Chapter 88: Eat the Big Pieces

At 4 o'clock the next morning, Qin Huai arrived at the canteen on time for work.

Qin Huai arriving at work on time was a very rare thing, because he usually set an alarm for 4 o'clock, then quickly dressed and washed and went to the canteen, usually arriving late for work around 4:15.

Anyway, he was the boss, and no one could deduct his full attendance bonus.

Today, Qin Huai was at work on time.

This showed that he had something very important to do.

That's right, Jiang Mi Nian Gao couldn't wait any longer.

Yesterday afternoon, Qin Huai performed the last steaming of the nian gao between 3 and 4 o'clock, and then covered it with a damp cloth. As of 4 o'clock this morning, it was exactly 12 hours and a little bit more.

Based on Qin Huai's experience of making Jiang Mi Nian Gao over the past few years, a wooden basin of Jiang Mi Nian Gao covered for about 12 hours is the best time. If the time is too long, the nian gao will be a bit hard.

Slightly hard is actually not a big deal. After all, everyone's taste is different; some people like to eat soft and sticky, and some people like to eat slightly harder.

But Qu Jing likes to eat soft and sticky.

If it weren't for the fact that he really couldn't get up, Qin Huai would have to be squatting in the canteen at 3:30.

The first thing Qin Huai did when he walked into the kitchen was to uncover the damp cloth.

The state of the nian gao was very good.

The off-white nian gao looked uniform in texture. Qin Huai used a small spoon to dig a spoonful to taste, soft and sticky, a little sticky to the teeth when eaten but not losing chewiness, the taste was very good. Without the premise of dipping in white sugar and wrapping in red bean paste filling, one could taste the faint fragrance of glutinous rice.

For this taste, Qin Huai felt that it was just the taste of pure nian gao, but Qin Luo insisted that this was the unique rice fragrance of glutinous rice.

Eating it alone also had a unique flavor.

Of course, dipping in white sugar, or mixing with sweet red bean paste filling, making Jiang Mi Nian Gao into a sweet food in the true sense of sweet and soft and sticky would be even better.

"Huaihuai, you made New Year cake." Qin Congwen saw the New Year cake at a glance.

In the Qin family, the one who loves eating nian gao the most is actually Qin Congwen.

It's a pity that Qin Congwen is no longer at the age when Qin Luo was a teenager and could cry and clamor to eat it if she wanted to. As the head of the Qin family (at least Qin Congwen thinks so), Qin Congwen has to show the dignity of a middle-aged man, for example, tactfully echoing when his daughter clamors to eat Jiang Mi Nian Gao, and eating a bite by the way.

If he could pack two pieces and take them back, eat them secretly before going to bed, and then be so full that he couldn't eat breakfast the next morning, that would be even better.

Qin Congwen saw the nian gao Qin Huai made, and his eyes lit up.

In fact, when he came over early in the morning, he had guessed that what was covered under this damp cloth might be nian gao, but he didn't dare to move it. After all, Qin Huai had been tinkering with some new dim sum recently, and Qin Congwen never touched the ingredients Qin Huai had prepared, fearing that he would ruin them.

"Today's nian gao is not bad, it's just a bit sticky to the teeth, I deliberately made it softer and stickier. Dad, do you want to taste it first?"

"Good, good." Qin Congwen put down the baozi and went to wash his hands.

Qin Huai watched Qin Congwen take a small bite.

Two bites.

Three bites.

Qin Congwen began to look for white sugar. Qin Huai silently handed it over and asked: "Dad, the red bean paste filling is actually already made. If you really want to eat it, I will finish making the nian gao now."

The last step of Jiang Mi Nian Gao is very easy, just wrap it in red bean filling and wrap it in white sugar. If you like to eat it especially sweet, then wrap it in a layer of white sugar. If you don't have such a high requirement for sweetness, just sprinkle a thin layer. If you have an average requirement for sweetness, just wrap it in red bean paste filling.

Qin Congwen's way of eating by dipping directly in white sugar is considered very wild.

"Huaihuai, no trouble, I'll just taste a little." Qin Congwen had already picked up the bowl.

Qin Huai:...

Forget it, Dad, as long as you are happy.

Zhao Rong had no interest in nian gao. She gave a disgusted look at Qin Congwen, who was eating in a cover-up way while being high-spirited, turned her head and asked Chen An, who was kneading dough.

"Xiao Chen, why don't you go eat some too?"

"No need, no need." The cautious Chen An didn't know what he had missed. "Sister Rong, my dough hasn't been kneaded yet." Qin Huai took the red bean paste filling out of the freezer to thaw and began to make baozi normally.

Red bean paste filling Jiang Mi Nian Gao is the version Qin Huai often makes. He plans to steam some dates later to make date paste filling. There are many types of recipes for Jiang Mi Nian Gao on the Internet. This kind of simple, common dim sum that meets the public taste can be made in various ways.

As long as the diners like it, let alone red bean paste filling, mung bean paste filling, date paste filling, even egg yolk and meat floss filling is fine.

Dim sum, as long as it tastes good.

But Luo Jun's tangerine peel tea must be a heresy.

Because they came early, the San Ding Bao and Wu Ding Bao were also cooked early. Very rarely, before the morning jogging grandpas entered the shop, the San Ding Bao and Wu Ding Bao were cooked.

Qin Huai and the others took the opportunity to eat breakfast.

Chen An ate a San Ding Bao, a Wu Ding Bao, while secretly scolding himself in his heart for being so thin-skinned yesterday and not having the nerve to eat the expensive baozi, only eating the baozi he wrapped, while making up his mind to eat two more to make up for yesterday's amount.

While eating, Chen An also quietly looked at Zhao Rong and Qin Huai's expressions. Unexpectedly, everyone seemed to have no opinion on his appetite and continued to eat.

"Xiao Chen, drink a bowl of soy milk to smooth it out. Eat more for breakfast, there will be more to be busy with later." Qin Congwen handed Chen An a bowl of soy milk.

"Thank you, Brother Qin!" Chen An said vaguely with baozi in his mouth, swallowed the baozi, and praised Qin Huai: "Master Xiao Qin, your craftsmanship is simply too superb. I have been selling breakfast for so many years, and I have never seen a breakfast chef with such good craftsmanship as you!"

Qin Huai smiled and accepted Chen An's praise.

Hehe, he also felt that his craftsmanship was very good.

"Master Chen, my dad has a bad waist and cannot stand or sit for a long time. In the future, I will have to trouble you more with chopping fillings and preparing materials." Qin Huai said.

"Master Xiao Qin, don't worry, I'm young, leave these jobs to me, and leave the kneading to me!" Chen An indicated that he had nothing but strength.

For the sake of breakfast every day, the meat filling for the baozi must be chopped beautifully!

Just as they were eating, the morning jogging grandpas came.

The grandpas, who had already lived like regular customers, smelled the difference as soon as they entered the canteen.

The baozi this morning was cooked, no need to wait.

"Master Xiao Qin, is the baozi ready?" Grandpa Wang took the lead and asked first.

"San Ding Bao, Wu Ding Bao, shiitake mushroom baozi, vermicelli baozi, chive baozi, and pork and cabbage baozi are all ready. There is also red bean paste Jiang Mi Nian Gao this morning, but the quantity is not large. The date paste one will be a bit later, the dates are still steaming in the pot."

Hearing that there was Jiang Mi Nian Gao, Xu Tuqiang, who was originally walking slowly at the end, took a big step forward, and his tone was raised.

"Jiang Mi Nian Gao!"

"Xu Tuqiang, what are you going crazy about? You're making my ears hurt." Grandpa Cao rubbed his ears with dissatisfaction.

Xu Tuqiang indicated what do you know? Do you know the gold content of having Jiang Mi Nian Gao to eat early in the morning!

18 days! It's been 18 days! It's been 18 days since Master Xiao Zheng returned to Gusu!

Ever since Master Xiao Zheng returned to Gusu, Xu Tuqiang had never seen dim sum related to nian gao in the Yunzhong Canteen. Although pork fat nian gao was not his favorite, it could barely be used as a substitute. After all, the Yunzhong Canteen hadn't sold Jiang Mi Nian Gao for 23 days.

Oh my god, Master Xiao Qin finally remembered that he could still make this dim sum!

Seeing Xu Tuqiang so excited, Qin Huai smiled and said: "Grandpa Xu, do you particularly like eating Jiang Mi Nian Gao? Then you are in for a treat. I plan to study Jiang Mi Nian Gao during this period. If nothing goes wrong, I will sell it every morning."

Xu Tuqiang:!!!

Xu Tuqiang was so excited that he wanted to donate a sum of money to the canteen to establish a Jiang Mi Nian Gao Foundation.

In the end, thousands of words turned into one sentence.

"Give me a piece!" Xu Tuqiang said with a trembling voice, "Cut a big piece, wrap it in white sugar, I love eating sweet!"

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