Luo Huiniang didn't understand, but she didn't ask again, just looked at the iron pot while lighting the fire.

Gu Jinli took two tablespoons of vinegar, put it in a bowl, added an appropriate amount of water, and turned the vinegar apart for later use.

Two quarters of an hour later, the soy milk in the pot boiled, and a lot of small bubbles appeared, Gu Jinli used a wooden spoon to stir the soybean milk anti-paste pot, while skimming off the foam little by little, and after skimming the foam, he said to Luo Huiniang: "Huiniang, withdraw the fire." ”

Luo Huiniang had been waiting for a long time, and when she heard this, she hurriedly withdrew the burning firewood from the stove and buried it in the dust under the earthen stove.

She looked at the soy milk in the iron pot and asked Gu Jinli: "Xiaoyu, is this tofu?" Why is it still slurry? ”

Gu Jinli said: "Wait a little longer, wait for the temperature of the soy milk to drop by about two percent, and then add marinade to turn it into bean curd." She brought a large pottery bowl, scooped out a bowl of cooked soy milk, left it for the family to drink, and began to wait for the temperature of the soy milk to drop.

After waiting for half an hour, I peeled off three bean skins and dried them, poured the mixed vinegar water into the pot little by little, and stirred slowly while pouring.

After a while, solidified bean flowers appeared in the pot, and when the bean curd and water were completely separated, she stopped stirring.

"Little fish, little fish, is this it?" Luo Huiniang frowned and pointed to the bean curd in the pot and said, "Is this tofu?" It looks quite white, but it's so broken, how can you eat it? "It's better to eat stewed beans.

Gu Jinli said: "Don't worry, wait another quarter of an hour, these bean curds will become bigger, and then take out the soybean curds and put them in a wooden box to compact, you can make tofu." ”

A quarter of an hour later, the bean curd really got bigger and bigger, Luo Huiniang was very surprised, pointed to the bean curd in the pot and said, "It, they will change." "It's amazing, how does Xiaoyu do it?

Gu Jinli looked at the solidified bean curd in the pot and was also very satisfied.

She had seen her grandmother make tofu in her previous life, but the tofu made by her grandmother was ordered with brine. She didn't have brine, so she could only use vinegar water, but she didn't think about it, but the tofu that came out of this point was quite good.

"Xiaoyu, the wooden box is ready for you." Gu Dashan is a veteran of carpentry, and when they boiled the soy milk, they also made the wooden box.

"Done three, is it enough? It's not enough for Dad to do it for you. ”

After cleaning up the silt from the old well the day before yesterday, several men went to the neighborhood to cut down trees to make tables, chairs and cabinets.

Gu Jinli looked at the three square wooden boxes, the size of a basket, and a finger deep, and said happily: "Dad, your craftsmanship is really good, the box is really good." ”

No nails, direct tenoning, no gaps in the interface, this craft if placed in the modern era, proper wood master.

Gu Jinli took the wooden box, took it and washed it twice, then cut the burlap that filtered the soy milk into three pieces, spread it on the wooden box, scooped the bean curd into the wooden box, covered it with burlap, and then pressed the wooden board and big stone, and put it on the mud brick to control the water.

There were three wooden boxes in total, all of which were placed in the yard.

Cui's and the third grandmother were very curious, everyone gathered around the wooden boxes, looked at the three wooden boxes and asked, "This is tofu?" ”

Gu Jinli said: "After the moisture of the bean curd is controlled and dried, it can be turned into tofu." ”

She proposed: "Let's eat tofu tonight, make a fragrant fried five-spiced tofu to eat, and put a little spicy on it, and then you can eat." ”

Cui Shi didn't know what she said about the spiced tofu, so she didn't ask in detail, so she just tossed it.

Gu Jinli took the opportunity to ask Cui's for white noodles: "Mother, give me a few handfuls of white noodles, just a few, I'll make you bean dregs cake to eat." ”

The five catties of soybeans are four catties of bean dregs, which are enough for their family to eat for a day, but they can't waste it.

Cui Shi was a little distressed, but he still brought her a small half bowl of white noodles and a small plate of meat oil. This meat oil was just refined this morning, and it is fragrant.

Gu Jinli felt that he was very lucky. Although Gu Dashan and Cui's buns, both of them are very fond of children, as long as it is a harmless little thing, they will allow her to do it and will not stop her.

"Thank you, mother, you guys are waiting to eat the fragrant bean dregs cake." She took the white flour and meat oil and took Luo Huiniang to the kitchen. Behind him, he is also followed by the third grandmother and the little tail Cheng Ge'er.

The third grandmother had made bean cakes before, but failed, so she wanted to see how Gu Jinli did it? Can it be done?

After Gu Jinli arrived in the kitchen, he poured the white noodles into the bean dregs several times, stirred well, and then added his ground cumin, bay leaf powder, salt, chopped shallots, and half a spoon of meat oil to the bean dregs, stirred evenly, and let Luo Huiniang make a fire.

After the pot is hot, brush a thin layer of oil in the pot, put the palm-sized bean dregs cake into the pot, and fry slowly over low heat: "Hui Niang, be on low heat, don't be too big on fire, too big a paste." ”

"Oh." Luo Huiniang is not very good at cooking, but she can do it, she has always controlled the fire and not let the fire be too big.

After a quarter of an hour (fifteen minutes), the okara cake is fried until golden brown on both sides, and the aroma comes out.

The third grandmother looked at the bean dregs cake in the pot and was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth: "This soybean can really be made into a cake, and we don't need to eat stewed soybeans in the future, we can eat bean cake." "It's waste flour.

Brother Cheng cushioned his feet, stretched his neck to look at the bean dregs cake in the pot, and asked, "Second sister, is it cooked?" Is it cooked? "He wants to eat.

Gu Jinli smiled: "Wait, it'll be fine right away." ”

She boiled a little water into the pot, covered the wooden lid, and after the water in the pot was volatilized and dried, she put the bean dregs cake on the plate, picked up a bean dregs cake, blew it cooler, and handed it to Cheng Ge'er: "Eat, beware of the heat." ”

"Hmm!" Brother Cheng nodded heavily, took the bean dregs cake, took a bite, his mouth was immediately full of rich fragrance, he smiled and squinted, and said to Gu Jinli: "It's delicious, the second sister is delicious." ”

The third grandmother and Luo Huiniang also picked up a bean dregs cake and took a bite: "Well, it's really delicious, I didn't expect the cake made by bean dregs and flour to be so delicious." ”

Gu Jinli saw that they were eating happily, and he was also very happy, and continued to fry a new pot of bean dregs cakes.

After the third grandmother knew how to make the bean cake, she took the fried bean dregs cake, took Cheng Ge'er out of the kitchen, and took the bean dregs cake to the third grandfather, Gu Dashan, Cui's, Gu Jinan, and Gu Jinxiu to eat.

After eating the bean cake, several people were pleasantly surprised, they didn't expect the soybean dregs to make such delicious cakes.

"Fragrant, not astringent, several times stronger than eating stewed soybeans, let's eat this bean dregs cake as a staple food in the future." The third grandfather said.

The third grandmother nodded in agreement: "These five catties of beans produce about four catties of bean dregs, and there are three boxes of tofu, which is more cost-effective than eating stewed soybeans." ”

"Yo, third uncle, what are you eating? The smell wafted to my house. Chen took Gu Dewang and Gu Defa to the courtyard of Gu Dashan's house, and after seeing the golden bean dregs cake in the pottery bowl, his eyes flashed green, swallowed saliva, pushed Gu Dewang and Gu Defa in front of the third grandmother, and scolded: "Brother Wang, Brother Fa, you two rabbit cubs who don't know how to count etiquette, are still stunned what to do, quickly shout the third grandmother, the third grandfather, the big mountain uncle, the big mountain uncle." ”