my home is in the northeast

13. Sauerkraut Dumplings

"Uncle, do we buy so much pork?" Wu Zihao followed Zhang Yuhe. It was the first time he saw such a big piece of pork, and he thought it was very novel.

Buying meat in the city only weighs a few catties. Zhang Yuhe’s piece of pork weighed almost seventy catties. Because he bought a lot at once, he not only gave up the price, but also offered to help him remove the bones and chop them up. .

There is no need to pick the meat that is eaten at home too cleanly. Not only is there more meat on the ribs, but there is more meat on the bones.

The uncle and nephew looked at the thick meat, and they were a little bit greedy. If it was stewed deliciously and took a bite, it would be so delicious.

Xiao Zihao swallowed his saliva, "Uncle, let's go back quickly."

"No hurry, let's eat dumplings at noon today, did you forget? Even if we go back early, we don't know how to stew meat." Zhang Yuhe took his nephew's hand and said, "Uncle He Six, put the meat on your side first, I will Go buy something else."

"Hey, go ahead. If it's inconvenient, I'll take it back for you." said the butcher He Laoliu. This is the benefit of being a fellow villager.

"Row."

There are not many people who buy vegetables in the market, but there is one that sells shrimps, which are caught in the nearby Songhua Lake.

Zhang Yuhe looked at the shrimp, and said it was not too big, and it was not too small, and the color of the shrimp was dark, so it was a genuine wild shrimp.Zhang Yuhe pulled at his nephew, "Xiaohao, do you want to eat dumplings stuffed with three delicacies?"

"Think!" the snack food said loudly immediately.

Zhang Yuhe weighed two catties of shrimp, wandered around the market twice, and bought some leeks.These leeks are all grown by the farmer's own in the greenhouse, and the leeks outside the ice and snow can't grow at all.

Back at He Laoliu's booth, He Laoliu was packing up his things, "It just so happens that you're back, and my meat is sold out, so I'm planning to leave. What did you buy?"

"There happened to be a shrimp seller, so I bought some."

"Yo, it's rare. Is there any more? I'll go and see too."

"Yes! Go quickly."

Taking his little nephew and pork with him, Zhang Yuhe returned home on a three-wheeler.

"Sister, Mom, come out quickly." Zhang Yuhe yelled in the yard.

Everyone didn't know what happened, even Zhang Changgui quickly put on their shoes and ran out.

When everyone came out to take a look, they saw half a fan of pork on the tricycle, and they were all dumbfounded.

What is this good fellow buying so much meat for?Don't you just eat stewed dumplings, do you want Baotou pig to go in?

"Why do you buy so much?" Zhang Yuping couldn't laugh or cry.

"Isn't it the Chinese New Year soon? Buy more. It just so happens that the old sixth uncle of the He family is selling meat. His pork is delicious and freshly slaughtered, so I bought one." Zhang Yuhe laughed, "All the ribs are removed. Already, when are we going to cook it? Xiao Hao is so greedy that he is drooling."

"I think you're drooling too?" Zhang Yuping laughed.

"If you don't tell the truth, you are still good siblings." Zhang Yuhe followed Zhang Changgui and carried the pork into the house. "By the way, sister, there are leeks and shrimps in the car."

Sun Cuifang took the leeks and prawns down, "It was caught in the lake, it's not easy in this cold weather."

"That's right, let's not just eat sauerkraut, but also some delicacies."

"Okay, I'll choose leeks now."

Zhang Changgui has the skill of sauce meat, so the meat is naturally divided into several large pieces.Cut off a strip of pork belly, and add a piece of back buttocks for the two daughters, let them chop stuffing.The rest continue to be divided into pieces.

"Yu Bao'er, don't you want to learn how to use sauced meat, right?" Zhang Changgui asked intentionally.He is still a little selfish, even if his son does a small business, he doesn't want his son to work in the fields.It was too hard, he couldn't bear it.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Zhang Yuhe nodded.It's also okay to make sauced meat. It just so happens that the meat is ready-made. He learned it earlier, and he can go to the market to try the water earlier.If it's good, he will open a meat sauce shop. If it's not good, he can also concentrate on vegetables in the greenhouse.

Because there was a lot of meat, Sun Cuifang simply went to scoop up two more sauerkraut, planning to pack more at a time, anyway, there are too many people now.The extra dumplings are frozen in the yard, which is the most natural refrigerator.

Zhang Changgui took Zhang Yuhe to identify how to make each part of the pork, and what is the best cooking time, and then took out the cloth bag hanging on the beam of the wing room. There were all kinds of spices he needed for sauce meat, and he didn't usually show it to others easily. .

Zhang Yuhe also specially found a small notebook to write them down one by one, for fear that he might not remember.

The father and son fiddled for a while, and then they heard Sun Cuifang calling them both in the room.

"It's time to make dumplings. Don't be idle, old man."

"Who's idle, I'm not teaching children." Zhang Changgui was dissatisfied with what his wife said, but he just muttered, washed his hands obediently, and prepared to help make dumplings. "How did you get such a big pot of stuffing?"

"The two pieces of meat you cut weigh five or six catties, and I need to make more stuffing." Sun Cuifang said.

"What do you mean, if I cut up half a pig for you, would you still wrap the whole bag of noodles?" Zhang Changgui stared.

"Okay, okay, wrap more, I just want to eat more." Zhang Yuhe smiled and interrupted his parents' bickering, "Old rules, I'll roll the skin."

"Okay." The two sisters had no objection, and brought a few curtains over. The whole family joined the battle except for the little nephew who was playing at the side.

Zhang Yuhe's making dumplings is very ordinary, but he rolls the skin very well. The skin is round and fast, and one person can feed several people.The family chatted and made dumplings, and the atmosphere was very lively. Everyone chose to forget all the unpleasant things yesterday.

The four of them made it together, and the speed was still very fast. A little half of the stuffing in the pot was quickly filled, and the curtain in front of the four of them was basically full.

"Yuwei, go and freeze the dumplings." Sun Cuifang greeted, "The plastic sheet is on the top of the cupboard, the inside is clean, just wipe it off."

"Hey." Zhang Yuwei went to work, and Xiao Zihao also joined in the fun and helped.

Take out the curtains one by one, just pour them on a clean plastic cloth, and they will be frozen solid in a few minutes.It can be installed then.You don’t need to take it inside the house, just freeze it outside.When it’s time to eat, you can just bring it in and cook it, which is convenient and trouble-free.

Thousands of sauerkraut dumplings were made and spread all over the yard.Fortunately, the air here is very good and clean.The dumplings are frozen for a while and can be put away.

"Okay, cut up the leeks, let's make leek dumplings." Sun Cuifang yelled.She has already processed the shrimp, and the leeks are ready to be wrapped with the stuffing.

Leeks cannot be cut in advance, otherwise the taste will deteriorate.And it doesn't taste too good when it's frozen, so put it in the back of the bread, and you can cook it directly after wrapping it up. It's time to eat lunch when it's just wrapped up.

There are not many leeks, more than two catties of leeks, plus more than one catty of shrimp meat, it is basically half and half, and there is no stuffing after making a hundred dumplings.

"Okay, ready to cook dumplings." Sun Cuifang tidied up, "Yuwei, is the pot boiling?"

"Hurry up, drive right away."

"Let's go, Zihao, let's collect the dumplings." Zhang Yuhe took his nephew, took the dustpan that holds the food at home, gathered all the frozen dumplings together, put them in a clean food bag, and carried them directly to the box in the house.

The wing room is clean, so as not to put it outside to be bitten by small animals.

The little nephew worked very hard, holding the pockets one by one and pouring them in by himself. After everything was packed, the dumplings in the house were cooked.

"Eating dumplings!"

"I'm coming!"

The steaming dumplings are served on several large plates, and a large stove can cook a curtain in one pot. The fire is hot, faster than a gas stove.

Zhang Yuhe carried his nephew to the kang, and went to get a glass of wine for his father. As the saying goes, "dumplings are wine, the more you eat, the more delicious you are", and wine is an indispensable thing for eating dumplings.

Zhang Yuwei was pounding garlic paste, putting it in vinegar, and adding some sesame oil, it tasted very delicious.Zhang Changgui likes to dip it in soy sauce and garlic, and it has a unique flavor, but the younger generation thinks it is a bit heavy, and they prefer vinegar and garlic sauce.

Zhang Yuhe took a bite and felt that the taste was not good enough, so he went out to make a bowl of chili oil and brought it into the house, just as the sauerkraut stuffing was cooked, the elder sister Zhang Yuping brought the dumplings in, Zhang Yuhe took a dumpling and dipped some chili oil, and immediately felt even better Appetizer.

The three delicacies dumplings include shrimp, leeks, and eggs and fungus. It is said that there are more than three delicacies. They are all good things I picked in the mountains. They are delicious.Not to mention the sauerkraut dumplings. The sauerkraut was pickled by Sun Cuifang.

The whole family has been busy all morning, and they are a little hungry. The taste of this dumpling increases their appetite.