Joe's Farming

After crushing it, cover it with a clean light-proof cloth and place it in a cool and ventilated place to wait for it to ferment.

Gu Feng: "Is this all right?"

Qiao Yu: "How is that possible? Once it's fermented, we need to add sugar, which takes about ten days. Do you like dessert or slightly sweet?"

Before Gu Feng could answer, Li Xin and the three kids answered, "Dessert!"

Qiao Yu said seriously: "Children are not allowed to drink alcohol!"

Gu Xiaoyan: "But isn't it a sweet wine made from grapes? Can't we drink it?"

Qiao Yu: “No.”

The three little ones lowered their heads in disappointment.

Li Xin said dissatisfiedly: "I'm not a child, I can drink."

Qiao Yu calculated the time and found that it would take about half a year for the wine to be brewed. By then, Li Xin would be barely an adult and could drink it.

"Well, you can drink it."

Gu Feng looked at the children's frustrated expressions and couldn't bear it: "Daddy will give you a little taste when the time comes."

Qiao Yu immediately shouted: "Gu Feng!"

Gu Feng immediately pretended that he had not said anything and looked away.

This made Gu Gang, who had been watching, couldn't help laughing. His younger brother was really being controlled by his brother-in-law.

Hongxiu: "Just add sugar and leave it there after ten days?"

She was very interested in this wine which she had never seen before and wanted to ask more about it.

“After adding sugar, it has to be put into the cellar for another three months of fermentation. Then the grape seeds and grape skins are filtered out with gauze, leaving only the original grape wine.

At this time, seal it with a lid and wait for three months. Check it from time to time during brewing. If you are interested, you can watch me do it.

There are still some grapes on the mountain. If you are interested, you can try them tomorrow."

Hong Xiu said a little embarrassedly: "Forget it this year. I can't drink it even if it's brewed."

She is now six months pregnant and will give birth in another three or four months. After that, she will have to take care of herself and breastfeed, which is a time when she cannot drink alcohol.

Qiao Yu touched the back of his head: "Sorry, I didn't think about this."

Hong Xiu: "What's there to be sorry about? I'll brew the same thing next year."

After a while, Gu Heng started crying because he had to pee, so Qiao Yu hurriedly took the child back to the house to change his diaper.

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The next day, Wen Ge'er brought Qiao Yu a dozen wild kiwis.

It is said that Wang Ying picked them from the mountain.

"Don't be fooled by its hairy and prickly appearance. We call it a hairy pear. It's hard now, but it will be sweet when it softens."

Qiao Yu looked at the dozen or so small kiwis in his hand and felt extremely excited.

"Brother Wen, can you ask Wang Ying to pick more? I'll buy them."

Wen Ge'er: "Okay, okay! How much do you want? I think you'll like it. I've never seen you like eating these wild fruits so much."

Qiao Yu thought that his own warehouse had been built and the cellar was now empty, so he could store as much as he could.

"Pick as much as you can, and try not to crush them. I'll give you twenty cents per pound," said Qiao Yu.

"So expensive? This is just a wild fruit, it doesn't have to be that expensive." Wen Ge'er said honestly.

Qiao Yu smiled and said, "I am useful."

Wen Ge'er: "Okay, I'll go back and tell him. He must be very happy."

Wang Ying is the youngest child in the family and has the lowest income. He was too young to go out to work with his father and brothers.

Now that he is a little older, he has been working in the tofu shop at home. Aunt Shi gives him some pocket money every month and tells him to save the rest for him to get married.

So when he heard that Qiao Yu was buying hairy pears for 20 cents per pound, he immediately carried the basket and went up the mountain.

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The reason why Qiao Yu wanted kiwi fruit was because he had always wanted to deepen cooperation with Wang Xuan's family.

He has been craving for Wang Xuan’s beef for a long time and wants to use it to make steak.

But it failed, the meat was a bit tough and the taste was not very good.

Therefore, Qiao Yu always asked Wang Xuan to supply him more beef offal, because beef offal can be braised and skewered, and the profit is quite substantial.

When I saw kiwi fruit today, I remembered that steak can be made into more than just the original cut.

The so-called seasoned steak is actually processed steak, which is more tender and flavorful than the original cut.

The requirements for the type of beef are not that high.

One of the most important "additives" is kiwi fruit.

Because the protease in kiwifruit can break down the protein in muscle fibers and destroy the muscle structure, making the meat softer and tender.

This completely solves the problem of Wang Xuan’s steak being difficult to chew.

Marinating in advance will also make the steak more flavorful, which is definitely attractive to the people of Dayan who have never eaten grain-fed steak.

And after the bumper potato harvest last month, Qiao Yu's family no longer has any shortage of potatoes.

Potato brisket and tomato brisket can both become the main dishes of this season.

This way you don’t have to worry about ordering too much beef.

So the next time Wang Xuan delivered butter and offal, Qiao Yu asked the Wang family to convey his request to Wang Xuan.

Wang Xuan quickly delivered the beef as Qiao Yu requested.

There are beef tenderloin (fillet), sirloin, rib eye, beef ribs, as well as beef tendon and beef brisket.

Qiao Yu happily cut a whole piece of prime beef tenderloin into thick slices.

Then use the back of a knife to beat the beef, but don't beat it until it's chopped. This step is also to make the beef more tender.

Then put everything into a large bowl, add starch, salt, a little soy sauce and eggs, then add two crushed kiwis, and knead evenly.

Finally, cover it with a lid and put it in the cellar to marinate overnight.

It's already September and the children are on vacation again.

Qiao Yu planned to fry steak for them at noon, and he even went out to pick a bunch of rosemary for the occasion.

At noon, there was no frying pan at home, so we had to make do with a big iron pot.

Lubricate the pan with oil first, then heat the pan and use cold oil to fry the steak.

As soon as the marinated steak is put into the pot, a sizzling sound can be heard. At this time, you need to wait patiently for a while for the Maillard reaction of the steak to come out (when one side is fried until golden brown), and the rich meaty aroma will immediately come out.

Qiao Yu would then turn the steak over in the pan and throw in the garlic and rosemary.

Suddenly a special fragrance spread everywhere.

There are many people in the family, so Qiao Yu fried it in three batches.

The children had already poked their heads out and were sniffing curiously at the edge of the kitchen. Daddy was right, the steak smelled really good.

Gu Heng was sleeping in the room. Although there was a wall of quilt blocking him from falling off the bed, Gu Feng still watched over him before dinner. He thought it was very cute to see him occasionally making sucking movements with his little mouth in his dreams.

Not long after, Qiao Yu took out all the steaks and started to put them on plates.

The staple food is mashed potatoes, and the side dishes are stewed pork ribs with radish and stir-fried seasonal vegetables.

Gu Feng and Gu Gang packed three pieces, and the others packed one piece each.

Li Xin almost drooled when she smelled it: "That's the smell."

Because there were no knives and forks, Qiao Yu cut the food for the children with a knife in advance so that the children would not be burned. As for the adults, they could just bite it directly.

Qiao Yuxian couldn't wait to take a bite. It was really tender and melted in the mouth.

The special aroma of rosemary also complements the taste of steak.

Qiao Yu was extremely satisfied, and even more satisfied when he saw his family members enjoying the meal.