Chapter 259: Food
The dish that the eldest aunt said was robbed of by the children is the most famous local specialty - fish cake. As the old saying goes, you can't have a feast without kamaboko, but in previous years, it was difficult to eat, let alone kamaboko.
The selection of ingredients for fish cakes is made of fresh fish, fatty meat, egg whites, etc., mixed with an appropriate amount of green onions, ginger, pepper and monosodium glutamate. The fish meat is scraped and washed and drained, the Hefei meat is chopped into a puree, put it into a large basin, add egg white, mix with condiments, and then put in an appropriate amount of salt and water, stir vigorously to make a cake. Then spread the cake into the steaming grid, about 5 cm thick, steam for 15 minutes, uncover the cloth to dip the cake soda, evenly coat the egg yolk on the fish cake noodles, decorate with edible safflower, steam for another 10 minutes, and cool the basket. When eating, cut into 8 to 10 cm long, 5 cm wide, 0.8 to 1.5 cm thick strip cake pieces into a bowl to form, put into the cage and temper and then steam until thorough, out of the cage and back to the plate, you can serve the dish.
The big raw materials used in this dish are all good, the best is more than 10 catties of grass carp is the main ingredient, and the production of a grid of fish cakes will cost dozens of catties of fish and 10 catties of eggs. There is also Shanghai's five-finger thick fat. It is known for its meaty taste of fish, fish aroma, white and tender, and dissolution in the mouth, and is regarded as the best quality by the locals, and this dish is made on the most important occasions to show grand celebration.
Now that the days are booming, many people with good conditions also invite the master to make fish cakes at home during the New Year, which is a face-saving thing. Not to mention anything else, piles of ingredients are laid out, that is, there is a symbol of wealth, and the face of the main family is bright. Because the process of making kamaboko is complicated, it is often made by the master chef when the banquet is made, and the children usually don't eat much - there are only 8 slices on the table, and each person has a fixed number, and the children who follow the banquet have not yet!
This year, in order to celebrate the completion of the new house, and invite everyone to come over for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the uncle's family also made fish cakes. The adults are okay, but they are more reserved in the end, and the children don't care, one chopstick after another, and they snatch up a large plate of fish cakes in three or two clicks.
This can make the eldest aunt feel distressed enough, you must know that there is not much to do, and you have to wait for the guests to come and take it out to fill the scene, this ...... It doesn't look good with an empty plate!
"Just eat it, don't you want the children to eat enough for the New Year?" the uncle said unhappily, this loser, since it has been served, isn't it for everyone to eat?
The child of the uncle's family is the master in the end, and he was restrained a little by what his mother said. After they stopped, Sister Rong and Brother Ping didn't make much noise. They were still young, and they were usually a little frightened of this fierce-looking aunt, so the children left the table early to play—after they had eaten and drunk, their attention had long since turned to other places, and now they had enough firecrackers and other gadgets, and it was fun.
The adults drank a little wine and continued to talk about the joys of the year. Yang Laohan finally doesn't have to hide the wine now, the wine from his sons and women, and the dry tobacco he bought are all piled up on the table in his room. Today's drink is Zhou Pinzheng's filial piety Moutai, the price is several times more expensive than the usual grain wine, he picked up the cup and took a sip, said, "In the end, the national wine is indeed fragrant! But it doesn't taste as strong as our wine!"
The second uncle is usually silent, but at this moment he suddenly said, "You can pull it down, the chairman and the wine they all drink, you still don't like it, this is to be the emperor!" "It's not that it's not delicious, this wine is rich in flavor and soft in taste. Dad is used to drinking our soju here, it must be absolutely too soft!" Yang Qitai understood his father and explained with a smile.
"If you want me to say that the person who is still the principal is educated, we only know whether it tastes good or not, how do you know that there are these sayings?" the eldest aunt joked with a smile. Today's younger brother is not as dependent on them as before, and he is now a serious college graduate, and he is the principal of the village. Although it is said that it is only a small village, who has no children to study? Even the Yang family is the object of flattery and flattery when they go out.
The eldest aunt used to be poor in the family and had many children, so she couldn't raise her head when she went back to her parents' house. It's also very low-key among the sisters, this year is different, wherever she goes, people can't wait to drag her to the table, it's really a person who has won the Tao Chicken Dog Ascension to Heaven, and sure enough, it's not wrong. The little brother was so bitter back then, as long as he read it, wouldn't he be a master?
When the eldest aunt pondered this, the eldest uncle also thought of it, and he said to the third brother, "Boss, I will toast you! Your nephew asked you to take care of him at school, and he will have to rely on you as a father in the future!" Of his 4 children, Brother Tao is not a reading material at all, and his mother is very stupid. The two daughters are also ordinary, and the only youngest son is very smart, looking at himself, he can think of the old man when he was a child, and he is more and more determined that the uncle must train him.
Just like his father, no matter how poor and tired the family is, as long as there is a son who can study, then he will sell iron and raise debts for him to study. Of course, the premise is to have this foundation, rotten wood can not be carved, the peasant family is realistic, only if you have this talent, you will be vigorously cultivated by the family - as for whether the other children will be unfair, there are opinions, they also came over like this at the beginning, and they were really upset at that time, and now they are not asking for the benefits of the old man?
"Don't worry, brother, Brother Ting is very smart, and his grades are also very good, but he is a little more playful, I will take a good look at him." Yang Qitai took a sip of wine and said affirmatively. This generation now seems to be Brother Ting's reading material, but the others are still young, and their own Yang Wen is still holding it in his hand, and he just called back to Baba Ma Ma, early!
Yang Xiaobei shook his head while eating the hot pot, and Zhou Pinzheng asked with concern, "What's wrong?" He is now a twenty-four filial father, holding the baby and not letting go, and he didn't even drink a little wine with his brothers. While taking care of the baby, he also has to take care of his wife's food and drink, which is enough for him to be busy.
It's nothing, Yang Xiaobei smiled at him, and teased the baby son again. This year probably knows that it is the Chinese New Year, and Zhou Zhicheng is rarely alive, he is very energetic in his father's arms, look at this, look at that, and see the crazy brothers and sisters running by, and "Ah...... Ah......" greetings, and I want to come over and play together.
It's a pity that no one pays attention to him, even Yang Wen, who is more than a year old, was ruthlessly abandoned by the older children because of his unfavorable walking, not to mention that he is only half a year old? Besides, his father does not allow his son to go out and freeze, "Baby, it's snowing and cold outside, let's not go out!"
Chengcheng was a little unhappy, but usually as soon as he had a request, his father didn't say a word! He twisted his chubby body in his father's arms very unstoppably, making the tall and tall Zhou Pinzheng a little embarrassed, but he was still happy to let his son ride on his head as a blessing. Yang Laohan usually doesn't say it, his thinking is very stubborn, this is the grandson of the Zhou family, he won't interfere, but the uncle is not used to saying a word, "I said Xiao Zhou, you take it easy, such a little wine is used to being like this, and I don't know how to be naughty when I grow up!"
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