The Three Kingdoms began with self-reliance as king

Chapter 266 What's wrong with your eyes (thanks to "Xinxin168")
The snack that Liu Yi plans to make is nothing but candied haws!

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was no such thing.

According to the normal development of history, it can only be eaten in the Song Dynasty at the earliest.

Candied haws are also called candied haws, candied buns, and candied balls.

It is rumored that Song Guangzong's favorite Concubine Huang Gui was sick, her face was yellow and thin, she didn't think about food and tea, and she was getting haggard day by day.

The imperial physicians tried their best but couldn't cure it, so Song Guangzong had to seek medical advice, and the last quack doctor came to the palace and cured Concubine Huang.

The method used is to decoct with rock sugar and red fruit.

Later, this practice spread to the people, and the hawkers improved it and sold it on a string, so the candied haws that the people love was born.

It not only appetizers but also heat and beauty.

It can be described as a snack suitable for men, women, old and young in all seasons.

The practice of candied haws is very simple.

Liu Yi has never eaten pork and seen pigs running.

I understand that as long as the wild fruit is strung together with a bamboo stick, put it in the syrup and dip it for dyeing, and then take it out and wait until it hardens before eating.

In the north where early winter is approaching, the taste of candied haws is sour, sweet and icy.

It is a rare delicacy!
Liu Yi did not hesitate.

Let people prepare fresh and wild fruits that are sour and suitable for making candied haws at the first time.

At the same time, people prepare white sugar, honey, water, bamboo sticks and other necessary things for making candied haws.

Everything was ready, Liu Yi started to make it without hesitation.

Seeing Liu Yi started to fiddle with food again.

Zhang Mancheng, Dian Wei, and Guan Hai volunteered to help him.

They still have great confidence in Liu Yi's cooking.

According to Liu Yi's arrangement, everyone cooperated very tacitly.

The fruits sent by the servants are all fresh and plump.

Liu Yi asked Dianwei to classify them by species and size, and then pick out evenly sized ones and string them up with bamboo sticks.

Since there was no rock sugar, Liu Yi used white sugar to boil the syrup.

Although the candied haws made in this way are not authentic candied haws, the overall taste is very close.

Ask Dianwei to pour the white sugar into the pot and simmer over high heat until the syrup emits fine and dense bubbles, the color is golden, and the sugar fragrance permeates.

Liu Yi dipped his chopsticks into the syrup and found that the sugar shreds could be pulled out, so he asked Dianwei to stop the fire.

If the syrup is boiled down, the color of the syrup will lose the transparency of the sugar color and turn to brown, and even the syrup will have a burnt taste.

That's not worth the candle.

Liu Yi grabbed a few bunches of fruit and gently turned them against the boiled syrup so that the surface of the fruit was evenly coated with a thin layer of syrup.

He knew that the thicker the syrup, the better. Once it was too thick, he would not be able to eat the fruit inside.

The thickness of the wrap is moderate, and the syrup is even, the taste will be better.

After all, it was given to Zhang Ning, so he naturally had to try his best to do his best.

After dipping in the syrup, there is another very important step, which is to put the candied haws on a smooth wooden board that has been soaked in clean water for a long time, so that the candied haws can be cooled and shaped quickly.

The purpose of doing this is to make the prepared candied haws crispy to the bite, non-stick to the teeth, and more sour and sweet.

After the candied haws are made.

Zhang Mancheng and others all surrounded him.

Looking at the sugar-colored and wanton-flavored fruit, everyone couldn't help swallowing.

"My lord... can we... have a taste?"

"Of course! Eat!"

Liu Yi fell silent.

Zhang Mancheng immediately took a bunch of candied haws, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes as soon as he took a bite.

He looked down at the candied haws in his hand and remained silent for a long time.

"What's wrong? Isn't it delicious?"

Seeing Zhang Mancheng staring at the candied haws in his hand, Liu Yi asked puzzledly.

Zhang Mancheng shook his head, pointed at the candied haws in his hand, and sighed:
"The candied haws made by the big brother are crisp and delicious, so delicious! There is sweetness in the sourness, and sourness in the sweetness.

I didn't expect that the fruit would become so delicious after being wrapped in syrup..."

Hearing this, Dian and Wei also tasted it one after another.

"I didn't expect that a mere fruit would become so delicious after being processed by the lord!"

"I don't know why after taking a bite, my mouth is full of saliva, and my appetite is greatly increased..."

The two also sincerely praised.

After Liu Yi tasted it, he still felt the familiar formula and the familiar taste!

The whole body and mind have been greatly satisfied.

If he hadn't made white granulated sugar, he would never have the chance to taste the delicacy of candied haws in the Three Kingdoms.

This delicacy in childhood can be sealed in memory!
The police sent several bunches of frozen candied haws to Zhang Ning.

Liu Yi did not stop making candied haws.

His family was not good when he was a child.

When he was young, he could only stare helplessly at other children eating candied haws.

It was not until Jin was ten years old that his distant uncle bought him a bunch of candied haws that he ate candied haws for the first time.

The children of common people in this era have long taken on the important task of supporting their families.

Not to mention candied haws, it is a great happiness to be able to eat a full stomach and not to starve.

This candied haws must be very attractive to them, and it will be remembered by them for a lifetime.

Therefore, Liu Yi planned to take some of these candied haws with the taste of childhood to the children in Yixing City.

Moreover, he has been in the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty for so long, and he has never walked the streets in a serious manner.

From the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, facing the conquest of the imperial court, he struggled for survival all day long.

Later, when they had their own territory, the focus was still on resisting the conquest of the Han army, and developing the army and people's livelihood.

Now he is General Zhengxi and Marquis of Guannei, and Yixing City has also developed relatively prosperously.

Everything made him feel at ease.

So he finally had leisure and elegance, went to walk the streets and alleys, and observed the people's sentiments by the way.

Knowing that Liu Yi was going to work as a peddler on the streets of Ngai Xing City, Dian Wei and the others felt that it was demeaning.

Liu Yi insisted on going, and the three had no choice but to petition to accompany him.

Zhang Ning is tasting delicious candied haws.

I learned that Liu Yi hopes to pass on these delicious candied haws and this happiness to the children in Yixing City.

But she thinks that there are a lot of children in Ngai Hing City, so it is better to make more if you want to go.

Liu Yi agreed to her proposal.

On the one hand, speed up the refining of white sugar, and on the other hand, speed up the production of candied haws.

The more the merrier.

Soon they produced a considerable amount of candied haws.

Liu Yi inserted them on straw targets made of straw to fix the candied haws.

Thanks to the concerted effort of all the people, the candied haws produced in the end are filled with three such straw targets.

After everyone disguised themselves for a while.

Dian Wei, Guan Hai, and Zhang Mancheng directly took up a straw target.

Following Liu Yi and Zhang Ning, they left the mansion one after the other, and walked straight towards the lively market.

To be almost to the market.

Liu Yi asked Dianwei for a straw target.

I plan to experience the life of a small businessman.

Dian Wei handed the grass target to Liu Yi, and followed behind Liu Yi and Zhang Ning in a daze.

Zhang Mancheng grabbed the corner of his clothes and winked at him constantly.

Dian Wei didn't understand what he meant, and said in doubt:

"General Zhang, what's wrong with your eyes? Are you uncomfortable?"

(End of this chapter)