Next, things developed just as Princess Ning An expected. After Zhu Ping'an nodded his approval, the people outside Zhu Ji Fast Food suddenly became excited, like a raging river suddenly bursting its banks, whistling and rushing down the dam in a raging manner...
"It's true. How can your restaurant do this? How can you use pig offal to cook for us? How can we eat pig offal when it smells so bad?"
"Is this how you give us a discount? No matter how much cheaper it is, it won't work. The smell of pig offal..."
"Just smell it, it smells so bad now, wouldn't it be a waste of food if we cook it?"
In just a few seconds, many words like this were spoken.
Princess Ning'an hid behind the window, listening to everyone's complaints and dissatisfaction, her little face smiling like a flower.
See what you're going to do?!
Princess Ning'an once again secretly stood up and leaned against the window, revealing her little face, wanting to see Zhu Ping'an being torn to pieces by the angry crowd.
Then
An unbelievable scene suddenly appeared in her field of vision, causing Princess Ning'an's mouth to open uncontrollably into an O shape, and her big eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
In her sight, Zhu Ping'an, who had just nodded, now moved his head horizontally back and forth.
Well
Is this a head shake?!
Princess Ning'an was so surprised that her forehead hit the window. She covered her forehead in pain and abused Zhu Ping'an again in her heart.
Not only Princess Ning'an, but also the crowd outside Zhuji Fast Food were stunned by Zhu Ping'an's actions. How could he do this? He nodded first, then shook his head, admitting that it was you, then denying that it was you. Do you think we are stupid? !
For a moment, the saliva from everyone almost drowned Zhu Pingan.
"My fellow villagers, I nodded just now to say that we do use pig offal to cook dishes in our restaurant, but I shook my head to say that we do not only use pig offal to cook dishes in our restaurant. Pig offal is just one of the dishes in our restaurant. We have many dishes in our restaurant. There are meat and vegetables, sweet and spicy, salty and sour, chicken, duck, fish and so on. There are so many dishes, there is always something that everyone likes to eat."
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and bowed to explain to everyone.
After listening to Zhu Ping'an's explanation, everyone's emotions slowly calmed down. Yes, what the young shopkeeper said made sense. Who would open a restaurant and only cook one dish? Who would dare to open a restaurant without dozens of dishes
We all know that it is difficult to please everyone. If you don't like pig offal, you can eat something else.
Everyone's emotions calmed down, but Princess Ning An became even more excited.
Shameless Zhu Ping'an!
You are so good at making excuses!
A bunch of ignorant and untouchable people were fooled by Zhu Ping'an like this!
Looking at the harmonious scene opposite, Princess Ning An almost went crazy.
"When I first arrived, I noticed that the folks were a little hesitant when they saw the pig offal we were carrying. Haha, I know that the folks have a bad impression of pig offal. It's smelly and stinky, and you can't eat it..."
Zhu Pingan turned to the crowd, smiled slightly and continued, "But there is one thing I still want to say. This pig offal is a specialty of our restaurant. It is delicious and inexpensive..."
After hearing what Zhu Ping'an said, everyone was puzzled and shook their heads, asking Zhu Ping'an again and again, since they knew that pig offal was smelly and foul and inedible, why did he still serve it as a special dish, and it was also delicious and cheap, who was he trying to fool? Wasn't this destroying the reputation of his own store
"You elders don't like pig offal. Do you think it's dirty?" Zhu Ping'an didn't answer everyone, but asked instead.
"Of course, pig offal is dirty, smelly and stinky..."
"If pig offal isn't dirty, then what else is dirty? ... I can't eat when I smell that."
Everyone spoke without hesitation, and they all instinctively agreed that pig offal was dirty, and therefore they were disgusted by it.
Zhu Pingan nodded and asked, "Are all the offal dirty? What about sheep and cattle offal? Do you want to eat beef and mutton offal?"
Everyone couldn't help but hesitate when they heard this.
To be honest, are cow and sheep offal dirty? Yes, but not really. Once it is cleaned, it is not dirty anymore. There is no smell at all.
Everyone has eaten beef offal and mutton offal, and they all like them. These two are relatively good ingredients, but most people can't afford them. The price of beef offal and mutton offal is more expensive than pork.
Indeed, according to this logic, there is no essential difference between pig offal, cow offal, and sheep offal, right? !
Everyone couldn't help but hesitate.
Zhu Pingan noticed the hesitant expressions of the crowd, and then asked with a smile: "I wonder if you have heard of the dish 'Roasted Golden Intestines'?"
Before anyone could answer, Zhu Pingan continued, "I think everyone has heard of this dish. Most restaurants have this dish. Even the most famous restaurants in Beijing, such as Lanyue Tower, have made this dish their signature dish. This dish is made with sheep intestines. Put chopped mutton and seasonings into the cleaned sheep intestines, and hang them in a ventilated place to dry for a week. Then, cut the dried sheep intestines into sections, skewer them with bamboo sticks, and grill them over charcoal fire. Apply egg yolk while grilling. When they are cooked, they are golden in color and fragrant."
Yes, that's right, everyone nodded.
The dish of roasted golden intestines has been popular since the Song Dynasty and reached its peak in the Ming Dynasty. The feeling of people in the Ming Dynasty about roasted golden intestines is almost the same as that of modern people when they hear about spicy and sour potato shreds, boiled pork slices, and twice-cooked pork.
"Is lamb intestine the offal of sheep? Is it dirty? But in the Song Dynasty, roasted golden intestine was a common imperial meal in the palace. The 'cooked lamb Hu Bing and roasted golden intestine for drinking' recorded in Volume 9 of "Dongjing Menghualu" refers to this imperial meal. In addition to lamb offal, offal such as fried duck gizzards and fried tripe shreds are also part of the imperial meal." Zhu Ping'an went on to say, further elevating the status of the offal.
In order to change people's mindsets, Zhu Ping'an cited the examples of beef and mutton offal, and then listed mutton offal, duck gizzards, and tripe shreds as examples of imperial meals, further reversing everyone's perception of offal.
You say offal is dirty, but offal is used as an ingredient in all imperial meals. How could the palace be less particular than you?!
In this way, step by step, Zhu Ping'an gradually improved everyone's perception of pig offal.
"Young shopkeeper, you can't say that. Cow and sheep offal has no smell after being processed. It tastes fine. But pig offal is different. It still has a smell after being processed."
"Yes, cows and sheep are very particular about cleanliness, and their offal is easy to handle. Once handled, the smell will go away. But pigs are different. Pigs are not particular at all. They are so dirty. The stench seeps into the pig offal, and it is impossible to clean it no matter how hard you try."
Although people's senses towards pig offal have improved, they still cannot accept it. In their opinion, pig offal has a foul smell from the inside out and is not cleaned properly. No one can eat it with this smell.
"What if the pig offal is cleaned and has no odor like cow and sheep offal?"
Zhu Pingan smiled slightly and spoke slowly.
Well
Cleaned up?!
After hearing what Zhu Ping'an said, everyone was slightly stunned. If it could be processed cleanly, it would be a different matter. Pig offal, cow offal, sheep offal, they are all offal, what is the difference between them.
“The beginning of etiquette begins with food and drink.”
As the ancestors of foodies, the ancients' acceptance of food is no less than that of modern people.
Is there anything I dare not eat?!