The farm cook is very prosperous

Chapter 24 Making bacon for New Year’s goods (2)
Aunt Li also bought a whole pig back, saying that she wanted bacon, which was not cheap.But Aunt Li said that buying a horse costs less than two hundred catties, which is the same price as buying more than 100 catties of pork belly, and the pigs inside will be sent to the water.Besides, our family is a restaurant, which can be eaten or sold, so don't worry about the problem of endless food.

Really know how to live, budget-conscious type.

Chunniang, Aunt Li, Chen Feng, and Aunt Quan were together in the yard, and began to share the pork, while Little Huzi surrounded the crowd to fight.

It starts with the tenderloin, the lean cut of meat below the backbone that connects to the large ribs.There is no gluten in the meat and it is the most tender part of pork.Cooking methods such as frying, simmering, frying, and popping are all suitable; the second is the hip meat and the marble meat, which are located on the top of the buttocks and the hind legs respectively. Sitting buttock meat is located above the hind legs and below the tip of the buttocks. It is all lean meat, but the meat is older and is generally used for twice-cooked meat; the fourth is the front leg meat, also known as sandwich meat, which is located on the upper part of the front legs and is half fat and half fat. Lean meat with many tendons and strong water absorption ability is suitable for stuffing and meatballs; the fifth is pork belly: the meat of the elbow bone of the rib part is sandwiched by a layer of fat meat and a layer of lean meat, suitable for making meatballs. Braised and made tamales, or the first choice for marinated bacon.The sixth is that the hind legs should be moderately fat and thin, which can be used to make ham and sausages.The last is pork belly, bubble-shaped fat, poor taste and generally used for oil refining.

Good guy, I used all the large and small pots at home, and Aunt Quan brought some big pots home, and divided up more than [-] pots, and asked Aunt Quan and Aunt Li to marinate the pork belly first, and directed Chen Feng deboned the hind leg meat before helping, and then cut the meat into small dices the size of fingernails.

Find the small intestine from the pig’s water and peel off the fat first, and wash it. Then use the chopsticks with water chestnut to scrape the oil and separate the casing. This strength must be mastered, and the fat will not be scraped clean. , heavy casing is easy to scratch.After the casing is scraped out, it must be washed with white vinegar, white wine, and alkaline water in turn.Then fill it with water and check for damage.Finally, soak it overnight in fresh water to increase the elasticity of the casing.

When everything is ready, you can start with the stuffing, which is the key to the taste of the sausage. According to a certain proportion, put Chunniang's homemade thirteen spices, salt, sugar, and a little white wine into the meat stuffing in turn, stir and mix thoroughly , marinated overnight to make it more flavorful.

Find a thicker funnel, take out the sausage casing soaked last night and put it on the bottom, tie the other end tightly with cotton thread, and then start pouring, slowly stroke down while pouring.Tie the stuffed sausage into several sections with cotton thread, and pierce a few small holes in the casing with a bamboo stick, then put it in a cool place to air dry.

Finally, the first sausage was made. Everyone thought it was very interesting to see the meat sausage. Aunt Li and the others saw it for the first time, and they were all very curious.

"I didn't expect this small intestine to have this function. At that time, I wanted to come here without thinking too much. I only knew that pig large intestine and pig stomach are delicious. Now it seems that this small intestine can also function. It seems that pigs are full of treasures. " Aunt Li is really seeing things now, things that were discarded by others before can also be used to make gourmet clothes.

"Sister, what is this? Is it delicious?" Huzi swallowed, looking at the red meat sausages, they were really alluring, but he didn't know if they were good or not.

"Chunniang, how long can this thing be stored? There are still so many diced meat here, but it can be filled a lot." Chen Feng was only focused on cutting the diced meat just now, and forgot to ask what Chunniang does. He only knows that salt can The food is preserved for a long time, but this sausage is not marinated with so much salt, will it go bad?

"Girl, this thing is ready now, how do you eat it?" Aunt Quan also asked curiously.

"Hehe, don't worry, don't worry, you can't eat it now, it will take about five to ten days. This thing is called a sausage. Once the water dries up and the surface begins to wrinkle, it can be eaten. What else? The way to eat it is just like our cured fish and bacon. It can be steamed or fried, and there are many ways to eat it. This sausage can be kept in the beginning of spring without any problem.” Everyone surrounded the spring like a baby with problems. Mother, Chun Niang also answered one by one with a smile.

"Okay, there are so many more here, everyone hurry up and just follow the method I just made."

If Aunt Li hadn't bought so much meat back, she would never have thought of making this.

I have been busy all afternoon. It is really spectacular. Rows of temporary bamboo racks are full of hangs. Everyone is very curious and hopes that the sausages can be dried quickly. Looking at the bright red sausages, they look forward to it. , I want to know what it tastes like.

After a week, the cured meat was ready to go into the tank, and Mrs. Li bought dozens of large herrings one after another, each of which weighed more than seven or eight catties, and started to pickle the fish again.

In the next few days, Aunt Li ran in and out every day, pulling Aunt Changgui to buy New Year's goods together.Chunniang watched Aunt Li cheerfully moving home with large and small bags every day. She had the power to make up for the New Year's goods that were missed and unfinished in the past few years. Knowing that she was happy, let her go. .

Today, Aunt Li sent a few bolts of thick satin to Silk Duan Zhuang again. She chose a top-quality silk-red embossed soft thick satin, compared it to Chunniang, and showed a satisfied smile: "I know, my family Chunniang wears this well, it complements her skin whiteness, and she looks festive and beautiful in a New Year's dress. Tomorrow I'll go to the clothing store in Dongshi to have a look, and I've spotted the best style. You like it."

Chunniang felt that the satin was really good, even the color was Chunniang's favorite, Aunt Li must have spent a lot of time choosing these, she smiled and said to Aunt Li, "Thank you, mother."

"Come, come, come and help me look at these again. How about this color? I have chosen it for a long time, and I am going to make a set..." Aunt Li showed Chun Niang the results of today, thinking very thoughtfully, Apart from the fact that she was going to sew for her own family, she also bought Chen Feng a set of padded clothes for the New Year, and Aunt Quan and Aunt Changgui each bought a thick cotton cloth.

The end of the year is approaching, but the restaurant has been busy until the 25th, and there are only five days left before the New Year's Eve. The stalls are closed, and this year's work is considered to be over.Chunniang did a rough calculation, and she had accumulated hundreds of silver. Even if it is not a problem to rent a shop with the 300 taels given by the third son, it is still far from buying. If it is not possible, ask the third son to borrow some money. , Now Chunniang basically regards the third son as a bank that can provide interest-free loans.

Chun Niang took out the thick cotton cloth that Aunt Li had prepared for Aunt Quan and Aunt Changgui, and gave each of them a piece. She also gave some extra wages as a reward at the end of the year, knowing that both of them liked the sausage they made last time. One person gave them another hang, Aunt Quan and Aunt Changgui were overjoyed, thanked them with a smile, and sent them out of the house.

(End of this chapter)