475 Thermal Preservation Tips
Su Xueyan found the words that Su Qingluan couldn't understand: "Sister, what is 'experiment'?" β
Originally, everyone didn't pay attention to this detail, after all, they were all waiting to see what medicine was sold in Su Qingluan's gourd.
However, when Su Xueyan asked like this, everyone reacted, and no one had ever heard of this word.
Su Qingluan secretly said in his heart: Sure enough, when you relax at home, it is easy to leak your mouth. Compared to Mu Xingzhi, who had already noticed that something was wrong with her, the members of the Su family could even be described as "silly and sweet".
Thanks to the fact that she often talked about things in front of Mu Xingzhi, Su Qingluan felt that her current ability to make up stories had increased significantly, and the reason for all kinds of nonsense was that she blurted out without blinking her eyes: "Experimental experiments, the meaning of field testing, after all, I haven't tried this method before, only after field testing, I know if it's good or not!" β
As he spoke, he turned to pick up the crockpot sitting on the stove.
There was nothing else in the crockpot, just boiling hot water. Su Qingluan put a thick rag on the pad, carried it in small steps, and shouted again and again, "Be careful of the hot water, be careful of the heat", and let the two little guys quickly flash aside.
Then she slowly poured the water from the entire crockpot into the large copper basin in front of her.
Looking at the white mist steaming, the little girl rubbed her cold fingertips a little eagerly. Su Qingluan's eyes were sharp, and she hurriedly told her sister: "Snow geese, don't touch the edge of this pot, be careful that your hands turn into roast pig's trotters!" β
The little girl was unhappy, and her mouth pouted as if she wanted to hang an oil bottle: "My hands are not pig's trotters!" My hands are whiter than trotters! Softer than pig's trotters! β
Yang smiled when he heard this: "Is this a matter of pig's trotters?" Take your hand back! As he spoke, he put his little daughter's hands and small body in his arms.
Soon, most of the water from the crockpot was poured into the copper basin, barely past almost half of the water mark in the copper basin.
Su Qingluan did not continue to pour the water, but continued to put the remaining water in the crockpot, using the residual temperature of the stove to keep the water temperature from dropping too quickly.
At this time, the mutton scorpion soup that had been bubbling on the other stove had been boiled to a milky white, and the white radish inside had become translucent, and the mutton had almost been soft and boneless.
Because it is not in the form of hot pot, there is no heat source for continuous heating under the container, so the vegetables can only be stewed and eaten slowly, and cannot be eaten at any time like hot pot, so Su Qingluan first put radish pieces, lotus root slices, and fungus in the pot, which are not too soft and rotten no matter how they are stewed.
It wasn't until it was almost served that the pineapple was added to the green leafy vegetables that can be eaten by blanching it casually.
"The sheep and scorpion pot is on the table~" Su Qingluan greeted everyone while moving the tableware and helping to drag the copper basin over.
Su Qingluan put the casserole pot containing the sheep and scorpion pot in a copper basin filled with steaming water, and opened the lid again: "How is it?" Although the casserole is already very warm, the effect of heat preservation should be much better! β
Now they are in the front hall, although there is heat from the kang in the bedroom of the main house, so that the temperature here will not drip into ice, and it is relatively warm, but in the end it is only "relatively warm".
The rooms used as the front hall are usually relatively empty, and because of the need to maintain ventilation and lighting, the front hall will be more open whether it is a window or a door, so that it is easier to pour in cold air when it is cold outside.
In addition, the heat flow of the fire kang in the inner room forms an air convection up and down, in fact, the position of the front hall is not only a little cold, but also a cold wind that seems to be drilling into the collar from all directions!
Because of this, even if the casserole is very warm compared to containers such as copper pots or iron pots, it is still easy to cool down in this environment.
The method that Su Qingluan thought of could indeed greatly extend the holding time of the casserole, which made the Su family praise her for being very smart.
Su Qingluan was a little embarrassed to be praised, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, taste the mutton inside, this is a freshly killed live sheep, it must be very fresh, and there is no too strong taste!" β
In fact, when she was in the stove room just now, she took a small bite, this mutton is really tender, and it does not have the mutton smell of ordinary mutton, but has a faint milky fragrance! This made Su Qingluan regret a little that he didn't buy more mutton from this family, and secretly made up his mind to go to the town again tomorrow and buy more.
Children will be more sensitive to the fishy smell of mutton or fish, so Su Qingluan first asked Su Xueyan and Su Xuanhe to taste the mutton soup.
The two little ones didn't know the taste of mutton, but it was actually a bit nasal for them, so one or two of them carefully skimmed a little with a spoon as if they were drinking medicine, and they couldn't wait to take a sip as if they were testing for drugs.
And here, Su Guangfu already had two pieces of lamb ribs into his stomach, and he was busy sandwiching a piece for Yang's - the position where Yang was sitting, the place near the pot was full of vegetables, and there was no mutton, so Su Guangfu "did it for him".
However, it is obvious that this simple rural man is not used to making such a "considerate" act towards his mother-in-law in front of his children, so he felt very uncomfortable after sandwiching a piece of meat, and looked at Yang: "Otherwise, the two of us will change positions?" This way you can eat more meat. β
Yang was obviously not used to this kind of "show affection" action, and said in a low voice: "Where is such a piece of meat missing?" Hurry up and eat, the children are still watching, pulling and pulling like what? β
Although it was a strange tone, Su Qingluan could see that Yang's face was dyed with a faint flush.
Until he would definitely be scolded by his shy parents if he laughed out loud, Su Qingluan tried his best not to show his aunt's smiling expression. However, the two stupid little guys only knew how to eat, and after tasting the mutton soup that was not as "rushing" as expected, they rushed to the lamb chops and the radish one to the radish, and they were very happy to eat.
Su Qingluan took a bite of the fungus, and the soaked fungus meat was fat and crispy, and the tender taste of the mutton covered up the slightly weird taste of the fungus itself, but highlighted the fat of the meat, and there was a crisp and tender feeling of springing teeth in the innermost bite.
Soon, the two little ones also discovered the wonderful taste of the fungus, and one by two they bit the fungus and creaked, as if there was a competition to see who could bite louder.
In the end, this naΓ―ve and somewhat interesting game ended with Su Guangfu quietly chopsticks, warning the two of them that "they don't need to treat food as toys" before giving up.
Just as Su Qingluan imagined at the beginning, with the protection of a layer of hot water outside, the heat preservation time of the sheep scorpion pot inside the casserole was greatly extended, and everyone was warm and satisfied with this meal.