Chapter 18

The next day, all the people in the Tian family were busy.

Tian Lianghe's family in the same village sells all kinds of jars and jars, Jiang Wanbai bought a few large clay pots, and ordered 50 small porcelain jars the size of a fist, and made an appointment to deliver them after five days, and then returned home.

When she returned home, she didn't expect that there was a surprise waiting for her at home.

Tian Lao Er and the others came back early, and they were full of loads, and they were helping the women in the yard to deal with the shrimp, and the courtyard was in full swing.

As soon as Tian Chengyu saw Jiang Wanbai coming back, he immediately excitedly pulled her to see their results today, almost tripling the number of small shrimp, in addition, there was a big basket of fish, those fish had carp the length of chopsticks, and crucian carp the size of a palm, and what surprised Jiang Wanbai even more was that there were seven or eight eels with the thickness of an index finger inside.

"You caught all this?" Jiang Wanbai looked at this basket of fish, as if she saw countless delicious foods beckoning to her.

"Well, both. In the past, the third brother and I only dared to catch shrimp by the river, but today the second brother and they went down to the lake, and not only caught a lot of shrimp, but also caught a lot of fish. Tian Chengyu said proudly.

"Okay, you are all heroes, today at noon, I will make you something to eat." Jiang Wanbai picked up the basket of fish and said with a smile.

"What's delicious?" Tian Chengbao's ears are like radar, and he automatically intercepts all the topics about eating, so he was the first to ask.

"Sweet and sour fish, crucian carp and radish soup, and spicy eel, how about it, do you want to eat it?" Jiang Wanbai found out last time that children still like sweet and sour things the most, while men prefer spicy tastes.

As for the crucian carp soup, well, Jiang Wanbai admitted that she was too old to eat anything too sweet or spicy, so she could only drink some soup to make up for it.

Tian Chengbao's eyes lit up as if they were about to shine, and he nodded fiercely, he didn't go to get those small shrimps, just followed behind Jiang Wanbai, not leaving an inch, as if he could eat those delicious foods quickly.

Jiang Wanbai was also willing to let him follow, and even she would specifically tell Tian Chengbao what to do with this fish and what to do with this dish.

For example, this eel, their common practice here is to put the eel into a porcelain basin, then pour boiling water into it, and then quickly close a lid, the eel struggled for a while, and was scalded to death.

The fundamental reason why the eel is not easy to deal with is because it has a layer of mucus on the surface of its body, which is very slippery, but after it is scalded, this problem is solved, and you can deal with it as you want.

However, one of the disadvantages of this treatment is that the eel is scalded to death, and when it is cooked, it is equivalent to secondary processing, and the umami in its body cannot be perfectly brought out, so the dishes made are not particularly delicious.

For eel, Jiang Wanbai, a person who has lived by the sea since childhood, is really familiar with it, and naturally knows how to make a delicious eel dish.

Take a wooden plank, nail a long nail on one side, the tip of the long nail should penetrate the board and expose about two centimeters long, put the plank in place, take out an eel and poke its head directly into the tip of the nail, so that the eel will not be able to run.

At this time, grab the eel's tail with one hand to straighten its body, and cut the belly of the fish with the other hand to clean its internal organs. After cleaning the internal organs, turn the fish over, cut down from both sides of its backbone, and cut downwards to remove the food bones.

After these three knives are down, two whole pieces of eel meat are ready.

"In fact, you don't have to remove the food bones to make spicy eel, but there are many children and elderly people at home, so it is more convenient to eat." Jiang Wanbai explained to Tian Chengbao while doing it.

Tian Chengbao nodded as if he had realized something.

"Would you like to try it?" Jiang Wanbai gave up the position to Tian Chengbao.

Tian Chengbao's eyes lit up, and he eagerly reached out to get the eel in the basket.

Staring at the biggest one, he grabbed it fiercely, and when he felt caught, he took the eel out. Seeing that the eel was about to be taken out by him, but for some reason, the eel twisted forward, broke free from Tian Chengbao's hand, and fell to the ground.

There was no water, and the eel crawled very fast, like a snake, and with a few twists it crawled to the other side, and it looked like it was about to burrow under the cabinet on one side. This made Jiang Wanbai a little anxious, the cabinets over there were all very large and tall wooden cabinets, if this eel climbed to the bottom, it would be difficult to get out.

"Grab it." Jiang Wanbai said hurriedly.

Tian Chengbao seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then before Jiang Wanbai's words fell, he rushed to the eel like a gust of wind, bent down, caught the fish, and then ran back like another gust of wind, and pressed the eel on the nail fiercely.

The whole process is like a cloud of peers, and it is a little unbelievably fast.

"Uh, I forgot to tell you that if you catch an eel, you have to catch its head." Jiang Wanbai was still recalling Tian Chengbao's series of actions just now, and she couldn't react.

Tian Chengbao didn't seem to hear her words at all, staring at the eel that was still writhing, staring at it, he suddenly picked up the knife on the side, and disemboweled, gutted, and bones neatly with his hands and feet, the movements were simple and fast, without dragging the mud and water, and he was even faster than Jiang Wanbai.

Jiang Wanbai's eyes widened in surprise, who would sue her, Tian Chengbao has practiced it!

Just when Jiang Wanbai was surprised, Tian Chengbao seemed to be thinking about something.

Thinking, thinking, he suddenly grabbed another eel and dealt with it, but this time, he handled it obviously better than the last time, but what was good, Jiang Wanbai couldn't say, but she could really feel it, it was okay, it was a sense of rhythm, a sense of rhythm-movement.

In this way, Tian Chengbao seemed to be immersed in his world, handling those eels one by one, and his movements became more and more skillful, until he went to the fish basket for the last time to catch fish and caught a vacancy, he seemed to be awakened and stunned.

"Chengbao?" Jiang Wanbai shouted tentatively.

Tian Chengbao looked at Jiang Wanbai, except for the two eyes that still had some scorching brilliance, he was back as usual, there was no expression on his face, and he looked a little dumbfounded.

"Have you practiced before?" Jiang Wanbai finally asked the question in her heart.

After reacting, Tian Chengbao shook his head.

This kid is really a culinary genius, right? Jiang Wanbai once heard people say that God is fair, and while he gives you an outstanding talent, it will inevitably make you mediocre in other aspects, and at this time, you just need to give the best play to your talent.

Tian Chengbao usually looks stupid, and his reaction is always half a beat slower than others, but once he really puts himself into it, that concentration and selfless realm are incomparable to anyone.

"What do you think is the difference between when you deal with eels later and when you start handling them?" Jiang Wanbai is very happy to discover and guide Tian Chengbao's talents.

Tian Chengbao slapped his eyes twice, looking embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to tell Jiang Wanbai. After looking at the eels a little anxiously, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he took out two processed eels for Jiang Wanbai to see.

Jiang Wan looked at it suspiciously, but she didn't find any difference between the two eels.

Tian Chengbao was a little anxious, and took Jiang Wanbai's hand to touch the surface of the eel meat, this touch, Jiang Wanbai's eyes widened instantly, she could clearly feel that the surface of an eel's meat was full of small potholes, which was the roughness of the eel's meat after it was cut off.

But in the other eel, the flesh wall is smooth as if it were the skin of the eel, that is, when the eel is cut with a knife, the maximum degree of intact flesh is maintained.

Touched it again in disbelief, to make sure that she was not wrong, Jiang Wanbai suddenly remembered an idiom, that is, Ku Ding solves the cow, although Ku Ding solves the cow, and Tian Chengbao deals with the fish, but they have the same trick.

It seems that she has really picked up the treasure, Jiang Wanbai bent down and kissed Tian Chengbao's forehead fiercely, and said with some excitement: "You will definitely become a special chef in the future, no, the kitchen god." ”

Tian Chengbao was kissed, he seemed a little shy, his eyes wandered for a moment, and he asked Jiang Wanbai, "What is a special chef, is it more powerful than the imperial chef?" ”

Jiang Wanbai was a little speechless, she was excited just now, and she exploded her current statement, "A special chef is a very powerful chef, and he is a god-like storage among chefs, so he is naturally more powerful than the imperial chef." Jiang Wanbai said nonsense.

In Tian Chengbao's mind, the imperial chef is the most powerful person, but he didn't expect Jiang Wanbai to say that he would be more powerful than the imperial chef, which made him laugh involuntarily. The smile was still dull, but it was surprisingly real.

"Actually, there is another way to make this eel that is particularly delicious, but my knife skills are not good, so I can't do it at all. Chengbao, if you work hard, you will definitely be able to make that dish. ”

"The dish is inextricably linked, and it comes from a famous dish called Wensi Tofu, which is to cut the eel to the thickness of a hair, and the tofu to the same thickness, and then make a soup.

After the soup is made, there are thousands of shredded tofu and eel shreds, and each of those silks seems to be stored separately, but if you really want to separate them, you have no clue like a human mind, so it is called a thousand threads. ”

"You ask how to make Wensi tofu? When you have practiced knife skills and can cut tofu into hair-thin pieces, I will tell you how okay? ”

Jiang Wanbai really wanted to tell Tian Chengbao everything she knew, but she knew that even if Tian Chengbao was talented in this area, it was impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, so it was better to take it step by step.

After the eel is processed, things are much simpler, and the sweet and sour fish is similar to sweet and sour pork ribs, and the crucian carp and radish soup is even simpler, so after a while, tempting dishes are put on the table.

Everyone in the Tian family had already smelled the fragrance, so they couldn't wait to sit down to eat, and at this moment, a person came in from outside the courtyard gate, and the person said loudly: "It seems that I came at the right time." ”

Jiang Wanbai looked outside, only to see that it was none other than the third uncle who spoke, looking at the smile on his face at this time, Jiang Wanbai suddenly guessed his intention, maybe this house is about to really belong to her.