Chapter 105: Making Dumplings
Su Xintang's cooking skills were not so good from the beginning.
Liu Yulan has good cooking skills, her deceased grandmother's cooking skills are also very good, the Su family spoils her, and she has very few cooking opportunities, so her cooking skills are naturally very scummy.
Later, she endured all the hardships, and in order to make a living, she followed Brother Yu to work the coast. She also met a chef and friend who taught her how to cook. In her last life, she owned a number of multinational companies under her name, and she started in the catering industry.
And her family's impression of her is still stuck in the past.
To eat dumplings, a large family started together, and worked together to start the division of labor.
Ruan Wenchao volunteered to take over the work of kneading the dough, Su's father picked up the meat filling and began to chop the meat, Su's mother took out the cucumber and began to cut the cucumber shreds, Su Xintang's work was the lightest, helping to choose shallots. Even the old man arranged for the garlic to be peeled.
"Dad, Tang Tang must let you see tonight, what is called good cooking. Huh! ”
Su Xintang held his little head proudly.
His eyes were quirky: "But Dad, if I'm a good cook—I mean, if the dumplings I make don't break the skin, how will you reward me?" ”
Su Xingzhi was stunned, and before he could speak, he was robbed of the right to speak by the old man: "What reward do you want?" Tang girl, just say what you want, grandpa will get it for you! ”
"Grandpa, what Dad lost to me is different from what he willingly gave me! I'm going to ask my dad to lose to my reward. Su Xintang said with a grin.
"Okay, if the dumpling skin you made today is not broken, Dad will let you ...... How about asking you to make a request? ”
Su Xingzhi's gaze inadvertently swept over Ruan Wenchao and quietly moved away.
"Good! That's what you said, Dad. A gentleman's word......"
"Whip the horse!"
Looking at the father and son who covered the handprints, Liu Yulan pursed her lips and secretly enjoyed it.
After going to the countryside for half a year, Tangtang's cooking skills have already improved by leaps and bounds, and it seems that Ah Zhi will lose this time!
Waiting for the noodles to be reconciled, Ruan Wenchao and Su's father rolled the dumpling skin, and Tang Tang and Su's mother made dumplings.
The dumplings rolled by Su's father are thick on the inside and thin on the outside, well-proportioned in size, and very beautiful in shape. And Su's mother's action of making dumplings is very fast, beautiful and neat movements, moderately sized fillings, and delicate folds, all of which show the good cooking skills of the owner.
Almost Su's father rolled a dumpling skin, and Su's mother made a dumpling, and the two worked closely together.
The most surprising thing for Su Xintang was Ruan Wenchao, who also rolled out a beautiful dumpling wrapper, it seems that he practiced a lot in the early years.
Su Xintang was looking at everyone, and everyone's eyes fell on the dumplings in her hand.
"Remember last year...... Was it last year? Our family eats dumplings, Tang Tang is clamoring to help, do you remember the shape of the dumplings? ”
Liu Yulan talked about the past: "The dumplings are either broken or exposed, and they are crooked and fall there." Zhang Cuilan happened to come over, but she didn't laugh at our Tang girl. Unexpectedly, after not seeing each other for a while, Tangtang's cooking skills have become so good! ”
With the dumplings she made in her early years as a comparison, and then look at the dumplings made by Su Xintang at this moment, even if they haven't been put in the pot yet, they have already won a lot.
"Mom, it's rare to eat something dry in that place in the countryside. What's more, flour is a precious thing, so it is natural to treat it carefully. After coming and going, won't I learn to make dumplings? ”
Su Xintang did not deliberately shy away from talking about the countryside. What life is like in the countryside, even if she deliberately doesn't say it, everyone knows it in their hearts. The more she hid it, the more worried everyone became.
"Sure enough, it's still a country workout."
Everyone sighed.
Ruan Wenchao looked at Su Xintang deeply, but he didn't say much.
Seeing that the dumplings were almost ready, Liu Yulan got up to boil water to cook the dumplings, Ruan Wenchao put down the rolling pin and sat next to Su Xintang.
Between the elbows of the two, there was only a distance of no more than an inch, and when he was sandwiching the meat into the skin, Su Xintang even felt the sound of the other party's heavy breathing, and couldn't help but glance at the other party.
Nguyen Van Chao was still quietly wrapping the dumplings, as if he didn't notice anything.
For a moment, no one spoke.
When the water boiled, Liu Yulan used the remaining lean meat to fry a fish-flavored shredded pork, plus a side dish.
It didn't take long for the dumplings to come out of the pot.
"Come on, come on, everyone, don't be busy, fill your stomach and then continue to pack. It's still boiling in the pot, let's eat first......"
Liu Yulan beckoned everyone to take their seats.
There are many people in the family, and it is naturally impossible to cook enough dumplings at one time, so they need to be divided into two or three times.
The whole family sat around and picked up chopsticks.
The old man's face was full of red light, and he looked very energetic. Without waiting for everyone to eat, he took the lead in giving Su Xintang a clip: "Come, let's taste Tang Tang first." ”
"Grandpa, let's eat together."
Su Xintang added half a spoonful of spicy oil into the old man's bowl.
Many people like to put vinegar when eating dumplings, but the Su family likes to dip dumplings in homemade spicy oil. The spicy seeds and diced meat are stir-fried until fragrant, then add an appropriate amount of tempeh, minced garlic, soy sauce, red vinegar and other stir-fried seasonings, and when eating dumplings, put them in and roll them in, and then put them in your mouth...... It's delicious enough to eat!
That's what it tastes like!
That's the taste of home!
Su Xintang couldn't help but nod, and hurriedly buried himself in hard work, even forgetting the previous gambling contract.
After eating a pot and bringing another pot, Liu Yulan ran a total of three times to fill everyone's stomachs. The result of the taste is so delicious that everyone eats it and doesn't want to move when they lie there.
"Hiccup! Mom, your cooking skills, this is it! Su Xintang did not hesitate to give a thumbs up and praise.
"Tang girl's cooking skills are better."
The old man spared no effort to praise her.
Su Xintang's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly sat down next to Su Xingzhi and hugged Su's father's arm: "Dad, grandpa said that my cooking skills are very good, you won't forget the content of our bet just now, right?" You've lost! ”
"Lost, Tang girl's cooking skills are very good, very good. Say, what do you want? Su Xingzhi was also interested.
"Dad, I haven't thought about it yet, I'll tell you when I'm done."
How can such a good condition be wasted so easily, and naturally we must make good use of it.
Everyone was in harmony.
As soon as the old man was happy, he became addicted to chess, and hurriedly pulled Ruan Wenchao to Zhuang Ding: "Come on, come on, Ruan family boy, come and play two games of chess with me, the old man." ”
Grandpa likes to play chess but his chess skills are poor, and he usually plays chess with old guys who have retired from several military compounds, and he also roars and yells all day long, and when it is more serious, he blows his beard and glares, flips the table and splashes, and even fights, and he has not done less.
If there is no opponent, the old man will also catch the juniors to make up the number. When the younger generation in the compound of the military region also heard that chess was played, their faces changed drastically and they fled one after another.
But now, Ruan Wenchao's face did not have the slightest reluctance, which surprised Su Xintang.