Chapter 429: Grinding Tofu
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The next day, the government's list of all donations was solemnly announced, and there were more than 5,000 names. For enterprises and individuals with significant donations, a charitable honor was also awarded.
This news was reported in the city and the province, and many people outside were shocked. A small town, despite a lot of tourists, actually donated nearly five million in one day, what a terrifying cohesion?
On the same day that the news was announced, overseas Chinese donated several millions, which greatly exceeded the expectations of the local government. In the past, the overseas Chinese in these hometowns have not made donations, but none of them have as much as this time. It seems that this incident has a great impact!
The city immediately dealt with the situation and held the town accountable. Officials who had brought in the capital to build the dam were held accountable, and the owner of the dam was ordered to pay 12 million in compensation, and the dam was shut down.
In this way, the people affected by the disaster received a large amount of compensation, and although they were greatly frightened, they finally received satisfactory comfort, and some could even be said to be a blessing in disguise. Some people's houses were going to be torn down and buildings were built. Because of a flood, the demolition work was saved, and a large amount of compensation was received, which was almost enough for them to build a two-story building.
The government's actions have also won the trust and praise of the masses. For the leaders of Heqian Town, it has added a strong sum to the political achievements. When the flood first came yesterday, they were so frightened that they were blind.
Now there are more tourists in Chujiazhai. The so-called people are mixed, especially those from outside, and their sense of law is very strong, if they catch a little trick and blow a few on the Internet, it will be over.
"Since everyone is so free today, let's make a tofu meal and eat it!" After eating lunch, seeing that everyone didn't go out, the second aunt suggested.
"It's grinding tofu, right? That's good! I haven't even eaten hand-ground tofu yet! Li Quan immediately agreed.
Chu Jiaqiang rolled his eyes: "Artificial grinding? You do it! Artificial grinding is troublesome. If you have a beater, use the machine! Save everyone from shouting tired. ”
"Ugh! Is it hard? Chen Wu was also stunned for a moment. It stands to reason that grinding tofu is a common thing in rural areas!
"It's not that it's hard. But it's a lot more troublesome than using a machine. It's not impossible to grind manually. In a minute, you two will grind! Chu Jiaqiang said with a smile.
The others also agreed to grind by hand, so Chu Jiaqiang told Liang Yu and the girls to clean the grinding stone first. The grinding stone was on the edge of the patio, but I don't know how long it hadn't been used, and there was a pile of dust on it.
The second aunt went back to load soybeans and waited for Liang Yu and them to clean the grinding stone. The second uncle installed the parts, and then let a few eager Chen Wu grab the push and grind.
If there are two people, this work is not so hard, if it is one person, I didn't feel it at first. After a while, my hand muscles hurt. But if two people don't coordinate well. It will also be troublesome. This requires two people to act in unison, and it is best to have a little tacit understanding with each other, and it will be easy to work.
As soon as Chen Wu got started, he used too much force, and the entire armrest was torn off by him. This made the onlookers cry and laugh, and the second uncle had to remind him not to push too hard, and not to turn the millstone too fast. Otherwise, the people who put the soybeans will not be able to turn around. And it's easy to pop the armrests out.
"Hey! I said you can do it? No, no. Let me. Zhou Furong said, his sleeves were already raised.
"It's no surprise that I missed it for a while! Maximas have their hooves sometimes, right? Chen Wu immediately made excuses.
The second aunt put the soybeans into the hole on the top of the millstone one by one, and the crushed soybean grains came out of the periphery and rolled down a groove in the outer layer of the millstone to the basin below.
"Doesn't this guy know how to grind tofu? How did it come out not tofu, but soybeans! Li Quan helped his glasses. I found that it was not tofu, and I immediately doubted.
"You don't understand this, tofu can't be ground right away. This step is called hulling, which is the removal of the outer shell of the soybean. In this way, the tofu will be more tender. There are several more procedures below, so I say that grinding tofu is also very complicated. Chu Jiaqiang explained.
Mrs. Wan and the others nodded, this familiar scene made them feel very good. She explained to these young people that in addition to hulling, there are also soaking, grinding soy milk, filtering and slag removal, boiling, pressure molding, etc.
After the husking, let the shelled soybean flakes soak in water for four or five hours, so that the ground soybean milk will be fresh and easier.
Grinding soybean milk, using manpower to turn a stone mill, accompanied by water to grind soybean flakes into soybean milk, usually operated by two people, that is, one person with a hull arm to constantly rotate the stone mill, one person is responsible for feeding soybeans and water.
Filtration and slag removal is to fill a dense flour bag with soybean milk, and then forcefully squeeze the slurry out and flow into a wooden barrel. What flows to the wooden barrel is pure soybean milk, and what is still packed in the bag is bean dregs, which is called tofu head in Chujiazhai, which can be used to feed pigs, etc., and people rarely eat it, unless it was very difficult before.
At this time, people in the countryside generally set aside a part of pure soybean milk to make soybean milk porridge, and the taste is also first-class, anyway, the Chu family likes it very much.
The pure soy milk is then poured into a large ding, boiled and put into a wooden barrel proportionally filled with gypsum water, stirred with a wooden paddle, and then allowed to cool and condense.
When it is boiled, those who like to drink soy milk can do it. After cooling, those who like to eat tofu can also do it.
Finally, take a few trough-shaped wooden boards about 60 cm long, about 60 cm wide, and about 4 cm deep, the board surface is in a square shape, and each is padded with a white cloth, and then use a shell scoop to scoop the condensed tofu into several wooden plank troughs, cover them with a white cloth in the trough, and then press a wooden board and stone to reduce the water content and shape, after more than an hour, remove the stone and the plank and turn it upside down, remove the white cloth, and a plate of milky white checkered tofu is freshly baked.
"Hmmm! This soy milk is good! It's purer than the outside, and it's delicious! Zhou Furong and the others drank a bowl, licked their lips, and looked at the wooden barrel.
"Don't look at it, drink it again, you don't have to eat tofu tonight." Chu Jiaqiang was speechless.
"Huh! It is also very good to drink soy milk porridge for a while. The second aunt saw that everyone was drinking happily, and she was naturally happy. For these urban people, what she is most afraid of is that her rural tastes are not suitable for them. But after these days of contact, I found that they are not dissatisfied, but like the taste of the countryside.