Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 33-Chile and Egg Buns
In addition to pork, green onions, scallions, ginger, garlic and other ingredients, Wang Fan also plans to buy some leeks and eggs.

When I was selling it this morning, many people asked if we had this flavor, which shows that this kind of filling still has a big market.

Moreover, Wang Fan himself also wanted to try buns with different fillings. Wouldn’t it be boring to eat the same thing all the time, no matter how delicious it was?
That is a complete recipe for steamed buns with hundreds of different types of steamed buns.

As for how to get rid of the leek taste in his mouth after eating, that is not something Wang Fan needs to consider.

Coming to a vegetable stall, Wang Fan squatted down and picked up a bunch of chives to look at them.

The chives were dark in color, with dirt still clinging to the white roots, and the broad leaves appeared large and plump.

The owner, a woman in her 50s, greeted the customer enthusiastically, "Young man, would you like to buy some leeks? I'm telling you, these leeks are all grown in my own fields. I just picked them this morning, so they're very fresh. 5 yuan a pound. I'll give you some."

After saying that, he took out a plastic bag and was about to put it in.

Wang Fan quickly said, "No, no, I'm just taking a look."

After saying that, he stood up and left. The old lady sat down again with an unhappy look on her face, muttering something to herself.

Wang Fan mainly felt that this lady was dishonest.

Although he didn't know much about leeks, they were introduced in the complete recipe book for steamed buns.

Chives are generally divided into broad leaves, thin leaves, purple roots and white roots. This does not mean that the varieties are different, but the differences are caused by different growing environments.

Broad leaves generally have white roots, while thin leaves generally have purple roots.

Purple root leeks are generally grown in low temperature environments. When the temperature of the environment in which the leeks are located is low and cold, they will secrete more sugar and anthocyanins. When these two substances accumulate too much, the roots will appear purple. Moreover, because the growing environment of purple root leeks is relatively uncomfortable, the leaves they grow are green and slender, about 30 cm in length, the roots are relatively thin, and the tails of the leaves are also thin and pointed.

White root broad leaf leek is generally grown in greenhouses. The temperature in the greenhouse is suitable and the temperature difference between day and night is not large, so it affects the formation and storage of anthocyanins and sugar organic matter in leek, and leek cannot turn into purple.

Moreover, white-root leeks grow much faster than purple-root leeks.

In addition, the leeks in the greenhouse will be harvested one after another, and after each harvest, the roots of the leeks will grow thicker, and the leaves will grow wider and thicker. Their length is generally about ten centimeters longer than that of purple root leeks.

Although white-root leeks are carefully cared for and purple-root leeks are free-range, when it comes to taste, white-root leeks cannot compare with purple-root leeks.

Purple root leek is excellent in taste and nutrition. It has a rich and spicy flavor. If you taste it carefully, you can also feel a hint of sweetness. It tastes fresh and delicious.

Let’s not talk about whether the old lady can grow chives by herself in the sub-zero weather in the imperial capital. Even if she can, it is impossible that the white roots are grown by her. Even if the white roots are really grown by her, she cannot sell them as purple roots.

Ordinary leeks are only 3.5 yuan, but this one costs 5 yuan, which seems a bit like a rip-off.

In order to save costs, Wang Fan got a thorough understanding of the prices in the vegetable market.

After strolling around for a while, he finally found his target.

This is an old lady who looks to be about 70 years old. Her face has been eroded by time and her hair is as white as frost.

But the smile on her face was very warm, which made Wang Fan feel very favorable towards her.

There was a piece of cloth in front of the old lady, and on the cloth was a bundle of leeks, about as thick as a bucket.

The leaves of the chives are pointed and narrow, and don’t look as plump as those at other stalls.

Perhaps because of this reason, few people stopped at the old lady's stall.

Seeing someone coming, the old lady smiled and said, "Young man, take a look at the chives. I grew them in the house. I've already picked them. Just wash them and you can eat them."

Wang Fan gently turned over the chive leaves and found that there were indeed signs of picking, but not a single yellow leaf was seen.

"Grandma, how much are these chives?" The old lady's eyes narrowed into slits with a smile: "If you want them, I'll give you 3 yuan per pound."

After saying that, he looked at Wang Fan with some anticipation.

Wang Fan picked up the leeks and weighed them, estimating that they were about eight or nine pounds. He had been buying things frequently recently, so he could make a rough estimate just by weighing them.

"I want all your bundle."

The old lady said happily: "That's great, if you want all I can give you a discount, you can take all 20 yuan."

Wang Fan shook his head.

The old lady was a little embarrassed: "Well... then it would be fine if it's cheaper, how about 18? 17 is also fine."

Wang Fan hurriedly said, "Grandma, you misunderstood. I didn't mean to sell them expensive. You can see that these chives are grown by yourself. They are tender and flavorful. You have even picked them. Selling them for this little is too little. How about this? I estimate that this bundle weighs more than 9 kilograms. I will give you 50 yuan to make it a whole and I will take it all. Is that okay with you?"

The old lady said hurriedly: "We don't need that much. The chives will still grow after we cut them. How can we make such a shameless profit?"

Wang Fan burst out laughing. "Grandma, how can you say you're being heartless? I earned my money penny by penny, and you grow these chives day by day. Your chives are better than others, so naturally you should sell more."

After saying that, he took out a brand new 50-yuan note from his pocket, stuffed it into the old lady's hand, picked up the leeks and left.

……

There is still no system available during the day, and Wang Fan needs to make it manually.

Fortunately, I was born with the divine body of cooking... cough cough...

Wang Fan's old face turned red, he coughed lightly and began to make buns peacefully.

If there is enough time, he plans to sell another round in the evening.

He had never made buns before, and last night's system AFK was the first time, but today was the first time he made them, and he felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity.

It seemed to be muscle memory that had been honed through countless trials and tribulations.

He didn't encounter any problems that newbies would encounter, such as adding water when there was too much flour, or adding more flour when there was too much water. He made a perfect dough on the first try.

The time it takes to let the dough rest is just right for making the filling for buns.

Wang Fan poured some oil into the pan and prepared to fry the eggs.

If you want to fry eggs until they are fluffy and tender, you need a lot of oil.

After beating a bowl of eggs and sprinkling some salt to remove the fishy smell, Wang Fan began to stir the egg liquid.

Beat all the eggs and the oil temperature in the pan is just right.

"Bah..."

The egg liquid expanded instantly as soon as it was poured into the pot, and soon filled the entire pot.

Wang Fan stirred quickly with a spoon, and soon there were fried eggs the size of a fingernail in the pot.

After turning off the fire and waiting for the eggs to cool down naturally, Wang Fan began to concentrate on dealing with the leeks.

Chives are the soul of leek and egg buns and the absolute protagonist, so we must not be careless when dealing with them.

(End of this chapter)