512 Grilled fish
After Su Qingluan finished talking about the situations under which the ice surface is dangerous, he roughly talked about what situations are easy to clear ditches, under what circumstances the ice surface is relatively weak, and how to save himself if he really encounters a crack on the ice surface.
Because of the "vivid demonstration of going into battle in person" by many friends yesterday, the two siblings Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan fully realized how terrible it was under the seemingly calm surface of the ice, and the two little guys studied very seriously.
Originally, Su Qingluan thought that even if Su Xuanhe could barely understand and memorize it, so much knowledge was still a little too difficult for Su Xueyan, a three- or four-year-old child.
But I never thought that my sister pointed out with certainty on the surface of the river where a simple bridge was erected: "Sister, is it easy to form a ditch here?" ”
Su Qingluan was surprised that her sister could learn and use it, and touched her head with a smile: "My snow goose is so smart!" ”
Today's harvest is quite rich, but because the first wave of fish caught on the ice has been on the ice for half a day, it has long become an ice sculpture, and the only thing that is really fresh is the grass carp that was caught alone.
The fish was on the large side, and it was the last to be caught, and it struggled hard. Although it took a lot of effort to bring it back, it also ensured that it was the only fish that was caught and kept alive without being "frozen".
Su Qingluan thought that this grass carp was very fresh, and it was alive and kicking, and it had not been frozen, so it was suitable for making fish soup. And the few remaining fish that have not escaped the fate of the "ice sculpture" are destined to deteriorate in meat quality.
Such fish can only be grilled to a crispy crisp, with more spices added to mask the deterioration of the meat.
However, because the remaining fish are relatively small, and most of them are carp, there are many small fish bones, and the grilled fish can burn the fish bones together, so that the mouth can be more crispy, and there is no need to worry about being pricked by the fish bones, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Su Qingluan returned home with his younger siblings, and Su Guangfu and Yang were weaving straw mats for the vegetable cellar and chicken shed in the garden to keep warm.
Seeing that the three children were back, Yang took the lead in stopping the work in his hand and ran over to greet him, exclaiming: "Yo, there are a lot of fish today, drink, this one is still fluttering, it's really dishonest!" ”
Su Qingluan smiled and pointed at the grass carp: "Let's stew fish soup today, the leftover tofu from a few days ago was frozen outside, and now it should have become frozen tofu, you can put it in." You can also put a little cabbage in it. ”
Cabbage and tofu don't have a very special flavor on their own, with cabbage only having a little bit of sweetness, while tofu only having a little bit of beany flavor.
On their own, both of these foods have a very bland taste.
However, both can absorb the umami of the fish, especially when the tofu is frozen, it becomes a loose and porous structure, like a sponge, able to absorb all the wonderful flavors of the soup.
Charcoal was bought ready-made before—in case he wanted to eat barbecue food and couldn't find a store that sold charcoal, Su Qingluan bought a lot of it from the father and son who sold charcoal and firewood, and stored them in a small compartment in the warehouse.
It is said that it is a "small grid" and it is also relative to the entire warehouse, in fact, the stock of these charcoals, even if the Su family has to eat a barbecue every day throughout the winter, I am afraid that it will not be less.
Seeing that it was not early, Yang and Su Guangfu stopped continuing to "weave coats" for the chicken shed and vegetable cellar, and began to prepare dinner with Su Qingluan.
Su Guangfu was in charge of setting up the stove outside and preparing the charcoal fire - after all, the charcoal of this era can only be used after it is burned red, not like the exquisite smokeless charcoal that Su Qingluan bought in the online store in his previous life, the process of making a fire always takes a long time.
The Yang family asked Su Xuanhe to take out the folding screen together to block the cold wind that was blowing.
As for Su Qingluan, it is to make a fire to prepare a fish soup stew, and to prepare a grilled fish that needs to be marinated.
There is a saying that "thousands of tofu and ten thousand fish rolls", this sentence does not mean anything else, but that the dish of tofu stewed fish should be slowly simmered over low heat, which can make the fish soup more delicious and the tofu more flavorful after a long time.
Considering that the weather is cold now, Su Qingluan put more shredded ginger in the fish soup - this can not only remove the fishy smell, but also warm up the body and improve the fragrance, which is simply a lot of one stone.
White pepper is also necessary, but Su Qingluan didn't put too much white pepper this time.
Although white pepper can be fishy and more compatible with the taste of fish soup, frozen tofu will absorb a lot of white pepper flavor, if you put too much into it, it is estimated that frozen tofu will become "mapo tofu", and my brother and sister will be spicy to tears.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan smiled, covered the pot and let the fish soup "gurgle" in the pot, ignored it, and turned to look at the other carp and crucian carp that had been buried in the "spice pile" by her, had been disemboweled, and had been changed to a flower knife.
The fish were drowned out in a pile of garlic slices, ginger foam, chopped green onions, and some leftover peels, the last remaining lemons and citrus skins. This is already the last few, and if you want to eat fresh again, it is estimated that it will be until next fall.
Thinking of this, Su Qingluan couldn't help but miss the modern preservation technology and developed logistics.
In order to further remove the earthy smell and the unfresh feeling caused by improper storage for a long time, Su Qingluan even added a little white wine and rice vinegar to rub it vigorously to let the spicy smell of green onions, ginger and garlic fully seep out, and after a while, when these flavors fully penetrated into the fish, Su Qingluan carefully removed the seasoning on the surface of the fish.
But then she didn't rinse the fish, but put them in another pile of spices—not onions, ginger and garlic, but spices of peppercorns, spices, dogwood, and so on.
Like the onions, ginger and garlic, Su Qingluan not only pasted a few fish with spices on the surface, but also stuffed the belly of the fish with various spices after disemboweling.
"Snow Goose, did I bring the Guanyin soil I asked you to take?" Su Qingluan saw that the time was about the same, and the probe looked outside the stove room.
"Sister, I'm coming, I'm coming!" Su Xueyan's little girl was holding a small coarse porcelain basin, which was blended and a little sticky, as if it was a pot of Guanyin soil with a bad color and batter, "Sister, do you want to eat this?" But Ah Niang told me that I can only eat if I have nothing to eat, and I am about to starve to death. ”
Su Qingluan shook her head: "Sister doesn't eat it, it's for other purposes." ”
In fact, the so-called "Kannon soil" is a fine clay that contains minerals, so it tastes a little salty.
This clay is not toxic in any way, and it will have a clear feeling of satiety when eaten, so in many cases of famine, refugees will use this clay to satisfy their hunger because they really have nothing to eat.
But clay is always clay, and even if the taste is delicate, the essence will not change. Although this clay can provide satiety, it is not food in the end, it can only deceive the stomach and intestines, and cannot provide nutrition.
What's worse is that this clay absorbs a lot of water, which can cause intestinal obstruction, which can eventually cause people to die of bloating. And when a person who has eaten too much Guanyin soil dies, his limbs are small, only his stomach is large - and it is all dirt.
But Su Qingluan didn't want to eat such a dangerous thing, but for other purposes.