"Whew~ If it's a little marinated, chili oil, minced ginger or coriander or something would be better!"

Zhang Ran felt that although this primitive tofu brain tasted very good, it always felt that there was still a little bit of taste... It's a pity that chili peppers, coriander and so on haven't been introduced to China yet, so Zhang Ran can only make do with some minced ginger and green onions.

"Hiss~ It's so fragrant! Brother, brother, what are you cooking? ”

Zhang Ran hadn't taken a few sips of tofu brain here, and his sister Zhang Sui'er had already run out of the house following the fragrance, and when she saw the tofu brain full of pottery pots, her eyes couldn't help but light up, and she pulled Zhang Ran's sleeve and swallowed saliva, and asked in a low voice.

"Well, tofu brain! Want to have a bowl for you? ”

As he spoke, Zhang Ran put down his bowl, picked up a wooden spoon and filled two bowls of tofu brain from the clay pot, one bowl was handed to his sister Sui'er, and the other bowl was going to be taken for his mother to taste as well.

After my sister Zhang Sui'er took the bowl, she couldn't wait to put it to her mouth and blew it, and then opened her mouth and took a sip gently...

"Hiss~ It's hot!"

The tofu brain that just came out of the pottery kettle was hot and hot, and Sui'er was naturally not lightly scalded when she drank it like this, but despite this, Sui'er was still reluctant to spit out the tofu brain.

Putting it in her mouth, when the tofu brain was a little cooler, Zhang Sui'er quickly swallowed the tofu brain, and at the same time couldn't help but squint her eyes and said with a smile: "It's tender and smooth, this thing is so delicious!" ”

"Hmm~, you eat first, I'll send this bowl to my mother, so that she can taste it too..."

After speaking, Zhang Ran picked up the bowl, turned around and walked towards the house...

"Okay, brother~"

Zhang Sui'er responded crisply, then held the pottery bowl with both hands, and couldn't wait to take a sip.

While drinking tofu brains, Zhang Sui'er looked curiously at Sankui, who was still worried about holding a bowl full of tofu brains, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Sankui, why don't you eat it?" This tofu brain is delicious! ”

"Uh" Sankui opened his mouth, just wanted to explain the reason to Zhang Sui'er, but he couldn't bear the words when he came to his mouth. So, I couldn't help gritting my teeth and said, "Eat, I'll also taste what this tofu brain tastes like!" ”

Sankui asked for the word "brain" very seriously, looking at the white tofu brain in the bowl, his expression was also extremely entangled. However, when I thought that Zhang Ran and Zhang Sui'er in front of me had eaten so sweetly just now, I couldn't help but want to taste it.

Finally, after hesitating for nearly two minutes, Sankui suddenly put the bowl to his mouth, closed his eyes, and took a big sip...

"Goodong~"

After swallowing the tofu brain, Sankui unexpectedly found that the tofu brain was not as unpleasant as he imagined, but smooth and tender, with an indescribable fragrance...

"Hmm... It's really delicious! Sankui couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Yes~" Zhang Sui'er saw that Sankui also praised the tofu brain for being delicious, and she smiled even more happily, her big eyes narrowed into a crescent moon, and she proudly raised her little head and said: "This is made by my brother himself, naturally it is delicious!" ”

"Uh-huh~"

Sankui nodded with great approval, in terms of eating, Zhang Ran's talent is much better than him, whether it is stewed bamboo rat meat last time, or grilled fish, Zhang Ran has made a good taste that he can't imagine.

......

When Zhang Ran gave the tofu brain to his mother and came out of the house, he found that there was only more than half of the tofu brain left in a pottery pot, and Sankui and his sister Sui'er were holding a big pottery bowl and drinking it loudly... Seeing this, Zhang Ran couldn't help but be speechless and said: "It's just for you to taste, who let you eat all at once?" This thing is only halfway done, and it's not completely finished yet! Now that you're full, will you still eat tofu later? ”

"Uh" Sankui couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, looked down at the tofu brain that still had half a bowl left, and said with some hesitation: "Brother Ran, is this tofu better than tofu brain?" ”

Zhang Ran hesitated for a moment and said, "This... It depends on my personal taste, anyway, I like to eat tofu brain! ”

"Oh~"

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Sankui no longer hesitated, and directly poured half a bowl of tofu brain into his mouth and drank it all...

“.......”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ran didn't know what to say for a while, so he could only shake his head helplessly, and turned around to check whether the remaining tofu brains were cooked!

Looking down at the pottery kettle, Zhang Ran found that almost all the tofu brains in it were condensed together, becoming even more condensed bean curd.

Zhang Ran knew that the bean juice was boiled to this extent, and it was basically ready to come out of the pot, so he took the bamboo mold he made in the morning, spread two clean muslin cloths, and then scooped the tofu that was about to solidify in the kettle into the mold...

In order to make the tofu form as soon as possible, Zhang Ran covered the mold with a layer of muslin cloth and put a big stone... In this way, under the weight of the stone, the moisture inside the tofu will be squeezed out quickly.

In fact, bean curd and tofu brain are actually intermediate products of making tofu, but they are just in chronological order. Tofu brain is the first to come out and is relatively tender. If the tofu brain solidifies a little more, it is bean curd, which is slightly stronger than the tofu brain.

And the bean curd is put into the mold and compacted to be more solidified, and then it is tofu. Therefore, the process of making tofu should be like this: soy milk (juice) - tofu brain - bean curd - tofu.

The capacity of the pottery kettle is limited, and it is impossible to cook the bean juice in two large barrels at one time, taking advantage of the fact that it still takes a lot of time for the tofu to be formed, Zhang Ran and Sankui together divide the remaining bean juice into several times, pour it into the pottery kettle and boil, and follow the steps just now to make tofu.

After working for nearly an hour, Zhang Ran boiled all the two large barrels of bean juice and made tofu with the help of Sankui, his mother and sister.

"Brother Ran, is this tofu ready?" Finally finished being busy, Sankui wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked.

"It should be fine, I'll take a look!"

Although Zhang Ran was tired enough at the moment, after hearing Sankui's words, he still reluctantly stood up, walked to the mold containing the tofu, took down the stone that had been on the tofu at the beginning, and uncovered the muslin...

After uncovering the top layer of muslin of tofu, Zhang Ran found that after an hour of heavy pressure, the moisture of the tofu in the mold was very small, and the tofu at this time was basically formed.

"Well, it looks pretty good!"

The tofu in the bamboo mold looks white and tender, square and very pleasing, and the appearance is basically very similar to the common tofu in later generations.

Zhang Ran dug down a piece of white and tender tofu with a wooden spoon, put it in his mouth and tasted it, feeling that the tofu was soft and tender and very delicious, and the taste was basically similar to the tofu bought in the market in later generations, or even better...

"How? What does it taste like? Seeing that Zhang Ran didn't speak for a long time, Sankui couldn't help but ask.

"The taste is okay, you can taste it too!"

After speaking, Zhang Ran used a wooden spoon to cut off a few pieces of tofu, put it in a bowl and handed it to the three people beside him.

"Okay, I'll try it first!"

Sankui took the chopsticks and gently picked up a piece of tofu from the pottery bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then his eyes lit up and said: "The taste is very good, soft and soft, much better than that tofu brain!" ”

"Nonsense!" When her sister Zhang Sui'er heard this, she immediately stopped obeying and pouted