The war started in August, and good news came. Our army won a small victory in the first battle and killed 10,000 enemies. During the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, a small border village was massacred. The women were raped and killed, and even the babies were not released.
After that, corpses piled up like mountains, and the enemy's actions were heinous. Our army was furious and made a bloody oath to attack the enemy. There were constant battles and small battles. Everyone on the Mobei border was in danger, and they went south to avoid disaster, and refugees fled in all directions.
In September, the price of food soared due to the war, especially rice, grains and medicinal materials. This is exactly what we should do if we have money but no money. Don’t get sick because you can’t afford it. As for food, some people can’t afford it even if they have money, and there are even poorer villages.
Farmers, changed from three meals to two meals, and cooked porridge with sweet potatoes and rice bran to satisfy their hunger.
Fortunately, although prices have risen sharply, the war has not affected small places like Da'ao Village in Changping County. People still live and work in peace and contentment. However, there was only a small drought this year, and the crop harvest was greatly reduced. Life is not as good as before.
Just moisturizing.
After the severe drought, there was more rain, as if all the rain in the past two months had fallen. Fortunately, no floods were caused, and the growth of the new crops was still a relief.
The weather in early autumn in September was already very cool. Su Liu originally planned to go to Beijing as soon as she had hair extensions, but she was hindered by one reason or another. She finally decided on the itinerary, but she was busy because of the good harvest of chili peppers.
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The last batch of peppers had enough seeds, so they planted thirteen acres of land. Due to proper cooking, it was a bumper harvest. In addition to supplying Song Fei and his family's restaurant, Su Liu also kept it for himself.
She bought two hundred kilograms of chili peppers and made the chili sauce she had wanted to make for a long time.
Su Liu was a lover of spicy food in her previous life. Because of her love for spicy food, she also learned to make chili sauce. When she went to Guilin and Sichuan, she also observed how others made garlic chili sauce. Therefore, when she makes chili sauce now, she
His gestures are also very skillful.
The bright red peppers were steamed and poured onto a large wooden chopping board. He held a knife in each hand and stamped his hands up and down quickly, which made people stunned.
"The elder girl's sword skills are really good." Mrs. Cui said with admiration in her eyes, without blinking, "This chili pepper is stomped like this, and it still doesn't splash everywhere."
Su Liu pursed his lips and smiled and said: "Isn't that good? The peppers are stomped after they are steamed. They are easier to stomp than raw ones, and they won't splash everywhere. The astringent taste of the peppers is removed during steaming, so
The sauce will be more delicious."
"Young lady knows so much." Lady Cui saw that her movements had slowed down and said, "I'm afraid she's tired, so let me do it while you watch from the side."
Su Liu was really tired, and flipping his hands was not for fun. His wrists were very sore, so he said: "I haven't cooked for a long time, and I'm rusty. I just stamped my hands for a while and my hands are sore."
Mrs. Cui took the knife from her hand and said with a smile: "Girl is someone who does big things, so we can do this small thing."
"My daughter's family should cook more. Otherwise, how will she be able to serve the whole family when she goes to someone else's house in the future?" Ms. Chen walked into the kitchen from outside and happened to hear the joke.
"Madam." Seeing her coming, Mrs. Cui quickly put down her knife, wiped her hands on her apron twice, walked over and saluted her.
"You go about your business, I'm just here to see if the chili sauce comes out after she messed with it." Mrs. Chen smiled and gave her a hand.
Although she left the job of stamping the peppers to Mrs. Cui, Su Liu's hands were not idle either. Instead, she smashed the peeled white garlic, picked up another knife and stamped it. After hearing this, she replied with a smile.
Said: "How can it be so fast?"
Making chili sauce does not take a while, but it is definitely not as long as making donkey hide gelatin. It only takes three or four days for the chili sauce to be made.
Su Liu put the minced garlic in a large wooden basin and put it aside for later use. Then she made other things. Now that she had started, she wanted to make a few more flavors at once and send some to Ning Guang.
Therefore, she was also going to make a few cans of beef chili sauce. The weather in Mobei Border Pass was cold, so it was just right to eat these chilies. Moreover, their life was hard, so anyway, this thing could be stored and was easy to eat, which would add flavor to Ningguang.
She had already ordered dozens of kilograms of beef from a beef stall in the town. It was all fresh and good-quality belly meat. The blood and water had been processed. The fresh meat had also been cooked for an hour with pepper and star anise.
Soft, fragrant and mouth-watering.
Su Liu greeted the girl, and Mrs. Chen also rolled up her sleeves to help. Several people quickly cut the beef into small dices, filled a large basin, and set it aside for later use.
At this time, Mrs. Cui also chopped the bright red Chaotian pepper into fine pieces, and Su Liu raised her thumb to her, making her smile sheepishly.
No one had ever made hot sauce, so Su Liu was naturally the one in charge. Ya'er had already lit the fire, and because she had to control the heat, she gave this job to Cui Niangzi, who was more familiar with it.
To make a simple chili pepper sauce, you only need to chop the chili peppers finely, add salt, wine and other seasonings, compress and seal it, and you can eat it in three or four days.
Garlic chili sauce is not complicated either. In the same way, put the chopped chili and minced garlic in a basin, add salt, sugar and a high degree of Sanhuang wine, stir evenly, but in the process, do not touch any water, otherwise the sauce
It will become sour. But Su Liu seemed to have done it thousands of times, and he was surprisingly familiar with it.
"If it weren't for the fact that Chili Pepper is now available, looking at the girl's gestures, it looks like she has done it many times." Mrs. Cui's unintentional words made Su Liu's heart skip a beat.
Secretly looking at Ms. Chen, seeing that she was smiling and not having any doubts, she felt relieved and said with a smile: "Ms. Cui can cook good food, and she should be a gourmet. Why don't you understand?"
What are the thoughts of gourmets like us? We are destined to be foodies. In order to eat well, what good things can we not come up with?"
"That's right, the big girl's brain is flexible, unlike us, who are stupid and tight." Mrs. Cui laughed.
Mrs. Chen said angrily: "You still think you are a foodie. Who's girl is as greedy as you? If you go to your husband's house, you won't be laughed at. If this is an ordinary family, why don't you live in a poor family?"
"I don't like to hear what Mom is saying. Food is the first priority for these people. What's wrong with eating? How can it be a joke? Being able to eat is a blessing." Su Liu retorted with a pouted mouth.
"Madam, don't worry, our uncle is a general. Even if the eldest girl keeps eating every day, she won't be hungry." Mrs. Cui said jokingly while adding firewood.
"That's right." Several girls laughed and joked.
Su Liu blushed and pretended to be angry: "It seems that you are so used to it that you even dare to make fun of the master."
After hearing this, Shuang Ning pretended to be frightened and curtsied: "Girl, please forgive us. We don't want to listen to the truth. We really don't dare to tell the truth in the future. What's the matter? We still have to tell lies in the future."
talk?"
As soon as this was said, everyone laughed even more happily.
"Little hoof, let's see if I don't tear your mouth off." Su Liu cursed with a smile and reached out to pinch her face, making Shuang Ning beg for mercy repeatedly, and the kitchen burst into laughter.
While laughing and cursing, the garlic chili sauce was mixed, and Su Liu asked the girl to move the entire pot to a shelf in the yard and expose it to the sun. After two days, it can be canned and sealed.
The last step is to make beef hot sauce, which is more complicated than the previous ones and requires more ingredients.
Su Liu diluted the chopped red pepper with homemade soybean paste and water, then poured oil into the pot and heated it, then added the minced ginger, minced green onion, minced garlic, and minced chili pepper, stir-fry until fragrant, and then added
Beef stuffing, Shaoxing wine, soy sauce and other seasonings.
Chili peppers are inherently spicy. When they are fried, the pungent and spicy smell makes people blush like blood and make them sneeze non-stop, but they can't help but inhale it. The smell is so fragrant. It comes out of the kitchen chimney.
The aroma made people passing by couldn't help but stop and guess what kind of food they were cooking. It was so fragrant!
After frying for a while, pour the soybean paste water, sugar, etc. into the pot, remove the firewood and reduce the heat to a simmer, cover the pot and simmer slowly while stirring continuously. When the meat becomes sticky, sprinkle the fried meat on top.
Stir-fry the cooked sesame seeds again, taste them with chopsticks, and then take them out of the pot.
As soon as the beef sauce came out of the pot, everyone in the kitchen swallowed their saliva and asked people to get earthenware jars to fill them.
There is no such thing as glass now, so Su Liu couldn't use glass bottles to hold hot sauce even if she wanted to. But ceramic jars are the same and more primitive, so she had several orders made by the porcelain jar maker early on.
A sized clay pot.
The earthen jar containing the chili sauce had been soaked in clean water for several days and burned with wine. It was clean and not stained with any dust. After all, it was food, especially Su Liu who was from the new era, so she naturally paid more attention to it.
More hygienic.
A large pot full of beef sauce filled five or six large jars, and Su Liu started to make the second pot.
She had already thought about sending this big can to Ning Guang for dinner, and Song Fei would also send some. She also had another idea, which was to put some in small cans and bring them to Shangjing to see if they could
She can't open up a business. Of course, her own bun shop will also have to put some on display for publicity purposes. In the near future, she will build a small workshop specializing in chili sauce.
Lao Gan Ma also made her fortune in this way. She is the first to eat crabs, so how can she get the first opportunity? This kind of sauce goes well with rice and tastes good, so it will definitely create a trend.
Su Liu was right. As soon as her chili sauce came out, it attracted the attention of many people. Even before the chili pepper workshop opened, it had already received a lot of orders, and more people were asking about chili seeds.
I’m looking forward to planting them next year and selling them for money!
As for Ning Guang, when he received the letter from Su Liu and the pickles, his bearded face finally showed a smile. After tasting the beef chili sauce, his eyes widened and he ate two more bowls of rice.
I am happy to win the battle.
Su Liu mentioned his idea of opening a small workshop in the letter, and Ning Guang naturally had no reason not to support it. He generously distributed the two jars of sauce to the young generals, silently promoting it.
Such publicity and such a good meal naturally attracted the attention of buyers of military supplies. With Ning Guang's help, they placed a big order first. Now, Su Liu's arrival in Beijing was postponed indefinitely.
I'm feeling greedy while writing this. I also really want to eat beef chili sauce. I really don't like spicy food and love spicy food the most~
