Chapter 19: Buying Meat
Before going out today, Lan Shu had already inquired with her family and knew that the stall selling pork was under a big tree in the market street.
The market street is not long, from the street to the end of the street, it is only a hundred meters away, and the two soon came to the pork stall.
At a glance, there is only half of the pork on the stall.
Although it is a semi-monthly market in several nearby villages, there are usually very few people who buy meat, so the meat sellers do not dare to buy too much.
"Pork sells for seven cents a pound~!"
The owner of the butcher stall shouted, and some people gathered around him to pick and choose the position they wanted on the big fan of pork, and most of them were bought by half a catty and half a catty.
Fat meat can refine oil, pour the lard into the bowl and solidify it, pick a little bit every time you stir-fry, and the dish will be very fragrant~!
It is not realistic for them to eat meat at a time, so a meal with some lard is enough to satisfy their cravings, so fatty meat was the favorite of most people in the 80s.
It is the same whether it is a person in a rural area, a county seat, or even a city.
Lan Shu didn't ask for fat, she waited for the owner of the meat stall to cut the position they wanted for the people who bought meat in front of her, and then Lan Shu pointed to the lean meat on the inside of the spine and said to the boss, "Five catties of tenderloin, three catties of pork belly, how much are the ribs?" ”
Hearing that someone wanted to buy eight catties of meat at once, the owner of the meat stall suddenly had a smile on his face, "The pork ribs cost two cents a catty, and if you want, you will be counted as one and a half cents." ”
So cheap!
In Lan Shu's time, the price of pork ribs could be twice as expensive as the price of meat!
And now everyone buys meat tightly, only a little at a time, who will buy ribs with few bones and a few taels of meat?
So the price of pork ribs is very low.
Lan Shu hadn't eaten braised pork ribs for a long time, and she felt sorry for herself if she didn't buy more at this price.
"Ribs cost ten pounds." She said.
"Okay~!" The owner of the meat stall immediately started to cut the meat according to her requirements, and cut off ten catties of pork ribs.
Other people around who were also planning to buy some meat saw a little girl buying so much meat at the meat stall at once, and even buying bones, many of them stared in surprise!
A few older aunts kindly reminded.
"Girl, it's not delicious for you to buy so much lean meat, it's still fragrant to eat meat!"
"That's it, there are bones that are too weighed, they look cheap, but in fact, there are only a few taels of meat when they are removed, and they are all thin."
Although the people who persuaded her were well-intentioned, for Lan Shu, lean meat was a good thing.
She has already thought about it, the tenderloin is tender, and she can buy it back, whether it is marinated and sliced and fried, or mixed with flour to make fried small crispy meat.
Some of the ribs were stewed in soup, and some were kept braised in braised braised ribs, and she couldn't help but drool when she thought of the taste of braised pork ribs......
As for the fat and lean pork belly, stir-fry or chop up dumplings.
By the way, if it is a bun, three catties of pork belly is not enough, and if her eldest brother eats hard alone, he can eat five or six big buns in one meal!
Thinking of this, Lan Shu added to the owner of the meat stall, "Add another five catties of pork belly." ”
The old ladies around her, who originally wanted to persuade her to buy fatty meat, suddenly stopped saying anything.
They can see that the little girl is rich, and she can afford to eat meat every day, and she doesn't care about the oil refined from the fat meat.
With Lan Shu, a 'big customer', most of the pork fans on the stall in front of the butcher stall owner went directly to a small half!
Thirteen catties of meat plus ten catties of pork ribs, a total of ten yuan and six cents, the boss took the initiative to wipe the zero, and only accepted ten yuan.
After calculating the price, Lan Shu directly took out a large unity sheet from his pocket and handed it over.
The others saw that a little girl was so generous, and under her drive, the people who bought meat in the back no longer deducted and searched, and bought half a catty or a catty.
The owner of the butcher stall was so happy to see that his business had become so good~!
Before Lan Shu left, he didn't forget to greet him with the best attitude, "Little girl, go slowly, come back at the end of the month~"
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When the two of them returned from the market at noon, they were already fully loaded.
Fortunately, Xiaobai followed today, he has a lot of strength and can help carry the meat.
Otherwise, Lan Shu would be alone, and there would be no way to bring back so many things she bought.
In addition to buying meat, Lan Shu also bought a packet of rock candy and some soy sauce.
After returning to the village, she bought a handful of green onions grown in Aunt Wang's yard with Aunt Wang next door, and planned to steam a pot of pork and green onion stuffed buns at noon.
In the Lan family, in the kitchen, it was usually Xiaobai who cooked by himself, but today there is one more Lan Shu.
Xiaobai is responsible for lighting the fire and laying hands, and Lan Shu is responsible for taking charge of the spoon.
Cut the tender tenderloin into strips, sprinkle with oil and salt and marinate for 15 minutes, then mix with flour and fry in a pan.
Chop the pork ribs into pieces, take out a small half and add ginger slices, shredded green onions, and Sichuan peppercorns, stew in clear soup, and fry the remaining half with the rock sugar she bought today to make a sugar color, add green onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns and a small amount of soy sauce to braise them.
At this time, the soy sauce is pure soybean fermentation, which is real and delicious!
It can also be regarded as making up for the lack of other seasonings.
In addition to the small crispy pork and pork ribs, more than half of the eight-pound pork belly bought in the market is chopped into meat filling by Xiaobai, mixed with chopped green onions, added with a small amount of warm water, salt, and soy sauce, and stirred well.
After the dough is fully kneaded and vented, it is ready to be filled with meat filling and steamed buns.
Wait for the buns to rest for 20 minutes, put them in the pot and steam them over high heat, and lunch is ready.
At noon, before Lan Dazhuang came back, he smelled the smell of meat wafting in the air.
He was not the only one attracted by the scent, as several neighbors in his neighborhood walked out of the door and stood outside their respective courtyards and inhaled violently.
"Whose house is ready to eat? What fragrant meat! ”
The neighbors who smelled the smell were envious, and then according to the direction of the fragrance, everyone quickly determined that the smell of meat wafted from the Lan family-
"The Lan family has lived a really good life here, and they eat meat again!" Someone is chattering.
"It's nothing to have money to eat meat now, and when you pay the money for land contracting to the village every year in the future, you may not be able to eat meat~" Some people are jealous.
No matter whether the people in the village are envious or jealous of the Lan family, these will not affect the Lan Shu family.
When Lan Dazhuang returned home, he saw a plate of attractively colored pork ribs and a large pot of steamed buns on the table in the main hall of his house that was open to the door, and Lan Dazhuang finally knew where the fragrance just came from!
"Xiaobai is ready to eat today!?" Lan Dazhuang walked excitedly, and his steps were much brisker.
Hearing the voice of the big strong brother, Xiaobai walked out of the kitchen with a plate of fried crispy pork.
He said as he walked, "I didn't make today's lunch, Sister Lan was in charge of it." ”
When these words came into Lan Dazhuang's ears, he was immediately dumbfounded!
"What? Younger sister...... Can she eat the food she cooks? ”