When Zhu Di said it, the other three princes and several officials in the government looked reminiscing.
The officials were right. The vinegar used to eat dumplings last time was of that color, not white, yellow, or black. Isn’t that the vinegar from elsewhere? Isn’t it normal?
"Try this vinegar." Zhu Di asked the officials to use the current vinegar.
Officials don’t care. It’s not like they don’t eat it. This is just local jealousy.
Taking a bite with the dumplings and reminiscing about it, the six of them looked at each other, and the taste was different. How can I put it, in some places it tasted better than the vinegar that day, but in other places it was not as good as the vinegar that day.
"Vinegar, black, good, white, um hehehehehe" Zhu Wentian finally couldn't help but laugh.
He found it interesting when he saw the expressions of the officials in Taiyuan Prefecture. There are only three colors of vinegar now, the normal one is white, and then there is the light yellow one. The light yellow one is obviously not good enough in craftsmanship.
Then there is the red one. The red one is made with red yeast rice and is rice vinegar.
Black vinegar is originally a product of Qingyuan County, and it was only available in the Qing Dynasty in history.
The brewing method has changed, especially the fermented fermentation process. In the past, it was all white fermented fermented grains, so the vinegar that comes out is naturally white.
Red yeast rice vinegar has a second use of red fermented fermented grains, and white fermented fermented grains are also involved, and the final product is red vinegar.
The local Shanxi mature vinegar uses a smoked fermented fermentation process, just like red yeast vinegar. It is poured over a slow fire and smoked.
The finished vinegar is black. Due to the smoking process, the black taste is naturally different, just like smoked chicken or smoked sausage.
As for exposure to the sun and fishing for ice during the three-day period, this is a means to control the bacterial flora. Only in extreme cold and hot conditions can the bacterial flora reproduce better.
Just as many crops taste good when grown in places with large temperature differences, rice is one of them.
I made this kind of craft myself when I was in Xiaqiu Village, but without Sanjiu Ice, the ice at that temperature in Jiangnan is really pitiful, with a thin layer, and it disappears when the sun rises Unless you go to a high altitude mountain to process the vinegar.
Due to the short time, there is not so much time to settle. The oldest one is only more than three years old.
The vinegar sold by Jubiqi is not this black. It is aged vinegar purchased from other places, plus new vinegar. New vinegar is cheap but aged vinegar is expensive, including red yeast rice vinegar.
When I ate it, the local white vinegar was aged, which was better in some aspects. It didn’t taste as smoked and was a bit worse than the black one.
If you replace the aged vinegar with smoked fermented vinegar, it will be the authentic Shanxi mature vinegar.
Today’s dumpling eating in Qingyuan County was deliberately arranged. Since it is someone’s jealousy, it should be returned to others, and there must be official involvement.
The official has a lot of money and can brew millions of kilograms of wine at a time, draw grain from other places, burn many large vinegar vats, and wait for a few years before eating slowly.
OneBrewing smoked fermented grains and aged vinegar like this year after year, after five years it will be five years old, eight years, ten years, fifteen years
If you don’t brew it, there will be nothing. If you brew it, there will be no delay. Waiting to be born. By the time my child had another child, the first batch of vinegar was twenty years old.
At that point, most people won’t be able to detect the taste. It seems to be no different from the one ten years ago.
In fact, it is not jealousy anymore, it is time, which is more expensive than other vinegars with shorter years. I will not accept refutation.
Of course, there is a technology that can simulate the taste of aging. Through blending, part of it is old vinegar and part of it is blended vinegar with other things added.
If you are a little more ruthless, use technology to work hard, keep a little vinegar, and blend it with glacial acetic acid.
Wine can be blended with ethanol to give it an aged taste, but vinegar is no different.
When Zhu Wentian was thinking about it, the head of the village talked about this aspect. He only talked about the craftsmanship and did not mention the history. He didn't know.
"Yes, the black vinegar we eat is brought from Xiaqiu Village. How did we know that there is no black vinegar in the entire Ming Dynasty except Xiaqiu Village."
Zhu Fan reacted. , the black one is good, if it is old, how much does it cost per pound?
Zhu Fan, who was happy, suddenly paused again: "The head of the village, now they say that we must protect the ownership of technology, our village's black vinegar technology ”
“Your Highness, because it requires a lot of manpower to make vinegar, it is impossible to keep it completely secret, unless it is sealed.
A food is not worth doing, and if others learn from it, If you go to other places to do it, you can't arrest people everywhere.
It's better to set a rule. If the technology is developed in Xiaqiu Village, the people of Xiaqiu Village will be jealous in the future wherever this technology is used to brew vinegar.
Referring to the brewery, it’s not like going to someone else’s shop and not paying for their vinegar, that’s robbery.” Yes, Hanhan said, this has nothing to do with patents, it involves people's livelihood. If you insist on it, the reputation that Xiaqiu Village has finally built up will be ruined.
Only fees are charged for industrial technologies that can make a lot of money. Small technologies that are easy to learn are difficult to control.
For example, a small technology was used in Shu. Someone saw it, passed the news back, sent people to check, and found that it was indeed the case, and then reported it to the local Yamen.
In the end, the lawsuit was won, and the little technician could only give the craftsman a living allowance at most. Even if he was killed, he would not be able to get back the money he spent.
Zhu Fan nodded vigorously, "Li Dayi, I will be jealous for free at any workshop that uses the same technology to brew mature vinegar. I will go back and ask my father to give the order."
He looked serious. In fact, both he and his brothers knew, how could the people in Xiaqiu Village run into other people's workshops and be jealous? Is there no one in the village?
The key is that after it has really passed, others are willing to give without mentioning technology. Now that we have finished the publicity, the ancestors who brewed this vinegar are here, which means our vinegar is good.
"Your Highness, I appreciate it." The chief said, taking out a stack of paper from his arms, with the entire brewing process written on it.
Don’t just say it in one sentence, the brewed fermented grains brewed by smoked fermented grains are black, and the steps are complicated
Including temperature, concentration, sealing, etc.
And making vinegar is the same as making wine. If it is left normally, the degree will be higher as it ages. A lot of water will escape and the microorganisms will continue to ferment.
The genuine Shanxi mature vinegar that has been produced for 20 years should be cherished when eating it. It will not be like the people who are jealous when dipping dumplings nowadays, and wish they could drink it directly.
Zhu Fan took a stack of paper and said "this"
"Second brother, ask if there are any vinegar-making workshops in the local area. If there are any, give them to them and tell them the cause and effect. You can then send someone. He will be responsible for supervising the construction of a larger vinegar workshop.
After three years, it will be able to taste and taste like that of Xiaqiu Village. Then it will be donated to our father. This way, Taiyuan Prefecture will have another profitable person. Buy and sell.
We also asked someone to send a copy to Xi'an Prefecture and let them brew it together. Different crops and different water will produce different vinegars. "
Zhu Xi gave the idea and followed it to get the benefits. In the future, a lot of vinegar will come out and we can make money together.
"Cheng, let's eat first, bring some of our jealousy over, and eat for comparison."
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