AWB Chapter 209: Just some delicious food
Chapter 209: Just some delicious food
As Shen Wanqing walked back, her long legs kept shaking.
Even his breathing was trembling.
She was in such a state, and she had not even entered the mountain, and had to turn back halfway.
Cheng Feiyu cannot be buried today.
Fortunately, I caught a poisonous snake, so it wasn't a wasted trip.
But one snake is not enough to eat, so when passing by a small river, Jiang He asked everyone to wait for a while and catch some fish to make a dish.
Cheng Feiyu looked confused and said, "You didn't bring any tools, how can you catch fish?"
Jiang He laughed, this is the Greater Khingan Range in 1980.
I caught some fish to make a dish yesterday. Do I still need any tools?
At the fork of a river, in the shallows, pick up a fist-sized stone, look at the stone in the water that catches your eye, and then throw the stone into the water.
When he turned the stone over again, a fish as long as a foot floated up with its belly turned up.
There are round willow roots, old fish with big heads and round bellies, and black-backed and yellow-bellied gayazi.
Especially this Ga Yazi, which was thrown ashore after being knocked unconscious. The spikes on its back twisted and made a creaking sound.
From time to time, you can catch a cricket bigger than your finger, which is really fun.
My father-in-law once made cicada tofu, and it was so delicious.
I walked along the river fork, throwing stones as I went. There were no big fish, but there were a lot of small fish and crayfish as long as chopsticks. I caught several kilograms of them in no time, and my silk bag was full of them.
When passing by a willow meadow, there was a large patch of Artemisia willowii sprouts that had just emerged, and I picked several pounds of them.
These days it's quite easy to find something in the mountains or fish in the water.
But most people don’t do these things.
It's not that it doesn't taste good, but that times have changed. These wild game delicacies must be cooked with more oil to taste good. Otherwise, they will be bitter or astringent, fishy or woody. People won't eat them unless they are starving.
It’s different in later generations. People eat greasy and cheap takeout while spending a lot of money to make themselves miserable, all under the guise of eating healthy.
When I get home, I blanch the Artemisia argyi sprouts in boiling water and squeeze them dry. I use them to dip in sauce or mix them with cold dishes. They have a strong Artemisia flavor and are quite refreshing.
Chunyu was still nagging about stewing pork ribs with Artemisia selengensis sprouts, but was kicked out by Jianghe.
This thing has a smell of wormwood. No matter how much oil and water are added, once it is stewed in the pot, the smell of wormwood will become stronger.
It tastes like pig food. Most people find it delicious, but Jiang He really can't eat a single bite.
Even when watching others eat, I feel like I have turned into a pig, clattering around and showing off pig food.
The small river fish caught had their internal organs removed, and the old man fish had its head removed because the head was hard and had parasites in it, making it not tasty.
Put the small river fish in a frying pan and fry it slowly over low heat until it is golden and crispy, then pour it out and place it on a plate. This is a bright dish that goes well with wine.
The small cicadas are mashed and the juice is squeezed out to make cicada tofu.
Crayfish weighing more than one or two pounds, which are a circle bigger than the crayfish in later generations, are first fried in oil, then stir-fried with minced garlic to make garlic crayfish. Wow, this thing is much more satisfying than crayfish.
Only now, you can still catch such a big one weighing one or two taels.
This thing is very fragile. A little bit of pollution can directly wipe out the entire river basin.
It did exist in later generations, but it was extremely expensive and small in size, so it could only be used to make cricket tofu. It was wishful thinking to want to make it whole.
These are all small vegetables.
The main dish is the iron chromium head. The skin is peeled off, stuffed with grass and hung in a cool place. The snake skin can also be sold for money.
Chop the meat into small pieces and braise it directly.
Then add the whole pickled cabbage and stir-fry the vermicelli, and you’re done.
Everything was almost done when Miao Xiaoyu came and brought me two pounds of dried tofu.
Miao Xiaoyu looked apologetic. Logically speaking, cooking should be a woman's job.
Jiang He took the dried tofu and glanced at Cheng Feiyu.
I don’t know if it was because of the frustration he suffered during the two days in the mountains or what, but Cheng Feiyu didn’t even look away and didn’t even think about hitting on his wife again.
Hey, the sun is rising from the west.
When Jiang He was in a good mood, he naturally wanted to make another standard Northeastern dish, dried tofu with hot peppers.
It doesn’t matter if there are no chili peppers in this season, just using dried tofu will do.
You can cut the dried tofu into strips or into cubes, whichever is more convenient.
Blanch the dried tofu first to remove the bean smell, and add a small amount of baking soda, which is called a starter.
The dried tofu blanched in this way will be more tender. Be careful not to add too much dough after it has risen, otherwise the dried tofu will melt.
Heat oil in a pan, add meat if you have one, add some animal oil if you don’t have any, or just use soybean oil if you don’t have any.
Fry the dried tofu first to remove the moisture, then add soy sauce or something else if you like. If you want a clearer taste, you don’t have to add any. You can adjust the taste according to your taste.
Then add water and simmer for a while. The most important thing is to thicken the soup. The starch must be thickened well. If it is not thick enough, the soup will not be thick enough. If it is too thick, it will be sticky.
This dish is very simple to prepare, but it requires a lot of cooking time.
For a long time, this dish was a must-order dish for people in Northeast China, as a side dish for drinking or eating.
It is also the only criterion to test whether a Northeastern restaurant is authentic and whether the food in this restaurant is delicious.
Things like sweet and sour pork and stir-fried pork slices, please step back a little.
After eating three mouthfuls of food and drinking two glasses of wine, Cheng Feiyu became a little agitated and put his arm around Jiang He.
"Brother, I've been so grateful to you these past two days! I've finally figured out that you're quite capable!"
His temper actually made Jiang He feel uncomfortable.
I still prefer your rebellious look.
Besides, I feel embarrassed to bury you in the mountains again.
People from Northeast China are like this. If they like someone, they will do anything. But if they don’t like someone, they really don’t like them.
Now Cheng Feiyu is on the same page as Jiang He and the others, and he can drink the wine smoothly.
Cheng Feiyu was quite a big drinker. After drinking more than a pound of liquor, he didn't fall down. Instead, he hugged Liu Er, staring at him with his eyes, and talked non-stop.
I kept patting my chest and said, "Go to Yalin, tell me my name, and we'll go sideways."
Jiang He had nothing to do at the moment. Seeing that he was almost drunk, he decided to go into the inner room and heat up the kang.
Jiang He had just lit the kang when he heard the door open behind him. It was Shen Wanqing who came in.
"Miss, you are..."
Shen Wanqing's eyes wandered around, and she said vaguely, "I always feel uncomfortable. Is it because the insect poison has not been completely cleared?
I heard that the poison of grass creepers is extremely strong. I feel a little dizzy and I feel like I'm going to have a fever."
"what?"
Jiang He was stunned. Is this possible?
And looking at her appearance, she seemed to have a fever, her face was red.
No, it's just a straw stick, there's absolutely no grass climbing on it.
But her appearance made Jiang He lose confidence, and he reached out to touch her forehead.
It's indeed a little hot, but not the kind of fever you'd get, and she doesn't have a fever, no no no, this is clearly a fever.
This disease is serious, I must give you proper treatment.
This treatment took another half an hour.
As soon as he went out, Chunyu bent down and came in.
Hello sister, we are all women, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. Let me help you take a look. Actually, I am also very good at treating grasshopper bites.