The spicy crab was fried and burned into a hot pot, Jiang Xiaobai made two more dishes of the fish and shrimp he caught, and used shredded ginger to adjust the dipping sauce of the steamed hairy crab.

The shrimp and crab porridge is still boiling, which does not affect the meal.

Pu Xinnan moved the table to the courtyard, and a family of four, plus Jiang Xiaobai and other four people, sat around the table and began to enjoy dinner.

Tang Xiaozhou couldn't wait to sandwich a piece of spicy crab, the taste is completely different from the stewed prawns, but it is also delicious.

Lin Jiajun and Pu Xinnan had never eaten braised prawns, and it was the first time they had eaten such a heavy dish, and they both felt that it was fragrant and spicy, and they praised it one after another.

Pu Xinnan said: "Brother Jiang, you are too powerful, people on our side don't know that crabs can be burned like this, we all thought crabs were not delicious before, it turned out that it was not that crabs were not delicious, it was that we couldn't do it." ”

Zhong Xiuhong said: "Of course we won't do it, you see how much oil is used when people make it, and how many spices and condiments are used, we farmers usually cook, where are we willing to do it?" ”

Pu Xinnan nodded again and again: "It's delicious, it's delicious, but it's really unaffordable!" ”

Lin Jiajun said: "No wonder Dad is obsessed with your craftsmanship, even if I eat it, I also want to eat it at once." ”

Jiang Shan said proudly on the side: "I can eat the dishes made by Baba every day!" ”

In a word, Lin Jiajun was envious.

He rolled his eyes and said, "Xiaobai, you see that I don't have anything to do in Jiangcheng, why don't I be your driver?" ”

Pu Xinnan and Zhong Xiuhong didn't know who Lin Jiajun was, so they didn't react, but Tang Xiaozhou was surprised.

How dare Jiang Xiaobai let Lin Jiajun be the driver, and hurriedly said: "Brother Jun, don't be joking!" ”

Lin Jiajun said with a straight face: "Do you think I'm joking?" I'll be your driver, the salary doesn't matter, you can just take care of my food. ”

Jiang Xiao glanced at him blankly and said, "You are here to be a driver for me, you obviously want me to be a cook for you, don't do it!" ”

Lin Jiajun smiled: "You can see through this, count, the twisted melon is not sweet, or you teach me how to make spicy crabs, I will go to Jiangcheng to open a restaurant!" ”

Jiang Xiaobai did not express his position, only said that he would discuss again.

Let everyone eat the spicy crab first, he went to the stove house and brought out the steamed hairy crab.

Pu Xiaoyu, Pu Xiaoxia and Jiang Shan all showed curious expressions when they saw the bundled hairy crabs.

"Uncle, how did you tie up the crabs?" Pu Xiaoxia asked.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled: "If you want to eat it, will it be obedient?" ”

Pu Xiaoxia shook her head again and again, as if she suddenly realized, and said, "The crab is going to run, so I tied it with a rope." ”

Pu Xiaoyu touched his sister and said, "Uncle teases you, if you want to eat the crab, you're afraid that it will run away, can't you eat it after killing it?" There must be something else. ”

Pu Xiaoxia is seven years old, Pu Xiaoyu is nine years old, and the child is a little older, so he thinks more.

However, Pu Xiaoyu didn't know why he tied up the crabs.

Jiang Xiaobai explained with a smile: "Because the steamed hairy crab is steamed with live crabs, the crabs are tied up to prevent the crabs from struggling violently during the steaming process, resulting in leg loss. ”

Pu Xiaoyu nodded, indicating understanding.

However, he still asked curiously: "Uncle, is it delicious to steam the crab like this, without frying or boiling?" ”

Not only him, but even Tang Xiaozhou and Lin Jiajun were equally curious, and their eyes looked at Jiang Xiaobai.

Jiang Shan said on the side: "High-end ingredients often only need the most simple cooking methods!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, amazed that she could say such a thing as a little girl.

The little guy was a little embarrassed by everyone, lowered his head and said, "Baba said it!" ”

Jiang Xiaobai laughed: "You see, even my daughter knows!" ”

After laughing, he said: "However, although the cooking method of hairy crabs is simple, it is very particular about eating it, and it is cultured!" ”

Tang Xiaozhou and Lin Jiajun suddenly became interested, and asked in unison, "What's important?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "In ancient times, eating crabs was a very elegant thing, and everyone had a set of special tools to eat crabs and chrysanthemums, commonly known as eight crabs. ”

The so-called eight pieces of crab include a small square table, a waist hammer, a long-handled axe, a long-handled fork, round-headed scissors, tweezers, a chisel, and a small spoon. These eight items have a variety of functions such as padding, knocking, splitting, forking, cutting, clipping, ticking, and holding.

The crab is steamed and cooked and served on the table, steaming, the crab eater puts the crab on the small square table, uses round-headed scissors to cut off two large claws and eight crab legs one by one, and then gently beats the waist hammer around the crab shell, and then splits the back shell and navel with a long-handled axe, and then takes a drill, tweezers, fork, hammer, or pick or clamp or fork or knock, and take out the golden and buttery crab roe or milky white glued crab paste, as well as the snow-white and tender crab meat.

Each tool is used in turns, and each function is played alternately, as if playing a melody of intonation and frustration.

When you scoop in the dipping sauce with a small spoon and eat the crab shell, it is really delicious.

It is with these eight crabs that the hairy crabs can be eaten cleanly.

After Jiang Xiaobai finished speaking, he said: "After the ancients ate the hairy crab, they could still put together the crab shell into a complete crab. ”

Everyone was amazed.

Pu Xinnan shook his head: "It's so complicated to eat a crab, how much time does it take?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "It is normal for a particular person to spend a few hours after eating a crab. ”

Pu Xinnan's head shook into a rattle, and said, "Then I'm hungry again before I'm full, I won't do it!" ”

Tang Xiaozhou and Lin Jiajun laughed, but the two were very interested in Jiang Xiaobai's statement.

However, Tang Xiaozhou was a little suspicious of Jiang Xiaobai's compilation.

Jiang Xiaobai said: "I'm not talking nonsense, you can go to the library to find a book from the Ming Dynasty called "Test Food", which has a clear record, it is said that this way of eating was invented by a person named Caoshu in Suzhou. ”

Tang Xiaozhou shook his head, he really didn't expect Jiang Xiaobai to even read this kind of book, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed of himself.

Lin Jiajun said with a smile: "What you said is amazing, we don't have the eight crabs you said here, how can you eat this hairy crab?" ”

Jiang Xiaobai said: "I'll tell you about those just to chat, how can we really eat crabs so much, but there are still methods, otherwise we won't be able to eat clean." ”

So, Jiang Xiaobai asked Zhong Xiuhong to help bring a pair of scissors.

In fact, you can use scissors, but he knows that Tang Xiaozhou cares about the crab industry, so this time he is a little more solemn and it is more convenient to use scissors.

Waiting for Zhong Xiuhong to bring the scissors, Jiang Xiaobai picked up a female crab, untied the rope that tied it, and said, "To put it simply, eating hairy crabs can be divided into ten steps. ”

He demonstrated and explained.