Chapter 307: Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner

In order to create an absolutely comfortable learning environment for Meng Chuan, Meng Chuan's parents went out after breakfast every morning and didn't come back until the evening. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Meng Chuan was really moved to see that his parents were afraid of disturbing his studies and didn't even stay at home, since his family was so supportive, he had to make some achievements to show them.

Soon it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Chinese New Year's Eve did not say anything about going to the door, so Meng Chuan's parents honestly stayed at home, did not even speak, and sat there in a daze.

When Meng Chuan went out to drink water, he watched his parents sitting with big eyes, did not dare to make a sound, and laughed, "Dad, Mom, why don't you watch TV, Chinese New Year's Eve is sitting here, and there is not even a New Year's atmosphere." ”

Meng Chuan's parents waved their hands, "Don't watch it, I'm afraid that the sound of the TV will disturb your study." ”

"This can't be done, you can't let everyone in the family revolve around you, and today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, Meng Chuan just gave himself a holiday."

Meng Chuan looked at the family and said, "Dad, Mom, leave it to me today's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, just so I will show you the skills I learned in the army." ”

When Meng Chuan heard that Meng Chuan was going to prepare a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, she immediately said: "Son, just come and cook for your mother, you go back and study well." ”

Obviously, Meng Mu can't believe Meng Chuan's technology, saying that the military camp is a place to strengthen the body, Meng Mu must agree, but I have never heard that the military camp can teach people to cook, and the army is full of big pot rice, how delicious can it be.

Let's not talk about anything else, let's just talk about cooking utensils, and the barracks are all stir-fried with shovels about the size of a shovel, so how can the food be delicious?

Meng Chuan smiled: "Mom, don't worry, didn't you say that the egg burritos I made last time were delicious, believe in my skills." ”

The taste of the egg burrito that time really impressed Meng's mother, so she asked: "Son, then what kind of Chinese New Year's Eve meal are you going to make?" ”

For Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, many places are different, but there is definitely one that everyone eats the most, and that is 'dumplings'.

Dumplings have the meaning of "more age Jiaozi", which means to hand in good luck in the new year, and the shape of dumplings is like ingots, all of which also have the meaning of attracting wealth and entering treasures.

These are the sayings of the ancients, which have been passed down to the present, it is much simpler, and it can be summed up in two words, "delicious", as the saying goes, "it is better to eat than dumplings, and it is better to lie down than to be comfortable." ”

So dumplings are definitely the iconic food of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and this Meng Chuan must be wrapped in some.

Of course, dumplings are a must-have for northerners, and southerners prefer to eat glutinous rice balls, which means reunion, so Meng Chuan simply made a little.

It's just that dumplings and rice balls alone, it is certainly not enough to be used as a Chinese New Year's Eve meal, Meng Chuan also plans to make a fish, eating fish is a sign of more than every year, so the fish dish is also a landmark food on the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner in many places.

In addition, Meng Chuan also plans to make a chicken, the reason is very simple, because next year is the Year of the Rooster, eating a chicken should be a good luck, of course, this dish is not every year, like the Year of the Rooster, the Year of the Ox, the Year of the Goat, the Year of the Pig and other years are good to say, beef, sheep and pork are all common food, and they can be eaten usually, if it is the Year of the Monkey and the Year of the Tiger, it is really impossible to eat.

Of course, the most important reason why Meng Chuan makes a chicken is that 'chicken' and 'auspicious' are homophonic, which means auspicious wishes, so you have to make one anyway.

The braised pork also has to be made on a plate, the braised pork is red and red, which means that the new year is prosperous, and it is still very good.

It's just that meat dishes alone can't be enough, vegetarian dishes must also be available, and the more iconic vegetarian dish in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is celery, because "celery" and "diligence" are homophonic, implying the virtue of hard work of the Chinese people.

Secondly, the vegetarian dishes on the Chinese New Year's Eve meal will also be accompanied by lettuce and curd bamboo, "lettuce" and "shengcai" are homophonic, please be auspicious, so many meals will put this dish on the table, and some places also like to use twist, sprinkle and other fried food and lettuce on a plate, named "gold bars to make money", not to mention, golden twist, from a distance really looks like gold bars.

And "yuba" is homophonic to "abundance", coupled with high nutritional value, so it is also very popular with the people.

Yuba is soybean milk heated and boiled, after a period of heat preservation, the surface forms a layer of film, picks out and droops into branches, and then dried, it can be said that yuba is a derivative of soybeans, so it is very useful in supplementing protein

Secondly, there are many kinds of iconic Chinese New Year's Eve rice, such as steamed rice cakes, which means that the year is high, and braised pork knuckles, which means that you will get rich......

Because there are only three people in Meng Chuan's family, if you cook too much, you can't finish it, and it's not good to eat leftovers, so it's best to cook an appropriate amount.

Now Meng Chuan's recipe is determined, dumplings, glutinous rice balls, fish, chicken, braised pork, celery, hair cabbage, and yuba.

Just eight dishes, 'eight' in China and 'fa' homonym, the meaning is very good, and eight dishes in China can only be used for big banquets, such as 'eight bowls' in ancient times can only be eaten by rich and noble people, so eight dishes are very suitable for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

Of course, those big families are different, people eat more naturally, so sometimes eight dishes are not satisfied, but like our usual family of three, family of four, six or eight dishes are enough, try to avoid eating leftovers, after all, the nutritional value of leftovers is not high, and nitrite will be produced.

But eating leftovers during the New Year, this is inevitable for many families, after all, the New Year, eat well, big fish and meat constantly, and you will definitely not be able to eat it all at once, so we sometimes eat leftovers, we must pay attention to the food in the refrigerator for more than three days, it is best not to eat the leftovers, and it is best to heat the leftovers only once, and don't put them in the refrigerator if you can't finish eating, for the sake of health, it is better to throw them out.

But many people think that it is really a bit of a waste to pour it out, after all, our Chinese virtue is 'diligence and thrift', in this case, then before heating the leftovers, it is best to set aside in advance your family's meal is enough to eat, and the rest should not be put into the pot to fry, quickly put it back in the refrigerator to freeze, so it is also okay.

There was not much time, Meng Chuan hurried to cook, Meng Mu was also very surprised when she heard the recipe reported by Meng Chuan, and it was the first time she knew that there were so many foods with meaning in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

These ingredients are all common ingredients, and they are also available at home, eight dishes, and one person is definitely too busy, so Meng's mother shouted that Meng's father also came to help, and when making dumplings, Meng's father kneaded the dough, Meng's mother chopped the filling, and Meng Chuan came to wrap it, and the family was really happy.

After a few hours of busy work, eight dishes were served on the table, of course, this was not done by Meng Chuan alone, Meng Chuan's family members all knew how to cook, so they all helped cook together.

Now it's almost five or six o'clock in the afternoon, and it's time for dinner, after eating, you can just watch the Spring Festival Gala, the Spring Festival Gala This is the highlight of the year, anyway, Meng Chuan lives so big, from the beginning of the memory, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the family is around the small black and white TV to watch, to the back with a large color TV, to the current digital TV.

Every year, whether it is the funny sketches, beautiful songs, wonderful dances, and amazing acrobatics, they are all very interesting.

After the three of them sat down, smelling the tempting fragrance of the eight dishes, their appetites were aroused, although the meal was completed by the family, but it was Meng Chuan who was in charge, whether it was making dumplings or rubbing rice balls, or making sweet and sour fish, dry pot chicken, braised pork, vegetarian fried celery, twist cabbage, and bean curd, all of which were made by Meng Chuan.

This really impressed Meng's mother and Meng's father, before Meng Chuan went to the army, the meals he cooked were average, after all, Meng Chuan was still a student, and the main task at that time was to study, and high school and college were boarding, and it was impossible to have the opportunity to cook.

During the winter and summer vacations, my parents went to work, and after Meng Chuan, who was in bed, got up, he would put down a bowl of noodles to satisfy his hunger.

Therefore, Meng Chuan's ability to make meals with both color and flavor is really surprising to his parents.

It's just that being able to cook is definitely a good thing, and Meng Chuan's parents won't be digging into why they do it.

Below, as the head of the family, Meng's father said some auspicious words, Meng's mother said some blessings, and the three of them ate.

Dumplings are worthy of being the protagonist in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, the taste is really not to say, this time it is pork and cabbage filling, Meng Chuan one bite at a time, and after a while, he killed several.

Tangyuan is also a kind of food, kneaded with glutinous rice flour, it tastes very smooth, usually the glutinous rice balls we buy are stuffed, such as black sesame stuffing and the like, but Meng Chuan's this is kneaded out with glutinous rice flour, so there is no filling, in short, each has its own advantages, the one without the filling tastes chewy, and the one with the filling is nutritious.

Sweet and sour fish is a dish that Meng Chuan's family will not eat, this is reserved for next year, after all, there is more than every year, if you eat it this year, then there will be no fish.

Needless to say, the dry pot chicken is full of spicy, and the few people who eat it sweat and are addicted.

Meng Chuan doesn't make braised pork once or twice, whether it's the braised pork that he usually makes, or the exquisite braised pork that can increase his mental power, he does a lot, so the technique is even more skilled, the braised pork made this time, the sauce red of each piece of meat is very uniform, take a bite, it is really fat but not greasy, it melts in the mouth, which really surprised Meng Chuan's parents.

Vegetarian dishes are even more delicious, fried with vegetarian celery, crisp and sweet. Twist hair cabbage, full of nutrients. Yuba bacon is chewy.

This Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, Meng Chuan's parents were extremely happy, this is definitely not only satisfied with the food made by Meng Chuan, but feels that Meng Chuan has really grown up and understood.

PS: Readers, the author has some colds and fevers these days, and his body is very uncomfortable, so these days can only guarantee the update of two more than six thousand words, and wait for two days to get better, and he will definitely resume the update of three more and nine thousand words.