"Master, let's go. That pot of beans is dirty!" Lone Wolf said secretly to Fang Zheng after making sure no one saw it.
Fang Zheng was stunned and said, "Why do you say that?"
"I just climbed up to the stove and took a look. The beans in the pot haven't been washed, and some of them still have dirt on them. Go away quickly, you'll have a bad stomach after eating them." The lone wolf said mischievously.
When Fang Zheng heard this, he immediately laughed, knocked the lone wolf on the head and said, "Idiot, that's not dirty, that's because it hasn't been washed at all."
"It hasn't been washed? How can we eat it? Master, can we withdraw?" The lone wolf's eyes widened. Although he used to drink blood from raw materials and gnawed bones in mud puddles, since he went up the mountain, he has become a very hygienic wolf.
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Fang Zheng smiled and said: "This is an inevitable process for making soybean paste. You don't need to wash it and stir-fry it until it's cooked... Forget it, come in with me and take a look."
Fang Zheng led Lone Wolf into the outhouse, and happened to see Du Mei frying a large pot of beans, taking them out of the pot, pouring them into a large basin, and starting to wash them.
When the lone wolf saw this, he breathed a sigh of relief... Finally he no longer had to eat mud.
Du Mei smiled and said: "I told you to learn earlier, but you didn't learn. Now you are asking questions. Let me tell you, if the beans are washed in water in advance, it will be difficult to dry them. Waiting to dry them will be a waste of time. Wash them after they are fried.
, but it’s not so troublesome. This is also the first step in making miso in the Northeast. Then it’s boiled..."
While talking, Du Mei had already washed the beans, poured them into the pot, added water, and covered the pot.
Yang Hua cooperated and started to add firewood, and the fire started to cook.
Du Mei thought that Fang Zheng was going to learn how to make miso, so she patiently said: "There are certain things to pay attention to when cooking. The water should not be too much or too little. It should be about three times as much as the beans. Cook over high heat for about an hour. If there is no water in the middle
Once it’s cooked, you need to add water. But you can’t add cold water, you have to add hot water.”
While talking, Du Mei led Fang Zheng and Lone Wolf into the house. While taking care of the two sleeping little guys, he said: "When it's cooked, it's time to mash it. This depends on personal preference. Some
If you like to eat bean paste, you should eat it lightly. Our family doesn’t like the kind where the bean paste is crumbly and you can’t see the bean paste. Then it’s time to make the sauce and ferment it, which takes a long time. When it’s fermented, break it into pieces.
After it is done, cover it with a curtain and let it dry. When it is dry, add water and salt, bring to a boil and mix well. Turn off the heat and let it cool, then pour it into the sauce jar. Add the sauce cubes that have been broken into small pieces and mix well.
Cover it with breathable gauze and place it in a ventilated place with sunlight. Remember, there must be sunlight. Sunlight can ferment the doenjang. When the sun is sufficient, uncover the gauze and let it be exposed to direct sunlight.
The soybean paste promotes fermentation, and you can eat it after a month. Do not eat it as soon as the soybean paste is added, because after adding the soybean paste, you must wait until the miso paste is fully fermented before eating it, otherwise it will be easy to be poisoned.
In addition, during this period, you must use a sauce pestle to pound it from bottom to top several times every day. There will be small lumps at the beginning, but they will all melt away slowly. When making the sauce every day, if there are black floating objects on the surface,
It must be skimmed off, otherwise, the black color of the miso will not only be unsightly but also have a strong musty smell. The sauce will be ready a month later, and the freshly made sauce will be thin and mushy. Whether it is raw sauce for dipping vegetables or fried sauce, the consistency is just right.
As the water slowly evaporates, the miso will become thicker and thicker."
Speaking of this, the child suddenly cried, and Du Mei quickly comforted the child.
Fang Zheng said goodbye and left.
"Master, why are you asking for such details?" Lone Wolf asked curiously after leaving the door.
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Master knows all these, and I told you that. Do you remember them all?"
"What did he say?" Lone Wolf asked blankly.
Fang Zheng slapped him directly, and after listening to his feelings for a long time, this bastard kept slipping away! What a waste of time!
"Master, master, let's just leave like this? Aren't we waiting to get the miso?" Lone Wolf was not afraid of the pain and followed behind, asking persistently.
Fang Zheng said: "What to take? Come back to get it in a month or two..."
"Uh... so long?" Lone Wolf suddenly lost interest. He was only interested in the delicious food right in front of him.
Fangzheng shook his head helplessly. In fact, Northeastern miso is usually made at the beginning of each year. However, some people like to make it at the end of the year and after the frost. Because during these two periods, the weather is cold and there are no disgusting things like flies and mosquitoes to cause trouble.
.The sauce produced is clean and hygienic.
Dumei belongs to those who cook it with sauce before the beginning of the year and eat it at the beginning of the year.
What Fang Zheng and Du Mei wanted was, of course, not this new batch of soybean paste, but the soybean paste made last year. Walking around the village, you could smell the smell of beans almost a few houses away... In addition to the smell of beans, there was also
It smells like autumn. Fang Zheng licked his tongue and couldn't help but glance at the mountain. Time was so slow...
Fang Zheng took the lone wolf around and around down the mountain, and finally bought some large grains of salt before going up the mountain.
When they arrived at the mountain, Fang Zheng ran to the flower pot to see what was going on. Sure enough, a bud had sprouted, which was as high as a finger! At this rate, Fang Zheng estimated that it would grow in the middle of the night without waiting until the next day.
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In the following time, Fang meditated on the sutra, ate, and then fell asleep.
On the second day, before dawn and the rooster crow, Fang Zheng got up. It was not because he wanted to be early, but because there was a sudden clang sound outside, as if something was broken, and then he heard
The lone wolf outside exclaimed: "Who is it? Uh... who is the monster! No... Master! Come and see! What a big cabbage!"
Before Fang Zheng went out, he heard Hong Hai'er complaining: "Brother, why are you howling so early in the morning? How big can a cabbage be? What's the big deal... I'll choke it! This cabbage is so big!"
"What Chinese cabbage? I haven't heard of cabbage growing in our temple?" The monkey's voice sounded, and the next moment it turned into a scream: "My Buddha, why are they so big?"
Then I heard the squirrel complaining: "It's not yet dawn, are you competing with the rooster early? Do you want to open up too? Hey, what is this? Cabbage? It's so big!"
Fang Zheng, who was still a little sleepy, heard a few disciples say this, how could he sleep? He quickly got up and scolded: "No matter how big a cabbage is, it is still a cabbage, what's the fuss? I'm not saying this for my teacher.
You, since you have entered Buddhism, you must learn from the Buddha's calmness and not be surprised if the sky falls, do you understand? Chinese cabbage, Chinese cabbage, can't it be called Chinese cabbage? The small ones are called Chinese cabbage!"
While Fang Zheng was talking, he pushed the door open, and then he found... that he couldn't push it open!
"What's going on?" Fang Zheng was stunned: "Who blocked the door?"
"Master, wait a moment, I will move the cabbage away." Red Boy called. After a while, Red Boy said: "Master, it's okay."
Fangzheng opened the door and was about to say something, but then he froze! In front of him, he saw a Chinese cabbage one meter high and one and a half meters wide standing in front of him! The Chinese cabbage leaves, like Zhang Xiao