Chapter 686 Who Stipulates that Kittens Can’t Cheat and Play Tricks? The Toad that Shen Jiayue Misses Spits Out Honey! 【Please Subscribe】

"What are the steps for making honey from a toad?"

After Shen Jiayue entered this question on her mobile phone, many indexes of how to make this noodle dish immediately appeared, including text versions, video versions, and discussions on the pros and cons of various methods.

This made the kitchen novice who was already a little at a loss suddenly panicked:

"I'm just looking for a way, why is it so troublesome?"

He was not very proficient in it at first, but now a bunch of recipes popped up, making a baby who was excited and wanted to secretly create delicious food not know what to do.

In desperation, she had to look at the methods one by one to find the one that suited her.

Let’s look at the first approach first.

The ingredients required for this toad-spitting honey are all-purpose flour, red bean paste, baking powder, old noodles...

Old noodles?

what is this?

I don’t think I have one at home, Pass!

She swiped the page and started looking at the second approach.

This method is relatively more detailed. The ingredients required are all-purpose flour, red beans, white sugar, baking powder, yeast powder, baking soda, and white sesame seeds.

After reading the ingredient list, start looking at the recipe.

The first step is to soak the red beans overnight.

Nani? Soak overnight?

Pass! Pass! Pass!

I wanted to give Xu Bao a surprise. It would take a whole night just to soak it in. It was a fart surprise. It was almost a shock.

When she was looking through these recipes, Dundun, who was squatting on the dining chair outside, wagged his tail happily.

Mummy, I finally have a home. You'd better stop messing around, so as not to blow up the home.

The little guy deliberately misbehaved, leaving Shen Jiayue unable to find a relatively simple solution.

While mommy started to check out the third method, the little guy quickly went upstairs and came to the door of the study. He used both hind legs at the same time and jumped up high. His two paws just touched the horizontal handle of the study door.

The door handle is twisted under its own weight.

With a "click", the door lock opened, and with the inertia of force, the study door was opened, and the little guy entered the house almost hanging on the door handle.

Lin Xu, who was editing the video, turned around and saw Dundun coming in. He curiously took off his headphones and asked:

"What's wrong, honey? Why don't you watch TV downstairs?"

"Err~~meow!!!"

Lin Xu:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

Can you speak Mandarin?

The little guy ran over, grabbed Lin Xu's trouser leg and dragged it out. This made Lin Xu's heart skip a beat. What's going on? Nothing will happen to the baby, right?

He stood up, threw away the headphones in his hands and walked outside. Dundun immediately loosened his trousers and trotted ahead to lead the way.

This situation made Lin Xu panic and couldn't help but quicken his pace.

At the top of the stairs, just as he was about to rush down, Dundun was uncharacteristically slowed down. He not only slowed down, but also deliberately went downstairs quietly. The way he raised his legs and placed his feet lightly was exactly the same as the steps in Tom and Jerry when Tom ambush Jerry.

Lin Xu couldn't understand it now.

But this little guy's behavior shouldn't be a big deal.

Lin Xu thought about it seriously, could it be that the good baby secretly made delicious food again, so Dundun was worried that something would happen, so she went upstairs to complain?

Think about it, this is really possible.

After all, my own well-behaved baby fits perfectly into the stereotype of a kitchen novice: "Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they will cook vigorously as soon as they pick up the ingredients." Most of the people who cause kitchen accidents are this type of people.

Seeing Dundun walking downstairs quietly, Lin Xu also slowed down.

At this moment, I didn’t hear the sound of the stove, nor did I turn on the hood, not even the sound of chopping vegetables, so I was probably just getting ready to start.

The father and son came downstairs quietly. Lin Xu came to the kitchen door and saw that flour, red bean paste and other ingredients were already placed inside.

Sure enough, I guessed it right, this girl is going to cause trouble.

But now, Shen Jiayue didn't make a move. Instead, she touched her phone and muttered something while looking at it.

What are you doing?

Dundun winked at Lin Xu, then jumped up, pushed down the empty trash can next to the dining table, and ran to the living room.

The sound of the trash can falling to the ground startled Shen Jiayue. She turned around and saw Lin Xu, and immediately showed an embarrassed expression:

"Hey, why are you down here? The surprise I prepared for you hasn't started yet..."

Lin Xu bent down to hold the trash can in place, and turned to look at Dundun, who was already lying on the sofa and continuing to watch TV. He felt that this little guy must be too lazy to guard the kitchen door, so he went upstairs and called him down.

And the reason why it doesn't want to stay in the kitchen is not because of anything else. It is most likely because the ingredients used have no meat, which is not its dish.

This little guy is really getting smarter and smarter, and has even learned how to cheat and act like a human being.

Lin Xu walked into the kitchen, looked at Shen Jiayue and asked:

"What are you planning to do with such a big fanfare?"

"A toad spits honey. I saw it was said to be very simple on the Internet, so I wanted to make it to give you a surprise. But I didn't expect that you caught me in the act before I even started."

If you want to blame, blame your son.

Lin Xu sighed in his heart, and then said:

"I originally wanted to make it for you after editing the video. Are you in such a hurry to eat it?"

Shen Jiayue opened her mouth:

"I'm not in a hurry. I just have this idea and I keep scratching my head if I don't eat."

Upon hearing this, Lin Xu said:

"Let's do this, you go upstairs to edit the video, and I'll make a toad spitting honey down below... This name is really a typical Yanjing style."

In the past, people in Yanjing really had no culture at all in naming.

For example, the donkey rolls, the toad spits honey, and there are also names such as fried creak, stewed dumpling, pot jumping, fried enema, mustard dumpling, sheep eye buns, etc. It all makes people feel confused at first.

It's just as tacky as it gets.

As soon as Shen Jiayue heard about the exchange of jobs between the two, she immediately agreed:

"Then let's swap. I'll go upstairs and edit the video. You make the toad spitting honey. You must spit out honey. Toad spitting honey that doesn't spit out honey tastes soulless."

Lin Xu smiled:

"As long as it tastes good, why do you care about the soul? Go ahead and hurry up. By the time you finish editing, I will almost finish the toad spitting honey."

"Okay, I'm going to go too!"

Shen Jiayue went upstairs with joy, and pretended to be in the group:

"I'm going to eat toad honey later, hahahaha. I want to eat all the snacks that I wanted to eat but couldn't afford when I was a kid!"

After Lin Xu exchanged his points for the method of making a toad spitting honey, he started making it.

Toad spitting honey is a famous snack in the Beijing-Tianjin area. It is said to be a toad, but it is actually a yeasted sesame cake filled with bean paste filling.

The sesame pancake will rise during the baking process, and the outermost dough has been burnt, so the puffy dough can only push the bean paste filling out, which will eventually cause the pancake to crack and the bean paste filling inside to pour out.

The cracked dough cake looks like a toad's mouth, so it is called a toad, and the bean paste filling inside exudes sweetness, hence the name "Toad Spitting Honey".

This delicacy has a down-to-earth name, so many outsiders avoid it just by hearing the name.

In fact, the toad's honey tastes good, especially the scorched dough on the outside and the bean paste filling inside, which is fragrant and delicious.

Lin Xu started making the recipes after exchanging them.

He poured the flour into the basin, added a small spoonful of baking powder, then brought a bowl of warm water, first put a small spoonful of yeast powder into it, and then added two small spoonfuls of sugar.

Stir until the sugar melts and start kneading the dough.

Toad-spit honey is a delicacy that is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, so the dough should be relatively soft, so that the inside will be soft enough when baked.

After the dough is mixed, seal it with plastic wrap and set aside.

Taking advantage of this time, Lin Xu dug out the red bean paste filling from the basin and rolled it into small round balls.

When making toad honey, red bean paste filling is essential. Before use, the red bean paste must be stir-fried with lard and sugar until soft and fragrant, and then cooled into bean paste filling.

This kind of bean paste filling has a richer aroma and a better honey-spitting effect.

After rolling the filling into a round ball, put it in the refrigerator to prevent the filling from melting due to heat.

Then he took the dough that had just started to rise and put it on the board, kneaded it once, then rolled it into long strips, and divided it into dough balls that were slightly larger than the dumpling wrappers.

The most critical step in this delicacy is to prepare it before the dough rises completely, and at the same time reduce the rising time so that the dough rises while baking.

This will cause the dough to be burnt before it has finished rising.

At this time, the dough has not finished rising, and cannot rise outwards, so it can only rise inward, and then squeeze the bean paste filling to open up the dough, and the toad spits out honey.

Many people don't know this trick. When making it, they will deliberately wait for the dough to rise before baking. In order to prevent the honey spitting effect from being achieved, they also deceive themselves and use a knife to make a slit on the side.

However, with this method, the effect of spitting out honey is far less effective than that of natural squeezing.

Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into sheets, then bring the rolled bean paste filling over and wrap it into the dough.

Wrap the dough, press it slightly, and set aside.

All the bread is wrapped, pour some white sesame seeds into the plate, and bring a bowl of water.

Dip the flour cake in clean water, then roll it in white sesame seeds to make the flour cake covered with sesame seeds, stick it well and put it into the baking pan, leaving a gap in the middle.

During the making process, the dough is actually rising.

When Lin Xu covered all the noodles with sesame seeds and put them into the baking pan, the originally flat noodles actually bulged slightly.

He carried the baking sheet into the oven and started baking.

The oven is not preheated, because this allows the dough to rise again, and the outer crust of the dough is gradually browned, making the texture crispier.

Unlike a preheated oven, the temperature suddenly rises, causing the crust of the dough to become hard.

As soon as the noodles were put into the oven, Lin Xu saw Dundun looking into the kitchen furtively and asked curiously:

"What? Are you hungry?"

"Meow~~~~~"

When I'm hungry, I think of squatting at the door of the kitchen to get something to eat.

Lin Xu took out seven or eight chicken hearts from the refrigerator, cut them into small dices with a kitchen knife, and steamed them in a steamer.

After the chicken hearts are steamed, take them out, pour them into the ceramic plate where Dundun eats, spread them out to let the temperature of the chicken hearts drop slightly, then take them outside and place them on the small dining table where Dundun eats.

The little guy came over and smelled it, and then started to eat it.

Not long after, the countdown in the oven ended.

Lin Xu opened the cabinet door, and a delicious aroma of noodles mixed with the aroma of red bean paste floated out from the oven.

He put on insulated gloves and took out the baking sheet. Only then did he see the golden sesame cakes, all of which were cracked. The red bean paste filling flowed to the mouth, and some even dripped onto the baking sheet. superior.

Don't tell me, they really look like toads with their mouths open.

He brought a small bamboo basket, put some toad honey in it, and carried it upstairs, intending to reward a good kid who worked overtime editing videos.

As soon as I arrived in the study room, I saw Shen Jiayue uploading a video.

Lin Xu asked curiously:

"Is the video edited?"

"Don't you worry about me doing things? That's right. If you don't come here, I will update it... Wow, this toad spitting honey is so beautiful!"

Shen Jiayue looked at the small basket in Lin Xu's hand with bright eyes. She didn't expect it to be ready so quickly.

What I didn't even expect was that every noodle pancake in the basket had their mouths wide open, and the red bean paste filling inside seemed to be flowing out, which made people greedy just looking at it.

Wow, this is more delicious than what I saw when I was a kid.

It's a pity that there is no time machine. If there is one, be sure to bring a big basket and give it to that greedy girl who was drooling through the window. By the way, tell her that your future will be very happy, so don't feel inferior.

Lin Xu placed the bamboo basket in front of Shen Jiayue:

"You eat it, and I'll see the effect of your editing."

Shen Jiayue refused:

"That's not okay. We have to eat them together. Only then will we be happy... Don't you know my video editing skills? It's absolutely fine."

Lin Xu thought about it. They were all excellent editing techniques. Not to mention editing short films like this, even if they were directly editing web dramas, they would still be pinching a snail with three fingers—nine times out of ten!

That being the case, he doesn't have a preview.

After looking at the title, it seems quite attractive:

"Why don't you find Liao ginseng among the high-end dishes in Northeast China? Will the beautiful butterfly sea cucumber be your favorite?"

I have to say that this title is quite good. It not only has a selling point, but also makes it clear that this is a high-end Northeastern cuisine series.

And can the last sentence fly to your heart? The good-looking butterfly sea cucumber is directly highlighted, which makes people have a strong sense of expectation just by looking at the title.

Shen Jiayue didn't eat it directly, but picked up her phone, took a photo of the toad spitting honey in the basket, and then sent it to Moments:

"Half an hour ago, I said I wanted to eat honey from a toad, and half an hour later, blah blah blah!"

Do you think I want to show off my delicious food? I decided to spread some dog food.

I hope you have dog food-flavored toads spitting honey in your dreams tonight, hehe...

As soon as it was posted, cousin Wenqing, who was worried about her child sleeping upside down at home, was suddenly greedy:

"Ah ah ah, this toad spitting honey is so tempting and beautiful. I wasn't that greedy at first, but when I saw the picture, I couldn't help but swallow my saliva."

Next is Chen Yan’s comment:

"Ugly people eat in the middle of the night. Pretty ones want to sleep with my husband in my arms!"

Zeng Xiaoqi’s comments came quickly:

"The comment made by someone upstairs must have been made while swallowing, right?"

Seeing everyone's teasing in the circle of friends, Shen Jiayue picked up a noodle pancake and took a small bite at the spot where honey was spitting out.

The combination of crispy skin and fragrant and sweet red bean paste is really delicious.

"Xubao, why is it more delicious than what I ate when I was a kid?"

Lin Xu sat on the computer chair nearby, picked up one and took a bite, and said with a smile:

"Maybe I didn't do it at that time."

In the past, vendors who set up stalls would try to save costs by making toad-spit honey. They would use less red bean paste and thicker dough, so that the cost could be reduced.

But today I am eating it myself, regardless of the cost, so the toad spitting honey will naturally be more attractive.

Shen Jiayue moved her chair and rested her head on Lin Xu's shoulder:

"If you had done it at that time, I would definitely eat ten of them in a row, then mortgage myself to you and be your wife from a young age."

Lin Xu: "..."

If that happens, I guess my father-in-law can chase me ten streets with a shovel and take me to the police station as a human trafficker...

He took another bite, looked at the time, it was already past nine o'clock, and asked:

"I've done a lot today, why don't I call an errand boy to deliver some to everyone? Ask who wants to eat, and I'll pack it up first so it doesn't taste bad when it gets cold later."

Since the good baby is so passionate about this delicacy, he will definitely eat a lot of it.

So I sent it out in advance to prevent her from overeating before going to bed.

Shen Jiayue was just about to show off:

"Give some to Cousin Wenqing. Now the baby is sleeping upside down and she is suffering too. Just now she said she really wanted to eat this delicious dish. In addition, Sister Xiaoqi and Sister Yuanyuan will give some. Although they didn't say anything, , but I must be greedy, and it’s so close, so it wouldn’t be appropriate not to give it away..."

This girl eloquently listed several people who needed to be sent.

After planning, Lin Xu saw that the video was still being reviewed, so he went downstairs to pack.

As Lin Xu's conjoined twin, Shen Jiayue naturally followed.

When going downstairs, she held Lin Xu's arm and asked:

"By the way, Xu Bao, what are you going to cook for high-end Northeastern cuisine next time? Do you have it now?"

Lin Xu took a bite of the noodles:

"I plan to cook a traditional Northeastern dish - braised deer tendon."

Deer sinew?

Shen Jiayue had never eaten before, with curiosity on her face:

"Deer tendon is considered a high-end dish? Isn't it different from beef tendon or something?"

"It's still a little different. Although this dish is called Braised Deer Tendon, it requires the use of precious ingredients such as scallops, dried shrimps, hens, ham, shiitake mushrooms, and magnolia slices. Moreover, deer tendons have the effect of strengthening the body and bones. Suitable for seniors.”

Shen Jiayue said upon hearing this:

"That's just right. Let's do it for grandma and grandma later. It's spring, so grandma and grandma will be in good health."

"Okay, when the time comes, I'll make the dumplings and the toad's honey together."

When he came to the kitchen, Lin Xu took out the disposable insulated lunch box from the cupboard and began to pack the honey from the toads in the baking pan for relatives and friends who had signed up to eat.

Shen Jiayue stood aside and watched Lin Xu busy while eating, her heart filled with happiness.

While the two were busy working, the video on the computer upstairs was finally uploaded successfully and appeared in the update list.

After netizens saw it, they flocked to watch.

While praising Lin Xu’s exquisite cooking skills, he also lamented the glory of Northeastern cuisine.

As I was watching, I suddenly saw a clip of Xie Baomin stirring up trouble:

"After the video is uploaded, you should pay more attention to Lao Yin and Lao Fan. They have been saying that your skills are poor. They may ridicule you again this time..."

Netizens suddenly became excited.

What's going on? Is Chef Xie blatantly sowing discord?

Yuan Debiao’s answer made netizens even more excited:

"What right do these two Northwest guys have to despise our Northeastern cuisine? I'll seize the opportunity to argue with them later and let them experience our Northeastern people's ability to convince others with reason."

Wuhu!

There are big melons!

The whole video went viral instantly because of this conversation!

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