Chapter 337 Hot and Sour Rice Noodles

Before leaving, the people in the workshop put the freshly made vermicelli into a clay jar and asked Xia Mingyue to take it back to eat.

Vermicelli is not a particularly valuable or rare food, but this vermicelli is the first batch made by the vermicelli workshop in Zhaojiazhuang under the guidance of Xia Mingyue. It is of great commemorative significance, and Xia Mingyue must taste it.

The saying "When you drink water, remember the person who dug the well" is just like that.

Xia Mingyue understood what everyone was thinking, so she did not refuse and just took a jar of fresh vermicelli back.

After arriving home, Jiang Zhuguo saw the fresh vermicelli and was a little hesitant.

There are only a few ways to cook vermicelli, such as spinach mixed with vermicelli, adding vermicelli to a big pot dish, stir-frying carrot vermicelli...

Not only are these dishes unoriginal, but they are also hard to appetize in the hot summer.

For a moment, Jiang Zhuguo didn't know what to make with the vermicelli.

Xia Mingyue, however, entered the kitchen with great interest.

After a while, the earthen jar was brought out again.

There was still most of the vermicelli in the earthenware jar, but there were many more ingredients and soups, and it smelled delicious.

"Sister Xia, what is this?" Jiang Zhuguo was extremely surprised.

"Try it." While Xia Mingyue was speaking, she turned and went into the kitchen, took out a bowl and chopsticks, and called out to Lu, Zhuang Cui and others, "You guys come and try it too?"

With Xia Mingyue's words, everyone who smelled the fragrance from the earthenware jar gathered around. After Xia Mingyue divided the vermicelli into individual bowls, they picked up the bowls, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the vermicelli and put them into their mouths.

The vermicelli is tender, smooth and refreshing. When one end is put to your mouth, it goes into your mouth with a "slurp" sound.

The rich and mellow taste spreads quickly in the mouth, fully enveloping the taste buds on the tongue, while the refreshing and spicy taste strongly stimulates the oral nerves...

It is fragrant and spicy, spicy and fragrant, spicy and sour, and appetizing. The more you eat it, the more you want to eat. After eating all the vermicelli in the bowl in one breath, you still feel unsatisfied. You just want to scoop some more from the earthenware jar to fill your stomach.

However, the amount of vermicelli in the earthenware jar was limited, and Xia Mingyue had just distributed all of it, so that the jar was now empty.

Everyone was immediately very regretful, but they also exclaimed, "This vermicelli is so delicious!"

"Yes, this is the first time I've eaten such delicious vermicelli." Song also smacked her lips, "Madam Xia, how do you make this vermicelli? Can you tell us about it? We can make it ourselves when we get back..."

As soon as she finished saying this, Song suddenly felt a little regretful.

Xia Mingyue is in the food business, and most of the ways of making food will become a profitable business in the future. She asked right away how to do it, which seemed very inappropriate.

"Madam Xia, I didn't mean anything else. I just thought this vermicelli was really delicious, so I just said it..." Song hurriedly explained and apologized. Xia Mingyue smiled and said, "This vermicelli is called hot and sour vermicelli. If you really want to eat this hot and sour vermicelli in the future, I can really teach you this method. You can make it every day, but after you learn it, you must invite more relatives, friends, and neighbors to taste it."

"If they find it delicious after tasting it and want to ask you how to make this hot and sour noodle, you can also teach them the method and let them learn it. Then tell them what I told you today and let them teach others how to make this hot and sour noodle."

Song was so confused by what she heard that she almost scratched the back of her head until it became bald. "I don't quite understand what Madam Xia is trying to do."

When other people learn a cooking method, they usually keep it secret for fear that others might learn even a little bit. But Madam Xia was good. Not only did she teach them, she also asked them to teach others, and even asked others to teach more people.

If this continues, everyone will learn how to make hot and sour noodles. Then hot and sour noodles will become common and no longer rare. For Madam Xia, it will not be good for her.

The others also looked at each other.

Not to mention that Madam Song didn't understand, they were also a little confused at this moment.

Instead, Mrs. Lu slapped the back of her head and said excitedly, "I see, my sister-in-law is doing this to pave the way for selling vermicelli in the future!"

"That's right." Xia Mingyue smiled when she saw that someone understood her intention. "The first batch of vermicelli from Zhaojiazhuang will be ready in just over a month, and we need to sell them all."

"I thought, if I want to sell vermicelli, I need to make it more delicious so that people will like it more and be willing to buy it. So I thought about teaching more people how to make hot and sour vermicelli. This way, there will be a high demand for vermicelli, and it will naturally sell well."

Of course, if the hot and sour noodles are regarded as a new product category in Xia Ji, it is not impossible to open up new franchises.

However, the number of franchisees is limited, and the amount of vermicelli consumed daily is also limited, which is far less than the demand for vermicelli from Quanmin Jiehui Hot and Sour Noodles.

Moreover, it would be a happy thing if a place was famous for its abundant production of vermicelli and its local snack of hot and sour vermicelli.

"I see." Song suddenly realized, but thought for a moment and said, "But if Madam Xia wants to pave the way for selling vermicelli, this word-of-mouth method is a bit slow. And if the hot and sour noodles are made by ordinary people, I'm afraid that other people's impression of the hot and sour noodles will be greatly reduced."

"Why don't you ask Madam Xia to have someone set up a stall on the street so that passers-by can try the hot and sour noodles. If they think it tastes good, they can buy three pounds of noodles and learn how to make the hot and sour noodles for free."

"This way, everyone will know about hot and sour noodles, and that they are made from vermicelli. They will also know that this hot and sour noodles comes from your craftsmanship, Madam Xia. They will definitely be very interested in it. By then, I'm afraid there will be long queues on the streets, and the vermicelli will naturally be easy to sell!"

"That's a good idea." Xia Mingyue nodded repeatedly, "Let's do as Madam Song said."

Three pounds of vermicelli is a very suitable price, neither too much nor too little, which can achieve a certain sales volume and is also within the affordability of most people.

I have to say that Ms. Song is becoming more and more business-savvy nowadays.

Xia Mingyue praised Song and gave the method of making hot and sour noodles to everyone in Xia's company.

"Fresh vermicelli can be used directly. If it is dried vermicelli, it needs to be boiled first. It does not need to be boiled too soft. It is best to retain the chewy texture. After boiling, rinse it with cold water and set aside."

“Ground chili powder, fried white sesame seeds, crushed peanuts, chopped green onions, minced garlic and chili peppers are added with hot oil, then mixed with vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, boiled water, etc., and fresh sweet potato vermicelli is added, sprinkled with chopped green onions and coriander…”