Chapter 16: A Big Meal
I touched a bag of snails, but considering that the two families combined were eight people, I had to get a little more.
Let Taoren go back and get three small hammers, and take a wooden basin, pour the snails into the basin and clean them, there is no need to spit out sand, the snails in the river are very clean, and after washing the shell, they will start to knock off the tail of the snails, which is a long job.
But with the help of Xie Sanqi and Taoren, it's fast.
After all the snails were finished and the mussels were washed, Xie Sanqi caught two crucian carp the size of three fingers.
It was still early, and Xie Sanqi still wanted to fish for a while, so he stayed.
Su Banxia and Taoren went to the field to pick half a bag of peppers, fortunately, in this era, peppers were introduced from the Western Regions early, and every household would plant some, and no one ate what Aunt Osmanthus planted, which made Su Banxia very surprised.
When I got home, I took a look at the Jiang family and Aunt Osmanthus, who had already made more than a hundred dumplings.
Aunt Osmanthus asked for a little oil, and Taoren made a lot of soaked chili peppers in the jar, as well as the soaked ginger that surprised Su Banxia, and quickly chopped it.
There are many differences between this era and ancient times, and you can see it in terms of eating, such as seasonings, which are basically not lacking in this era, but vegetables are in short supply, spinach, eggplant, sweet potatoes and the like have not yet been introduced.
The cooking shed has not yet been built, and the cooking is still outside, and Taoren is curious to watch Su Banxia busy while lighting the fire.
The snail was boiled in the pot for a while before it was fried, and then the oil pot was set on fire, and then the snail was lowered after the spice was fried, and the oil was not used much, and the oil of Aunt Osmanthus was lard, and a small spoon was required, and the oil at home was also used a little, and it was particularly fragrant when fried.
Taoren sniffed, looking like a little gluttonous cat: "Sister, this is so fragrant, my saliva comes out when I smell the chili pepper."
There were too many peppers and peppercorns, and after a few sneezes on the side, I added water to the pot.
The most likely snail inside the snail is schistosome, which has to be boiled at high temperature for a while to kill, and then boiled over high heat after the lid is closed.
The mussel meat was also put in, and I was going to cook it separately, but I didn't think about it, so I simply chopped the mussel meat and cooked it together in the snail.
In the evening, Xie Hua came back from the mountains, carried a rabbit in his hand, and came back with firewood, and Aunt Osmanthus began to make dumplings.
And the snails have been cooked, Xie Sanqi has also returned, and the fish has been cleaned up and boiled into fish soup.
After cutting more than a dozen small bamboo sticks, Su Banxia brought the boiled large wooden potted snails to Aunt Osmanthus's house.
The spicy smell of the snail was tangy, and it was extraordinarily fragrant when it smelled, and Su Banxia was already drooling.
Jiang only knew that Su Banxia asked for some oil, but he didn't know what Su Banxia was going to do, and now he looked at a big wooden pot of snails on the table, and complained: "You girl wants oil just to cook this?" The snails have no meat, and they don't eat the head, isn't it a waste for you to cook so much and do something? ”
Aunt Osmanthus patted Jiang's shoulder and said, "Why are you complaining about Banxia, this snail smells very fragrant, maybe it's delicious, and besides, the child does what he wants to eat, which is not a good thing." ”
Su Banxia hurriedly took out the bamboo skewer and no one handed it over: "This thing is very sour and spicy, use the bamboo skewer to pick out the meat and eat it, you can also take a breath of the taste before you eat it, it is really delicious." ”
As he spoke, he couldn't wait to take one and suck it up.
The snail is very spicy, but it is particularly enjoyable, the peach kernel has long wanted to eat, and it is also eaten by learning, just eating one is so spicy, after drinking a large sip of water, I picked up another one and ate it, this thing can't stop as long as I eat it, which Su Banxia is the most experienced.
Xie Sanqi also took it and ate it, and the more he ate, the more enjoyable he became.
The five adults, who were still watching, watched the three children eat more and more happily and learned to eat.
Jiang shouted spicy after eating one, Su Banxia smiled: "Mother, don't be afraid of spicy, it's really enjoyable to eat slowly, I heard others say that it is very comfortable to eat like this in the market, I didn't expect it to be really delicious, if you are spicy, drink the fish soup, I have drained out the fish bones, it is very delicious." ”
Tao Ren couldn't care about the spicy anymore, and looked at the snails in the wooden basin becoming less and less anxious, and kept sticking out his tongue, but his hand didn't slow down and held the snail in the basin.
Before the dumplings were served, a large wooden pot snail was eaten.
Several people's mouths were a little red, and even Xie Sanqi's grandparents ate a small bunch of snails and were very satisfied.
Aunt Osmanthus still didn't finish her thoughts: "I didn't expect the snails to be so cooked and delicious, this thing was picked up and fed to the geese before, how to cook it is not delicious, this is enjoyable, you take a break and I'll cook dumplings." ”
When he was full of food and drink, Su Banxia patted his stomach and was very satisfied, he had eaten his first full meal after coming here for so long, and he was so satisfied.
The chili peppers in the wooden basin were all picked and eaten, and the last remaining bit of soup was mixed with dumplings by Xie Hua, and the two families ate and sat in the courtyard, Xie Sanqi told what Su Banxia said in the mountains.
Jiang carefully tasted what Su Banxia said and did not speak.
After Aunt Osmanthus finished speaking, she immediately supported: "I don't need to wait until you sell it and follow you to concoct the herbs, the yam dug up tomorrow will be concocted directly, what Banxia said is very right, we have been honest for several lifetimes, and there is still no change, I believe Banxia." ”
The reason why I say this is because I don't want to disappoint Su Banxia, and secondly, I believe in Su Banxia.
She saw that she went to the market to sell yams with Su Banxia these two times, Su Banxia is really different from before, her brain is smarter than before, not to mention, she does things neatly, how could they think about digging yams to make money before, but now they have done so, and the preliminary results are not bad.
There is nothing to do at home this season, so it is better to follow Su Banxia to give it a try, it doesn't matter if you make money or not.
Momoren was very excited: "Mother is the best." ”
Xie Sanqi scratched his head and said with a smile: "Since my mother agreed, then the yam dug tomorrow will be taken back and concocted, Banxia, you have to teach us how to concoct it." ”
Su Banxia was very excited, and nodded again and again: "This is natural." ”
Early the next morning, the three of them were about to go up the mountain, but they met Zhu Chunlian at the place where they went up the mountain.
For some reason, Su Banxia had a bad premonition.
Taoren touched Su Banxia lightly and said, "They also took a hoe, did they also go up the mountain to dig yams, I heard my mother say last night, the people in the village knew that we dug yams and went to the town to sell them for money, and many people followed suit." ”
Su Banxia was not surprised at all by this, it was strange that the people in the village did not follow to dig yams.
comforted: "Everyone is willing to dig it, the mountain is so big, let's dig our own, Brother Sanqi today we will dig up those kudzu roots." ”