After resigning, I want to go back to the village to grow sweet potatoes

The sweet potato chips of Clear Water Bay are made in a unique way and have a unique taste.

The sweet potatoes for making sweet potato chips are best stored in the previous year, and they should be made during the winter frost season.

The so-called cellar storage means that mature sweet potatoes are dug up and hidden in the cellar together with the mud.

In Qingshuiwan, apart from the large sweet potato cellars with more than a dozen pits in the village, each household has its own sweet potato cellars.

Most of these sweet potato cellars are dug on the hillside of the mountain behind the village, away from water sources, in case the sweet potatoes are too humid to rot.But it should not be too dry. Too dry will easily affect the storage time of sweet potatoes and cause empty shells.The so-called empty shell phenomenon means that the skin of the sweet potato is still fresh, but all the starch inside has been lost.

People in Qingshuiwan do not simply cut sweet potatoes into slices to make sweet potato chips, but at least five procedures are required.

【The first procedure】

The sweet potatoes dug home are washed, peeled, and cut into small pieces.

【Second procedure】

The sweet potatoes cut into small pieces are boiled in a pot until they become a paste.

This program pays attention to adding some other foods, such as kumquat, red dates, hawthorn, orange peel, peach gum and so on.

【The third procedure】

Put the mushy sweet potatoes out of the pot and put them in a large wooden basin, stirring continuously for more than ten minutes to dissipate heat.

Those who are fastidious will sprinkle some sesame seeds in from time to time during the stirring process to increase the fragrance.

【The fourth procedure】

Scoop the mushy sweet potatoes onto the mould, spread them into thin slices and remove them to dry naturally on a bamboo plaque.

The mold for making sweet potato chips in Qingshuiwan Village is made of a wooden block and four bamboo strips. The wooden block is about the size of a piece of eight-carat paper, with four bamboo strips on the four sides, and a piece of sackcloth is spread on it. The mushy sweet potatoes are scooped into the mold. Spread it flat with a bamboo knife, and lift the sackcloth to form a large sweet potato slice.

【Fifth procedure】

The dried large sweet potato slices are cut into dozens of small sweet potato slices that are two fingers wide and one finger long, and stir-fried in a pan.

People in Qingshuiwan are particular about frying sweet potato chips in a pan.Instead of simply pouring the sweet potato slices into the pot and stir frying, first use firewood to heat the iron pan until it is slightly hot, then pour in a certain proportion of river sand and stir fry until boiling hot before pouring in the sweet potato slices and stir frying .

Fried sweet potato chips must use a cast iron pan, must also be Damingshan big firewood, and need to add river sand from the Qingshui River, so that the taste can be authentic.

why?
The explanation of the people of Qingshuiwan is that the pig iron pot belongs to the original iron, that is, it is still in the most primitive stage of iron products, and it can be more integrated with food.

Daming Mountain Dachaihe is the old pine wood on Daming Mountain that is naturally old and dead and split into sections as firewood.The large firewood in Daming Mountain is flame-resistant, and generally only three large firewoods are needed to stir-fry sweet potato chips in an iron pot.

The river sand of Qingshui River, as the name suggests, is the sand in Qingshui River.The Qingshui River is clear, and the sand in the Qingshui River is naturally round and smooth.Adding some Qingshuihe sand to the fried sweet potato chips is mainly to prevent the sweet potato chips from sticking together during the stir-frying process and causing them to burn.

The folks in Qingshuiwan said that the sweet potato chips stir-fried with cast iron pot, Damingshan big firewood and Qingshuihe river sand have a taste of Qingshuiwan in it.

"That's right, the taste of these fried sweet potato chips is really different."

"In addition to the pure sweet potato taste, there is also the fragrance of pine wood and the earthiness of Clear Water Bay."

Yu Qing and Huang Fan, who were in high spirits, ate the sweet potato chips that Lin Xi had just fried, and immediately calmed down and smiled like flowers.

"Earthy? Sister Fan, when we make sweet potato chips, we wash them very clean. I brushed the iron pan several times before frying them. How can they be earthy?"

"Lin Xi, don't worry, your sister Fan is really from Qingshuiwan."

"Brother, I don't understand what you're saying."

"Lin Xi, brother Yan praised me for being able to taste the earthy taste of Clear Water Bay from your fried sweet potato chips, which means that I am already familiar with this land and fall in love with this land. As for whether I can become a real Qingshui Bay person, But it depends on the face of some people."

"Sister Fan, do you want Brother Yan to marry you?"

"I don't dare to hope for this. If you refuse to say it, it is impossible for some people to marry me."

"Hey, hey, I got off topic, let's get down to business. Huang Fan, before you go to the provincial capital, can you go over the Chinese herbal medicines in Qingshuiwan with my grandpa?"

"Solemn, do you still need me to assist Grandpa Zhuang in the survey of Chinese herbal medicines in Clear Water Bay? Mr. Xiaomei is your eldest cousin."

"Huang Fan, just because Mr. Xiaomei is my first cousin, my grandfather needs your help even more."

"What do you mean?"

"Yes, solemn, can you make your words clearer? Of course, if I need to avoid it, I will leave now."

"Brother, do I need to avoid it?"

"Hey, sister Qing, Lin Xi, what are you two talking about? It is because you are all here that I want to talk to Huang Fan about this matter. Of course, I have a few other important things to discuss with you. "

"Then tell me, it's already half-morning."

"That's right, when the actors and staff of the Water Theater Troupe arrive, you have to go and receive them?"

"In the afternoon, people from the county will come over to discuss matters related to tomorrow's commemorative event. You have to come forward."

"I've already arranged these routine affairs, so don't worry. Come on, let's talk about big things while eating fried sweet potato chips."

Zhuang Yan picked up a slice of sweet potato and chewed it in his mouth.

Yu Qing, Huang Fan, and Lin Xi sat on the other three sides of the dining table. They didn't eat any more sweet potato chips, and even swallowed the sweet potato chips in their mouths quickly, waiting for the solemnity to say something important.

"Sister Qing, Huang Fan, Lin Xi, I decided to change the development path of Qingshuiwan."

"Change your way?"

"What changed?"

"There won't be an accident, will it?"

When Zhuang Yan said that he was going to change lanes, Yu Qing, Lin Xi, and Huang Fan all looked surprised.

"The plan is not as fast as the change, and tomorrow is not as early as an accident. I didn't expect so many things to happen in Qingshuiwan Village after I resigned. At first I just wanted to go back to the village to grow sweet potatoes, and later I wanted to develop the 'Auspicious Eight Treasures'. I didn't expect Grandma Xi When I went back to the village, my little grandfather went back to the village, and I didn’t expect my grandma to be Miss Mei’s.”

"Solemn, aren't these surprises more conducive to your development ideas taking root and bearing fruit?"

"Yes, why did you suddenly think of changing lanes?"

"Brother, is it because Grandma Xi and Grandma Zhuang have changed their attitudes towards me, and you want to change lanes?"

"Sister Qing, Huang Fan, you two highly educated LDs are not as good as Lin Xi, a girl from the mountains. Although she didn't reveal the essence, she somewhat saw the phenomenon."

"Brother, are you praising me or laughing at me?"

"Lin Xi, of course your brother Yan is praising you. I really want to be a girl from the mountains like you. That is the true love of your brother Yan."

"Sister Fan, you're joking again. Didn't you hear Grandma Zhuang and Grandma Xi say that only girls with high education and big cities are worthy of Brother Yan, and girls from Qingshuiwan and Shuizhou are not worthy of Brother Yan at all. I I thought about it carefully when I was frying sweet potato chips just now, except for me, you, Sister Hui, Sister Qing, and Sister Shui are all worthy of Brother Yan."

"Lin Xi, really find a harem for Brother Yan according to the requirements of the two old women. Yu Hui and I are not qualified either. Only Sister Qing and Sister Shui are eligible."

"Sister Fan, why are you and Sister Hui not qualified?"

"Lin Xi, Yu Hui and I are both from Shuizhou, so the two old women are excluded from the selection of concubines."

"Hey, hey, Huang Fan, Lin Xi, why did you two miss the topic again? What I said about changing lanes is that my development ideas need to change lanes in the future, not our topic changing lanes."

"Solemn, don't think about changing the way of development, but do the things in front of you first. Commemorative activities, red tourism and stone house tours are imminent. How can you have the time to change ways? Could it be that you want to retreat? "

"Sister Qing, how could I retreat? After listening to me, you will definitely support me in changing lanes."