The next day, when the boy came to bring strawberries, he brought an oven, ten pounds of good white flour, and one pound of sugar.
These things are not cheap.
In fact, although white flour and sugar are expensive, they are not very expensive.
But the oven is different.
The oven is made of iron, and a lot of iron is used.
When the final reckoning came, not only could I not take today's strawberry money, but I also had to give the boy some more money.
Su Ruanruan secretly went to see Su Cangshan, but saw that Su Cangshan's expression was as usual, and he was not heartbroken or unhappy.
Seeing this, Su Ruanruan breathed a sigh of relief.
After seeing off the little boy, Su Qinshi and Su Lishi called Su Ruanruan, "Ruanbao, how exactly do you want to make that chicken cake you mentioned?"
The making of chicken cake is actually very simple. Beat the eggs in a bowl, then add some sugar, and beat in one direction with chopsticks until there are no big bubbles left in the bowl.
Then add flour to it. Add the flour little by little. After adding it, continue beating in one direction.
It needs to be beaten into a smooth paste.
Pour the beaten batter into the bamboo tube, only half way, then sprinkle some sesame seeds on top, and then put it in the oven.
Su Ruanruan explained the recipe in detail and made sure that Su Qin and Su Li knew how to cook it, and then ran to a corner of the yard to look at the oven.
The oven is a square iron box, and there is also an iron plate that is larger than the iron box.
The young man just said that he needed to make a simple stove first so that the iron plate could be placed flatly on it without tipping over.
After placing the iron plate, place the iron box on top.
When needed, put the things to be baked into the iron box and light the fire underneath.
It sounds simple, but actually the most difficult thing is lighting the fire.
Once the iron box is closed, what is inside is completely invisible.
If the fire is too strong and the temperature in the iron box is too high, the things may be burned.
But if the fire is too low, the contents may not be cooked properly.
How to control the temperature of fire is a difficult thing.
The paste hasn't been stirred yet, so Su Cangshan wants to try it first.
Su Ruanruan didn't know how to use the iron box, and couldn't give any advice. She could only squat aside and watch.
Su Cangshan's mind was also very flexible. He took a bamboo tube, put water in it, put it in the iron box, closed the lid and lit the fire.
After I guessed that the time was almost up, I used a stick to open the lid and look at the bamboo tube inside.
I saw that the outside of the bamboo tube was dark, and the water inside was bubbling.
Su Cangshan frowned and looked at it for a while, "It seems about the same."
Su Ruanruan also took a look, but saw nothing.
They were playing with the oven here, and Su Qinshi and Su Lishi had already mixed the paste over there.
Because it was the first time to make it, and they used all good things, Su Qinshi and Su Lishi didn't do too much. In the end, they all poured into the bamboo tubes, and only six bamboo tubes were poured out.
Su Qin said to Su Ruanruan, "This is our first time making it, and we don't know if it will work or if it will taste good. Let's try it first!"
Su Ruanruan is not someone who likes to waste things. She understands Su Qinshi's caution and keeps nodding, "Listen to grandma."
Su Qin carefully put the six bamboo tubes into the iron box, and Su Cangshan closed the lid with a stick.
Different from just now, Su Cangshan's expression was more serious this time when he was lighting the fire.
(4th update)
(End of chapter)