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

66. Cook salty porridge with smoked bacon

The taste of pickled fish was so delicious that four people ate up a large bowl of fish.Xiao Huang wiped his mouth with unsatisfied enthusiasm: "It's really delicious. It would be great if there is pickled fish every day in the future."

Ji Pingan was happy: "You can't eat like this. No matter how delicious something is, it won't taste good after three meals."

He Lang agreed very much: "Yes, yes, my mother is like this. Every time I say something delicious, she can keep making the same dish until I get tired of it."

He Lang didn't dare to tell his mother what dish he liked, otherwise, for the next month, this dish would be on the table every day.

Ji Pingan smiled and patted Xiao Huang's head: "If Xiao Huang likes pickled fish, I'll cook it for you a few more times in the future. Look, there are so many fish heads and tails at home. Don't you want to try fish?" Head tofu soup, chopped pepper fish head?"

Xiao Huang is very talkative, as long as it is delicious food that he has never eaten before, he is full of expectations: "Okay~"

He Lang's eyes lit up: "Oh, I really want to stay at Ping'an's house! All the fish he cooks are delicious!"

Xiao Huang turned his head and said word by word: "No, those who don't work are not allowed to eat."

He Lang sighed helplessly: "It's over, I'm probably a waste in Xiao Huang's eyes."

Ji Pingan smiled and said: "If you want to eat, you can come here. Anyway, Qianqian Village is so close, and you can reach it in a few steps. If you don't want to eat it at my house, I will make it for you to take back. You can eat it with your aunt. "

He Lang was happy: "Oh, what I've been waiting for is your words. Can I eat fish head casserole that night? The kind with tofu in it!"

Ji Pingan smiled and nodded: "Okay! I think fish head casserole is more delicious than fish meat."

In fact, Xiaobai is a little unbelievable. In his opinion, the most delicious fish is the fish fillet.How can fish heads and tails full of bones and thorns taste better than fish fillets?

As a result, after Ji Pingan made fish head tofu soup that night, Xiaobai drank two large bowls of soup in a row.The tender meat and gelatinous fish skin on the fish head left a deep impression on Xiao Bai. Since then, the weight of the fish head in his heart is comparable to that of the fish fillet.

In the next few days, Ji Pingan also made fish heads with chopped peppers and braised fish heads.The big fish head is steamed with a layer of chopped peppers, it is fresh and tender, and the braised taste is so good that people can't stop.

Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai were addicted to eating fish, and within two days they became master fish eaters, and the fish heads at home were also being consumed at an extremely fast rate.

In previous years, Ji Ping'an might have to tighten his belt to live.But this year, his living conditions are getting better at a speed visible to the naked eye. There are only a few fish heads, and he can't eat enough.

The leftover fish bones became Huzi's best tool for grinding his teeth. During this period of time, Huzi could be seen holding a large piece of fish skull and gnawing on it every day.

Ji Pingan felt very sorry for Huzi, since Xiaobai and Xiaohuang came home, he paid much less attention to Huzi.Fortunately, the dog doesn't mind being poor. After the living conditions improved, the tiger's son became more and more radiant.

After entering the twelfth lunar month, time flies very fast, and it will be the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the blink of an eye.Whenever this season comes, every household in Qingshuiwan will make Laba porridge.

The Laba porridge elsewhere is sweet, with dozens of dried fruits, large and small, in it. After several hours of cooking, it tastes sweet and delicious.The Laba porridge in Qingshuiwan is salty, and salty pork ribs and various vegetables are added to it.

Last night, Ji Ping'an soaked all kinds of beans. In addition, vegetables such as Chrysanthemum chrysanthemum and taro were also prepared in place, and he was ready to cook Laba porridge after he finished his work.

ah?Are you asking what Ji Ping'an is up to?He is preparing for fumigation of salted fish and bacon.

The weather was good two days ago, so Ji Pingan took out the salted fish and meat that had been marinated before, washed them and dried them in the yard.

The color of bacon was pinkish white when it first came out of the jar, but after a few days of marinating, the color of the fat meat turned dark white, while the lean meat lost its blood color and became pale.

After washing, the bacon was tied with straw ropes and hung on the bamboo poles in the courtyard. Within two days, it turned yellow in color and hardened on the surface.But when you pinch it hard, you can still feel the softness inside.It is almost enough to marinate to this extent to make bacon.

Salted fish is no exception. Salted fish soaked in salt loses excess water and feels rough to the touch.After a few days in the sun, the color of the fish turns reddish brown.

The fish and meat in his house are all cut by Xiaobai, and they are all about the same length.Walking into the yard at this time, I saw a lot of fish and meat hanging on the bamboo poles in the yard.Of course, there are also wild ducks, pig's face and pig's trotters mixed in, and the straight pillars are slightly bent by the weight of salted fish and salted meat.

In addition to fish and meat, there are also sausages that need to be smoked.

The sausages that had been sun-dried earlier had almost dried out, and by this time they were not as round as they were when they were freshly made.Dehydration has shriveled them, and they have a pungent aroma and are hard to the touch.

The fish and meat were almost done drying, and today, as the wind was not strong, Ji Pingan was going to start fumigation of the bacon.He built a strong wooden frame with branches in the southeast corner of the yard, and then neatly hung the meat and sausages on the frame.

He took out the broken iron pot at home and placed it under the wooden shelf. There was a space of three feet between the iron pot and the fish. As long as the fire was not too high, it would not be easy to burn the meat on it.

He built a layer of tattered matting over the walls and wooden shelves, and covered the shelves with twigs and thatch.In this way, the iron pot and the bacon that needs to be fumigated are in a relatively closed space.

Ji Pingan put a layer of twigs on the bottom of the iron pot and lit them. When the flame was about to ignite, he covered the twigs thickly with the sawdust left over from sawing the wood before.

The flame that had just ignited was covered by thick sawdust, and wisps of green smoke emerged from the sawdust.

Xiaobai couldn't understand this operation, he bent down and looked at the iron pot through the gap: "It's safe, the fire is out."

Ji Pingan said with a smile: "What you want is not fire, but smoke. If the fire is too big, it will easily burn the meat, but if the smoke is too big, you can smoke good-looking bacon."

Suddenly, Xiaobai looked at Ji Pingan's carrying basket, and saw that the carrying basket was full of cypress branches: "So these cypress branches are used to make cigarettes."

Ji Pingan smiled and nodded: "Yes, the bacon smoked with cypress branches has a scent. Some people are not used to it, but I quite like the smell."

After a pause, Ji Pingan thought of something: "By the way, Xiaobai, can you go to the fruit forest and help me pick some pomelo? It's right behind the chicken coop, and the kind with the biggest fruit is pomelo."

Ji Ping'an's pomelo is an old variety. It grows big, but the taste is very bad and the yield is low.He originally wanted to find a better variety and eliminate this old grapefruit, but he couldn't find a suitable one, so the old grapefruit tree stayed.

There are a few big-headed fruits scattered on the pomelo tree, and their yellowish-white peels have dots of scars, which don't look very good.

Xiao Bai quickly picked the grapefruit and placed it next to Ji Pingan. At this time, Ji Pingan had already covered the iron pot with a layer of cypress branches.Green smoke emerged from the gaps in the cypress branches, and a smell of smoky cypress branches wafted out.The smoke was bluish white in color, a little choking, but not unpleasant.

Green smoke curled up and flew upwards. After being blocked by the broken mat, they slowly rushed towards the meat hanging from the wooden stick.After a while, the fish and meat were covered by bluish-white smoke.Excess smoke drifted out from the gaps in the branches and thatch, and the smoky smell filled the entire yard.

Ji Pingan got up and tidied the thatch. He tried his best to let the smoke accumulate in the small makeshift space: "Today and tomorrow I have to watch the fire."

If one didn't see that the fire was too big, the sausage and bacon he worked so hard to prepare would change from fumigation to cremation.

Xiao Bai said softly: "Okay, I will watch together."

Ji Pingan smiled and looked at Xiao Bai, and when the four eyes met, the inexplicable emotion became stronger.

At this time, Xiao Huang stared at the grapefruit that Ji Pingan put next to him. He hugged a grapefruit and asked Ji Pingan for advice: "Ping An, can I eat it?"

Ji Pingan turned his head quickly. For some reason, he felt his face was slightly hot: "Of course! Xiaobai, help me get a knife."

After Xiaobai took the knife over, Ji Pingan cut a knife at the bottom of the plump grapefruit.One-third of the pomelo was cut with a knife, but only the white flesh was seen, but the inner flesh was not visible.

Ji Pingan was not in a hurry, he stroked around the pomelo a few times leisurely: "Looking at such a big pomelo, the inside can only be eaten as big as a fist. This variety is too bad, if I can meet better pomelo in the future species, we weeded out this old tree."

Xiaobai responded casually: "Ah."

The grapefruit was quickly peeled off. As Ji Ping'an said, there was only fist-sized pulp inside the huge grapefruit.The grapefruit peel was heavy in his hand, and Ji Pingan put the grapefruit peel on the cypress branch: "Fortunately, it can be used to smoke bacon, otherwise it would be a waste."

The bacon smoked with grapefruit peels will have a fruity aroma. Every year when the bacon is smoked, he will throw the leftover rinds and husks into the broken iron pot to smoke the meat.

He divided the pomelo in his hand into two, and handed half to Xiao Bai and half to Xiao Huang: "You can only eat the pulp inside, the white flesh outside is bitter."

Both Xiaobai and Xiaohuang responded, and they carefully peeled off the shiny flesh.Xiaobai also handed it to Ji Pingan's mouth very thoughtfully, and Ji Pingan said with a smile: "I have eaten enough grapefruit in my family, you can just eat it."

He added: "Seeing you eating makes me happier than eating myself!"

Hearing such words, who can refuse?So Xiaobai and Xiaohuang opened their mouths and stuffed the grapefruit pulp into their mouths.

The next moment, Xiaobai and Xiaohuang were both slightly sour. Xiaohuang opened his mouth dully, and the saliva mixed with the pulp fell to the ground.Who would have thought that looking at the crystal clear flesh would be sour and bitter in the mouth? !

Seeing Ji Ping'an bent over with laughter, why didn't they know that they were being tricked?At that moment, Xiao Huang and Xiao Bai fell into Ji Ping'an's arms one by one, and the other hugged him from the back: "You are playing tricks on us!"

Ji Pingan is ticklish, he can't even touch his belly and creaky nest.But at this moment, Xiaobai and Xiaohuang scratched him and pinched him. Ji Pingan laughed so hard that tears came out but he had nowhere to hide: "Hahaha, I was wrong! Hahahahaha!"

The blue smoke floated far away with the sound of laughter, and the quiet mountain depression became a little more cheerful.

The author has something to say:

The tooth hurt so much today, I went to the hospital for the doctor to have a look.I covered my mouth and waited hard to transfer to another car. I worked for more than an hour before I saw the doctor.

The doctor let me lie on the operating table and asked me to open my mouth, and took a look: Oh, it's all right, there is no inflammation.

Me: Then why am I in so much pain?

Doctor: It's normal for the wound to hurt a lot, and it will be fine after another week or two.Go home and take anti-inflammatory drugs. By the way, you can’t take more painkillers.

I:? ? ?

Listen, is this human speech?It's not him who hurts, right?

The old cat was so angry that he took two ibuprofen supplements when he left the hospital. Anyway, he has been living on painkillers recently.

In other words, the fumigation of bacon is different in each place. The fumigation time in Sichuan is shorter. I heard that it takes several months in Yunnan?I have never eaten bacon from Yunnan, only from Sichuan.

I was really not used to the smoky smell at first, but once you get used to it, you will find it very fragrant.

Some friends in the comment area should have guessed the coordinates of the old cat.That's right, the Laba porridge here is salty!Put taro, various beans, salty pork ribs and green vegetables, and cook for an hour or two. Although the appearance is not very good, the taste is really good.