The peace of the Three Realms depends on me [Food]

39. Stone-ground tofu

Just as Ji Pingan thought, the fish-flavored shredded pork was sour and sweet, and Xiao Bai and Xiao Huang both liked it.The combination of shredded bamboo shoots and shredded fungus is fragrant and crisp, and you can pick up a bowl of rice without knowing it.

After the frost, the leaves of the green vegetables become thicker. Dig a spoonful of lard and stir-fry and stew. The crisp green vegetables will easily become soft and rotten. It tastes soft and slightly sweet.

Xiaobai likes to eat the leaves and hearts of vegetables. Before he met Ji Pingan, he always thought that he didn't like vegetables.It wasn't until he met Ji Pingan that he realized that there are so many kinds of vegetables in the world, and that vegetables are so delicious.

In addition to green vegetables, the custard served with rice is also delicious.A thick layer of chopped green onion is sprinkled on the custard, and the chopped green onion is steamed into a light yellow color. Use a spoon to gently scoop the chopped green onion, and you can see the golden, soft and tender egg custard below.

The custard is smooth in color and there is no air hole in it. Xiaobai especially likes to use it for bibimbap.Since knowing that he likes egg custard, Ji Pingan will steam a bowl of custard in two days.

When the custard is almost eaten, Xiaobai also likes to add a bite of rice to the custard bowl.After stirring in this way, the remaining eggs and soup around the bowl will be mixed into the rice.

As long as there are more people, the appetite is good, and the three dishes plus a pot of rice are eaten up by everyone.Especially Xiao Huang and Hu Zi, Ji Pingan felt that the combination of these two could be eaten more than pigs.

After dinner, the wind outside became stronger.At this time, Ji Ping'an was thanking He Lang: "It's fortunate that Lang Zi didn't listen to my advice to build a straw shed, otherwise the straw shed would have been blown over by the wind."

Xiaobai turned around and picked up the kettle that was warm on the stove: "Although He Lang has a cheap mouth, he is still reliable."

Ji Pingan rested his feet on the edge of the bucket, and watched Xiaobai heat the water in the bucket: "It's almost there."

Xiaobai responded and put the kettle back on the stove. He stretched his feet into the barrel and stirred it: "It's ready now, let's soak."

Ji Pingan stretched his feet into the wooden barrel, and he felt the hairs all over his body trembling from the hot water: "It's so hot, so hot." He shouted hot, but his feet reached the bottom of the wooden barrel.

Seeing Ji Pingan narrowing his eyes and shrinking his hands and feet, Xiao Bai smiled until his eyes narrowed.

The wind outside was louder and louder, and there was the sound of branches being snapped.Ji Pingan prayed again: "I hope the roof won't be blown over by the wind."

Xiaobai sat on the low stool opposite him and soaked his feet together: "I saw the roof, it's pretty tight, and it shouldn't be blown over."

Ji Pingan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I can rest assured."

The water in the wooden barrel is warm, and two pairs of feet of different colors and sizes are soaked in the clear water.

Ji Ping'an's feet are smaller and fairer. He is a person who is exposed to the wind and sun in the middle of the mountain, but Ji Ping'an is different from others.Even his toes are round and pink after being soaked in hot water, as cute as Ji Ping'an.

Xiaobai's feet are not so cute. Anyway, Xiaobai is a demon cultivator, and his toes are longer than ordinary people.His fingertips had sharp nails, and he had to curl his toes slightly to ensure that the nails would not hurt Ji Pingan.

While the two were chatting without saying a word, Xiao Huang, who was circling around the barrel, became curious: "What are you doing?"

Ji Pingan smiled and said, "We are soaking our feet."

Xiao Huang's big eyes were full of curiosity: "It's fun, can I soak together?"

Ji Pingan looked at the wooden bucket where they soaked their feet, not to mention whether the wooden bucket could accommodate Xiao Huang's body, the two really couldn't imagine how a chicken could soak its feet.

After being rejected, Xiao Huang was depressed, and the big fat bird nestled next to the barrel, pitiful and cute.

Ji Pingan persuaded softly: "It's not that I don't want to soak Xiaohuang's feet, you have already soaked them just now! Have you forgotten? When you were cooking, you already soaked them in the wooden barrel!"

Xiao Huang turned around and thought about it, it seems that there is such a thing!The dejected Fat Bird became happy again: "Yes~"

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Ji Ping'an could tell that Xiao Huang was pure in heart, and he was a relatively powerful child.Xiao Huang is not bad in nature, as long as he is taught carefully, he will become a very well-behaved child.

Ji Pingan left Xiao Huang the nest that Xiao Bai slept in before, and the big fat bird group looked like an old hen nestling in the nest, which was very fun to watch.As soon as the warm fire was warmed up, Xiao Huang fell asleep quickly, and after a while he snored a little so that his nose bubbled out of his sleep.

Seeing Leng Changtian sleeping soundly in the bamboo basket, Xiao Bai no longer rejects him as he did at the beginning.

He was lucky, and when he was in trouble, he met Ji Pingan who took good care of him.Leng Changtian was not so lucky, if he hadn't seen the two of them in the old forest, he would still be blowing wind and hungry in the old forest right now.

Thinking about it this way, it was not easy for Leng Changtian.If he can be so peaceful all the time, it's not that Xiaobai can't accept him.

When he was alone before, Ji Pingan would light an oil lamp on the table near the door, he was afraid of opening his eyes and feeling that there was no one in the house when it was pitch black.But tonight, he suddenly didn't want to light the lamp. With Xiaobai and Xiaohuang's company, he felt very at ease, and he was not afraid at all.

After the bean lamp went out, the stone house was not as dark as imagined.There was firelight shining through the cracks in the stove, and a mottled orange light appeared on the wall.The golden fur on Xiao Huang's body is particularly conspicuous, even in the dark it can be seen clearly at a glance.

The cold wind was howling outside, but inside the stone house was very warm.Satisfied, Ji Pingan climbed onto the bed, took off his clothes rustlingly, covered the quilt with his coat, and shrank into the quilt.

Xiaobai has already turned into a monster, and Xiaobai, who has worked hard all day, is in a ball, and it feels warm when leaning against Ji Ping'an's side.Ji Pingan reached out and touched Xiaobai's head: "Go to sleep, good night."

Xiaobai raised his head and rubbed Ji Ping'an's palm: "Good night."

The strong wind blew for two days, and it was hard to keep your eyelids open.On the third morning, when Ji Pingan opened the door, he saw a thin layer of snow covering the ground in the courtyard.

The first snow of this year finally fell. Although the snow was not heavy, the surrounding temperature was obviously colder.This temperature is suitable for making tofu!

Early in the morning, Ji Ping'an was busy. He cleaned the soybeans soaked in the bucket last night.Soybeans are oval-shaped when they are dry, and they look very cute. After soaking in water, the beans become bigger.The three catties of soybeans soaked yesterday were more than half a pot after soaking.

Ji Pingan put the cleaned soybeans in clear water on the dining table, and he pulled out a small stone mill from under the dining table.The stone mill is about the size of a medium-sized wooden tub in his home, and can be easily moved by one person.

He put the black stone mill on the table, then removed the upper half of the millstone and cleaned every corner with clean water.

To be honest, Xiaobai has seen this stone mill since the first day he came to Ji's house, but he never knew what it was used for.It wasn't until now that he realized that this thing was used by Ji Pingan to grind beans.Of course, it's not just beans that can be ground.Sesame seeds, peanuts and chili can all be ground with it.

Xiaobai is very hardworking. Seeing Ji Pingan brushing hard, he said softly, "Let me do it."

Ji Pingan smiled and said: "No, I'm used to brushing, and I can finish it soon. If you want to help, just help me push the grinder later."

Xiaobai readily responded: "Okay."

Ji Pingan looked around: "Where's Xiao Huang? Why didn't you see him?"

Did you go out to play?Also, not all little spirit beasts are as calm as Xiao Bai.

Xiaobai said: "He went for a walk around the mountain and came back to find some prey."

Ji Pingan: ...

Xiao Huang?Xiao Huang looking for prey?Are you sure you are looking for prey, not being treated as prey?Such a big fat bird is jumping in the woods, if it encounters a hunter, can Xiao Huang come back?

Xiaobai said seriously: "Ping An, you don't have to worry about that guy, he's more powerful than you imagined."

Ji Pingan smiled: "I see."

The stone mill is old, and the handle of the millstone has been polished to a shine.Ji Pingan said softly: "This is the mill my grandpa ordered for my grandma. My grandma likes to cook food and often needs to use a stone mill. But those people in the village don't give my grandma a stone mill, so grandpa went to Fu'an I found a stone mill custom-made by a master in the city, and it is still very useful.”

Hearing Ji Pingan's unhurried talk about the past, a scene appeared in front of Xiao Bai.A pair of white-haired women stood in Ji Pingan's place, the old lady ordered beans, and the grandfather pushed the stone mill...

At this moment, Xiaobai suddenly understood why Ji Pingan didn't want to leave Clear Water Bay.There are not only his memories here, but also the memories of his ancestors.These memories are carried by the old objects at home and passed down from generation to generation.

Qingshui Bay has the thoughts of several generations of Ji's family. If you leave here and can't see these old objects, the ancestors of Ji's family will really stay away from Ji Ping'an.

The stone mill is light and easy to grind.Ji Pingan used a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of beans and poured them into the hole above the stone mill, one spoonful of beans and two spoonfuls of water.As Xiaobai held the handle on the stone mill and gently pushed it, the stone mill made the sound of grinding beans.

The milky white soybean milk slowly overflowed from the gap under the stone mill, and they gathered into the groove under the stone mill, forming a shallow puddle after a while.

Pushing a stone mill is a boring thing, but with Ji Pingan by his side, Xiaobai finds it very interesting.Xiao Bai said: "I used to only know that humans can make beans into tofu, but I have never eaten it."

Ji Pingan smiled and said, "In addition to tofu, soy milk, tofu curd and dried tofu are all delicious. I'll let you try soy milk and tofu curd later."

In the unhurried grinding sound of the stone mill, amidst the two people talking and laughing, the soybeans and clear water in the wooden basin became less and less, while the white soybean milk in the wooden barrel under the stone mill became more and more.

When Ji Pingan poured the last spoonful of beans into the stone mill, an hour passed like this.Ji Pingan was surprised: "Oh, it used to take me half an hour to grind a pound of beans, but today it's much faster with Xiaobai's help!"

Xiao Bai was also surprised: "Really!"

How did the time with Ji Ping'an pass so quickly?

40. Stone-ground tofu

When Ji Pingan moved the stone mill away again and cleaned the gaps between the millstones with clean water, the soybean milk was ready.One catty of beans is ten catties of water, and a large bucket of soy milk weighs more than 30 catties, which is heavy to carry in the hand.

There was a lot of bean dregs mixed in the ground soybean milk, so Ji Pingan found two sticks and tied them with ropes, and then hung the ropes on the beams of the house.He gently tugged on the rope to make sure it was strong, and then tied the four corners of a piece of white gauze to the four corners of the wooden stick.

The white gauze was a bit big, and the tied gauze hung down softly.Ji Pingan took a clean wooden basin and placed it under the gauze. Just as he was about to scoop up the soybean milk in the wooden bucket and pour it into the gauze, Xiao Bai suddenly understood what he was going to do.

The industrious Xiaobai took the spoon from Ji Ping'an's hand: "I'll come, you rest for a while."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but push Ji Pingan down on the stool next to him, and Ji Pingan smiled all over his face: "Oh, Xiaobai, you are so diligent, I am under a lot of pressure."

Xiaobai smiled: "What pressure?"

Ji Pingan said: "You will make me lazy, if I have to rely on you for everything in the future, what should I do?"

Xiaobai didn't even think about it, he said casually: "Then save it and wait for me to do it slowly."

After the soy milk is put into the gauze, the rough bean dregs are left on the gauze, and the eyes under the gauze are covered with bean dregs after a while.When pouring soy milk on top, the soy milk is not easy to filter.

Xiaobai was a little distressed: "Hmm..."

At the critical moment, Ji Pingan still needed to step out. Ji Pingan was holding two crossed sticks. He shook the sticks lightly, and the gauze under the sticks shook together.The soy milk and bean dregs in the gauze also moved, and the white soy milk fell down the mesh.They fell obediently into the big wooden basin without leaking out of the basin at all.

Not to mention, the filtering speed is much faster this way.And after shaking it gently for a while, the bean dregs in the gauze rolled into balls.At this time, add soy milk to the gauze, as long as you roll it like this, the soy milk can be easily filtered out.

Xiaobai was very impressed: "This is fine too! Human beings are really smart!"

Human beings have reached the pinnacle in eating, and as a monster race, he is ashamed of himself.

Ji Pingan smiled: "After a while, you will think that human beings are smarter."

After the soy milk was filtered, Ji Pingan got a large pot of soy milk covered in foam.After skimming off the froth on the surface of the soy milk, the pure white soy milk looks like cow's milk.

The fresh soy milk exudes a beany smell, and Ji Pingan put the soy milk on the edge of the stove.He lifted the lid of the cauldron, and then brushed a layer of soybean oil on the bottom of the cauldron.

Soybean oil just lightly moistened the pot, and did not silt up on the bottom of the pot.Even though Ji Pingan poured the soy milk into the pot, he didn't see a trace of oil floating up.A large pot of soy milk filled most of the pot, and the black pot contained white soy milk. The calm soy milk was like a fine jade, which one couldn't bear to destroy.

After admiring it for a while, Ji Pingan directed Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, let's make soy milk!"

Xiaobai ordered, he walked to the back of the stove and lit the flame.Curls of green smoke rose from the chimneys, leaving a trail of human fireworks in the after-snow sky.

Ji Pingan was not idle, he dug out his tofu mold.The tofu mold is square, with a lid on the top, and small holes at the bottom and around it to filter water.Taking advantage of the soy milk in the pot without worrying too much, Ji Pingan washed a few molds and put them outside the door to filter the water.

The mold needs to be used together with the gauze. Ji Ping'an washed the gauze and hung it on the hanger, but it was a pity that the gauze was frozen hard as soon as it was hung outside the house.

Ji Pingan had no choice but to bring back the gauze and soak it in warm water: "The day when the dripping water turns into ice~"

Xiaobai replied: "Yes, the sun and the moon alternate and the seasons change is the law of heaven."

Ji Pingan smiled and said, "Yes, this summer is very hot, and winter will be very cold."

While joking, the soy milk in the pot started to foam a lot, Ji Pingan quickly took a spoon and stood by the pot.Seeing that there was a lot of foam, he quickly removed the foam, and of course, he had to stir the soy milk in the pot from time to time: "Xiao Bai, the fire doesn't need to be too high."

When cooking soy milk, there will always be a lot of bubbles. Ji Pingan found that as long as the soy milk is cooked slowly, the bubbles can be slowly eliminated.Remove the ones that cannot be eliminated. In short, the fire should not be too high, otherwise the soy milk near the bottom of the pot will be mushy.

After a cup of tea, the soy milk in the pot boiled, and the aroma of beans permeated the whole room.Ji Pingan took three large bowls and placed them by the stove, and he put some sugar in the bowls.He scooped up a spoonful of soy milk and quickly poured it into the bowl. A bowl of pure white sweet soy milk greeted Xiaobai with steam.

Ji Pingan said with a smile: "This is soy milk, Xiaobai, do you like this taste? Of course, you have to wait for it to cool for a while before drinking it."

If it was Xiao Huang, I'm afraid these bowls of soy milk have already entered his stomach by now.

Xiaobai immediately understood what Ji Pingan meant, and he said with a smile, "I will."

The soy milk in the pot was boiling slowly.At this time, the main event came into play. Ji Pingan took out a small bowl from the depths of the cupboard. There was some yellowish liquid in the bowl, and it looked like it had been sitting there for a while.

Ji Pingan added some boiling water into the bowl, and after a little stirring, he got half of the bowl of yellow-brown liquid.

Xiaobai looked at it for a while but couldn't figure out what it was. Ji Pingan saw his doubts: "This is the key to the formation of tofu. This thing is called brine. We have an old saying that we call tofu with brine to drop one thing. Without brine, soy milk cannot be made into tofu.”

Xiaobai, who was holding a bowl, took a sip of soy milk: "Oh..."

The soy milk is so mellow!Although it is not cow's milk and the taste is different from cow's milk, it is very fragrant in the mouth.The sugar added to the soy milk made the soy milk look like a kind of fine wine, and Xiao Bai couldn't help taking another sip: "It's delicious."

Who would have thought that a large pot of soy milk exuding a beany smell would be so delicious after being boiled?It's amazing!

Xiaobai, who was holding the bowl, remembered another thing: "I want to know, the first person to know that beans can be eaten like this...what did he do to beans?"

The movements in Ji Ping'an's hand paused: "...Good question."

After the temperature of the soy milk in the pot dropped a little, Ji Pingan began to light the brine.He poured the brine into the spoon used to stir the soybean milk, and then extended the spoon shallowly into the soybean milk pot.

He slowly drew circles on the surface of the soybean milk from outside to inside, as if performing some kind of mysterious ritual.

The pure white soy milk didn't change at first, but as Ji Pingan added more brine to the spoon, the soy milk seemed to be different after a few times.

There seems to be ... floating flocs in the soy milk that is as smooth as milk?

right!The soy milk seemed to be fixed by something, as if something rushed into the soy milk camp and defeated them.The beaten soy milk turned into water and clumps of flocs.

After a while, there were more and more flocs in the pot, and it looked like the soy milk was broken.

Ji Pingan didn't add more syrup anymore, he put the lid on the pot: "Wait a minute, don't add too much brine, you have to give time for the soymilk to react."

Xiao Bai was amazed: "It's amazing."

Taking advantage of the reaction time of the soy milk, Xiaobai and Ji Pingan enjoyed drinking soy milk with their bowls in their arms: "Xiao Huang hasn't come back yet, we'll drink his soy milk later." "Good idea!"

After eating half a bowl of soy milk, Ji Ping'an felt his stomach warm.Sure enough, winter is to eat something warm!

When Ji Pingan lifted the lid of the pot, there were more lint in the pot, and more water was precipitated.Ji Pingan added a little more brine to the pot, and after a little stirring, a shallow layer of clear water appeared on the surface of the pot, and more white flocs sank into the water.

Next, Ji Pingan repeated adding brine, stirring slowly, and then covered the lid and waited for this action. When the lid was lifted for the second time, the pot was already quite different from before.I saw clusters of congealed small bean curds soaked in the yellowish slurry water, densely packed.

Ji Pingan found a shau-kei, and he pressed the shau-kei on the surface of the slurry.The yellow slurry passed through the gaps in the Shau Kei and was used on the top of the Shau Kei, while the small bean curd was blocked outside the Shau Kei.

Ji Pingan picked up a spoon and scooped out the slurry in the Shau Kei. After the water was reduced, the bean curds in the pot gathered together at a speed visible to the eye of the bean.

Ji Pingan took the shaukei and pressed it around in the pot, and the pattern of the bottom of the shaukei was left on the bean curd at the bottom of the pot.The seemingly scattered bean curds were gathered together, and the bean curds in the middle were piled up so much that it felt like they could be scooped up with a shovel.

Ji Pingan smiled and asked Xiaobai: "Xiaobai, let's eat Douhua!"

As soon as the words fell, Xiaobai handed over his soy milk bowl.Ji Pingan took the bowl, and he scooped half of the beancurd into Xiaobai's bowl.The white and tender tofu has a little hole in it, but this does not affect its taste.

Ji Pingan's brows curved: "Did you know? Add some seasonings to the bean curd, such as green onion and coriander... dip it in chili, it tastes so good that it will fly!"

The bean curd just out of the pan is the best, he wants Xiaobai to taste the deliciousness of the bean curd first, and then save a portion for lunch!

Xiaobai immediately understood: "I'm going to pick coriander and green onion."

When Xiao Bai came back with coriander and green onion, he found a bench at the door, and a square box was placed on the bench.Isn't this the tofu mold Ji Pingan just cleaned?I saw yellow slurry slowly oozing from the bottom of the mold, and a large bowl of clear water was pressing on the lid.

Xiaobai walked into the door quickly, and he saw Ji Pingan unfolding the gauze and spreading it on the bottom of a mold.After laying it out, he scooped up the beancurd from the pot with soup and water and poured it into the mould.

Because there is gauze inside the mold, the water in the bean curd does not flow out so easily.They piled up in the middle of the box, allowing Ji Pingan to wrap the bag of soup with the four corners of the gauze.

After wrapping the gauze, Ji Pingan took one side of the cover and put it on top.The lid is slightly smaller than the mold, and it can be pressed down just by putting a heavy object on it.

Ji Pingan explained: "As long as the water in the bean curd is squeezed out, the tofu will be ready!"

Xiaobai understands, it turns out that this set of tools is used in this way!No wonder Ji Pingan put a lid on the mold at the door, it turned out to be to remove the moisture in the bean curd.

Humans are really powerful, they can think of any way to eat in one bite!

The author has something to say:

Stone-milled tofu may be unfamiliar to cuties, so what is the name-bean curd rice!

The old cat is not a person who can't eat spicy food, but I still want to howl - there is Huoxiang in the bean curd rice!Add chili!I could eat two bowls!

Ok, the tofu is in place, mapo tofu, tofu fish, and spicy cabbage stewed tofu are not far away~