Chapter 186 - 185 Sixth Master Hasn’t Tried Yet
Ye Xinyan nodded, recognizing Zhang Baokui’s explanation, "As you mentioned earlier, the stirred milk egg doesn’t have the unique scent of fermentation. My initial plan is to take out the solidified dairy after removing the cream and shape it, then preserve it in a specially made container where it can maintain a certain level of moisture. Through prolonged fermentation, it should achieve the effects of long-term preservation, suitability for long-distance transport, and a rich, lingering scent."
Zhang Baokui blinked, as if to suggest it wasn’t impossible. The milk from cattle and sheep isn’t like other foods or soups; it doesn’t simply spoil more as time goes on until it’s completely rotten.
Sometimes, when left for a very long time, milk becomes just a bit sourer or has a stronger smell but isn’t inedible.
Ye Xinyan continued, "The preservation container and the mold could be those breathable utensils, and the storage location needs multiple trials to find the best humidity and temperature conditions for producing superior dairy products. After a long fermentation, the cheese should be soft in texture, aromatic, and able to be sliced or shredded at any moment for convenient immediate consumption and pairing with meals."
After Ye Xinyan’s explanation, one could see from Zhang Baokui’s face that this rugged middle-aged man seemed to have an epiphany. He was no longer nervously fretful or bearing a look of utter despondency.
In order not to burden Zhang Baokui and Xie Chun with more thoughts and to ensure commercial secrecy, Ye Xinyan did not share more about the dairy products she had seen before. After speaking a few more encouraging words, she called over Fan Zhengyuan and went to a designated area to set up the tents for Xie Chun and the others.
As Xie Chun was about to leave with Fan Zhengyuan, he asked the question that had been troubling him for a while, "Steward Qi, do you know if Sixth Master has ever tried any of these pastries?"
If such delicious pastries had been eaten by all the servants, leaving the prince out... it would seem a bit like courting death.