Making Exceptional Yeast Cakes, Week 3
Last time, on yeast cake adventures, we flipped the yeast cakes . Today, we're going to gather them. Excitement! 至二七日， 聚 麴，還令塗戶，莫使風入。 After another seven days, gather the cakes, again mud the door, allowing no wind to enter. I double checked to see if there was more meaning to that word (bolded in the original and in the translation), and there really isn't: 聚 jù Middle Chinese dzjuX collect(ion), assemble, gather together, group(ing); (a)mass, accumulate. assembly of 3 or more celestial bodies in the same lunar lodging. community, populace; settlement. So I guess I'll make a pile of them. The wetter cakes The dryer cakes - they're still quite damp This time, the cakes smelled much more interesting. I got strong caramel notes - I'm reminded of some kind of cookie my grandmother used to make but I can't put my finger on it. I also get some floral notes. It's interesting how much the aroma changed from last week. I wonder