Chapter 1525 - 589: Chewing on Dalieba, Thinking of Natasha! Making a Weapon Version of Dalieba!

Chapter 1525: Chapter 589: Chewing on Dalieba, Thinking of Natasha! Making a Weapon Version of Dalieba!

It also helps improve Ren Jie’s image in the eyes of the leaders.

Being a team leader and not thinking about oneself, but helping everyone improve their meals—such a person is more trustworthy for the leaders.

"Alright, go when you’re not busy, and check out the police team’s kitchen. If there’s room for improvement, help everyone upgrade. When the guys are full, they’re more motivated."

Lin Xu had another small bowl of dumplings, then returned to the kitchen to prepare dumplings for his cousin Wenqing.

For take-out dumplings, they shouldn’t be overcooked. After cooking, they need to be dipped in hot water, which effectively prevents sticking and makes the texture more refreshing.

Once the dumplings were cooked and rinsed, Lin Xu filled a thermal container completely with them.

Next, he packed several dipping sauces and some refreshing cold side dishes to go with the dumplings.

To prevent cousin Wenqing from getting hungry in the middle of the night, he asked his assistant to go downstairs and pack a sweet-skinned duck, the kind that’s coated in sugar twice, which is very tasty.

After everyone finished eating, Shen Jiayue drove Shen Granny back.

Before leaving, Lin Xu packed a bunch of food and gave half of the Yellow Steamed Bun that Qi Siming brought to the granny. As for the other half, he initially wanted to keep it for breakfast tomorrow, but relatives ended up splitting it.

But it’s fine, anyway he’s planning to explore making it himself later, adding more dessert fillings to give the Yellow Steamed Bun more possibilities.

After sending the relatives off, customers came one after another.

Lin Xu went back to the kitchen, opened a bottle of beer, and brought out some rye flour and a bit of natural yeast.

He poured the rye flour into a small bowl, added yeast, then poured in beer and mixed it into a thick paste, then covered it with plastic wrap and placed it in a slightly warm place for natural fermentation.

To make Russian-style black bread, you need to ferment the dough multiple times and then add high-gluten flour for baking. Although the whole process is not complicated, it takes quite a long time.

For example, tonight he could only ferment the paste, and the next step only happens when the paste is ready.

However, Lin Xu won’t follow the original recipe strictly, as it’s for his father-in-law’s diet, not to be used as a weapon.

"Boss, what are you planning to make?"

Zhu Yong came over, looked at the beer-mixed rye paste in the bowl, finding its appearance rather underwhelming.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"Making some black bread for my father-in-law’s diet."

Upon hearing it’s black bread, Zhu Yong recited a catchy online phrase:

"Left hand holding vodka, right hand wielding a PPSh, gnawing on big black bread while thinking about Natasha, Ula!"

Nearby, Wei Qian asked:

"If Lu Lu were here, she’d definitely twist your ear and ask who Natasha is."

"Nope, lately we’ve been playing Red Alert 3 online together. She especially likes using Natasha, not only because of her strong sniping ability but also because she can call in airstrikes, which feels even more effective than Tan Ya."

Ma Zhiqiang said:

"Wow, you guys are playing Red Alert 3, that’s quite retro!"

"Lu Lu wanted to experience my middle school lifestyle. I’ve played Red Alert 3 with her twice, and she turned out to be quite addicted to strategy games."

Thinking of the times playing games with Shen Baobao, Lin Xu said with a smile:

"Isn’t it great though? Having a shared hobby saves not having a common language."

Zhu Yong sighed:

"There are still frustrating moments, like when playing games, if I want to use super weapons, I have to notify her first, can’t do sneak attacks, and then end up bombing an empty area."

Tsk, you’re playing games with your girlfriend, why worry about winning or losing?

If it were Lu Lu’s past temperament, hearing you complain like this, you’d end up with a pair of panda eyes.

When leaving in the evening, Lin Xu took the bowl of paste with him.

To save time, he specifically used the oven’s fermentation function when he got home to speed up the paste’s fermentation.

The surface of the fermented paste was full of bubbles, feeling even thinner, with a slight sour and beer bitterness in the aroma.

Indeed, technology changes lives.

Originally thought it would be ready by morning, but didn’t expect the oven’s fermentation function to be so useful, cutting down the time overnight.

Lin Xu washed his hands and donned his apron, then started hustling again.

He switched to a slightly larger bowl, added a bit more rye flour than the first time, then poured the paste from the bowl in, mixing it into a thick paste once more.

While mixing, sprinkle a little white sugar to enhance yeast activity.

Shen Jiayue curiously asked from the side:

"Can’t you just use yeast to ferment it all at once?"

"Fermenting like that doesn’t have enough flavor; rye flour needs repeated fermentation to reveal its taste, plus you get the unique sourness of old dough."

Old dough is a way of fermenting dough used in making steamed buns.

When steaming buns, a piece of dough is saved for next time, this dough has fully fermented, and when making new dough, it’s broken into small pieces and mixed in to naturally ferment it.

But this old dough has a sour taste, so when kneading it, you need to add bicarbonate to neutralize the sourness.

If someone lacks experience, they can’t get the bicarbonate amount right, resulting in buns that are either too sour or taste too much like bicarbonate, making it hard to balance.

Lin Xu covered the mixed paste with plastic wrap and put it back in the oven to accelerate the fermentation.

He said to Shen Jiayue:

"When I was a kid, Uncle Chunsheng used to make baked pancakes at the village entrance. He’d ferment a whole tub of dough each time, and when using it, he’d scoop it out of the tub and leave about a small bowl’s worth at the bottom to ferment for the next day... The old dough pancakes made back then were delicious, even the bicarbonate taste was fragrant."