Song Qiu looked at the half bucket of loaches and grinned almost to the base of his ears.
Ah Ling looked at it and swallowed, "Sister Ah Qiu, which one is more delicious, this one or that snail?"
Song Qiu smiled proudly, "There is a saying called 'turtle dove in the sky, loach in the ground'. Have you heard of it? This loach can be called 'ginseng in the water'. Which one do you think is more delicious?"
Aling had never heard this sentence before, and he didn't know how this slippery loach could be ginseng. It looked nothing like it.
But it doesn’t stop her from showing her desire to be a foodie. Sister Aqiu said that the food must be delicious!
"Sister Aqiu~"
The eager-eyed Aling looked like a little hamster. Song Qiu looked funny and waved his hand, "Today, sister will make you a loach feast and ask you to taste the taste of this ginseng! Keep it for you to eat.
Unforgettable memories!”
Aling's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands together, and pressed forward like a dog-leg, "What do you want me to do? Make a fire or wash the vegetables? Sister just gives orders, Alingmo dare not disobey!"
"Hahaha... If we don't light the fire or wash the vegetables, let's kill the loaches first!"
Song Qiu rolled up his sleeves, brought scissors, a sieve and a wooden basin, and placed them under the big tree beside the well, ready to start processing the loaches.
Ah Ling followed and squatted aside, saying: "Sister Ah Qiu, let me see how you kill her first?"
"Well, let's watch." Song Qiu responded, pouring all the loaches in the barrel into the sieve to drain the water from the loaches.
Then catch a loach, grab its head, press it on the stone board, hold it firmly with your thumb and forefinger, and then use scissors to open the belly of the loach from top to bottom. The action is done in one go, which is simple to say.
Aling looked it over and thought it was easy, so he caught a loach. As soon as he pressed it on the stone slab, the loach slithered to the bottom of the stone slab.
"It's too slippery!"
"You grab its head and hold it down with a little force." Song Qiu said, and as soon as he caught a loach, it had its stomach broken again and threw it into a wooden basin aside.
Aling listened and caught the loach again. This time he held it tightly and finally succeeded in killing it.
Just go back and forth, add a few more, and you will gradually get started.
There were no guests in the inn at the moment, so Ma Liang helped Jiang work in the tea shed outside. There were still passers-by resting in the tea shed. Meng Chaoqun came in and saw them killing loaches, so he came to help.
Seeing that it was getting late, Song Qiu slowly killed the loaches. Without eating lunch, he taught Meng Chaoqun how to continue killing the loaches.
Take care of the loach that comes out first, take out the internal organs and clean it.
After getting out a large bowl, Song Qiu took it to the kitchen first and asked Mrs. Liu to follow and help light the fire.
For the first dish, Song Qiu plans to make loach stewed with tofu.
Wash the loach and drain the water.
Cut the remaining large piece of tofu into cubes for later use.
There is still fire on the stove. It will burn quickly now and the pot is clean. Put the lard and let it burn. Add the ginger slices and the loach. After frying the loach until both sides are golden, add five bowls of water.
Add some salt and boil over high heat until the soup turns white, then continue to simmer over medium-low heat for two quarters of an hour.
After that, add the tofu cubes and continue to stew for a quarter of an hour.
Song Qiu did not add any extra ingredients, but simply stewed the loach with slices of ginger and salt to bring out its original flavor. When cooking the stew, he added a few bits of sugar to make the soup fresh.
There are too many condiments, but it retains its original flavor.
Mrs. Liu lit the fire, smelled the aroma coming out of the pot, and inhaled again and again.
She raised her head and looked at Song Qiu, who was cutting side dishes on the counter again, "Master, is this how you made the loach?"
She looked at it and saw that there weren't many seasonings, just ginger and salt, which were available in every household in the village.
Tofu is not expensive and they can afford it.
After all, loach is also meat. If you don’t know how to cook it, let’s talk about it. It doesn’t seem to need any seasoning. It seems that they can get it and eat it, and it is also a good snack for the children.
Song Qiu glanced at her expression, realized what she meant, and smiled, "This loach stewed with tofu is so simple. This soup is great for children and the elderly! If you have it at home,
For women who are pregnant with a baby, it’s better to give her this food! Not only is it nutritious, it’s also good for the fetus!”
Mrs. Liu's eyes lit up as she listened. She stopped talking about children and old people. The most important thing was the last one. The pregnant woman should eat well. Her eldest daughter married Kuizi from the same village and is now three months pregnant.
Woolen cloth.
These days, it is not easy for women to get pregnant and give birth. There are no good things at home to replenish the body. Even when you are pregnant, you still eat like everyone else, that is, you are in confinement and you can only eat an old hen. This is still a mother-in-law.
Only those who feel sorry for their daughter-in-law can do it.
She licked her mouth and said hesitantly: "My boss, can I go back and make this loach stewed with tofu? To be honest with my boss, my eldest daughter is pregnant. I heard from my boss that this is delicious, and I want to give it to her."
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"Don't worry, boss, I promise to only cook and eat it myself, and I will never tell anyone else!"
She has been working in the kitchen for half a month. She has been working in the kitchen from morning to night, and her boss does not shy away from her cooking.
In other words, she had never seen many of those condiments, and even if she was asked to make them, she couldn't do them well.
And she didn't expect to steal her teacher.
She didn't want to lose such a good job because of this.
The boss treats them well, but if she steals his skills, it will be a big deal.
But looking at the loach today, the method was simple, and she felt that she knew it and could make it. Thinking of her pregnant daughter, she couldn't help but ask with a shy face.
After asking, she became a little nervous again. What if her boss felt that she had lost her duty and fired her?
Busy added: "It's okay if it doesn't work, I'm just asking."
If her boss really doesn't allow it, then she definitely won't do it when she goes back.
Song Qiu listened and stood idle for a long time. When all the peppers in his hands were cut, Mrs. Liu felt anxious in her heart, and then she said: "This dish is simple. You can make it after seeing it."
If you want to do it, just do it. It just so happens that your village can catch this loach and buy tofu easily. If we really make it, everyone can have a delicious dish to eat. This loach is better for health than eating meat!"
But only for this dish.
Ms. Liu is not a stupid person. She understands. After looking at it for half a month, she felt that this was the only dish she could make. For the other dishes, she didn't have the seasonings to make them, so she might not be able to make them taste that way.
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He nodded repeatedly and said: "Don't worry, boss, this dish will never be spread out of our village."
Song Qiu smiled, put the chopped chilies in a bowl, and then walked over and lifted the lid of the pot. The milky-white stewed soup exuded an extremely fragrant smell. Just smelling it made him salivate.
"This loach stew also produces milk! It's even better if you eat it after giving birth to a baby!"
Mrs. Liu listened, looked at the soup in the pot, which was as white as milk, and exclaimed, "It's amazing."
"I looked at the water added. How can this soup be made like milk? It's really weird!"
"A soup that looks like milk, can you really produce milk after drinking it? That's great. When I gave birth to my baby, I didn't have milk. He didn't have milk for three months, so he could only drink rice soup. How old is he now?
You are as skinny as anything, if I meet you as my boss then, I can make this loach soup and drink it, and I will have milk."