[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

It will take a lot of time to redo the stewed meat. Naturally, Xia’s mother and son can’t wait any longer after the guests are delivered. Xia Anran simply reheated the pork keel and old hen that were used to cook the soup before, and then stirred the stewed ingredients and soy sauce evenly. I also fried some chives with lard and made it into a dish.

That's right, marinade is so versatile!

Because it was used to make soup before, the keel was not cut with a big knife, and there is no need to cut it now. Fortunately, they are all family members, so just chew on it.

Because the hen is cooking the soup, the actual aroma is already in the soup. The meat is tasteless and soft. To be honest, the taste is average, but it is still very good when paired with the special sauce.

That's the beauty of the sauce.

Xia Shi didn't like to gnaw bones, after all, the movement of sucking bone marrow was too loud, and her posture was extremely indecent, which made her a little embarrassed, so Xia Anran happily gnawed on the bones, and left the chicken to Xia Shi.

Mrs. Xia dipped the bamboo chopsticks on the dipping saucer and tasted it, her appetite whetted immediately, and each of them ate half a chicken, and finally burped and stopped.

In fact, if she doesn't stop, Xia Anran will persuade her not to eat it first. Xia's family has been eating vegetarian food for a long time, and their stomachs will not be able to bear it if they eat meat all of a sudden. If their stomach hurts, it will be troublesome.

Before going to bed that night, Xia Anran cut some pork again. This time he learned his lesson and cut 3 pieces. Because of the taste of marinade, Xia's mother also expressed her support for him to make more.

Xia Anran did some calculations, one to eat at home, one to give to the local snake brother, and one to cut everything and give to neighbors in the neighborhood is also good.

This so-called piece of pork was cut by Xia's mother. She made a big cut, and a piece of meat weighed almost five or six catties. If you share it with neighbors, you can get one catty. It's a good gift.

Distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, Xia Anran doesn't know how the distant relatives of the Xia family are, but the close neighbors are really nice people, everyone has a harmonious relationship, and whoever makes delicious food will get a share.

Soak the strips of meat in the marinade and warm it overnight in the stove on a low fire. Although Gusu has not been able to drip into ice for a few days, the temperature is also below zero, and the snow that has not been cleared outside the door freezes after a night. It turned into ice cubes. Although the house is a little warmer, the taste cannot be soaked in the meat when it is very cold. Use the embers in the stove sugar, and the temperature is about 30 degrees, which is just right.

Xia Anran is more casual about the food she eats at home... After all, as long as the stew is not boiled dry, it doesn't matter how it is boiled. In addition to having to change a batch of spices every time, it is actually very easy to take care of, especially if you just eat it at home and don’t care about the stability of the taste.

He also boiled two eggs and smashed the shells and threw them in...

The Xia family has more eggs now, so they can be a little extravagant.

This day, the neighbors of the Xia family didn't sleep very well. In their sleep, there was always a scent lingering around the tip of their noses, which was very attractive.

As a result, everyone got up very early the next day, urging the mother-in-law at home to prepare breakfast quickly, and they would starve to death.

Of course Xia Anran didn't know about this.

After waking up the next day, Xia Anran and Xia shi ate a marinated egg, and then he ran into the room that Xia shi tidied up, like a little hamster picking melon seeds, nodding the thank you gift from the Lin family.

Considering the situation of the Xia family, the Lin family sent a considerable amount of daily necessities such as rice oil, dry goods, and cloth.

From the list of gifts, Xia Anran couldn't see such a spectacular scene, Xia Anran was a little scared by the amount.Especially several sets of rice, candles, fine salt, and various fruits and vegetables that are not common in winter.

The fabric is also selected with a color that does not show the mountains and water, but the quantity is quite a lot. It is estimated that the savings will be enough for Xia's family for several years.

Dry goods include mountain goods and sea goods. In this era, the value is really high.The coastal area of ​​Gusu is not surrounded by mountains. These mountain goods should have been transported from the north, and they are the Lin family's own inventory.

Considering the location of Mrs. Lin's natal family, Xia Anran felt that this was most likely an annual gift from Jia's family.

But this also caused a problem. The Xia family did not have a granary, and there was no need to dig a cellar here, so the storage conditions were insufficient.

"When spring begins, I have to hire a raccoon slave..." Mother Xia was already shocked, and her expression was calm at the moment, "Otherwise it won't be beautiful if it is ruined."

In ancient times, people were superstitious, fearing that rats would come over when they heard their names, so they generally didn't mention their names directly.

Xia's family lives in a residential area of ​​Gusu City. The location is not bad, and it is a residential area. There are not many rats. This house was bought by Xia's father when he was still there. As a civil servant, Xia's father can enjoy certain benefits when buying a house. The discounted price, but after buying this house, most of the Xia family's savings were wiped out, and then the Xia family had accidents one after another.

To be honest, if Xia Anran hadn't caught the abductee, Xia's family would have had a really hard time in spring.

Grain is hard currency. Seeing this orphan and widowed mother, the Lin family did not send cash, but gave food. It was just to avoid eye-catching, and they even ostentatiously passed the market to send it. It also deterred the little ones. This family is the benefactor of the youngest son of the Lin family. The tricks are all brighter.

The Lin family naturally didn't know that Xia Anran had just recognized a big brother, it was their kindness, Xia Anran had to acknowledge it.

Seeing so much food and ingredients, Xia Anran felt a little ready to move.

There was still meat marinating on the stove, so he took up the pot, so he found a jar in the corner of the warehouse at home. Judging from the dust on the jar, it hadn't been used since it was put in the warehouse.

Xia's mother was born well, although she also learned Chinese cooking... probably to the extent that she cooks the rice well. As far as Xia Anran remembers, her craftsmanship is average, but Xia's father is excellent in cooking. amazing.

Of course no one at home uses this pickle jar.

This is a very common kimchi jar, the kind with a sink on the lower urn.

When marinating kimchi, add water to the sink and close the jar lid, which can isolate the outside air. Xia Anran fetched some water to clean the jar, and then reached into it to feel it, he was a little surprised.

This jar is actually made of porcelain.

Kimchi jars are generally made of clay, even in modern times, Xia Anran's grandparents used to use clay, but this jar of Xia's family is made of porcelain?The question flashed across his mind, but it left no trace.

Porcelain is naturally better than clay. It is glazed on the inside, which is not easy to breed bacteria, and it is also easy to clean. It can also isolate the air from the outside and the corrosion inside to a certain extent. After all, pickles consume salt and vinegar, both of which are extremely harmful. Slightly corrosive.

He picked some vegetables that are suitable for kimchi, mainly cabbage, which is really too much. After sending away a batch, he still can’t eat it. Cabbage is easy to freeze, and then put some sliced ​​white radish, white radish It has been rinsed several times to remove some of the spicy taste, and I took some cabbage—this is called cabbage here, and it is still an imported product. It was included in the thank you gift from the Lin family, and it is a relatively expensive vegetable.

It was winter, and vegetables were precious, so he used them to make kimchi, and Mother Xia didn't say anything, except that her little eyes were a little distressed.

Xia Anran blinked and turned her head silently, he really couldn't stand the days when he only ate porridge and didn't even have pickles!

Kimchi is actually a relatively casual thing. Basically, you can wash and dry all the vegetables you like and throw them in. The production methods are different in different places, and there is no fixed taste.People often say that the taste of hometown is actually the texture and taste left on the back of the tongue because of the inconsistency of various dishes. There is really no need to pursue a unity.Otherwise, there is no such touching vocabulary as "local food".

First process the vegetables and put them aside to dry and marinate them with salt, then throw the star anise pepper into the well water, boil them and let them cool, the pre-preparation is done.

Afterwards, just put the vegetables in, pour water into the vegetables, and Xia Anran put some garlic and ginger to enhance the taste according to his personal habits. In fact, there is another important factor in adding garlic and ginger, which is to overcome the biggest enemy of kimchi - nitrite.

This is also something that has been criticized by several East Asian countries that love to eat pickled vegetables.However, in the production process, it is still possible to avoid increasing the production of this substance to a dangerous amount. One is to avoid eating it within the first five days after pickling, the other is to avoid the fermentation of a single substance, and the other is to add garlic and ginger. It contains a substance that can react with nitrous acid... um... As for the substance, forgive him for forgetting, but this method is already used to it.

He was so big that he moved the jar to the corner of the kitchen farthest from the stove, poured water on it and put the lid on it, so he didn't care about it anymore.

Failure will never fail, just the taste is different, this is also related to the local water quality and temperature, it is a factor beyond his control now, this is the unique gift brought by the water quality and climate of each place, but according to Xia Anran's memory, The water here in Gusu is not hard, so there should be no problem.

He hummed a little tune and went to deal with the braised pork.

Thanks to Master Lin's family for the thank you gift, so that Xia Anran can breathe a sigh of relief, and also think about what kind of path he will take in the future.

The overhead dynasties in "Dream of Red Mansions" take the intersection of Ming and Qing Dynasties, and the customs are biased, and these two dynasties are relatively friendly to businessmen.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the buds of capitalist society also emerged, and commerce did not completely become a negative example of "not doing production" and "buying and selling", and businessmen no longer generally appeared in negative images in literary works.

Especially in this dynasty, there is a royal merchant Xue's family.

To be honest, if he is to study stereotyped essays and take the imperial examination, then these ten years are probably only enough to get started.

What's more, Xia Anran's mind is actually full of anti-social thoughts. If he can't hold back and talk about overthrowing the feudal system one day, he will die.

He didn't have much time, so going into business would be a good choice.

Waiting until the beginning of spring... I really have to think about my future livelihood, the key is that he is too young now.

After all, he was still inexperienced. Xia Anran touched his collar that outsiders could not touch. After arriving in this world, the collar turned into a little red mole and was printed on his elbow. In the internal test, the task accuracy bar was only [-]%. These two points It was also because he managed to get in touch with the Lin family.

Other than that, there is no more information on the interface.

...It's really a very unreliable system. Is this really for baby monsters?Isn't it used to trap little monsters?

Xia Anran thought silently in her heart.

This is still a novice world. Is the novice world that monster babies face so cruel?It's not easy to be a monster these days.

The author has something to say: the author touched his belly, feeling a little sad. Recently, in order to code the text, the author went to do some of the later things by himself, and then he got a little fat, ahem.

By the way, today's kimchi is very good!The author strongly recommends that you make one-day pickles, which can be eaten the next day after making them the night before. The nitrite content is very low and the taste is refreshing!

It is recommended to use shredded carrots, it must be shredded, the author does not like to eat carrots, but shredded carrots are completely stress-free! !Cabbage slices, cucumber slices.

Just buy a one-day container (or you can use a glass rice bowl at home!) Put salt, a little pepper ring, vinegar (the author recommends using grape vinegar), a little olive oil, put a little sugar, Light soy sauce, monosodium glutamate (it is recommended not to add chicken essence, mushroom essence can be added)

Then put it in the refrigerator overnight and you can eat spicy food!

The author likes to eat it with hot rice, and put the cold one-day pickles on top of the hot rice in one bite! ! !Delicious and happy!

Ah, even though I said that, when you read this article, the author has nothing to eat...

My one-day stain was packed by my mother and taken to the unit to eat.

Hmm... The shortcoming is that the amount made each time is very small, basically the amount of a meal.

In fact, I still want to struggle, I think, what I write is not a food article... Food is the route to victory, that's right! ! !