Ang Lee smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Yefu beside him. He said softly, "It smells good, and it will taste even better. Haha! Come on, try it. "
After that, he took out a portion of the roasted rabbit meat and handed it to Zhao Yefu. He also kept a portion for himself.
"It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Dad's roasted rabbit is delicious."
Zhao Yefu smiled slightly and looked at Ang Lee who was eating the meat.
Ang Lee was proud. The call of "Dad" melted his bones. This feeling was much more comfortable than eating meat.
"As long as it's delicious. If it's not enough, Dad will roast more for you. Haha!"
Ang Lee said with a smile.
"Hehe, thank you, Dad. Haha!"
Zhao Yefu smiled and looked at Ang Lee. He continued, "My cooking skills have improved a lot recently. Why don't we open a restaurant here? Anyway, we can stay here for a long time. "
"Open a restaurant? It's not impossible. Our cooking skills are not worse than ordinary people. If we open a restaurant here at the port, we can really have a good business. How big should we open it? "
Ang Lee thought that Zhao Yefu's idea was quite good. Opening a restaurant at the port and cooking for guests every day was a good life. It could be considered as an experience of life.
However, the problem of scale must also be considered. If there were only Ang Lee and himself, it was obviously not suitable. It would be too hard. But if there were too many people, Ang Lee would become a big boss. He wouldn't be able to experience the life of ordinary people. Therefore, the scale must be limited.
"Seven or eight people are enough. One person to collect the money, four or five to cook, and the rest will serve the dishes."
Zhao Yefu said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "Well, it's a good idea. Then it's decided. Let's go to the port tomorrow and open a restaurant. We will cook in person. Only through the evaluation of the guests can we know the true level of our cooking."
"Well, then we will prepare all kinds of ingredients tonight. We can open for business tomorrow."
Zhao Yefu said with a little excitement.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "That's right. We have to prepare a lot of ingredients tonight. After the opening ceremony tomorrow, we will be able to personally cook for the guests."
"What if business is too good tomorrow and we don't have enough people?"
Zhao Yafu asked worriedly.
Ang Lee thought for a moment and said, "Let's prepare a large amount of half-cost food in advance. When making it, we only need to heat it up a little. It won't waste much time, so we should be able to make it in time."
For any businessman who did food business for the first time, it was very difficult to accurately predict the prosperity of the business. If they prepared too much, it would be a waste if there was no business. If they prepared too little and there were too many customers, it would cause insufficient preparation and cause dissatisfaction among the customers.
In order to solve this problem as much as possible, the best way was to prepare the half-finished dishes in advance. When the real dishes were cooked, they just needed to heat them up in the pot. This was very convenient.
After eating the barbecue, Ang Lee and Zhao Yafu did not continue hunting. They returned to the camp and began to prepare food. The soldiers under their command also found a suitable place to do business on the street.
"Assistant Minister Li, we have prepared the restaurant you want. The two next door are also ready. Our soldiers are in the shops on both sides to ensure the safety of Assistant Minister Li."
The soldier reported.
Li An nodded with satisfaction and said, "Good, very good. Let's go and prepare. We'll bring all the ingredients to the restaurant, as well as the game we hunted today. We'll also bring the tools."
"Yes, Assistant Minister Li."
The soldier quickly went to prepare.
Li An had made ample preparations. He had prepared a large number of tools and ingredients. He had even prepared a few hundred kilograms of spices, not to mention the rest of the ingredients. With so many ingredients, tomorrow's opening ceremony would not be a problem.
"Wow! Isn't this restaurant a little too big? It doesn't seem to be a problem for hundreds of people to eat together. "
Zhao Yafu looked at Ang Lee and said.
Ang Lee nodded and said, "So, we have to prepare more ingredients. In this way, even if there are more people tomorrow, there won't be a shortage of food. We even have to start preparing now."
For tomorrow's opening ceremony, the signature dishes must be prepared. For tomorrow's opening ceremony, Ang Lee asked people to prepare two large fat pigs. At this time, the two fat pigs had been killed and placed on the grill for barbecue. Although there were no guests at this time, if they did not prepare now, it would be too late when tomorrow's opening ceremony. Such a large fat pig could not be roasted in a short time. It would take a lot of time. Therefore, the best way was to roast the two pigs in advance. When it was time for the opening ceremony, they could directly roast them for a while and sell them.
A lot of other dishes were also prepared. A large amount of beef, pork, rabbit meat, and other meats were already in the pot and boiling.
Of course, there were some dishes that had to be made in time and could not be prepared in advance. There were also some dishes that could only be made in a short time and needed to be prepared early. For example, soy milk was like this. This kind of food needed to be ground in advance and then the ground soy milk had to be boiled. In this way, it could be sold to the guests.
Ang Lee did not plan to get up early to grind soy milk. He just soaked a large amount of soybeans in water before going to bed. He also asked a chef to get up early in the morning tomorrow to grind the soaked soybeans into soy milk and boil it before the opening ceremony. Early in the morning tomorrow, Ang Lee planned to have a big promotion for the opening ceremony. All the guests who entered the store would receive a bowl of soy milk with sugar. Although it was not worth much, as long as it was free, it would definitely attract a lot of people. The biggest hobby of ordinary people was to be greedy for small gains. As long as there was an opportunity to be greedy for small gains, ordinary people would never miss it. Therefore, during the opening ceremony, it was very wise to let the guests take advantage of small gains. It could attract a lot of people and the price to pay was not high. A few jars of soy milk and some white sugar were not worth much. If it could attract a lot of people, it would definitely be profitable.
Before going to bed, Ang Lee arranged a lot of tasks for the kitchen. He asked them to prepare early so that they would not be late in the morning.
The number of Rainforest Rabbits they hunted today was too little. Fortunately, the soldiers had a lot of leftovers from hunting a few days ago. There were dozens of Rainforest Rabbits in total, which was enough.
These Rainforest Rabbits naturally had to be slaughtered in time, and there were many ways to slaughter rabbits. However, if one wanted to obtain rabbit meat and high-quality rabbit skin at the same time, it would not be easy. There were not many ways to obtain high-quality rabbit skin without damaging the skin and polluting the fur. Among them, the stick method was a good method. The stick method was very simple. It was to lift the rabbit's hind legs and use a wooden stick or glue stick with a diameter of three to four centimeters to hit the back of the rabbit's head. This would damage the rabbit's brain and cause death. One had to pay special attention to the right amount of force, especially when using a wooden stick. If one used too much force, it was easy to cause nostrils to bleed.
Another method was the vinegar method. Rabbits were very sensitive to vinegar. A rabbit weighing four kilograms could be injected with twenty to thirty milliliters of vinegar through the mouth. After the injection, the rabbit would have difficulty breathing, heart failure, and die of foaming at the mouth. These two methods would not damage the rabbit's fur, nor would it pollute it. However, just killing the rabbit was not enough. The next step was skinning. Only after this step was completed could one obtain complete fur.
Skinning required special attention. Executed rabbits should be skinned immediately. If left for too long, the carcass would become stiff and bacteria would appear. The skin and meat would not be easily removed, which would often cause damage to the skin. The first step was to use a sharp knife to make a circular incision around the neck, behind the ears, above the joints of the hind limbs, and at the elbow joints of the forelimbs. Then, the two hind limbs were lifted from the joints along the inner side of the thighs. The second step was to hang up the hind limbs, peel off the thighs and tail, and then use both hands to hold the rabbit skin tightly and pull down the back of the abdomen. The third step was to scrape off the fat and residual meat, and then use a knife to open the skin from the midline of the abdomen, so that the skin would be in a sheet shape. The fur was properly spread out and fixed on the wooden board with small nails. The fur was facing the board, and the inside was facing the outside. When fixing, pay attention to the shape, preferably in a rectangular shape. The fourth step was to cut off the unskinned parts of the rabbit's head and forelimbs, remove the internal organs, cut off the fat, residual meat, and tendons, etc. After everything was done, cut off the hind limbs from the joints of the hind limbs, leaving behind a complete set of fur.
Because there was enough time, and the value of the rabbit skin was greater than the rabbit meat, it was natural to use these two methods to preserve the complete rabbit skin. It was just that the guys in the kitchen had to work a little harder.
Ang Lee had at least dozens of recipes for rabbit meat in his hands. However, rabbit meat was only one of the dishes in the restaurant. Naturally, he couldn't prepare too many for just one rabbit meat. The restaurant had too few types of dishes and it wasn't easy to attract customers. However, if there were too many types of dishes, it would be very troublesome to prepare, and it wouldn't be good for business.
Ang Lee prepared a few recipes for rabbit meat for the kitchen and let them prepare first. For example, spiced smoked rabbit meat was a good delicacy.
To make spiced smoked rabbit meat, the raw materials needed to be prepared were as follows: ten pounds of fresh rabbit meat, three ounces of scallion and ginger each, half a pound of fine salt for seasoning, half a pound of pepper, aniseed, amomum, cinnamon, ginger, and cloves each, two ounces of cooking wine, and two ounces of brown sugar.
The production process was also very simple. First, the fresh and tender rabbit meat that had been peeled was rinsed in clear water for two hours to soak out the blood. After taking it out, the water on the surface was removed, and then it could be put into the pot. The ingredients and auxiliary materials were put into the pot, and an appropriate amount of water was added. The amount of water was just enough to soak five thousand grams of rabbit meat. If the amount of rabbit meat used was large, the amount could be increased according to the proportion of the above ingredients. After the soup was prepared, the pot was placed on the fire and stirred while the fire was burning. When the soup was boiling, the rabbit meat was added. After boiling for half an hour to an hour, check whether it was cooked well or not. If it was cooked well, the fire could be stopped. If it was not too cooked, the fire could be used to cook it for a while. When the rabbit body was cooked thoroughly, it could be taken out and the soup could be wiped off with a clean cloth.
If it was a restaurant that produced smoked rabbit or often smoked rabbit, the soup that had been cooked could not be thrown away. The older the soup, the better. If it was not cooked every day, the soup could be boiled every day to preserve it. When the soup was used, some ingredients and seasonings would be added, but not all of them. It would be based on experience.
The cooked and dried rabbit meat was placed on top of the smoked pot. Some sawdust from dried hardwood trees was added into the pot. The sawdust from sandalwood was better. Then, a little brown sugar was added and mixed with the sawdust evenly. Spread it out at the bottom of the pot, the smoked pot was placed on top of the prepared pot, and the lid was placed on top of the pot. Then, the lid was placed on top of the pot and the smoke was started. When the edge of the lid was smoking, the pot was put down and stopped for a while. Then, the fire was lit and smoked twice in a row. After about half an hour, it was done. This delicious food was reddish-brown in color after being cooked. It was fragrant and not greasy. It was an ingredient that looked, smelled, and tasted good. However, making such a dish required more than ten hours. The consequence was that one could not sleep for the whole night. Fortunately, Ang Lee had many chefs under his command, and they could take turns to rest.
This spiced smoked rabbit meat dish needed to be prepared in advance, but there was also a rabbit meat dish that did not need to be prepared too long in advance. This dish was rabbit meat hot pot.
This rabbit meat hot pot could be made by the person eating this dish, as long as the customer could afford to wait. This dish did not need to prepare many ingredients. The main ingredients for this dish were two jin of fresh rabbit meat, one jin of cabbage, half a jin of wet vermicelli, a little salt, ginger, scallions, a tael of cooked soy sauce, a tael of spicy soy sauce, and two jin of fresh soup.
Although it did not need to be prepared in advance, the ingredients still needed to be prepared in advance. If the customer could not afford to wait, it could also be prepared in advance for the customer. In this way, the customer did not need to wait by himself. The specific steps were to first cut the rabbit meat into small square pieces, blanch them in a pot of boiling water, wash them with clean water, and then put them into a frying pan. Add three jin of fresh water, scallions, and ginger slices, cover, boil the hot pot, and simmer until the rabbit meat was cooked. Then, cut the cabbage into slender strips, blanch them in the pot of boiling water, and wash the vermicelli. Finally, put the cabbage and vermicelli into the hot pot first, then put the cooked rabbit meat into the pot, pour in the rabbit meat soup, and prepare two jin of fresh meat soup for additional use. Add salt, ginger, cover, ignite the hot pot, and boil it before eating.
The next morning, Ang Lee and Zhao Yefu both got up early. Today was the first day of the restaurant's opening, so naturally, they had to get up early.
"Baby, you woke up so early. Do you want to sleep a little longer?"
Ang Lee held Zhao Yefu in his arms, gently pinched her a few times, and asked softly.
Zhao Yefu smiled and replied softly, "Dad is so naughty. I don't want to sleep. I'll get up early to cook."
"Well, let's get up early and open the restaurant. Today is the opening day. There will be free soy milk with sugar. It will definitely be popular. I don't know if the soy milk prepared is enough."
Ang Lee said with a frown.
The population of the port was not particularly large, but at this time, there were tens of thousands of people. The number of craftsmen working alone was not a small number. If so many people came for the free soy milk, Ang Lee's restaurant might really be crowded. It was hard to imagine what kind of scene it would be.
"Let's go. Let's go to the restaurant and have a look. After we eat, we will open for business."
Zhao Yefu said with a smile.
Ang Lee nodded in agreement.
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