Chapter 52 The shop doesn't even know how to shoot cucumbers
"The hot and sour buckwheat noodles are ready!" At that moment, the shopkeeper brought over two bowls of hot and sour buckwheat noodles. One bowl belonged to Jiang Li, and the other bowl belonged to the young man at the same table with Jiang Li.
Putting down their buckwheat noodles, the shop owner smiled and said to Jiang Li: "Little brother, you want to go to Weishui? The road is not easy to walk. I see that you have such thin skin and tender meat, you must not have suffered much.
Right? From your tone, it sounds like you want to ride in a car with this guy too
"Tsk, tsk, you're going to suffer a lot along the way. I advise you to find a place to stay for one night and start again early tomorrow morning." The shop owner was also a slippery-minded person, and he immediately recognized Jiang's thoughts.
I wanted to hitchhike, but I didn't know how to ask.
That's right, who would want to hitch a ride with a stranger for no reason? Especially at night, when there are two people on the side of the car, and the driver doesn't know what happens. If something really goes wrong, who will?
It's hard to explain, as the New Year is approaching, everyone has the mentality of having one less thing to do. So the shop owner helped Jiang Li clarify his words, and also advised Jiang Li not to travel at night.
The young man also glanced at Jiang Li in surprise. He also heard that Jiang Li intended to go to the bus with him, but no matter how he looked at Jiang Li, he shouldn't be such a person. Although the clothes he was wearing were not very good, but
Not bad, such a person, even in difficulties
That was much better than what I had done before. In the city, I could easily find a small hotel that cost tens of dollars a night and hit the road the next day. I wouldn’t have to suffer so much or spend so much money. Even if it was
If you take the shuttle bus, the ticket only costs about 20 yuan.
"I have no choice. I'm in a hurry to go to Weishui. If I leave tomorrow, I'm worried that I won't be able to make it in time, so I have to leave that night." Jiang Li smiled bitterly. In fact, it was all his own fault that he had gotten to this point. The shop was about to open.
, and had to teach Li Qingbao step by step, which delayed it for more than a day. In this way, he still couldn't be there at the opening.[
"Let's do it this way. When we get off the bus, I'll ask for you." The thin young man glanced at Jiang Li and probably saw a trace of helplessness in Jiang Li's eyes before he replied.
"Thank you then." Jiang Li was overjoyed and quickly got up, went to the disinfection cabinet to get two pairs of chopsticks and two spoons, came back and handed a pair to the young man, and said to the shopkeeper who had already walked to the stove: "Old
Brother, please help me fill two bowls of mutton soup. Also, please help me buy an insulated lunch box, cut a pound of mutton into it, and buy four bottles of Xiaoqing*dao."
"Okay!" the shop owner responded cheerfully, and looked back at Jiang Li, "I didn't expect you, brother, a foreigner, to know that buckwheat noodles are eaten with mutton? I originally wanted to remind you, but the words came out of my mouth.
If you say it, you will be suspected of selling it. I never thought that little brother, you would bring it up first. Just wait, I will serve you two bowls first.
Mutton soup. I have it in my store in Xiaoqing* Island. Do you want it iced or not? Hey, look at me, who drinks iced food in this cold weather? Brother, go and get it yourself.
It's next to the disinfection cabinet. Xiao Shunzi, stop playing around and buy an insulated lunch box from the supermarket I've been to. I want the one with a long insulating time. Don't pick the expensive one!"
Following the shop owner's shout, a teenage boy wearing only a light blue sweater flashed out of the door at the back of the shop. He quickly glanced at the few sitting customers, and then walked quickly
He rushed to the counter in the corner of the store, opened the drawer, took out the money and ran out.
"Come back, little bastard, who told you to run out just like that?" The shopkeeper saw the child raising the curtain and rushing out, and shouted quickly, but at this time, the child had already rushed out and disappeared.
My hands were busy again and I couldn't stop, so I could only stare.
Buckwheat noodles are cold in nature and mutton is warm in nature. Eating the two together will not hurt the body. As a foodie, Jiang Li certainly knows this truth and does not need others to remind him. However, Jiang Li turns out to be just
I want to fill my stomach casually, so I can wait until I reach the Weishui River to find another place.
There is a place where you can choose local specialty snacks and have a good meal, but now you have to take a train, which lasts for five or six hours. After the Weishui River, it is estimated that except for hotels and inns, other shops will be closed. Naturally
I can only fill my belly here.
Jiang Li walked to the disinfection cabinet and found Xiao Qingdao among the stacked boxes of beer. He took out four bottles, but a quick glance made him find a better one in the corner.
In the small glass cabinet, there was actually the 2-taels of Erguotou, commonly known as Xiaoer's, so I also took out two bottles.
When he came to the table, Jiang Li asked the young man: "Are you a beer drinker or a white drinker?"
"No, thank you." The young man looked at the two six bottles of wine in Jiang Li's hand, his eyes lit up, and then he shook his head.
Jiang Li saw that the young man's eyes were resting on the waiter for a longer time, so he took a bottle of waiter and went over: "It's okay, everyone should take care of each other when they are out. You can help me ask for a car. I'll ask you.
Drinking is also what you should do." You must have a good body with beer in winter. Jiang Li originally said that Xiaoqing* Island was also called Xiaoqing* Island. This is his habit. Now there are better waiters who are more suitable for drinking in winter.
, he naturally had to choose the waiter.
He turned around and put the four bottles of Xiaoqing*dao back, and brought back another bottle of Xiaoer. Then he sat down. The shopkeeper had already brought two bowls of hot mutton. Seeing Jiang Li take the Xiaoer, he
He smiled and said: "Would you like to cut some more dishes to go with wine? Or mutton? Or braised beef tendons?"
"Let's take beef tendons, and by the way, let's take a cucumber." It's just meat and vegetables.
"Hey, little brother, let's change it to something else. You can let me stir-fry or stir-fry, but I'm not good at salad dressing. I often mess it up." When the shop owner heard about cucumbers, he immediately looked sad.
Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, what? Is there a restaurant owner who doesn't know how to pat cucumbers? This is the first time he has encountered someone: "Don't you know how to mix buckwheat flour? Just mix it the same way as buckwheat flour.
By the way, you need to boil the cucumbers in boiling water, otherwise I won’t be able to bear them if I have diarrhea on the way.” Today’s cucumbers are no better than the cucumbers in the early years, and no one knew how to use them in the early years.
Spray pesticides upwards. Nowadays, many growers don't care about you. In order to make the cucumbers look good, let alone pesticides, they dare to spray anything upwards. And in order to keep the buds under the yellow flowers longer, they will have no scruples.
Spray the potion on the melon body, and keep the flowers that should wither in three to five days for at least seven or eight days to get a better appearance.
Of course, it is impossible to completely remove the residual ingredients that are difficult to wash off by boiling water, but some medicines will lose their medicinal properties after boiling water. It is better than eating them raw.
"From what I heard from little brother, do you know how to do it? Yeah, it's just right. You can do it, and I'll watch and learn from the side. To be honest, little brother, I really don't know how to do it. For this, it's not a big deal.
I was laughed at by several shops nearby, but I couldn’t bear to come to them to learn from them. But you are different, little brother. You are a foreigner and I can tell by your accent. It’s not shameful to learn from you.”
"Okay. This is quick anyway." Seeing the pleading in the shopkeeper's eyes, Jiang Li couldn't bear to refuse him. In this era, it is not easy to have such a small shop. Besides, patting cucumbers is not easy.
There are no tricks that cannot be taught to others. He can't learn them from himself today.
If you go there, you can learn from others. It's just a matter of time. What if you teach him your unique skills? This place is far away from Ludao. There is no distance between the two.
If there is any competitive relationship, and if you open your own store, you have another purpose.
The cucumbers in the store are ready-made, so you need to use cucumber shreds to make cold buckwheat noodles. Take two washed cucumbers, cut off the heads and tails, use the side of a knife to crack them, and then directly break them into inches with your hands.
small pieces, while breaking them
Also remove the cucumber sac, sprinkle some salt, scratch it, and put it aside. The purpose of patting it with a knife and scratching it with salt is to remove some of the water in the cucumber. The taste of cucumbers that have lost some of the water will be different.
More crispy.
I looked at the seasonings on the stove and saw that there was ready-made chili oil, which saved Jiang Li the trouble. Moreover, the chili oil in this store also had sesame and ground peanuts in it. (It is easiest for book friends to mix it by themselves, just do it directly
Just buy Lao Ganma)[
What surprised Jiang Li was that in such an inland place, such a small shop actually used kelp. Although it was soaked, the umami flavor was not reduced much, which was quite in line with his taste.
A little kelp, mash it, squeeze out the juice and filter it with gauze. This is MSG
Jiang Li doesn't like to use MSG as a substitute. For cold dishes like this, he will use kelp or seaweed to replace MSG. He also cuts a few pieces of ginger and mashes them to get the juice. The purpose of adding ginger is to remove these.
If MSG is added to the fishy smell in seafood, there is no need to add ginger.
Mix the minced garlic, kelp juice and ginger juice together, add some salt and a few drops of wine, mix well and set aside. At this time, the cucumbers are almost pickled. Just throw the cucumbers into the boiling water and pick them up immediately.
Boiling water also has the effect of removing the salt from the surface of the cucumber.
"If you make it yourself, you can use MSG instead of kelp juice. You don't need to add ginger and wine. I don't like MSG, so I don't add it. Also, cucumbers need to be washed quickly. Just scoop them out.
It will turn yellow easily over time, or you can buy reliable cucumbers without boiling water." Jiang Li explained while operating.
Put the plate on the plate, pour the prepared juice on top, then scoop two tablespoons of chili oil on top, mix well, and it's done.
"It will taste better if you add some vinegar, but vinegar will turn the cucumbers yellow, so don't add it when you mix it. Just put the vinegar on the table and let the guests add it according to their own preferences. In this way, you can add it at once
Mix a large bowl and put it aside. When a customer orders, you can serve a plate.
You can also mix cucumber shreds in this way, but the salting time should be short, and you can just grab it." Jiang Li clapped his hands. This is his habitual action, and it seems to be the habitual action of many chefs. Finished
After a dish, clap your hands to encourage and cheer yourself.