Hearing the sound of "boiling pot", everyone's movements stopped, staring at the popcorn old man with a little excitement to move the popcorn pot off the stove, put the flower tube into a round and bulging fried cannon cage, and then loosen the lid of the rice flower tube with an iron rod, and suddenly knocked it on the rice flower tube.

With a loud "bang", a thick white smoke dissipated, the steaming rice came out of the pot, and the hard corn kernels instantly turned into fluffy and sweet popcorn, and the hot air with the fragrance spread in the air.

Feng Shi hurriedly put the rice flowers in a sieve, and after a few sieves to cool down a little, it can be bagged.

"Wow, it's delicious." The little pot friend next to him couldn't wait to grab the freshly baked popcorn.

"Don't rob it, this is my popcorn, you can eat your own in a while." Yang Jishun protested loudly.

"It's okay, let's eat it all, try it. Xiaoshun, being so stingy. Feng Shi smiled at Yang Jishun.

Yang Jibin couldn't help but taste a few, and the entrance was crispy. The familiar delicacy evokes endless memories.

"Uncle, let's keep fighting, we can't wait." There was a long queue of small pot friends squatting next to the popping tube, drooling and watching excitedly, wishing that it would be their turn to eat their popcorn out of the pot immediately.

"Okay, don't worry, come one by one." The old man's face bloomed with joy, he lifted the rice flower tube and filled a bowl of corn, put a little saccharin, added a little water, closed the door, quickly put the popping flower tube on the stove, looked at the pressure gauge while shaking, and then burst a pot.

"It's time to boil!" After hearing the reminder of the popcorn man, the onlookers immediately dispersed and covered their ears with their hands.

There was a crisp sound, accompanied by a puff of billowing white smoke, followed by a fragrance. A popcorn program is done again.

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The little pot friends lined up in order, and the first ones in line happily pulled their parents home to enjoy the delicious food, and those who had not yet arrived could only continue to wait, watching others eat greedily, and saliva was flowing down...

Finally, it was his turn to cast a show-off look at the little friend who was still waiting. Jumping home under the pretended disdain but jealous gaze of his companion, he grabbed a few popcorn grains and stuffed them into his mouth, and immediately reveled in the long-awaited delicacy...

When I grew up, I never smelled the sweet popcorn smell again. In a city with a lot of goods, it's rare to see popcorn that excites me when I was a child, and even if there is, it's full of the smell of the city, and it doesn't always match the feeling in my heart.

For the post-70s and 80s, popcorn was everywhere when they were young. In the twenty-first century. It's intimate to see this old-traditional popcorn, and the sweet taste brings people back to a happy childhood. When I was a child, when I heard the sound of popcorn on the street, I would be very excited to bring rice and pots from home, and follow the sound to find it, and the aroma in the air could not be replaced by any food now.

In the dead of night, I sometimes think of the childhood of popcorn, and that one pulling the bellows on one side. Uncle Popcorn, who was shaking the tin can, thought of the light that flickered and shone on people. Such scenes have become the fondest memories of childhood......

As time goes by, this old craft will fade into oblivion, and there are very few craftsmen who can keep and operate the old popcorn machine. Later children didn't know what this traditional craft was all about, and maybe one day the old popcorn machine was bought as scrap metal, and this old craft was completely lost.

Thinking of these, Yang Jibin has a strong sense of happiness in his heart. What a wonderful thing it is to be able to relive old dreams.

"Xiao Shunzi, eat leisurely, don't eat too much." Yang Jibin looked at Yang Jishun's gobbling up and couldn't help but remind him.

This old-fashioned cannon popcorn machine cannot be sealed due to the backward technology in the past. Thereupon. The lid of the popcorn machine is replaced by tin, because the hardness of the tin is not enough, it is easy to deform, and the processing of popcorn is one pot or two pots can not be used, in order to increase the hardness of the tin on the lid to add a certain amount of lead.

The popcorn machine is absolutely airtight when it is working, and it is subject to high temperature baking, and most of the lead comes from the seal of the popcorn machine, because the lid must be high temperature resistant and can also make the popcorn machine sealed, which of course has to choose heavy metal lead that is both soft and high temperature resistant.

When heated at high pressure, a certain amount of lead in the pot will melt, and part of the lead will turn into steam and lead smoke, polluting the raw materials. Especially at the last moment of "bursting", the lead is more likely to adsorb on the loose rice flowers.

When lead is absorbed into the body, it can harm the nervous, hematopoietic and digestive systems. It is highly susceptible to slow/induced lead poisoning and can lead to decreased appetite, diarrhea, irritability, purple gums, decreased resistance, and slow growth and development in children. In addition, some popcorn also has a lot of saccharin or margarine, which is not good for the body.

Therefore, this kind of popcorn can not be eaten often, for this point is okay, the countryside is only eaten during the New Year's holidays, and ordinary people can't eat it often, which makes the harm relatively smaller.

"Brother, I haven't eaten such fragrant popcorn for a long time, but it's delicious. This popcorn is still fresh while it's hot, hee-hee! Sister, brother, you eat too! Yang Jishun scratched his head embarrassedly.

Since popcorn is susceptible to moisture, it will lose its crispy and delicious fresh taste after being wet, so popcorn is not easy to keep for too long, so it should be eaten while it is fresh. If it is to be stored, it should be stored in a well-ventilated and dry place to prevent moisture.

"This popcorn, just eat it fresh, don't eat too much. Tomorrow my brother will take you to the town to buy better food! Yang Jibin said with a smile, it's winter vacation, there are too many delicious and fun, how can I treat this snack badly.

At around 8 o'clock in the morning, the crisp sound of firecrackers broke the tranquility of the mountain village and disturbed the thin morning fog over the bamboo forest in front of the courtyard. Many people are busy before dawn, because the fat pigs at home are going to be slaughtered today.

Today is a big day for the villagers of Yangjiazhai: killing New Year's pigs. It's a lot like the beginning of a festival, yes, it's a festival. In the countryside, killing pigs in the New Year will always gather more popularity than the New Year.

Killing the pig is one of the more important activities of the farmer in the year, the family works hard for a year, in order to have a big and fat pig during the New Year, relatives and friends congratulate together, lively and festive.

Moreover, no matter which family kills pigs, they must stew pig's head meat, pig liver, pork chops, pig blood, etc. into a pot, take out their own rice wine, and invite neighbors, relatives and friends to rub it.

According to the village custom, it is not possible to kill the pig on any day, you must choose the auspicious day of the zodiac, and it must not be the same as the zodiac genus of the family members, otherwise it will be regarded as unlucky, and even bring disaster to the next year.

The villagers felt that as soon as the road out was repaired, life would go smoothly immediately. No, the villagers have already set a time with the master who killed the pig, and the village has lined up in advance, and from today onwards, Yangjiazhai will kill the pigs for several days in a row.

This year, almost every household in Yangjiazhai has to kill a New Year's pig and keep it for their own food. In previous years, the pigs fattened by farmers were basically taken away by pig dealers, and in most cases, several families shared a pig to eat.

Master Liu, who killed the pig, arrived at Lan Yunjian's house early. Walking into the pigsty, he patted the pig's back and said with a smile: "Lao Lan, your pigs are well fed, this one is more than 200 catties, and the other one is almost 300!" ”

Now the pigs in the countryside basically do not feed feed, mainly by feeding sweet potatoes, bean dregs, sweet potato vines, cabbage, greens, beans, corn, pigweed, etc., far more nutritious and delicious than the pigs that grow up by eating fattening feed in professional pig farms.

These pigs are not fed without feed, and it takes about 220 days to reach about 200 catties at the earliest. Of course, if you want to feed pigs to about 300 catties, the feeding time will be extended, but when the pigs reach about 200 catties, they grow quite fast, and they can grow 0.8-1.5 catties of meat a day.

In the original history, just this year, there will be a feed company in the pig market, which is famous for selling feed for fattening pigs in a short period of time, and in just a few years, it will quickly rise to become the leading feed group in China.

Thus opening the majestic situation of the country's comprehensive feed pig raising, in front of the interests, the feed pig storm is unstoppable! This group has become a supergiant that gets rich quickly, and the boss himself has also gained fame and fortune, and has been listed on the list of celebrities and riches of the Republic, and has become an inspirational model for everyone to learn to get rich.

However, in the end, the original ecological pork will have the last laugh and become a high-quality product, and only pork that does not rely on hormones to fatten can be specialized in the international stage.

Lan Yunjian smiled, bent down and unscrewed the wire of the pigsty door, and then said: "Master Liu, it is estimated that you have worked hard for a few days this year, and the living conditions of our Yangjiazhai have improved a lot, so every family has to kill a New Year pig." In previous years, I was reluctant to kill such a big fat pig, and I sold it to dealers to make a few dollars to buy New Year's goods. ”

"It's not hard, it's worth it." Of course, Master Liu will not feel hard, he is a pig killer to rely on the business during this period of time to support his family, this business is good, it is too late to be happy. Killing a pig costs 5 yuan, killing 10 pigs a day is 50 yuan, which can be worth a month's salary of others.

Killing pigs is a big deal. The Lan family's own brothers and next-door neighbors, who had known about it for a long time, came to help early. The master who killed the pig hooked the pig's mouth with an iron hook, and everyone dragged the pig to the courtyard dam where the pig was killed in the village. At this time, the sound of firecrackers rang out again.

The big fat pig was snorting and chirping, and his mouth was hooked by an iron hook, and he looked a little painful. (To be continued.) )