Her Food Livestream Broke the Galaxy-Chapter 61: Idol, Please Keep Your Distance From Fans
Kneading and proofing the dough was a bit more complex.
However, it was complex for her fans. For Jiang Qiuqiu, making steamed buns was second nature.
She mixed flour and water, adding the yeast powder of this era. The two originally separate ingredients gradually came together until the powder formed a ball of dough.
The initial dough wasn’t smooth. Jiang Qiuqiu stressed the importance of the flour-to-water-to-yeast ratio, saying, "After you finish kneading, we need to give the yeast and flour some time to proof. You can wrap the dough in a sealed bag for one to two hours."
"To save time on the stream, I’m going to take out some dough I proofed earlier."
"The proofed dough will have expanded and gotten bigger. Just like before, we’ll gently knead it to get the air bubbles out. And there you have it—a smooth ball of dough. At this point, the whole process is pretty much done."
She divided the dough into small, roughly equal-sized balls, placed them in a steamer, and started steaming!
These were all simple and quick recipes. Before long, both the Rice and the steamed buns were ready. After showing everyone the beautiful ’staple foods,’ Jiang Qiuqiu enabled the virtual tasting and prepared to end the stream.
Before ending the stream, she made an announcement: "I’ll be uploading the video of today’s tutorial stream shortly. If any fans want to try making this themselves, you can post a video of your attempt or your process in the pinned thread of the Jiang Jiujiu Circle. I’ll go live again at eight o’clock tonight to give feedback on the posts there."
Jiang Qiuqiu had expected to end the stream peacefully, but her words unexpectedly set off a tidal wave of reactions. The viewers who were supposed to be busy eating their Rice and chewing on steamed buns suddenly exploded with comments!
#??? That thread was posted by Juju?#
#...That thread is exclusively for Juju to give feedback?# They had thought it was just for members of the circle to have fun among themselves.
#Why does Juju even know about this circle?!#
"Because it’s the Jiang Jiujiu Circle. Of course I know about it."
#So does Juju read the threads in the circle?#
"Of course." Not only did Jiang Qiuqiu read them, she even had opinions. She rattled off a few recent, popular threads and discussed them with great interest on stream. "I think what everyone says about me is spot-on sometimes."
"And the reaction gifs and video clips you all post are adorable. They’re what motivates me to keep cooking."
#...#
The fans often shared shitposts in the circle, and would occasionally get together to shamelessly complain about why Jiang Jiujiu’s portions were so small.
Or they’d indulge in wild fantasies about their streamer and daydream about the good life.
That circle really had everything.
Everyone had always assumed Jiang Jiujiu was too busy to browse through those threads. They never imagined that not only did she look, but she’d been secretly reading so many of them!
#Juju, you’re a streamer! You’re about to be a big-time streamer! Just look at the pinned threads from now on! Idols need to keep their distance from their fans’ lives!#
#Yeah! Maintain your distance! Just stick to the pinned threads! Don’t look at our casual chat threads!!!!#
Everyone started clamoring that fans and their idols should maintain a certain distance.
They strongly demanded that Jiang Qiuqiu stop reading their threads, insisting it was too embarrassing.
With so many people making the request, Jiang Qiuqiu sighed and said dejectedly, "Alright, fine. Even though I’ll still read the threads, I won’t talk about them on stream anymore."
"You might not know this, but the threads in the circle are often my source of joy."
"Okay, the virtual tasting is over now. I hope everyone who has the chance today will be eager to give it a try! Tonight, let’s all get together and talk about the food we made ourselves!"
With that, Jiang Qiuqiu waved goodbye and ended the stream.
After the stream ended, she took a dish she’d made earlier out of the temperature-controlled preservation cabinet and began to eat it with some Rice.
As she ate, she wondered, ’I wonder how my fans’ cooking will turn out today.’
’I was precise down to the gram. It should be hard for them to mess it up, right?’
