Different God of Cooking [Rebirth]

Both Zhao's father and Zhao's mother are extremely actionable people, once they make up their minds, they will start to act immediately.Otherwise, they would not have left the farmland that had raised them for decades so resolutely, and chose to work in cities.

So when Zhao An came back from Ji Jiashu's house and found that his dining table was covered with all kinds of brine and spices, he was stunned.It's too fast for my parents.

Fortunately, Zhao An did not find all kinds of ingredients among the mountains of spices. It seems that his parents are not excited enough to start selling them today.

Zhao An threw himself into Zhao's mother's arms and said, "Mom, are you going to start selling pig's trotters?"

"Well, your mother decided to give it a try." Zhao's mother still smiled shyly, after all, she was about to do something completely unfamiliar or even never imagined, so she was not very confident.But her love for her son urged her to keep moving forward.

Then Zhao An asked about his parents' plans. Although Zhao An was only 11 years old, this idea was originally proposed by Zhao An. In addition, Zhao An is now more mature and sensible, so Zhao's father and Zhao's mother did not hide it from Zhao An. Ann, on the contrary, told all his plans.

Zhao's mother is going to rest for another day tomorrow, and then try to sell some pig's trotters. Today, she will buy various spices to make brine.The small pot of brine in Zhao An's house can't marinate a few pig's trotters at once.

However, the cost of pig's trotters is still a bit high for Zhao's father and Zhao's mother.A pig's trotter costs more than a catty, and if you buy premium pork, it costs more than four yuan per trotter.Zhao's father and Zhao's mother worked on the construction site for a day, and their salary was only seven or eight yuan, so they planned to go to the biggest market tomorrow morning to buy pork, where the pork was the cheapest.

Of course, another reason is that the pig's trotters slaughtered that day are fresh enough and have the best taste.

In addition, Zhao's mother will also make secret hot sauce, so that customers can choose more flavors.As for Zhao's father, he was busy making small carts, so he couldn't just go to the street and yell with a plate.

Although Zhao's father and Zhao's mother have tried their best to consider the freshness, taste, and hygiene of pig's trotters, in Zhao An's view, it is far from enough. With Zhao's mother's cooking skills and responsibility, she may be able to slowly accumulate customers and word of mouth, but it is even more difficult. It is possible to encounter setbacks in the early stages of opening.

Once the parents fail in this attempt, it will definitely have a devastating blow to their confidence. With the cautious characters of the two of them, it may be difficult to make such an attempt again.

Fortunately, Zhao An has long considered this issue from various aspects. Although Zhao An has no experience in the food industry, it is not a joke that Huaxia is called a "big food empire".

The dazzling variety of restaurants on Future Street and the chatter between Zhao An and industry elites gave him a vision far beyond this era.

"Mom, let's go to North Street to sell it. When we went for a walk, we saw a lot of people nearby. The business will definitely be good." Zhao An said seriously.

Mother Zhao nodded with a smile. She and her husband also discussed where to sell pig's trotters. First of all, they would definitely not go back near the vegetable market, because there are already many vendors around.Zhao's mother felt that the competition was a bit fierce, and it was very likely that they would not be able to sell.

The North Street that Zhao An mentioned was the favorite place in Zhao's mother's heart, and it was also a few options at the beginning. It was relatively close to the street where they lived, and there were a lot of people. He agreed to Zhao An's suggestion of this place.

In fact, Zhao An still had many considerations and did not tell his mother that there are more than a dozen buildings on North Street that are staff buildings of a large state-owned enterprise in Rongcheng, and most of the people living nearby are employees of this enterprise.

In the 90s, state-owned enterprises meant iron rice bowls, high wages, and the most powerful consumption power.The more important point is that this company produces products related to military equipment. Usually, the off-duty time is very late, and there is a canteen established by the company in the community. The employees are used to eating in the canteen instead of cooking by themselves. dealer's favor.

But such a place is the best place to sell snacks like braised pig's trotters. In order to find a suitable place to sell, Zhao An asked his parents to take him for a walk when he had nothing to do, and finally collected enough information.

This step is called target group selection in the mature business system in the future.

Now that the address problem has been solved, another important point is the publicity strategy. How to get nearby residents to recognize Zhao's lo-mei as soon as possible is another key.

"Mom, I saw that the vendors selling braised meat in the vegetable market sell a lot of different dishes. Will it be a bit monotonous for us to sell pig's trotters?"

Hearing Zhao An's words, Zhao's mother was also a little worried. In fact, she had also thought about these issues, and even went to see the lo mei sold by other vendors.What chicken feet, duck wings, pork neck, braised beef...a small stall filled to the brim makes people look appetizing. It's a bit monotonous to sell only pig's trotters.

But the more varieties, the more money and time you invest. To buy pig’s trotters tomorrow, you will spend most of the money you have saved recently. How can you have money to buy other dishes?

Moreover, the time and process of marinating different types of meat are completely different, and Mrs. Zhao, who works on the construction site, does not have so much time to marinate different meats. At the same time, as an honest farmer, Mrs. Zhao is not willing to marinate in one pot. Perfunctory.

Seeing Mother Zhao's perplexed face, Zhao An already had an answer in his heart, so he continued: "The dried tofu and lotus root you stewed last time are also delicious, and we can prepare some toothpicks then. , Just like those vendors at the entrance of the farmers’ market, let others try our vegetarian dishes. After they know how delicious my mother’s stewed vegetables are, they will buy pig’s trotters!"

Mother Zhao also had the impression of trying to eat what Zhao An said, and suddenly felt that this was also a good idea.If it is a material like dried tofu, the price and marinating time are acceptable.

Zhao's mother rubbed Zhao An's head, and said in a doting tone: "My son is very good. He can help mom and dad with ideas."

Zhao An pretended to be proud, puffed up his chest and replied, "Of course, I have learned a lot from books."

Hearing that Father Zhao, who was making a cart by the side, laughed loudly, "My son has grown up."

Their family couldn't afford the aluminum carts used by ordinary vendors, so Father Zhao planned to make a simple cart by himself.Farmers usually have a very powerful skill. As long as it is something they need in life, they always know a little bit. This is the pressure of life and a gift.

Seeing that his parents had accepted his opinion, Zhao An secretly let out a sigh of relief.In fact, in his heart, such a catering business plan is completely unqualified.

What profit rate, publicity plan, product promotion, brand image, market expansion... I have never considered it at all. If it is in the highly competitive catering field in the future, there is no way to survive.

But it was enough for the time being in 1992, and now the catering is blank.And Zhao An knows how big this market will be in the future, as long as he can take the first step, he can make his parents lead a completely different life.

Tonight's Zhao An is no longer anxious and painful like before, but full of anticipation, and he wakes up at dawn.

It's dawn!When Zhao An opened his eyes, he found that the sky was already bright, and the sun was shining on the bed through the wooden window, which was a bit dazzling. There were faint conversations coming from downstairs, which belonged to the vitality of Rongcheng.

But Zhao An was not in the mood to appreciate the beautiful morning written by countless authors, because Zhao's father and Zhao mother clearly promised him last night to take him to the farmer's market to buy ingredients this morning.

Although Zhao An also knew that he was not on the same level as his parents in terms of food identification, selection, and bargaining, he wanted to help out, but he didn't expect that Zhao's father and Zhao's mother didn't wake him up.Zhao An couldn't tell whether he should be moved or angry.

Not long after Zhao An got up, Zhao's father and Zhao's mother came back with a basket full of vegetables. Zhao An wanted to go to help, but Zhao's father refused: "This thing is too heavy, you can't afford it."

Zhao An remembered that he was less than 1.4 meters in height, and felt frustrated. It was time to put exercise on the agenda.However, Zhao An still set his sights on the basket first.

The five pig's trotters took up most of the space in the back basket, and the total weight was estimated to be seven or eight catties.In addition, there are a lot of yellow dried tofu, pale pink lotus root, dark green kelp and yellow bean curd sticks, which are estimated to weigh four to five catties.

For ordinary vendors, these dishes are not many, but after all, Zhao's father and Zhao's mother are doing business for the first time, which is already the biggest investment for them, and the two of them are not as relaxed as they seem.

After returning home, the two began to marinate the food.

Zhao's mother first started to marinate the pig's trotters, because the brine has just been prepared, and the pig's trotters are marinated first to ensure the best color and taste.

Of course, marinating pig's trotters is not such a simple matter. First of all, cleaning the pig's trotters is a careful job. If it is not cleaned well, it will have an obvious earthy smell. If there is pig hair residue, it will seriously affect the appearance.

In addition, when marinating the pig's trotters, Zhao's mother will make small openings at the joints of the pig's trotters to ensure that the marinade can penetrate into the lean meat of the pig's trotters. Tie it up with a white thread.

The temperature of the final marinade is also very important, not only to ensure the taste of the trotters, but also to ensure the taste.Zhao's mother does not have professional equipment such as a thermometer, so she can only rely on her own experience to control it, but it is also the first time for Zhao's mother to marinate five pig's trotters at the same time.

The pig's trotters were finally out of the pot after being slowly marinated until the afternoon. The yellow-brown pig's skin was shiny with oil, and the pig's skin did not lose its elasticity, and then it was allowed to cool down slowly.

At this time, there is a thick layer of oil on the brine, which is the oil that seeps out when the pig's trotters are stewed, and this layer of oil is the key to the stewed vegetarian dishes.

Mother Zhao put the prepared vegetarian dishes into the cauldron and continued to marinate them, while she started to work on another very important thing, her secret hot sauce.

Put the freshly crushed chili into the hot oil, and then add various condiments such as chopped ginger, pepper noodles, chicken essence and a little rock sugar. The whole process is quite complicated. The sweetness is out of balance, and the whole chili sauce is completely different.

Except for a simple lunch at noon, Zhao's father and Zhao's mother were busy until after four o'clock in the afternoon, before they prepared all the stewed vegetables, put them into the big iron basin borrowed from their aunt Zhao Xiaohong's house, and walked out of the house.

At this time, the sun had already begun to set, and the workers began to get off work. Rongcheng ushered in a leisurely and comfortable evening.At the same time, this is also an inflection point for Zhao An's family to move towards another future.

The author has something to say: hungry.