Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 787: Dumplings smashed! (seeking a monthly ticket)

After telling Xiao Fugui, they continued to go outside to get busy. They didn't open in the morning, so they would naturally open for business at noon. Xiao Fugui went to sleep after taking the medicine, so there was no need to worry about it for the time being.

However, just five days later, Xiao Fugui's condition did improve, and during his illness, Xiao Fugui seemed to fall in love with eating canned food. He didn't like eating fruit very much, but he didn't know why he felt that the fruit made Canned food is especially delicious.

So much so that Xiao Fugui pestered Chen Nian to make canned food for him all day after he recovered from his illness.

"You can't eat this all the time, your teeth will break if you eat too much." Chen Nian didn't immediately agree.

"I don't! I want to eat!"

Looking at Xiao Fugui like this, Chen Nian couldn't help sighing, and then began to say frighteningly: "Xiao Fugui, don't you want to become a village head old man with few teeth like Zhang at a young age?

At that time, other children will have two rows of neat teeth when they go out to smile, but you will only have two rows of bald teeth when you smile. Do you think other children can play with you at that time?
No matter how good you are at reading books, no matter how fluently you recite ancient poems, no matter how good you are at playing games, they won't want to play with a little old man like you. "

Chen Nian's words really frightened Xiao Fugui: "Then I won't eat."

He didn't want to become like old man Zhang.

"That's right, Xiao Fugui, although canned food is delicious, you can't always eat it, just taste it once in a while."

"it is good."

Gao Genzhu couldn't help looking at Chen Nian from the side, now that he is Chen Nian, he can make Xiao Fugui gossip around and listen to whatever he says.

Usually he said that Xiao Fugui is not so easy, sometimes he has to hit him twice to make Xiao Fugui obedient.

But this time, Xiao Fugui had just recovered from a serious illness, so they wanted to eat something good.

It was also in the morning that Gao Genzhu chopped the meat stuffing, and mixed in a few scallions.

After opening at noon, they began to sit at the table and make dumplings.

"Brother Genzhu, do we eat a lot of dumplings here?" Chen Nian asked.

"A lot! Why not a lot? I don't know what the customs are like in your place, but here we eat dumplings every new year and festival. We eat them on happy occasions and funerals at home. The dumplings are usually pork. Scallion stuffing or pork and leek stuffing, rich people put more meat, people without money put more vegetables, or make vegan dumplings, wrapped with tofu eggs and vermicelli.”

Chen Nian nodded: "This is really different from ours. We still eat more three delicacies, leek eggs, pork and cabbage."

Speaking of Chen Nian, he seemed to think of something again: "Brother Genzhu, then our dumplings must be eaten with vinegar?"

"Well, we eat it with vinegar here, but I heard that some places also eat it with soy sauce. I really can't think of how to eat it with soy sauce. Is it salty?"

I know about eating dumplings dipped in soy sauce for aging. In Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, there are also some northeastern regions who like to eat soy sauce and garlic.

"Actually, I'm not very used to eating dumplings dipped in soy sauce, but the dipping sauce for our dumplings is different from these. Every time we eat dumplings at home, we will put chili powder, garlic paste, pepper noodles and chopped green onion in it. There are also sesame seeds, and then pour it in hot oil, and finally put some vinegar and soy sauce in it.”

"That's really complicated." Gao Genzhu also felt a little strange listening to Chen Nian's narration, "Sure enough, people in the south and north eat differently."

After all, vinegar is the mainstream here, so put less salt or sesame oil in the bowl.

Gao Genzhu's family can also be regarded as a pastry family, so the dumpling noodles are also very strong. After rolling into a round skin, use chopsticks or a spoon to dig a piece of meat filling and put it in the center of the dumpling skin.

Then fold it in half, and then squeeze it gently with both hands, and the dumpling is formed.

This is somewhat similar to the method of making dumplings that Chen Nian learned.

However, the dumplings made by the three of them are still slightly different.

In the beginning, Zhang Chuanfang rolled the dumpling wrappers. The dumpling wrappers Zhang Chuanfang rolled out were relatively small, and they looked very compact after being wrapped. Chen Nian felt that he could eat two dumplings of this size in one bite.

After Zhang Chuanfang rolled it for a while, he felt that everyone was too slow to roll it, so he asked Gao Genzhu to roll it.

As a result, the dumpling wrappers rolled out by Gao Genzhu are relatively larger and contain more meat, so Zhang Chuanfang has to add more filling every time he puts the stuffing in the center of the dumpling wrappers.

When Chen Nian is making dumplings, he is used to folding the two ends inwards to seal them.

It's just that when they were making dumplings, Xiao Fugui sneaked over again, stood beside Chen Nian and poked Chen Nian's waist, then saw Chen Nian looking over, he pointed at the rice cake on the table. noodle.

Chen Nian immediately understood.

So he grabbed a small piece of dough and gave it to Xiao Fugui, letting him go aside to play.

As a result, Xiao Fugui didn't play for long, and the small lump of noodles was blackened by the black paint he played with.

So Xiao Fugui came to ask for it again.

"I can't bring this to you. These things are meant to be eaten and bought with money. How can I spoil them like this." Chen Nian flatly refused.

"How about this, Xiao Fugui, you go wash your hands and come make dumplings with us."

"But I won't." Xiao Fugui said blankly.

Chen Nian smiled: "If you don't know how, I can teach you, and if you know how to make dumplings, it's one more thing to show off to them."

Although Xiao Fugui is lively by nature, and his mind is active when he is studying, he will always be caught off guard by Chen Nian's tricks.

The current aging can be said to have firmly grasped Xiao Fugui's psychology.

"Okay, I'll learn!"

When Xiao Fugui heard that he could compare with other children, his eyes lit up.

"Well, okay, then you go wash your hands, remember to wash your hands clean, and let your parents check later."

Not long after, Xiao Fugui came back after washing his hands.

Gao Heizhu glanced at it, the palms and backs of his hands were washed very clean, and there was no black mud under the nails.

"Okay, it's quite clean, go and learn how to make dumplings with your brother Chen Nian."

In the end, Xiao Fugui sat directly on the bench where Chen Nian was sitting.

It's just that the children's comprehension ability is still a bit insufficient. As for their method of squeezing the bags, Xiao Fugui tried several times but failed to do it.

Every time you knead, you either squeeze out all the stuffing, or you knead the dough to make it extra long. Each dumpling has a different shape and never repeats itself.

"You can't do this, you look like a Zhu Bajie making dumplings, which good family's dumplings look like this?" Chen Nian shook his head, "Well, let me teach you a simpler one."

As he spoke, Chen Nian took the messy dumplings he made from Xiao Fugui and trimmed them before putting them into the grate.

"Now you are like me, first take a dumpling wrapper and put it in the palm of your hand."

"Then put the stuffing in."

"No, you have too little of this, it's the same as eating boiled noodles."

After hearing this, Xiao Fugui scooped up some minced meat and put it in, then Chen Nian shook his head again: "You can't do this either, there are too many, let's get out a little more."

"Okay, now fold the dumpling wrappers in half and pinch their edges."

Chen Nian said patiently.

But after he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of another problem, that is, after staying here for such a long time, his words seemed to be subtly influenced.

Especially at the end of each sentence, I like to add a "了" or "wow" or "what"

Like what did you do?

Are you okay?
You need to sleep?
Such.

Thinking about it now, it seems that everyone here likes to use "le" and "what" to replace the modal particles such as "do" and "do".

And "wow" and "what" are more used to replace "bar.

Sometimes when I hear someone outside talking about eating, this is not a questioning tone, but a very affirmative tone.

And besides this, Chen Nian also found that people here like to use redundancies.

It's like taking medicine, eating, holding the side, small book, water cup, etc., which seem to be cute words to outsiders, but they are especially common here in Shanxi.

It's the same way from children to old people.

In addition, Chen Nian found a particularly interesting saying here, which is "don't wait to grow old". At first, the literal meaning was quite poetic.

But being here means simply being too lazy to go somewhere.

And Chen Nian didn't expect that he would start talking about it now.

It's just that there is no problem with what he says now or what others hear, and he doesn't find it strange.

After watching Chen Nian pinch the sides of the dumplings, Xiao Fugui followed suit.

"Pinch it tightly? Be sure to pinch it, otherwise it will leak when it is cooked." Chen Nian reminded again.

And Xiao Fugui said loudly after careful inspection: "Pinch it tight!"

"Well, the next step is to use the big brother to hold the side at the back, put the second thumb in the front and gently push forward with the thumb, so that it overlaps with this side, and finally take the second thumb back and put it here Just a little squeeze."

Chen Nian showed it in slow motion. Xiao Fugui still couldn't pinch it well at first, but after trying a few times, he seemed to have found the knack.

"Mom, look at the dumplings I made!"

Zhang Chuanfang looked at Xiao Fugui holding his dumplings high: "My son is so smart, he learned how to make dumplings so quickly?

What shape is this in your bag?It looks like a flower. "

"I make flower dumplings!"

"It's amazing! It looks better than a mother's bag!"

Zhang Chuanfang also said encouragingly.

And Gao Genzhu is also very happy at this time, the family can sit here happily making dumplings together, so he joked and said: "Then let's make a rule today that we can eat as much as we make, how about it?"

"Okay, I must pack more than you guys!"

In the end, Xiao Fugui started to pack it up hard.

But children are always active after all, and there are always some unconstrained ideas in their minds.

While wrapping Xiao Fugui, he thought about covering the two dumpling wrappers together, and then put a lot of stuffing inside.

After pinching the edges, he pinched a circle around the edge of the dumpling wrapper according to the method of pinching the pattern given to him before the old age.

"Mom, look, I have wrapped a sun!"

As a result, everyone was happy after seeing it, not to mention that this wrapping method is indeed quite creative.

It really does look like the sun in the sky.

As a result, the last few were wrapped and wrapped like this. Seeing that there was still a little more stuffing, Zhang Chuanfang simply wrapped a little more in it.

Looking at Xiao Fugui and Chen Nian, he said, "I'll make a mouse dumpling for each of you."

"Mouse dumplings?" It was the first time Chen Nian had heard of this method of making dumplings.

But after watching Zhang Chuanfang wrap the dumplings skillfully, Chen Nian suddenly realized: "Isn't this the willow leaf-shaped dumpling?"

And Xiao Fugui seemed very happy.

He loves to eat dumplings, but he prefers to eat mouse dumplings, because the dumplings are round and chubby after they are made, making people want to bite them down.

And they didn't find it strange that such a dumpling had this name.

"Okay, you go and rest first, I'll call you after the dumplings are cooked." Gao Genzhu clapped his hands and said.

Both Chen Nian and Xiao Fugui nodded, and went aside to pick the scabs on their hands, while Zhang Chuanfang took out four bowls, poured vinegar into them, and added a few drops of sesame oil into them.

He could smell the sour smell of vinegar from a long distance away, and Chen Nian only felt his stomach growling.

The same goes for Xiao Fugui, the two of them have no intention of playing now, they just want to eat dumplings later.

after awhile.

"Come, come, let's eat, the dumplings are ready." Gao Genzhu greeted.

Hearing this call, Chen Nian rushed to the table with Xiao Fugui and began to wait for the dumplings to come out of the pot.

"Be careful, the freshly cooked dumplings are a bit hot, don't burn your tongue." Zhang Chuanfang put a large plate of dumplings on the table.

Looking at the white and fat dumplings, Chen Nian couldn't help swallowing.

As for Xiao Fugui, he picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick them up, but he couldn't hold them after several times. Just when Chen Nian was about to help, Xiao Fugui directly inserted the chopsticks into the dumplings, picked them up, and put them on the dumpling. in its own bowl.

After dipping it in vinegar, I carefully took a bite on the edge, bit off the skin, and then blew on the inside again.

When it didn't feel hot, I stuffed it into my mouth.

Just stuff your mouth full.

"How is it? Are the dumplings delicious?"

"Yeah! It's delicious!"

Xiao Fugui nodded vigorously.

Chen Nian waited until Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang sat down and began to move their chopsticks, then he also picked up a dumpling and put it in the bowl.

After dipping in the vinegar, put it in your mouth in one bite, and the tough dumpling skin is still full of heat.

At first, there is a very sour vinegar taste, but it is quickly blended with the light noodle fragrance. The rich meat and onion fragrance overflows the mouth between chewing, and most of the rich juice inside is fat, but when paired with these Not tired at all together.

After eating, there is no special adjective for aging.

Now his mind is full of just one word.

Fragrant!
(End of this chapter)