Chapter 677: Chapter 677: The Focus of Yang Wenxiao
Once they entered the hall and seated themselves, Yang Ye picked up a sweet potato strip with his chopsticks. He tore off a small piece and put it in his mouth, then placed the rest on the plate in front of Yang Wenxiao.
This was a poison test.
Yang Wenxiao picked up the slightly shortened dried sweet potato with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth. He nodded afterwards, satisfied with the taste.
“Not bad. How is this made?”
In the past, people also made dried sweet potatoes, but they simply sliced the sweet potatoes and let them dry out. The dried sweet potato strips, having lost their water content, could be preserved for a long time.
“Er…I didn’t ask,” Yang Ye shook his head.
Confronted with this sight, he had only been wondering how to change the color of the dried sweet potatoes. As for the method, he hadn’t thought of it at all.
“Ask about it, and pass it on to your brother Xiaohao,” said Yang Wenxiao.
Prince Yang Hao is still in Shuifeng Prefecture handling post-disaster reconstruction affairs. Now that it’s the autumn harvest season, a large amount of fresh sweet potatoes are being produced. A portion of them can be made into cold jelly noodles, while another part can be made into these kinds of dried sweet potatoes.
They taste good and are filling.
In recent years, thanks to the sea merchants who brought sweet potatoes, Daqi has no fear of famine.
However, aside from sweet potatoes, the yield of other grains is still very low, so many people use sweet potatoes as a staple food.
But sweet potatoes are not a staple food.
For thousands of years, wheat and rice, as the two kinds of grains that can be used as staple foods, enjoyed popular favor. Forced to eat a non-staple food as a staple, and even more so, to feel heartburn and bloating after eating too much of it, many people have already developed a sense of being tired of eating sweet potatoes.
Having a new way to prepare them now is quite good.
“Okay, I’ll send someone to relay the message to Qiao Xiaomai right away,” Yang Ye nodded readily.
“Write down all the ways to eat sweet potatoes that she knows,” Yang Wenxiao added.
Yang Ye acknowledged this as well.
“Also, whenever you come across any new ways to prepare food, remember to send a portion to Capital City,” Yang Wenxiao further reminded him. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel✦fire.net
In his opinion, Qiao Xiaomai’s accomplishments in culinary techniques could be described as that of a master. Her unfettered ideas would surely give him many surprises.
So, after leaving the palace, Yang Ye hurriedly sent another letter to Qiao Xiaomai to explain the situation and asked her to come up with ideas quickly.
Upon receiving his letter, Qiao Xiaomai couldn’t help but sigh. Those who had been emperors and those who had not, indeed behaved differently.
Yang Ye and the Empress were concerned about the inauspicious appearance of the dried sweet potatoes, whereas Yang Wenxiao was concerned about the state’s livelihood.
Such awareness is admirable!
Yang Wenxiao’s orders were always executed diligently and with utmost sincerity by Qiao Xiaomai.
She worked hard to figure out ways to eat sweet potatoes, specifically preparing several portions of each kind, handing them to Xiaoyang, the guard, to put into ice and ship to Capital City.
Like the Sweet Potato Millet Steamed Bun, for instance.
White flour was precious, millet comparatively cheaper. Steam the sweet potato well, mash it into a paste, then steam it again with millet flour.
Or steam it with whole grain flour.
Or mix it with whole grain flour, then lightly fry it in a pan with a small amount of oil.
There are a variety of ways to prepare sweet potatoes, but not many are suitable for the people of Shuifeng Prefecture.
Ultimately, the grain output is too low. Even though sweet potatoes yield a high crop, they cannot become a staple food.
In her own space, she also has potatoes and corn, both famous for high yields, but she does not know how to unveil these plants honorably.
Last time when Yang Wenxiao visited Anping Village, the Yang Family overturned the whole Rooster Mountain. They have a clear understanding of every animal and plant on the mountain, so she cannot use the debut method she used for chili anymore.
She must think of a safe and steady reason.
Additionally, the treasures in her own space, they all need to be revealed.
[Previously, the prince was written as Yang Hong, now it has been changed to Yang Hao, dear readers don’t be surprised!]