In recent years, spiced tea eggs are on the market, can be regarded as very popular, outings, with a few tea eggs, both hunger and hunger, boil some tea eggs at home, adults and children go home from work, if the meal is not cooked, take two out and peel it off to eat, and it is suitable for both hot and cold.

I remember a few years ago, there was a news program on Baodao that mainlanders could not afford to eat tea eggs, and Gao Xi thought it was quite interesting, when did tea eggs become a luxury?

He heard his old classmate Lu Chengfeng say that tea eggs are actually more popular in the south than in the north. Especially on the train, the train lines in China are simply extensive, but you can smell the fragrance of tea eggs almost every train line.

Especially when I used to take that kind of green train, because the speed was relatively slow, and almost every station had to stop. At that time, Gao Xi discovered that there were vendors selling spiced tea eggs in many places.

His classmate Lu Chengfeng is a southerner, and his favorite food is spiced tea eggs, and he was even named "Tea Egg Man" because of this.

When he was in school, every morning, Lu Chengfeng definitely wanted to eat tea eggs, he had a relationship with the school vendor who sold tea eggs, and every time he went to eat with him, he would definitely save a lot of money.

Gao Xi is also a person who loves tea eggs, but it is good to eat two or three tea eggs, I think it tastes delicious, but I can't eat more. But Lu Chengfeng is amazing, the title of this tea egg man is not for nothing, he can eat seventeen spiced tea eggs in one breath.

Seventeen, what kind of concept is this, so at that time, Gao Xi was still wondering, this kid is so able to eat, why can't he see the meat on his body, and he can't eat anything that has a heart, so he is so smart.

The so-called long-term illness becomes a good doctor.

In the same way, Lu Chengfeng eats too many tea eggs, which is good or bad for the quality and taste. There is an in-depth evaluation of samadhi. According to Lu Chengfeng, although there are people who sell spiced tea eggs, there are kowtows everywhere, but if you want to eat tea eggs with full color and flavor, you will not encounter them. It's not always available.

In fact, although Gao Xi's mother can cook tea eggs, in fact, this way of eating is not popular in Shaanzhou, this way of eating is still brought back by my father, my father Gao Chengde was a soldier, and learned the practice of tea eggs from his comrades. When he came back, he taught Gao Xi's mother, so in their entire village, only Gao Xi's house always had the aroma of tea eggs wafting.

In fact, eating tea eggs is the most popular in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces and Jiangxi and Hubei regions, and at the end of the year and the spring of the drama year, tea eggs will become ingots, Zhejiang people eat tea eggs called holding ingots, and it is extremely popular in some industries in Shangpu.

I heard my younger brother who works in Shangpu say that when he first came to work in Shangpu, after the 23rd day of the lunar month, if you go to the bathhouse to take a bath. They must be very attentive to the familiar customers, and they sent a ingots tea, the so-called ingots tea, is a blessing orange, two green fruits "fresh olives".

Gao Xi's younger brother has the habit of going outside to take a bath, and when he used to be in his hometown in Shaanzhou, because rural people are unlikely to wash in their own homes, they all go outside to bathe.

He often bathed in the Kadlukade land, so at the end of the year, he had to get rid of the dirt from his body. Gao Xi's younger brother would often call a few friends to take a bath in Kade Pool, and the guys would naturally offer yuan to sell tea when customers came to the door, and whenever they went, they would call tea eggs, sesame paste, and chicken pies from a nearby snack bar for afternoon tea. Especially often called tea eggs to eat, the guys know that Gao Xi's younger brother does not eat Fu Tangerine, so the ingots tea is changed to tea eggs with two fresh olives, because the general people in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the New Year to the house to entertain guests of the Yuanbao tea. It's tea eggs.

So for this tea egg, Gao Xi still has some understanding, has eaten, and heard people talk about it, although he is not an expert, but he is not a layman.

But if you really want to boil tea eggs, only Gao Xi's mother will do it herself.

When Gao Xi was cleaning the eggs, Gao Xi's mother began to explain: "Although this boiled tea egg is not a great thing, but if you master some tricks, the boiled tea egg will naturally taste better, otherwise it will not taste good, it will not taste good, you have tried it yourself before, the taste is not authentic enough." ”

"Then I'll cook it today, how about you help keep an eye on it, I'm afraid I can't quit this tea egg in my life, in case Mom, you go back to your hometown to save your relatives, I can't eat tea eggs alone, then I don't want to die?" Gao Xi said as he diligently cleaned the tea eggs.

"If you want to learn well, then don't be a bull temper, and don't ask too much why, anyway, I can't talk about the reason, you just have to follow what I say and do it, okay?" Gao Xi's mother thought for a while.

Many people do things well on their own, but if you ask them to explain the method of this thing clearly, they may not be able to explain it clearly.

When Gao Xi was in junior high school, there was a math teacher who was of this type, he was very good, and his math level was really high, and he later won a national math award, but this person couldn't teach, and he wouldn't pass on his knowledge to students, so the students he taught were very poor in mathematics.

For such a person, Gao Xi can only be said to be a mistaken child, and many students in their class had poor math scores in the first year of junior high school, which had something to do with this teacher.

"Are you done washing the eggs?"

After waiting for a while, Gao Xi's mother finished the matter at hand, so she came over and asked.

"It's all cleaned, what are you going to do next?" Gossey asked.

"Wash the egg shells first, boil them in cold water, and change to low heat and cook for five minutes."

"Can't you do a fire?" Gao Xi asked casually.

"You still ask if you say you don't want to ask, the fire is too big, and the eggshell is easy to burst!" Gao Xi's mother said angrily.

Gao Yuanyuan, the younger sister on the side, said with a smile: "Mom, you want my brother to shut up, it's really not easy, don't you know that my brother was a problem baby when he was a child?" ”

"If you're idle, come and help, when will I put all the eggs in the pot?" Gao Xi glanced at Gao Yuanyuan and said.

"That's not going to work, I still have to go see the kids."

"Look at what, don't think I don't know, Jiejie and Hao are taking a nap right now." Gossi said.

Gao Yuanyuan had no choice but to put the eggs into the cauldron with Gao Xi and start cooking them according to the method Gao Xi's mother said.

"Mom, do you still use Shaanxi green tea to cook?"

"No need, use your black tea, black tea is the best tea for boiling tea eggs. It is best to use black tea to make tea eggs, because black tea is fragrant but not bitter, bright in color, boiled eggs are full of aroma, uniform color and luster, and excellent appearance; Green tea is somewhat bitter, boiled eggs will have an astringent taste, and green tea is cold, not suitable for people with stomach problems, infirm and pregnant women. In the past, we used to use Shaanxi Qing because we couldn't afford black tea at home, but now that we have money to buy black tea, we naturally have to follow the correct method. After Gao Xi's mother finished speaking, she had already taken out the black tea that Gao Xi had collected, which was still the best black tea brought from China, and then wrapped it in a cloth bag.

"What is this for?" Gao Xi asked a little puzzled.

"Because after cooking, you can take out the tea bag and throw it away, it won't make the pot full of tea residues, and it's easy to grasp the amount." Gao Xi's mother has made tea eggs, and she has made experience, but it is not easy.

After the eggs were cooked, Gao Xi's mother confessed: "Let's do it together, first of all, we must break the eggshells one by one, and knocking the eggs also requires a little technique, knocking too much may taste too salty, knocking unevenly, the ice pattern is messy and too unsightly, and the knocking piece is large and not tasteful, we must knock the eggshell dense and even, and cover all aspects, and wait for the tea eggs to be boiled, it will show 'ice lines', and the curved lines will be colorful, increase the beauty, and then promote appetite." ”

"Hahaha, Mom, you're really, how can you boil a tea egg and cook it beautifully?" Gossi laughed.

"Are you going to do it or not?"

"Do it, of course you do, if you don't do it, what kind of tea eggs will you eat." Gao Xi quickly closed his mouth and got busy with his mother and sister.

Of course, this process is done before the tea leaves and seasonings are added.

After all the eggs were broken, the three of them worked together to put the eggs back into the pot, but this time naturally everything had to be put in, including tea bags, seasonings, and so on.

"Thug!" Gao Xi's mother was quick-eyed, and when she saw that Gao Xi was going to put peppercorns in the pot, she hurriedly stopped her.

"How good it is to put some peppercorns, the taste is numb and spicy." Gossi said.

"You can mess around, some people put a star anise to increase the aroma of boiled tea eggs, but absolutely avoid putting peppercorns, because as soon as there is spicy, the clear tea fragrance will be gone. Tea eggs can be eaten both hot and cold, but some people are ingenious, like to use bones to cook broth instead of white water, although it can add a little umami, but the outing trip always feels greasy and greasy to eat, if there is no water nearby to clean hands, it is even more wrong, if you eat it at home, it doesn't matter. ”

"Oh my mom, it's so complicated to boil a tea egg, is there anything else to pay attention to?" When Gao Xi used to eat tea eggs, he thought that this tea egg didn't seem to be difficult to make, but it was just boiled in a pot, how complicated it was. But when I really saw my mother doing it there today, I really felt that the things in this world are really inaccurate, some are difficult and scary, some look simple, but in fact they can make you helpless.

Finally a pot of tea eggs were boiled, Gao Xi's mother was adding water to the pot, and said while adding it: "There is another thing to pay attention to when boiling tea eggs, that is, the brine must overflow the eggs, otherwise go back to the pot and boil it once or twice, and the tea eggs will become an iron-faced and selfless Baolongtu, which is not only ugly, but also the egg white is stiff and chewy, not delicious and not easy to digest." ”

"Hehe, it's a shame that I didn't cook it myself before, otherwise, many processes would have to be wrong, and it's no wonder that the tea eggs I boiled are so unpalatable." Gao Xi smiled, looked at the tea eggs in the pot, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva. (To be continued.) )