NOVEL NEXT Chapter 203 Locust Leaf Tao
Little Adan's mother washed the locust leaves in the basket, boiled them in water, took them out, crushed them and ground them, and filtered the juice from the locust leaves with fine gauze.
A basket of locust leaves turned into half a basin of green and full juice.
Adan's aunt started kneading the dough at the side, and Mao Xi came over to help: "Auntie, are you going to use this locust leaf juice to dye the dough?"
The aunt nodded, and he kneaded the juice and dough together, then rolled it into thin sheets with a rolling pin, and cut out the dough with a knife.
These green noodles are quite similar to those spinach noodles!
Mao Xi picked up a handful of lasagna and smelled it. The fragrance of the locust leaves was refreshing, and the green looked green and lovely.
Li Shiyi brought a bucket of well water and put it on a plate.
Auntie put the locust leaves into a pot and cooked them in the water, then put them into the well water to cool down.
As soon as this noodles passed through the well water, it tasted even stronger, just like the cold noodles that Mao Xi had eaten before, and she couldn't help but start to feel hungry.
Seeing Mu Zhiyuan and Mao Xi standing there like hungry wolves, watching them cooking and making noodles, Li Shi invited them to the dining table: "This locust leaf Tao is perfect for eating in the summer, and it will be ready soon. Brother, are you okay?" You must be hungry, hahaha..."
The aunt began to stir-fry the ingredients for the noodles. She cut the pork, red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, and fresh bamboo shoots into small dices, and stir-fried them in the oil pan until they were fragrant.
Take the locust leaf noodles out of the cold well water, mix them with the fried ingredients, and the "Sophora locust leaf tao" is ready.
When I tasted the noodles, I felt they were colder than snow, but they were chewy, and the emerald green color made them cool and relieve the heat.
The weather was hot, and the cicadas at the top of the tree were still chirping. Li Shi mixed the locust leaf cold noodles and brought them to the table. The braised pork with yellow essence was also cooked, and my aunt brought it to the dinner table along with the black clay pot.
Little Adan was also very hungry. He ate the cold noodles and shouted, "Mom, I want to eat these cold noodles every day!"
Cold noodles, summer cold noodles!
A light flashed through Mao Xi's mind! It's almost June, why doesn't her snack shop sell some cold noodles?
"Auntie, where did you pick these locust leaves? Can these locust leaves and flowers be eaten now?"
"These Sophora japonica flowers cannot be eaten, but they can be used as medicine. The Sophora japonica leaves can be squeezed to make noodles, but they need to be boiled. Are you going to pick the Sophora japonica leaves and take them home to make noodles?"
Auntie seemed to see what Ma Xi was thinking.
"Eat first, and I will help you pick them after you finish eating." Li Shiyi asked everyone to eat first.
After dinner, he and Mu Zhiyuan went out to the alley to pick locust leaves.
This place is called Sophora Flower Lane, and as the name suggests, the streets are lined with Sophora japonica trees.
Mao Xi asked Li Shiyi about the recent market situation of medicinal materials, and then she learned that not only wild ginseng and dendrobium are easy to sell, but there are also many medicinal materials that can be used as medicinal foods, which are also very precious and can be sold at good prices.
"My dear lady, many medicinal materials grow deep in the mountains, which are dangerous and difficult to find. My lameness was caused when I went to collect wild dendrobium in the mountains when I was young. Don't go up the mountain alone."
After receiving a large bag of Sophora japonica leaves, Mao Xi planned to immediately go back to Liuxiang Snacks to make cold noodles for sale.
Li Shiyi stopped her and filled a bag of Huangjing to give to Mao Xi.
"Uncle, when I took little Adan to dig for Polygonatum today, I also dug some myself. There is no need to give it to me."
"You helped me find my son. I can't just give you a bag of locust leaves. You wait."
Li Shiyi turned around and entered the warehouse, pulled out a few bags of medicinal materials and gave them to Mao Xi.
"These are Angelica sinensis and Rehmannia glutinosa. They can also be used to stew soup and make medicinal meals. I only have medicinal materials and nothing to give you. You can take them home to make soup and drink them."
Angelica sinensis is not cheap in the local area, so Mao Xi asked Li Shiyi where he dug the medicinal materials.
She wants to dig some and cultivate them in a greenhouse. Once successful, she can use them to make medicinal meals at any time.
"These are all dug at Fairy Peak, on the edge of Linglong Mountain. If you want to dig, I can take you to see it another day, but the mountain road is dangerous, so you have to call this little brother to come too."
After saying goodbye to little Adan's family, Mao Xi couldn't wait to return to the shop.
She started boiling the locust leaves, squeezing the juice, and kneading the dough, all at once.
She put some of the prepared locust leaf noodles in the cold room of the space, ready to try selling them the next morning.
She boiled the rest in a large pot and gave it to the cooks as a midnight snack.
Xiao Qing took some cold well water as requested by Mao Xi. Since the shop had already started selling iced sour plum soup, there were still some ice cubes on hand.
After she cooked the noodles, she poured them into the well water, put some crushed ice on the noodles, and then added the fried ingredients for everyone to taste.
Unsurprisingly, this cool and chewy noodle has received repeated praise from everyone.
Especially the handful of crushed ice shavings on top, which you bite into your mouth together with the noodles. The noodles are smooth, tough, and cold to the heart. It is simply not too delicious.
"Ah Shu, do you want to go to Sophora Alley often to pick Sophora japonica leaves from now on?" Lou Laner asked.
"Sister Lan'er, that's not necessary. We will use spinach juice instead in the future. As long as the color is green, it will relieve the heat. As for the Sophora japonica leaves, we will supply them in limited quantities and pick some Sophora japonica leaves for later use. .”
Since the shop is preparing to start selling cold noodles in summer, how can we forget about cold noodles with shredded chicken?
Mao Xi never gets tired of eating this dish.
On the second day, as soon as Liuxiang Snacks opened, she started preparing this cold noodle staple dish.
Huaiye Tao has been added to the food list and handed over to Xiaoqing and Yaomei to make.
The method of making shredded chicken cold noodles is similar to that of Huaiye Tao. The noodles must be blanched in cold water first to keep the noodles chewy. The difference is that buckwheat noodles are used and the ingredients are also very particular.
The chicken breast must be cooked first and then torn into strips, neatly stacked in a bowl with cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, and egg pancake shreds, and then poured with spicy oil to make a noodle dish.
Mao Xi asked Xiucai to write the cold noodles with shredded chicken on the food plate, and told the waiter Ah Xing: "If this customer doesn't like cold food, the shredded chicken noodles with hot soup is also fine."
She had taken out the ice in the space early in the morning and put it in the barrel in advance.
Mao Xi left two buckets of snacks in Liuxiang and took three buckets of ice to the sugar shop in Kaitang County.
The summer is hot, and more and more customers come to the candy shop early in the morning to wait for ice water.
Ma Baili, who delivered the goods this morning, brought fresh crispy plums, passion fruit, mango, grapefruit and coconut. Ma Xi brought the ice to Bang Ayuan and worked with her in the kitchen.
An old customer came to the shop. Although she was a regular customer, she didn't come often.
She is the courtesan and the top peony girl in the Guosepeng.
"Waiter, bring me some iced sour plum soup and coconut cake."
Peony shook her fan and complained that this May day in Lingnan was so hot that it was hard to breathe.
Mao Xi served the sour plum soup and greeted Miss Mudan: "Sister Mudan, since you moved from Tianxiang shed to Guose shed in Kaitang, you rarely come to my shop in person."
Peony sighed and complained: "Well, the plum trees are in Lihua Town, so I don't come here often. If I want to eat your fruits, I always ask the maid to help me buy them."
"But the fruit sent is not enough. Next time, I can ask Mother Chun to buy more."
Girl Peony suddenly said mysteriously: "Miss Ah Shu, don't you know? Recently, a strange thief has appeared in Kaitang who specializes in stealing fruit cakes. Everywhere he goes, he doesn't steal money, but only snacks. He also leaves behind traces of cakes where he commits the crime. A pear blossom, the common people call him 'The Phantom Thief A Pear Blossom'."
"Phantom Thief...a donkey?"
Mudan said seriously: "Ah Xiao, you have to be careful about your food shop. Among the fruits Guosepeng bought yesterday, the egg yolk cake and coconut cake were stolen. I was greedy and bored, so I came to your shop. Da Da Ya Festival.”