12dz Chapter 207 Meatball Set
Chapter 207 Meatball Set
Lin Jiaojiao looked at the nine bamboo baskets on the kitchen stove, which were filled with various set meals. The three women were standing nervously in front of the stove.
She charged straight at the first one and walked over to the stove and said.
"Give me a meatball combo."
"Okay, red soup or clear soup? It's thirty cents in total. You pay first so I can give you a number. When your number is called, you can come up and get your set meal."
"Okay, red soup."
She took out twenty-nine cents from her purse and handed it to Xingzi. Xingzi took it, looked through it quickly, and looked up and said.
"Customer, I only have twenty-nine cents here, one cent short."
She nodded with satisfaction, took out a coin from her purse and handed it to Xingzi. Xingzi took it and picked up two bamboo cards with the same number, handed one to her, and put the other one in the bamboo basket with the meatball set, and then put the bamboo basket towards the pot.
"When your number is called, you can go to the front pick-up counter to get your food. Next one."
"Give me a fresh meat meal."
"Okay, twenty-five cents in total..."
Lin Jiaojiao did not leave either. She moved to the stove and watched the woman who was cooking pick up the bamboo basket, took out the bamboo plate from it and hung it on the hook above the colander.
The woman then followed what she had learned before and poured the surviving vegetables into the large colander first, and after a while poured the rest in as well.
While waiting, the woman bent down and took out a large bowl and a small bowl from the cabinet under the stove, then picked up the tray next to it and placed it on the platform.
She first poured a full bowl of white rice and placed it on the tray. Seeing that the dishes were not yet cooked, she continued to prepare other sets of meals.
Lin Jiaojiao looked at their orderly appearance. Although their speed was not very fast, practice makes perfect and they would catch up later.
When the woman saw that the food in the colander was cooked, she picked up the colander, poured it into a large bowl, added a little salt, then took off the bamboo plate on it and called out.
"Number one! Number one."
Lin Jiaojiao hurried forward and handed her the bamboo cards. She took them and took a look. After seeing that they were correct, she picked up the two cards and put them in the basket beside her that was specially used to hold these things. Then she pushed out the tray of spicy hot pot and white rice.
Lin Jiaojiao took the tray and walked towards the dining table. She put it down and sat at the table. She was in a perfect position to watch them from this angle. She ate while watching them cook.
This was her first time tasting the spicy hot pot in her own restaurant. Maybe because it was cooked in a big pot and more water was added, the hot pot flavor was not so strong.
But for someone who was eating this for the first time, the taste was just right. She didn’t feel it was spicy at all. However, she saw that the men had a runny nose after eating it later.
She tilted her head and asked, "Is it spicy?"
The men were sitting together eating. When they heard her question, they looked up embarrassedly.
“A little bit, but it’s delicious.”
"Hiss, yes, sir, it's delicious."
Xingzi and the others also cooked their own dishes and brought them over to the women's table. They were drooling while they were cooking, it was so delicious.
Now it’s finally time to eat. Xingzi ordered the seafood set meal, mainly because she had never eaten seafood before and wanted to try it.
"This fish is so tasty and boneless, yummy!"
"Really? I'll trade you a piece of sea fish for the meatballs."
"I want me too."
The three of them exchanged meats, each with its own flavor, and without exception these foods were filling their taste buds, as if opening the door to a new world.
After Lin Jiaojiao and Lin Dadan finished their meal, they handed over the store affairs to Zhang Tong and then got on the carriage to go home.
By the time they got home, it was completely dark.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the Lin residence. Lin Jiaojiao took some apples and got off the carriage and saw Xiaowu waiting at the gate.
"Xiaowu, do you have any hawthorn berries at home?"
"The master has some. The second husband brought back a basket today."
"Okay, Aunt Lin, call Uncle Zhou and Second Uncle over later."
Lin Dadan received instructions and drove the carriage towards the farm. If she didn't go home at this time, Zhou Xiaofeng would usually be waiting for her at the farm.
As soon as Lin Jiaojiao entered the house, she saw three husbands coming to greet her. She felt warm in her heart and went to greet them.
"I am back."
"My wife, you are back."
"Thank you for your hard work, Jiaojiao."
"Sister Jiaojiao, you must be hungry. Uncle Zhao is heating up the food."
If there weren't so many people around, she really wanted to give each of them a kiss. She took them to the kitchen and stopped Zhao Yang who was heating up the food.
"Uncle Zhao, you don't need to heat it up. I ate it and came back. I'll go wash the hawthorn fruit, apple and red dates first. When Uncle Zhou and the others come, I'll continue making new products."
Lin Yizhi approached her and asked curiously, "My dear wife, what else can be made with this hawthorn fruit?"
"There are so many delicious things to make, just waiting for you to discover."
After a while, Zhou Xiaofeng and the others came over, and Zhang Lianyu also brought the little rabbit Xiao Xiaobai over.
"Sister Jiaojiao, we are here again."
"Brothers and sisters, come and see Xiao Xiaobai. Xiaoyu is taking Xiao Xiaobai to see his great-great-grandmother."
She patted the heads of the two little guys and said, "Go play, and come back to eat delicious food later."
Since Lin Yizhi had not been shown the tutorial in advance, she was the one who took charge this time.
She asked Zhao Yang, Xiao Wu and Xiao Liu to remove the cores of the fruits, then cut them into pieces and put them in the pot, then add enough water to cover the ingredients.
After the ingredients were cooked until soft, they were scooped into a bowl along with the water and handed to Zhou Xiaofeng, who then ground them into a paste using a stone mill.
The ground fruit puree was sifted once to make it finer, then poured into the pot and handed over to Lin Yizhi to stir-fry.
Zhao Yang controlled the fire in the stove, and Lin Yizhi kept stir-frying on low heat until the fruit puree stuck to the spatula and was not easy to fall off.
"My dear wife, come and have a look. Is it done now?"
"It's OK. Shovel it onto the oil paper and spread it out."
"Okay, should we lay it thinner?"
"Well, it should be about the same thickness as the pork jerky before, but it can be thinner so that it dries faster."
Everyone else was cutting oil paper, cutting it into several pieces according to the size of the drawing given by Lin Jiaojiao.
Because it was a little late tonight, Lin Yizhi made the fruit puree very thin and placed it next to the stove to bake. It didn't take long for it to be almost dried.
He peeled off the peel and the oil paper, and cut the fruit pulp peel into several strips, but did not roll them up. Instead, he distributed them to everyone to taste first.
"How's it going? Is it delicious?"
"It's delicious! Better than candied haws."
"Yeah, this is not as greasy as candied haws. It's very appetizing."
“What a strange texture, very chewy, delicious!”