After a simple rebirth

The preparation of barbecue materials is basically divided into four types: meat, vegetables, auxiliary ingredients, and barbecue tools.

As for meat, Fu Ying was going to buy a pack of chicken wings; whole chicken wings or drumsticks, depending on the price; half a pound of pork belly; a pack of hot dogs or starch sausages; and a pack of cuttlefish balls. There shouldn't be too many people coming, so 10 skewers of each would be enough.

But just buying meat would probably exceed your budget, and vegetarian dishes require even more consideration.

As for vegetables, 1 pound of leeks; 2 baby cabbages; a few green peppers, which are good with pork belly or roasted alone; 3 eggplants, which can be roasted with garlic. Go to Fu Ergu's house to get some corn, potato chips and green beans are also fine. You can have steamed buns, which are filling and delicious when roasted.

The ingredients are cumin powder, garlic, a little bit of peanuts and cooked sesame seeds, and a bottle of honey sauce.

As for tools, you need to consider the rack. I don’t know if Fu Ergu has one at home. Just buy two packs of long bamboo skewers from the mall, and a small brush. It depends on the situation. She prefers to roast the baby cabbage.

After thinking it through, Fu Ying went to the market to buy vegetables first. Vegetables in the countryside were indeed cheaper, and Fu Ying bought less, so she only spent 10 yuan on vegetables. She also weighed half a pound of pork belly for 5 yuan.

There were actually people selling fresh beef, which is really rare in the countryside, but I didn't buy it because it was too expensive. Fu Ying remembered that one pound cost forty or fifty yuan, and one or two pounds was too little and others were not willing to sell it to them.

There are also frozen products. There is no chicken farm here, so I couldn't buy more chicken wings. In addition, there was no supermarket in my hometown at that time, only grain shops that sold chili powder and peanuts. Fu Ying asked and found out that there were still frozen products. I spent 45 to buy chicken wings and meatballs. Later, I saw a small bag of chicken drumsticks, so I bought another bag. I saw honey sauce was also available, so I bought all the seasonings together.

Finally, we went to a larger store and bought bamboo sticks and other items, and the shopping process was completed.

The 20 yuan that Fu Ma gave me a few days ago was also included. Fortunately, I don’t have to spend much money on school as long as I resist buying drinks.

Fu Ma also bought other things, including the mooncakes that are essential for Mid-Autumn Festival.

Mooncakes are different in different places. Fu Ying has always eaten Cantonese-style mooncakes in Yunnan Province. For her, they are too greasy. It is really difficult for one person to finish a small mooncake. She usually eats one mooncake with two sips of water.

The most popular mooncake in Yunnan Province is ham mooncake. The origin and main production area of ​​Yunnan-style ham mooncake is actually the capital of Yunnan Province, also known as Yunnan ham mooncake.

Yuntiao mooncakes are made by cutting ham into small pieces and then mixing it with lard and sugar to make the filling. The outer skin is crispy, sweet and salty, and not greasy.

When I was a child, my favorite thing to eat was mooncakes. The ones with meat were delicious. They were tasty but I couldn’t eat them all the time. I could basically only have one, or two or three if I could. So I missed mooncakes even more every year.

In the past, people in rural areas did not pay much attention to buying mooncakes as gifts during the Mid-Autumn Festival. They just ate them at home. A mooncake was wrapped in red paper on the outside and wrapped in oil paper on the inside. There were five in a mooncake. If you wanted to buy them individually, you could also buy them one by one.

However, later on, mooncake manufacturers developed various packaging gift boxes, and some people began to give mooncakes as gifts, especially to important elders and leaders.

But most people who eat by themselves choose to buy them in strips. The prices are also different, some are RMB 1.50 each, and some are RMB 3 each. The main difference is the ingredients used in the ham.

In the previous life, the Fu family always celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival in Guangdong Province. What Fu's father complained about every Mid-Autumn Festival was that the mooncakes in Guangdong Province were not delicious and he could not eat the mooncakes from his hometown.

One Mid-Autumn Festival, Fu Ying worked in the city and could go home for the festival. She bought two mooncakes online in advance and had them delivered to her home. She hadn't eaten them for a long time. She thought that she would have a meal together on Mid-Autumn Festival like her neighbors downstairs, and then sit together to enjoy the full moon, eat mooncakes and fruits.

When we got home, Fu's father said that they had finished eating. Some of them were given to relatives who were also celebrating the New Year here, and some were eaten as snacks when Fu had time. The mooncakes were gone before the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Fu Ying asked Fu's mother when they had eaten, and it turned out that everyone had eaten except her.

Fu Ying thought that she could buy more and eat them together, so she asked Fu Ma if it tasted like her hometown. Fu Ma said yes. Fu Ying asked Fu Ma if she wanted to buy some more so that they could eat it after the Mid-Autumn Festival. Fu Ma said no.

The fantasy of the Mid-Autumn Festival scene was shattered, and the day passed uneventfully.

I didn’t buy it again because Fu’s parents went back to their hometown more often, so I didn’t miss the taste that much. Fu Ying never ate it again, but she bought two for herself, but it was too greasy. In addition, she no longer expected the fantasy scene, and she didn’t have time to go home for the Mid-Autumn Festival because of work.

This time, Fu Ma only bought one at the market, the kind that costs 1.5 yuan each. One is enough for each family member, and if there is not enough, they can buy more at the convenience store.

Fu Ying secretly took one, broke it in half, and gave half to Fu's mother.

"Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival. What will you eat tomorrow if you eat it now?" The mooncake had already been broken open and she had no choice but to eat it. Fu's mother took the mooncake but still said to Fu Ying.

"We can eat the leftovers tomorrow. Mooncakes are meant to be eaten. I haven't eaten mooncakes from my hometown in a long time. I almost forgot what they taste like."

Fu Ying looked at the half mooncake in her hand. It was the shape and filling she remembered. In the middle, she could see the distinct diced ham and sugar. It looked like the ingredients were sufficient. Fu Ying took a bite of the mooncake. The Xuanwei ham was delicious. As expected, it was fragrant in the first bite. But the second bite was not so amazing.

Oily and flavorful delicacies tasted delicious when I was a kid, and of course there’s also the filter of memory.

I've eaten a lot of delicious food when I grew up, but when I come back to eat this, I find that it's just like that. Although I only eat it during the Mid-Autumn Festival, it's really not so delicious that I can't stop eating it. Occasionally, I will subconsciously comment that too much sugar is unhealthy and I can't eat too much.

I was almost home after eating the mooncakes and met Fu Zhe on the way.

Fu Ying didn't recognize him because she didn't know how to look at who was sitting in other people's houses. It was Fu's mother who called Fu Zhe's name when they passed by a house.

Fu Zhe saw them running out, asked Fu Ying what they bought, and then went home with them.

Fu Ying gave him a mooncake and asked him to eat it. This time, Fu's mother didn't say anything because she and Fu Ying had already eaten it, so she let Fu Zhe eat it too.

Fu Ying told Fu Zhe about the barbecue tomorrow night. Fu Zhe had never experienced this before, but he was looking forward to this novel thing and happily finished the mooncake in just a few bites.

Fu Ying also asked Fu Zhe to ask Li Xingying and the other friends around them who wanted to join the barbecue. They had to get their family's consent first, and then everyone could bring something they wanted to grill, and they would gather at 7 o'clock to start the barbecue.

Fu Zhe nodded and ran to ask someone.