I have become popular in modern times with food

Chapter 260 Lighting Baba ([-])

During the Tang Dynasty, southern Anhui was divided into Henan Province and Huainan Province. From the [-]th day of the first month of the lunar calendar to the second day of February, folks held dragon lantern parties to commemorate the birthday of the old Jinghe dragon. This is the Dragon Lantern Festival.

During the Dragon Lantern Festival, people eat a kind of cake made of glutinous rice and other raw materials, which is called "Shideng Baba", to express the people's love for the Dragon King and to look forward to good weather in the coming year.

"What...what?" Zhang Hua dug his ears, as if he didn't hear clearly, "Yu girl, what are you talking about?"

It's not what he thought...

Looking at his expression, Yu Jian knew that he must be thinking wrong, and quickly explained: "This is an ancient food in the southern Anhui area. It was popular in the Tang Dynasty, but I haven't heard much about it now."

Zhang Hua thought about it for a long time, and spread his hands together: "If you want to talk about the food in the capital, I can give it a try. Since it is from southern Anhui, it is an ancient pastry, I will not." The rejection was straightforward.

The manager's head got bigger now: "Master Zhang, please help! Mr. Zhou said that if you can do it, he will give you a big red envelope——"

Zhang Hua waved his hand: "It's not a matter of money or not, I don't know how to do things I'm not familiar with..."

"But……"

Yu Jian quietly grabbed Zhang Hua's sleeve, and whispered to him secretly: "Master Zhang, if you trust me, I can make a light papa."

"Really?" Zhang Hua's eyes lit up, and he quickly lowered his voice and told her, "If you really can do it, I will agree? Then you will be eight and I will be two!"

It's stupid to have money and not make money.

Yu Jian suppressed her smile and nodded fiercely: "I can do it."

that line -

"Hello!" Zhang Hua called to the manager who was about to walk out dejectedly. He raised his eyebrows, revealing his white teeth, "Go and tell Mr. Zhou, I'll take this pastry!"

The manager, as if he had received an amnesty, jumped back and returned to his command.

It's actually not difficult to show the light cake. Yu Jian changed into a chef's uniform and began to prepare the ingredients.Glutinous rice flour, mustard greens, coriander, bacon, shrimp, and one of the more important ingredients is dried beans with soy sauce.

It happened that the masters of the red case pickled it, so Yu Jian fished it out and smelled it, it was this kind of salty smell.

Stir fry the glutinous rice flour in a dry pan first, wait until the color becomes more light yellow, add boiling water, mix well and cool, then knead into a dough to ferment.Blanch mustard greens and coriander, wash, drain, and chop finely.

Heat the lard in the pot, stir-fry the sliced ​​pork and dried tofu, add a small amount of water to boil, then add the shrimp and stir-fry until cooked.

The work of mixing the stuffing is much simpler. You only need to add shallots, garlic, chopped mustard greens and coriander powder to the fried meat and stir well.

Knead the dough into long strips, pull out the small particles, squeeze out the nest shape with your hands, wrap the stuffing and seal it, stick sesame seeds and press it into a round cake, then wrap it with a layer of sesame seeds, put it in the oven and bake it on low heat.

Yu Jian is used to making pancakes in a charcoal oven. This is a habit left over from her previous life. The pancakes baked slowly over charcoal fire can not only completely lock in the flavor of the fillings, but also make the crust more crispy and chewy.

The second child elbowed the stunned Zhang Hua, and said, "It's useless for you to claim to be a master of the white case in the capital, and you have never heard of things that every little girl knows. Tsk tsk tsk..."

Zhang Hua rolled his eyes at him angrily: "It sounds like you have heard it before."

The second child, Doudou, said, "Isn't it normal that I haven't heard of a red case!"

Zhang Hua suddenly felt as if he had eaten a cake, and looked at the little girl who was carefully adjusting the heat with some meaning.

This girl Yu Jian gave him too many surprises.He just secretly used Du Niang to search for this pastry, and it was clearly written on it: Lost.

Where did she, a little girl, hear about the lost things?

"Okay!" While tossing and thinking, the little girl stopped and shouted again. Zhang Huashun looked around, and saw that the pancakes she took out were all as white as mochi, and the surface was baked golden yellow. Smiling crooked round eyes.Zhang Hua's heart couldn't help but soften, and he complained secretly in annoyance, this is Wu Guoliang's apprentice!

What the Great God brings out, the future is also the Great God!

……

To be honest, Li Xueqian had no expectations for the cakes he asked for.He has been traveling north and south for many years, and wherever he goes, he will ask the most famous local master Bai Case.

But these people either refused him, or fooled him with messy things.

Over time, although he is still used to mentioning it, he also knows that he will never be able to eat the cakes in his memory.

And the white-haired old man who disappeared overnight will eventually be gradually forgotten in his mind as the years go by.

The manager of the banquet hall personally went to the back kitchen to serve the pastries, and when serving the dishes, he imitated Yu Jian's words in the back kitchen: "Dragon lantern party, this mouthful of light cakes is indispensable—"

Li Xuegan's expression froze, and he held his wrist instantly and asked in a deep voice, "How do you know this statement?"

Look at the round pancakes in the porcelain plate, half the size of a palm, interlaced with gold and white, exuding a special aroma of vegetable oil.

His eyes widened suddenly, and his hand trembled unconsciously, slowly lowering it, as if he saw his long-lost old father, rubbing the edge of the porcelain plate.

The manager was taken aback by him, and said in a low voice: "The little girl who made this in the back kitchen said it. She said it was a tradition."

Li Xueqian stopped talking, staring at the plate of pancakes, and finally took a bite out of it after a long time.

"Crack."

The teeth made a crisp sound after they collided, like the sound of cracking dry wood, echoing in the quiet hall.

The pie crust is pixelated, the filling is fresh and tender, salty and fragrant.

The twelve words slowly drifted past his eyes, unknowingly taking him back to more than fifty years ago, when he was still a child of seven or eight years old.

In the countryside of southern Anhui, apart from the muddy land, there are endless reed marshes.

He dragged his wounded body after the fight and walked barefoot between the fields.

Not far away, the old man waved to him and called out, "Young man, are you hungry?"

The sun had already set in the west, and he was about to refuse, but was stopped by a clear long beep.He stubbornly raised his head and glared at the old man, but the old man didn't care at all, he waved again, turned and entered the thatched cottage behind him.

He didn't know where this old man came from, and he didn't remember the time when he appeared. He only listened to his grandmother's care and stayed away from the reeds. The old man didn't look like a good person.

Not like a nice guy.

But he is a good man.

On that day, he ate a delicacy that he had never tasted before - Shideng Baba.

Later, every now and then, he would go to the thatched cottage to eat.The old man seems to be omnipotent, even wild vegetables that are too ordinary can be turned into delicious delicacies in his hands.

After that, he never saw the old man again.

It was as if he suddenly appeared.

And disappeared inexplicably.

The thatched hut was empty, and there was no trace of warmth.

Li Xueqian opened and closed his eyes to savor delicious food, his eyes glowed brightly, and he said, "I want to meet the chef who makes light cakes."

(End of this chapter)