Staying at home during the epidemic is the greatest contribution to society. The once bustling town became deserted, and the bustling crowd suddenly disappeared. All stores are closed. What do you want to eat? Do it yourself!

I usually like to eat bubble claws the most. But I never did it once. Occasionally I buy a few from the braised vegetable shop to satisfy my craving. I suddenly came up with the idea while staying at home. I bought more than 20 chicken feet. I soaked them in water first, then blanched them, and then soaked them in seasonings. Finally, I put the pot on high heat and simmered it until it was almost rotten. Then I poured in a large bucket of pickled peppers and soaked them in the pickled pepper water overnight. At noon on the second day, I gave some to my brother and cousin to taste, and I happily chewed 4 sticks. As a result, my throat was a bit hoarse from the spicy food in the middle of the afternoon, and maybe the chicken feet were not too rotten and my teeth had some movement.

The overall taste is good, very authentic chicken feet with pickled peppers. It seems that it will have to be cooked more in the future and use less pickled peppers.

I saw that everyone in the circle of friends was showing off all kinds of breakfasts they made, some making fried dough sticks, some making rolls, some making egg pancakes, and some making cakes. It is estimated that making fried dough sticks is the most difficult here, so I wanted to give it a challenge. My brother and cousin also expressed great interest. They have watched various videos on Douyin, especially my brother, who has memorized all the steps of making fried dough sticks, and knows the various raw materials and recipes by heart. But he still lacked the confidence to take action. I told them to look at mine, I’ll prepare it for you to eat.

Take action immediately when you have an idea. I still have some old yeast cakes left over from making old yeast cakes at home, which contain corn flour and buckwheat noodles. I took them out and added some wheat flour, eggs, and milk. I kneaded, kneaded, rolled, and applied oil over and over again. Then form the dough and let it rise. At night, I was worried that the temperature was not high enough and the fermentation would not be complete and it would be put under the quilt again.

The next morning, I happily took out the risen dough and kneaded it, then cut it into small pieces and stretched it into long strips. According to the video, the oil temperature reached 170 degrees. When the oil was bubbling, I put the chopsticks in and put the dough sticks in. I watched the reaction in the pot with my eyes. As soon as I put it in, it immediately turned black. Haha, the temperature of the oil was too high. I was so scared that I quickly turned off the fire. Then I carefully fried a few more dough sticks over low heat. I found that the dough balls placed in the oil did not bulge at all. In desperation, I stopped and continued. try. I know I failed in making fried dough sticks this time

Frustrated, in order to win praise from my friends, I accidentally made a fake picture in the video and posted it

Friends As soon as the circle was posted, sixty or seventy people praised and praised it in a short time, which showed that it is not easy to make fried dough sticks successfully, and everyone was full of praise. I admired everyone's comments with curiosity, and gradually felt guilty. There must be some friends who doubt me. How could I lie and deceive everyone? I don't have such a high level. The more people praise me, the more scared I feel. Every like is like a knife piercing my heart. I have always been very honest, so I finally quietly deleted this circle of friends.

During lunch, a colleague who I hadn’t contacted for a long time suddenly called, “Teacher Zhu, how did you make those fried dough sticks? How did you make them so well?”, I pretended to be serious and said, “Look. Let’s learn from Douyin short videos.” She said "she makes them like little shortbread cookies". I told her truthfully that the pictures in the circle I posted were fake and that what I did looked like Ma Yaoer. She has said before that she is a big fan of mine and she will not believe it no matter how much I explain. She said I must be doing a good job and must guide her. I am speechless, how much my friends trust me.

My husband said that you must learn to make fried dough sticks no matter what, otherwise how can others learn from you?

Yes! Reflecting on the reasons for the failure of making fried dough sticks last time, firstly, the dough was originally mixed with corn flour and buckwheat flour. These two are not sticky and will definitely not work when mixed with wheat flour. Second, the dough is too hard and not fully fermented.

Book knowledge alone is not enough, you must practice it repeatedly. Only by combining theory and practice can we explore effective methods and achieve results!

Two days later, I carefully studied many videos of making fried dough sticks and bought a small bag of yeast and two kilograms (a big bag) of high-gluten flour.

According to the proportion in the video, add 6 taels of flour, an egg, salt, sugar (a little more salt based on last experience), a box of 200ml milk, about 2g of yeast, and an appropriate amount of cooking oil. Make a paste. But I found it was too bad to get started. If you can't help it, just skip the process of kneading it into a ball and just put it in a basin and let it ferment! It can be seen that the operation on the dead copy video does not work at all.

The next morning I found that the noodle cake was well fermented, so I kneaded the noodle cake with wheat flour twice, sprinkled corn flour on the chopping board, spread it on top, cut it into small pieces, and touched it. Stack two pieces of oil, make a small groove in the middle, pull it into thin strips, turn on low heat, and fry slowly. After a while, you will see the golden fried dough sticks taking shape, haha, I am happy that I can finally make fried dough sticks. It was crispy and delicious. My old lady ate several of them right after she finished cooking. She felt so accomplished!

After that, I tried using ordinary flour and tried making it without adding milk, but it was still OK. Through constant experimentation, I discovered that the softness and hardness of the mixed flour is very important. Why did you fail the first time? The dough is too hard and not fully fermented. The dough is too soft and difficult to use, and the fried dough sticks are shapeless and unsightly. Of course, the amount of yeast and oil must be controlled properly.

Practice brings true knowledge. I believe I will become more and more successful in the future!

After making fried dough sticks, I also tried making bread

It is easier and more convenient to make bread, and it is also sprinkled with raisins. Regardless of the external appearance, delicious food is the last word. It can be improved in the future by adding wolfberry, sesame seeds, etc.

Three hundred and sixty lines, he will be the number one scholar, this is absolutely true! Only by taking real action, constantly learning and reflecting in practice, and constantly summarizing can we continue to improve.

My daughter saw the pictures I posted of making bubble claws, the video of making fried dough sticks and bread, and she became uneasy. "Mom, I was at home for so many days during the Spring Festival, why didn't you make these for me once? When I left home, you were busy?" I know that my daughter also likes to eat these.

"My mother, I am practicing my skills while you are not at home. When you come back, I can hand in an answer sheet that you are satisfied with!"