After buying potatoes, Xu Guangling turned to the tofu stall.
Compared with the dozens of stalls selling potatoes, there are far fewer stalls selling tofu, but there are actually quite a few. Xu Guangling counted nine stalls, and two more specialized in selling various kinds of dried tofu.
, in front of this row of stalls, Xu Guangling walked from back to front.
Gypsum tofu and brine tofu are basically these two types, nothing else.
The two types of tofu vary in age and tenderness. As for whether there are tofus made from pure bean curds with the skin removed from the soybeans, I’m sorry, there are none. Xu Guangling was disappointed at first, but soon
, after thinking about it for a while, I felt relieved.
Remove the innocuous tofu skin bit by bit? If any tofu shop does this, it will probably go bankrupt before it even opens.
In addition, it is also impossible to carefully select soybeans and remove all bad and inferior beans, leaving only good beans for making tofu. In other words, for ordinary commercial production
, this is impossible.
In other words, don't expect to buy the so-called "high-quality" tofu at this kind of stall. If you want to eat that kind of tofu, the only way is to make it yourself.
But do you no longer need to choose these tofu?
Obviously not.
In the process from soybeans to tofu, there are many factors that are critical.
The first step is the selection of soybeans. This is the most important part. As the saying goes, "It's hard to make a meal without rice." If the soybeans you choose are not good, don't expect the tofu to be good. In addition, the seller does not care about this.
It doesn’t matter whether the soybeans are new or old, let alone old beans, even if they are aged for ten years, as long as you can make more tofu.
This is obviously not what buyers think.
The beans are selected, then soaked. The soaking water is a problem, but it can be ignored because it is impossible to have high requirements for this link. Secondly, the length of soaking time greatly affects the quality of the final tofu, and then grinding the soaked beans
Making soy milk is another important step.
Should we use an earth-style stone grinder to grind it manually, or use a modern automatic grinder?
The tofu produced by the two processes is very different!
Then there are the choices of brine, the time to light the brine, the heat control when lighting the brine, the amount of brine to add...
A lot of relevant knowledge flashed through Xu Guangling's mind. From soybeans to tofu, the entire set of procedures, the requirements, differences and possible problems in each link, Xu Guangling found that he clearly understood
, there is absolutely no ambiguity at all. To use the old Chinese saying, there is really no room for a grain of sand in the eye!
However, if you think about it a little more rationally, or look at this matter from the standpoint of a "bystander", there is so much knowledge and attention to it, it is really too complicated, how long does it take for one person to understand it?
Do you have a thorough grasp of these things in this industry?
It doesn’t matter how many decades it takes, how many years is always needed, right?
But now, Xu Guangling discovered that he knew these things very well. After being a "potato identification expert", he now seemed to be able to claim the title of "tofu production and identification expert". Yes, that's right, in addition to identification, there are also
Make.
Xu Guangling had no doubt that at this time, as long as he was given the raw materials and tools he needed, he could make the best tofu.
Not high quality.
It's "the best"!
For a moment, Xu Guangling was at a loss again.
What on earth is going on? As the night passed, he didn't seem to be deprived of his body by some alien creature as he imagined last night. He was still himself, his thoughts, his memories, his emotions, all of this told him
, he is indeed still Xu Guangling.
However, it is indeed different, very different!
There are many more things in his mind, many things that he has never been exposed to and heard of. Not only that, but even his body seems to have some special instincts, such as the potatoes he threw casually at home.
, another example is the casual picking at the potato stall just now.
Let’s look at it again, as the saying goes, it’s a blessing, not a curse, and it’s a curse that cannot be avoided.
Xu Guangling sighed softly and started to buy tofu. As he walked along the way, he had already memorized the pros and cons of the nine tofu stalls in this row.
Among the nine stalls, six of them use aged soybeans for their tofu, and one of these six stalls uses very old soybeans, at least three years old! And among the three new bean stalls, one of them is not very good at making tofu.
What, you're wasting good soybeans.
In addition, among the nine stalls, eight of them use grinders to grind soybeans, and only one uses a stone grinder.
Fortunately, the one that uses stone grinding is one of the three that uses new beans, and it is also one of the stalls that is more experienced in making tofu. In other words, the tofu on that stall is not high-quality, but it is already the best among these nine stalls.
The best tofu in this market is probably the best in the entire city.
And that stall was the first one Xu Guangling passed by before.
In other words, he now needs to go back again.
After buying tofu, Xu Guangling for the first time left without carrying anything. Instead, he asked the stall owner, an aunt who looked about fifty years old, because he was really curious: "Auntie, let me see you
The tofu at this stall is more authentic, but will the cost of doing so be a little higher, making it less cost-effective?"
There should be very few people asking this question, and they are new customers.
Especially, this is a new customer who knows the goods.
Of course, it is not ruled out that Xu Guangling might be liked because of his tender face and sweet mouth. In short, the stall owner looked very happy, even a little cheerful: "Young man, you are right, my tofu is purely handmade, and it is a time-honored brand! There are many.
The old neighbors recognize my home, and they will go to other places to buy it when my products are sold out. Young man, do you need yuba? I also have some at home, but there are not enough to sell!"
Xu Guangling had no intention of buying yuba, and he seemed to have never bought this kind of thing before, but at this time, he asked for two kilograms.
Sure enough, there shouldn't be enough to sell, but the yuba was actually kept at the back of the stall without being taken out!
"Young man, it's cheaper for you. I don't need it for just fifty cents. Come to my house to buy it next time!" The aunt was really enthusiastic.
"Definitely." Xu Guangling nodded.
After walking out of this row of stalls, Xu Guangling lowered his head, got closer, looked at and smelled the yuba in the bag, and it turned out that it was as authentic as the tofu at that stall. If that stall is really a "time-honored brand", such yuba is indeed not a problem.
Sell.——There are always people who know the goods!
And if you find an authentic one among the vast swaths of inauthentic ones, you must immediately identify this one.
Take Xu Guangling as an example, if he comes to this market to buy tofu in the future, he probably won't pick and identify the stalls one by one, but will go directly to this stall.
Potatoes, tofu, mushrooms.
The three ingredients used in the "Nine-grade White Jade Soup" in yesterday's dream are also the three ingredients that Xu Guangling now knows extremely well. As for other things, Xu Guangling's knowledge has not changed and is still the same as before.
But it's also slightly different.
Take sweet potatoes for example. Although sweet potatoes were not involved in the dream, Xu Guangling felt that his understanding of sweet potatoes was slightly worse than that of potatoes due to analogy.
I have already bought two of the three materials involved, and only one mushroom is left.
However, Xu Guangling is not optimistic about the rest.