Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Hot Pot in Ancient Times
Several people worked in the kitchen for most of the day to fill more than 60 bottles of chilblain cream. In order to have dinner, he had to stop making chilblain cream in advance, and of course, Ning Qingxi was also looking forward to the mutton hot pot in the evening.
The mutton was killed last night, broken down into pieces and frozen.
Fang Chunmei is in charge of slicing mutton, and it is easier to cut frozen mutton into rolls.
Ning Qingxi was in charge of preparing the seasonings, and the crushed peanuts and sesame seeds were all prepared and put in a stone mortar, and Li Dafeng was responsible for mashing them.
After mashing it, put it in a small bowl, and put a plate of dogwood, and a small dish of ginger, onion and garlic. When the time comes, you can adjust what flavor you want to eat.
Wang Xiujuan is responsible for stir-frying Fang Chunmei's chopped green onions, garlic and ginger in the pot, and after the taste bursts out, pour the fragrant mutton bone broth that has been boiling for a day next to it, cover it and simmer.
Ning Changrong, who was in the county, went to the blacksmith to get his customized pots and pans, and was rushing back with the villagers.
There was light snow in the sky on the road, and everyone had to speed up.
When Ning Changrong and the others went home, the dishes at home had already been prepared, so they waited for Ning Changrong and them to come back. The clothes were not wet outside, but as soon as they returned home, the snow on their bodies melted immediately when the temperature was too high, and the three of them hurriedly went back to various rooms to change their clothes.
Wang Xiujuan took advantage of this time to clean the pot that Ning Changrong had brought back, put the mutton soup base into it, put the whole small pot on the small stove on the side and simmered slowly, put the mutton rolls on the stove on the side, wash the dry cabbage and tightly put it on three plates, and the taro cut into small pieces was also loaded on two plates.
One small bowl of seasoning and one bowl of wheat rice per person.
Seeing that everyone was almost packed up and ready to eat, Ning Qingxi mixed a bowl of dipping sauce for herself and her father and grandmother. All three of them were able to eat spicy food, and they added a lot of dogwood to the bowl.
"Sissy, can this thing be delicious if you add it?" Fang Chunmei watched curiously as Ning Qingxi added spoonfuls of dogwood to the bowl.
"Delicious! The lamb slices are dipped in this seasoning and put in the mouth, adding the fragrance of sesame seeds and crushed peanuts, as well as the spicy taste of dogwood on the tip of the tongue, sucking and slipping, especially delicious! ”
Li Dafeng, who was on the side, couldn't help but add some to the bowl when he heard her describe it.
Seeing that Fang Chunmei also wanted to add, Wang Xiujuan dissuaded: "The second family, you can't eat dogwood, you still have to breastfeed." ”
Fang Chunmei didn't continue the movements of her hand when she heard this, and only added a few non-irritating condiments to dip in water.
There were not enough stools, so the family circled around the kitchen, and Wang Xiujuan sat on the small pier where the fire was lit, and the big guys were standing to eat.
Ning family, look at me, I look at you, I don't understand how to eat this raw meat lettuce.
Wang Xiujuan demonstrated, after using chopsticks to order a piece of mutton roll, it was cooked in more than ten seconds, picked up and put into Ning Qingxi's seasoning bowl.
Ning Qingxi was so hungry that he dipped the seasoning in the bowl and couldn't wait to put it in his mouth.
"Hiss, hot, hot, hot, hot......"
"You kid! There is no one to rob, what is the hurry? Wang Xiujuan pointed to the bowl and told her to spit it out.
Ning Qingxi shook his head, and Si Ha Si Ha waited for the mutton to cool down in his mouth and swallowed it. "Delicious! It's so delicious! Ning Qingxi tasted the taste in her mouth, squinting her eyes happily, although the spicy taste was still a little worse, she was already satisfied, and the most important thing was that there was no smell!
After seeing Wang Xiujuan move chopsticks, the Ning family knew how to eat. As soon as he heard Ning Qingxi's words, a few pairs of chopsticks couldn't wait to pick up the mutton rolls and put them in the pot.
After seeing that the mutton was not red, Ning Laosanyi added his chopsticks and put them in the bowl.
He learned Ning Qingxi's lesson and blew on it before putting it in his mouth.
"Hmm."
Li Dafeng stood next to him, "What's wrong?" ”
Ning Laosan frowned, swallowed reluctantly, and poured himself a glass of water before relieving himself, "It's so spicy, I feel a headache on my tongue." But I still want to eat it! "Why did his niece Sissy eat like no one? Seeing that there were more dogwoods in that bowl than him, and even more so in his eldest brother's bowl, his tongue hurt when he saw it.
After Ning Laosan finished speaking, Ning Laosan was mentally prepared when he ate it, it was indeed very spicy, and he couldn't help sweating on his forehead after eating a few bites, but he felt that he still wanted to eat it.
Ning Changrong praised while eating, "Xixi's dipping water is well matched, fragrant and spicy." "It's not in vain that he spent a hundred dollars on peanuts and sesame seeds. If it weren't for his daughter's mutton hot pot, he would really be reluctant.
Li Dafeng, who kept eating chopsticks, listened to Ning Changrong's words and thought, if you put good things like sesame seeds and peanuts in it, you can only have a ghost if it is not fragrant.
But this way of eating is really fresh, and the family is sweating in the kitchen in the winter.
Except for the fact that they couldn't get used to the spicy taste of dogwood at first, after eating a few more bites, the Ning family fell in love with it.
The prepared mutton and cabbage were eaten dry, and three plates of Ning Changrong were added to the back before they were full.
After eating, they left one by one with their stomachs up.
After the meal, the two concubines cleaned up the kitchen, and after a trip back to the room, Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei made an appointment to come to Wang Xiujuan's room together.
Wang Xiujuan was chatting with Ning Qingxi.
"Xixi, this is the red head rope that your third uncle bought for you."
"Xixi, this is the green head rope that your second uncle bought for you."
Ning Qingxi was caught off guard and looked at the two head ropes on the table, and looked up at her grandmother.
Wang Xiujuan received her granddaughter's eyes and asked, "Why did the second and third suddenly think of sending Xixi things?" ”
"Mother, didn't Xixi send our family this chilblain cream? It's pretty good, her two uncles think they can't take our Xixi's things for nothing. I heard that the little girls in the county like to use this red head rope, so I bought two at once, and the color was afraid of being heavy, so I chose a cyan one. ”
Okay, have two head ropes at once. In fact, Ning Qingxi usually tied a ponytail with a cloth torn off her clothes, and these colorful head ropes were no different from the strips of cloth to her.
But since it's a gift from an uncle and aunt, you still have to give face.
Ning Qingxi took the head rope and thanked him crisply: "Thank you, second uncle and second aunt, third uncle and third aunt." ”
Li Dafeng and Fang Chunmei said: "Alas, let's Xixi really talk about etiquette. ”
Fang Chunmei nodded, and found that Wang Xiujuan on the opposite side yawned, "Xixi, if you like it, mother, then Dafeng and I will go back first, you can rest with Xixi." Wang Xiujuan yawned again, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and waved her hand: "Go back, go back." ”
After the two left, Wang Xiujuan and Ning Qingxi washed up and got into the warm quilt, "Milk, will we still eat mutton hot pot tomorrow?" ”
"Still want to eat? Okay. I want to eat it and continue to eat it tomorrow. But if you eat too much mutton, it will get hot. ”
"What's the fire? How much do you eat? I'm willing to get on fire! Thinking of the taste of dinner, Ning Qingxi felt hungry again......