Hearing Tuantuan's words, Su Chen smiled, and Lin Xiu was amused as well.
Su Chen said, "Tuantuan, Wife Cake is called Wife Cake because the pastry maker back then loved his wife very much. So when he made the pastry, he named it Wife Cake. Unexpectedly, the name became popular right away and has been passed down to this day. That is why we have Wife Cake now."
"As for Husband and Wife Lung Slices, it is actually just sliced lung, made from pig lung."
"Why is it called Husband and Wife Lung Slices? Because a married couple opened a shop selling sliced pig lung together, so they named it Husband and Wife Lung Slices. It does not mean it is made from the lungs of a husband and wife."
Tuantuan said, "So that's how it is. I think I understand, but why couldn't they give it a proper name? Like the Wife Cake they made—if it had red bean filling, couldn't they just call it a red bean pancake? And Husband and Wife Lung Slices are made from pig lung, so they could just call them sliced pig lung. That way, everyone would understand as soon as they heard the name."
Su Chen said with a smile, "Because they wanted to give them nice-sounding names to attract customers and make people remember them."
"Names like Hibiscus Cake and Hibiscus Pastry are not as classic as Wife Cake or Husband and Wife Lung Slices, so fewer people remember those names. That was why shop owners back then gave their products very distinctive names, so people would remember them."
"Oh, oh, oh, then I understand. When I name the things we make in the future, I'll have to think of a good name too."
Su Chen said with a smile, "You