it really be drunk?" Xiaodie asked with some doubt.
"It's definitely drinkable. Anyway, the ingredients are all good ingredients, top-grade barley malt, cold boiled water, and the medicinal flowers that Tang Yao brought that can relieve summer heat and clear away heat. I also put some in it. Everything is good and absolutely non-toxic. It's just this taste. I don't know how many people like it. If you are worried, I will try it first."
Luo Chong said as he picked up the glass in front of him, tilted his head and gulped down a big mouthful. The rich wheat aroma immediately moistened his heart and spleen, and a large amount of bubbles mixed with foam exploded in his mouth, and a familiar taste suddenly came to his mind.
'That's the taste! Luo Chong couldn't help but secretly praise it in his heart.
"Burp!"
Luo Chong burped after taking a sip of beer, and he was immediately satisfied. He smacked his lips and commented.
"Because of the medicinal flowers, it tastes a little bitter, but it is this bitterness that makes people feel so refreshing. It is definitely a great drink to cool down in the summer. You should try it too." He squinted at Zhan Ying and Xiaodie, looking forward to their comments on the beer.
Seeing that Luo Chong had drunk it, the two of them no longer hesitated. They frowned and took a sip carefully, experiencing the feeling of bubbles exploding in their mouths, and slowly savoring the taste of beer.
After a while, the two of them took another big sip at the same time and swallowed it down with a gulp. At this time, Zhan Ying's face was already a little tipsy, but Xiaodie, like Luo Chong, felt a breath of air pushing up in her chest, so she also burped, and her eyes suddenly lit up.
"This is really wine. It feels more intoxicating than rice wine, but much less intoxicating than white wine. Drinking it in large gulps will not make you intoxicated immediately. It can really cool you down." Zhan Ying pondered for a while and gave his evaluation.
Xiaodie narrowed her eyes into crescents, took another sip of beer and burped, then tentatively said, "This wine is really good. It has a strong malt aroma. It is different from rice wine and white wine. It has its own characteristics, and there are bubbles in it. People can't help but burp after drinking it. Husband, is this the reason why you said it can cool you down? Because the bubbles in the wine bring out the heat in the abdomen?!" "
Well, it's almost like that. You can understand it this way."
Luo Chong really didn't expect Xiaodie to think of this, but then again, the reason why those carbonated drinks can cool you down is also for this reason. Drinking a large amount of carbon dioxide into the stomach will bring the heat in the body out of the body through burping, quickly lowering the core temperature of the human body, and it can really cool you down.
But thinking of this, Luo Chong naturally thought of soda. By the way, should we also make soda? That seems to be simpler. I remember that I learned in junior high school chemistry class that the raw materials of soda are distilled water, citric acid and baking soda. After the reaction of citric acid and baking soda, carbon dioxide will be automatically generated.
The Han tribe does have baking soda. That thing is actually alkaline noodles. Citric acid seems to be made by fermentation. Luo Chong does not know the specific fermentation and extraction methods, but citric acid is the most common organic acid in nature. Citrus, lemons, limes, pineapples, these fruits all
have it, and the content is not low. The Han tribe does not have citrus and lemons, but there are walnut-sized limes on the grassland that herders use to make cheese, and pineapples in the Tang tribe. If there are these two fruits, soda can really be made. Pineapple soda should be good, right?
With this thing, we can add some state-owned factories to the Han tribe, and also increase income accordingly.
And things like beer and soda, it not only drives the food industry, but also drives the production of glass packaging. Beer bottles and soda bottles require a lot of glass.
There are also products like canned food, which also require a lot of glass bottles or metal cans, which can drive an industrial project. One more project means one more income. Thinking of this, Luo Chong suddenly had some expectations for the future national finances. His empire should not be short of money.
Just as Luo Chong was thinking about these things, Xiaodie and Zhan Ying had already finished a glass of beer each, and then asked Luo Chong.
"Husband, don't you have several barrels of different recipes? Pour out some of each and try it?"
"Yes, yes, it's just right for me and Sister Xiaodie to help husband taste the recipe."
"Okay, I'll pour it for you, let's taste it one by one and see which one tastes better." Luo Chong said and went to the wine storage room at home. Most of the wine was stored in it, but now there are ten more wooden barrels of beer. Looking at the ten wooden barrels in front of him, he was a little worried, thinking that he couldn't taste anything with few people, and the tasting of three people was not enough to represent the public, so he went outside and called a dozen guards to help move the wine and taste the beer as "passers-by".
Cups and teacups were placed on the table. Luo Chong had all the wine poured out, and then called everyone.
"Come on, come on, don't be polite. Today I invite you to taste this newly brewed beer, which is for cooling off. Everyone, try it. There are a total of ten recipes. After you finish drinking, tell me which one is better!" When
the guards heard that it was a wine for cooling off, and the alcohol content was low, it would not affect their duty, so they called some more people to taste it together.
The ten barrels of beer Luo Chong made this time, ranging from a wort concentration of six degrees to fifteen degrees, a total of ten kinds. Although he didn't know the exact degree, he thought it should be around ten degrees. The proportion of hops added was the same, and there was no difference in other aspects. Even the fermentation time was the same, so these ten barrels of beer actually didn't have much difference except for the richness of the malt aroma.
"Husband, I think this 12% is the best, with a strong malt aroma, and not so bitter. The color is also the best, and there is more foam." Xiaodie and others made an immediate evaluation after drinking it.
"I like lighter ones. After all, it's for cooling off. Lighter ones are more thirst-quenching, so I choose the 10 or 11 types." Zhan Ying gave different choices.
Luo Chong nodded and looked at the guards on the other side, "What about you? Which flavor do you like?"
"Above 10, below 10 is too light. Although it quenches thirst, it loses the characteristics of this beer." One person immediately gave a similar answer to Zhan Ying and Xiaodie.
"Yes, the middle ones are fine. I think the difference between the middle ones is not big. All are fine!"
"That's right. If it were me, I would also choose the middle one. In fact, if the leader hadn't separated the middle ones, I might not be able to tell them apart if I drank them directly."
A group of guards also gave their choices one after another, which immediately gave Luo Chong a clue. It seems that everyone prefers the taste between 10 degrees and 12 or 13 degrees. According to them, the taste is similar. If this is the case, then the value of 11% must be fixed as the formula.
The reason is very simple. Under the same taste, the less raw materials are used, the lower the cost will be, and the more money will be earned.
Now that the feasibility of beer brewing has been determined, the next farm promotion plan will have a goal.
When the corn cultivation of the second quarter of Liuyang Farm was completed, Luo Chong immediately gave them a new order, asking them to plant barley on the land of the first quarter corn to prepare for a batch of industrial raw materials for beer. At the same time, he also gave them some hop seeds so that they could plant them in batches on the farm. In addition, this can also make the farm land quickly utilized and realize rotation cultivation instead of directly abandoning it.
A few days later, the wooden hand-cranked noodle press customized by Luo Chong was also made, and he immediately invested in the production of the convenience.
The production of instant noodles is not complicated. First, knead the whole wheat flour into dough, then use a noodle press to press it into thin sheets, and then use a roller cutter to cut the dough into cylindrical noodles. The only thing to note is that the dough must be thin and the noodles must be thin enough to facilitate the subsequent steaming and frying.
Based on his memories of his previous life, Luo Chong finally selected the most suitable noodle thickness, which is about 1.5 to 1.8 mm. He does not have a more sophisticated ruler and roller cutter, so he can only determine an approximate thickness.
When the noodles are pressed into thin strips and come out of the noodle outlet, the speed of their coming out must be controlled, and then they will automatically stack into a wave shape due to the speed difference. Then, the wavy noodles are stacked in two layers and put into the pot and steamed over high heat until half cooked.
The half-cooked noodles are basically shaped. At this time, they are cut into the required amount and put into a round metal frying basket, which is the mold for the final frying and shaping. Luo Chong asked the research institute to make it. It is woven with fine iron wire, like a flat round iron basket. There are only ten in total. If there are more, they cannot be made in a hurry.
After the noodles are divided equally, the wavy half-cooked noodles are put into the frying basket, and the frying basket and noodles are put into the oil pan for frying.
The noodles are all from the same batch, but they are divided into several oil pans at the same time. After all, the main purpose is to test the effect of frying noodles with various vegetable oils.
In the first frying experiment, Luo Chong chose five kinds of vegetable oils, corn oil, rice oil, linseed oil, ramie oil, and tea seed oil. The most common soybean oil and peanut oil were directly eliminated by him because peanut oil is similar to rapeseed oil and has a very special taste. It is not suitable for making instant noodles. In addition, the fumes of rapeseed oil, peanut oil, and soybean oil are very large and choking, so they are not suitable.
As for sesame oil, it was eliminated by Luo Chong because of its low production and high price. After all, it is an industrial food, and the final cost of the product must be taken into account.
Five different oil pans and ten metal frying baskets, that is, two pancakes were fried in each pan at the same time, one for one minute and the other for one and a half minutes, and then compared.
First of all, from the perspective of frying effect, two types of sesame oil, namely ramie and linseed oil, were directly eliminated. Not to mention the special taste, the oil smoke is also not small, and it is not known whether the fried pancakes can still be eaten.
Tea seed oil and rapeseed oil are similar, and they also have special taste and oil smoke. In comparison, corn oil and rice oil look better.
Corn oil and rice oil have less oil smoke. At the same temperature, these two oils hardly smoke, and the oil is golden and clear, with a light color. The fried pancakes are one golden yellow and the other is light yellow and whitish, which is most like the instant noodles Luo Chong saw in his previous life.
Finally, it is dried and shaped, and some butter, chili and vegetable seasonings are added and brewed with boiling water. After eating, Luo Chong finally chose the instant noodles fried with rice oil, which is the light yellow one.
This is not because the golden yellow noodles fried with corn oil are not delicious, but because corn oil is too expensive and the cost is too high.
Corn oil is not the oil squeezed from corn kernels, but the oil squeezed from corn germs, and the oil content is not high. Listen to this part and you will know how expensive corn oil is.
In comparison, rice oil with no smoke, good color and low cost has become the first choice.
The similarity is that rice oil is not the oil squeezed from rice, but the shell of rice, which is commonly known as rice bran, so rice oil is also called rice bran oil.
The outer shell of rice is usually thrown away or used to feed chickens and ducks. It can be said that the raw materials cost almost nothing and are by-products of rice planting. If it is not used to squeeze oil and thrown away directly, it is also a waste. It is better to squeeze out the oil and use it in the food industry.
The staple food of the Han tribe is rice, and a large amount of rice bran is produced every year. It would be a pity if these rice bran are not used for rice, and if they are used for industry, there is no need to worry about the lack of materials.
With the scale of rice cultivation in the Han tribe, even if the oil content of rice bran is very low, the oil squeezed out is enough for use.
So, the technology of instant noodles has been developed. Of course, if there is no waterproof paper cup or paper bowl, it is not possible to take it and soak it directly. You have to bring your own rice bowl. As for packaging, if there is no plastic bag, you can consider using kraft paper bags for packaging, just like the packaging of melon seeds or snacks and dried fruits in paper bags. With the technology of the Han tribe, it can be made.
In addition, with instant noodles, the Han tribe can also take advantage of the opportunity to launch another industrial product, that is, enamel products.
Enamel is a ceramic-like product fired with glaze on the iron tire, or a ceramic shell is coated on the outside of the iron tire.
In the past, when enamel products were popular, using enamel pots to make instant noodles must have been a childhood memory for many people. The round enamel pot, with a lid on it, was about the same size as the instant noodles, which was a perfect match for instant noodles!
Moreover, this could also drive an industry for the Han tribe, while also consuming excess steel and creating more output value. Why not?
(End of this chapter)
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