Chapter 22 Making Tofu
Jiang Yan thought about whether to use it to make a snack, this kind of snack with zero cost and good taste, there should be some market, the main thing is that if there is no cost, don't worry about losses.
Anyway, there are many Lin families, Jiang Yan plans to make it too, this thing has a large gelatin content and is easy to condense, and making it into a green jelly can also be regarded as a flavor.
This trip can be said to be full of harvest, the back basket is full of mountain goods, and the eldest son Lin Dong also picked up a bundle of firewood.
"Mother, what are we doing with so many leaves?"
Lin Xi carried the leaves in his clothes, sniffed them, and couldn't smell what they were.
"This is called tofu leaves, you can make cold tofu and eat, Ming'er will teach you how to do it."
The family chatted a few words from time to time, and soon returned home, at this time the sky also darkened, Jiang Yan was worried that it was too dark to cook, but she didn't expect that the virtuous daughter-in-law had already cooked the meal.
Neatly placed on the table, no one has touched it yet, Jiang Yan took a look, this dish is cold, she thought about waiting for a long time, her heart was touched, and then she looked at the Lin family who were looking at her around her...... It's a nice feeling to have someone waiting at home.
Wang Jinhua hurriedly brought all the dishes on the table to the kitchen to heat, while several other people helped sort out the mountain goods that they had brought back, and the family was busy in an orderly manner.
After eating, the family soaked their feet comfortably, a few days ago they were not full of food, not to mention brown rice, wild vegetables have to be saved, how can I think now I can eat three meals a day!
"Mother, what kind of tofu are you talking about, is it really delicious?" Lin Bei stared at the pile of green leaves, and after studying for a long time, he didn't find any difference from ordinary leaves, and when he heard a few brothers say that his mother wanted to use this thing to make tofu, he didn't think it was possible!
He only knew that soybeans could be made into tofu, but he had never heard that leaves could also be used to make tofu.
"Why do you have so many questions a day, and you've been asking me this question all night."
Jiang Yan played a brain melon to Lin Bei, this child turned out to be a master who broke the casserole and asked to the end, it seems that the shadow brought to them by the original owner is gradually decreasing, and they are less and less afraid of themselves.
"Tomorrow our family will not go up the mountain, there is no copper plate at home, my mother thought of a way to make money, but I don't know if it can be done, Ming'er will try it at home first."
"Mother, are you making this leaf tofu?"
"Tofu should be made as well, but there are other things to be made." Jiang Yan got up and patted the dust on her body, "Go to sleep, you'll know tomorrow." ”
In the early morning, the first rays of sunlight shone into the dilapidated hut of the Lin family, Jiang Yan got up in a daze, and she was the last one in the family to get up.
She was extremely glad that she was dressed as a mother-in-law and could sleep until she woke up naturally, and no one in the family dared to wake her up.
After washing, Jiang Yan took a group of people from the Lin family to get busy and assigned their tasks to everyone.
Xiaodouzi and Xiaowu are the youngest, and today's task is to feed the chickens, and the two only need to find some wild vegetables on the ridge and bring them back to chop, pour some water and stir them together.
Lin Dong and Lin Xi were the largest, and the two of them were assigned to chop firewood, and the Lin family's firewood was used on the same day to cut firewood, and there was not much left, Jiang Yan asked them to cut more for later use.
Lin Nan and Lin Bei were more clever, so they stayed at home to help, and after a simple breakfast, the family started to make tofu under the command of Jiang Yan.
She asked a few people to wash the green leaves they picked back last night, and a few people worked with their hands and feet, because their mother said that the leaves could be made into tofu, and they couldn't sleep last night with curiosity, and kept guessing what their mother was going to do.
After a few people washed it, Jiang Yan found a clean cloth, and under her command, the cloth was divided into two pieces and made into two simple cloth bags.
The leaves were filled in the cloth bag, and water was poured into the wooden basin, so that several people began to rub desperately, kneading and beating until all the juice in the leaves was squeezed out, and the clear water gradually became thicker.
This is repeated until all the leaves in the pot are beaten and two pots of thick juice are squeezed out.
Then Jiang Yan instructed a few people to filter the viscous juice with gauze, and the miscellaneous leaves inside were also cleaned up, and then added the clarified grass and wood ash water that Wang Jinhua had prepared in advance, and then stirred it quickly in one direction.
Slowly, the juice began to congage into lumps, and it didn't take long for them to turn into tofu-like lumps.
The Lin family on the side was dumbfounded, their pupils dilated, and they looked incredibly at the green leaves that turned into tofu under their hands, who would have thought that the inconspicuous leaves could be made into two pots of tofu!
Jiang Yan asked them to move the basin to the cellar for precipitation, but unfortunately the Lin family did not have a well, otherwise they could put it in the well and chill it, so that the taste would be better.
After doing this, Jiang Yan took the flour she bought last time to the kitchen and began to try to make rice noodles, which is an important ingredient for making rice noodles, and she plans to sell rice noodles first!
Cheong fun is simple, low cost, and delicious in taste, which is very suitable for her to operate, and there is no such thing as cheong fun in this era, and it is estimated that Cheng Fen has not yet, so it may be able to make a long-term business.
spent a lot of noon in the kitchen, during which the Lin family was all around, as long as Jiang Yan had any instructions, they immediately buried their heads in it.
Lin Nan followed Jiang Yan's instructions and kept washing a piece of dough until the dough became smaller and smaller, and he couldn't knead anything more, Jiang Yan stopped Lin Nan.
After the dough is kneaded, what remains is gluten, and the one in the basin is the flour.
Pour the flour and water again and start stirring, add water appropriately while stirring, pound for a long time, and finally make rice milk and flour.
There are no tools for making rice rolls for the time being, but this is not difficult for Jiang Yan, she directly cut and chop the cleaned wild vegetables, and chopped the elm mushrooms picked back last night, and put a small bamboo dustpan on the iron pot.
The small dustpan is used to steam things, she pours the mixed rice milk on it, puts some chopped wild vegetables, and then puts it on the iron pot, the dustpan is dipped in hot water, and the rice milk inside immediately whitens and condenses into a piece.
Such a simple version of cheong fun was made like this, and the ingredients for the sauce were not yet fully bought, so Jiang Yan had to buy a little soy sauce of this era at the grocery store in the town, but she bought a lot of cheong fun sauce in the mall, and the taste would not be too bad!
Jiang Yan looked at the finished product with satisfaction, and sandwiched a piece to Lin Bei's mouth, "How about tasting the taste?" ”
Lin Bei looked at this white and clear thing, the transparent skin was still wrapped in chopped wild vegetables, and he looked up at Jiang Yan: "It's so beautiful!" Mother, how did you come up with the idea of doing this? ”
Jiang Yan smiled mysteriously and handed it over: "Eat first, and see if it's delicious after eating." ”