Zhangjia biscuits shop

Few people in this world know that Su Qi, the minister of the Dali Temple at that time, the celebrity in front of the emperor, the famous handsome man in Kyoto, and the young master of the Su family, actually likes to eat sesame seed cakes.

However, you don't have to be too surprised. As a handsome guy with a lot of money, the sesame seed cakes he eats are naturally not ordinary sesame seed cakes.

First let’s talk about this biscuit, a traditional folk snack that has always been unique. It is a popular baked pasta. It can be said to have a long history and a lot of varieties. , crispy biscuits, dough piles, slag-free biscuits, sugar and sesame sauce biscuits, oven-dried biscuits, crock furnace biscuits, rose-turned biscuits, pastry meat biscuits, assorted biscuits, stove dumplings, Du Chengqi biscuits, ox tongue biscuits, etc. Wait for hundreds of tricks. (Above Baidu Encyclopedia [Seed Cake])

Let alone in the whole of Kyoto, if you just look at the streets of West Market, there are definitely no less than fifteen or six sesame seed stalls shouting every morning. The dough can be squeezed from round to flat, and square into strips. A kitchen knife is used to cut it, and the dough strips that are estimated to be two inches long are filled with fillings. , a small piece of dough becomes a raw cake, sprinkle some sesame seeds and flour, a pair of skillful hands that have been practicing for more than ten years hold the dough and stick it to the inner wall of the hot stove. After a while, take the tongs What was taken out was already a golden crispy biscuit exuding the fragrance of white sugar, sesame seeds or lard, but two copper coins each, plus a bowl of freshly boiled hot soybean milk, is the breakfast for most people in Kyoto, cheap And delicious.

Because this kind of biscuit is easy to make and cheap, it is very popular among the people, while other biscuits with many names have only become snacks for the rich. The golden pancakes were replaced one by one, but they didn't know that the biscuits had an untouchable name-big pancakes.

That's right, the biscuit shop at the intersection of Fengtian Road and Xuanwu Road in West Market has been open for decades, and it sells this kind of unremarkable civilian food on weekdays.And this shop is the heart of our dear Su Qi children's shoes.

Having said so much, I still haven't mentioned anything unusual about Su Qi's favorite biscuit. To explain this, I have to talk about the biscuit shop at the intersection first.

The shop that sells sesame seed cakes occupies a very small storefront. Except for the noodle booth and the stove, there is only room for two broken wooden tables for people to sit down and eat cakes. At most, it can accommodate five or six people. If the guests are full, if the owner of the shop wants to go inside to get something out, the guests will have to get up and move the chairs again.Even so, the reputation of the Zhang family biscuit shop is still somewhat famous in the West Market.

There are often people who have nothing to do and threaten to eat all the delicacies in Kyoto. When it comes to biscuits, they give their thumbs up to Zhenxiu Tang, which is as exquisite as a work of art, with all kinds of strange things. , it will mention the Zhangjia Biscuit Shop.

The original name of the Zhang family biscuit shop is unknown, only known as Zhang Dabing. This year, he is in his fifties, but he is still as energetic as he was when he first ventured into Kyoto.He was originally from a small village outside the capital, and he used to make a living by farming. Because at that time, some brothers of the late emperor rebelled, and the current situation was turbulent. He died in the war and his parents were left alone, so he went out to make a living and came to the capital. In the future, I plan to make a living by making a living by making sesame seed cakes handed down from my ancestors, so with a pair of skillful hands, I slowly established my business in Kyoto, and let the people in Kyoto know that there is such a sesame seed cake seller. In [-], this shop also gained a firm foothold in the capital. From urchins in private schools to old people who come out to practice Tai Chi in the early morning, everyone likes to come to him to buy two biscuits to eat.

Naturally, I also want to talk about Zhang Dabing's superb skills in making sesame seed cakes.In fact, to put it bluntly, sesame seed cakes are nothing more than sesame seed cakes. Even with ancestral skills, it is just a way to cook a dough. However, Zhang Dabing is honest and honest, and he is more careful and careful when making cakes. Even if he is not generous, the cake maker The ingredients are still carefully selected, and he will never add some water, but it is much more than other houses. In addition, he has been in the business since he was a child, and he is well versed in the control of the fire and the temperature of the oven when making cakes. The temperature of the furnace wall, if the heat is not enough, the sesame seed cakes will not be fragrant or crisp.So it is also two copper coins and a sesame seed cake, coupled with Zhang Dabing’s one copper coin and a bowl of soy milk that can be added for free. It costs five copper coins to have a full breakfast, so everyone said it belongs to The kindness and deliciousness of the Zhang family spread in the market, and naturally more guests came.It’s just that this pancake has carefully selected good ingredients. Even if you try your best to bargain with others to lower the price, the cost is still much higher than that of other biscuit shops. Two copper coins are not very profitable. Although there are many diners, the small business naturally has a lot less profit. , After 40 years of hard work guarding a small shop, there is still not much accumulated by Zhang Dabing.

Pulled away again, and then came back to Su Qi, this Mr. Su didn't know when he wouldn't have to go to court in the morning, he wanted to find Bai Xingjian when he had nothing to do, but he didn't even meet him, Ye Tianxiang alone Glancing over, Su Qi immediately walked away with a knowing smile.So I had no choice but to take his pair of canaries for a walk, and tasted this delicacy by chance. After one sip, the syrup overflowed from the corners of his lips, and his mouth was slightly scalded, but the aroma of sesame seeds hit his face, which made people unable to stop I said it, so I couldn't let it go anymore, and I asked my servants to buy this biscuit from time to time. It's just that Dali Temple Qing is a noble family, how can I eat this thing every day?The housekeeper frowned, and just wanted to persuade his young master that sesame seed cakes are not healthy enough, without vitamin ABCDE, and unbalanced nutrition is not good for the body, but one morning, before four o'clock, when he opened the door, Su Qi had disappeared.

What did Su Qi do?Naturally, he changed into plain clothes, and eagerly went to the door of Zhang’s shop to wait with a group of children for the hot biscuits to come out of the pan. Then he held the hot biscuits, took turns taking turns while inhaling, and ate them all the way. In the past, after he finished eating, it was getting brighter, so he unhurriedly shook off the sesame crumbs on his body, took out a court dress from a package he carried with him, changed into it in a hurry, and ran to the morning court——for a long time After the emperor found out about this, he shook his head and sighed, "If Su Qing can share one-tenth of her sincerity towards sesame seed cakes with court affairs, then she will probably be a once-in-a-century virtuous minister!"

Zhang Dabing has been making biscuits for so many years, so he has naturally met countless customers. They are all small businesses and there is no need to remember anything, but Zhang Dabing is different from others. I can remember their taste, some want to be sweeter, so I specially add more syrup to them, and some can’t eat too greasy, so I mix some Artemisia scallions in the lard to remove the oil. Buyers feel that they are valued. Even though they are ordinary people in the market, it is also a happy thing to be remembered by a pancake seller for the first time, so they go home and publicize happily, and let Zhang Pancake add a few more new business.

Therefore, it's not difficult for him to remember a young man who waits for the big cakes to be baked at the door of his shop every morning, who is still somewhat handsome.It's just that Su Qi didn't have any requirements, he only wanted two pancakes a day, one sweet and one salty, wrapped in a clean handkerchief before leaving, so although Zhang Panbing was hospitable and enthusiastic by nature, he couldn't strike up a conversation with him.As for Su Qi, the reason why he walked so fast was naturally that he had to catch the early morning court at the fifth watch.

Until two or three months later, on a rainy day, most people stayed at home and did not go out, and the business of Zhang's shop was also sluggish, but Zhang Dabing took out some hot sesame seed cakes from the stove with a smile, and looked up. Su Qi, whose clothes were mostly wet and held a bamboo bone umbrella, couldn't help but kindly asked, "Brother, do you want to come in to shelter from the rain, eat sesame seed cakes and soy milk before leaving?"

Su Qi nodded again and again, put away the umbrella and hid in the shop, because there were few customers, and there was no rush to make the biscuits, Zhang Dabing still had time to hand him a clean towel, and chat with him by the way, Zhang Dabing knew the one in front of him after a few visits. The younger generation also fell in love with their own sesame seed cakes, so they got up so diligently and bought them early, and were very happy. At this time, Su Qi opened his innocent eyes and said, "Why don't you take me as an apprentice and teach me how to make sesame seed cakes!", Zhang Da Bing immediately agreed.

So the majestic minister of Dali Temple, the celebrity in front of the emperor, the famous handsome man in Kyoto, Su Qi, the young master of the Su family, has a new identity: Zhangjia Biscuit Shop at the intersection of Fengtian Road and Xuanwu Road in West City, Kyoto. apprentice.Tsk tsk, just hearing this title is enough to attract attention.

The author has something to say:

[As for the official position in Lanxiu Tianxiang, Baidu vomited blood immediately. Shangshu is the third rank, Dali Temple Qing is the third rank, and You Pushe TNND is actually the second rank. Thanks to my writing, the right servant has the lowest position... Empty, decisively overhead! 】

【2011.08.04 Original】