usatvline Chapter 218 Yak
Chapter 218 Yak
"This is a good thing. Why didn't the shopkeeper take it to Central Plains to sell earlier?" An Qiao had already started picking rosemary.
"Oh, I've been selling condiments here for so many years. In all these years, I only have one regular customer, the young lady. I have so many condiments, but many people can't eat them all. Not to mention eating them, they can't even smell them." The Hu shopkeeper waved his hands, and the regret in his eyes could not be hidden.
"Even though we have rosemary, it's pretty uncomfortable without steak. It would be nice if we had beef, but it would be a bit strange to ask you for beef this time." An Qiao smiled embarrassedly, but still packed a big bag of rosemary.
The Hu shopkeeper suddenly seemed to have seen his savior, and looked at An Qiao with shining eyes.
"Young lady wants a large number of cattle?" Perhaps because he was too excited, his accent became even stranger.
"Yes, if there is beef, we can serve a new dish." An Qiao was puzzled and looked at the rosemary in front of her silently. After thinking for a while, she decided to take the whole bag.
This thing is hard to come by. If you buy too little this time, you won’t be able to buy it in the future and you won’t be able to complain.
Hu Shang saw An Qiao looking for cattle and taking away his whole bag of rosemary. "My dear, you are my savior. There is also a younger brother coming with me this time. I originally thought that since it was his first time to go this way, I would take him with me. Who knew that he was so careless? Their tribe is about dozens of miles away from ours. When he arrived at our tribe, we found that he had driven more than 80 cattle. It is impossible for our tribe to accept so many foreign cattle. We have no choice but to let him drive to Kyoto Prefecture to try. If every restaurant is willing to accept a few cattle, he will be able to sell them all quickly."
The cattle of the Hu people are almost all yaks, which can also be used to make steaks.
The cattle control in this era was strict, and if you were careless, you would be beheaded. Therefore, the large number of Hu Shang cattle had always been An Qiao's savior, and the certificate had been obtained long before.
All yaks can be brought to the Central Plains and disposed of as desired. After all, most of the cattle in the Central Plains are oxen and water buffaloes, which are used to plow fields.
"When will I have time for him to meet me?" An Qiao thought about it. If the previous price is used, a yak will be sold for at least 4 or taels, depending on the price and condition of the yak. Because they are sold individually, An Qiao only buys one or two yaks each time.
But for 80 cows, we have to bargain. Would it be cheaper if we buy them together?
In fact, if you buy cattle in the Central Plains, it will be more expensive, and you may not be able to buy a cow for 8-15 taels. Because most of them are used for work, and the price will not be cheap when they can be turned into meat.
Many people living in the Dayan Dynasty have never eaten a bite of beef.
"He lives nearby. I can go ask him if he's free now." Even though Hu Shang spoke cautiously, one could hear his excitement. An Qiao could even see his eyes shining.
"Thank you for your help. We'll continue picking seasonings here." An Qiao said with a smile.
In fact, most of the seasonings have been collected. Some of them are already widely popular in the Central Plains, so there is no need to rush and buy a lot here for fear that they will get damp.
But you still need to buy more of some seasonings. Although people in the Central Plains don’t buy much, everyone loves the ones made by Anqiao.
"Young lady, you're not going to buy all 80 cows, are you?" Qi Tao took a deep breath.
In the past, it would take a day or two to sell one or two cows, and you would even have to make a lot of beef jerky. If you bought 80 cows, you wouldn’t know how long it would take to eat them.
"Keep them on the farm and take one or two when needed. We can finish them all as soon as possible. Besides, I have thought of a new dish that will require a lot of cows. If that doesn't work, we can stew other parts and make a whole-beef feast." An Qiao looked at the rosemary and thought about the taste of grilled steak. Well, she had to buy it even if it was just to satisfy her appetite.
Even if you don't buy 80 heads, it's okay to buy 40 heads.
In fact, An Qiao had thought about raising yaks, but because of the different climates, it was possible to raise them for a short period of time. However, if she wanted to raise them all the time, or even want them to have cubs, it would be too difficult.
These yaks can only be bought from the Hu people continuously.
Qitao and Dongzhi nodded as if they understood, but finally gave up. If it really didn't work, they could still finish the meal by eating more.
Thinking of the beef cooked by the young lady, the two men began to swallow their saliva again.
When the plague hit, there was still a lot of beef left in the yard. The young lady was afraid that it would go bad, so she fried a large pot of beef jerky.
But after a few days, the beef jerky was gone.
Later, the lady made a lot of beef jerky with different flavors, which were richer than what you could order in the restaurant.
The young lady packed them into small jars one by one and said that they could be taken to grocery stores and milk tea shops to sell, and they would definitely sell well.
Although beef is much more expensive than other meats, it is still affordable.
Even though it's a bit extravagant to wrap a few ounces of beef in oil paper, it's better than never eating beef in your life.
When people are free, they always want to find something to chew on, if not beef jerky, then something else.
The lady also made a lot of chicken jerky and duck jerky. Compared with beef jerky, they didn't taste as good, but they were also delicious for everyone in the restaurant.
An Qiao always feels happy when she sees everyone eating the dried meat with relish. She feels like she has a lot of little pets.
In addition to steak, the remaining beef can be made into beef jerky or beef cubes, which is also good.
Beef jerky and beef cubes can be stored for a long time and are still a good snack. I wanted to sell them separately before, but the plague came before I started selling them.
Later, I made so many beef jerky with different flavors that it would be a shame not to sell them.
Seeing Qitao and Dongzhi's changing expressions, An Qiao knew that they were thinking of the beef jerky they had made before.
"What do you think? You are greedy too." An Qiao said mischievously.
"Of course I want to eat it. Everything the young lady cooks tastes good." Qi Tao said with a smile.
An Qiao looked around the store again to see if there was anything else she hadn't bought or had forgotten to buy.
It seemed that she had all the seasonings in the store, and only then would she be satisfied.
No matter what kind of dried meat it is, if you want it to have flavor, you need a lot of seasonings to make it taste good. Otherwise, even the best meat will not have such a fragrant taste.
The dried meat was kept for a long time, and in the past, foreign merchants would buy some from restaurants every time they left Kyoto Prefecture.
They had to walk for a long time in the desert. When there were no restaurants in Kyoto before, they would grill some dried meat themselves, but it had almost no taste and not many people liked to eat it. This was to make dry steamed buns.
Later, when Kyoto restaurants were built, many people would choose to buy some, even if the price was a little higher. They could make a lot of money in one trip and they couldn’t afford to lose money.