The Rise of the European Emperor

Autumn is the harvest season. When people on the European land were busy harvesting food, the North American colonies—Cape Breton Island and the North American Twin Islands, also got a bumper harvest.

Cape Breton Island, which is a high latitude area, can only grow hardy rye. The North American Twin Islands are different. On Amerigo Island (Nantucket Island), in addition to rye, thousands of acres of soybeans are also grown.

Although the yield of soybeans per mu is low, even if all three fertilizers are used, the yield per mu is only about 200 pounds. However, thousands of acres are 6,000 acres of land. It all came down to a total soybean production of 1.2 million pounds.

Tara left 200,000 pounds of soybeans as seed and emergency reserves, and the remaining 1 million pounds, all loaded and shipped back to Europe. Marin is also very happy to see millions of pounds of soybeans. After all, soybeans are excellent fodder for war horses.

So, Marin asked people to fry some soybeans and feed them to the war horses. Sure enough, many war horses like the fragrant fried soybeans. Moreover, after eating fried soybeans, the horse's physical strength recovered very quickly. When the soybeans are fried, they are not only crunchy, but also have a fragrance, which is very popular with war horses.

Marin fried a big bowl of soybeans for his war horse, Karl. As a result, after Carl finished eating, he felt that it was not enough, so he couldn't stop winking at Marin - shoveling, I will fry another bowl for you, Uncle Ma...

After working with Karl for so many years, Marin naturally understood Karl's suggestion. However, when it comes to frying soybeans, Marin does not need to do it himself. So, Marin instructed Carl's real shit shoveling officer, the groom, to fry a large bowl of soybeans, and let Uncle Carl continue to enjoy...

As a result, Carl ate too much soybeans and kept farting. The entire stable became a biochemical battlefield, and Marin had to evacuate urgently...

Back in the backyard of the palace, Marin took out a handful of fried soybeans and chewed it. Speaking of which, it's been almost ten years since time travel, and he still doesn't remember the taste of soybeans.

Then, little Caesar saw Dad eating some unknown food again, and it seemed to be very fragrant. So, the chubby little hand stretched out.

Unfortunately, the Caesar is too small, and the fried soybeans are very hard. Caesar couldn't chew, and burst into tears...

"I knew that I was bullying your son. That's our baby, the heir of the Hoffman family!" Angela gave every straight Marin a blank look and was busy coaxing her son.

Originally, Marin wanted to share some fried soybeans for Angela. However, when he told Angela that he would fart if he ate too much fried soybeans, Angela decisively refused. A lady like Angela would be ashamed if she was allowed to fart uncontrollably.

Good things need to be shared, though. Since Angela and Caesar don't eat fried soybeans,

Marin thinks of other uses for soybeans...

For example, make tofu and eat it...

In the previous life, when Marin was young. At that time, during the Chinese New Year, Marin's mother would make tofu at home and prepare it for Chinese New Year.

The rural people in the early years were not rich, and only during the Chinese New Year could they make a fortune. However, the trenches mentioned here are not killing pigs. Pig slaughtering only reached the level in the 1990s. As early as the 1980s, every family made a bucket of tofu, even if it was very expensive. Then, during Chinese New Year, I eat tofu every day...

As early as before Marin's grandmother died, the stone mill was the first in the family to grind tofu, and the efficiency was relatively slow. However, at that time, the year was full of flavor, and the rural people had nothing to do in winter, and some had time to prepare and grind slowly.

Later, Master Wang at the entrance of the village introduced a machine for grinding tofu, and everyone went to Master Wang's house to grind the soaked beans. After grinding, come back and use a hanging basket made of gauze, keep rolling and filtering, and wait with a water tank below. After filtering, the liquid in the water tank is raw soy milk (soy milk for breakfast when it is cooked), and the solid remaining in the gauze is the legendary tofu dregs...

Next, people would put the raw soy milk in a pot and cook it. After that, order tofu. In the previous life, Marin's home was made of brine. The salt brine is relatively easy to get. Moreover, the tofu ordered is also healthier. Unlike gypsum tofu, many workshops are cheap, but they are actually made with industrial gypsum. And industrial gypsum is toxic, so gypsum tofu cannot be eaten too much.

After the brine is placed, the tofu in the cooked soy milk will condense from the free state to the state of tofu brain. And if you want to get lumpy tofu, you need the last step - pressing the tofu...

These bean curd-shaped tofu will be poured into gauze, and the soy juice containing salt and brine will be filtered out (there is no soy milk in it at this time, soy milk is actually a solution in a suspended state of tofu), and the gauze will be left. tofu.

Then, the gauze wrapped around the tofu will be tied tightly and placed on a flat plate. Then, on the gauze, press a flat plate, and put a stone on the flat plate...

After a while, the tofu is pressed. When the gauze was opened, the tofu inside was like an oversized white flour cake. The final process is naturally to cut the tofu into pieces with a knife. After the tofu is cut, the tofu is placed in cold water to cool and preserve...  

The freshly pressed tofu is warm and tastes quite good. The tofu that has been cooled in cold water has no taste.

In Marin's previous life, every time his mother made tofu and cut tofu, those irregular and uncut edges and corners would fall into his stomach, and his brothers and sisters couldn't grab him...

Recalling all kinds of things in his previous life, Marin couldn't help but sigh. However, seeing the unhappy expression on his son Caesar's face, Marin decided to make tofu by himself...

So Marin soaked the beans first and waited for a few hours before starting to make them. Of course, as a big boss, the physical work of grinding beans is not something Marin can do, and some people do it.

After filtering the ground soy dregs milk with gauze, Marin instructed several chefs to cook the raw soy milk, and then Marin personally ordered the salt and brine to make the soy milk into a state of tofu brain...

Then, after filtering, Marin began to press the tofu...

Seeing Kahn doing nothing next to him, Marin simply did not use stones to press him, but let Kahn go into battle and use brute force to press...

In this way, after a while, the steaming tofu was pressed...

Before the freshly made tofu is soaked in cold water, it has an aroma, similar to the taste of soy milk. Little Caesar, who was visiting on the side, swallowed his saliva after smelling it, and Kahn was also attracted by the aroma.

As soon as the tofu was ready, Marin immediately cut a piece, ready to put it in his mouth. However, seeing his little Caesar pitifully looking at him, Marin remembered that he was already a father...

So, the first piece of tofu entered Little Caesar's mouth...

Although it was a bit hot, little Caesar liked the taste of hot tofu very much and clamored for it. On the side, Angela and Kahn both showed expressions of interest. As a result, the first pot of tofu in Europe, before it was time to soak it in cold water, was divided up by several people present...

"Actually, this is just the original way of eating tofu mouth... It's more delicious than this..." Just when everyone was sighing that hot tofu was delicious, Marin couldn't help saying.

And the consequence of what Marin said was - he made another pot of tofu...

Next, it's time to cook the tofu...

Originally, Marin planned to make Mapo Tofu. Unfortunately, he didn't have chili oil at this time. So, Marin made a fish head tofu instead...

The fish is delicious and the tofu is tender. Fish head tofu, sprinkled with shallots after the pan is out, becomes a fresh, fragrant and tender food... Of course, the key to this dish is to use cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, otherwise the taste will be very fishy ...

Marin, as a half-old driver in the chef industry, naturally knows how to use cooking wine to get rid of the fishy smell. So, the fish head tofu that came out of the pot became a delicious feast...

Sadly, this fish head tofu doesn't seem to be enough. Not long after it was served, Marin just went to the kitchen to make a tofu soup, and when he looked back, he found that the fish head tofu was gone...

"This dish is very suitable for little Caesar, dear, I will make more in the future..." Angela wiped her mouth gracefully after eating. Little Caesar, on the other hand, looked innocent—this dish is indeed suitable for my baby, but... my baby was eaten up by your group of adults before he took a few bites...