Chapter 19 Making Hash Browns

Out of the farm, Zhang Xiaoxue simply washed up and prepared to make breakfast. I woke up early today, and the rest of the family hadn't gotten up yet.

When I came to the kitchen, I first grabbed two handfuls of rice and put them in the gourd scoop to prepare for the rice, and the rice produced by the farm was very clean. I searched for nothing in it, in fact, it was good to simply wash it.

After washing the rice, put it in a large pot, and the family has a large population, so two large scoops of water are added. Cover the pot and light the fire to ignite the wood, so you don't have to worry about it for now, because the wood is more resistant to burning. It will take a long time to burn, and if you can't put wood a few times, the porridge will be cooked.

Scoop out the potatoes and prepare them for hash browns. Farm-grown potatoes, each the size of a fist, are evenly sized.

First of all, wash and peel the skin, the potato skin is very easy to remove, Zhang Xiaoxue used a thin piece of wood that she found casually, and rubbed off the potato skin with a gentle scrape.

Then the potatoes were shredded, and the kitchen knives at home were really big and heavy. Zhang Xiaoxue used her current pair of small hands, but it took a lot of effort to cut a pot of shredded potatoes. Looking at the shredded potatoes, Zhang Xiaoxue was already planning in her heart, next time she went to town, she had to buy a small kitchen knife, otherwise she would be so tired from cooking in the future, and her wrists were still sore.

Thinking that there is not much money at home, everything is lacking, and I have to find a way to earn a sum of money first. Hey, money, money, whether in ancient or modern times, is so indispensable, if you want to live a good life, you have to find a way to do business and make money is the king.

Put salt in the shredded potatoes, then add flour, an appropriate amount of water, mix into a uniform paste, there is no other seasoning at home, think about it, and go to the backyard to pull a green onion. Add some chopped chives and mix well.

It is better to fry hash browns in a pan. Several pots at home are concave and there are no pans, so I can only use the same pancake pan that I made in the market town yesterday to fry the potato cakes. In the countryside of my hometown, we all call this kind of pot "tweezers"

I found three stones of about the same size and put them under the pot. Just outside the kitchen, ready to fry hash browns in the yard. Pull out a few pieces of burning wood from the bottom of the cauldron, put it under the frying pan and heat, after the pan is hot, put an appropriate amount of oil, wait until the oil is hot, put in the potato paste and spread evenly, you can turn it over in about two or three minutes, and finally fry it until golden brown on both sides. The pancake pan is relatively large, so there are quite a lot of potato cakes fried at one time, and a pot of potato cakes can be fried in two parts. Finally, cut the fried potato cake into pieces with a knife for easy access and eating.

The freshly fried potato cake was golden in color and smelled particularly fragrant, Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't help but eat a piece first. The taste is really good, with a moderate amount of saltiness. Zhang Xiaoxue is very satisfied with her craftsmanship. I feel like I'm even better than cooking in modern times, maybe it's because the crops on the farm themselves taste good.

"Ah, Xiaoxue, what are you doing, it's so fragrant. Why did you get up so early this morning? You usually like to sleep lazy, but this is the first time I've seen you get up so early. When Zhang's mother came out of the house, she smelled the tempting aroma of a food, and saw Zhang Xiaoxue in the yard, next to the new pot made yesterday, and the wood that had just burned out underneath. I knew that my daughter must have made a new food that she hadn't eaten. I couldn't help but ask.

"Well, I went to bed early last night, so I couldn't sleep when I woke up in the morning, and I wanted to make a potato cake to eat, so I got up. Mother, come over and taste the potato cakes I made, are they delicious?" Zhang Xiaoxue said with a little coquettishness.

"Well, it's delicious, is this what it's made of potatoes? These potatoes are really good, they can be eaten as a meal or as a vegetable, it's really good. How do you make this potato cake? Tell your mother, in the future, your mother will make it, don't get up so early. Little kids, I know the most snooze. Zhang's mother asked Zhang Xiaoxue how to make potato cakes while eating potato cakes. When the mother is distressed, her daughter gets up too early.

Zhang's mother thought in her heart that her daughter is young now. Try to make her live as comfortable as possible at home. When you grow up in the future, you will have to get up early to take care of the housework and take care of the food and daily life of the whole family. There won't be such comfortable days.

Zhang Xiaoxue's mood is really good, thinking that her mother really spoils her, a girl as big as her in the village has to do housework early. Every day, they have to go up to the mountains to chop wild vegetables, and if they have some livestock at home, they have to cut grass and feed pigs and ducks. She has nothing to do every day, and she does whatever she likes. Playing outside all day long, in the circle of friends, girlfriends don't have anywhere, but mingle with a group of little boys. also became the king of children. Now it's really nothing to help the family cook something.

Zhang Xiaoxue doesn't feel tired at all, because she likes to cook very much. Seeing the food she makes is liked by others gives her a great sense of accomplishment.

The rest of the family also got up one after another, and everyone was surprised to see Zhang Xiaoxue in the yard. It was the first time that everyone had seen Xiaoxue who woke up so early. They all greeted her with a smile. Ask her why she got up so early? hehe, say the same thing three times. Of course, I also smelled the fragrance in the air. Everyone is looking forward to breakfast this morning, and I don't know what good things Xue'er has made.

Zhang Xiaoxue also explained that the air in the morning is really fresh, and she feels that she breathes a lot more freely, which is good for her health, so she wants to get up early in the future. Everyone agrees with this interpretation.

The first thing the men in the family do after washing up is not to have breakfast, but to exercise in the yard. Punches and legs, but there is a look. Zhang Xiaoxue couldn't understand what they were practicing. Bin'er next to him also has a good look, follow along. With a serious look on that little face, Zhang Xiaoxue felt that her younger brother was so cute.

Zhang Xiaoxue sat on the small bench and watched them boxing, and Zhang's mother had already put out the porridge in the room and put it on the table. There were no pickles, so I went to the sauce jar and dug out half a bowl of sauce. I went to the back of the house and picked a handful of lettuce and a few green onions. Wash and place next to the sauce and prepare to dip it later.

There wasn't even a decent big plate at home, and the hash browns could only be served in pots. Hehe, Zhang Xiaoxue has made a lot, a full pot. Everyone can eat with an open stomach.

After the men had practiced a light sweat, they washed again and began to eat breakfast. Hash browns, fried in oil. Needless to say, everyone ate happily and praised the potato cakes for being delicious. Halfway through eating, Zhang Xiaoxue went back to the house and took out yesterday's strawberries, and prepared some fruit for everyone to eat after the meal.

This small day has passed, and everyone thinks that the days of the gods are probably nothing more than that.