Li Lianhai said with a smile: "Your father said that you boys are making roast whole sheep at home, so he specially brought me to try it, and by the way, he asked me to teach him two games of chess." ”

Yu Qianqiu couldn't help but laugh dumbly when he heard the old leader say this, he nodded happily and said: "I have to listen to the old leader's teachings every once in a while, otherwise I will be uncomfortable." In front of Li Lianhai, he was always humble and polite, and his eyes looked at Su Le.

Yu Long took the opportunity to introduce Su Le to his father: "Dad, this is my good friend Su Le and my brother!" ”

Su Le hurriedly stepped forward and said respectfully: "Uncle Yu is good, Grandpa Li is good!" ”

Yu Qianqiu smiled slightly: "Welcome to my house!" ”

Li Lianhai glanced at Su Le up and down, and said with a smile: "Yu Long's friends have so sweet mouths, boy, what are you holding in your hands?" ”

Su Le said: "Chess! ”

Yu Qianqiu was so sophisticated that he immediately realized that the chess in the young man's hand should be a gift.

Yu Long explained: "We said that we would kill two plates before eating!" ”

Li Lianhai said: "Do you know how to play chess?" Playing chess in front of us, you two boys are really good at getting axes, show me chess. ”

Su Le hurriedly presented it.

Yu Qianqiu invited Li Lianhai to sit inside.

Su Le and Yu Long followed, Yu Long stuck out his tongue at him, and Su Le made a somewhat exaggerated movement to wipe his sweat.

When I came to the small courtyard of the Yu family, I saw that Yu Ba had set up an iron frame in the open area of the yard, and there was a peeled bare sheep hanging on the iron frame, and the charcoal below was burning, and the whole body of the bare sheep roasted on the fire was golden yellow, and the aroma was already diffused in the air.

Yu Ba saw his father come in with Li Lianhai, and hurriedly got up to say hello.

Li Lianhai laughed and said: "Qianqiu, your eldest son is really heroic!" He needed to stand on tiptoe before patting Yu Ba's shoulder: "Do a good job, I'm smelling the fragrance and coming uninvited today." ”

Yu Ba smiled: "Grandpa Li, don't worry, I will definitely take out the best state today, so that you can eat the most authentic roasted whole sheep." ”

Li Lianhai said: "Okay, Qianqiu, let's go play chess, and kill you three games to help me drink." He was unceremonious, and walked into the small building with Yu Qianqiu to play chess with the crystal chess sent by Su Le.

Yu Ba came to Su Le's side and said with a smile: "Here, how about going back and tasting my craftsmanship." ”

Su Le smiled: "It already looks very good." ”

Yu overbearing: "This sheep is the Altay sheep that I specially sent from the western Xinjiang, the roast sheep practice in the western Xinjiang is completely different from the mainland, usually the choice is fat and strong four-toothed three-year-old sheep, the slaughtering method is also different from the bloodletting method of killing the sheep here, when slaughtering, the knife is made from the chest, the hand is put into the chest cavity of the sheep, and the heart is pinched to cause it to die, so that the sheep killed by this method will not lose a lot of blood, keep the meat tender and delicious, and also have a great tonic effect in terms of pharmacology. "Yu Ba has done some research on roasting whole sheep, and it is also the first thing to say.

Su Le has always had an unusual interest in cooking, and he listened to it with relish, and took the opportunity to learn from Yu Ba and ask him how to roast whole sheep.

Yu Ba said: "After slaughtering the sheep, you don't need to peel it, first hang the front legs and disembowel, remove the five internal organs and water, wash the chest cavity and abdominal cavity, and then scald off the wool with boiling water, and wash the whole body sheepskin with alkaline water." Put all kinds of condiments in the chest cavity of the sheep, with the limbs upwards and the sheep's back down, tie it up with a wire and hang it upside down. The authentic way is to bake in the oven. This kind of oven is specially made, built of bricks, forming a dome, first with a kind of firewood called Suosuo, the furnace is burned red, the fuel is removed, the whole sheep is hoisted from the skylight of the oven, and the skylight and the door are closed, the high temperature in the oven is borrowed, the mutton is boiled to half-cooked, and then the door is opened, and the cook uses a long-handled spoon to scoop up the fire block of the shuttle firewood, and roasts the body of the sheep until the whole body of the sheep is roasted to brown. Roasting with this kind of slow fire can make the flavor of the condiments in the belly of the lamb gradually penetrate into the mutton, and at the same time can make the mutton cook thoroughly. After roasting, the sheep soup and condiments in the abdominal cavity are poured out of the oven, and the whole sheep is placed in a kneeling position into the large plate, and after being served, the sheep is dismantled into small pieces in front of the guests, and the sheep is delivered in turn according to the identity of the guests. Roast the mutton soup poured out of the chamber, then add water to mix, and serve it to the guests in a small bowl. It is also an excellent drink that is essential when eating roast lamb. This kind of roast mutton tastes crispy and tender, fat but not greasy, which is fundamentally different from the taste of mutton made by other methods. I have tasted this roasted whole sheep, and the teeth and cheeks have been fragrant for a long time, and I will never forget it. ”

Su Le nodded again and again when he heard this.

Yu Ba said with a smile: "We obviously don't have so many kitchen utensils today, I can only use the tools at hand, but the sheep and charcoal, condiments are all specially sent from the western Xinjiang, although it can not be perfect, but there are still seventy percent of the level in the western Xinjiang, if you want to eat the most authentic roasted whole sheep, you can only wait for the opportunity to go to the western Xinjiang in the future, I will invite you again." ”

Yu Ba introduced the trick of roasting the whole sheep, while not forgetting to roll and roast, the whole body of the roast sheep has been roasted to golden brown, Yu Ba brought a pot of batter-like things, brushed the roast sheep with a brush, and soon brushed a thick layer, Su Le observed the things in the basin, picked up the brush and smelled it, it should be a batter mixed with flour with egg yolk, cumin and various spices.

The batter that Yu Ba brushed on the whole sheep was quickly dried, and when the batter was completely drained, his broad palm gently patted on the whole sheep, and the surface layer wrapped around the whole sheep cracked, and the pieces fell, and the tempting aroma of roast sheep instantly diffused in the courtyard.

Yu Ba brushed a layer of batter on the whole sheep's body again, and he explained to Su Le at this time: "This batter contains egg yolk, brine, cumin, turmeric, pepper, honey, high-quality white flour and some Western Xinjiang specialty seasonings, I mixed them together to form a paste, covering the outside of the whole sheep, one can replace the roasting function of the oven, and the other can keep the moisture of the mutton excessively dissipated. ”

Su Le has a lot of research in cooking, in fact, he knows the role of batter at a glance, this method of roasting whole sheep is a bit like the flower chicken in Hangzhou cuisine, Su Le secretly thought, if you don't use batter, the effect of mud is the same.

Before Su Le arrived, Yu Ba had already brushed it twice in this way, and by the fourth time, the aroma of roast sheep had become more and more intense.

Yu Long even drooled on the side, and couldn't help urging: "Brother, when will it be okay?" ”

Yu Ba smiled: "It's almost ready." ”

Mo Xiaoli bought onions at this time, and Yu Ba asked her and Yu Long to prepare cold dishes, and moved a long table out by the way. Su Le hurried over to help, when a few people were busy working, they heard Li Lianhai's hearty laughter, he was playing chess with Yu Qianqiu in the room, but the aroma of this roasted whole sheep was too tempting, which made both of them a little uneasy, Li Lianhai actually lost a game today, he shouted when he went out: "This chess can't be played, you stinky boys deliberately mischievous with me, I am now full of the fragrance of roasted whole sheep, how can I still play chess with peace of mind?" ”

Yu Qianqiu came out with him and said with a smile: "Two wins and one loss, you will give me some encouragement when you are old, if you always win, I will see that you can only walk around in the future, and I will say that I am not willing to play chess with you." ”

Li Lianhai laughed, Yu Long invited his father and Li Lianhai to sit down at the table, several people had already placed six dishes of vegetarian dishes on the table, Mo Xiaoli was quite well-behaved, poured tea for the two elders with great eyes, and said sweetly: "Grandpa Li, Uncle Yu, what do you drink?" ”

Yu Qianqiu asked for the teacher's opinion and said, "Is Moutai okay?" ”

Li Lianhai's eyes were fixed on the large wine bottle on the side, and he was a little curious: "What is that?" Champagne? ”

Yu Long smiled: "That's the stuffy donkey brought by my brother, and the surname is wine." ”

Li Lianhai said: "Come on, I'm a well-known donkey temper, let's see if this wine can stuff me!" ”

Yu Qianqiu smiled dumbly, since this teacher retired, his temper has become more and more like a child, no wonder people say that people are old like naughty children, it seems that this is the case.

Su Le picked up the three-pound wine bottle and poured a small glass for each of them.

Yu Ba's whole sheep was also roasted at this time, Yu Long took a large copper plate with a diameter of about one meter, this plate he specially found someone to make a special one, Su Le and the Yu family brothers put the roasted whole sheep into the plate, and served the whole sheep on the table in the exclamation and cheers of everyone.

According to the rules of the old and the young, Yu Ba first asked Li Lianhai to take the knife, he pointed to the position of the sheep's head, Li Lianhai saw the sheep's head but had a feeling of not being able to get the knife, symbolically scratched the sheep's head, only a small piece of meat, which made everyone laugh.

Li Lianhai said with a smile: "Stinky boy, out of my foreign appearance, this sheep's scalp is covered with bones, how can there be any meat to eat." ”

Yu Qianqiu said: "Li Lao, people don't go without heads, birds don't fly without heads, this is an auspicious color, you are always our leader, this sheep's head belongs to you!" "Several juniors also agreed.

Li Lianhai smiled: "Okay, since they all say so, then I'm disrespectful, it's just such a big sheep's head, I really can't say anything!" He handed the meat cleaver in his hand to Su Le: "Young man, help me cut off the lamb's head!" ”

Su Le was originally just watching from the sidelines, but Li Lao had already handed the knife in front of him, in Su Le's opinion, this was an opportunity to impress the two big people, if you want others to notice you, you must have the ability to deserve the attention of others, although Li Lao sent a knife, it means a great opportunity for Su Le.

Su Le held the knife in his hand and said with a smile: "Then I will be ugly!" ”

Yu Ba wanted to do it for him, but when he heard Su Le say this, his heart lit up, and he took this opportunity to see Su Le's knife technique.

Su Le flipped the meat knife and said with a smile: "It's just that this knife is a little light, Brother Yu, give me the kitchen knife." ”

Four more send, ask for a monthly pass! (To be continued.) )