Chapter 16: I'll Give You This Fish
Chu Xiaoran pointed to these ingredients and said to the lady of the Zhou family: "Mother Lu, I want to make a braised pig's trotters, stir-fried beans, sweet and sour fish, and I am making a mushroom soup." ”
The mother of the Zhou family is surnamed Lu.
Chu Xiaoran prefers to call the Zhou family's lady Lu's mother.
Lu's mother nodded: "These dishes, the old woman can make them, why don't you let the old woman help on the side?" ”
"Yes."
Chu Xiaoran said with a smile: "I have never been in the kitchen, if Mother Lu doesn't help, don't say whether this dish can be made, just say whether this fire can be lit!" ”
This is a large pot stove with firewood.
When to use low heat for stir-frying, and when to use high heat, this is a deep degree.
Mother Lu matched the amount of the four dishes, the wild boar's trotters were chopped into evenly sized pieces with a machete, the fish was killed, the fish scales were scraped clean, rinsed, put aside, pickled with green onions and ginger, and Chu Xiaoran cleaned the vegetables and mushrooms.
With the help of Lu's mother, the dishes were quickly prepared, and the next thing was to make them.
Lu's mother took out the fire fold and began to start the fire.
The stove gradually smoked, at first with black smoke, a little choking, and gradually the smoke turned white, no longer smoky to the eyes.
In front of him are two cauldrons, and the one inside has been added with water by Lu's mother.
"Sanniang, now pour the pig's trotters into the water, boil them with ginger slices and green onions, and remove the blood, so that the pig's trotters will not taste fishy." Lu's mother opened her mouth to guide.
Chu Xiaoran took a deep breath, put the chopped pig's trotters in, and then picked up a kitchen knife and carefully cut a few slices of ginger and Shandong green onions, chopped them into several pieces, and threw them all in.
"Mother Lu, do you think so?"
Mother Lu smiled and nodded: "Very good, the first time I do it, I will inevitably be nervous, just wait a while." ”
The pig's trotters were blanching, and the pot outside was gradually burning red, and Mother Lu said: "Sanniang, start making the first dish, first cook the mushroom soup, the mushrooms have to be cooked and burned thoroughly, so it is safe to eat and delicious." ”
Chu Xiaoran nodded, scooped a scoop of water and poured it into the red-hot iron pot, the iron pot touched the cold water, steaming, and the kitchen was steaming instantly.
"Mother Lu, what kind of water is boiled, is it boiled?"
The cauldron boils water, Chu Xiaoran has never seen it, in his previous life, he was directly a smart housekeeper at home, and his mouth was open, "Xiaowei, I want to drink water." ”
The water is automatically boiled, and it is served directly upside down.
"Well, it's a good judgment, you see that there are small bubbles at the bottom of the pot, and when it floats up, it becomes big again, and it makes a gurgling sound in the pot, which proves that the water is boiling."
Only when the water is boiling can you put food, Chu Xiaoran still knows this common sense.
The water outside boiled, and the pig's trotters inside were also blanched, Chu Xiaoran, under the guidance of Lu's mother, scooped up the pig's trotters with a bamboo colander, cleaned them carefully, and put them aside for later use.
During this period, Mother Lu had already washed the pot inside, and Chu Xiaoran poured the mushrooms on the side into the pot outside and covered the pot.
"When the pot is hot, add oil and a few more sucrose......
Mother Lu looked at the fire while guiding Chu Xiaoran, during which Chu Xiaoran was splashed with oil on her hands several times, and almost threw away the spatula, but in the end she still held back, the pig's trotters were evenly coated with sugar, put water and began to stew, Chu Xiaoran had time to use cold water to flush the place that was scalded by the oil.
Although it was washed with water, it still blistered because it was not flushed in time, but Chu Xiaoran didn't care.
These blisters are insignificant compared to life.
The pig's trotters are stewed, and the mushroom soup next to it is also good, and the mushroom soup is served in a soup bowl and sprinkled with green green onions.
Chu Xiaoran knew that this credit had to be attributed to Lu's mother.
After the mushroom soup was ready, she started to make sweet and sour fish, the most troublesome thing about the sweet and sour fish dish was actually the knife work, but Chu Xiaoran did not see this fish as a fish, but in her previous life, when her father asked her to do the exercises, she asked for an accurate head.
I used that quasi-head on this fish, and I didn't miss it.
The knife work did not miss, but the appearance of this fish was not as good as expected, I think the ratio of sugar and vinegar was not well controlled, and the color did not achieve the expected effect.
Chu Xiaoran dipped some soup with chopsticks, and sure enough, the taste was sweet.
Chu Xiaoran thought that the uncle said that his mouth was very picky, so he wanted to make a new one, but was stopped by Lu's mother.
"Sanniang, since you, the life-saving benefactor, want to eat the dishes you cooked, the old woman thinks that what he should want to see is your heart."
Chu Xiaoran pursed his lips, and then nodded.
Mother Lu is right, life-saving grace, what kind of delicious food can offset such a great kindness?
Only by holding out a sincere heart and not fake people's hands can you repay one or two.
The sweet and sour fish is good, and then I fried a bean, and the braised pig's trotters are also good at this time, and they are out of the pot with the beans.
The taste of the dish, Chu Xiaoran didn't taste it, she was confident that it would not be difficult to eat, but whether it could meet the requirements of the young sect master, Chu Xiaoran didn't have a bottom in her heart.
The first time she cooked, it was already unexpected for her not to miss, but when it came to deliciousness, Chu Xiaoran was not so narcissistic.
The food was placed in Chu Xiaoran's yard, mainly because this uncle was in her yard and was not ready to leave.
Three dishes and one soup were served on the table, and the uncle's eyes began to stare at the food on the table with a wrong eyeball, which confirmed that there was no exaggeration in the sentence that he hadn't eaten for two days.
Obviously hungry like this, this person did not take the lead in moving the chopsticks, but waited until Chu Xiaoran also sat down, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite before he began to eat.
Chu Xiaoran thought to herself, she deserves to be the son of one of the best sects, and she can give 100 points for this etiquette.
Chu Xiaoran sandwiched a piece of fish meat and was about to put it in his mouth, but the beautiful man next to him suddenly stopped eating it, and looked at Chu Xiaoran's hand with a pair of eyes.
Chu Xiaoran will not eat it, nor will it be if he does not eat it.
Finally, with a constipated face, he asked, "Are you taking a fancy to the fish in my hand?" ”
The beautiful man didn't speak, he just looked at her hands.
"Then I'll give you this piece of fish?"
It's not that Chu Xiaoran is stingy, but that there is her saliva on this chopstick, so I have to ask if it's no.
The beautiful man suddenly made a move, naturally instead of taking the fish and meat from Chu Xiaoran's chopsticks, he moved all the dishes in front of him one by one and began to sweep the dishes on the plate like a whirlwind.
Chu Xiaoran swallowed his saliva, bit his chopsticks, and didn't know how to put down his chopsticks, so he simply put the chopsticks down and watched him eat with his hands on his chest.
After about a cup of tea, the uncle finally ate it, and very kindly left her a little soup, which was really just a little soup.
Say that the mouth is very picky?
She didn't think that the first time she cooked, she would be able to make a delicious meal and capture the stomach of this young sect master.