Chapter 44 A Simple Lunch Before New Year's Eve Dinner
"Brother Guozheng, look, what I said is right. This is just something to fool your eyes. It doesn't have any tomato flavor. What is this thing called?" Sun Dahai complained to Zhang Guozheng, but it was a pity that Zhang Guozheng didn't understand.
When cooking, Sun Dahai played the piano to the cow.
Fortunately, Sun Dahai was mentally prepared. He took out the ketchup he bought at the Friendship Store from the cabinet, opened it and added it in.
He poured the dough into the pot, added salt and pepper, and stir-fried.
A rich mixed fragrance came out, and Sun Dahai nodded with satisfaction.
"We are back!" Following Aunt Xiaoyue's call, everyone had arrived after lunch.
There were so many people today that when eating noodles, we had to cook them in the room again. Grandma Zheng and Jiang Xiuping squeezed into the kitchen and started rolling noodles. The two aunts each took a pot and boiled water on the stoves in the two rooms to prepare
Cook noodles.
Li Cuifeng was chatting with Bruce Lee and Tang Tian in the dining hall. More than ten years ago, during the three years when Bruce Lee lived in the Sun family's old house in Huangchenggen, west of the city, to attend high school, during the first year or so, Cao Yong had not gone to Xiangjiang.
I studied and lived with Bruce Lee in his old house. Now that we meet each other, naturally we are also very affectionate.
Zhang Yujie took Sun Yuanyuan and Sun Dahe to play in the yard.
In the kitchen, Sun Dahai was still busy. He asked Zhang Guozheng to wash a cabbage, cut it and blanch it in a dough pot. He used another burner to cook the pot. After the pot was hot, Sun Dahai took out a
In the big pot, there were large pieces of beef brisket and beef loin stewed yesterday, including soup and meat. Sun Dahai put half of the pot into the pot at one go.
A few days ago, Chef Cao specially asked the black market meat vendor to save this for the family to eat during the Chinese New Year. Beef brisket and loin, which are the best parts used in beef stew, were requested by Sun Dahai.
, Chef Cao bought thirty kilograms at once, divided it into three large pots, and stewed it for more than three hours last night. Fortunately, there was a stove in the house in winter. Chef Cao and Sun Dahai cooked the beef stew last night.
Put the pot on the gas stove and bring it to a boil, add enough water and ingredients, place them on the stoves in the three rooms, and simmer slowly.
As for the beef tendon meat, Chef Cao also bought more than 20 kilograms and made it into soy sauce beef. Different parts of the beef have their own characteristics and can be eaten in different ways. The beef tendon meat is very lean, with thick shreds and extremely fat.
Less. If it is stewed, it will taste bad and will clog your teeth. There are many elderly people in Sun Dahai's family, and they are also very picky, so they generally don't eat much.
Sauced beef is a great dish to go with wine.
Sun Dahai thought of what the heroes in "Water Margin" often said when entering a tavern: "Waiter, if you get two cents of wine, you can cut up three or two pounds of good beef."
When it comes to ancient literary works, many contents cannot be carefully studied. In the farming era with low productivity, cattle were the treasure of a family or even a village. In the Song Dynasty, laws were enacted to protect cattle.
, birth, old age, illness and death must be reported. Even the emperor would be impeached by the imperial censor if he killed cows and ate meat without reason. In other words, going to a tavern to order beef in the Song Dynasty was equivalent to going to a restaurant to order tiger or panda meat now.
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Sauced beef can be regarded as a very high-end cold dish in family banquets and is very popular among drinking friends. Even though Chef Cao and Sun Dahai make a lot of sauced beef, they actually eat very little at home and mainly give it to relatives, friends and neighbors.
, add a dish to your table during the Chinese New Year.
It is not unreasonable to say that the Sun and Cao families are popular. Whether they are in Xihuangchenggen or Hepingmen, they are not only polite to people, but also help when they are in trouble. This helps everyone during the Chinese New Year every year.
The tradition of cuisine is also very important.
This year, Sun Dahai started to help in the kitchen, and there was even more work at home. From childhood to 30, almost every night, Chef Cao and Sun Dahai led everyone to prepare various New Year foods.
The fried noodles were ready. Sun Dahai made this big pot, including vegetables and noodles, which weighed more than three kilograms. It was noodles for lunch, and Sun Dahai took out three large fish plates used for steaming fish at home before finishing the frying.
All the dough pieces are coded in.
Zhang Guozheng served the dishes back and forth.
Sun Dahai saw that the beef was also heated through, so he used a strainer to remove a few large pieces of beef from the broth and put them on the chopping board, cut them into small pieces with a knife, put them into a large porcelain basin, and added beef broth. Finally,
Sun Dahai took the blanched cabbage into another basin, added a little beef soup, and poured two ladles of noodle soup into it.
Because the pot was small, there was a lot of beef and soup left in the pot. After Sun Dahai put away the pot for cooking noodles, he put the hot beef pot on the stove and continued to heat it.
That's it, let's call it a day.
Sun Dahai washed his hands and returned to the dining hall. The two pots of noodles were ready, and his mother was serving noodles to everyone.
The noodles will continue to cook. Today there are Bruce Lee and Sun Dahe at home, as well as the guest Tang Tian, so Jiang Xiuping and Li Cuifeng come over to keep them company, while my aunt and Grandma Zheng continue to cook the noodles.
There are a bunch of various bowls, basins, and plates on the table, large and small.
A large bowl of fried sauce, a large plate of sliced radish strips, cucumber strips, and a bowl of Laba vinegar made by Liang Jingjing’s family. Because it was winter, the number of dishes was a little short, and there was nothing I could do about it. This is a simplified version of the capital’s fried noodles.
A large bowl of beef and soup, plus cabbage blanched in beef soup, a small bowl of coriander and a small bowl of vinegar, and a plate of fried chili oil. This is the mass-market version of the small bowl of beef + noodles.
Red tomatoes with tomato sauce, green peppers and garlic sprouts, and white noodles, paired with spicy onions and tender mutton slices, this is an exotic dish with great color, flavor and flavor - the standard of fried noodles
Version.
In addition, there is a drinker's set meal on the table: fried peanuts, sweet and sour radish skin, ginger sauce preserved egg, garlic sauce pork skin jelly.
Cao Yong asked: "Brother Xiaolong, brother Tangtian, can we have one less bite at noon?"
After many years of military service, how could anyone not be good at drinking? In addition, seeing such a sumptuous lunch and a drinking buddy set, Bruce Lee and Tang Tian couldn't help but swallow their saliva and nodded.
There were several cardboard boxes piled up in the corner of the dining room. Cao Yong walked over and asked, "What should I drink? Moutai, Wuliangye, or Fenjiu?" The trip to Youyi Store brought together several famous wines in the family.
Tang Tian hesitated for a moment and said, "Is there Erguotou? If not, I will go to the grocery store to buy a bottle now. It will be quick."
Bruce Lee also said: "Yes, when I was in the army, I wanted to drink Erguotou from my hometown."
"You don't have to go out to buy it. We have it at home." Cao Yong said happily while unpacking the box: "I bought it after my sister-in-law reminded me that day. It turns out that everyone thinks that Feitian Moutai, which costs 7 yuan a bottle, is not as good as less than this.
The dime Erguotou is delicious.”
"Not necessarily. If people from the south come, they will probably drink Moutai and Wuliangye." Sun Dahai interjected. Alas, he is still young! Sun Dahai looked at
They drank and were very greedy, but there was nothing they could do.
He picked up an empty plate, put a small plate of fried noodles on it, and placed it in front of his younger brother Sun Dahe.
"Brother, come and try my brother's craftsmanship."
Sun Dahe had been greedy for a long time, but he obeyed the rules. He said to Sun Dahai: "Thank you, brother." Then he looked at Jiang Xiuping.
Jiang Xiuping was very satisfied with Sun Dahe's performance. It was very good for a three-year-old child to do this. She said everyone can eat as they like, and lunch began.
Three drinking buddies sat at one end of the long table, amusing themselves. Li Cuifeng said: "Xiaoyong, they have been on the train for a day and a half. You guys first have a bowl of noodles on the bottom and drink slowly. Xiaolong, take care of yourself."
Tang Tian." He ignored them and sat at the other end with Jiang Xiuping, picking up food for Sun Dahe and Sun Yuanyuan and taking care of them to eat.
Sun Dahe, Cao Yue and the Zhang brothers and sisters were sitting in the middle of the long table. Cao Yue wanted to participate from both sides, listening a few words here and saying a few words there, obviously feeling overwhelmed.
The three people who were drinking did not discuss it with each other. They all came to eat noodles with soybean paste. While eating, they said that this is how it tastes.
"Brother, this noodle is delicious." Sun Yuanyuan filled her mouth with fried noodles and never forgot to praise Sun Dahai.
Sun Dahe also nodded in agreement, and at the same time stuffed it into his mouth.
Sun Dahai said with a smile: "If you like to eat, eat more."
Zhang Yujie also likes to eat fried noodles, but her brother is not interested in such colorful food and is thinking about what to eat.
In fact, Sun Dahai was not very interested in fried noodles. He knew that Zhang Guozheng ate a lot of rice and loved to eat meat, so he picked up a bowl of white noodles that his aunt had served, put the blanched cabbage on it, and poured the soup and meat on it.
He handed it to Zhang Guozheng. Then he mixed a bowl himself and ate it with big mouthfuls.