Chapter 74
Listening to Tian Liangzheng's words, Jiang Wanbai's worry in her heart completely dissipated, and she was even a little embarrassed, just now she thought that Tian Miao had to feed the horses, but now it seems that this is the best result.
I hope Tian Miao can be happy, and if there is a chance, it would be good to go and see her, Jiang Wanbai thought in her heart, and thanked Tian Liangzheng, this time, he helped the Tian family a lot.
After thanking her, she hurriedly asked about Tian Min's situation, they all went together, Tian Miao had already landed, so Tian Min ......
"Min'er is still quite competitive, and she was favored by her wife and stayed by her side." Speaking of Tian Min, Tian Liangzheng's face was full of pride that could not be hidden.
But it is true that he has proud capital, Tian Min, a girl in the village, can be favored by Mrs. Houfu, what a great ability, how much creation, not to mention one in a thousand, one in a hundred.
At this point, everything is complete, "Eat at my house at noon." After Jiang Wanbai finished talking to Tian Liangzheng, she turned to Tian Lao Er and said, "Second brother, you go and invite the third uncle in a while, and I will make a fresh dish for you to drink at noon." ”
Tian Liangzheng didn't refuse this time, and said with a smile: "Great, I always heard my father say that your family's food is delicious, but I have never had a chance, I must taste it this time."
You don't need to call my father, when I go back, I will tell my father that the two of us will come at noon. ”
"That's fine, by the way, there is another good thing at noon, Lin Ji Shochu, seventy years old." Jiang Wanbai said in a long voice.
Of course, this soju was given to Jiang Wanbai by Lin Xing, in order to thank Jiang Wanbai for her kindness, and Jiang Wanbai was also as grateful to the third uncle as Tian Liangzheng, so she just borrowed flowers to offer Buddha.
Tian Liangzheng slapped his face in surprise, "Seventy years, I heard it right, your family still has this thing." ”
"You'll find out if you come early at noon." Jiang Wanbai said with a smile.
Tian Liangzheng laughed, and then went home, it was the busy farming season, and there were still a lot of things to do at home.
When Tian Liangzheng left, the sun had just risen, which showed how early the peasant family got up.
After breakfast, everyone was going to the field to continue harvesting sorghum, but just as they were about to set off, Tang Shaozheng, who didn't know when he disappeared, suddenly appeared.
At this time, he took off his silk and satin, changed into Tian Laoer's coarse cloth clothes, and even changed his shoes, dressed like a farmer.
"I'll go with you." Saying that, he joined the team on his own, and coincidentally, he was standing by Tian Yinfeng's side.
"Are you really going?" Jiang Wanbai remembered the experience of being sent back in less than half a day last time when she went in a hurry, and felt embarrassed, so she reminded Tang Shaozheng, "This farm work is different from your study, and even martial arts......
Speaking of this, Jiang Wanbai suddenly smiled, why should she do this, looking at Tang Shaozheng's appearance, she is simply ready to show herself and win the hearts of beauties, she said this at this time, just like persuading the tiger to eat vegetarian, it is also in vain.
"Alright, you guys go, come back early at noon for dinner." Jiang Wanbai smiled and sent everyone out.
As soon as they left, Jiang Wanbai began to prepare lunch.
Just after breakfast, I was ready for lunch, is Jiang Wanbai crazy? Of course not, the dish she is going to make today, although it is not difficult to make, it will take a lot of time to do it well.
Its main ingredient is the chicken sent by Zhong Laohan.
Chop the slaughtered chicken into large pieces, blanch the blood foam with water, put it into the porcelain jar that has been prepared long ago, add soy sauce, rock sugar and other seasonings, and then cover the porcelain jar and put it on the fire.
Different from the famous jar chicken in Yunnan, she does not need to put precious materials such as cloud legs and scallops in this dish, and it is also different from the whole jar chicken sold on the market.
After three hours, the only little water in the jar was bonded with rock sugar, dyeing the surface of the chicken with a layer of ruddy color, and this Jiang Wanbai secret jar chicken was really done.
Putting the jar on the fire, Jiang Wanbai suddenly became interested, she was happy today, she planned to cook two more good dishes.
Zhong Laohan sent a total of two chickens, one chicken has been made into a jar chicken, and the rest is cut in half, half is used to make saliva chicken, and half is used to make spicy chicken.
Saliva chicken is to cut the chicken into pieces, put it into the boiling water that has been seasoned and boil, cook for about ten minutes, you must take it out immediately, do not take too long, otherwise you will lose the most important smoothness of the saliva chicken.
After taking it out, you should quickly put the chicken in cold water to make sure that the chicken does not fall apart.
After that, the red oil is adjusted, the green onions, ginger and garlic are fried in oil to make the fragrance, and then the oil is poured into the chili powder to make a stinging sound, which is the perfect fusion of oil and chili, fragrant and spicy red oil.
Finally, pour the red oil mixed with other seasonings on the chicken, and a spicy and fragrant saliva chicken is ready, just like Guo Moruo said in "Praise Wave Song", "The white chopped chicken I ate in my hometown of Sichuan when I was a teenager, the white raw meat pieces, and the red and spicy sea pepper are still drooling for a ......long time when I think about it."
As for the spicy chicken, it's a little simpler, as long as the chicken is marinated and flavorful, and the chicken pieces are fried hot enough and crispy enough, the dish is basically a success.
The two chickens were ready, and the remaining chicken hearts, chicken livers and other chicken offal, Jiang Wanbai did not waste them, cut them into thin strips and stir-fried, and a stir-fried chicken offal came out of the pot.
With meat dishes and a few vegetarian dishes, the meal took nearly half a morning, and it was finally ready.
Therefore, cooking is actually something that only idlers will do, it not only requires an unhurried mood, but also a tepid attitude, and it also takes time, which is as short as half an hour and as long as several days, such as the famous Buddha jumping over the wall.
If you add the time to prepare the materials, then the time will be even longer, such as an eggplant box in the Dream of Red Mansions, from drying eggplant to making zuò success, there is no half a month, where can it be successful.
That's it, it's still a short time, and if you cure ham, such as the famous Dunno ham in Yunnan, it will take years or even decades.
Decades of time, just for one dish, in the eyes of most people, I am afraid that it can only be described as mental illness, but this is how to make the most authentic and pure dish, which is probably also the joy of cooking.
Jiang Wanbai is an idler, so she enjoys this process of cooking, and as soon as the dishes on her side are ready, everyone in the Tian family and the third uncle and grandfather come.
Everyone first talked enthusiastically for a while, especially after introducing Tang Shaozheng and the third uncle, they couldn't wait to sit next to the table, they had already seen the colorful and fragrant food on this big table.
Jiang Wanbai smiled and took out the jar of Lin Ji Shochu, opened the seal, and the rich aroma of the wine immediately spread throughout the room, mixed with the aroma of the vegetables, as if some chemical reaction had occurred, igniting everyone's sense of smell.
Tian Lao Er stretched out his hand to take the wine jar in Jiang Wanbai's hand, and filled a glass for everyone who could drink, and then like everyone else, he looked at Jiang Wanbai with blank eyes, waiting for her to start eating.
Jiang Wanbai naturally knew the pain of seeing and not eating, so she hurriedly beckoned everyone to eat.
"This dish is called saliva chicken, it's really not wrong, this mouthful, the mouth was immediately turned over by peppercorns, and the saliva kept flowing." Tian Liangzheng's words were immediately approved by everyone.
"I think, the word saliva can also be explained in this way, this time I ate this mouthful of water chicken, and the next time I think of this dish, I think of its spicy, I think of its tenderness, just like thinking of sour apricots, I will also salivate."
Tang Shaozheng is much stronger than Jiang Wanbai, the morning of farm work, not only did not make him discouraged, but made him more energetic, moreover, he also brought his own skills, only knew everyone for less than a day, he was already like an old friend.
When everyone heard this, they all laughed and became a little closer to him.
The third uncle ate a mouthful of jar chicken, drank another sip of soju, and his eyes were half narrowed, and after a while, he asked Jiang Wanbai, "This chicken is delicious enough, even the bones are crispy." ”
"I was stunned for an hour and a half." Jiang Wanbai said a little smugly.
"It's been so long, no wonder." The third uncle was surprised for a moment, and then smiled, "For an hour and a half, it is estimated that you are the only one who has this patience." ”
Jiang Wanbai also smiled, "Third Uncle Ancestor, what you said is wrong, my practice of jar chicken comes from jar meat, which is suitable for eating when the farm is busy, get up in the morning and put it on the ground, come back at noon and open the jar, the time is just right." ”
Jiang Wanbai's words are true, this is the earliest origin of jar meat, that is, the delicacy that farmers inadvertently created.
The third uncle thought that Jiang Wanbai was joking, so he also followed the next sentence, "That's good, it's just that this meat is a bit expensive, if you eat it like this, you can't eat it for a few days, and for the rest of the days, you can only eat cabbage every day." ”
The geographical location of Pingyang County is similar to the current suburbs of Beijing, every winter, each household will hoard a vegetable cellar of cabbage, throughout the winter, until the second year of the spring of all things recovered, a full four months, everyone's main dish is this cabbage, it is estimated that it is a person, and it will eat enough, so the third uncle will take the cabbage to ridicule.
The third uncle mentioned cabbage, but Jiang Wanbai suddenly remembered an interesting anecdote, "Cabbage? It also depends on how to eat, I heard that there is a dish called boiling water cabbage, even the emperor may not be able to eat it every day. ”
Everyone laughed when they heard this, "Boiling water to boil cabbage, which of our households here doesn't eat it every day in winter, why, the emperor can't eat it?" ”
Everyone didn't believe it at all, but Tang Shaozheng, in the end, was a person who had seen the world, he vaguely guessed a little, "The simpler the thing, the more delicious it wants to make, the more difficult it is, this boiling cabbage, anyone can make it, but if you can make a taste that the emperor likes, then it's ......."
He didn't finish his words, but everyone understood what he meant, and hurriedly asked Jiang Wanbai what was going on.