Chapter 204: Eating Tofu
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Cape Breton Island is just that, it is a high-latitude area where only hardy rye can be cultivated. The North American islands are different, with thousands of acres of soybeans grown on Amerigo Island (South Docket) in addition to rye.
Although the yield per mu of soybeans is low, even if all the three major fertilizers are used, the yield per mu is only about 200 pounds. However, thousands of acres are 6,000 acres. All told, the total soybean production reached 1.2 million pounds.
Tara left 200,000 pounds of soybeans as seeds and emergency reserves, and the remaining 1 million pounds, all shipped, were shipped back to Europe. Marin was also very happy to see millions of pounds of soybeans. After all, soybeans are an excellent feed for war horses.
So, Marin asked people to fry some soybeans and feed them to the war horses. Sure enough, many war horses like fragrant fried soybeans. Moreover, after eating fried soybeans, the physical strength of the war horse recovered very quickly. The soybeans are fried, not only crunchy, but also fragrant, which is very popular with war horses.
Marlin fried a big bowl of soybeans for his war horse Carl, but after Carl finished eating, he felt that it was not enough, so he couldn't help but glance at Marin - shoveling, hurry up and fry another bowl for your Uncle Ma......
After working with Carl for so many years, Marin naturally understood Carl's hints. However, when it comes to fried soybeans, Marin doesn't need to do it himself. So, Marlin instructed Carl's real shovel officer, the groom, to fry a big bowl of soybeans again, so that Uncle Carl could continue to enjoy it......
As a result, Carl ate too many soybeans and couldn't stop farting, and the entire stable became a biochemical battlefield, and Marin had to evacuate urgently......
Back in the backyard of the palace, Marin took out a handful of fried soybeans and chewed them. Speaking of which, it's been almost ten years, and he doesn't remember the taste of soybeans very well.
Then little Caesar saw his father eat some unknown delicacy, and it seemed to be very fragrant. So, the chubby little hand reached out.
Unfortunately, Caesar is too small, and fried soybeans are very hard. Caesar couldn't chew and began to cry in a hurry......
"I know that bullying your son is our baby, the heir of the Hoffman family!" Angela gave a blank look at Marlin and was busy coaxing her son.
Originally, Marin wanted to give Angela some fried soybeans. However, when he told Angela that she would fart if she ate too many fried soybeans, Angela decisively refused. A lady like Angela would let her fart uncontrollably and die of shame.
Good things need to be shared, though. Since Angela and Caesar don't eat fried soybeans, Marin remembered other uses for soybeans......
For example, make a tofu and eat it......
In his previous life, he was still when Marin was a child. At that time, every Chinese New Year, Marin's mother would make her own tofu and prepare it for the New Year.
In the early years, the rural people were not rich, and they could only be entrenched during the Chinese New Year. However, the trench here is not about killing pigs. Killing pigs was only at the level of the 90s, and as early as the 80s, it was basically a bucket of tofu made by every family, even if it was very trenched. Then, during the Chinese New Year, there is tofu to eat every day......
As early as before Marin's grandmother died, the family was the first to use stone grinding to grind tofu, and the efficiency was relatively slow. However, at that time, the taste of the New Year was very full, and the rural people had nothing to do in winter, so they had time to prepare and grind slowly.
Later, Master Wang at the entrance of the village introduced a machine for grinding tofu, and everyone went to Master Wang's house to grind beans soaked in water. After grinding, I came back to a hanging basket made of gauze, kept tumbling and filtering, and waited with a water tank below. After filtering, the liquid in the water tank is raw soy milk (cooked is the soy milk for breakfast), and the remaining solids in the gauze are the legendary tofu residue......
Next, people will put the raw soy milk in the pot and cook it. After that, it's time to order tofu. In the previous life, Marin's house was all made of salt brine. Salt brine is relatively easy to obtain. Moreover, the tofu ordered is also relatively healthy. Unlike gypsum tofu, many workshops are cheaper, but they are actually made of industrial gypsum. And industrial gypsum is toxic, so gypsum tofu can not be eaten more.
After the salt is brined, the tofu in the cooked soy milk will condense from the free state to the state of tofu brain. And in order to obtain lumpy tofu, there is one last step - pressing tofu......
These tofu brain-shaped tofu will be poured into gauze, and the salt-brine soybean juice will be filtered out (at this time, there is no soy milk in it, soy milk is actually a solution in the suspension state of tofu), and the tofu is left in the gauze.
Then, the gauze wrapped in the tofu will be tied tightly and placed on a flat sheet. Then, on top of the gauze, press a flat plate, and the flat plate is pressed with a stone......
After some time, the tofu is pressed. When I opened the gauze, the tofu inside thought to be an oversized white flour cake. The final process is to cut the tofu into pieces with a knife. After the tofu is cut, it is cooled and preserved in cold water......
The freshly pressed tofu is hot and tastes quite good. And after the tofu is cooled in cold water, it doesn't feel good when you eat it.
In Ma Lin's previous life, every time his mother made tofu and cut tofu, those irregular edges and corners that could not be cut into pieces would fall into his stomach, and his brothers and sisters couldn't snatch him......
Thinking of all the things in his previous life, Marin was embarrassed. However, seeing the displeasure on his son Caesar's face, Marin decided to make tofu himself......
So, Marlin soaked the beans first, waited a few hours before starting to make them. Of course, as a big boss, the physical work of grinding beans is not done by Marin, and some people do it.
After filtering the ground okara milk with gauze, Marin instructed several cooks to cook the raw soymilk, and then Marin personally ordered salt and brine, so that the soymilk became the state of tofu brain......
Then, after straining, Marin began to press the tofu......
Seeing Karn with nothing to do on the side, Marin simply did not press it with a stone, but let Karn go into battle and use brute force to press ......
In this way, after a while, the steaming tofu is pressed......
Before the freshly made tofu is soaked in cold water, it has a aroma, a bit like the taste of soy milk. Little Caesar, who was visiting on the sidelines, sniffed it and swallowed it, and Karn was also attracted by the aroma.
As soon as the tofu was ready, Marin immediately cut a piece and prepared to send it to his mouth. However, when he saw the poor little Caesar looking at him on the side, Marin remembered that he was already a father......
So, the first piece of tofu went into little Caesar's mouth......
Although it was a little hot, little Caesar liked the taste of hot tofu very much and clamored for it. On the side, Angela and Karn both looked interested. As a result, the first pot of tofu in Europe was divided up by several people present before it was their turn to soak it in cold water......
"Actually, this is just the original way to eat tofu mouth...... There are more delicious ways to eat it than this......" Just when everyone sighed that the hot tofu was delicious, Marin couldn't help but say.
And the consequence of Marin saying this is that he made another pot of tofu......
Next, it's time to cook with tofu......
Originally, Marin was going to make mapo tofu. It's a pity that he didn't have chili oil at this time. So, Marin made a dish of fish head tofu instead......
The taste of the fish is umami, whereas the tofu is tender. Fish head tofu, sprinkled with shallots after coming out of the pot, becomes a fresh, fragrant and tender delicacy...... Of course, the key to this dish is to use cooking wine to remove the fishy smell, otherwise the taste will be very fishy......
As half an old driver in the chef world, Marin naturally knows how to use cooking wine to deal with the fishy smell. As a result, the fish head tofu out of the pot has become a delicious meal with fresh and tender flavor......
Sadly, this fish head tofu doesn't seem to be enough to eat. Soon after it was served, Marin just went to the kitchen to make a tofu soup, and when he turned around, he found that the fish head tofu was gone......
"This dish is very suitable for little Caesar, my dear, and I will make more of it in the future......" Angela wiped her mouth gracefully after eating. And little Caesar looked innocent - this dish is indeed suitable for this baby, but ...... This baby didn't eat a few bites, and it was eaten up by a group of adults......