Delicious, you need to know how to match it.
The selection of folk delicacies is full of wisdom.
The meat of such a large river fish often loses its deliciousness and tenderness, and when cooked using simple farmers' methods, it often has an earthy smell.
But if it is made with large oil, it will look extremely delicious with a simple combination. It can not only highlight the deliciousness of the fish, but also the fragrance of the oil.
Several children squatted by the stove to light the fire, and then looked at the pot with drooling eyes.
After Hu Laosan's wife heated up the pot, she put two tablespoons of large oil like mutton fat into the pot. When the oil met the hot iron pot, it immediately melted and the aroma wafted out.
Zhu Yunxi noticed that while Hu Laosan was not looking over there, his mother-in-law quietly let each of the children take a lick of lard.
The children seemed to have tasted the most beautiful taste in the world, their faces were filled with happiness, and their faces danced with smiles under the light of the stove fire.
When the oil in the pot is hot, add large pieces of green onion and ginger to the pot and stir-fry until fragrant. Then chop the large fish into several large pieces and fry it, and the aroma will immediately hit your nostrils.
Flip the fish over quickly and fry until both sides change color. Add well water to cover. Add the green onions stacked into sections, carefully and lovingly pour the soy sauce on top, simmer over low heat and cover with a lid.
This cooking method is somewhat similar to the fish stew method in Zhu Yunxi's hometown in later generations.
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Later generations always divided dishes into north and south, and divided food into thick and thin. This is because material life has greatly improved and leaped. At this time, materials were relatively scarce, and farmers who could not eat meat several times a year,
The cooking techniques for meat are almost the same.
First, bring to a boil over high heat. When the pot is boiling, the fire in the stove will become a high fire. Then add tofu and other things and let the juice collect over high heat.
The old man moved his nose, looked at the pot, and said with a smile, "It's still a big pot of rice, it's delicious!"
Hu Laosan took the table to the yard, wiped it carefully, polished the chipped rice bowl, and placed it on the table.
"Old man, there is no wine in my house!" Hu Laosan smiled at the Zhu family.
The old man rolled his eyes at him and said, "I picked it for you!"
Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly, turned to Li Jinglong and said, "Go and buy some wine, see if there is any pig head meat, and weigh how much it weighs!"
"That's fine!" Hu Laosan grinned, but didn't refuse at all.
The old man laughed and scolded again, "What a stingy person!"
The pot is boiling, and when the lid is lifted, there is steam with a salty aroma, and the children beside the pot cheer for joy.
The white tofu was cut into small pieces and added to the soup. Hu Laosan's wife tore up some cabbage and put them in together.
At this time, the old lady of the Hu family came out of the house on crutches, carrying a cloth bag in her hand.
"Mom, why are you out? The food will be ready soon and will be delivered to you in a moment!" Hu Laosan immediately stood up to greet his mother, "You have been ill these past few days, so my son asked his wife to steam rice and make fish soup for you.
Is it good to eat?"
"You bastard!" Faced with her son's filial piety, the old lady of the Hu family just picked up the cane, hit and poked her, and cursed, "You got so much money for nothing, but you don't know how to entertain the distinguished guests. Just stew fish?
Where's the meat? Where's the wine? I heard it true in the room, and you even asked people to pay for it themselves. The Hu family has lost face!"
The old man smiled happily and whispered, "It should be beaten!"
However, Zhu Yunxi stood up and said, "Old man, I don't blame Hu Sange, there are so many of us, this fish is indeed not enough!"
It's okay if he didn't say anything. After hearing this, the old lady poked her son's back several times with the stick in her hand, and said in an angry tone, "What a shame!"
As she said that, the old lady shook the bag in her hand tremblingly and said to her daughter-in-law, "Come here and fry the chicken in it!"
"Mom!" Hu Laosan was anxious, "You have been saving this for future use!"
For country people, eggs and duck eggs are all good things. They can exchange them for salt, needles and thread, or give them as gifts.
"How many chickens can you buy with that money? We have a distinguished guest here, but we only sell one fish. Isn't it cold? The distinguished guest is an elder. Have you ever asked the village chief to come over to accompany you?" The old lady scolded angrily, "A windfall comes from heaven.
, you should know how to spread out. This way you won’t attract people’s hatred and won’t let people gossip. Otherwise, you won’t be able to keep the money! When entertaining guests, you won’t even have any virtue. Without virtue, can your family live well?
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"This old lady has great wisdom!" The old man whispered to Zhu Yunxi, "Managing a household is like storing water. When it is full, it will overflow. Only by treating others with sincerity and not being rude when you are poor can you be a good family!"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Hu Laosan over there who didn't dare to hide from his mother's crutches and said with a smile, "Although Hu Laosan is picky, filial piety comes first. Just now he said he steamed rice for his mother!"
The old man glanced at the old lady of the Hu family and said with a smile, "It's not in vain that she worked so hard to support her son and help him get married and start a family!"
After the old lady Hu finished training her son, she said again, "Daughter-in-law, fry this chicken. Add more oil and green onions until golden brown, but don't fry it until it's too old!"
The Hu family's daughter-in-law looked at her husband, wiped her hands on her apron, and answered the question obediently.
Farm chickens were beaten in a thick bowl, yellow or red, and they were very beautiful. A group of children gathered around again, drooling, and watched intently. The older one, after looking at it for a while, threw some eggs with it.
The liquid eggshells were crushed, placed in the donkey's trough, and mixed with the fodder.
The donkey rubbed his face affectionately.
"Dear guest, I've made you laugh!" Mrs. Hu sat down next to the old man and said with a smile, "It's a small family, I don't know how to do it, so I'm rude!"
"It doesn't matter!" the old man said with a smile, "just live your life with a little calculation, you can't make a mistake!"
"Are you really interested in his farming skills?" The old lady of the Hu family still asked worriedly, "He doesn't have any farming skills. He just applies more fertilizer and plows the soil deeply. Farmers can do these things!"
Those dozens of silver dollars were really an astronomical number. The old lady was really frightened.
The old man chuckled and said, "To tell you the truth, we are also farmers, and the land at home is carefully fertilized and cared for. But compared with what your son planted, it is far behind. We think there must be something we haven't done.
When you arrive at the place. After a few days when you are free, ask your son to take a look at our land and do it for us according to your own methods!"
The old lady still didn't believe it, "It's just a crop, how can it be so strange? He's just fat..."
The old man was unwilling to continue this topic and said, "How old are you?"
The old lady smiled and said, "Seventeen!"
"Hey, she is a few years older than us, she is really an old sister!" the old man said with a smile, "work harder, live a few more years, and live to seventy!"
Seventy years of life are rare in ancient times. In this era, elderly people in their teens are already living a long life.
"It's annoying to live longer!" Old Mrs. Hu said with a smile, "This means that we have caught up with the peaceful world. The emperor is considerate of us ordinary people. Otherwise, if we were in the previous dynasty, we would have died long ago!" After saying that, he chirped.
Mouth, "If you don't die of illness, you will die of hunger!"
"Hey, how old a person lives is determined by God. It's longevity, what does it have to do with the emperor?" The old man said with a smile, "His emperor can also make people live longer!"
"That's wrong!" Mrs. Hu said sternly, "Without the peaceful world given by Lord Hongwu, how could life be so peaceful? My dear guest, how much younger are you than me? We are all people who have gone through troubled times. What was the past and what is it now?
day!"
The old man nodded, "Well, that's true!"
"In the past, we ordinary people worked from dawn to dusk, but we couldn't keep even 10% of the grain we planted. The emperor in the capital city wanted it, and so did the local corrupt officials. If they didn't give it, they would be beheaded. Who cares whether we live or die!" The old lady said with her arm.
Turning on the crutch, he said slowly, "If Lord Hongwu hadn't made a fortune and knew the hardships of the poor, we could have such a good life!"
"That makes sense, that makes sense!" The old man smiled from ear to ear.
The words of a country man are a hundred times better than the praises of a court official. Zhu Yunxi saw that the old man's eyes were shining with pride.
"It's not easy for us, Mr. Hong Wu!" the old lady said again. "A commoner brought down this prosperous Ming Dynasty. He suffered so much and shed so much blood! Even though I am an old woman, I know that I will definitely escape death."
The old man laughed so hard that his beard trembled, "We heard that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty used to be a beggar!"
"Heroes don't care about their origins!" Old Mrs. Hu said, "God doesn't want the people of the world to suffer anymore, so he gave us the great responsibility of Hong Wu!"
The more Zhu Yunxi listened, the more strange he felt. The old lady's speech was completely different from that of an old woman in the countryside. He asked, "Old man, listening to you, have you read a book?"
"My mother used to come from a wealthy family!" Hu Laosan said while holding the stewed fish on the table, "My father used to know how to read!"
The old man asked curiously, "Sister, are you serious?"
"It's all decades ago. It turns out that my family was also a scholar, but then the world was in chaos and the family fell into decline!" the old lady sighed.
"How did you lose?" the old man asked.
Mrs. Hu pondered for a while, "My ancestral home is in Huaixi. During the Zhizheng period, Huaixi was in chaos. The rebels attacked Haozhou and then Chuxian! I followed my father and husband and fled here!"
"No wonder!" The old man slapped his thigh, "When we hear you speak, you have a Huai tone!"
The old lady smiled and said, "When you speak, your accent has not changed at all!"
The old man smiled proudly, "Don't forget the local accent. Forgetting the local accent means forgetting your roots!" He continued, "Sister, please continue, how did you get to Yingtian Mansion?"
This chapter has been completed!