Chapter 43 Teach the ancients to eat roasted whole sheep
The raised blade stopped in the air, and the strong man with the knife looked up, and the onlookers also looked over.
Hua Mulan asked suspiciously, "Brother Junsheng, what's wrong?" ”
Zhao Junsheng walked over and asked the strong man: "Are you going to cut off the sheep's head with such a knife?" ”
The strong man Nuo said: "Yes, yes, what's wrong?" ”
Zhao Junsheng reprimanded: "You are still herdsmen who make a living from herding!" How can you kill a cow and slaughter a sheep and cut off your head casually? Isn't there any rules, no rituals? Cattle and sheep are the food that God has given you, you must be grateful, even if you want to kill, you must have rules! ”
The strong man shouted, "That'······ Uncle, how do you say you want to kill it? ”
Zhao Junsheng asked the strong man to continue pressing the sheep and instructed him to operate: "Open a small opening here in its chest!" ”
According to Zhao Junsheng's guidance, the strong man took a sharp blade and slashed longitudinally on the sheep's chest.
"Okay, put your hand in and pull out the heart of the sheep, and pinch the beating veins that extend upward!"
The strong man put his hand into the body of the sheep, pinched the arteries and blood vessels, and there was no imaginary heart-rending scream, the sheep was unexpectedly quiet, his eyes slowly closed, his body became soft, and he collapsed to the ground and died.
"Okay, stab a knife behind the sheep's ear, cut its carotid artery, and cut the esophagus!"
The strong man did so, because the sheep's heart had stopped beating, and the blood from the carotid artery could not be splattered.
Next, the strong man began to peel the skin from the leg of the lamb according to Zhao Junsheng's instructions, and inserted his fingers into the skin and meat of the sheep, and soon a sheepskin was peeled off, and the sheepskin spread out on the ground became a platform for decomposing mutton, sheep bones and internal organs.
Not a drop of sheep's blood can be seen in the whole process!
Zhao Junsheng said: "If there is blood dripping on the grass, it means that your craftsmanship is not at home, and it is unlucky for sheep blood to drip on the grass!" The process of killing sheep must be followed: no blood, no knife is used to kill, no meat is left in the skin, no sticky hair is in the meat, no knife marks on the bones, no smell is fresh, and it is clean and undamaged! ”
"Hiss - it's really a long experience, it turns out that killing sheep is so exquisite! This uncle seems to be very knowledgeable! The herdsmen whispered, and they looked at Zhao Junsheng with a hint of awe.
Zhao Junsheng asked again: "How are you going to eat this mutton?" ”
The strong man was taking out the sheep's internal organs, and replied as he moved his hands: "Of course, I chop it into many pieces and cook it in a pot to eat!" ”
Zhao Junsheng shook his head: "It's not delicious to cook, of course you have to eat roasted whole sheep to eat mutton, you will first raise the fire later, skewer the whole sheep with wooden sticks and wait for me, I will prepare the seasoning, today I have to let you know how to eat the mutton!" By the way, leave me the whip and kidney, it's a good thing! ”
Hearing this, the herdsmen looked at Mulan one by one with strange faces, and Mulan turned red when she heard this, only to feel that her cheeks were hot, and immediately turned around and ran away with Zhao Junsheng.
She caught up with Zhao Junsheng and asked, "Brother Junsheng, what condiments do you want to prepare?" ”
Zhao Junsheng asked: "Ginger, garlic, cumin, pepper, chili powder, salt, oil, are there?" ”
"What is paprika? Haven't heard of it! Salt and oil are available, and aren't ginger, acid, cumin, and pepper all medicinal herbs? Could it be that medicinal herbs can also be used as condiments? There are a lot of pharmacies in the fort! Mulan asked suspiciously.
"Who says herbs can't be used as condiments?" Zhao Junsheng smiled, followed Mulan to the pharmacy, and quickly prepared all the condiments needed, but the quality of the salt was too poor, it was all yellowed granular coarse salt, which had not been purified and analyzed.
Zhao Junsheng had no choice but to grind the coarse salt finely and use it in a pottery bowl.
As night fell, the herdsmen piled up dried cow dung, horse dung and sheep dung eggs on the grass outside the fort, and set up timber on top of the dung, and the four sheep were roasted on the fire.
Zhao Junsheng immediately used a brush to brush the ginger and garlic water on the roast sheep to get a fishy smell, and then brushed the mutton fat on the roast sheep, the mutton fat was roasted by the fire to make a sizzling sound, and he sprinkled cumin, pepper and fine salt powder one by one.
"Do you see clearly? According to the method and steps I just had, add condiments while roasting, and remember to turn the roast lamb, not just one side," Zhao Junsheng asked the three women next to him.
The three women nodded.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you!" After Zhao Junsheng finished speaking, he handed over the condiments to a few women.
Zhao Junsheng clapped his hands and walked over to Mulan and sat down and asked, "How is it?" Does it smell good? ”
Hua Mulan sniffled and swallowed her saliva: "It's so fragrant, it turns out that medicinal herbs can really be used as condiments!" ”
At this time, some young men and women herdsmen gathered around and began to dance hand in hand around the fire, dancing and singing, with happy smiles on their faces, and the old people sat next to them and looked at them with a smile and sang along.
"Let's go, let's go and join in the fun!" Hua Mulan got up and pulled Zhao Junsheng and said.
"Okay!" Zhao Junsheng got up and agreed, and joined the ranks of the young people with a smile and Mulan.
After dancing and singing for a while, the whole lamb was roasted and chopped into pieces by the women with knives and distributed to everyone.
There was a stack of roast mutton in front of everyone on the long row of tables, Zhao Junsheng took a bite and nodded: "Well, it's okay to roast." Mulan, you can taste it! ”
Hua Mulan cut a slice with a knife and put it in her mouth to eat, and said again and again: "It's delicious, it's delicious!" How did you come up with the idea to eat lamb this way? And what herbs are used as condiments? ”
Zhao Junsheng said: "Just use your brain more often!" Another day, when I'm free, I'll get you some delicious food and keep it so you want to swallow your tongue! ”
"Okay, I'll wait for you to get me something to eat!" Mulan said vaguely as she ate mutton, with a sweet smile on her face.
Early the next morning, Zhao Junsheng yawned and walked out of the room and into the courtyard, Hua Mulan was carrying a quiver, holding a bow and shooting arrows at a straw man sixty or seventy meters away, shooting an arrow almost every second.
Zhao Junsheng was stunned, stood in place for a long time and didn't come back to his senses, thinking: "It turns out that Mulan's archery appearance is so beautiful!" ”
Hua Mulan actually knew that Zhao Junsheng was standing not far away, and after she finished shooting the last arrow in the quiver, she turned around and said with a smile: "Brother Junsheng, do you want to try it?" ”
"Can I? Okay, I'll give it a try! Zhao Junsheng agreed, and walked over with a smile on his face.
He took the bow from Mulan's hand, and then took an arrow from Mulan's hand and put it on the bow arm to aim at the straw man opposite.
"Brother Junsheng, your posture is wrong, it will be very laborious to open the bow like this, and it is not easy to aim!" Hua Mulan corrected Zhao Junsheng's posture of pulling a bow and shooting arrows on the side.
After some guidance from Hua Mulan, coupled with Zhao Junsheng's own understanding, he quickly mastered the essentials, but when he wanted to pull the bow, he couldn't pull it completely, even if he used the strength to eat, and finally his face turned red.
Hua Mulan blushed and said embarrassedly: "Brother Junsheng, I'm sorry, I forgot that this bow is a three-stone strong bow, with your strength, ······"
It's like he's about to pick up a gun and get on the horse, but Mulan says that his little brother is too soft to do it! How could this not embarrass Zhao Junsheng, his face was as embarrassed as constipation at this time.