Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Chapter 113: Pork Tripe, Chicken and Pork Trotter with Ginger

Seeing that Lichun was gone, An Qiao seemed to remember something and shouted again, "Wear more clothes, don't catch a cold."

An Qiao was so cold last night that she was afraid of catching a cold. You know, in ancient times, catching a cold was not a trivial matter.

Shivering, An Qiao returned to the restaurant and looked at the people who had already started working. "You didn't get cold last night, did you?"

"I'm fine, young lady. Are you cold?" Lixia looked at Anqiao in confusion. Although the temperature did drop suddenly, it was not so cold that she could not bear it.

Now I have a quilt to cover myself with and unpatched clothes to wear, so there is no need to catch a cold.

An Qiao secretly gave a thumbs up, saying it was great.

"It's the winter solstice. Go to the market today. If you see pig's feet, pig's stomach and chicken, buy as many as you can. Also go to the pharmacy and get some herbs to prevent colds and wind, and buy some ginger." An Qiao ordered.

She remembered that in modern times, especially when she was a child, whenever the temperature dropped or the weather was very hot, the canteen would boil a large pot of medicine and everyone had to drink it.

The temperature is dropping today, so instead of cooking some big pot of medicine, I can still make some brown sugar ginger tea for the diners.

After thinking about it, I was going to write about today’s special pork tripe, chicken, and pork trotters with ginger, but I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to buy them during the winter solstice, so I didn’t write it.

I just wrote on the notice board at the door, [It’s freezing cold, you can come into the store to enjoy the food and get free brown sugar ginger tea! ]

There is still some ginger in the store, and brown sugar ginger tea is not difficult to get. It is breakfast time now, and many people came in when they heard that ginger tea would be delivered.

This horrible weather caught me off guard.

An Qiao made a cup of tea for everyone. It wasn't very strong, but everyone had some. After drinking the boiling hot ginger tea, even An Qiao felt a lot more comfortable.

Before lunch, Dongzhi came back and said, "My dear, I have bought everything you asked me to buy. When the old man was prescribing the medicine, he took a while. I even went to the next town and bought all the chickens, pig stomachs and pig feet in that town."

An Qiao nodded approvingly and posted a note on the door, "Today's special, warming dishes, pork tripe, chicken, and pig's feet with ginger."

There was still some time before lunch, so An Qiao decided to start working on both things at the same time. Since these were new dishes and no one knew how to cook them, An Qiao had to do it herself.

First, let Dahan rub the pig's stomach with starch and alkali several times.

Take this opportunity to blanch the pig's feet and boil some eggs.

Remove the foam from the pig's feet, rinse with cold water, and stir-fry. Peel and cut the turmeric into pieces, and stir-fry to remove the moisture.

Put the fried ginger into the casserole, pour in sweet vinegar and brown sugar and bring to a boil, then pour in the fried pork trotters and stew.

After half an hour, use chopsticks to poke the pig's feet, and the holes are easy to make. Pour in the shelled hard-boiled eggs and continue to simmer for a while. The rich flavor has made everyone a little hungry.

After Anqiao stewed the pig's feet, he started to prepare the pig tripe and chicken.

Blanch the cleaned pork belly and slice it. When the oil is hot, put the pork belly into the pot and stir-fry for a while, add pepper and ginger, and when it is almost done, pour it into the casserole.

Pour Codonopsis pilosula, lotus seeds, red dates, ginger slices, and Polygonatum odoratum into the pot, and also pour the boiled hot water into the pot.

Cook for an hour, when the pig's feet and ginger are almost done, you can add the yam and some salt to season.

Wait another quarter of an hour, add the chicken and cook for about a quarter of an hour, and the extremely fragrant pork tripe and chicken are ready.

In addition to pork tripe, chicken, and pig's trotters with ginger, there is also a pot of mushroom and chicken soup stewing in the kitchen.

I had planned to start selling clay pot soups in a while, so I started selling them today. Today’s servings of soup are these three.

Each can of soup is not expensive, and if you want to eat a whole pot, that's fine. They also offer hot pot with a different soup base every day.

When An Qiao came out from the backyard, many diners were already waiting. Almost all of them wanted to try today's new dishes. Although they hadn't eaten them yet, they already knew how delicious they were just by smelling the fragrant aroma.

During the Autumnal Equinox, people were ordering dishes at a rapid pace and everyone was busy putting the dishes on plates and cans for the tables.

An Qiao, who "hides his fame and achievements", made a bowl of pig tripe soup and sat down to drink it. The rich taste instantly brought An Qiao's thoughts back to countless winters.

It's cold in winter, so drinking some soup is the best. In addition to these soups, there are others. An Qiao has planned to stew pork ribs soup tomorrow, and quail and pigeon soup the day after tomorrow. In short, they are all nutritious.

"My dear, all the ginger tea has been distributed. Do you still want to make it?" Qiufen asked in his busy schedule.

"It needs to be brewed. This little ginger tea doesn't cost much." An Qiao said. Not only does it not cost money, it also attracts a lot of customers. There are very few people who come in just to drink a bowl of ginger tea. Moreover, ginger tea can probably save many lives in this kind of winter.

An Qiao looked at the snow outside that was getting heavier and heavier and sighed. The snow was obviously heavier than last night. She didn't know how many people would freeze to death this winter.

As she was thinking, An Qiao finished eating the pig stomach and chicken, went to the backyard, put on a thick coat, and was about to go out.

Dongzhi said worriedly, "My dear, the roads are slippery in this snowy day. How about I drive the car for you?"

An Qiao thought about it and realized that it was true. Plus, it was getting dark earlier and earlier, and she didn’t know what time she would be able to come back tonight. “Okay, let’s go.”

The two of them went to several craftsmen's shops that had ordered furniture. "I have made your cabinets and tables for you. You can come and get them anytime." An Qiao looked at the quality and found it was pretty good.

Originally, An Qiao was planning to customize a wooden bed, but looking at the weather, she finally decided to convert all the beds into kangs.

Although the dormitory building is quite large, it has two floors, with six rooms on each floor, so it is best to have two people in one room. When the yard over there is completed, we will have to hire more people, at least to serve tea and water.

Originally, An Qiao wanted to customize a bed with a desk underneath, like the one she had in her college dormitory. But then she thought, why bother? No one needs to study.

In addition, given the structure, it is quite cold in winter without an electric blanket.

In the whole yard, it was planned that Koi was the only one who would study. Koi, Qitao, Tong Yiyi, and two mastiffs all lived on this side of the courtyard with him, so in the end he did not consider putting the bed under the desk.

If there are any special circumstances in the dormitory, helpers or beggars can be allowed to stay overnight.

After looking at a few pieces of furniture, An Qiao asked Dong Zhi to go to the pharmacy again, "Young lady, didn't I prescribe the medicine you asked for this morning?"

"The weather is not right. I'm afraid that if something happens later, I'll have to go out to get medicine. That would be more troublesome. I'd better prescribe some medicine in advance. We also need to buy some condiments and spices, rice, flour, grain, oil, yeast, dried fruits and vegetables. If we can't go out, we can live well in the small courtyard. In the new courtyard, I have someone dig a cellar in the quadrangle. Tomorrow I will ask you to buy more vegetables and ask the farm to send the vegetables over." An Qiao said worriedly. In fact, he also wanted the people in the farm to take refuge in the yard, but he also thought that there was food and drink there, and it might be better than their life here.

So in the end we decided to let them leave some of the cooked dishes in the yard and take some of them to the restaurant.