Chapter 98 Cold Pot Chuan Chuan (monthly ticket 100 plus updates)
The heat of Xia Ji everywhere did not decrease with the temperature, but became more and more prosperous, and the food stall in Ding Quan was so sweet and warm. Temper, the goods sold every day actually exceed Xia Mingyue's.
Due to the booming business of the two branches, Xia Mingyue's home gradually became lively.
Many people came to inquire about franchise matters and see if they could open a branch on East Street.
Xia Mingyue has accumulated a certain amount of experience in the daily operations of the two franchise stores, and she is already familiar with the process when selecting franchisees this time.
After some comparison and investigation, Xia Mingyue quickly settled on another family.
This man's name is Liu Fulin. If you look into it carefully, he is a distant relative of shopkeeper Qian. He used to make a living in another county and worked as a waiter for a large restaurant. He knows a lot about food and has developed a good reputation for welcoming the world. The ability to deliver.
She is talkative, hard-working and very suitable for the food stall business. After hearing about Xia Mingyue's skills from shopkeeper Qian, Liu Fulin hurriedly approached her.
Xia Mingyue also agreed very much with Liu Fulin, an all-rounder. The two parties hit it off and quickly decided on various matters regarding the franchise.
Dongcheng District is the most prosperous place in Jinqiu County. The locations are excellent, and it doesn’t take much effort to find a suitable location.
Liu Fulin had some savings, and borrowed a few taels of silver from shopkeeper Qian and Mrs. Liu, so he prepared a branch on East Street.
After a few days of busy work, the opening is about to begin.
This also means that Xia Mingyue's external supply volume will increase by another 20 to 30%.
Based on the overall operating situation, Xia Mingyue found another person to work at home, so that Lu could be freed up to take care of more purchasing matters.
The person finally decided was Song, who was introduced by Zhou earlier. She was her distant aunt, but she was only one year older than Zhou.
The Song family had arranged to get married many years ago, but a few days before the wedding, her fiancé fell ill and died. As a result, the Song family became known as a scheming husband.
The natal family disliked it and refused to return the gift given by Song's husband's family. However, her husband's family finally compromised and asked Song to marry her deceased husband's younger brother, who was also Song's brother-in-law.
My brother-in-law is only ten years old, barely old enough to chop wood. He doesn’t understand everything, and everything depends on his family’s arrangements.
But the Song family refused to say anything and pushed her to death. In the end, she still entered her husband's family in the name of her sister-in-law, and promised to serve her filial parents-in-law wholeheartedly, take care of her brother-in-law, and marry her and start a family in the future.
Later, as the war continued, the Song family followed her parents-in-law and their family and settled in Jinqiu County. At this time, her parents-in-law died of illness on the way, leaving her and her brother-in-law to depend on each other.
At this time, the brother-in-law was already fifteen years old. He was tall and worked as a long-term laborer in other people's homes. The Song family took on some sewing and mending work to supplement the family income. Later, after being introduced by the Zhou family, Xia Mingyue here.
Xia Mingyue was quite satisfied with her, and like Zhou before, she stayed after trying it for a few days. After that, the wages were higher than Zhou's.
With one more worker in the house, Xia Mingyue's hands were freed up and she started to do some side things.
The jars of pickled soybeans are moved out of the house every day, exposed to enough sunlight, and then moved back in the evening.
The radish, mustard, and cabbage seedlings in the yard have grown very tall and require constant management.
Xia Mingyue even lit some garlic cloves on the edge of the vegetable field, preparing to eat fresh and juicy garlic sprouts when it gets cooler in a few days.
In addition, Xia Mingyue started to prepare ingredients and make cold pot skewers. First, make the soup base.
Saute dried chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorns, cumin, star anise, onions, ginger, garlic, bean paste, etc. until fragrant until red oil is produced, add some chicken racks and tube bones to the broth, and Season with salt, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce and sugar. Use a strainer to remove all the ingredients, leaving a bright red soup. Sprinkle some white sesame seeds and chopped green onions to add flavor, and wait to cool.
The next step is to make various skewers.
Slice the potatoes, tear the mushrooms into pieces of suitable size, cut the soaked yuba into small pieces, cut the fresh tofu into cubes, slice the lotus root, cut the tenderloin into thin slices...
I put all the ingredients on bamboo skewers and put them on skewers. Cook it in bone broth, then soak it in the previously prepared red oil soup base for half an hour, and then serve it on the table.
The red oil soup base is already bright in color and extremely fragrant. Now with the addition of various foods, it becomes even more exciting.
And the red oil soup base looks red, but because it is neutralized with sugar and balsamic vinegar, and it is a cold sauce, it is not very spicy in the mouth, but is quite comfortable, especially because of the addition of sugar and balsamic vinegar. With a lot of seasonings, oil, and stock, it is fragrant and delicious.
In Lu's words, it is fragrant but not spicy. Even if it is a little spicy in the back, it is just right and appetizing.
When Mr. Zhou and Mr. Song tried Jiangzhuguo, they were also full of praise for the taste.
And this trial meal eventually became a side dish for everyone's dinner. Xia Mingyue finally had to give up the troublesome task of skewering bamboo skewers, and directly processed the vegetables and meat slices and cooked them in the pot. Boil it, take it out and soak it for a while, then serve it directly and eat it with chopsticks.
“It’s delicious!”
“This cold pot skewers is so delicious!”
“It tastes like a mosquito eaten by a toad...” Zhao Dahu also sighed.
Everyone, "..."
What words of tiger and wolf!
But if we discuss it carefully, it seems that there is some truth to it?
After all, the attraction of cold pot skewers to them is no different from the attraction of mosquitoes to toads.
"Aunt Xia, do you want to sell cold pot skewers in Xia Ji?" Zhao Erhu asked.
"Still thinking about it." Xia Mingyue said, "It can last for a while, but depending on the weather, it shouldn't be sold for long."
The weather is still hot at this time, and Xia Ji's food stall sells the best The good ones are still cold noodles and cold noodles. If they sell skewers, they can be added directly to the bowl and there will be no odor.
But after the summer heat has passed, autumn will soon begin. As the coolness descends layer by layer, the main food at Xia Kee stalls will turn to wontons and other hot foods with soup. The cold pot skewers are not easy to put into the bowl at the same time.
If you pick up a separate bowl, in addition to the cost of the bamboo skewers, you will also have to add the cost of buying the bowl and washing the dishes, and the profit ratio will drop significantly.
It is very likely that you will be busy for a long time, but in the end you won’t make much money, and the excitement will be in vain.
And when the weather gets colder, such cold pot skewers will not become the first choice of diners.
Actually, after all, this cold pot skewers is a snack, and is more suitable for sale in modern snack carts.
Wait, a food truck?
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