046 Pig's Head Cake
Liu's family also has a grocery store with a yard, as well as a serious four-entry blue brick house, with a big granary, and also built a four-entry courtyard for his brother in the village, and sent twenty acres of land to his nephew, thank them for raising Chuanwei. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This condition is really not comparable to the Li family, Mrs. Li felt in her heart that the Liu family still had it in their hands, but they didn't take it out, the war money was the best, but only those who had the ability dared to do it.
Mrs. Li saw that her granddaughter was not unhappy, and she was also relieved, "Grandma hopes that you will have an easy life, the conditions are too poor to marry, don't say whether people are good or not, marrying people is not just with the masters, most of the time depends on the face of the mother-in-law and sister-in-law, you are good at your craft, but if you really want to marry, you can't help but say that if you don't embroider, you won't embroider, every family has to contribute money and efforts, I am afraid that people's hearts are not ancient."
Chuanhu has good conditions and silver in his hand, he and Chuanwei are not married, Old Man Liu must still have savings in his hands, and generally you don't need to work hard, you can embroider as much as you want, don't have to worry about yourself, it's difficult not to beat your idea if the conditions are poor. Although Chuanhu said that the grade is slightly older, he has opened his eyes after the incident and has a plan in his heart, he has been on the battlefield and fought Tartar with a bloody nature, and ordinary people do not dare to bully the Liu family, you are also guaranteed to marry in the past, and such a person will not calculate the woman's money.
We can't reach you if we marry you too far, it's hard to say a word, let alone it, and the conditions are suitable in all aspects. “
The old lady considered it again and again, and felt that the conditions for Chuanhu were very suitable for Qiaolan.
The granddaughter's temperament is not hard enough, easy to be soft-hearted, such a temper is easy to be exploited and squeezed, she has to think about the road for her granddaughter, and the unfavorable factors must be eliminated.
Qiao Lan's heart was warm, "I know that I let my grandmother worry, I will listen to what the elders say, the people who are optimistic about grandparents will definitely not be wrong, and they can still harm me, I will listen to you." ”
Thinking of that person, she was a little touched by the words she said to herself that day, and she still respected herself in the end, which is rare.
"If you don't have an opinion and don't hate him, I'll ask him to invite a matchmaker to come over and say hello?"
"Okay, listen to grandma. Qiaolan didn't hate Chuanhu, she felt that it was still pleasing to the eye, and she didn't reject and dislike marrying him, so she agreed.
Mrs. Li breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled, "If you are engaged, you won't marry so early, you can wait for two years if you are still young." ”
An old man and a young man were talking softly and were busy with lunch.
As she was talking, Mother Li shouted that someone came in, and she really came back with most of the pork, and she also brought a pig's head and a pair of water, almost half of the pigs were bought.
Aunt Li next door also helped bring some things back, "Your family bought a lot this year?"
Mother Li sighed, "In order to raise money for the family to build a house, I went to work in the city to learn literature and martial arts, I pondered to buy more to replenish the children's body, there is no oil and water and I have to work to make people sick, and the family has no extra money to see a doctor!"
Aunt Li nodded with a worried face, "It's true, I'd rather eat better than get sick, and I need a lot of money to catch medicine, so it's better to eat meat." ”
"Who says it's not, the family has all gone to the field to open up wasteland, if I have money, I will hire someone to work, there is a lot of work in this field, isn't it that there is no money, I can only contribute my own efforts. Mother Li naturally wouldn't tell others that there was money at home, and grandma wouldn't let her use it, of course she was crying poor.
"Hey, don't complain, your family's life is getting better and better, there is hope, when digging the ditch, say it, I'll help you go without silver." "Aunt Li is also a warm-hearted person, and she has a good relationship with the Li family.
"I definitely want you to help, the money still has to be given, I can't let you work in vain, it's not for others to do it, why not cheap your own people." Mother Li is also very good at talking, so she agreed with a smile.
"Cheng, I didn't tell you, I have to cook, and the master will be back in a while. Aunt Li smiled and clapped her hands to go to work.
Mother Li asked people to put things in the yard, thanked the people and sent them away.
"I bought so much to make bacon. Qiao Lan looked at it again and again happily.
"Well, make more bacon, your grandmother is right, if you are sick, you have to spend money, it is better to buy meat and eat it." Mother Li also felt that it made sense.
"Grandma, let's make pig's head cake, okay?" Qiao Lan was very hungry.
"Okay, I'll make it for you when it comes out. Mrs. Li nodded happily.
The pig's head cake is very delicious, but it is very troublesome to do it, to wash the pig's head inside and out repeatedly and then put it on the fire to pick up the hair, scrape and clean, and then wash again and again so many times to wash it inside and out.
Then put it in a large pot to boil the first water, put ginger cooking wine and peppercorns in the water to remove the fishy smell, the first water is lost, and the pig's head is washed again, which is considered to be completely clean.
Then put some marinade in the pot and start cooking, until the chopsticks are inserted (harmonious) into the skin and meat without difficulty, then you can take it out, peel off the skin and meat while it is hot, and spread it layer by layer according to the fat meat, the outermost is wrapped in the skin of the meat, and then wrapped in a tight square of gauze.
Put the bundled meat in the middle of the two boards, press a bucket of water and a weight on the top of the board, and put a clean basin under the table to catch the oil.
After pressing the weight for a night, the gauze-wrapped meat will gradually suppress a lot of oil and flow into the basin, and the next day the pig's head cake will be formed, and all the excess oil will flow into the basin.
A pig's head can only make a piece of pig's head cake, and the final success is only the size of a book, but there is no excess fat between fat and thin, cut into thin slices and dipped in sauce, crispy and tender, especially delicious.
Qiaolan ate it once during the Chinese New Year last year and has never forgotten it.
It's a pity that the practice is too troublesome, and no one usually has the time to do this, and you can only eat it during the New Year.
The fried lard is used to cook with noodles, and fry a little twist hemp leaf oil fruit during the New Year, because the fried things are very oil-intensive, and can only be eaten once during the New Year, and most of them are used to entertain relatives and friends or give gifts, which is rare.
Mother Li dislikes wasting oil and usually resolutely does not do this, and occasionally buys a little for her grandchildren to sweeten her mouth, and the excess is used as a gift.
"Then I'll help wash the pig's head. Qiao Lan squatted in front of the pig's head, as if she was guarding the baby.
Mother Li wanted to laugh when she saw it, and patted Qiaolan on the head, "There will be someone killing pigs the day after tomorrow, I booked a pig's head, and I will make you a little more pig's head cake this year, but you have to help wash it." ”
"Mother, you bought meat. "Zhang's is back too.
Hua Yurong said
This pig's head cake is my family's own practice, my grandfather said it is called pig's head cake, when I was young, the family conditions were not good, I would buy some water and come back for the New Year, and my grandmother braised meat is particularly good, but only my grandfather will make the pig's head cake. Only during the Chinese New Year can eat this, I have eaten my pig's head cake are full of praise, but a pig's head is too little, only a small piece, we can't eat much, but also leave a little guests to eat, this is my long memory. Later, when the conditions were good, my grandfather couldn't get it when he was old, so he didn't do it, and then my grandfather passed away and couldn't eat anymore. The deepest memory is that the pig's head is difficult to wash, and the grandfather will do it when he goes to junior high school, but it is very troublesome, but it is really delicious, the fat and thin are easy to wrap and compact with the skin of the pig's head, and the fat of the fat is a thin layer, and the taste and texture of the sauce are particularly good.