Ling Miaoyu and Li Shilong took root in the mountains, and in the blink of an eye, the school was on winter vacation, and Li Shilong came to Ling Miaoyu's residence and said frankly: Sister Yu, let's go home to visit relatives. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ling Miaoyu said: I also want to be an old man, but we came to the mountains to receive exercise, and finally adapted to the life in the mountains, as soon as we return home, the adults will treat us as VIPs, pampered, and after more than a month, we will be afraid of life in the mountains, and then we will have to accept the transformation again when we return to the mountains, and I don't think we should go back. Just here to accompany the grandparents in the mountains for the New Year, you and grandpa sleep in a room and a bed, and I sleep with grandma.

Li Shilong said: But the winter vacation must be very long, and I am panicked when I have nothing to do.

Ling Miaoyu said: How can you be idle? You can take advantage of this winter vacation to visit the students one by one, learn more about their family situation, the distance to school, experience their family life, enhance friendship with them, and cultivate affection, which is conducive to next year's education. Besides, winter is the best time to open up the wasteland, and you can also work with me and Grandpa Li to open the wasteland, grow vegetables in the spring, support your school, and you can also get exercise from it. Besides, Grandpa Li and Grandma Fang are also our relatives, and we will feel full of vitality when we have them by our side.

Li Shilong also gave up going home for the New Year and took root in the mountains with Ling Miaoyu. During the home visit, Li Shilong learned that most of the students' parents went out to work, and some would go home for the Chinese New Year, while others would not. Ling Miaoyu had an idea: You gather all the students to make dumplings.

Li Shilong said: Let's invite students to eat dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve.

Ling Miaoyu said: Chinese New Year's Eve usually eats at home, we can only invite them in advance. And several other reasons were given. Grandparents also support. Li Shilong also accepted. The next day he went to various places to inform.

It was another sunny day, at nine o'clock in the morning, the students all arrived one after another, Ling Miaoyu and her grandmother brought out the prepared vegetable meat filling and good flour, Li Shilong explained: Students, you are all junior high school students, today not only invite everyone to eat dumplings, more importantly, everyone to learn to make dumplings, learn to make dumplings by you on Chinese New Year's Eve, filial piety to the parents who work home and grandparents who raise you at home, learning to make dumplings is a task, so today you must learn, do you have confidence?

Not only can you eat dumplings, but you can also learn to make dumplings, which immediately aroused the interest of the students, everyone jumped and jumped, cheered, and replied in unison: Okay!

Then a student asked: Mr. Li, what is the meaning of dumplings?

Li Shilong replied casually: The original name of dumplings was "Jiao'er", which was invented by Zhang Zhongjing in my country. Dumplings are a major invention in China, from the perspective of nutrition, the combination of meat and vegetables is conducive to the balanced absorption of various nutrients, but also conducive to digestion. In terms of the nutritional value of dumplings, as well as traditional culture and special symbolism, it is regarded as a "national food". Also, because the shape of the dumplings resembles ingots. It is said to make good luck and make a fortune

In folklore, dumplings are very particular about the filling, the shape of the wrap, and the process of eating. Let's talk about making dumplings first

Sub-stuffing. Dumplings are filled with both meat and vegetarian, usually with meat and vegetarian combinations. In the process of making stuffing, the most particular thing is that the stuffing is the process of mixing meat, vegetables and various condiments, and then placing them on the cutting board with a knife. When chopping the stuffing,

The knife collided with the board, making a sonorous and powerful "bang" sound, and people hoped that the chopping sound of their home was the most

The ringing is also the longest. Why? The original Chinese pronunciation, meat and vegetables to adjust the filling, homonym "wealth"

, the loudest and long time to chop the stuffing, meaning "long-term surplus wealth", who chops the stuffing for a longer time, indicating the package

There are many dumplings, symbolizing the prosperity of the day.

Once the filling is done, the shape of the dumplings is also exquisite, and most families are used to keeping the traditional meniscus shape. only

It is made by folding the round dough in half, and kneading it along the edge of the semicircle with the thumb and index finger of the right hand.

It's called "pinching". In some families, the two corners of the dumplings pinched into a crescent shape are pinched together, like "ingots"

shape, placed on the curtain, symbolizes wealth everywhere, gold and silver full of houses, and some places simply call dumplings "yuan."

treasure". In the countryside, people knead the dumplings with a wheat ear-shaped pattern, like a full ear of wheat, symbolizing

The new year will be full of grains.

I'm afraid I won't feel like I've tasted the real "taste" of China. And for the Chinese, the family gathers

Chopping stuffing, noodles, dumplings, and welcoming the New Year have a strong meaning, that is, reunion,

Celebration, blessings, peace.

It turns out that making dumplings and eating dumplings also has a big culture. The children clapped their hands. Then Ling Miaoyu and her grandmother demonstrated how to stomp the stuffing and stuffing and rolling the dough, and the students entered the dumpling making stage after mastering the book. The dumplings made by Ling Miaoyu and her grandmother were all full, some like ingots, some like crescent moons, all with their heads held high, and then they were wrapped by the children. But this damn dumpling can't be pinched well, it's either too thin or too round. The classmates were a little restless, Ling Miaoyu signaled to be patient, Ling Miaoyu watched them one by one, and some classmates couldn't fit together the corresponding fillings of the dumpling skins. Pinch to the right and the left side of the stuffing will be exposed, pinch to the left and the right side of the stuffing will be exposed, pinch to the middle, but the "belly" will break. Ling Miaoyu pointed out: If you want to wrap dumplings beautifully, it is not because of the amount of filling, but about the technology. To scoop almost half a spoon of the filling with a spoon first, then put the filling in the middle of the skin, and then dip some water with your hands, wipe it on the side of the dumpling skin, and then "fold the skin in half" but just pinch the middle, do not pinch the side, and finally, "push" the skin on the left and right sides with your hands, pinch it, and it's OK. The classmates did what Ling Miaoyu did, hey, I really wrapped up a "little chubby girl".

followed by boiling dumplings, Ling Miaoyu made an opening remark: Dumplings are delicious, but not everyone can cook them. Some people cook dumplings that break the skin, some people cook dumplings that stick, and some people cook dumplings that are undercooked. Actually, cooking dumplings is a very simple thing, and today I will teach you how to cook dumplings.

Step 1: Take a moderately sized pot, put in the appropriate width of water, add a little salt, and bring to a boil over high heat.

Step 2: Wait for the water to boil and then you can make dumplings. Hold the dumpling plate in one hand and put the dumplings in the pot with the other, taking care not to splash the water and burn your hands. Don't put too many dumplings in the pot at a time, just the amount of one plate.

Step 3: After all the dumplings are in the pot, use a wooden spatula to go deep into the bottom of the pot and gently stir a few times to prevent some of the dumplings from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Then cover the pot and cook for about 20 seconds, anyway, until the water boils again.

Step 4: Open the lid of the pot at this time, you can see that the dumplings have signs of slight floating, use a wooden spatula to go deep into the bottom of the pot again, stir gently, let the dumplings float up and not stick to the bottom of the pot. At this time, you can add a little cold water to it, cover the pot, and continue to boil until the water boils.

If it is a vegan dumpling, it can already be eaten out of the pot at this time. If it's a meat-filled dumpling, then continue with the next steps.

Step 5: Add cold water again, do not cover the pot, and boil until the water is boiling. Add a little cold water and let the water boil again, and the dumplings are ready.

Cooking dumplings requires high heat throughout the whole process, so that the dumpling skin is not easy to break. Adding salt to the water is to prevent the dumplings from sticking. Cold water should be added once for vegetarian dumplings, and cold water should be added three times for meat-filled dumplings, that is, "three open and three points of water".

At this time, a strong aroma of dumplings came to my nose. Ling Miaoyu fished into the bowl, there were dumplings and soup dumplings, each took their favorite, boiled pot after pot, after understanding the knowledge of dumplings, and then smelled the tempting fragrance, the students took the bowl and devoured it, and ate it with relish, the dumplings they wrapped were really delicious!

Eating the dumplings they wrapped, the students' hearts were delicious, and it was sweeter than eating honey.

After eating the dumplings, Li Shilong asked the students to talk about their experiences, and one of the students said: Through this dumpling, I have learned: I must insist on doing everything, not give up halfway, and do everything seriously in order to have results. As the saying goes, "There is nothing difficult in the world, but I am afraid of people with hearts!"

Another student said: Through this little thing, I understand a truth: we may fail in everything we do, but as long as you don't give up, you will definitely succeed, even such a small thing as making dumplings.

Another said, "Everything can be achieved with an open mind, and everything can be achieved with complacency." That's not bad at all. Through the matter of making dumplings, I have a deeper understanding of this sentence.

Another said, "Everything can be achieved with humility, and everything can be achieved with complacency." "I'm going to make that my motto a reminder that I take everything seriously.

This meal of dumplings not only feasted the students, but also made them feel the joy of labor.

Making dumplings is a small thing, but it's not easy to do!

It's not easy to make dumplings. It seems that small housework also has knowledge, and it cannot be taken lightly

When the students were leaving, Li Shilong repeatedly instructed: During the New Year, you must make dumplings to honor your elders.

Many students replied loudly. But there are also a few suggestions: But my parents don't go home for the New Year because of the long distance, and we can't honor our parents!

Some students suggested: You can wrap dumplings and send them a few days earlier!

Can fresh food be sent? Some people have raised questions.

The children whose parents couldn't go home were disappointed, Ling Miaoyu pulled the corner of Li Shilong's clothes and said: We have to think of a way not to let the children down.

After discussing it, the two finally came up with a good solution.