jdhmnovel Chapter 366 Eating Pot
Chapter 366 Eating Pot
At noon on the 16th day of the first lunar month, Manager Hua sailed into Taohuayuan with three boats and docked at the Eleven Trees Pier.
He came to pull vegetables.
In autumn, Taohuayuan added another ten acres of vegetable greenhouses.
Half of the vegetables were transported to grocery stores in Youzhou City for sale.
The other half was left to Manager Hua.
He transported all the tender corn left for Shopkeeper Hua to the capital.
They also followed the example of the grocery store in Youzhou City and divided the tender corn into large and small pieces, raw and cooked, and sold them together.
The price is half as expensive as in Youzhou City.
When Li Lanzhen saw Manager Hua coming, she thought about giving him the hot pot recipe that she had been planning for a long time.
Before this, adults and children in Taohuayuan would definitely be the first to eat hot pot.
Li Lanzhen quickly made arrangements, with some picking fresh vegetables, cutting meat, and cooking soup, all proceeding quickly and orderly.
Li Lanzhen had already prepared ten hot pots in the blacksmith shop in Youzhou City.
And it's only the home version.
With so many people here today, we can only eat hotpot in a big iron pot outside the venue.
Han Dazhong and the men set up fifteen large iron pots in the area in front of the dining room.
Li Lanzhen taught Xue Nizi, Tonghua and Li Sanya how to stir-fry the spicy hot pot base.
Ask Aunt Huaihua to cook a few pots of bone soup, which is the base soup for the hot pot.
One of the pots is for kids and people who can't handle spicy food.
Li Lanzhen plans to turn this pot of bone soup into a hotpot soup with three fresh flavors.
There is strength in numbers. Before it got dark, people started to gather with their bowls in hand.
The rich and unique aroma of the hot pot drifted throughout the Peach Blossom Land, and everyone who smelled it couldn't help but take a few deep breaths of the fragrance.
The children had all arrived early, staring eagerly at the boiling, red hot pot with a layer of oil.
They smacked their lips and talked to each other.
"This pot is red, it's full of chili. Do you want to eat chili today? Do you want to drink this chili soup?"
"Yes, this chili smells so good. I saw chicken and bones in it."
"There's a pot over there. The soup is milky white, not red. There shouldn't be any chili in it."
"Yes, I saw it too. That pot should be for our children to eat, right?"
"Come on, let's line up there."
"You guys go ahead. I just like spicy food. I want to eat spicy hotpot here with the adults."
Not to mention the children, even the adults were drooling over the fragrance.
Then pots of meat slices were poured into the pot.
Pour pots of tofu into the pot.
Pots of vermicelli were also poured into the pot.
Cabbage slices, potato cubes, and sweet potato slices were also poured into the pot one after another.
People didn't sit on the stools, they just stood there.
A group of people gathered around a pot.
Bonfires were lit on both sides, illuminating the area.
In front of the iron pot, there was a row of tables with large iron spoons and several large wooden basins filled with minced garlic and chopped green onions on them.
Several women went over to take care of the pot that the children were eating from.
When Li Lanzhen saw that the meat was almost cooked, she shouted.
"Okay, it's cooked, you can eat it now, just be careful not to get burned.
You also need to pay attention to the children's pot. If it doesn't work, use a spoon to scoop it into the children's bowls and let them eat."
Li Lanzhen used an iron spoon to scoop a bowl of cooked meat and vegetables for Shopkeeper Hua.
"Manager Hua, come and try it. How does it taste?"
Shopkeeper Hua took it with both hands and smiled happily.
In fact, when he smelled the aroma of the hot pot, he felt that it must be a very unique food.
Now you can see that this pot contains meat, vegetables, and red oil, which is spicy and delicious.
Moreover, he had already noticed that minced garlic, chopped green onions and vinegar had been added to the bottom of the empty bowl that Li Lanzhen was holding.
This is probably the dipping sauce that Li Lanzhen was talking about.
Shopkeeper Hua picked up a piece of meat wrapped in minced garlic and chopped green onions and put it into his mouth.
The spicy and fragrant taste in your mouth instantly fills your body with inspiration.
He kept nodding his head while chewing it in his mouth.
“Mmm, it’s delicious!”
Li Lanzhen knew that no one could resist hotpot!
If there is, I will eat his food for seven or eight meals.
"Manager Hua, this is called hot pot. If you eat hot pot in a restaurant, a table can hold a pot this big.
One pot can feed two, four, or six people.
After the base soup boils, put the meat and vegetables in little by little according to your taste and eat them while dipping them in water.
But there are no such conditions here today.
Just put the ingredients in according to the order of meat and vegetables, cook them and eat them.”
Han Dazhong said, "It's delicious this way too. It's cooked in no time and you can just scoop it out and eat whatever you want. It's so delicious!"
Shopkeeper Hua immediately understood what Li Lanzhen meant.
While chewing in his mouth, he started to think in his mind.
I wonder if Mrs. Li will sell this hot pot recipe directly to the restaurant or cooperate with it?
After eating hot pot, I went to discuss this matter with her.
The weather is still cold now, this hot pot will definitely be a big hit!
If you move fast, you can enter the restaurant in less than a month.
Li Lanzhen glanced at Manager Hua and realized that he understood what she meant, so she pointed at the minced garlic, chopped green onions, soy sauce and vinegar on the table next to her.
"Shopkeeper Hua, the dipping sauce for this hot pot is also particular. It can be chopped green onion, ginger, garlic, crushed peanuts, sesame oil, sesame sauce, vinegar and soy sauce.
These are all served in large bowls, and the diners can take as much as they want.”
Shopkeeper Hua's eyes lit up when he heard this. This way the taste would be richer!
Seeing that he understood so well, Li Lanzhen said no more and lowered her head to start eating.
Because she really couldn't stand the overbearing aroma of hot pot.
After traveling through time, it was her first time to eat hotpot. She was a little greedy and drooling.
After a hotpot meal, both adults and children had full stomachs.
The whole pot of seafood soup without any chili was finished.
Now there is half a pot of water, and after it is heated up, we will prepare to wash the dishes.
I also scooped half a spoonful of the spicy soup base to taste it.
It was so spicy after just one sip, but I couldn't bear to pour it out, so I drank it up slowly, slurping it up.
Just like that, there were still three big pots of spicy hot pot soup left.
Everyone asked to save it and cook something tomorrow morning, even without meat, and have it with steamed buns.
After clearing away the iron pots and bowls, the adults took the children out for a walk to eat.
Li Lanzhen called Han Minghai, and Han Mingxiang and Manager Hua went to the dining room together.
Seeing that everyone was seated, she spoke directly to the shopkeeper Hua.
"Manager Hua, look, what would happen if this hot pot was brought into your restaurant?"
"Of course, this is definitely profitable.
Because this is unique to the Le Dynasty.
Mrs. Li, how do you think we can cooperate?
Do you want to sell the hot pot recipe to our restaurant all at once, or do you want to share the profits?"
Li Lanzhen smiled. It was great to deal with smart people without having to waste too much words.
"I want a share. I want 20% of the net profit of your Sifang Restaurant Hotpot in the entire Li Dynasty."
As soon as Li Lanzhen finished speaking, Shopkeeper Hua said without hesitation.
"Okay, let's do it this way. I'll write the contract and Mrs. Li will take a look at it. If there are no changes, we will reach an agreement immediately."
Han Mingxiang immediately prepared writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.
The contract was written in a short while.
Li Lanzhen took it and looked at it carefully, then remembered that no one knew she could read, so she handed it to Han Mingxiang.
"Son, you read it and we will all listen."
Han Mingxiang took the contract and read it to everyone.
After listening to it, Li Lanzhen felt that there was no need for modification, so she asked her two sons.
"Do you think there is anything that needs to be modified?"
Han Minghai and Han Mingxiang both shook their heads and said no.