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Chapter 32 Refining Lard

He Xun left after drinking a cup of hot water, and Jiang Yan reluctantly stood outside the door for a long time, until the other party disappeared into the snowstorm in the distance, then rubbed his hands and breathed into the room.

Jiang Yu was doing Maza at this time, packing up and returning the things He Xun brought.

"Sister, I want to send some things to the teachers in the hut during the Chinese New Year, okay?" She asked.

"Why not, you can give whatever you want." This year, almost all the younger sister cooks in the family, and she is more familiar with the ingredients in the kitchen than herself, so Jiang Yan naturally has no objection.

Jiang Yu must ask Jiang Yan's opinion, even if she doesn't ask, she knows she will agree, but she still has to tell her, this is the minimum respect.

Besides, when He Xun came to deliver things, it was because of Jiang Yan's face that she and her younger brother were simply in favor of the elder sister.

There are quite a lot of things sent this time, just the meat, there is a full cardboard box, and there are seven or eight bags of meat in it, one bag of lean meat, one bag of pork belly, and one bag of fat meat. Pork fat, with fried lard.

In rural areas, you can only distribute seven or eight catties of peanuts to each family in a year, and they are still shelled. This is the oil for your family for a year. If you eat it all, it will be gone. Therefore, many families save oil, and many times the rice bowl You can’t see any oil stains in the pot. Basically, you put an oil brush sewn with rags in the oil tank. Every time you cook at home, you just use this oil brush to brush around the pot, and you can’t see it at all. What kind of oil? Those who are frugal can eat a few catties of peanut oil for a year, and those who are extravagant can eat it in less than a month.

Therefore, lard is a good thing. Not to mention the rural areas, even the city is in short supply. People with no skills can't buy it at all. This is also thanks to He Xun's special status.

"Let's refine the lard today. It's cold now, so it's okay to eat until summer." Jiang Yu took out four bags of lard and poured it into a porcelain basin. After breakfast, the oil was refined, and the oil at the bottom of the pot could still be kept. Stir fry at noon.

As for saying that eating too much lard is bad for your health, Jiang Yu, as a modern person, naturally knows that she usually pays attention to health preservation, but in this day and age, there is no extra oil for you to eat. If you don’t eat this, what would you eat?Not eating fat for a long time is not very good for the body.

Now that you have just filled your stomach, you still have the opportunity to pick and choose?frenzied.

Going back ten years, the Avalokitesvara has to rush to eat. If you eat it, you will die. If you don’t eat it, you will die. It’s just that you will die sooner or later.

It was cold in winter, and when the first snow fell in the commune, the commune schools were closed.

There is no way, there are not many people in the school, and the parents who love their children are not willing to let their children go to school to suffer from the cold. In winter, their precious sons and grandchildren should lie in a warm bed and sleep late.

Because of this, Jiang Changhai simply greeted the school and suspended the class.

Of course, this does not prevent the Jiang Yu siblings from studying. They go to the hut to study every day as usual.

"Xiao Chuan, you can go to the hut and talk to the grandpas later. My sister will go in the afternoon and refine oil at home in the morning, and you can send some snacks and a box of white rabbits to the grandpas." This time He Xun Six boxes of white rabbit toffee were delivered, all of them were packed in iron boxes, and the cover was painted with the rabbit that is popular all over the world. This kind of toffee is well-known in China, and was given to foreign heads of state by state leaders as gifts. The sought-after state guest gift.

Jiang Chuan stuffed a mouthful of tortillas into his mouth and nodded.

"The big white rabbit, give Granny Zhou another box." Jiang Yan said.

Jiang Yu nodded, "Understood."

Granny Zhou is a widow in the village. She has two sons and a daughter. The two sons joined the army many years ago and died on the battlefield. Dead or alive, no one knows.

But Granny Zhou was kind to Jiang Chuan. The summer before last, Jiang Chuan and his friends went fishing in the river and almost drowned. Granny Zhou who was washing clothes by the river caught him, otherwise the little guy would have died.

It was an old man who looked mean at first glance, but his heart definitely did not match his appearance. After all, he was just a poor lonely old man.

"I'll give it away when the Chinese New Year is coming, and I will give Granny Zhou a bowl of lard and a bowl of white meat." These days, lean meat is not as popular as white meat. Under conditions, many people prefer to choose white meat, after all It is oily and delicious.

Even though Jiang Yu, who has lived here for more than half a year, still doesn't like white meat, she still likes to eat lean meat.

She thought how about frying a pork pie?
"Well, just watch." Jiang Yan nodded reassuringly.

After breakfast, Jiang Chuan went to the hut with his schoolbag on his back. Jiang Yu couldn't go in the morning, but he had to.

Take out the lard board and wash it. The large iron pan has been washed several times. After the pot is dried up, cut the lard board into pieces. The fire in the pot should not be too hot, otherwise it will burn and affect the color and taste of the lard. , this Jiang Yu now fully understands how to control the heat.

Jiang Yan packed the chicken, duck, fish, etc. sent by He Xun, and put them under a thatched shed in the corner of the courtyard. This is where their family put firewood. It is winter now. Outside, it can be frozen solid within an hour or two, which is a natural refrigerator.

The food for the Chinese New Year will not be sent to the hut. Jiang Yu means to cook the New Year’s Eve dinner at home and then send it over, otherwise it would be a waste to give raw food to the elderly.

Since coming to Hexi Commune, the relatives of the five old people have never visited. Even if the family members are filial, the old people don’t want to cause trouble for their family members for nothing. Fortunately, every New Year's day, I miss my family in my heart, and I just suffer through it year after year.

The suet in the pot melted little by little, and Jiang Yu slowly stirred it with a spoon. After a while, there was only oil residue left in the pot. The dumplings were made with oil residue. It tasted absolutely delicious. I have eaten it twice at home this year. , all made of suet sent by He Xun.

These oil residues are not ready to be eaten. After they are out of the pan, they will be frozen outside. During the Chinese New Year, Chinese cabbage and oil residues are mixed together to make dumplings and eaten.

Take a large porcelain pot and put a few spoonfuls of sugar and some Chinese prickly ash in the pot. These two things can ensure that the pork can be stored for a longer time without changing the taste, and the color of the lard is better.

"Okay?" Jiang Yan came in after feeding the chickens and ducks at home, and seeing the clear lard in the basin, the smile on the corner of her lips could not be suppressed.

"Sister, put the oil residue outside and freeze it, save the New Year's Eve dumplings for eating."

"I thought so too."

After the lard was cooled, Jiang Yu covered it with a clean cloth and put it on a square table in the corner, ready to eat and dig at any time.

The oil residue was also placed in an empty basin, covered with a cloth, and carried by Jiang Yan to the grass shed.

(End of this chapter)