"If the girl feels sorry for the maidservant, she will give us the water lotus-red muslin at the head of the house before, Xia Bing and I will make a jacket alone, and the dress is also festive, Sister Shui Su doesn't like to have pretty eyes, so I will make a sand-colored one for Sister Shui Su, which can be regarded as matching with her usual clothes." Holly suggested.

Shen Xiangmiao knew that Holly was the most scrupulous in her duty, but she was afraid that this matter would not make sense, so she had to give up: "You can just look at it, but I remember that the Zhang family sent it before, and your son-in-law sent a lot of good materials. ”

"Thank you, girl." Holly responded with a smile, filled Shen Xiangmiao's empty teacup with water, and said with a smile: "When the girl went to the third uncle's house, the shopkeeper Fang asked someone to send some fresh horseshoe, how does the girl plan to eat?" ”

Horseshoe, also known as water chestnut, black taro, etc., belongs to the monocotyledon sedge family, is a perennial root-bearing herbaceous plant, and the tuber that grows at the top is the horseshoe eaten on weekdays.

Horseshoe is cultivated in many places, mostly by men, although there are in the north, but the number is relatively small, and the size is not large, but the taste is the same.

Every year around October, the horseshoe is harvested, and the horse's hooves are made into horseshoe powder or buried with sand, so that they can be stored for a long time, or transported to various places, and this is also the time to eat fresh horseshoe.

The flattened oval shape and the attractive dark purple color make it a juicy white and juicy water chestnut when you remove the hard skin.

Horseshoe has the effects of clearing heat and relieving cough, diluting dampness and dissolving phlegm, lowering blood pressure, etc., and can be used as a medicinal material, but it is more often used as an ingredient.

Eaten raw, crisp and raw, with a slightly sweet taste, refreshing, if it is cooked to eat, the meat of the horseshoe becomes a slightly transparent feeling, the taste is still crisp, but compared to the sweetness of raw food, there is a little more different taste, this feeling, some like boiled sugar cane, and a little coconut meat fragrance, but also with a little yacon that kind of aftertaste...... All in all, it's very delicious.

It can also be cooked, stewed, stewed medicinal food, with good taste and sufficient nutrition, which is a rare good thing at this time.

It's just that the horseshoe is delicious and has high nutritional value, but because of the long-term growth in the water, there is a parasite called ginger fasciola in the horse's hoof, if it is eaten raw, it is easy to enter the human body, endangering human health, and the ginger fascian is not resistant to high temperature, and the process of cooking the horseshoe can kill the ginger fascian insect to ensure the safety of eating.

Therefore, Shen Xiangmiao does not advocate eating raw water chestnuts, but can only eat them after they are fully cooked.

As for this cooked method......

Shen Xiangmiao thought for a while, and said: "Wash it and put it in the pot directly to cook some and eat it, Tie Dan got up in the morning and said that Hongyu would also come over to eat at noon, and the two of them were afraid that they liked to eat this." ”

"When cooking at noon, cut some sausages and stir-fry them with the horseshoe, which is estimated to be refreshing and greasy."

"Soak some white fungus, make a horseshoe white fungus soup, appetizing and digesting, brightening the eyes and invigorating qi, and nourishing yin and moisturizing the lungs, calming the nerves and clearing the intestines, which is also the most suitable in this winter."

After Shen Xiangmiao said this, she laughed first: "In this way, the lunch has become a real horseshoe feast." ”

"Really, everything is inseparable from the horse's hooves." Holly laughed: "But this horse's hooves are not easy to store, it looks like it has been dug out of the sandy soil, and it will be difficult to put it again, so it is better to eat it quickly." ”

"The girl will rest for a while, Xia Bing and I have cut the horse's hooves, and when we cook later, the girl will come to the stove room to take a look." Holly said with a smile: "It's okay to be on the side, it's this sausage fried horseshoe, I haven't done it before, I'm afraid that Xia Bing won't dare to start, and the girl has to take a look." ”

"Hmm." Shen Xiangmiao nodded: "Go ahead." ”

Holly said "hey" and hurried off.

Shen Xiangmiao went to find the Lu family, and talked about the fact that the Gu family was going to open a shop in Fucheng.

At noon, almost all the food on the table was related to horses' hooves.

The directly cooked horseshoe, peeled like a white and fat white doll, squatted in the bowl upright, took the chopsticks and put it directly in the mouth, the bite was crisp, creaking, fragrant, and the sweet taste filled the mouth, filling all the teeth gaps, making people feel wonderful.

And after eating a bite of this, try the sausage fried water chestnut, which is even more unique.

The sausage is cut into thin slices, after being fried, it is red and oily, and it feels chewy, plus the original spiced taste, after adding seasonings, I only feel that the taste is more intense, and the white, crisp and crisp horseshoe slices, whether it is from the color, crisp taste, and the sweet taste, both are at the two extremes, but if it is eaten, two completely different tastes and textures, but burst out of a very wonderful taste and feeling.

It's like the kind of intuitive and shocking visual effect when the color is matched, and the strong contrast will not make people feel ugly, but will feel a different beauty and style, and the same is true for the fried water chestnuts at this time.

It's just that this dish is delicious, but the production method is very simple, the oil pot breaks ginger and garlic, puts the sausage and water chestnut into the pot, slightly puts a little salt, sugar, vinegar to enhance the taste, and the water chestnut can be out of the pot after cooking.

After eating this sausage fried water chestnut, there is a bowl of sweet and delicious water chestnut white fungus soup.

The white of the horseshoe white fungus, the red of the wolfberry, the red and white are very good-looking, and the white fungus stewed enough, it is very soft and rotten, and the horseshoe is still crisp and refreshing, plus the original white fungus and the slightly sweet taste of the white fungus and the sweetness of rock sugar, in such a big winter, come to a bowl of hot horseshoe white fungus soup, only feel that the stomach is sweet, hot, this happiness from the stomach, it is really incomparable.

And in the end, when you are full and drunk, the last thing to be served in front of everyone is a plate of horseshoe cakes.

Previously, Shen Xiangmiao also made water chestnut cake, using red beans to make it, or osmanthus candy to make it, no matter what, it is made of water chestnut powder, and the water chestnut cake made is Q elastic and refreshing, crystal clear, and very delicious.

Today's dish is also made with water chestnut flour, but with fresh water chestnuts added to it.

With the previous production method, rock sugar water and water chestnut powder are mixed and put into the cage drawer to steam, when steaming, a layer of water chestnut cake is steamed, and then a layer is poured into and then steamed, so that layer by layer is steamed, and when the last layer is made, the chopped fresh water chestnut is added to it, and after steaming, the fresh water chestnut cake is ready.