Chapter 16 She Surprises the Four
"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Mo Huai asked through the door.
Ji Yuejiao was still smiling, and replied to Mo Huai with three points of innocence: "My father's secret recipe can't be shown to Uncle Mo." ”
Master Qi could see it, patted Mo Huai's shoulder and went back to the big kitchen to work, the three of them came to Jueweilou to kick the restaurant, so he couldn't stop working, he wanted to see what big waves the girl and her father could make.
As for the dark and thin Ji Yuhua? The kid looked stupid, and he had long since forgotten about it.
Although Mo Huai was a little worried, but the words were released, he could only let Ji Changhe try, fortunately, in addition to Master Qi's six elbows, Jueweilou would also prepare two raw ones every day, in case that one wanted to eat some side flavors on a whim.
Since he is willing to give these three mud legs to taste the signature elbow of two taels of silver, he does not have to be reluctant to give this one raw, although the price of pork is expensive in disaster years, a three-pound elbow costs three hangings, which is just a little money He can still spend.
In the small kitchen, everything is complete, a huge elbow is placed next to the stove, and there are green onions and ginger and fresh shallots next to it, compared to the kitchen in Ji Yuejiao's house, the items in the small kitchen of Jueweilou are obviously much more complete. Ji Yuejiao took out a handful of red and bright dried chili peppers from Ji Changhe's back basket and put them on the stove.
She was originally going to bring these chili peppers to her eldest sister, although there are still a lot of dried chili peppers at home, but Ji Yuejiao has already decided to leave some of them as seeds, so she is a little reluctant to use them, if she doesn't plan to make a fortune from Mo Huai, she is reluctant to use these dried chili peppers. However, reluctant children can't trap wolves.
Only then did Ji Changhe open his mouth and ask Ji Yuejiao, "Little Gillian, are you sure?" ”
"Don't worry, Dad, I know it in my heart, the old fairy taught me."
"Shhh, don't talk nonsense, what did Dad and Mother say to you?"
Ji Yuhua squeezed his head into the two of them and whispered together, why does his stupid sister always have no door on her lips, and the old fairy can talk nonsense casually? Father and mother have told him that the fact that his sister can see the old fairy must not be told to others, otherwise his sister will be in danger. Looking at Ji Yuejiao, who was carefully observing the elbow, Ji Yuhua fell into deep thought, his stupid sister really couldn't do without his protection for a moment.
Hearing Ji Yuhua say this, Ji Changhe was very relieved in his heart, since Ji Yuejiao woke up from falling into the water and told the family about the old immortals, Ji Yuhua and the Wang family told several children that they must not tell this matter for half a point. Ji Yuping is the eldest son in the family, and he is the most stable in his work on weekdays, and he doesn't need to be told by his father, he also understands the stakes. Although Ji Yuening has a pungent personality, his mouth is strict, what he is most worried about is that his second son Ji Yuhua said that he leaked his mouth, but he didn't expect that although this kid looked unreliable, he had a plan in his heart. As for Ji Yueqing, when there was a drought just now, she asked someone to send some food home, and she hasn't been able to go into the city to see her until now, this girl still doesn't know that Xiao Gillian can speak. However, Ji Changhe didn't plan to tell Ji Yueqing about the old fairy, not because Ji Yueqing was a married daughter, but because it was about Ji Yuejiao, and the less one person knew, the less dangerous it was.
Although Ji Changhe was a little worried that Ji Yuejiao's performance was too eye-catching, he couldn't bear to blame her, no matter what, this was his most beloved little daughter.
"Little Gillian, if you want to do anything in the future, you can push it all to your father, and your father will bear it for you." Ji Changhe admonished.
"It's really not good, and it's okay to push it to me." Ji Yuhua said unashamedly, the elbows of this Jueweilou are really delicious, if my sister can make elbows that are more delicious than them, and tell others that he made them, just thinking about Ji Yuhua feels that there is light on his face.
Phew, Ji Yuejiao took a sip of Ji Yuhua, she knew why the second sister always liked to quarrel with him, it was obvious that her second brother was thick-skinned.
Ji Yuejiao picked up the elbow on the stove and carefully checked whether there were any pig hairs that had not been removed from it, and sure enough, there were still pig hairs in some corners that had not been plucked clean, and it was not impossible for manpower to pull them out, but Ji Yuejiao didn't want to waste time here, after all, she was still thinking about her eldest sister Ji Yueqing. Ji Yuejiao picked up two chopsticks and asked Ji Changhe to insert them into her elbow, and then instructed Ji Yuhua to light the fire, and put the elbow evenly on the fire and roasted it around until the skin was scorched Ji Yuejiao took off the elbow, so that the pig hair on the entire elbow was cleaned up.
Some particular places will melt the rosin and pour it on the outer skin of the elbow, and after the rosin cools, the rosin will be torn off, and the pig hair on it will also be torn off, but Ji Yuejiao thinks this method is time-consuming and laborious, so she has never used it.
Although Jueweilou has a lot of money, he doesn't dare to use water in a special period, and only a wooden bucket of water is prepared in the small kitchen for the Ji family. In Ji Yuejiao's eyes, the water in this wooden bucket is much more precious than this elbow, Ji Yuejiao took a small bowl and scooped it up, carefully cleaned the burnt part of the elbow, and then threw the elbow into the pot.
"That's it?" Ji Yuhua asked.
Ji Yuejiao didn't speak, slice the green onion and ginger and pour a few bowls of water and a small half bowl of Huadiao wine into the pot, this Huadiao wine was also named by Ji Yuejiao.
"Wait for the water to boil before taking your elbow out." Ji Yuejiao looked at the pot with her feet, Ji Changhe was busy responding, and within a quarter of an hour, the water in the pot was churning, and the blood foam in the elbow floated in the pot, Ji Changhe helped to fish out the elbow, and Ji Yuejiao cleaned it again before it was counted. In another pot, Ji Yuejiao poured oil into it, "Dad, when the oil is hot, throw your elbow in and fry it." ”
This is the method that Ji Yuejiao learned in Suzhou and Hangzhou, after the pork skin is fried, large and small bubbles will form on the surface, and it is easier to absorb the flavor when marinated, and when it is marinated, it will not save time, and it will not stew the lean meat inside until it is firewood. After the elbow is fried, Ji Yuejiao scoops out the excess oil, adds rock sugar to fry the elbow to make it bright sugar color, and then puts in the green onion and ginger and the chili pepper that has been prepared long ago, pours a few circles of soy sauce, sprinkles a handful of salt, and finally adds water that has not passed the elbow and then covers the pot. This action was done smoothly, making Ji Changhe wonder if his youngest daughter had secretly practiced countless times.
When there was a gurgling sound in the pot, the fragrance was also diffused, Ji Yuhua's stomach screamed at the right time, Ji Yuejiao looked at him, the little boy laughed embarrassedly, Ji Changhe hurriedly took the yam and gave it to the two children, although the yam was already cold, but several people were very satisfied. Ji Yuejiao saw that there was still water in the wooden barrel, so she simply took a clean pot and boiled the remaining water and gave it to her father and second brother to drink.
Ji Yuejiao's pot of elbows simmered for an hour, and Master Qi, who was originally as stable as Mount Tai, couldn't sit still, he left the work of the big kitchen for the second kitchen and Mo Huai to stand at the door of the small kitchen and wait anxiously, I really don't know why, the aroma coming from the small kitchen is so tempting. Ji Yuejiao was not in a hurry, opened the lid of the pot and poured two teaspoons of Huadiao wine into it, before instructing Ji Yuhua to increase the fire of the stove and collect juice for the pot elbow.
When the soup in the pot was thickened, Ji Yuejiao carefully picked out the chili peppers inside and put them away, it was best to chop the dried chili peppers and throw them in, but Ji Yuejiao deliberately put the whole chili peppers in order to keep this mystery, just to pick and choose when the pot was closed.
The door of the small kitchen opened, and Ji Yuhua was holding a large bowl, in which was placed Ji Yuejiao's newly made elbow, the shape of the elbow was complete, and the soup attached to it was thick, although the color was not as bright red as Master Qi's, but it was as translucent, and the fragrance was scattered, and it went straight to the nose.
"Bring it to me and I'll taste it." Master Qi beckoned Ji Yuhua to come over with the bowl, not caring about the heat, Master Qi picked up the chopsticks and put a piece in his mouth.
After only one bite, Master Qi was stunned.
"Master Qi, how is it?" Mo Huai asked with a little rack, and seeing that Master Qi didn't answer, he also picked up the chopsticks.