Chapter 231: The Vanishing Crucian Carp
Enough to eat?
These three words, for a foodie, where are they defined and what the standard is, it is estimated that even Xiao Xiaomei herself is not very clear.
Five pots of crayfish, and more than a hundred.
Super big one, neatly placed in the basin, soaked in the soup, each one looks so radiant, the red head, the golden shrimp yellow, just look at it makes people want to suck it down.
All three basins had been removed before.
At this moment, the five large basins that were re-served on the table were crowded to the brim.
Crayfish is not only delicious, but also quite eye-catching in terms of appearance.
Chen Yufei was not polite, and directly grabbed a crayfish in the basin in front of him and gnawed on it. As soon as he entered the mouth, Chen Yufei was a little surprised, with a slight hint of spicy taste in the sweet and sour sauce.
Garlic and chopped green onions not only play a role in the color, but also taste different when eaten in the soup.
I don't know when it began, the strange smell of various flavors sandwiched together began to be popular on the table, and after a long time, this taste was given a very nice name: "fish fragrance".
"Fish fragrance" is a special taste, and it is also an original creation here in Rongzhou.
Rongzhou people like to eat kimchi, and every household has a kimchi jar.
Those kimchi are pickled all year round, and the kimchi is also pickled in the old altar water, which is the best in terms of color and taste. Because of the unique production process, Rongzhou kimchi also stands at the top of the national kimchi.
Kimchi has a history of hundreds of years in Rongzhou.
The origin of "fish fragrance" is closely related to kimchi, but its invention came from an accident.
It is said that one day a man went fishing in the river, and for the whole afternoon he found nothing, and when he was about to leave, he collected the net for the last time, and finally found a small crucian carp about a dozen feet long at the bottom of the net.
He returned home dejected, where his wife was breastfeeding the child.
Seeing that her husband had been out for so long and had brought back such a small fish, the wife not only did not blame him, but said happily:
"This is crucian carp, it's great, it's boiled into soup and can be milked, and now the child can eat enough!"
Then she let the man in to rest and put the child in the bassinet.
Carrying the little fish to the kitchen, the little fish was so fresh that the woman picked up the kitchen knife and was about to slaughter it, when suddenly she heard the child in the house crying.
He quickly put down the knife and went back to the house.
I don't know what the reason is, the child keeps crying, and no matter how much he coaxes, he can't coax it.
The man heard the voice and asked what was wrong, and the two coaxed the child for a long time together, which made him quiet. The husband went back to his room to rest, and the woman went to the kitchen again, but she couldn't find the fish.
I searched in the kitchen for a long time and found nothing.
At that moment, the woman heard a cat meow, and when she looked up, she saw a wild cat standing on the kitchen window, and she thought to herself that it was the wild cat that had taken the fish away, and she blamed herself for being too careless.
The woman didn't think much of it, but chased the wild cat away.
There was no fish to eat at night, and the man blamed himself, thinking that if he could get a few more fish back, then his wife would not run out of fish to eat.
The woman doesn't care, she also comforted her husband and said it's okay, isn't it just a fish, you can't get milk, you go to the market tomorrow to buy one and come back, you can still eat it.
After saying that, she put the half-dried green vegetable leaves on the ground into the jar and soaked them.
When he turned around, he saw that the red peppers in the field were also ripe, so he reached out and removed some of them, and threw them into the kimchi jar with the greens.
Women like to eat kimchi, it doesn't matter if they add a little spicy, they don't have much money at home, and they can eat a big bowl of rice by stir-frying kimchi with a little lard, so they can save a lot of money on dishes.
Women are very good at running a house, although the family is not too rich, but life is okay.
On the day the child turned one year old, some relatives and friends came to congratulate and sent some fungus. So the woman asked her husband to go to the market to buy a few catties of pork, and dug a few fresh lettuce from the vegetable field, with some fungus and shredded them, intending to make a fried shredded pork.
Everyone in the family eats spicy food, which is a heavy taste.
When the woman opened the jar of bean paste, she saw that the sauce at home was gone.
Standing in the kitchen, the woman thought for a moment, and then opened the jar where she had pickled vegetables last time.
But who knows, as soon as I opened it this time, a peculiar smell came out of it, and the woman smelled the smell and immediately felt that the aroma was compelling.
At the same time, saliva was secreted from both cheeks at once.
Scooped up a piece of kimchi and took a bite, and the woman's eyes suddenly lit up.
In this piece of kimchi, there is an indescribable taste, slightly with the smell of sake lees, and then taste it carefully, there is a slight fishy smell, these two flavors, and the fresh fragrance of kimchi are fused together, and there is a little sweetness.
The woman took several bites in a row and thought it was very good.
She was very strange, this kimchi water still used the previous recipe, and did not make any changes, how could the taste suddenly be different?
The woman looked out the window, and the midday sun was shining directly on the windowsill.
Could it be the weather?
There were many guests at home, and the woman didn't think much about it, so she quickly scooped up a few chili peppers and a piece of pickled ginger and covered the jar again.
The woman chopped the sour chili pepper and pickled ginger, added a little vegetable oil and stir-fried it, and then fried the shredded meat with shredded lettuce and fungus.
The kitchen was full of fragrance, and the guests who smelled it thought that the woman was making a dish of braised fish.
And when they saw the dishes, they all showed surprised looks.
After taking a bite on the table, the guests were amazed by the dish.
This dish of shredded lettuce fungus is not only bright in color, but also has a very special taste, and the garlic and green onions sprinkled on it add a long layer of taste to this dish.
This time, the relatives were very satisfied.
After seeing off the guests, the husband was very proud and felt that his wife was really capable and able to make such a delicious dish.
He asked his wife if she had learned such a dish.
The woman said that she didn't learn from anyone, and she did it casually.
After hearing this, the husband sighed, and just said: "Your craftsmanship is really getting better and better, just now the only scholar in our family, the third uncle, said that this taste is better than that of the chef of that restaurant!" ”
When the woman heard this, her heart moved.
When her husband left, she went to the kitchen alone and opened the kimchi jar again.
Reached in and fished it out, flipped it for a while.
She finally touched something......