Gu Qiu thought of the cakes her sister made at home. "Sister, is chestnut cake the same as yam cake or mung bean cake?"
He Ling squatted down to look at the chestnuts they brought back. "Can chestnuts be made into cakes?"
Several people looked at Gu Chun with bright eyes. She smiled and nodded, "Yes, and chestnut cake is more fragrant. You will know when you try it when it is ready."
He Ling grabbed a few chestnuts and said, "These are so hard to peel. How long will it take to peel so many?"
In his previous life, Gu Chun worked as an assistant to his chef relative and had already learned how to peel chestnuts.
"It's not difficult. I'll show you how to do it."
After saying that, she took a basket, filled it with some chestnuts, and rinsed them with well water.
Then use scissors to make a cross cut on the chestnut.
My aunt boiled some hot water on the stove, put the chestnuts in a basin, and poured in the boiling water to soak them.
It needs to soak for fifteen to twenty minutes.
What she meant was that everyone should do what they should do.
But a few children thought it was fun and insisted on squatting there to look at the chestnuts.
Gu Chun didn't stop them, he was just worried that Xiao Zhuzi and Gu Dong would get burned because of their mischief.
She is not very meticulous in raising children. If she has to remind her about everything, the child will become weak and incompetent.
So she didn't remind them not to touch the hot water this time.
The children were not stupid. Although the little bamboo wanted to touch the steaming mist, it did not dare to move.
When in the city, little Zhuzi was very naughty and wanted to touch the kettle on the stove with his hands.
Gu Qiu kept taking his hand away.
Gu Chun couldn't stand it anymore, so he held his hand over the steam from the kettle for a few seconds.
He was scalded by the heat and cried.
It can be seen that sometimes it is better to let the children try it themselves than to give them thousands of instructions.
In the children's expectant eyes, Gu Chun finally announced that it was time to peel the chestnuts.
He Ling also started to peel it together.
The chestnuts that have been soaked in hot water have their outer shells and inner skin separated from the fruit!
Just open it gently with your hands and take out the chestnuts intact.
He Ling murmured, "So it can be done this way. It's so simple."
"Chun, you are so smart. Where did you learn this? City people are just different."
Gu Chun smiled helplessly, "Aunt, there are no chestnuts to pick in the city. I read this in a book. Heat expands and cold contracts."
He Ling didn't understand. "What do you mean by hot and cold? Oh, so the book also talks about this. I really need to read more."
Gu Zhenzhu, who was standing by, heard this and found it very interesting.
"Cousin, it turns out the principle of thermal expansion and contraction can be applied to this.
I also feel that what I learn is useless except for taking exams."
Gu Chun smiled and touched her head. "Of course, everything we learn has to be put into practice to be valuable."
Gu Zhenzhu nodded, "Yeah!"
Gu Qiu is just a junior high school student and has not learned many things.
Seeing my sister and cousin discussing the knowledge in the book, their eyes sparkled.
Knowledgeable people are so attractive, and at this moment, her desire for knowledge reached its peak.
She hopes that one day she can become knowledgeable and omnipotent like her sister.
After peeling a small pot of chestnuts, they steamed them and then pressed them into powder, just like making yam cake.
Unlike yam and mung bean, chestnut has a sweet taste, so the sugar content can be reduced.
There is no need to add anything else. The aroma is very rich and the taste is better.
Gu Chun crushed some ripe hazelnuts into granules, put them into the yam cake, and sprinkled some black sesame seeds on the surface.
When you take a bite, you can taste the softness of yam cake and the unique taste and aroma of hazelnuts.
The kids ate several pieces without stopping.
It can be seen that these two kinds of pastries are very popular among people of this era.
The shapes made by hand are not very pretty, and it is impossible to control the size of each pastry.
So Gu Chun thought about making a mold.
She drew a pastry mold on paper, which was a common pastry mold in later generations. She put the ingredients in, pushed the mold, and it was done.
"Uncle, is there anyone in our village who can do carpentry work? Can you help me make a mold?"
Uncle Gu looked at her drawing and couldn't tell what it was used for.
"Yes, Dayang is doing carpentry work, you can ask him. But you should come with me, I don't understand how you are going to do this."
Gu Chun nodded and followed him out.
Gu Dayang is the only one in the village who can do carpentry work. When villagers need furniture for weddings or house building, they ask him to make it. It is said that his craftsmanship is very good.
He got the blueprint and after looking at it for a while he understood what it was.
This picture is just so well drawn. The top, bottom, left and right are all clearly drawn. It is very three-dimensional and you can tell what it is at a glance. It even has the dimensions marked.
Gu Dayang has been doing carpentry work for so many years, relying solely on his imagination. He never expected that he could draw drawings like this.
"Girl, did you draw this blueprint?"
Gu Chun nodded and said yes.
Gu Dayang was pleasantly surprised. "You are such a good painter, girl. I'll make this mold for you for free. Can you tell me how you drew this picture?"
In fact, these days people with special skills are reluctant to teach others how to cook.
But Gu Dayang was really excited to see the prey, so he asked shamelessly.
But Gu Chun didn't care about these at all. This was also the drawing skill she learned from her teacher in later life. After all, which fashion designer can't draw?
"If that doesn't work then..."
"no problem."
Before Gu Dayang finished speaking, he heard Gu Chun agree. His eyes lit up, "Girl, are you willing to teach?"
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