Fleeing the wasteland and farming: don't panic, the family's metaphysics boss

Chapter 85

If you want to talk about the biggest meal of the year, the New Year's Eve dinner must occupy a seat.As soon as Qingyu entered the kitchen, she heard Mrs. Tong introduce the style of the New Year's Eve dinner: "This year's meal will be divided into six categories, steamed, boiled, fried, fried, stewed and mixed.

Steaming means steaming crispy meat, steaming white meat, steaming five flowers, steaming glutinous rice cakes, steaming longan, and steaming bean paste;

Boiling means cooking cured meat, cured sausages, cured pork ribs, cured pork belly;

Fried, is fried three things, fried peanuts, fried oil cakes, fried bean curd;

Stir-fried, is to stir-fry six dishes, sliced ​​fungus meat, lettuce meat slices, cucumber slices, red pepper shredded pork, braised pork ribs, twice-cooked pork;

The stew is kelp and radish trotter soup; the mix is ​​cold bean curd and cold ear root. "

Qingyu sighed inwardly, the New Year's Eve dinner really shouldn't be underestimated, it would take a lot of work to make these things alone.

Just as she was thinking about it, Wen Ya asked in surprise: "There are so many, when will it be done?"

Tong Shi laughed: "Otherwise, why call it a New Year's Eve dinner, when all these are cooked and served on the table, it will be night."

"Thanks to my aunt for coming today, otherwise relying on my father and mother's craftsmanship, it would be more difficult to prepare a decent table of dishes, let alone the taste." Hong Tao did not forget to interject while washing the dishes. talk.

Qingyu saw that the senior sister was smiling but she didn't smile, and she was thankful for the second senior sister in her heart, because the senior sister was hindering someone from being present, so she refrained from having a fit.

She walked over and washed the vegetables with Heart.

Shi'an brought over the peeled raw peanuts, "Auntie, what should I do with these peanuts?"

"For frying." Tong scooped two spoonfuls of flour into the basin, beat a few eggs, and made a paste, then poured the shelled peanuts into it, and said while stirring: "This peanut is wrapped in egg batter. , crispy, crispy and fragrant after frying."

Hong Tao put the washed vegetables on the chopping board, Wen Ya turned the kitchen knife around, picked up a piece of lettuce, there was a burst of knife shadows, and in the blink of an eye, the lettuce became pieces as thin as cicada's wings .

She proudly raised her eyebrows at Hongtao, Hongtao laughed dryly and slapped her hands, "Aniang, you are amazing."

Dawa lit all three stoves.Tong added water to two of the pots, put all kinds of cured meat and fresh pork belly into one pot to cook, and poured a shaukei sliced ​​sweet potato into another pot to cook.Then poured a small half pot of oil into the third pot.

Wen Ya couldn't help being curious: "What are you cooking so many sweet potato chips for?"

"Fried pancakes, this is the way we eat them in our hometown, sweet potato mash and flour are mixed together, then wrapped with brown sugar fillings, rolled into pancakes and deep-fried in an oil pan.

After the brown sugar is deep-fried, it sticks to the sweet potato dough. It tastes sweet, soft and not greasy. "Tong explained.

Wen Ya nodded unconsciously, and worked harder at chopping vegetables.

Taking advantage of the cooking time of the sweet potatoes, Tong fried the prepared peanuts, which were full of crispy fragrance and taste. Just smelling them made them feel crispy. Erwa and Sanwa who were playing in the yard ran over and clamored to eat them. Mrs. Tong directly filled two large plates and asked the six children to sit and eat in the yard.

Wen Ya's dishes were almost cut, so she turned to the stove, and now the stove was completely handed over to Mrs. Tong.

At that time, the sweet potato chips were also cooked. After taking the sweet potatoes out of the pan, mashing them into a puree, and adding a small amount of flour, he called Zhao Qian into the kitchen and asked him to make dumplings.

Zhufeng naturally had to keep up, and the two of them put the washbasin to one side and sat down, starting to knead the dumplings.Zhao Qian was obviously used to this job, and reminded Zhui Feng: "It's enough to make it the size of a child's fist."

Chasing the wind nodded: "I'm good at making balls."

Tong vacated the pot for cooking sweet potatoes, and started cooking glutinous rice again, and at the same time, he did not forget to explain to Wen Ya, "To steam glutinous rice cakes, first boil the glutinous rice into dry rice, then put it into a red porcelain bowl, sprinkle a layer of brown sugar and Put the orange peel in the steamer and steam it, so that the glutinous glutinous rice cakes are sticky, sweet and not greasy."

Wen Ya nodded, and asked Zhuifeng again: "Did you hear clearly? Remember it."

Zhuifeng rolled his eyes inwardly, but shouted: "I know."

The pork belly was cooked to half-cooked very quickly. Tong picked up the pork belly, and after the water drained, he threw the pork belly into the oil pan and fried it until the surface was crispy. Spread the brown sugar evenly on the skin while it is hot.

The high temperature of the pork skin melted the brown sugar, and after it gradually cooled, the brown sugar evenly adhered to the browned pork skin. Tong continued to teach orally: "The coloring of the steamed meat seems insignificant, but in fact it is well-colored." , the meat skin will be golden and translucent when it is steamed, and the color will be attractive.”

After finishing the coloring of the pork belly, Mrs. Tong started to adjust the sauce again.Sauté the onion, ginger, garlic, fermented soybeans, soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings in oil first, then mix with a little water, and cook the juice on high heat.

"Steamed meat should be steamed until it is soft and waxy and melts in the mouth, but it should not be steamed so soft, otherwise the meat will have to be steamed and it will not be served with chopsticks."

Wen Ya became curious: "How long should I steam it for?"

"One hour is enough."

Here, the steamer was put on the pot, and Zhufeng and Zhao Qian finished rubbing the dumpling over there. Mrs. Tong kicked them out of the kitchen again, and then began to stuff the fried pancakes.

After frying the sweet potato noodles, the color is golden, and the inside swells when exposed to high temperature, forming an oval bulge. When you tap it lightly with chopsticks, you can hear the crunchy sound.

After Mrs. Tong cooked the first pan of oil cake, let everyone eat it first, after all, it was still early for dinner.

Qingyu sat over excitedly. She ate a lot of shortbread. It was the first time she saw this kind of pancake. It was very novel. She tried to take a bite. She scalded her tongue and stuck it out in pain.

Tong quickly reminded: "Eat slowly, don't burn it."

When it was almost time to work, two tables of sumptuous meals were finally served, and at that time, the sound of firecrackers was heard everywhere in the city.

Zhuifeng set off two firecrackers at the gate of the courtyard. Although the crackling sound was deafening, it couldn't resist the excitement. After all, the three children of the Zhao family were young at heart, so they shouted and shouted at the sound of firecrackers, very excited.

As for Qingyu Shi'an and Hongtao, it is naturally impossible to be cheerful like children, and they all hide away, but they are really happy when they are happy.

Smelling the smell of firecrackers, Qingyu couldn't help taking two more puffs, feeling peaceful and peaceful in her heart.

After dinner, it was time to watch the year. Oil lamps were lit in several houses, and even outside the courtyard dam, lanterns were hung, and the courtyard was brightly lit.

Shi'an set up a fire, and Heart took out the chessboard again, dragging and dragging Qingyu to sit down, threatening to kill everyone.

The two families sat around the fire and chatted. Zhuifeng came out with two large plates of melons and oranges, and put pancakes and peanuts on two large plates.

As soon as midnight arrived, the whole city was filled with the sound of crackling firecrackers, and Zhufeng hurriedly set off two more firecrackers.

In the middle of the night, Wen Ya proposed to teach Zhao Qian a set of boxing skills. After all, he has joined the army and has kung fu. Whether it is meritorious service or life-saving, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Zhao Qian was naturally happy and willing to endure hardships. After studying for one night, he memorized all the movements.

Wen Ya was very pleased. Although Zhao Qian was not a person with special talent, he was willing to endure hardships and had perseverance. She finally urged: "This set of boxing looks simple, but it is not ostentatious. If you can master it well, if you can master it , will be of great benefit to you in the future."

Zhao Qian thanked him again and again, and practiced in one breath until the next morning.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, when the old was resigned and the new was welcomed, Zhao Qian’s family left after breakfast, and Qing Yu’s family dressed up and prepared to go out after burning incense and worshiping the god of the year. I have to celebrate the new year.

But before they went out, people from Gushu Hutong came to visit one by one, celebrating the New Year and giving New Year's gifts, it was very lively.

During the period, Pan Ming also came to visit with congratulatory gifts, and then followed Qingyu's family to pay New Year's greetings to other people, and then took the family to stroll around the city and had a lot of fun.

The New Year starts here.

(End of this chapter)