Chapter 57: Ghee (Seeking Follow-up)
Although Chen Yan came to Gesang Village for the first time, she was very familiar with Namtso, and called a taxi in the scenic spot service area with a phone call.
After buying high-quality yak milk from a nearby ranch, Zhou Zhou bought some brown sugar at a supermarket near the attraction, and then returned to Grandma Dama's house to start making cheese buns.
As the name suggests, making cottage cheese buns is naturally inseparable from cottage cheese. This is actually the product of separating butter tea, which is the most common thing in Tibetan families, but it has become the most anticipated delicacy of Mei Duo, which shows the embarrassment of the family.
Looking at Mei Duo with an expectant face, Zhou Zhou's heart was a little sour, so he deliberately bought two large barrels of high-quality yak milk; Except for today's meal, Mei Duo should be able to drink fragrant butter tea every day for the next few months.
Separating butter tea is a 'beating' process, which requires the use of 'Dong Mo buckets', which have a detachable lid and a piston-like beater in the center of the lid, also known as 'Jialuo'.
Fresh yak milk is first heated to about 50 degrees Celsius, then poured into a bucket and the lid is secured, and the beater has to separate the oil and water from the milk by constantly pumping the 'karao' up and down.
This process is very painstaking and very testing of the crafter's skills, and the trick is to judge the degree of oil-water separation through the feedback from 'Koro'.
Whether the final butter tea is mellow or not depends on the method and accurate judgment of the maker.
Grandma Dama was afraid that Zhouzhou would not have enough experience, so she originally wanted to do it herself, but was rejected by Zhouzhou. The process requires thousands of twitches, which is not something that an old man can handle.
The helpless Dama could only wait with his excited granddaughter, and when Zhou Zhou finally let go of the hand holding Jia Luo, he cautiously walked over to watch.
"What a good ghee!"
A layer of yellow grease appeared in Dong Mo's bucket, faintly revealing the milky fragrance, and under the sunlight, the foam on the surface of the grease shimmered with colorful light, and Grandma Dama could tell at a glance that this was the top ghee.
The ghee made from milk is yellow, and the goat's milk is white, both of which are pure in color; The ghee in Dong Mo's bucket is bright yellow, such a pure color that even Grandma Dharma, who has lived in Tibet for more than 80 years, has seen it for the first time.
Compared to grandma, Mei Duo is nothing to be surprised about, since Brother Zhou is the embodiment of the auspicious Heavenly Mother, of course he is omnipotent.
She had already washed her hands in advance, and was already cheering to pick up the ghee in her little hands, and then carefully put it into a leather bag specially for ghee.
Soon the fresh ghee will solidify into a bright yellow ghee cube that can be stored for a long time and can be used at any time.
After the ghee is successfully separated from the yak milk, the remaining milk has been stripped of the grease, and only needs to be boiled and then cooled to obtain yogurt water, and the cottage residue is the residue of the yogurt water filtered through the bamboo bucket filter.
After removing the milk residue from the bamboo bucket filter, it needs to be placed in the sun for one to two hours, and the final formed milk residue is an irregular form of a clump of sourness, which is very refreshing in sour taste, and rich in nutrients, which can dissolve food and eliminate phlegm.
When Tibetans leave their hometown, they always bring some cheese with them to prevent them from adapting to the soil, but this cheap food is entrusted with a special meaning by Tibetans.
While drying the cheese, Zhou Zhou began to melt the filtered milk into brown sugar and then knead it into flour.
The cheese bun requires that the skin is soft and the cottage residue is sour and brittle, so it does not need to be kneaded too many times, and the force should not be too violent, but it is required to be kneaded evenly, and the brown sugar milk must be evenly distributed in all positions of the noodles, so that there will be the best taste.
The last step is the happy bun making time.
Grandma Dama, Mei Duo, and Chen Yan all started to help, Zhouzhou's buns were the most beautiful, with petal patterns like flowers, with eighteen folds, and Grandma Dama's and Mei Duo's were also above the level, only Chen Da Beauty's buns looked more like ugly steamed buns.
After the hot cheese buns came out of the pot, Chen Yan, a girl who loves beauty, naturally grabbed the buns produced by Zhouzhou for the first time, but Grandma Dama picked up the buns she made with a smile and praised her a few words.
The soft and sweet and milky bun skin was bitten by Mei Duo, and the brittle cheese made her squint beautifully, when she was a child, she always thought that the cheese buns made by her grandmother were the most delicious, but when she ate the cheese buns made by Zhouzhou, the girl's heart immediately empathized and said goodbye.
Through the heat coming out of the bun, the happy Mei Duo secretly glanced at Brother Zhou and lowered her head and smiled sweetly, not knowing what was going on in her little head.
When Meadow laughed the most, her Abba Amma also returned; Seeing his father's condition alleviated and his daughter's happy appearance, the honest father could only rub his hands and smile honestly, even if he was secretly stabbed in the waist by his wife a few times, he still couldn't say a beautiful word.
On the contrary, Zhou Zhou first stretched out his hand: "Uncle Qiangba, are the cattle and sheep on the grassland still fat and strong?" ”
"This year's aquatic plants are good, very fat, very fat..."
Qiangba, a Han named Ma Qiang, replied, and then he didn't know what to say, so he ate a cheese bun sullenly, and then picked up another ......
Seeing that the man had eaten three buns in a row, his wife Zhuoma finally couldn't help it, glanced at her husband lightly, and said apologetically: "He's just like this, I'm sorry for the two guests." ”
Zhou Zhou smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, Uncle Qiangba is the true temperament."
By the way, I heard that you and Uncle Qiangba are currently grazing on someone else's pasture, I don't know how the cattle and sheep are in the pasture where the two of you are? ”
At the mention of cattle and sheep, Qiangba's eyes lit up, and he nodded again and again: "The color is very good, they are all the best quality yaks and northern Tibetan black sheep." ”
"I believe Uncle Qiangba, do you think this is good?
We also need beef and mutton supply on the railway, and the person in charge of the logistics office of the Tibetan Railway Section is also very familiar with our conductor.
It just so happens that I am the chef in charge of the dining car, and I believe that the conductor will still give me some face; I hope that in the future, our x164 will purchase the beef and mutton from your pasture through the logistics office of the Tibetan Railway Section, and it will be long-term.
But this requires a middleman, Uncle Qiangba, can you do me a small favor? ”
Half of the x164 is on the Tibetan Plateau, and there is not a small amount of beef and mutton that needs to be consumed.
Zhou Zhou just received the 50,000 skill points rewarded by the system, and directly upgraded the 'skill' to the level of a special second-level chef, and now he is a real second-level chef.
Speaking of which, thanks to Meadow...... Looking at Mei Duo's only long leather jacket and the ordinary food she was holding cheese buns, Zhou Zhou always felt that he should do something for this family.
Aunt Xia's face on this railway line is big enough, anyway, the logistics office of the Tibetan Railway Section also has to purchase ingredients, as long as Aunt Xia is willing to help say something, it shouldn't be a difficult thing.
"I... But... But..."
Qiangba's face turned red, and his hands were rubbed red, and finally Dolma agreed on behalf of her husband.
The cattle and sheep in the pasture have a stable market, and the rancher will also give their husband and wife a payment; Zhuoma is a smart woman, how can she not see that Zhou Zhou is deliberately trying to help her family?
"Brother Zhou is the best person in the world, he is the embodiment of the auspicious Heavenly Mother......"
Mei Duo is as smart as her Amma, and those big sparkling eyes have never left Zhou Zhou's face, as if she wants to remember Zhou Zhou's appearance firmly and engrave it in her heart.
......
After eating this meal, Zhou Zhou and Chen Yan said goodbye and left Grandma Dama's house; The sooner the matter of the ranch supply is resolved, the sooner Mei Duo can wear the new clothes she deserves, and Aunt Xia called last night and asked him to return to the Tibetan capital as soon as possible.
When the two got into the taxi, Mei Duo stood on the side of the road with her little sheep Tuan Tuan and refused to leave, she jumped desperately, waving her hands desperately, hoping that her brother Zhou would look back at her and Tuan Tuan more.
Looking back at Mei Duo, who had turned into a small black dot, Chen Yan felt that her eyes began to itch again, and gently wiped it: "Old Zhou, I'm afraid this little girl has you in mind......"