There were twenty pieces of meat in total. Song Qiu cut it quickly, and Man Ju only cut two pieces each and then it was gone.
Immediately afterwards, Song Qiu put each piece of cut meat into the sauce he had just prepared, rolled it, and then placed it neatly on the bottom of the earthen bowl with the skin side down.
She wanted twenty earthen bowls, but she didn't have enough at home, so she borrowed enough from the Miao family.
This step of boiling the meat slices with sauce and neatly placing them on the bottom of the bowl is very important, and Song Qiu specifically emphasized it.
When done well, the color will be very beautiful when steamed, and the slices will be delicious.
Then pour any unused sauce onto the neatly arranged meat slices.
Then sprinkle the old ginger foam evenly on the meat, and finally spread the salted vegetables on top of the meat.
After twenty bowls of boiled white are put into bowls, boil water in a large pot, set up a steamer and heat over high heat until the steam reaches high, then put the bowl of boiled white, then use medium to small heat to steam for about an hour.
While it was cooking and steaming, Manju and the others scooped out the rice, steamed it, and prepared two more dishes.
When the steaming is done, don't lift the wooden lid when it's boiling. Make sure there's enough water in the pot, and just use the residual fire to simmer it in the pot.
At meal time, when the wooden lid was lifted, the entire Song family yard was filled with a fragrant smell that made the villagers working nearby sniff.
Manju and Miao took out the meal and shouted at the other end: "Wash your hands and eat!"
People who smelled this fragrance could not stand still for a long time, so they quickly stopped their work, came over and washed their hands one by one, took the big bowls and chopsticks they brought, and queued over there to wait for food and rice.
In the stove house, Song Qiu lifted the wooden lid, put a bowl of cold water on the stove, nodded his hands, reached into the pot, quickly took out a bowl of boiled rice, turned over a dozen boiled rice dishes, and put them upside down in a bowl.
In the pottery, he told Manju, who was gathering vegetables, that each person would be given five pieces to cook until they were boiled, and the salted vegetables could be eaten as much as they wanted.
Then he turned over another one, but it was upside down on a plate.
Ten pieces of meat of the same size and thickness are stacked in rows. The skin is like tiger skin, the sauce is bright yellow, and the oil is shiny, making you salivate.
He handed the plate to Aling and said, "This is for Master Cheng."
Master Cheng was a man, but they couldn't sit with him at the same table, so they could only ask Master Cheng to eat alone.
Ah Ling swallowed her saliva, looked and smelled at a close distance, and became even more greedy. She hurriedly prepared two other dishes and a large bowl of rice and sent them to the craftsman. She handed the chopsticks to him and saw him sitting on the stool.
As soon as I started eating, I couldn’t wait to run back.
There were five bowls left in the pot. Song Qiu turned them out on a plate and placed them on the table in the kitchen room.
In the yard, everyone lined up to get rice and vegetables. When they saw the pieces of meat in the pottery pot, which were soy and fragrant, they were all curious.
"What kind of meat is this? Why does it smell so good!"
"This is Ah Qiu's new dish, braised pork with plums and vegetables! It's also called Shao Bai! It's delicious!" Manju smiled, and handed five pieces of Shao Bai to the people waiting in line with chopsticks, then scooped them out.
A ladle of steamed soft and flavourful salted vegetables.
Everyone listened, smelled the fragrance, and stretched their necks to look ahead.
Fortunately, there were only about twenty people, and everyone was quickly beaten.
Everyone held bowls and chopsticks, and they were not particular about how to sit. Some even had stools and didn't like to sit, so they just squatted on the ground, or just sat down on the ground and started eating.
Everyone unanimously ate the roasted white one first.
I just feel a stream of sesame oil flowing into my mouth. The meat is soft and waxy, alternately fat and thin, smooth but not greasy. It is soft and slightly elastic, and it melts in your mouth.
Everyone's eyes lit up and they couldn't help but eat one mouthful after another.
"I have never eaten anything so soft, fragrant and delicious! It's even better than the braised pork served at a big banquet!"
"That's right, this is great for rice! I can make half a bowl of rice with just one piece!"
“It smells so good!”
Everyone smacked their lips while eating, and they didn't pay attention to what they said before eating.
Master Cheng was sitting alone at a small table. Seeing everyone like this, he couldn't help but laugh. He stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of roasted pork, put it into his mouth, and chewed it slowly, not wanting to eat too quickly.
Everyone else only had five yuan, but he had a plate for himself, which was a full ten yuan.
This is called Shaobai, and it's really fragrant.
This owner is so generous, so generous!
He has built houses for so many families, but this is the first time he has seen such a real owner.
He had already heard of Song Xiaodong's name.
Not to mention the inns by the Songshan River and the dessert shops in the town, just the hot and sour noodles, vermicelli and starch are enough to make people talk.
Now that a new house is being built in the village, Master Cheng couldn't help but admire the house drawings that he had been given to Song Xiaodong when he came to his house the day before.
This girl is very capable at such a young age, which is admirable.
There were only five pieces in the bowl per person. At first, everyone devoured the three pieces, and then slowly and slowly couldn't bear to eat the last two pieces. They ate one piece to make two pieces, but they were all gone quickly, and they all felt that they hadn't eaten enough.
It’s really unfinished.
Wen Shunzi mixed the rice with a bite of salted vegetables. Well, it was very delicious, but what should I do if I still want to eat the meat?
He was thick-skinned and laughed at Song Qiu in the kitchen: "Ah Qiu, your craftsmanship is so good! I almost swallowed my uncle's tongue! I didn't feel like I had enough after eating.
It would be great if I could eat it every day!”
After he finished speaking, Manju, who was collecting the spoons and pottery pots, continued: "You glutton, are you here to work or to take care of the food? It's troublesome to cook for nothing. It only takes a whole morning to work.
Oh, I dare you to just open your mouth and not use your hands, but you still want to eat it every day, you are so beautiful!"
Wen Shunzi chuckled, "Isn't this so delicious? I can't help it!"
Li Fawang's family was next to the Wen family. Seeing how greedy he was, Chenghua saw that the others were also eager to eat but didn't want him to be so shameless to say it, so she continued: "This is like hosting a banquet. It's troublesome to do it every day.
, I miss you so much! How can I eat this good thing every day?"
"But if you still want to eat, it's not that you can't. My family is hosting a banquet next month. Aqiu said that this white rice is the best for making banquet noodles, so I plan to make this for the banquet at my family too! When the big day comes,
Now that Uncle Shao has cooked it, everyone will serve it at every banquet. From now on, as long as you drink wine, won’t you eat everything?”
When everyone heard this, they were so excited that they tasted the taste in their mouths. They also knew that it was impossible to eat it every day, but now they were eager to sit down and have a drink!
But I couldn't think of it, so I had to eat the salted vegetables as meat. It also tasted like that, so fragrant!
Manju and the others had had enough of smelling the food and hadn't eaten yet. They waited until everyone had finished serving the food and then went back to the kitchen.
Old Yuan and Deng were already sitting at the table waiting. The Manju and Miao women, plus Song Qiu's Aling and Zaohua's sister and brother, all served the bowls without any formality and sat comfortably.
After sitting down or standing up, I started to use my chopsticks while cooking the five dishes.
Everyone took a little bit and tasted it, and they all nodded.
Manju even said that she couldn't wait for tomorrow. After finishing her work here, she would quickly go to Ping'an Market to see if there was any meat for sale so that she could buy it back and cook it for the man's son in the evening.
Chenghua also said: "It's strange that they still want to eat it after eating it! This roasted white is so delicious! If this is really served on a banquet, it will be praised by people! I have decided! The banquet at my house next month
I must make this dish! I’m going to make it the first one!”
Since then, Song Qiu's Shao Bai has received a lot of praise, and no one doesn't like it after eating it.
In the future banquets in the ten miles and eight villages, Shao Bai will be a must-have. In addition, Song Qiu taught Huang Dashao the sweet Shao Bai, steamed pork with vermicelli, and steamed pork ribs, which are must-haves at every banquet.