Chapter 63: Roasted pork with bamboo shoots
The peach blossoms bloomed and thanked unnoticed, and at the end of April, the eldest girls and little daughters-in-law began to wear brightly colored single clothes. "Big girl, I'm late today, but I happen to have a good piece of meat, do you want some?" The bearded butcher greeted with a smile.
The various livelihoods in Sweet Water Well Street are basically passed down from generation to generation, and they are all neighbors, and they are familiar with each other, and they all know that the eldest girl of Feng Liu Ji is a capable person, and she has been half a family at a young age.
"Well, I want a three-layer piece of meat." The willow branch used its thin white fingers to press the tightness of the meat, and finally cut a piece of three fat and two thin.
Hu Niangzi praised "The eldest girl is really good at choosing, this sharp eye is comparable to how many young women, the Yang family is really blessed to marry the eldest girl" while cutting it off according to the part requested by the willow branch. Liu Zhi didn't answer her words, only counted the copper plates, took the meat wrapped in lotus leaves, and left.
Now that Li Chun has left Huashi County, her father and mother are naturally relieved to let her go out. Willow Branch walked with a basket of vegetables and counted the stone slabs, and the figure that had accompanied him countless times was gone. There was a burst of shouting and scolding in front, and I saw Uncle Zhang, who was selling steamed buns, waving his hand with an unlucky face: "Count me unlucky, you should leave quickly." Willow Branch stood aside with a vegetable basket, and saw a man who was so dirty that he couldn't see the shape stumbling sideways, and there was a strong smell of wine everywhere he went, and everyone covered their noses and cowered on both sides of the road
It was Li Da, who was muttering and scolding something while grabbing a snow-white steamed bun with his black hands and chewing it. Everyone on the side was talking about Li Chun's fishing income, and how difficult Li Da was. For a while, there were people who said that Li Chun was ungrateful, and Li Dahao had raised him for a few years, how could he just leave; Some people are curious about where Li Chun went, and some people swear that he will become a bandit.
When I saw the willow branches, some people inevitably squeezed their eyebrows. Li Chun and Miss Feng Liuji are well-known for their intimacy, but now that Li Chun is gone, Miss Liu and the Yang family in Luosi Lane are married, which is really interesting for those who have nothing to do.
When I got home, I heard Feng Jiaojiao's always lively and loud voice, her house opened after the Dragon Boat Festival in the state capital, and she took over the task of sending posts to Fengliu Ji, mainly to see friends. Seeing the willow branch, Feng Jiaojiao was so surprised that she squirted out a mouthful of tea in her mouth: "Xiaozhi, why did you lose weight like this?" Are you sick? Willow Branch was dressed in a green muslin shirt, and his clothes were dangling all over his body.
"I'm fine," Liu Zhi didn't know it, "I just bought meat, and it was braised at noon, do you want to stay and eat?" ”
Feng Jiaojiao, who lacked heart and lungs, immediately cheered: "I want it." ”
When she got home, Liu Zhi heard Feng Jiaojiao's always lively and loud voice, her house opened after the Dragon Boat Festival in the state capital, and she took over the task of sending posts to Feng Liuji, mainly to see friends.
Seeing the willow branch, Feng Jiaojiao was so surprised that a mouthful of tea squirted out of her mouth: "Xiaozhi, why did you lose weight like this?" Are you sick? Willow Branch was dressed in a green muslin shirt, and his clothes were dangling all over his body.
"I'm fine," Liu Zhi didn't know it, "I just bought meat, and it was braised at noon, do you want to stay and eat?" ”
Feng Jiaojiao, who lacked heart and lungs, immediately cheered: "I want it." Feng Jiaojiao sent Yinzhu back to report that she was eating on Tianshuijing Street, and followed Liu Zhi to the kitchen. Li looked at the tea on the table and tasted it in her heart, she and her daughter got along day and night without noticing it for a while, Feng Jiaojiao's voice woke her up like a dream, only to find that her eldest daughter had lost so much weight that there were only two eye beads left on her face.
I obviously want my daughter to be happy, why does she seem to be getting more and more unhappy.
The Li family tried to find a good day and told the eldest daughter about marrying the Yang family, and Li's mother was still on the side to make all the preparations. As a result, the big girl who burst the charcoal was drenched, and there was no one in Mars, only her eyes flashed, and Li was not sure if it was tears.
"Zhi'er, are you dissatisfied? You tell your mother-" Before Li's words fell, he saw that the eldest daughter had already left the room, and then there was the sound of washing and chopping vegetables in the kitchen.
After the winter, I can't hear the big girl's sincere words, and I can't see the big girl's thoughts. Wicker can still see her sister smile occasionally, but the shallow smile can't be hung up; Once, Yang Xiuxiu said something unpleasant, and Liu Zhi just turned around and left.
Willow changed his clothes and processed the meat first. This is really a good piece of pork belly, the lean meat is bright red and shiny, there is no tangled fascia, the fat is white and greasy, and you feel rich when you look at it. The willow branch first scrapes the meat skin repeatedly with the knife edge, scrapes the remaining pig hair and puts the skin on the fire to roast until the pig skin is browned, and then scrapes it with a knife, and the crispy skin is peeled off one after another, so that even the hair roots are not left inside.
Feng Jiaojiao watched from the side and kept snorting, "The little branch is like a big bell in the Xianglou."
After the whole piece of meat is scorched and processed, the willow branch is changed into a square of about two inches, and Mama Li has already boiled the pot here, and ginger slices and knotted green onions are added to the boiling water, wafting out a spicy aroma. The willow branch added a little rice wine and occasionally put the square meat into the blanch, only a blink of an eye to take it out, overcooked meat will be old.
Pour the square meat into the grate to dry, the willow branches are in another pot, and after the oil is hot and smoke, put thickly cut ginger pieces and knotted white garlic segments into the pot, as well as a few peppercorns. After the fragrance comes out, pick up the ginger and garlic one by one, the onions and garlic are knotted just to facilitate pick-up, and the peppercorns are also sandwiched out one by one, and then the dried square meat is put into the pot, and the skin is discharged face down, so that the hot oil wraps the meat skin and slowly fries out the glue.
The willow branches are petite and can't turn the pot. She had the means and patience to use a large colander to slowly turn the square meat in the pot to make sure that each piece of meat was evenly heated. The fat began to produce oil, and the oil in the pot increased significantly, seeing that the meat skin had been fried to golden brown, and the willow branches no longer turned slowly but stir-fried the square meat.
After stir-frying slightly, remove the square meat and put it on a plate, scoop out half of the oil in the pan, and wait until the remaining oil becomes warm and the willow branches begin to fry the sugar. At this moment, she asked Li's mother to seal the stove, slowly fry the rock sugar crushed in advance over low heat, and then put the cooked meat in the pot and fry it evenly and slowly until each piece was coated with a beautiful brown-red crystal clear sugar color.
then cut a big bamboo shoot, cut it into snow-white bamboo shoots with a hob, put it into a base, and put the meat piece by piece; Pour in a large spoonful of moromi and simmer slowly with water. When the pot was whispering, the fragrance was wafting for a while, Feng Jiaojiao was in a hurry on the side, and the group only turned.
After the juice was harvested, the willow branch slowly turned over the square meat in the pot, and the viscous soup was completely condensed into a sauce, all covered with pieces of square meat and bamboo shoots, and she put it into the basin. Feng Jiaojiao cheekily rubbed her hands: "Give me a piece to taste first." ”
"Xiaozhi, your dish is getting better and better, give me another piece." Feng Jiaojiao salivated, what kind of face do you need to eat. Willow Branch took off her turban and sat on a small stool to drink water, she was a little out of breath after staying by the fire for a long time. She watched Feng Jiaojiao eat with her eyebrows fluttering, and the more she did it, the better she became, because Brother Xiaochun liked this bamboo shoot roast pork the most; He smelled enough of fish and shrimp all day long, only greedy for meat, every time she gave him this dish, the bowl he took back did not need to be washed at all, and the bottom was licked until it was polished.
"Xiaozhi, don't cry, you're going to get sick like this" Feng Jiaojiao's chubby fingers wiped her tears clumsily, and she didn't know when Liu Zhi's tears had rolled on her face.
"Jiaojiao, I miss him so much" Liu Zhi simply buried his face in Feng Jiaojiao's arms, and didn't dare to make a loud noise, the small whimper sounded even more sad.