Chop the stuffing, that is, and the stuffing, this process Ding Yuejin is going to come by himself, because the stuffing is not only a strength work, but also a technical work, to be evenly mixed with the fish and pork filling, the texture is fine, tendony, elastic, so that the meatballs and meat cakes are delicious.

Just now Ding Hongxing took over the stuffing, Ding Yuejin rested for a while, and at this time, he was also full of strength with the stuffing, and it took more than an hour to reconcile all the stuffing.

At this time, it was already twelve o'clock in the morning, and Shen Shuzhen had done all the other preparations.

The seasoning work is completed by Shen Shuzhen, she is very sure of adding corn starch, egg white, salt, monosodium glutamate, white pepper, ginger and garlic juice, green onion and other ingredients to the filling, and vigorously mix the ingredients in the filling, after tasting it, she nodded with satisfaction, this is her unique job, every year she adds seasoning to the meat filling, almost once accurate, every time it is made salty and light, and the taste is very good.

After adjusting the ingredients, Shen Shuzhen put a large pot of water on a coal stove, put a steamer on it, and then began to make zuò meat cakes, pearl balls and tofu balls, which were to be steamed in the pot.

The meat cake is made of the mixed filling of fish and pork into a cake with a thickness of about two inches, it can be steamed in the pot, it should be cut into pieces when eating, and it is put on the plate after steaming, the color of this food is white as jade, the taste is delicious, the taste is strong, it has always been a traditional food in Guicheng.

Pearl balls are made of pure pork stuffing and rolled into balls the size of a table tennis ball, and then rolled in the glutinous rice soaked in water to make it evenly stick to the glutinous rice, and then steamed in the pot. The pearl balls are delicious and fragrant in taste, and are also loved by the local people.

Tofu balls are made with pork filling with tofu, mixed with fat meat grains, kneaded into orange-sized balls, steamed in the pot, this kind of meatballs are delicious and delicious, the taste is also good, and it is also very popular with the people of Guicheng.

Shen Shuzhen put the meat cake, pearl balls and tofu balls on the pot and began to steam, next, she put another pot on another coal stove, poured a pot of vegetable oil into it, and waited for the oil to burn to six or seven minutes hot, then sat next to the oil pot, rolled up her sleeves, mixed the fish and pork into balls the size of a table tennis ball, and put them into the oil pot one by one, and after a while, a full pot of balls floated in the pot, rolling up and down in the oil pot, until it was fried golden, Shen Shuzhen scooped up the balls with a colander spoon, Put it in the prepared basket and put it on a large enamel bowl.

Ding Hongxing has been staying by the side, just for this moment, his favorite thing to eat is the fried croquettes that have just come out of the pot, he doesn't care about the heat, he picks up a croquettes with his hand, throws it into his mouth, chews, it is really fragrant, since he was reborn, this is the first time he has eaten the croquettes made by his mother, this kind of thing, in this era, can really only be eaten once a year.

At this time, I have just passed the era of extremely inabundant materials, but not to mention that I am reluctant to eat such things as croquettes in ordinary times, even if I am willing to eat them, I don't have time to do such a complicated process, so most families will fry them once a year during the New Year.

Seeing Ding Hongxing's gluttony, Shen Shuzhen said angrily: "Slow down, you won't be too hot!" ”

Ding Hongxing smiled: "It's all because your meatballs are fried too delicious, how can I bear it?" ”

Shen Shuzhen's praise made Shen Shuzhen very happy, she said: "You bought so much fish and meat this year, just fry it more, let you eat more, I owe you too much before." ”

In the past, although I would make fried croquettes every year during the Chinese New Year, I couldn't make too much, and I had to keep them for cooking, so it was impossible to eat them openly like this, and the freshly fried croquettes could only be eaten by Ding Hongxing for one or two.

Shen Shuzhen simply took a chopstick, and used the chopsticks to wear four or five balls like a sugar gourd and handed them to Ding Hongxing, so that it wouldn't be hot when she ate it, she saw Ding Hongxing eat a few balls in a row, and looked up at Zhong Dao: "It's almost two o'clock, you go to sleep for a while!" ”

Ding Hongxing said: "You and Dad haven't slept yet, and I haven't slept either, I'll have to eat fried fish later." ”

Fried fish is actually fried fish bones, this is the fish bones left after the fish is unloaded from the fish, there is a lot of meat on it, used as a marinade for a while, and then wrapped in flour, fried in the oil pan, because the New Year to make meatballs, meat cakes are more than ten pounds of big fish, so the fish bones are also very large, the meat is more, after frying it tastes very fragrant, this is also a delicacy that Ding Hongxing has always liked to eat, of course, this thing is also the best taste just out of the pot, after the next day, whether it is steamed or boiled, It doesn't smell so fragrant anymore.

Shen Shuzhen nodded and said, "That's okay, the fish will be fried when the meatballs are fried, and you will be able to eat enough today." ”

After the meatballs were fried, Shen Shuzhen began to fry the fish again, after the fish was fried, she fried peanuts, orchid beans, steamed dumplings, and so on The steamed food was steamed, and she used cuttlefish and pork belly to simmer soup on the coal stove, and washed the bacon and bacon at home with the hot water that had been steamed.

This night, Ding Hongxing and Ding Yuejin have been sitting with Shen Shuzhen, talking with her, eating some of her fried things from time to time, due to the cold weather, a big brazier was also lit, the charcoal fire was blazing, driving away the cold, but also driving away the sleepiness, and also made the family feel warm, this is the joy of family, if you don't have them with you, sitting here alone to do these things, it's too lonely, and it's easier to be sleepy.

Feeling that it was dawn, Ding Hongxing looked up at the window, and he exclaimed in surprise: "It's snowing again!" ”

Shen Shuzhen looked up at the window, and she said calmly: "Yesterday's weather forecast reported that there would be snow at night, otherwise I wouldn't have cooked so many dishes today, and the weather would have been bad for a few days." ”

Ding's family doesn't have a refrigerator, if you cook too many dishes at a time, the temperature is too high, and you will have to put it bad for a few days, but fortunately, the temperature has been relatively low this year, which is also a natural refrigerator.

Ding Hongxing stood up and pushed the door open, facing a cool breeze with snowflakes, which made people feel refreshed, and the fatigue of a sleepless night seemed to be swept away, he saw that there was already a snowy field outside the door, and the ground, roof, and trees outside the door were all covered with snow, and he couldn't help but say: "Ruixue is a good year!" ”

Yes, this snow on Chinese New Year's Eve indicates another good year for the coming year!