A Bowl of Jjajang, The Son-in-Law of Jegalse - Chapter 493



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Episode 493

Yuan Shao (元宵) and Tangyuan (湯圓).

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“For one table, there are five beef noodle soups and one large chwibaegol (醉排骨).”

“Five beef noodle soup and one chibaegol for one table!”

“For nine tables, there are six dried noodles.”

“Six dried noodles on the old table!”

A ceaseless wave of orders.

Today the kitchen was almost a battlefield.

Since today is Sangwonjeol (上元節), the highest festival of the Song Dynasty, the wave of customers that had been coming since morning was almost like a tsunami by the time the sun set.

The best part of Sangwon Day is to look at the countless lanterns hanging on the streets and then go to a nearby restaurant to enjoy a late-night snack when you get hungry, so even though the sun had set, more and more customers were coming in.

No, it was almost like daylight here with the lanterns hanging densely on the streets.

The term “non-night city” originated from the Sangwon Day festival during the Song Dynasty.

Even though the restaurant opened up to the third floor today, there was a line outside.

Even though we hung lanterns on the peach tree in the back garden and even placed a simple table underneath them, there was still not enough space.

Since it’s a long-awaited holiday, everyone will want to eat in a nice place, so we’ll be happy.

Because our restaurant is the largest and most luxurious in Fukju.

That’s why I was so busy today that after I collapsed, my wife, who cared about me like a shinchut, temporarily allowed me to help in the kitchen.

However, there was a condition: under strict surveillance.

“Gaga, you shouldn’t eat that because it’s heavy. “I will take care of that.”

“No, it’s just soy sauce?”

When Youngyoung held a one-liter bottle of soy sauce in her hand, she twitched her fingers and made a stern expression.

The soy sauce bottle passed from my hand to Youngyoung’s hand in an instant.

“Not anyway. “It’s okay.”

“no···.”

I’m making soy sauce for dipping chibaegol, but what if the soy sauce bottle is taken away?

Yeongyeong said as he poured the soy sauce that he took for me.

“If I tell you to stop, I will stop, so just say it.”

“Huh, stop!”

‘No, if I do this, will I work?…’

After completing the soy sauce after many twists and turns, I heard my brother’s voice asking for help.

“My brother-in-law, I don’t have enough hands. Could you fry two dried noodles for me? “I just can’t get my hands on it.”

“All right. older brother. “Two dry scenes.”

As I quickly put the wok on the stove, I heard a voice coming from the left.

The handle of the wok that was in my hand was suddenly handed over to the owner of the voice, and I was pushed aside.

“Just put the ingredients in Unlang and I will move the wok.”

“Yes, sister…”

The owner of the voice is Maenghee.

Since my wife has the most experience cooking at home, she naturally knows how to use a wok, so there is no problem, but helping is not helping.

Fortunately, Poor Ryeon told us good news.

“Teacher, I think I’m going to run out of all the dough I prepared. “I only have one left now.”

One container of our spot dough serves fifty people.

What Pooryeon said was that they could no longer receive more than 50 guests.

I quickly shouted into the kitchen to check the status of other ingredients.

If the dough falls apart, there will be no room for other ingredients.

“What about the other ingredients!?”

“Brother-in-law, I think the beef noodle soup can feed about 20 people. “Anything more than that would be difficult.”

“Cheongwoon, you can no longer leave Chwibaegol.”

“This is the last time Ryu will duck!”

“Is there anything left for us to eat?”

“Yes, Cheongun, I prepared that separately.”

The kitchen staff responded to my questions by informing me about the status of their dishes.

After checking the answers of my brother, Jeonghwa, and Harang, I shouted back into the kitchen.

“Okay, let’s just accept eight to ten tables for the last time and close early today. jean! “Could you come for a moment?”

Next, I called out Cheong, who was looking at the counter with his head out of the dining area.

Then, Cheong quickly finishes paying for the food and approaches the counter.

“Nogong, do you have something to say?”

I nodded to Cheong’s question.

“We’re almost out of ingredients, so we’re going to stop doing business today after accepting only eight to ten more customers. So, it would be better to send away the customers who are waiting.”

“All right. Nogong.”

“Oh, and give these guys ten iron coins each, and tell them to look around the Sangwonjeol Temple and then come back for dinner in about an hour. “I will check what you have been seeing and what you have bought, so please tell me that you cannot go home and rest just to save money.”

“Hehe. Yes, I will. “I will be very strict.”

When Cheong returns to the entrance and informs the customers waiting outside that they have run out of ingredients, the customers turn away with sad faces.

“sorry. Guests. “We’ve run out of ingredients, so I don’t think we’ll be able to receive any more customers from the back of the place selling ceramic dumplings.”

“Well, I thought that was the case.”

“I guess I’ll have to come a little early tomorrow. All right. “Mrs. Zhuge.”

Soon, I saw the children who were working at the start that Cheong had called in, all running outside together, clutching iron coins.

The sight of the sesame blonde running away seems very excited.

After a while, the last customer left the restaurant, and even though it was still early evening, the restaurant’s business for today was over.

Even though I prepared three times the usual amount of ingredients, I was completely exhausted.

Even the kitchen staff, who are very experienced and have a lot of know-how and never get tired, looked tired today.

“I’m worried that this will have to take two more days.”

The kitchen staff nod their heads at what my brother said.

Hyangnim’s words made me think that I would probably have to work harder tomorrow.

My brother had a crack in his danjeon, but he has excellent physical strength and is not a person who is harsh, but that was really difficult.

“I heard that the place that makes user meat will be closed during Senate Day, so I will ask the women there if they can help out.

“If I can help, I’ll have to hang some more fireplaces outside.”

“Then you can catch your breath.”

The faces of the kitchen staff brightened slightly when they said they would be bringing the women tomorrow.

“Anyway, preparing for tomorrow’s business is a big deal.”

But at Jeonghwa’s next words, their faces darkened again.

Jeonghwa’s fearful gaze looking towards the sponsor.

As Jeonghwa said, a lot of materials for tomorrow’s business have been placed at the entrance to Huwon.

I have a gloomy expression because I have to prepare everything before going to bed today.

“I’ll ask the servants to help today, so don’t worry too much. Let’s prepare dinner first. No, we need to rest too, so let’s just buy something and eat outside today.”

The faces of the kitchen staff brighten at my words.

Because he was tired and had to prepare until dinner, he started to cry, but was happy when he was told to buy food outside to eat.

However, when I came out alone to ask the servants to bring me food, I noticed that the servants were also tired and sitting here and there resting instead of clearing the table.

I really couldn’t rest even for a moment today due to the influx of customers.

‘This would be too much for even the servants.’

In the end, the servants needed a break too, so I decided to ask the martial arts masters who were not tired at my house to make me some dinner.

“Would you like to buy me something to eat for dinner with Cheong, Mimi, Yeongyoung, Maenghee, and Gaeryeon? “Everyone is so tired that I can’t order it.”

Cheong looked around the inside of the spot and answered with a smile.

“Oh my, everyone looks very tired. All right. Nogong, I’ll have to ask Youngyoung to choose her sister some delicious food.”

“what? Are you buying and eating today? Yeah, sometimes it’s good to buy something and eat it. let’s go!”

“Youngyoung, come with me!”

The other wives follow Yeongyeoi at her cries.

He asked the stretched servants to first clear the table for dinner and decided to prepare a meal for Senate Day in the meantime.

When you say Sangwonjeol, it means Wonwon (元宵).

Senate Day is also called the Lantern Festival in English-speaking countries, but in Asian countries it is called the Full Moon Festival.

This is because it is a day to celebrate the full moon, so there are special foods prepared and eaten at this time.

It’s called elemental, and you can think of it as a cousin to our songpyeon.

However, the way to eat it is a bit unusual.

Once I entered the kitchen, I asked Jeonghwa to bring me the ingredients I had prepared.

“Have you prepared all the ingredients I asked you to prepare for purification?”

“Yes, Cheongun. I prepared it separately. Should I get it now?”

“I need to make it now so I can eat it with dinner, so please bring it to me.”

“All right. “Mr. Cheongun.”

Jeonghwa and the two craftsmen brought the ingredients from one side of the kitchen and rushed to cook them as soon as they were ready.

What Jeonghwa brought was black and white rice powder. And white porridge.

The black color is made from powdered black rice, and the white color is made from powdered Nami glutinous rice.

The white porridge was glutinous rice paste, and the additional ingredients were sesame seeds and red bean paste.

First, I mixed black rice powder with sugar, then mixed it with glutinous rice powder to make a paste.

Knead the sesame seeds and red bean paste in the same way.

This will make a fairly hard dough. The next thing to do is cut the four fillings into square shapes and roll them.

Three types of fillings were prepared by gently rolling them by hand.

Once the round black, red, and brown lumps are prepared, the second step is to place them on a colander and dip them into thin glutinous rice paste.

Of course, only for a moment.

-Chambang.

Black, red, and brown dumplings were placed on a tray and briefly bathed in glutinous rice paste.

Immediately, I sprinkled glutinous rice powder on a large tray, took out the dumplings, and placed them there.

“Brother, can you help me? Just grab the other side and roll it together.”

“Okay, I understand. “But this is the first time I’ve seen them made like this without making them one by one.”

There are two types of glutinous rice dumplings in the Central Plains, one is called Yuan Shao (元宵) and the other is called Tang Yuan (湯圓).

Since the two look very similar on the outside, even people living in the central region sometimes mistake them, but strictly speaking, they are not the same dish.

If Tangwon is made by rolling each item by hand like our bird egg sujebi, Sowon is made by rolling it in glutinous rice powder like my brother and I are making now.

The texture is also completely different; while Sowon has a soft taste, Tangwon has a chewy taste.

-Quick quake quake.

My brother and I held a large bamboo tray on both sides and shook it, and the dumplings that had been bathed in glutinous rice water were soon covered in pure white glutinous rice powder and became white dumplings.

The Sangwon Day elements are small in the north and can be eaten in one bite, but in the south, where Bokju, where I am located, are made, they are made large and can be eaten in one bite.

After repeating the same process three or four times, the dumplings, which at first looked like giant marbles, began to grow larger than a quail egg.

“I think this is enough.”

A slightly larger size is best for one bite.

After repeating the similar process a few times, a lot of elements piled up on one side.

Put water in a large pot and boil it first.

And when the water boils, hundreds of elements are dropped.

-Pong! Pong pong!

Cooking is complete when the elements sink into the hot water and float to the top of the water.

If you boil sweet sugar water and soak the floating elements in it, you will have a sweet special dish for Senate Day.

When I took a bowl and tasted the dumplings, the sweet black rice filling flowed into my mouth along with the sweet sugar broth.

A sweet taste that helps you recover from fatigue.

First, sugar was quickly supplied to the kitchen staff.

I have to prepare for business tomorrow, so I can’t just sit there and do it.

“Now, everyone, taste the elements.”

“It is the element of Senate Day…”

My brother’s smile after tasting the elements.

“Well, we’re all family.”

Since Sowon is originally meant to be eaten with family, I smiled and heard the voices of the kitchen staff next to me.

“I feel like I have energy when I eat sweets. “Mr. Cheongun.”

“Ah, it really relieves fatigue.”

The happy leisure time of eating sweet elements.

It was then.

A person ran in through the entrance of the spot, his hair flying like crazy.

“Hey, Cheongun!”

The owner of the voice is Biyeon.

Today, it was also a big event over there, so he looked as dressed as he could, but he ran so quickly that he had a tangled mess of hair in his mouth.

He came into my arms as if something unexpected would happen.

“Why, why are you like this? Biyeon!”

I was startled when Biyeon suddenly fell into my arms as if diving, so I pushed her away, but I heard Biyeon’s whisper in my ear.

[Oh, you’re here!]

“Who do you say came?”

In response to my question, Biyeon pressed her lips together as if kissing my ear and spoke.

[Someone brought a letter from the Demonic Cult, or Si, the New Cult!]

‘In the Heavenly Demon Church?’

It seemed like my mom had sent me a letter for the holidays.