The first thing I did was to find out

Chapter 241 Is this reasonable?
The normal-tasting glutinous rice balls with fruit filling shattered the memory of the grandmother who never had a name, and also warmed Ouyang in the kitchen.

Ouyang even felt like he had survived a disaster when eating this dumpling.

I moved to tears. Qin Huai's intensive practice of making Tangtuan these days is not to kill him, but because he has really made a historic breakthrough, so he has to hurry up and practice.

Fortunately, Qin Huai can't read minds, otherwise Qin Huai wouldn't mind making Ouyang's nightmare come true in the next two days.

The glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings have been made to taste normal, and Qin Huai knows it is time to tell Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian the good news so that all members of the various fruit filling research team can share this joy together.

The next morning, Qin Huai got up early and went to Huang Ji. When he arrived at the kitchen, Tan Weian and Zheng Siyuan had not arrived yet, and Gu Li was the only one in the kitchen.

Guli is making Ruyi rolls and is wrapping them. It seems that this step has been going on for a while.

Qin Huai was a little surprised. It was only 7 o'clock now, and Gu Li's Ruyi Roll had reached this step, which meant that he had been here since 6 o'clock. Adding the time spent preparing the ingredients in advance, and Gu Li's efficiency was not high, and his movements were very slow...

He probably got up and prepared to leave before 6 o'clock.

If Qin Huai remembered correctly, Gu Li would always wait until Huang Ji finished taking orders before practicing making dim sum again, and would get off work after 10 o'clock.

He gets off work at around 10 o'clock and gets up before 6 o'clock. This buddy is even more busy than I thought. All he does every day is eat, sleep and make snacks.

Compared with this, 996 is considered a casual working mode.

Guli was a little surprised to see Qin Huai coming so early. He looked at the Ruyi rolls that had just been wrapped in batter, hesitated for a few seconds, washed his hands, and made tea for Qin Huai.

Then he walked up to Qin Huai and asked, "Master Qin, you came so early today, you must have something to do. Is there anything I can help you with?"

Qin Huai really needs Gu Li's help.

Help him make the fruit filling.

Qin Huai came so early today to make a batch of glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings. The quantity does not need to be large, just a dozen or so will do. (It is also difficult to make too little)
Once Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian taste what a normal glutinous rice dumpling with various fruit fillings tastes like, Qin Huai's slightly bizarre story will gain some credibility.

Gu Li is a very professional helper. Although he doesn't work fast, he has solid basic skills and good knife skills. Qin Huai asked him to chop nuts and dried fruits, so Gu Li went to Tan Weian's cooking table to chop them carefully.

Qin Huai was making sugar.

After a few days of experimentation, Qin Huai has found the approximate amount of winter melon candy, an amount that looks like a lethal dose, but is just the right amount of sweetness after the candy is pulled out.

It is definitely sweet. The fruit filling is sweet. If it is not sweet, it would be a bit counterproductive.

After making fruit fillings for so long, Qin Huai has become very skilled at boiling sugar and pulling sugar. When Qin Huai's preparations were finished, Gu Li's dried fruits and nuts were all cut.

The whole Huang Ji kitchen is filled with the sweet aroma of winter melon candy.

Tan Wei'an, who had just walked to the kitchen door, was stunned. Was his nose hallucinating? Why did he seem to smell the horrible aroma of boiled winter melon candy?

The sweet taste made Tan Weian think of fruit filling directly, and he shuddered.

Who is it? Who did such a sinful thing in Huangji's kitchen so early in the morning?
Tan Weian walked into the kitchen in horror and found that it was Qin Huai and his junior apprentice brother.

Tan Weian closed his eyes in pain.

Junior brother, how come you are also helping the evildoers? !
Seeing Tan Weian coming, Qin Huai hurriedly called him: "Tan Weian, you came at the right time, come and help me make some glutinous rice wrappers."

Tan Weian hurried forward to help the evildoer.

While kneading the glutinous rice skin, Tan Weian secretly glanced at Qin Huai and found that the amount of winter melon candy and lard used was much more exaggerated than before. He dared not open his eyes, hoping that it was his hallucination.

He couldn't even imagine how unpalatable the fruit filling would be after adding so much winter melon candy.

His worries these days turned out to be correct. Qin Huai had become mentally abnormal because of the excessive pressure from work. He could control himself before, but now he couldn't control himself at all. He was ready to not let anyone from Huangji go early in the morning.

Tan Weian was halfway through kneading the glutinous rice skin when Zheng Siyuan arrived.

The sugar had been boiled, and the aroma of winter melon candy in the kitchen had dissipated a lot. Zheng Siyuan smelled the smell only when he walked into the kitchen. Seeing Qin Huai making fruit filling, Zheng Siyuan excitedly walked over to see what the recipe was.

"Why use so much winter melon candy?" Zheng Siyuan frowned.

In Zheng Siyuan's opinion, adding so much winter melon candy is even more heretical than the previous random attempts.

"Because I got some new inspiration some time ago, and found that winter melon candy is actually the main ingredient of the fruit filling." Qin Huai explained, "You will know why after you taste it when it's done."

"Is the glutinous rice skin ready?" Qin Huai asked Tan Weian.

"Okay, okay." Tan Weian quickly handed over the glutinous rice wrapper, stretched his neck and carefully looked at the amount of fruit filling, "How many pieces are this?"

"Not many, less than 20." Qin Huai said.

Zheng Siyuan was not idle either. He helped to make the dumplings and even helped to cook them in the end.

This batch of tangyuan was improved by Qinhuai based on yesterday's success.

For Qin Huai, glutinous rice balls are not a difficult snack to make. As long as he finds the right direction, he will be galloping on the road to success and his progress will definitely be rapid.

Last night Qin Huai was able to make ordinary glutinous rice balls that tasted normal.

Today he wanted to make a fruit-filled dumpling that would not be eliminated by the times and could be barely said to taste good and be quite distinctive.

The dumplings are rolling in the pot.

Out of the pot.

Zheng Siyuan served the dumplings, not in small bowls, but all in a large bowl. Everyone watched from the side, no one took the bowl first, and Qin Huai even took out his cell phone from his pocket and started the countdown.

3 minutes 50 seconds.

Although Tan Weian didn't understand why it was 3 minutes and 50 seconds, he was not a fool. He could probably guess that Qin Huai was counting down and waiting for the dumplings to cool down and be eaten. In order to appear busy, Tan Weian quietly went to get bowls and spoons, gave a pair to everyone including Gu Li, and then stood at the end.

This way you don't have to be the first to eat the dumplings.

Qin Huai looked at the time.

3 minutes 49 seconds.

3 minutes 50 seconds.

Time is up!

"It's time to eat." Qin Huai said.

While waiting, all the other chefs from Zhiweiju arrived. No one was working, but just stood by and watched.

Gu Li was first.

Guli thought for a moment, scooped up a dumpling with a big spoon, blew on it twice without any hesitation, and took a bite. Under everyone's expectant gaze, he said uncertainly: "The taste..."

"is acceptable."

Tan Weian's eyes widened.

Junior brother, you have really changed! Not only are you helping the tyrants, you have also learned to flatter them!
Gu Li couldn't believe his taste buds and tasted it carefully: "Sweet but not greasy, the taste of winter melon candy is a little strong but not abrupt, and the nuts wrapped in syrup have a different taste when chewed."

"Can you taste any other flavors?" Qin Huai asked.

Gu Li nodded: "I can taste the almond and peanut flavors, but I can't taste the flavors of other preserved fruits. I can only taste a uniform sweetness."

now it's right!

This version of minced fruit filling is all about uniform sweetness!

After yesterday's successful attempt, Qin Huai thought about whether to highlight the taste of nuts or other preserved fruits. Combining Master Zhou's recipe, Qin Huai felt that the focus should be on nuts, and the preserved fruits should play a more sweet role, so that the sweetness would not be unified into the sweetness of winter melon candy.

Guli is a professional pastry chef with a normal sense of taste. If he says it’s okay, then it must really be okay.

Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan scooped up a dumpling and began to taste it.

Just as Guli said, nowadays, the glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings and winter melon candy are the absolute protagonists, almonds and peanuts are well-known supporting roles, and the others are all minor roles.

However, the supporting character Xingren seems to want to overshadow the main character, so some of his scenes need to be deleted.

After deleting, the decent fruit dumplings can be transformed into delicious fruit dumplings.

As for the delicious glutinous rice balls with various fruit fillings, more detailed adjustments of the ingredients are required.

"Your idea of ​​using winter melon candy to cover most of the ingredients is a good one, but the almond flavor seems a bit strong. The sweetness is just right. Should the amount of lard be increased when making the candy? I feel that the taste is not mellow enough." Zheng Siyuan discussed seriously.

"These can all be tried and modified slowly. I think there is no problem with the overall idea now. I have tried it several times at home in the past few days, and this is the most successful version. The amount of winter melon candy should be the same as in this version and does not need to be changed." Qin Huai discussed while eating.

Zheng Siyuan nodded: "Although this method may seem to use too much material and be a bit tasteless, it is still a balanced approach."

"In fact, my dad secretly complained to me at home that it is impossible to achieve unity with so many ingredients using normal methods. The best way is to use one or two prominent flavors to cover all other flavors." "My dad tried several times but to no avail. Seeing that you are not researching the fruit filling anymore, he is too lazy to try again."

“Where did you get the idea to use winter melon candy to cover up all the other flavors?”

After silently serving one and eating it, Tan Weian remained silent and didn't dare to speak, then curiously poked his head out.

Qin Huai knew that he was about to start his performance.

"In fact, Mr. Gong, Master Huang and Master Zheng had already told us the answer at the beginning."

Zheng Siyuan & Tan Weian:?
"Do you remember when I first asked about the fruit filling, their most consistent impression of Master Jing's making the fruit filling was that Master Jing used a lot of winter melon candy, so much so that Master Zheng ran home to get 5 kilograms of it when he didn't have enough in his store?"

They both nodded.

Zheng Siyuan just found it incredible: "You came up with this method just based on this? Fruit fillings require a lot of winter melon candy. I always thought that it was because there was a shortage of supplies back then, and my dad deliberately emphasized it for the sake of exaggeration."

"Of course not. I actually got the inspiration when I was chatting with Luo Luo some time ago."

Qin Huai knew that it would be easier to convince Zheng Siyuan if he got inspiration from anywhere else than from Qin Luo.

"Isn't Luoluo going to have winter vacation soon? This girl is so greedy that she's already thinking about the Chinese New Year before the vacation even starts. She hasn't even taken her final exams yet, but she's already telling me on WeChat that she wants to drink the bean soup my grandma cooks when she goes back home for the Chinese New Year."

"You may not know that it is very popular among the elderly in my family to cook beans into soup during the Chinese New Year, in order to bring good luck and fortune."

"Legend has it that in a village under another city, there lived a centenarian many years ago. His children were filial and would look for different beans during festivals and on the old man's birthday, and would count 100 of each type of beans and cook soup for the old man, hoping that he would live a long life."

"The old man behind is indeed very long-lived. He lived to be over 100 years old."

"This custom of cooking bean soup spread. The more types of beans used, the better, 100 of each type. The more types, the better the meaning and the deeper the blessing."

"My grandmother always wants good luck during the Chinese New Year, but too many kinds of beans make for a bad soup. So she usually only uses a few kinds of beans or cooks green bean soup alone, and drinks a few bowls of red bean soup. The meaning is the same."

"Luoluo's mention of bean soup reminded me that many types of food are not meant to make the dishes delicious, but because the more types, the better the meaning."

"Think about it carefully. On Mr. Gong's birthday, Chef Tianjing made two snacks, the flower-shaped lantern dumplings and the four-happiness dumplings, both of which have excellent meanings. By the same token, the purpose of using such complex raw materials for the fruit-filled dumplings may not be to make the taste better, but to create a meaning."

"So I was inspired, and combined with the tips from using a lot of winter melon candy, I thought this should be the idea, and I practiced at home for a few days."

"You see, this road is feasible. Shouldn't we just go in this direction..." Qin Huai paused deliberately, giving Zheng Siyuan and Tan Weian time to agree.

Tan Weian was a little confused. He felt that what Qin Huai said made sense, but he didn't understand.

He felt like Qin Huai was making up a story to fool him, but the logic seemed very smooth, and he couldn't figure out why Qin Huai was making up a story to fool him.

He doesn't understand.

He didn't understand how someone could come up with such an amazing idea based on the clues of winter melon candy and his sister's WeChat chat.

Is this a genius? Is this the world of genius?

When Tan Weian's grandfather, Master Tan, was still alive, he always told Tan Weian that although he had decent talent, he was still far behind a true genius. Tan Weian always felt that his grandfather was trying to boost others' ambitions and destroy his own prestige.

There is no big gap, just a small gap at most.

Now Tan Weian feels that what his grandfather said is true.

Zheng Siyuan suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. I didn't think of this."

Tan Wei’an: ???

No buddy, are you just going to accept that?
Qin Huai chatted with his sister, and they were still talking about the Chinese New Year, and the idea of ​​glutinous rice balls with fruit filling came up. Is this reasonable?

"You are worthy of being my master, as he can come up with such a method and make delicious dumplings with various fruit fillings," Zheng Siyuan exclaimed.

"Yes." Qin Huai agreed, "I think with our level, we can only make food that tastes good at best. It is really too difficult to make something outstanding on this basis."

Tan Wei’an: ???

No, you guys are just happily discussing the next part?

The previous part was just glossed over in such a light stroke?

Are all of you geniuses' brain circuits so amazing? Are you so receptive? Do you understand each other so well?

Tan Wei'an quietly moved away from the two of them, walked to Gu Li, and asked: "Did you hear what Junior Brother just said? Do you understand? Do you think this is reasonable?"

Gu Li continued to make the Ruyi Roll and said calmly: "I don't understand, but since Master Qin and Master Xiao Zheng both understand, it means that this idea should be correct."

Tan Wei’an: …

Tan Weian went to make snacks with a puzzled look on his face.

Qin Huai and Zheng Siyuan were not idle either. Zheng Siyuan did not come to Huang's in advance. As soon as he arrived, he made dumplings, boiled dumplings, ate dumplings, and discussed. This took a long time, and it was definitely too late to make wontons.

Qin Huai took the initiative to suggest that Zheng Siyuan don't need to make wontons this morning, and he would make chicken noodle soup instead, as it was faster to knead the noodles.

Zheng Siyuan loves chicken noodle soup, so he agreed on the spot and said he wanted to have two bowls.

He hasn't had chicken noodle soup for many days.

Since there was no need to make breakfast, Zheng Siyuan simply went to work early and helped Qin Huai to knead a batch of dough for Guoer.

Now, the only two people in Huangji kitchen who can help Qin Huai do this are Zheng Siyuan and Zheng Da.

At 8:40, Dong Shixing came to Huang Ji for breakfast.

As soon as he walked into the kitchen, Dong Shi was pleasantly surprised to find that it was Qin Huai who made breakfast this morning. There was chicken noodle soup, yummy!
What a beautiful day!

If he could have a bowl of chicken noodle soup made by Qin Huai in the morning, Dong Shi felt that he would not feel sad even if he could not find out the latest gossip about Sixth Senior Brother's love affair during the lunch break today.

"There are dumplings stuffed with various fruits over there. Dong Shi, if you have an appetite, please help me try one and give me some suggestions." Qin Huai said casually.

Dong Shi has a good sense of taste and is good at talking, but he talks a lot of nonsense. He is a very good food taster.

Dong Shi: (=°Д°=)
Sure enough, all the gifts were secretly priced.

The price of eating chicken noodle soup this morning was that I had to eat a four-happiness dumpling with various fruits before eating the chicken soup.

Forget it, just eat.

Just think of it as a gesture of friendship between him and Qin Huai.

Dong Shi walked to the edge of the basin with an heroic look on his face, wanting to pick out a small one, but then he found that the dumplings in it were all about the same size, so he could only pick the one that he thought was small.

The gnocchi were a bit cold.

But it does not affect eating.

Dong Shi took a bite.

For friendship...eh?

This gnocchi!

It’s actually quite delicious!

If Dong Shi had eaten this kind of fruit dumplings a year ago, he would have just said it was OK. But now it is different. Dong Shi has eaten many fruit dumplings that are so bad that they go deep into his bones and those that are just mediocre.

Now I suddenly eat one and it tastes okay.

Immortal product!

It’s simply a magical item!

How can there be such delicious and normal fruit-filled dumplings in the world!
"Qin...Qin Huai, did you do this?" Dong Shi was shocked.

"Yes." Qin Huai was still kneading the noodles, without looking up. "Didn't I have a new idea a few days ago? I have been practicing these two days. How is the finished product? Is it okay?"

"Great, that's great!" Dong Shi was very supportive.

The next second, Dong Li came to work.

"Brother!" Dong Shi rushed over to him, like a husky on the loose, and said excitedly, "Brother, I think the rumor is true. Qin Huai must have worked up all night making snacks every night after returning home!"

"Go eat that dumpling, that's the evidence!"

Qin Huai:?
Who is spreading rumors about him?
(End of this chapter)