Mrs. Liu took out a piece of red date cake, took a bite, and frowned slightly: "This red date cake does have a taste, but it is too hard and the taste is not good."
If it hadn't been eaten just now Maybe Mrs. Liu wouldn't be so disgusted by the soft yam cake made by Chen Wanbai. After all, farmers like them rarely even eat cakes.
Ms. Liu stopped eating. She put down the red date cake in her hand, wiped her hands, and said with a smile: "It seems that your method of selling pastries is fine. Our pastries will definitely be good." Sell it."
Chen Wanbai lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said to Ms. Liu, "Mom, I have an idea."
Ms. Liu looked at her and motioned for her to continue. Go down.
Chen Wanbai thought about it for a moment and said slowly: "We can go directly to the market or sell on the street. Although we can sell some, the risk is also high. We don't have much power. If someone is jealous, we will be afraid. It's easy to get into trouble."
Mrs. Liu frowned, seeming a little worried, but did not interrupt her.
"I think," Chen Wanbai continued, "rather than taking risks on the street, it is better to directly cooperate with teahouses and theaters and sell pastries to them. This will not only save a lot of trouble, but also ensure that Stable income. "
"The pastries are all the same, and the recipe will be discovered sooner or later. The key is yam. Others don't know the benefits of yam. We can use this advantage to provide raw materials."
This was what she thought of yesterday when she was in the teahouse and theater. They were nothing, and suddenly they went to sell cakes. Not to mention anything else, the pastry shop is going to cause them trouble.
She does not think that she has the halo of the protagonist, she can do whatever she wants, and she can sell whatever she wants.
Mrs. Liu listened, thought for a moment, and then nodded: "You are right. But, will the teahouse and theater agree to cooperate with us?"
Chen Wanbai smiled. Said: "We can go and give it a try."
She paused and suddenly remembered something: "Mom, I remember Aunt Tian brought some sweet potatoes before. Where did they put them?"
Now that the yam cake is a success, I can make more and take it to town to try it out in the afternoon.
After hearing this, Ms. Liu thought for a moment and replied: "I'll go look for it. It should be in the warehouse." She stood up and prepared to look for it, but when she walked to the door, she turned back and asked. , "Didn't you say you want to save them for planting next year?"
"Let's use two first. The original yam cake looks a bit monotonous. Adding some sweet potato will make the color better and richer. Taste it."
Chen Wanbai also got up and followed Liu to the warehouse.
When the two arrived at the warehouse, Mrs. Liu went straight to a basket and took out a few sweet potatoes. She turned around and asked Chen Wanbai, "Is three enough?"
Chen Wanbai was packing several cloth bags. He rummaged through the pile and said without looking back, "Enough, enough, enough."
Mrs. Liu saw this and asked curiously: "What are you looking for?"
"Where are the little chrysanthemums I dried in the autumn? I forgot which bag to put them in."
Mrs. Liu took the sweet potato and walked to Chen Wanbai. Watching her rummaging through a pile of cloth bags, she couldn't help but smile and said, "Don't you put your little chrysanthemum in the cabinet? If you can find it in this pile of dried mushrooms, there will be a ghost."
Chen Wanbai was stunned for a moment, stopped what he was doing, and looked back at Mrs. Liu: "Really? Why don't I remember?"
Mrs. Liu nodded, put the sweet potatoes on the table aside, then walked to another corner, opened the cabinet door, took out a small cloth bag and handed it to Chen Wanbai: "Look, it's not here." Is this it? You said it yourself, things need to be sorted."
Chen Wanbai took the bag and opened it, and it turned out to be wild chrysanthemums that he had dried.
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She slapped her head and said with some embarrassment: "It seems that I was really confused, and I forgot all about it."
Mrs. Liu pointed to the cabinet and said: "Here are all the things you said you could brew and drink. Don't you remember the dandelions, wild chrysanthemums, and lotus leaves? You can't put these things away anymore. They should be used as soon as possible."
The two talked and laughed and returned to the kitchen together.
Mrs. Liu took a paring knife and sat under the stove to peel sweet potatoes. Chen Wanbai took out a small clay pot, poured some water into it, and put the dried chrysanthemums into the pot.
"Mom, pastries should be paired with tea. The ones in the teahouse are all black tea and green tea. There is no scented tea, so I thought, let's pair it with some chrysanthemum tea. The pastries made in this way will look great with a pot of tea. Better."
Chen Wanbai poured out the water from the clay pot as he spoke.
She first scooped out a small spoonful of sugar and put it in, then picked up the kettle on the small stove nearby and poured some boiling water into the clay pot. The steaming water soaked the chrysanthemums and immediately gave off the fragrance. Light fragrance.
Mrs. Liu had already peeled the sweet potatoes. Chen Wanbai took the paring knife, walked to the faucet, and started peeling the yam.
After peeling everything, clean and cut into small pieces and put them in the steamer together.
A sudden thought came to her mind while she was cleaning up the clutter on the stove. Purple purple sweet potato yam cake, green matcha yam cake, pink dragon fruit yam cake.
But now, these are not available. However, I have some spinach at home and might be able to use it to make green yam cakes.
She made a quick decision and walked to the basket to take a handful of spinach.
Chen Wanbai first removes the roots and yellow leaves, and then washes them with clean water. Get a clean stone mortar, put the spinach in it, and slowly mash it with a pestle until the spinach becomes soft and mushy.
Then, put the mashed spinach into a clean gauze, squeeze out the spinach juice with your hands.
The green juice dripped slowly, leaving only dark green spinach residue. Chen Wanbai collected the spinach juice into a small bowl and looked at the green liquid with satisfaction.
Mrs. Liu looked at her curiously the whole time: "Xiaobai, what are you doing?"
"Mom, I plan to use spinach juice to add some color to the yam cake. , it looks better this way," Chen Wanbai explained.
Mrs. Liu nodded without knowing why: "That's a good idea."
By the time Chen Wanbai finished processing the spinach juice, the sweet potatoes and yams on the stove had just been steamed.
She took the steamed yams out of the pot, put them into a large bowl, and carefully pressed them into a fine paste with a spoon.
Put the yellow sweet potato puree into another bowl, add glutinous rice flour and sugar, mix evenly, and knead into a soft dough. Chen Wanbai carefully mixed the sweet potato puree and glutinous rice flour and kneaded it until it was grain-free and the yellow dough had a soft luster.
Chen Wanbai added the prepared spinach juice to a portion of the yam cake dough and began to knead it evenly with his hands. The green spinach juice dyes the dough a fresh green color, and the color of the dough is even and natural. Although there are still some impurities in spinach juice, they have little impact on the final effect.
She divided the dough into small pieces and placed them on the chopping board. The white yam dough, yellow sweet potato dough and green spinach yam dough are all in separate pieces, with distinct colors and quite a visual effect.
Chen Wanbai and Liu worked together to put the dough into the mold and print out the patterned yam cake.
After making these pastries, Chen Wanbai arranged them neatly. She looked at the three brightly colored yam cakes and nodded with satisfaction.