Chapter 39: Grandma's Specialty Dish
After Tang Yuran and Tang Yuchen's birthdays ended, December also arrived.
According to the meteorological division method, December to February of the following year belongs to winter.
At breakfast that day, my grandmother said, "Now that it's getting colder, you should wear more clothes when you go to school." ”
"Well, I know, grandma" Tang Yuyan was the first to answer, followed by Tang Yuran and Tang Yuchen.
"Do you have any food you'd like to eat at noon?" Grandma then asked.
"Grandma, I want to eat the konjac duck you made last time, it feels delicious." Tang Yuchen said greedily.
"Then you two!" Grandma looked at Tang Yuyan and Tang Yuran and asked.
After Tang Yuyan and Tang Yuran glanced at each other, Tang Yuyan said: "Grandma, we also really want to eat konjac duck." ”
"Mmmm, grandma, the konjac duck you made is really delicious, even the konjac is super delicious." Tang Yuran added on the side.
"Okay, I'll make this dish for you at noon." Grandma happily agreed under the crazy praise of a few little guys.
At a quarter past seven, Tang Yuyan and a few little guys put on their schoolbags and changed their shoes and went to school.
Grandma, on the other hand, stayed at home to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and clean the pots and pans.
After the kitchen was cleaned up, my grandmother also went to the bedroom to change into a set of clothes that were not contaminated with the smell of oil smoke, and then went out to the vegetable market with a few neighboring old ladies.
After arriving at the vegetable market, my grandmother went straight to the stall selling konjac.
After queuing up to buy konjac, my grandmother went to the innermost part of the vegetable market, where there was a slightly larger chicken and duck trading field.
After the owner of the duck seller collects the money, he slaughters and plucks the duck and cuts it into small pieces.
When he handed it to his grandmother, he said, "Old lady, welcome to come back next time!" ”
Grandma took the duck from the boss's hand, looked at the cut duck pieces, and said with a smile: "You feel so good about cleaning up the ducks, I must come often." ”
After buying the main dish konjac and duck, my grandmother went to buy some side dishes.
After shopping for vegetables, the neighbors who came with her to buy vegetables also finished shopping, and then several old ladies went home together while walking and chatting.
The old lady's chat is also very interesting, if there is a daughter-in-law, she will say that the daughter-in-law is respectful and filial to her; If you have a granddaughter, you will say that your granddaughter is obedient and sensible; If you have a grandchild, you will say that your grandson is naughty and noisy.
Grandma is different, it can be a clear stream in the old lady's team. Every time others say that their grandchildren are obedient, sensible, naughty and other words, when they go to their grandmother, they all have good grades and feel distressed.
After returning home, my grandmother saw that it was still early, so she decided to rest for a while, and when she waited for half past ten, she was preparing lunch.
My grandmother didn't like to watch TV and said she couldn't understand it.
Every time I waited for the children in the family and He Lin to go out to school, after going to work, my grandmother was left alone at home.
Every time Tang Yuyan comes home from school in the afternoon, she will see her grandmother sitting on the balcony embroidering insoles, and the sun that has not yet gone down the mountain shines on her grandmother's body, Tang Yuyan will always have a sense of peace and joy when she looks at it.
Grandma is in good health, which is why my mother asked my grandmother to help take care of Tang Yuyan's children.
At first, my grandmother was reluctant to leave her hometown, where she had stayed for most of her life, but for the sake of her little daughter, she still packed her bags and came here away from her homeland.
But fortunately, Tang Yuyan, Tang Yuran and Tang Yuchen's three children are obedient and filial, studying, and never letting their grandmother worry about life.
After learning about the living habits of several children, my grandmother also loved them even more.
When she was usually fine, her grandmother's favorite thing was to embroider insoles on the rattan chair on the balcony, and by the way, she pondered and pondered to make something delicious for Tang Yuyan's sisters and brothers.
Grandma looked at the electronic clock, and it was already 10:26. Then my grandmother put down the insoles in her hand and walked slowly to the kitchen.
After arriving in the kitchen, my grandmother took the inner bowl of the rice cooker, filled two bowls of rice from the rice bag and poured it into the pot, washed it, added an appropriate amount of water, and took a towel to dry the water stains around the pot.
While cooking, my grandmother took out the konjac and duck she had bought in the morning from the plastic bag.
First wash the konjac and duck in clean water and put them on a plate for later use, then wash the onions, garlic and ginger and put them on a plate for later use.
Because the owner of the duck seller has already chopped the duck into pieces two fingers wide, the duck does not need to be processed further.
Then my grandmother cut the konjac into finger-length and wide sections, and cut the green onion diagonally into slices, sliced garlic and pickled ginger, and chopped the pickled pepper.
After all the preparations are done, boil water in a boiling pot, and pour in the konjac blanching water after the water boils, the main purpose of blanching is to remove the alkaline taste of the konjac itself.
After this step is done, change the water and bring it to a boil, then pour in the duck pieces and blanch them, the duck pieces are blanched mainly to remove the greasy.
After the konjac and duck were blanched, my grandmother found a wok under the cupboard, poured oil into the casserole, and when the oil was 8 hot, poured the onions, garlic, ginger and pickled pepper and pepper to stir-fry to make it fragrant.
This step is very crucial, and if you don't do it well, it won't be so fragrant.
Then, my grandmother poured the duck pieces into it and stir-fried evenly, and then poured the konjac pieces and stir-fried.
After the konjac, duck pieces and the seasonings in the pot are stir-fried evenly, then add some cooking wine, light soy sauce, and salt to the casserole and then stir-fry, still stir-fry evenly, otherwise it will affect the taste, and it will not be perfect.
After stir-frying for about 3 minutes, add boiling water, the boiling water must cover the ingredients in the pot, then cover the pot and simmer for about 30 minutes on medium-low heat.
During the duck stew, my grandmother had to go to see the casserole every three to five minutes, and she had to be careful not to dry the pot when stewing.
After 30 minutes, my grandmother lifted the lid of the pot and looked at the bottom of the pot, then took out a spoon, put a spoonful and tasted the taste, and then poked the duck with chopsticks, and saw that the duck was cooked, and the taste of the soup was just right, she smiled with satisfaction, and then turned up the heat to dry the soup.
After doing all this, my grandmother did not eagerly serve the konjac duck, but found a clean pot and began to cook the soup.
After the vegetable soup was cooked, Tang Yuyan's sister and brother also went home one after another.
"It's so fragrant, grandma, what delicious food you live in." Tang Yuyan was the first to arrive home, and the moment she opened the door, a strong smell of vegetables came to her nose, and Tang Yuyan immediately asked.
"Konjac duck, didn't you all say you wanted to eat this dish in the morning, and grandma made it for you." Grandma replied after hearing Tang Yuyan's voice in the kitchen.
"Grandma, you're too good, you will do it for us when we say it, you will spoil us." Tang Yuyan changed her slippers, took off her coat, and walked towards the kitchen, talking as she walked.
"You are all so well-behaved, how can you be spoiled, go wash your hands first, and when Yu Ran and Yu Chen come back, you can have dinner." Grandma glanced back at Tang Yuyan, who was standing at the door of the kitchen, and said.
"Okay," Tang Yuyan said with a sweet smile.
Three or five minutes later, Tang Yuran and Tang Yuchen also returned. After coming back, the reaction was no different from Tang Yuyan, saying that her grandmother was too good to them.
He Lin didn't come back to eat at noon, so after Tang Yuyan's sister and brother arrived home, her grandmother beckoned Tang Yuyan to serve the food, and Tang Yuran came to serve the meal.
When the meal was served, Tang Yuyan, who looked at the konjac duck on the table, had a great appetite.
Tang Yuyan first sandwiched a duck leg for her grandmother and Tang Yuchen, and then sandwiched a duck wing root for Tang Yuran, and then began to pick up vegetables for herself.
During the meal, Tang Yuyan and a few people praised her grandmother's good craftsmanship while eating, and the ordinary duck and konjac became so popular that after passing through her grandmother's hands, she couldn't stop eating them, and she wanted to eat another piece after eating a piece.
After hearing the rainbow farts of several children, my grandmother felt that her work had been affirmed and she was very satisfied.
After eating, Tang Yuyan took the initiative to clean up the dishes and chopsticks and went to the kitchen to clean.
Since my mother left N City, Tang Yuyan cleaned the dishes and chopsticks at noon every day, and He Lin cleaned the dishes and chopsticks at night. Only every Sunday is the cleaning for the whole family, except for my grandmother, of course.
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