Chapter 429: Glutinous Food

When Huang Meiying heard this, she defended her son and said: "Dashan, I don't particularly care about the size of the soybeans!" It's the same as picking soybeans before. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info just picked out some broken beans, and did not pay attention to the size of the soybeans. The tofu ground by my son and daughter is delicious, and it has nothing to do with me picking soybeans. ”

Hearing Huang Meiying say this, Tian Dashan blushed a little. He also knew that it couldn't be for that reason. No matter how big or small the soybeans are, the tofu made is almost the same. Of course, if there are some bad beans in the soybeans, that's another story. If there are bad beans in the soybeans used to make tofu, the tofu will definitely not taste good.

The reason why the tofu sold in the market outside is not as delicious as the tofu made at home is because the tofu sold outside will not be so careful when they choose the raw materials. After all, they have to produce in batches, so how can they be selective about soybeans! This kind of practice naturally cannot be compared with the method of making tofu at home.

"Dad, don't think about anything else. The tofu ground by my sister and me is better than that ground by you and your mother, so you can admit defeat! Mom admits it, what else are you resisting! Tian Feng saw that his mother was speaking for him, so he laughed at his father again.

"Good boy, you look down on your old man! Okay, capable, let's compare again. Tian Dashan seemed to have thought of some way to defeat Tian Feng again, so he said confidently.

"Dad, do you want to grind another tank of soybeans! That's going to be hard again. I think, forget it, you just admit defeat, why bother to make your mother work hard! ”

Tian Feng listened to his father's words, and persuaded his father like this, asking him not to compete with himself anymore. Otherwise, Mom will have to pick up a jar of soybeans again!

"Yes! Dashan, I have other things to do! Don't try to grind tofu with your son anymore, you won't admit defeat. Huang Meiying didn't want to pick up soybeans anymore, so she looked at Tian Dashan and persuaded her.

"Dad, what are you better than! Is my brother and I just soy milk, and in the end, do you still make this soy milk into tofu? This shows that you are still amazing! You made this ordinary soy milk into a very delicious tofu. ”

Tian Yu didn't want to be busy for half a day and grind tofu again because he had to compete with his father. Although she didn't have to grind, she didn't want to stand there with a small spoon and pour soybeans from a water tank into the small hole in the grinding disc, which was also a tiresome thing.

"Ahh Is it! What you say is not unreasonable. The most important process of making tofu lies in the final process of 'brine tofu'. But I did this important process. So, this tofu is delicious, and I also have half of the credit! ”

After listening to Tian Yu's words, Tian Dashan just felt that his own credit was also great. This tofu is delicious, not all thanks to Tian Feng and Tian Yu.

"Dad, it's all your credit! Tian Yu and I don't have any credit at all. What the two of us grind out is just ordinary tofu. Mainly because, you order tofu well! That's why it's so delicious to make this ordinary tofu. ”

Tian Feng didn't want to argue with his father about these things, so he gave the credit to his father again, just to ask him not to be petty.

Tian Dashan listened to his son's words, he was a little happy in his heart, but he was still a little unconvinced. He looked at Tian Feng and said, "What do you mean, you mean to say that I am a little child, you are very generous, and I always worry about you." ”

"No, it's me who cares, not Dad." Tian Feng looked at his father and said with a smile.

"Okay, son, I won't bother with you about making tofu. Still, I'd like to compare it to what you do with traditional food. Tian Dashan listened to Tian Feng's words, although he was a little happy in his heart. But he also knew that if it weren't for Tian Feng and Tian Yu grinding such sweet tofu, he wouldn't have been able to order such delicious tofu anyway.

As soon as he heard his father's words, Tian Feng was also a little interested, and he thought, what else does Dad want to do deliciously! So, he asked curiously: "Dad, what do you want to compare with me!" What ingredients do we need to prepare for the New Year? ”

When Tian Dashan heard this, he looked at Tian Feng and said: "Since you want to experience the traditional life of the New Year, how can there be no such program as playing glutinous rice cakes!" Do you dare to say that the glutinous rice you make is better than the one I made! ”

As soon as Tian Feng heard his father talk about the glutinous cake, he felt like he was going to drool. After all, this glutinous rice cake was his favorite food when he was a child.

Thinking of this food, Tian Feng thought of how when he was a child, he and his parents made glutinous rice cakes during the Chinese New Year. Thinking of the snow-white, soft and slippery glutinous rice cake, Tian Feng felt like he was about to drool!

But how do you make this delicious glutinous rice cake? As soon as he heard his father say this, Tian Feng recalled the process of making glutinous rice cakes in their hometown.

First, wash the glutinous rice. Originally, the rice had to be washed in a well far away, because there was not so much water at home to wash it. Later, the family drilled wells, which saved the effort of picking rice. But I found that some powerful people in my hometown were still reluctant to go far away, preferring to carry rice to a waterfall well far away from the village. Maybe it's because the water quality is good and it's more convenient to wash! After draining the washed glutinous rice, put a wooden retort on top of a large iron pot, wait for the water in the pot to boil, and then scoop the rice into the steaming wooden retort and steam it over a strong fire. When the glutinous rice is almost steamed, it is steamed and boiled for a while over a simmer, and then it is ready to be beaten. It is a hard work to beat the glutinous rice, one person has a wooden mallet, and at the beginning, the two people hold the wooden mallet and make the rice in the stone cake rotten. Then raise the gavel to fight, you and me, one after another. The process of beating should be made while it is hot, the faster the better, if the time is long, the rice is not only difficult to break when it is cold, but also can not be pinched when the hand pinched the glutinous cake. At the same time, you have to have skills in beating the glutinous rice cakes, or use a wooden mallet to pry up and turn the glutinous rice from time to time, otherwise, some of the rice grains that are not beaten are still the grains, and they will be giggling when eating. Also, when playing the glutinous cake, you must have an eye and grasp the rhythm, otherwise, you will smash the mallet on the opponent's mallet or stone, not only the tiger's mouth is painful, but the mallet is also easy to be smashed. Therefore, not every man with strength will fight for it. When I first learned to make glutinous rice cakes as an adult, I smashed the mallet on the stone mortar instead of hitting the opponent's mallet. After a dumpling, he was panting like a cow, his arm was sore, and his mouth was numb. After a burst of "bang, bang, knock" smashing, the beaten glutinous rice was pulled out of the stone, and the women immediately gathered around the square table, and each of them pulled a lock of glutinous rice and pinched it. Of course, there is also a technique in pinching glutinous rice cakes, but I am skilled but see that the two hands are turned, the right finger is matched with the thumb and index finger of the left hand, a few pinching, and then the right hand twists, a round and white, steaming glutinous rice ball is placed on the table. If you are not skilled, not only can you not pinch round, but you can't pinch one for half a day. Pinch the glutinous rice cake and rub some butter and egg yolk on your hands from time to time so that it won't stick to your hands. After the dumplings are pinched, another square table is turned over and pressed on it, which is the happiest time for the children, who climb on the table and jump on it. When the adults lifted the table, a thin round shape of glutinous rice cakes appeared in front of them. Then, the children compete for a five-pointed star or a seal carved from a radish, and glue red juice to cover the glutinous rice cake. At this time, the glutinous rice cake is done. Of course, what makes the children happy is that they can also eat a lump of glutinous rice from time to time, and when the adults pour the glutinous rice into the stone cake, the greedy children will jump over and grab a handful in their hands, and then run to the side to eat it with relish. Sometimes, adults will take advantage of the lack of attention and steal the freshly beaten and warm and soft glutinous rice dumplings. Playing and pinching glutinous rice cakes is a job that requires the cooperation of many people, generally several families get together to play, men and women, old and young, laughing and laughing, which sets off the festive atmosphere of the New Year. Children especially like this kind of scene, you chase me, you call me yelling, eating and playing, so happy. Eating glutinous rice, pressing glutinous rice on the table, and stamping the glutinous rice with red marks are all things that have a taste of the New Year when I was a child.

It can be said that it is a custom during the Chinese New Year in the south. It is also one of the most lively food-making activities. Because making glutinous rice is not a job that can be completed by one or two people, it usually takes a family to work together!

Therefore, in the process of making glutinous rice cakes, it must be full of laughter. Although making glutinous rice dumplings is a tiring and troublesome thing. But because of this event, everyone can talk and laugh together, and it is very New Year's atmosphere. Therefore, in some villages in the south, it has always been popular to make glutinous rice cakes before the Chinese New Year.

It's just that with the improvement of people's standard of living. Modern young people just don't have much interest in these traditional delicacies anymore. They all went out to work to make money, and only came back once when it was the Chinese New Year.

I only came back once a year, and it was a hard year outside, and when I came back, I just didn't want to do this thing anymore. The middle-aged people who used to like to eat these traditional delicacies are now also elderly, and even if they want to eat them, they don't have the strength to make them.

Because of this, since Tian Feng went to college, their family doesn't do much about this delicacy. It's like making tofu at home. Although Tian Dashan and Huang Meiying are also very good at making glutinous rice cakes, they are also in their fifties, and if there are no young people to help them, they will not have the strength to make all the traditional delicacies during the Chinese New Year.

It's just that this year, Tian Feng didn't go to work in the provincial capital. Instead, he returned to his hometown and started his own business. Tian Dashan and Huang Meiying also want to spend a traditional Spring Festival with their son and daughter!

Yesterday they grinded the beans, and today they ordered tofu. This dish of ingredients for the New Year is almost ready. Below, how to process it into various dishes is Huang Meiying's own business.

Now Tian Feng sees that his father is going to compete with himself to make glutinous rice cakes! He was also interested again all of a sudden. Since it was originally a lively thing, why don't you try it with your dad again! In this way, it will make this traditional process of making food more lively and more festive!

Tian Feng saw that his father was going to challenge him again! He had no choice but to start fighting. Now I saw Tian Feng look at his father and smiled: "Since this is the case, then wait a while, let's compare!" However, I'm sure it's better than the glutinous rice you made. ”

"Why, why do you make the glutinous rice dumplings that are better than the ones I made? There was Xiaoyu helping you just now, what else did you say that the tofu made by the bullshit beautiful and handsome guy is delicious. Then this time, Tian Yu won't help you, just let you make the glutinous rice dumplings by yourself, can you still make sweet glutinous rice cakes! ”

Tian Dashan was naturally unconvinced, he thought, no matter what, he would win Tian Feng once! I've been cooking these traditional delicacies for many years, how can I not be as good as my son, who has only eaten pork and never seen a pig before!

"Then let's try it! I believe that the glutinous rice I made will definitely be better than the one you make. I don't have a beautiful woman to help me, but I'm still a handsome guy! I'm more handsome than you, so the glutinous rice I make is also better than yours! Tian Feng saw that his father was not convinced, so he deliberately said some angry words about Ikuta Dashan.

Tian Dashan was very angry when he heard Tian Feng's words. It's just that this time he is very confident. After all, his experience in fighting glutinous rice is much stronger than Tian Feng's. What's wrong with him, the glutinous rice cakes he made are also better than those made by Tian Feng.

"Okay, you kid is talking big to me again. Then wait! I'm going to prepare some ingredients for making glutinous rice with your mother first. ”

Tian Dashan knew that if he wanted to make glutinous rice, he had to first steam some glutinous rice, and then pour the glutinous rice into a special utensil for making glutinous rice. Then use a special wooden hammer for beating glutinous rice to beat the glutinous rice in a stone bowl into a paste.

In this way, it can be regarded as a fight. When beating glutinous rice cakes, be sure to break these glutinous rice. In other words, it can't be beaten without rotting. If it is not completely beaten into a paste, you take the glutinous rice out of the stone, and the kneaded glutinous rice is not very delicious.

Now Tian Dashan and Huang Meiying are going to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients for making glutinous rice cakes. For these jobs, Tian Feng and Tian Yu can't help much, the two of them can only go to the hall to watch TV first, and wait for their parents to steam the glutinous rice used for making glutinous rice dumplings, and then they and their fathers start making glutinous rice together!