Xia Zhi didn't count the dumpling wrappers that Shiraishi Lihua gave carefully, but if they were all the same, there would be a stack of forty, six stacks in total, which means there are two hundred and forty dumpling wrappers. And the dumplings are not small when they are made.
Xia Zhi bought enough fillings for a dinner for four people, and he only made less than a hundred dumplings.
The dumplings are quite big and mostly filled with meat. An adult would be full after eating fifteen of them, not to mention that there are only four people here including Xia Zhi, and three of them are girls. This
Being able to eat two-thirds of the ninety or so wrapped dumplings is considered very good. And from what Xia Zhi knows so far, no one among the four seems to have an interdimensional stomach.
set up.
This dinner is probably more than enough.
Xia Zhi poured some water into the pot, turned on the gas stove and boiled the water. Although the apartment where Xia Zhi lived had a tap water purification system, which is the so-called system where the water received from the faucet can be drank directly.
, but the so-called purified water is not absolute. If you don’t boil water, you will feel uneasy. And originally, boiling dumplings also requires hot water, so there is nothing wrong with it.
"Originally, when you cook dumplings, you can just throw them into the hot water when the water boils, but freshly made dumplings cannot. You have to be gentle when you put them in, otherwise the skins may be broken open one by one."
"And when boiling water, you can put some cabbage in it, so that the cooked dumplings will taste fresher."
Xia Zhi waited for the water in the pot to boil, and then put the dumplings in the bowl into the pot one by one.
"Generally speaking, the standard for cooking dumplings is to wait for them to float up from the water." The detailed principle does not need to be explained too clearly. There is no high school student who doesn't know the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, and the upward movement of hot air:
"Of course, occasionally there will be a few that don't float. Just poke them gently with chopsticks, and they will float on their own after a while."
"It seems quite interesting."
Rika Shiraishi stood next to Xia Zhi, looking at the dumplings rolling in the boiling water. Although Rika Shiraishi looked interesting, Xia Zhi was a little worried that the dumplings would fall apart as they rolled. Fortunately, they were not what Xia Zhi imagined.
So fragile. After the dumplings floated out of the water one by one, Xia Zhi poured the prepared cold water into the pot along the edge.
"Just wait a few minutes and it'll be fine."
"Oh." Shiraishi Lihua nodded: "Speaking of which, Xia Zhijun, do you know why many dishes need to be filled with water in the final stage of completion?"
"I know that adding a little water can prevent the bottom from sticking, but I'm not sure about the rest."
It is easy to understand that adding water to prevent the bottom of the dish from becoming burnt during the cooking process. Because there are oil and ingredients in the pot, the heat is transmitted to the ingredients through the bottom of the pot. The cooking oil has a strong heat absorption capacity and is also a part of the seasoning of the food.
There are many kinds of ingredients, but they will be consumed at the end of cooking. Adding a little water can prevent the food from overheating and sticking to the bottom of the pot. Generally, some water is always added when cooking. But Xia Zhi only knows about this.
That's all.
"Actually, there are many times when you don't need to add water when cooking. The purpose of adding water is to lower the temperature of the food that is too high. But for soups and other dishes, you don't need to add water because adding water will make the taste of the soup lighter. But when cooking
When stir-frying some vegetables, adding water will improve the cooking. For example...well, when stir-frying vegetables, adding some water can help the vegetables retain more nutrients, and the color will be brighter than without adding water.
"
Well, it’s a vegetable after all, so that’s understandable.
"Another example is when frying shredded pork. Adding some water during frying can ensure that the water in the shredded pork is lost less, making the dish more delicious."
This is understandable. After all, cooking is heating, and heating means the water in the food is lost. Everyone can still tell the difference between fruits and dried fruits. If you really can’t imagine it, you can buy some grapes and
Let’s compare raisins.
"Also, if you stew fish in cold water, there will be no fishy smell, and the nutrients of the fish will melt into the soup during the heating process."
"?" Xia Zhi raised his head in surprise: "I don't know that."
"Hehe. Because many people think that it will be much faster to stew fish with warm water or simply hot water. But if you stew fish with cold water and slow fire, all the nutritional value of the fish will be stimulated and melted in the soup.
And the longer it is stewed, the more protein in the fish will melt, and the fish soup will turn white."
The corner of Xia Zhi's mouth twitched: "My family's fish has never been in white soup." This is probably related to the fact that his family prefers spicy food, but Xia Zhi's fish has never been made into fish stew, or it is just directly
Fry the fish, or throw in chili peppers and other things and cook it together. He has only seen the white fish soup occasionally when eating in restaurants outside.
"Well, after all, there's not just one way to cook fish. Don't worry, don't worry."
Thinking about it, if the fish is simply stewed like this and dyed red without adding some chili pepper or something, Xia Zhi probably won’t be able to eat it. Red is the color of appetite. Leaving aside the situation of overdoing it and not being enough, this has always been Xia Zhi’s taste.
The action pattern that I believe in. Although I don’t reject sweets, for those who are thoroughly southern, it is better to have a little spicy food and a little red.
The air in the south is relatively humid, and chili peppers are a good thing to drive away moisture. It’s probably destiny to like spicy food. Even if you don’t like spicy food that much, you won’t hate it if you think about it. It’s all done in one pot.
The whole milky white stewed fish may not be tolerated by many southerners.
"Xia Zhijun, you're fine now."
Shiraishi Rika's voice pulled Xia Zhi out of his thoughts. He looked at the pot that the other party pointed at, and naturally understood what the other party meant.
"Lihua, can you help me get four bowls from the cupboard over there. The slightly larger ones. Yes, just whichever one."
Xia Zhi placed the four bowls that Shiraishi Reika took out on the kitchen counter one by one, and added seasonings to them. Then she poured the soup in the pot into the bowls, stirred it a little with chopsticks, and the soup was like this
It was done. After turning off the gas stove, Xia Zhi picked up the colander hanging on the wall, rinsed it casually with tap water, and took out the fat and white dumplings in the pot one by one.
Even though he deliberately took out a slightly larger bowl, a bowl of fifteen large dumplings still seemed a bit crowded. Xia Zhi sprinkled some chopped green onion into the bowl, and that was all it took to make a bowl of dumplings.
"Lihua, go and call them two."
"Um."
Shiraishi Rika walked from the kitchen counter to where Yamamoto Ryoko and Tachibana Aya were fighting. She was standing behind the sofa. She originally wanted to call out, but suddenly she found that the two of them were still fighting with their heads down.
Does this game take so long?
With such doubts, Shiraishi Rika lowered her head and glanced at the Ludo map. At present, about two hours had passed, and she had nothing to do since she put the crayfish into a bowl filled with white vinegar.
After watching around for a while, when we left, only Ryoko Yamamoto had a plane that successfully flew into the finish line, while Tachibana Aya's plane was still spinning around the outside.
Now, the situation has changed. Tachibana Aya has two planes flying into the finish line, but Yamamoto Ryoko has no new planes to fly in. And now, Yamamoto Ryoko's plane is taking the final step towards the finish line...
"I lost it!"
Three points and six points totaled nine points, stopping at one square before the finish line.
Although Yamamoto Ryoko's expression didn't change much, you could easily tell that she was about to vomit blood by now. Tachibana Aya snickered in a non-authentic way, then threw a dot, but the plane still didn't fly out.
Yamamoto Ryoko laughed twice: "It's time for dinner, Ryoko, Tachibana-senpai."
"Yeah, why don't we just let it go, Ryoko-chan." Tachibana Aya also suggested the same, but her purpose is not as simple as she imagined. If the current situation ends, leave behind the heaven-defying existence of Shiraishi in the dark flying chess world.
Lihua, she is the winner of this duel.
If you can't compare with God, then you can compare with people.
"I'm having fun now." Ryoko Yamamoto blinked, seeing through Tachibana Aya's plan, and then suggested: "Anyway, we can play while eating. And Tachibana-senpai doesn't want it to end in a draw.
Bar?"
"You can't do other things while eating." Shiraishi Lihua said.
"Is it a tie?" Aya Tachibana looked at the two planes she had entered, and Ryoko Yamamoto had just sent her second plane back to the camp: "This doesn't seem to be a tie."
"But, no one knows what the outcome will be until the end, right? Or..." Ryoko Yamamoto looked at Tachibana Aya innocently: "Tachibana-senpai, you want to run away after you take advantage.
?”
"Huh!?" Tachibana Aya's "hmm" tone gradually increased, making it clear that she was saying "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"What a rough way to provoke a general." Tachibana Aya rubbed her chin for a while and thought: "Okay, let's end this battle."
"I told you we were going to have dinner!"
Shiraishi Rika looked at the two of them dumbfounded.
"What's wrong?" Xia Zhi came over after bringing the dumplings and tableware to the table.
"Hmph, Xia Zhi. Even you can't interfere with this sacred battle."
"That's right. Xia-chan, don't make any trouble."
The tic-tac-toe mark on Natsuchi's forehead immediately appeared. Before Tachibana Aya could come back to her senses and figure out what Natsu-chan meant, Natsuhi said: "Well, Rika will throw the dot, if it's six or seven.
If it is, then you two will be considered a tie. If it is less than six points, then Tachibana Aya wins. If it is more than seven points, then you win, Ryoko."
"Is it okay?" Xia Zhi looked at Shiraishi Lihua and asked.
"I have objections!" x2
"The objection is invalid, you two losers."
As if a sharp knife had penetrated the heart, the scene fell into deathly silence.
Shiraishi Rika smiled bitterly and threw a six, and everyone was happy.