Chapter 480: Popcorn

Back home, Chu Jiaqiang and others found that Liang Yu and others were holding some popcorn and watching those speechless bubble dramas while eating.

The bear squatted on the side, and also kept eating popcorn, and relished. This little guy is also not a picky eater, he eats everything he can. Little squirrels don't like this kind of food without bite, so they like nuts and the like.

From time to time, the wren flew back, took one in his mouth and went out again. This guy is idle all day long, and that's exactly what he does, and there are a lot of rights and wrongs.

"Huh! Where do you buy popcorn? Someone in the village is already selling this thing? It seems that Chujiazhai is getting more and more advanced with the times. Li Quan said.

Chu Jiaqiang glanced at it and concluded: "The second aunt did it?" ”

"Ahh How do you know? Liang Yu and the others were suddenly surprised.

"It's not a secret! In the village, many people can make popcorn, and it doesn't necessarily have to be a machine to pop it. Chu Jiaqiang said. I didn't eat much of this stuff, and the second aunt would always burst out to eat with their two brothers and sisters.

In addition, when someone has a happy event, sometimes they will popcorn and sprinkle a little bit into the basket, indicating that the other party's good deeds are like popcorn, and the grains are blooming.

Moreover, this thing is not difficult to get, even Chu Jiaqiang can do it, but it is not as good as the second aunt. The second aunt of the family grabbed a handful of millet and went down, almost all of them could be popped, and then used a dustpan to remove those shells, leaving simple popcorn.

These are very simple popcorns, without any seasoning, so they may not be as delicious as those sold outside.

The outside of people is made of machines, which is naturally better than your artificial ones, and you can add a little pigment and the like. It looks better and tastier, but it's hard to say whether it's safer and more hygienic.

Zhou Furong also grabbed a handful, and then sent it to his mouth. This kind of eating makes many people frown, and the appearance of eating is really flattering. Chu Jiaqiang also smiled bitterly: "I said the third child." The way you eat. Don't freak out kids. ”

"It's okay! That's why I saw that there were no children here. Zhou Furong said.

Li Quan and the others were speechless, although there are no children here, there are many beautiful women, so why don't you give some face? This face is still your own.

"The taste is very light! It's not as fragrant as I used to eat, but it's very pure and fragrant, and it has no other flavor, and it's very simple. Zhou Furong said.

Others listened. Another burst of choking, popcorn is still pure?

Popcorn, a puffed food, is popular with young people as a daily snack. There are many unexpected variations of popcorn, the traditional one with just salt and a little melted cream. Or it can be coated in sweet caramel and blended with Gorgonzola cheese. Popcorn is a surprising snack that can be used to make a funny snack at a child's birthday party with a great recipe.

"Put a little sugar and MSG, it might taste a little better." Chu Jiaqiang said. Zhou Furong is not wrong, this very simple popcorn does taste very light.

"We ate outside. People generally say three kinds. One is corn bursting, the second is rice, and the third is millet. The common popcorn is made by putting corn, ghee, and sugar into a popcorn machine. Li Quan said.

Before, he went to the cinema to watch movies, those who sold popcorn. That's how it's divided.

"Is this hard to do?" Chen Wu also grabbed a handful, sat down and ate it. This time, the second aunt exploded a lot, these things are better eaten as soon as possible, after a long time, it will not be crispy, and it will not be so delicious.

"It's not very difficult, the principle of popcorn is to take an appropriate amount of corn or rice into the popcorn pot, seal the top lid, and then put the popcorn pot on the stove and rotate it continuously to make it evenly heated, and you can pop delicious popcorn." Chu Jiaqiang said.

This is because during the heating process, the temperature inside the pot continues to rise, and the pressure of the gas in the pot also increases. When the temperature rises to a certain level, the rice grains will gradually soften, and most of the water in the rice grains will turn into water vapor. Due to the high temperature, the pressure of the water vapor is very high, causing the softened rice grains to swell. But at this time, the pressure inside and outside the rice grains is balanced, so the rice grains will not burst in the pan.

When the pressure in the pot rises to 4-5 atmospheres, the top lid of the popping pot is suddenly opened, and the gas in the pot expands rapidly, and the pressure decreases quickly, making the pressure difference between the inside and outside of the rice grains larger, resulting in the high-pressure water vapor in the rice grains also expanding sharply, and the rice grains are burst instantaneously, which becomes popcorn.

The second aunt nodded, this job is really not difficult for her, it is much easier than making zongzi and so on.

She introduced her method to everyone, spread rice and other raw materials on the bottom, after all the ingredients are put into the pot, turn on low heat, shake it from time to time, you can use chopsticks to stir it, until the first burst, you can put sugar in the popcorn, you can put more if you like. Be sure to pay attention to the fact that you can't put it early, the oil and sugar will burn very quickly when heated.

Then cover the pot completely, otherwise it will all fly out of the pot! Then you can hear the sound of rapid explosion, and when the speed of the sound slows down, you can leave the fire.

Cold for a few seconds, otherwise there will be popcorn splashing out from time to time, or you can let the residual heat burst the unexploded again, and then you can boil the pot.

"Pay attention later, when the sound slows down, you have to leave the fire, don't be reluctant to let it not burst open, don't stay on the fire for too long, it will be completely mushy." The second aunt reminded.

"It sounds like it's not difficult, but we may not be able to really grasp the heat." Zhou Furong and others said.

"Of course, I couldn't do it before, not to mention you haven't caught a shovel." Chu Jiaqiang said suddenly.

"If you want to eat it, eat it quickly, don't keep it, this thing is the most impatient to keep." Chu Jiaqiang continued.

Since popcorn is susceptible to moisture, it will lose its crispy and delicious fresh taste when 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 ventilated and dry place to protect it from moisture.

"This thing! In the future, I will eat less on the street, which is really unsafe and unhygienic. Wan Lao reminded.

You can't say that everything on the street is bad, but this kind of snack is definitely not very good, maybe everyone doesn't feel much about it, but sometimes, by the time you feel it, it's already late.

When heated at high pressure, a certain amount of lead in the pot will melt, and a 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 by the body, it can harm the nervous, hematopoietic and digestive systems. It is highly susceptible to chronic 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, which is not good for the body.

"The food outside is really not reassuring! When processing popcorn, in order to make the taste of popcorn more attractive, a lot of margarine is added, and some flavors are added to individual flavors of popcorn; In order to make the popcorn more beautiful, some pigment was added to it and a beautiful coat was put on him. Professor Wen also smiled bitterly.

His former little grandson is also like this, he doesn't like to eat, so he likes to eat these junk food, the taste may be very tempting, but there is no nutrition, not to mention, there are safety hazards. Once, I ate these things with a lot of flavor and pigment, and I was in the hospital for almost a month.

"I'm in IV. Sichuan has eaten a kind, and people call the baogu flower as the baogu bubble. The taste is very good, that is, fragrant, crispy and crispy, with a little sweetness, slag without residue, even for people with bad teeth, it tastes good. Eat this kind of popcorn, one after another, eat endlessly, reluctant to lose your hand, so this popcorn is crowned with the word 'don't lose your hand', which is also named popcorn. "Zhou Furong has been to many places and eaten a lot of snacks.

"There's so much food right now! I really don't know who made it, it's very creative! "Xu Bimei likes this kind of food.

Ye Qijun's grandfather, Ye Lao, shook his head and corrected: "This kind of food is only named popcorn in recent years, but it is not unique to these years. It used to be called Bao Gu Hua, and no one can tell what dynasty and what dynasty Bao Gu Hua originated in and how long the history is. In short, this snack has been passed down for a long time and has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but it is undoubtedly that it originated in the countryside. ”

He explained to these young people that before the appearance of baoguhua, the villagers went up to the mountains to cultivate the land, and the dry food they brought was rice flowers. The so-called rice flower is to put the rice in the oil sand and fry it constantly, so that the rice grains bulge and become soft, and become cooked food.

The villagers go up the mountain to open up the wasteland, sometimes they have to go out for several days, so they put the rice flowers in cloth bags and take them up the mountain, and when they are hungry, they eat the rice flowers in the mountain spring to satisfy their hunger.

Later, the villagers used the oil sand fried into the grain flower, feel that it is better than the rice flower, one is fragrant, the other is hungry, so, the rice flower replaces the rice flower, popular in the vast countryside.

"During the New Year's holidays, weddings and funerals, and leisure time, baogu flowers are the best snacks for hospitality or self-eating. In the winter leisure time, a family or three friends and four friends, around the firewood or charcoal fire, often a few grains of grain into the firewood ash charcoal ash, or not long, here a bang, there a bang, the grain has become a big grain flower, everyone rushes to eat, hee hee haha, the nostalgia is strong, the house is full of warmth. Ye Lao said.

Since coming to Chujiazhai, Ye Lao and his wife have also felt a lot more comfortable, and the old problems in the past seem to be almost better.

In addition to the credit of Chu Jiaqiang's medical skills, there is also the environment here. People who come here will have the same feeling, that is, the whole person is much more relaxed.