The Wild Princess: The Space Farmer's Strong Counterattack

Chapter 5 Tofu Balls and Braised Pork

After the tofu porridge is soft and sticky, sprinkle some chopped green onion into it, and then add an appropriate amount of salt, and a pot of fragrant tofu porridge is complete.

"Eat tofu porridge!" Grandma yelled, pouring porridge into a row of bowls.

"Wash your hands first before eating." Qianwu reminded, ever since she could speak, the Xue family has paid attention to these hygiene details.Instead of wiping your hands casually like before, you feel clean when there is no dust.The ancients did not know that there were such things as bacteria.

"It's hot, Xiaoxue and Xiaoshuang need to cool down before eating." Qianyu had to remind the two little ones, seeing their eagerness to see through, it's no joke that the soup hurts.

Then he and Qian Wu helped bring out the porridge.Looking at the adults and children who were already sitting and waiting to eat, even the calm and introverted Qianyun turned his head frequently, watching them enter the house, making Qianwu grinned to the ear, so happy, isn't it!

Looking at these rows of people sitting in rows and constantly rubbing their hands, how can there be an image of a literati?What about the scholarly family?All are victimized by poverty.

"Grandma, the tofu cubes are ready." So you can start making tofu balls.After eating, drinking, and resting, Qian Bing couldn't wait to remind him that neither tofu nao nor tofu porridge could satisfy his appetite.

"Okay! Xiaobing and Xiaoyu fry the minced meat that I chopped in the morning until fragrant. Stir-fry longer and add more oil." The head chef, Grandma, began to assign work again.

The Xue family didn't have a bit of patriarchy, but they loved their daughters and wives more.It is really rare in this pedantic era to do all the big and small jobs.

I don't know how many girls and daughters-in-law in the village I envy. They all only hate that they are not from Xue's family and don't marry Xue's family.Don't look at how poor the Xue family is, it is not an ordinary difficulty to marry into the Xue family.

There is no such thing as a gentleman staying away from the kitchen in Xiaoxue's family, let alone today's festival, only when everyone participates in the production of food will there be a more festive atmosphere.

The men of Xue's family have two brushes no matter whether they work in the field or do housework at home, not to mention learning.So whether in ancient times or modern times, he is a peerless good man who can go out of the hall and into the kitchen.

This is the instruction of the Xue family ancestors. I don't know what happened to the ancestors back then, so I put aside the worldly concepts and set this long-term instruction.I want to train my descendants to be multi-talented for generations, so that they can survive no matter where they go even if they are alone.

"Old man, Xiaofeng Xiaoyun took out the tofu cubes and crushed them finely. Remember to save a few pieces to cook in brown sauce at night." After all, if you have enough oil today, you will be extravagant and feed her precious grandchildren a good meal, Grandma thinks so.

"Xiao Wu brought the chopped green onions that you washed and chopped in the morning, and the two little treasures sat down and watched the learning. No, if grandma can't do it anymore, I'll wait for you to make it for grandpa and grandma." Ah Nai took out the steamed glutinous rice.

I squeezed two small balls and stuffed them into the mouths of the two little treasures, making them nod their heads constantly, their eyes narrowed into a line, not to mention how cute they are.

Ah Nai took the glutinous rice and poured it into the wooden basin, then poured chopped green onion and fried minced meat into it, added salt, and started to stir evenly.

The masters over there also crushed the tofu, and then started to make tofu balls.

Sprinkle a little minced tofu in the palm of the left hand, and pinch a core of glutinous rice and meat that is smaller than the palm of the hand in the right hand.Make a round core and put it on the crushed tofu in the palm of your left hand, then twist some crushed tofu to cover the round core and spread evenly.

Then lightly throw the tofu ball from the left hand to the right hand back and forth a few times, so that the skin made of tofu can stick to the core.

After the oil in the large frying pan is heated up, fry the prepared tofu balls until the tofu skin is browned and crispy, and then fry on one side, and then you can start to eat. It doesn’t need to be fried for a long time, because the core inside It is familiar in itself.

After the tofu balls are ready, the rice is steamed and the whole pork is cooked, and then it can be offered to the ancestors.

On the table, there are three rice wine cups in the first row, a piece of whole pork in a large bowl and a plate of tofu balls in the second row, and three bowls of rice and chopsticks in the third row.

Grandfather respectfully held a bunch of lit incense sticks upright, and led the whole family, bowed three times to the fairy throne, chanting words, asking the ancestors to bless the family and so on.

Then insert nine sticks of incense into the incense altar of the altar, and the rest of the incense should be placed in the kitchen, doorway, pigsty and other places.On the two lampstands next to the incense altar, there is also a red candle burning, and the sacrifice will be over in about a quarter of an hour.

After withdrawing the food offering, you can make dinner.Rice and tofu balls have been prepared, and a set of tofu braised pork, tofu lean meat soup, and boiled pumpkin are already very rich for their family.

Tofu with braised pork still needs to be made by Qian Wu, because she will mix some strange grasses and spices like fruit tree bark for stir-frying, and the taste will become particularly fragrant.

In fact, these spices are common on the local roadside, and Qianwu can only collect them.For example: licorice, orange peel, cinnamon, star anise and pepper, etc.Both ginger and garlic have been popularized in the local area.

Qian Wu's spices, people have never thought of using them as spices except for medicinal purposes, especially the southerners who are used to a light diet, so she plans to use these to make some small money, and if it works well, there may be big gains.

Qian Wu first put the chopped cooked meat into the pan and stir-fried. After a lot of oil came out, she took it out, left some oil in the pan, and directly fried the tofu cubes. The tofu was fried until it was golden brown, and then she took it out.

Put some oil in and fry the ginger and garlic until fragrant, add some water, then put in the licorice, orange peel, cinnamon star anise and peppercorns and cook for a fragrant aroma.Then pour in the fried meat and tofu, add an appropriate amount of water and simmer over low heat.

After the meat and tofu are simmered until soft, add salt, stir evenly to collect the juice, and a pot of tofu and braised pork with delicious color and flavor is ready, then sprinkle some green onion on top, and take it out of the pot.

The scent has long been wafting all over the courtyard, making people feel hungry again in an instant.

"Okay, hurry up and bring some out to the grandfather of the ancestral house. There are also tofu balls, and the rest of the vegetables are cooked by grandma. When you come back, you can directly start the meal." Granny He was a little anxious to eat , who made this meat so delicious by Qian Wu.

Grandma really can't bear to watch her grandchildren just swallow their saliva all the time, right?

All goodness and filial piety come first, although there will be better meals in the ancestral house.But when the elderly are still alive, the general descendants will send a cooked food to pay their respects. This is a traditional custom, and of course it only applies to small families.

So no matter how little meat the Xiao Xue family had, they had to send some to the old house. Of course, the Xue family would take the initiative to respect it.They usually receive a lot of support from the clan, which is enough to repay for the time being.

But this time Qianwu's unique tofu braised pork, I hope to give them this long face and make the elderly happy.

　Modified 2018.1.27
　　
　
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