Chapter 218 Apprentice Pastry Chef
Zhou Xuan looked at George Chen and the dough for a long time, and the dough was still sticky and bumpy. He knew that if George continued to cook, he might only have to eat batter. It might even be worse, and he couldn't even eat batter.
He walked up to George Chen, smiled and shook his head.
"George, let me do it."
Chen Qiaozhi stopped the skill and looked up at Zhou Xuan and asked in confusion.
"Do you know how to make steamed buns?"
Zhou Xuan looked at George Chen's face full of flour and responded with a smile.
"I don't know how to use steamed buns, but I have made bread and I'm very good at kneading."
After all, he is also a pastry chef who has been specializing in and out of dough for many years. He has a lot of research in his dreams and outside. In terms of technique and strength, he is really not inferior to professionals. But no matter what, he will definitely be better than George Chen.
When Chen Qiaozhi heard Zhou Xuan say this, he nodded and said.
"Oh well."
He really had never made any buns, at most he had made them after watching Lao Gu. There was nothing delicious in the church, and the most common one was steamed buns.
Lao Gu would make steamed buns every two days, which saves money and is easy to do. Chen Qiaozhi also learned a little while to help Lao Gu during these days. In fact, he had never really made steamed buns, and was just learning and selling them on the spot based on his memory.
Zhou Xuan looked at the sticky dough and didn't feel that it was too difficult. But when he thought of not adding yeast powder, he felt that his teeth were a little hurt. Most people in modern times know that the dough must be added to ferment. If the pasta with yeast is not added, it will definitely be hard and irritating.
He turned to look at George Chen, and then asked tentatively.
“Is there any yeast powder in the kitchen?”
Regardless of whether there is or not, you have to try it. What if there is really? Although it is a very high probability that it is useless to ask, there is hope for it after asking. He doesn't want to eat steamed buns that are almost as hard as stones, let alone those delicate women.
But George Chen didn't understand this. He had never heard of yeast powder in their time. He frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Zhou Xuan in confusion and asked.
"Yeast powder? What is that?"
Zhou Xuan touched his forehead helplessly, and then briefly explained to George Chen.
"Well... it's something to add to the flour, otherwise the steamed buns will be very hard."
In fact, I have given up on my thoughts about yeast in my heart and have changed my mind.
"The yeast powder may not be available, so why don't you get a few bowls of clear soup and slim noodles with little water?"
Just as Zhou Xuan was thinking about this, George Chen suddenly clapped his hands and looked at Zhou Xuan with his eyes shiny and said.
"Ah! I understand! Wait, I'll go find it!"
Zhou Xuan stared at the startled George Chen left, then searched through the cabinets in the kitchen to find something.
"Does he really understand?"
As a result, George Chen really found a jar and came to Zhou Xuan with a smile.
Zhou Xuan frowned and looked at the jar in front of him, turned to look at George Chen next to him and asked.
"What's this?"
George Chen took out a piece of brown dough from the jar and handed it to Zhou Xuan and explained.
"When Lao Gu makes buns and steamed buns, he will add this to the dough. He will leave a small piece here every time, so you can see if this is the yeast powder you mentioned."
After hearing Chen George's explanation, Zhou Xuan nodded with a smile and said.
"Yes, this one is OK."
He naturally knew what the dough was. Most people may have seen it when watching movies and TV series. This thing is called "old noodles". In layman's terms, old noodles are the noodles left by the pasta made before.
Old noodles refer to the noodle seeds that are used to make noodles. In the north, they are also called noodle tips. In some places, they are called noodle. They are left with a small ball of dough when steaming buns. Because there are many yeasts in it, they will be used as bacterial seeds when making noodles.
The fermentation method of old noodles is a very ancient method. When making pasta the day before, leave a piece of dough for fermentation. The next day, stir the dough evenly with warm water, put it in the new ingredients and knead it together to ferment.
However, the speed is slower, but the effect will be better than baking powder. The longer the old noodles are left, the better. This piece of overnight dough is called Lao noodles.
Lao Gu often makes steamed buns, so he naturally keeps the old noodles. George Chen didn’t know the mystery of this thing at first, but after Zhou Xuan said it, he remembered this. Now that he has old noodles, he can of course make buns.
Zhou Xuan nodded to Chen Qiaozhi with a smile and praised.
"George, it's done well."
George Chen touched the back of his head and smiled honestly.
"hehe."
Zhou Xuan and George were busy in the kitchen and finally steamed the steamed buns.
Hongling, who was packing things in the cellar, slapped the cellar door panel and shouted after smelling the fragrance.
"Oh, I can't help it! I'm going to come up!"
After saying that, he opened the cellar exit and came out from a long table in the kitchen.
Zhou Xuan didn't care much, and asked Hongling with a calm face.
"Have you packed the cellar?"
Hongling did not answer Zhou Xuan's question, but instead shook her eyes and said with a charming smile.
"Did you clean up or not? You can tell if you go down and take a look."
Zhou Xuan ignored Hongling's eyebrows and said to her in a plain tone.
"If you need any help, you can tell me."
Although he didn't hate these Qinhuai women, he even sympathized with the experiences of these people. However, he still didn't feel much about some of them, and his behavior was too slutty.
Hongling was not angry when she saw Zhou Xuan like this, but the smile on her face became brighter and brighter. She waved to Zhou Xuan, and then said helplessly.
"The others are all fine, just so many people sleep inside and squeeze. Otherwise, I can squeeze with you at night."
Of course, she also wanted to have more intimate relationships with Zhou Xuan, so that she would feel more secure. Of course, she could do what Yumo could do. Especially if there is no communication barrier with Zhou Xuan, a foreigner, so she would of course have the opportunity to fight for it.
Zhou Xuan ignored Hongling's intestines and just smiled indifferently.
"You don't want to squeeze in and sleep in the dormitory outside. There is everything there, and you'll be satisfied."
Hongling had no choice but to spread her hands and sighed, and said in a slight disappointment.
"Then let it go."
She was not stupid either, knowing that sleeping outside now is looking for death. Now that she saw that Zhou Xuan was not interested in her, she also gave up that idea.
Others in the cellar also came out one after another, Yu Mo was the last one. The moment she came out, she saw Zhou Xuan standing in front of her. So she smiled and nodded at Zhou Xuan, pretended to be weak and stretched out her hand and said softly.
Chapter completed!