Seventy-year-old book: The villain Zaizai’s best mother

Zhao Huilan was so happy that she picked up the little Zaizai, warmly invited Xia Mingshuang into the house, and gave them biscuits and fruits.

Xia Mingshuang put down the gifts he brought.

Zhao Huilan said angrily: "Why are you buying cans from me? Why are you wasting that money?"

Xia Mingshuang said that he made it himself, not bought it, "Sister Zhao, the one I made does not have any preservatives, but the shelf life is not long, so you should finish it early."

Zhao Huilan immediately became extremely curious. When she heard Xia Mingshuang call her Sister Zhao, she felt very happy. She is more than ten years older than Xia Mingshuang. She can be called aunt or aunt, but she is called Sister Zhao. Listen, it sounds so nice.

After chatting for a while, Zhao Huilan talked about her acquaintance and introduced the situation to Xia Mingshuang.

"I called Fang Rong a while ago and invited her to come for dinner at noon. When we meet, you can have a good chat."

Her husband works in a government agency and would not come back from the canteen for lunch. If she was at work, she would also eat at the hospital. She was off duty today and her children were all busy and away from home.

Xia Mingshuang thanked her, "Sister Zhao, then I'll go buy groceries."

Zhao Huilan: "No, I have cabbage, potatoes and the like at home."

Even if you have money these days, you can't buy fresher vegetables. In winter, it's basically cabbage, radish, potatoes, and various pickles. There are vegetables shipped from the south, but you can't get to the state-run vegetable market. They are all on special supply. You can't buy them at the vegetable market. arrive.

Xia Mingshuang: "There are farmers selling chickens nearby. I'll go take a look."

When you invite someone to a meal, you naturally have to eat some hard dishes. If you only eat vegetarian dishes without broth, no matter how good your cooking skills are, they will not taste good.

Zhao Huilan: "Hey, I remember, Ming Shuang, can you cook mutton?"

Xia Mingshuang laughed, she was so good at it, "Sister Zhao, I know how to do it."

Zhao Huilan said that would be easy. She was not good at cooking, so she could make some home-cooked food. She couldn't cook mutton, which had a fishy smell, so she usually replaced it with pork or beef when she had the chance to buy it. There are production teams around Mingcheng that raise sheep, and after the winter comes, they will continue to provide and sell social tasks. Her man had a quota of several kilograms of mutton every month, but she thought it would not be a waste, so she changed it to something else. These two days happened to be the time to divide the mutton. I happened to exchange it with others and buy a few more kilograms of mutton for cooking.

She called the man again and asked him to find someone to exchange for more of this month's mutton quota. She would need it at noon today.

Her husband asked on the phone, "Can you do it?"

Zhao Huilan: "I don't know how, but sister Mingshuang can, please get more."

Her husband wanted to go home to eat too, but Zhao Huilan refused. She smiled and said: "Eat your canteen. If you make more, we will leave some for you to eat at night. If you make less, don't worry about it."

Xia Mingshuang was very happy to hear this. Seeing her hang up the phone, she smiled and said, "Sister Zhao, you and your wife have a really good relationship."

Zhao Huilan: "It's okay, that's all. It takes a lot of effort to make him wash his feet every day. If I hadn't persisted in fighting for a long time, now you would feel a smell when you enter my house."

Xia Mingshuang discovered that Zhao Huilan was not as noble as others said. When he brought Sanjie Gu to the hospital, some nurses and patients said that Expert Zhao was difficult to deal with and would often curse. Maybe it was because of Gu Yunshan's relationship, but anyway, she got along well with Expert Zhao from the moment she met him, and became much more easy-going after getting to know him better.

No, she even complained about her husband's embarrassing things.

Xia Mingshuang asked Zhao Huilan and Fang Rong if they could eat spicy food.

Zhao Huilan: "Eat, let's both eat."

Xia Mingshuang said to buy some more seasonings. Pork stew does not require too much seasoning, but mutton must, otherwise the fishy smell will not be suppressed, especially if it is not so heavy like Zhao Huilan.

You can't buy too many seasonings at this time, but you can find a few commonly used peppercorns, cinnamon, nutmeg, bay leaves, etc.

Xia Mingshuang bought everything she needed as much as possible, and she bought it according to the proportion. Later, she could mix the ingredients into portions and let Zhao Huilan stew them directly.

When I got home, the mutton had been sent back.

Zhao Huilan turned on the radio for Xiao Zaizai to listen to. She and Xia Mingshuang were talking and processing the ingredients.

"Mingshuang, I have to learn how to cook mutton from you."

Xia Mingshuang smiled and said: "Then you can learn how to braise mutton. I will mix the ingredients for you. You can put them one by one. Just blanch the meat and then stew it. As long as it doesn't burn, and the heat is right, it won't taste bad. of."

Zhao Huilan is eager to try.

Xia Mingshuang taught her directly today, guiding Zhao Huilan to do the operation.

She looked at the piece of mutton. The backbone was connected to a large piece of mutton chop, with a large piece of mutton brain meat. Lamb chops can be braised in braise, and the brain meat is suitable for hot pot.

In winter, cooking tends to get cold, so why not just cook it in a pot, make cabbage, tofu, potato vermicelli, and then add the mutton slices when it's almost ready? It's absolutely delicious.

As soon as she told Zhao Huilan, Zhao Huilan would drool.

Xia Mingshuang smiled and said: "Sister Zhao, when I am free, I will stir-fry a pot of hot pot base ingredients. Then boil a piece of it with water and rinse the meat and vegetables directly. It will taste delicious no matter how you eat it."

Zhao Huilan is also well-informed, "Is it like Sichuan hot pot?"

Xia Mingshuang: "What I make is the base of the flavor there."

She had learned how to make hot pot bases in Chongqing, and she was very good at the proportions. She also led the team to develop hot pot bases suitable for the tastes of diners in other regions.

People's general tastes vary in different regions.

In winter, especially in the winter of this era, you will be happy if you eat spicy, oily and fragrant hot pot dishes.

The key is that the conditions are in place and there is oil and material.

Under Xia Mingshuang's guidance, the braised mutton was stewed, and the aroma spread out in bursts. It was so fragrant that she felt that her cooking skills were quite good.

Xia Mingshuang sharpened the mutton blade again.

Zhao Huilan is not a good cook, her husband is not good at cooking, and the kitchen knives at home are not well maintained.

After Xia Mingshuang sharpened the knife, it became very smooth when slicing meat.

Zhao Huilan was dumbfounded, "Sister, you have the talent to be a surgeon, and your hands are very stable!"

Xia Mingshuang laughed, "The mutton sliced ​​like this is as thin as paper. It can rise and fall in the boiling soup. You won't get sour no matter how you eat it."

At this time, the casserole on the briquette stove was boiling, and potatoes and tofu were stewed in it. Xia Mingshuang saw that her family had a little Yanli who was fishing for dumplings, so she took it over and put some meat in the soup, and then put it in a white porcelain bowl. Inside, she scooped a spoonful of the spicy oil she mixed into the dish and stirred it, "Sister Zhao, have a taste."

Zhao Huilan swallowed, but she couldn't eat it yet. The delicious smell with the unique smell of mutton had already hit her nostrils. It was not annoying at all, but made her salivate even more.

She picked it up and tasted it. Well, it was fresh, tender, crispy, fragrant, and slightly spicy. It was really tender and juicy when she chewed it in her mouth. She couldn't help but swallow it and couldn't help but continue eating.

good to eat!

It's not like she's never had hot pot before. Why is Xia Mingshuang's cooking so delicious?

Obviously there is nothing special in it.

Xia Mingshuang smiled and said: "Someone has said that high-end ingredients often only require the simplest cooking methods."