50. Dr. Du's cooking
With a little apprehension, everyone ushered in a new week. At eight o'clock in the morning, all doubts were cleared.
On the dining table was the breakfast prepared by Du Yunfei. Porridge, eggs, mustard and fermented bean curd from the cafeteria, as well as hot soy milk and steamed buns.
Yes, hot soy milk and steamed buns.
When everyone first saw these two things, they were all in a trance, and when they confirmed that they were not dreaming, their emotions quickly rose again.
The soybeans used to grind soy milk were soaked in the kitchen last night, but the bun skin was specially woken up by Du Yunfei early in the morning. I never thought that this man who looked cold and suspected of facial paralysis on the outside would still have this hand.
There are two kinds of stuffing and three shapes of steamed buns, the round one is the pork and cabbage filling, and the oval one is the bamboo shoots and eggs and wild vegetable filling. The remaining bun is trapezoidal, from Su He's hand, there is no meat or vegetables in it, and the stuffing runs away when it is steamed.
Although his cooking skills were not recognized, this breakfast still contained Su He's hard work - while Du Yunfei was grinding soybean milk with dough, he went to Suzhuyuan with a hoe on his back to dig up the last batch of spring bamboo shoots of the year. On the way, he also picked a handful of young leaves of wild peppercorns and handed them to Du Yunfei to make vegetarian bun filling.
It's been more than half a month since I left civilized society, and this is the first time I've eaten pastry, and this appearance alone is enough to move everyone. What's even more commendable is that the taste is also good, the meat bun is juicy in one bite, and the vegetable bun filling is tender and crispy, and the taste is excellent.
But after a while, more than a dozen buns were snatched up. Only then did everyone relent, and asked Du Yunfei how he could still have such a world-shattering masterpiece. Du Yunfei replied lightly, saying that he learned it from the canteen chef of a Chinese-funded institution that aided Africa.
After breakfast, it should be a good weather to see that the sun is already shining outside the house, and the sky is cloudless. Duan Jing and Lin Youqing began to construct according to the drawings drawn up by the earlier discussion, and paid close attention to improving the monitoring system of the park.
And Lu Rulan and Haichen have already built the fishing platform by the artificial lake, a simple and simple bamboo shed, hidden in a field of cocoon, celandine and calamus. In order to avoid mosquito bites, mosquito nets modified from safety nets are also hung in the bamboo sheds.
A few days ago, Haichen dived into the artificial lake to confirm that the water was clear and all kinds of aquatic life were thriving. Schools of fish swim among aquatic weeds and dead wood, as well as snails and several species of freshwater shrimp. A qiē looks no different from a lake on land.
It seems that over the past few hundred years, many waterfowl with fertilized eggs on their flippers have visited the area.
Just as Lu Rulan decided to add freshwater fish to the next week's new menu, his cousin began an even more important farming program.
Using the few solar glass greenhouses already in the botanical garden, Suhe began to sow the seeds of plants brought from his hometown. The vegetables in the freezer that can be propagated by guò leaf cuttings are also carefully selected and planted back into the soil.
All of these greenhouses are strictly forbidden to be contaminated with zombie fluid, and on the one hand, the plants are edible, and on the other hand, when they bloom and sprout, they are an important resource for mutation experiments.
Here, Su He was facing the loess in the greenhouse, and the hand table that was resting on the side suddenly sounded.
Du Yunfei asked in the air, "What do you want to eat at noon?" ”
Su He was stunned, and before he could react, he heard a sudden explosion in the hand table. There are those who want to eat fried vegetables with lard residue, those who want to eat lion's head, and those who want to eat shrimp oil and dew chicken and ask if they can make shrimp oil.
After a temporary pause, Du Yunfei asked again, "What do you want to eat?" ”
Although they were not named, everyone was very quiet. Su He took off his gloves and wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and the corners of his mouth smiled unconsciously.
"I want tofu." He said, "The old and the young are good, don't pick." ”
On the other end of the wire, there were a few faint coughing sounds of embarrassment, and then someone switched the frequency.
"The soybeans are not soaked." Du Yunfei replied seriously, "I can't do it." ”
"It's okay, I'm just done with it, so I'm going to teach you how to make tofu that doesn't need to be soaked."
After saying this with a smile, Su He dropped his gloves, took off his overalls and galoshes, locked the door of the greenhouse, and walked towards the small hill where he had picked raspberries on the opposite side.
About half an hour later, Du Yunfei was boiling lard residue in the kitchen when he saw Su He walking in with the aroma of the room and throwing a small bag of non-woven fabric on the counter.
Du Yunfei looked at the fryer and didn't look back: "I won't know that thing, you can get it yourself." ”
"Yo, isn't that going to be you eating my tofu?" Su He muttered, but he was also refreshing: "Do it yourself, do it yourself, as long as you dare to eat." ”
As he spoke, he walked to the edge of the pool with a non-woven bag and poured the fresh leaves into a plastic basket to wash. When Du Yunfei was not paying attention, he scooped up a piece of lard residue and threw it into his mouth.
The surface of the freshly fried lard residue has cooled, but the inside is still hot. Su He didn't watch out for a click, and instantly spit out the oil residue, and then covered his mouth in pain and couldn't make a sound.
Seeing this, Du Yunfei quickly turned off the fire and threw away his chopsticks, dragged Su He to the edge of the pool, and poured a glass of cold boiled water for him to gargle. Then he took out a jar of honey from the cabinet and dipped his fingers in some of it.
"Open your mouth."
Su He was busy rinsing his mouth and didn't hear him clearly for a while. Du Yunfei simply grabbed him, skillfully pinched his cheek to make him open his mouth, pinched his tongue with the other hand and pulled it out slightly, and smeared the honey dipped in his index finger on the burned area.
The aroma and sweetness of honey diffuse in the mouth. Su He wanted to say something, but his tongue was still pinched, and he could only blink pitifully.
After applying the medicine, Du Yunfei finally let go of his hand and asked in a low voice, "Does it still hurt?" ”
Su He nodded.
"Well deserved." Du Yunfei went on to fry the remaining fat.
Su He was dissatisfied with his attitude, but he didn't want to move his injured tongue again, so he could only swallow this breath and turn around to deal with the freshly washed leaves.
He carefully tore up all the slightly strange-smelling young leaves, put them back into a non-woven bag, and then immersed the bag in a basin of water and rubbed it vigorously. In a few moments, the turquoise juice seeped through the cloth bag and into the water, and the liquid in the basin soon became viscous and smooth.
When the feeling was almost the same, Su He took the cloth bag and removed the foam from the surface of the basin. Mix the ash water from the plants and trees stored in the kitchen into the sap little by little, stir well, and let it stand.
However, in ten minutes, the mixture condensed into a dark green solid, Su He gently cut it into small pieces with a knife, and took it out one by one, it was square, indeed like tofu.
His tongue was still hurting, and Su He didn't speak, he pushed the plate of leaf tofu in front of Du Yunfei, raised his chin again, and signaled that it would be up to him to play next.
Du Yunfei didn't raise the bar with him, and then took a plate, put in a few pieces of green tofu, and prepared a cold mix with soy sauce, vinegar and salt.
When he saw him taking the vinegar, Su He's eyebrows raised, as if he was about to say something.
Du Yunfei ignored him and turned around to cut green onions. Who knew that after only one turn around, only half of the tofu on the plate was left.
“……”
Du Yunfei instinctively wanted to blame Su He, but Su He hurriedly showed his innocence, pointed to the vinegar bottle placed on the table, and shrugged his shoulders.
The tofu made of plant ash is alkaline, and the vinegar undergoes a neutralization reaction and melts.
Du Yunfei sighed in his heart that he was careless, and when he looked at Su He again, he was grinning with his teeth bared, a typical schadenfreude.
After eating a trench and growing wisdom, the rest of the green tofu was made into fungus celery jade soup, and a few dishes such as stir-fried vegetables with lard residue and braised lion's head were served to the noon table.
Du Yunfei's cooking skills have been fully affirmed again, and Su He's "silent mode" has also been well received by everyone.
After eating, the pain in his tongue had been reduced a lot, but Su He still rinsed his mouth and took some vitamins under Du Yunfei's urging.
The others went upstairs for their lunch break, leaving the two of them to clean up the common dishes. The kitchen was silent, and only the sound of water and dishes colliding could be heard.
After about two or three minutes, Du Yunfei took the initiative to ask, "Still hurting?" ”
"It doesn't hurt." Su He replied softly, "You all think I talk too much, so you won't speak from now on." ”
Du Yunfei didn't say anything more and continued to wash the dishes quietly. Su He waited for a minute, and couldn't help but scold: "Damn, I can't even say a comforting word." ”
"Why do you say it, it's good." Du Yunfei said.
Su He sighed, wiped the table, dropped the rag and went upstairs. Leaving Du Yunfei alone, he finished washing the dishes in an orderly manner and placed the kitchenware neatly.
Everything was done, but Du Yunfei didn't stop. He thought for a moment, took a frying pan and walked to the next storeroom and filled a small half pot of raw cane sugar. Come back, add some water, stir lightly twice, put it on the stove and start heating.
The sugar in the pan was slowly melting, and Du Yunfei then took out a bowl of uneaten raspberries from the freezer, mashed the slurry and poured it into the pot, stirring slowly.
The original pale amber cane sugar turns a lovely bright red when raspberries are added. While the sugar had not yet burned, Du Yunfei turned off the heat and continued to stir with the help of residual heat until the syrup was semi-solidified, and then poured them all on the counter.
The red lumps of sugar are crumpled into long strips, squeezing out the air inside. When the temperature dropped further, Du Yunfei took out the scissors and slowly cut the thumb-sized sugar strips into small two-centimeter-long sugar cubes.
Once the sugar cubes had cooled and solidified, he sprinkled a little cornstarch to prevent moisture from sticking and put them into two self-sealing plastic bags. One of the bags was placed in front of the computer that Duan Xingze used to study in the living room, and the other bag was carried upstairs.
Maybe for ventilation, Su He never closes the door when he takes a nap. Du Yunfei walked straight in and saw Su He lying on his side in the mosquito net, half covered with a thin quilt and seemed to be sleeping peacefully.
Su He's coat was placed on the chair by the windowsill, and he put the prepared sugar cubes on the coat and was about to leave, but when he turned around, he saw that the person in the mosquito net had already sat up cross-legged, holding the pillow and tilting his head to look at him.
The current atmosphere is a bit strange to be caught. Within a few seconds, Su He crawled towards the end of the bed with his hands and feet. But as soon as he lifted the mosquito net, the mobile phones in the pockets of the two people rang at the same time, and it was an alarm at two o'clock in the afternoon.
Du Yunfei canceled the alarm and hurriedly walked towards the door. Immediately afterward, there was movement from other rooms.
Su He got up and put on his shoes to touch his coat, and at a glance he saw the plastic bag placed on it. He took a piece of sugar and put it in his mouth, and the sweet and sour juice flavor quickly spread in his mouth. He smiled, slipped the sugar bag into his pocket, and walked out.