Traveling through the farmhouse: farming and making a fortune and raising cubs

Chapter 40 Chapter 40

When they got home, the two children had washed the dishes and dried the bamboo shoots.

"Mother, are we going to stew pheasant at noon, and do we need to cook other dishes?"

"Your father caught some rice field eels." Lin He caught some rice field eels, which were slippery and almost impossible to catch: "You wash these bowls together, and I will stew the pheasant first."

Yellow eel stew is naturally the best, but after thinking about it, Lin He decided to make fried rice eel.

Apart from the big ingredients that Li Changhui bought before, the only ones at home that can be used to stew soup are radishes and bamboo shoots, but these two side dishes are not suitable for stewing eels.

Stewed chicken with bamboo shoots was not bad. Lin He grabbed two handfuls of half-dried bamboo shoots and soaked them. The pheasant had already been chopped into pieces by Li Changhui last night, which was convenient for Lin He.

There was hot water in the pot, scooped up a ladle of hot water, and washed the chicken carefully twice. By the way, I sighed, this father and son are really equally caring and considerate.

"Mother, the bowl has been washed, and the bamboo basket has also been washed. There is eel mucus and spilled rice porridge on it."

As Li Yu said that, he had already approached his two younger brothers.

"Mother, this is the rice field eel that Dad caught. Didn't it mean that rice field eels come out only when the weather is hot? Why did they come out so early?"

The rice field eel was thrown by Lin He in the corner under the eaves, ready to be disposed of after the pheasant was stewed. Li Hao dragged his younger brother's chair and ran over a long time ago.

"Well, it should have been dug out when plowing the field."

Li Yu opened his mouth wide in surprise: "I have never seen anyone plowing the fields before, and they can plow out eels."

"Brother is so stupid, other people are not as good as Daddy, Daddy is so good at hunting, how can other people compare with Daddy."

Li Hao complained bluntly, which made Lin He laugh.

As expected, this kid likes to 'fight and fight', and he really is the most convinced of Li Changhui's force value.

"That's right, I almost forgot, Dad is also very good at hunting."

The two brothers discussed for a while, the youngest Li An couldn't speak, but he would say 'ahhh' from time to time, as if he was discussing with his two older brothers.

But after a while, Li Yu was called by Lin He to light the fire.

The smell of the pheasant is relatively strong. Lin He used sliced ​​ginger, shredded green onion and white wine, boiled it in water first, picked it up, washed it with cold water and drained it.

It's just that this is not enough, hot pot and cold oil, Lin He can't help but sigh at this time, I really want to use vegetable oil!

Stir-fried vegetables with lard, especially green vegetables with leaves, are really delicious, but fried meat...

Forget it, don't be picky, others are reluctant to use oil like this.

Quickly retracted the thoughts that almost flew away, and after the lard melted, poured the chicken in, poured a little white wine and stir-fried for a while, added coarse salt, ginger, garlic, pepper, and after a while, added star anise leaves, cinnamon, dried chili and other spices.

Then I scooped half a spoonful of soy sauce, fry for a while, and finally add water to stew.

The pheasant stewed in this way has no fishy smell and will taste better.

As for the chicken soup?Lin He felt that although the chicken soup was delicious, the nutrition was all in the meat, so it was good to eat meat.

What's more, just throwing in three or four dried chilies, the soup is not too spicy, even if it is a bit muddy than clear soup, it is still drinkable.

Besides, I'm tired from the work, and I'll have a better appetite if I eat some tasty food. The pheasant soup that is too light has a fishy smell, so I don't want to eat yet.

"Yu'er, I'm going to clean up those eels, and when the pot boils, add these bamboo shoots."

The bamboo shoots were not dried in the sun, but now they are almost soaked, not to mention the pheasant meat is firm, so it takes a long time to stew, and the bamboo shoots also need to be boiled for a long time.

"Okay girl, I see."

Holding a kitchen knife, Lin He scooped up a basin of water and brought it to the corner of the courtyard dam. Instead of rushing to clean up the eels, he took another hoe and dug a hole beside it.

"Mother, what are you doing?" Li Hao dragged his younger brother and hurried over.

Lin He watched Li Hao's movements, and his brows twitched: "You look at An'er carefully, he is sloppy, and be careful to drop him."

Then he put the hoe aside and brought over the rice field eel: "The internal organs of the rice field eel have a strong fishy smell, and it is easy to attract insects when placed outside. It is better to bury it clean."

"Mom, I know, I won't fall my brother, you see he is also very happy."

Li Hao stuck out his tongue, with a bit of mischievousness and cuteness.

Looking at Li An again, it was just like what Li Hao said, the trembling when the bamboo chair was dragged on the ground caused his whole body to tremble, and even the "ahah" in his mouth was trembling. .

Shaking his head, I really don't understand where the kid's favorite point is.

"Forget it, you go and get a big bowl, I forgot to take it just now."

Li Haozhong replied angrily, and trotted to the kitchen. Before Lin He could remind him to slow down and be careful not to drop the bowl, he came back with a large bowl...

Forget it, too lazy to say.

I broke off a branch at random, sharpened one end with a kitchen knife, and stuck the thicker end in the gap of the Qingshi Banyuan Dam.

He picked up a rice field eel, recalled the actions he saw in his memory, and directly nailed the rice field eel's head into the branch.

I stroked the whole eel with one hand, and I already had a plan in my heart;
With the kitchen knife in the other hand, he scratched the eel's abdomen from head to tail, and the whole eel was ripped open.

Gently scraping the eel from the beginning to the end with the kitchen knife, the stomach of the eel was clean, and even the bones of the eel were taken away.

Finally, chop off the head and remove the tail, and a complete eel will be picked up.

Looking at his work, Lin He was very satisfied. It turned out that dealing with rice field eels was not that difficult.

He dealt with the rest in one go, and the Dahai bowl almost couldn't fit.

But now the rice field eel still has blood on her body, and she didn't want to get it on the water basin, so she asked Li Hao to scoop up water for her and wash it directly in the big sea bowl.

After washing off the blood, he asked Li Hao to take coarse salt, which can wash off the mucus on the eel, and then asked him to grab a handful of flour, rub it vigorously, and finally washed it several times, and the eel was completely cleaned up.

Originally scalding with boiling water can also achieve the effect of removing mucus, and it is even more convenient, but it does not taste good, so Lin He gave up that simple and quick method.

She doesn't have many hobbies, and cooking is barely one of them. It's not a particularly troublesome thing, and she is willing to try it.

Li Hao had never seen eels handled like this before, so he was immediately surprised.

"Mother, you are amazing." Before Lin He could be polite, he saw Li Hao turn his eyes to look at the flour slurry flowing away beside him: "But mother, those flours are also a pity."

"..." Lin He.

Then he rolled his eyes: "When we eat later, don't waste it."

But in my heart, I still reflect on myself a little bit.

Although Li Changhui would definitely not say anything, but in the era of food scarcity, such behavior is indeed a bit wasteful, especially for the children in the family, setting a bad example.

Next time, use plant ash, anyway, it has the same effect as flour, and it can take away the mucus washed by salt.

She just forgot it accidentally before, and she remembered it only after being reminded by Li Hao.

It's just that the dead duck has a stubborn mouth and doesn't want to admit to the child that he did something wrong.

Well, just change it next time.

(End of this chapter)