sbdcsierra Chapter 310 Making Various Meatballs
Chapter 310 Making Various Meatballs
Liu Caixia changed what she was holding and continued, "Recently I've been trying to make chicken meatballs. At first the taste was average, but later I learned to add starch and made starch chicken meatballs, just like the starch sausages we have now. If it works, then I can have another meat dish for cold pot skewers."
"Is it heavy? Give me another one so I can carry something in my hands. I ate it yesterday and it was okay. It tastes almost the same as ham sausage."
"Yeah, it's okay! Yesterday's was the result of three experiments, and it was relatively successful. Today I asked them to break the chicken a little more, and it will taste better then."
"Take your time. Oh, by the way, there's a mortar over at the furniture store. I'll go get one this afternoon. It should be faster and more effective."
"Yes, yes, that's what I said. There is no machine to break it up at this time, and it is indeed much more difficult to break it up manually. When the pigs at home can be sold, I will try to make pork meatballs, sausages, and cured pork ribs. By then, there will be more varieties."
"Since we can make chicken meatballs, pork meatballs, we can also make fish meatballs. There are many fishermen at the dock who catch their own fish and sell them, which is much cheaper than buying them in the county town."
"Well, the dock is two hours away from here. Let's give the carriage to Liu Hao. Mule carts and ox carts are really too slow."
"Okay, we'll take the mule cart back. The ox cart will stay in the village for Uncle Wang to use."
"Row."
When they got home, they gave the cloth to the maid to make clothes, first the uniforms needed for the store opening, and then they would make their own clothes later.
After Liu Caixia returned home, she experimented with the base of the cold pot skewers several times. The main thing was to use oil, not lard. Only sesame oil or rapeseed oil could be used. These two oils were much more expensive, but there was no other way. Fortunately, the effect was very good, and the base tasted very good. Put the cooked dishes on the skewers and soak them in the base.
At dinner time, Liu Caixia brought out the soaked skewers and said, "Come on, let's taste this today. How is it? See if there is anything that needs to be improved?"
It has been soaked for more than two hours since it was made in the afternoon. The skewers in the basin have just been taken out. When the bamboo lid on top is opened, the aroma and spicy taste are instantly overflowing, making people salivate.
Each skewer is carefully selected, with fresh ingredients and unique secret sauce, which makes people unforgettable. The cold pot skewers contain meatballs, meat slices, and some of the store's braised meat is also cut and skewered, a pot of various meat dishes, and a pot of various vegetables. They are made by themselves to ensure the freshness and taste of the ingredients.
Everyone present couldn't help but swallow their saliva. Liu Xiaolu couldn't wait to pick up a string of meatballs, which had three meatballs on it, and took a bite of one. After chewing it, you can feel the freshness of the ingredients and the fragrance of the spicy oil, which makes people have an endless aftertaste.
"Mom, it's delicious, this is the taste!"
Others also took the skewers and started to eat them. "Delicious!"
"good to eat!"
"This is spicy. I will make a less spicy one tomorrow so that the elderly and children who can't eat spicy food can also eat it."
Two flavors are introduced, so whether you like spicy food or not, you can find your favorite flavor here.
"Mom, this is better than spicy hotpot in the summer. Spicy hotpot is still a little too hot to eat in the summer. This cold one is not that hot."
"You can also make some desserts in the summer, and if you have ice cubes, you can make cold drinks!"
"What a pity! Not everyone can use the ice cubes at this time." Liu Xiaolu finished a string in three bites, then took out another string and started eating it in big mouthfuls.
"Sour plum soup, ice jelly, cold shrimp," Liu Caixia saw Liu Xiaolu trying to spit out the food while eating, and hurriedly stopped her, "Eating won't stop your mouth. There's no way to make what you said now. We don't have the raw materials yet. We'll slowly research it out when we have time in the future."
"Hehehe... Summer is coming soon. Mom, you know I'm afraid of the heat."
Yes, Liu Xiaolu is very afraid of heat and sweats easily. She doesn't want to go out in the summer and can only hide in the air-conditioned room. Her clothes will be soaked when she comes back from a walk at night.
"It's not that hot in the summer. The air is fresh and there aren't that many harmful substances. The temperature hasn't gotten that hot yet. Besides, the county we're in is surrounded by mountains and forests, so the climate isn't that hot."
"I know. But if you make delicious food, you can sell it in the store! I just stop by to eat once in a while."
Liu Caixia ignored him and continued to ask others, "Does anyone have any other opinions?"
Mrs. Zhao was indeed from a wealthy family. She thought the taste was really good. Since the store had to make money, she asked, "Boss, isn't this sesame oil too expensive? Will our store still be able to make money?"
"Don't worry about this. For now, you can only use sesame oil. I'll try to find some alternative oils later."
Liu Caixia thought about this problem. Sesame oil is sold in the county town, but it is all shipped from other places. The cost is high and the price is also very high. A small bottle costs two taels of silver. Fortunately, the weather is not too hot now, so the base material can be used for two days. In summer, fresh base material must be made every day.
"I have also asked Liu Hao and the shops in the county. In two months, there will be a kind of rapeseed oil. The cost of this oil is much lower. It will be harvested in June and July. After the harvest, it will be made into rapeseed oil and sold in major stores. Liu Hao said that he would place orders with some families in the village. They will also take the oil they squeeze to the county to sell. He will collect it directly when the time comes. All the shops will use that rapeseed oil."
Liu Caixia was also thinking that they could do all of this themselves, but unfortunately the conditions did not allow it, alas...
"After opening these two stores and making money, we still need to buy some more land."
When Liu Hao returned home in the evening, he told his father everything Liu Caixia and Lin Weizhong had told him, and his father agreed.
"Yes, there is still too little land. We have recently harvested a lot of chickens and pigs, and the amount of pig grass that villagers come to hand in every day has reached the limit. We used to control the amount, but later, as the demand increased, the village chief no longer controlled the families who came to hand in pig grass. Now we can only receive this much pig grass every day, which proves that this is the only amount of pig grass that every household can find. The sweet potato vines that were growing in the fields have now been harvested. It is still early for fresh sweet potatoes to emerge from the ground."
"Uncle Liu, there are more piglets at the beginning. The amount of piglets collected each month will not be so much. There is not so much food. We can't afford to feed the pigs in front. We can just kill some of the ones that weigh more than 100 kilograms!"
The first batch of more than 30 piglets were collected at the end of March. They were collected from all the nearby villages that could be contacted. They were all left over after the orders were placed. If the two families that signed the agreement later send their piglets to us after they are bred, it will probably take two to three months. This also ensures continuity.