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

88. Steamed Mantou and Lo-Mei Pot

Ji Ping'an's method was very effective. In less than an hour, the dough in the basin expanded and pushed up the gauze on top.At this time, the dough is warm, and when the quilt is lifted, a sweet and warm noodle fragrance comes to the face.

Xiao Huang took a deep breath: "Wow, it smells really good."

If he had known earlier, he would have cleaned up the room, so that his quilt would also be covered with the sweet scent of flour, so happy to fall asleep with the scent of flour on his pillow.

Ji Pingan stretched out his fingers and pressed the dough, and a deep pit appeared on the dough: "It's done."

Xiaobai skillfully carried the wooden basin into the kitchen. In order to welcome this basin of dough, the kitchen table had already been cleared.On the table is the largest chopping board in the house, on which a layer of flour has been sprinkled in advance.

The dough in the basin doubled in size, and it was too laborious to knead it all at once, so Ji Pingan decided to knead it in batches.He took a kitchen knife and divided the dough in the basin into four parts. When the blade passed through, he could see countless holes in the soft dough.

This reminded Xiaobai of the bean curd that he had eaten before, but the holes in the bean curd were much less than those in the dough.

Seeing Ji Pingan rolled up his sleeves, Xiao Bai couldn't help it: "Ping An, let me do it."

He watched Ji Ping'an knead the dough several times, and he had already learned the basic techniques.He kneaded the noodles when he cut the noodles last time, and he thought he did a good job!

Ji Pingan gave up his seat with a smile: "Okay, Xiaobai, come on!"

After washing his hands, Xiaobai reached into the basin and took out a portion of dough.Fermented dough is warm and soft to the touch, which is completely different from unleavened dough.If the dough for making noodles feels solid, the dough for making noodles feels really comfortable.

After a few kneading on the chopping board, the air in the dough is expelled.At this time, Ji Pingan came over with a small bowl of lye water: "Xiao Bai wait a moment, let me add some lye water into it."

Xiaobai dug a small nest in the middle of the dough, and Ji Pingan scooped up two spoonfuls of alkaline water and put it in the dough.

Xiao Huang sat next to him and ate again. He ate too many worms yesterday, and he got a little angry.At this moment, in order to reduce the fire, he pulled down the only remaining grapefruit from the old grapefruit tree in Ji Ping'an's house.

In the cold weather, only Xiao Huang could face the sour grapefruit so calmly. Xiao Bai and Pingan kept drooling after seeing the clear saliva.

Xiao Huang skillfully peeled off the white film on the outside of the pomelo pulp. While removing the huge white pomelo seeds, he asked, "What is alkaline water for?"

Ji Pingan said: "If you don't add alkaline water, the steamed buns will be sour."

He couldn't tell the exact reason, he only knew that adding an appropriate amount of alkaline water into the dough would make the steamed buns white and sweet.

Xiaobai patiently grabbed the dough on the edge and kneaded it into the middle. As he kneaded, two spoonfuls of alkaline water were quickly kneaded away by him.The skillful technique made Xiao Huang couldn't help but look sideways: "If you can't get along in the future, Xiao Bai can go to the roadside stall to knead noodles!"

Xiaobai didn't raise his head: "Okay, when the time comes, I'll knead the dough and make it safe, and you will be in charge of yelling."

Ji Pingan joked: "Are you sure Xiao Huang won't steal the noodles from the guests?"

Xiaobai's movements paused: "...Well, good question."

Xiao Huang shouted unconvinced: "How can you look at me like this? Am I such an unscrupulous person? I'm angry! I can't be coaxed without ten steamed buns."

Talking and laughing, Xiaobai kneaded all four doughs.Xiao Huang leaned next to the wooden basin and looked at the dough, looking left and right: "It seems... smoother than before."

This is not Xiao Huang's illusion, the dough Ji Pingan kneaded for the first time was very round and glossy, but it was indeed a little less glossy than Xiao Bai's.

Ji Pingan smiled and said: "Yes, kneading the dough will make the dough firmer and smoother, and it will be easier to pull when making buns later."

After kneading the dough, you need to wake up another cup of tea, and after kneading again, you can make steamed buns.While the dough was proofing, Ji Pingan took out the chicken heads and duck feet that had been saved before from the cupboard.

He soaked his cleaned head, feet, and feet in clear water, and Xiao Huang muttered when he saw it: "What's so delicious here? It's all skin, no meat at all..."

Ji Pingan frowned: "You said that, don't eat it after it's done."

Xiao Huang would not agree to Ji Pingan: "Do you think I'm stupid? Of course I want to eat!"

The stewed pot is delicious when you hear it.Ji Ping'an's stir-fried vegetables are delicious, and Xiao Huang believes that even if they are leftovers, what he cooks is also delicious.It's impossible to make him give up delicious food!

But seeing that Ji Ping'an's family was reduced to eating leftovers during the Chinese New Year, Xiao Huang suddenly felt a little sad.For those who celebrate the Chinese New Year, don't talk about eating and drinking, at least have pigs, cattle, sheep and sheep, right?None of these seasons are safe!

He stuffed the grapefruit pulp in his hand into his mouth: "I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back soon."

Ji Pingan said: "Don't run too far!"

Before the words were finished, Xiao Huang's figure had disappeared, and Ji Pingan was a little worried: "It's freezing cold, where is Xiao Huang going?"

Xiao Bai comforted: "Don't worry, he won't get lost, maybe he will come back when the steamed buns come out of the pot."

Not long after Xiao Huang left, the dough woke up, and now we can make steamed buns.Ji Pingan took one of the dough, kneaded the dough into a wrist-thick strip, then held one end and began to pull the dough.

The moment the dough left the dough, there was a nice snapping sound, and after a while, dough pieces of uniform size appeared on the chopping board.

Xiaobai is eager to try: "I will try too?"

Ji Pingan smiled and gave up the dough: "Okay."

Xiaobai grabbed a few like him, but unfortunately his hands were bigger than Ji Ping'an's, and the noodles he pulled out were a circle bigger than Ping An's.

He put down the dough embarrassingly: "I didn't make it well, it was uneven."

Ji Pingan praised: "Xiaobai did a great job! You see, the dough is big, so let's stuff more stuffing."

What does it matter if the food you eat is bigger or smaller?The key is to participate!

Encouraged, Xiaobai let go of his hands and feet: "OK!"

While Xiaobai was grabbing the noodles, Ji Pingan brought out shredded radish and meat stuffing and placed it next to the chopping board.Along with the stuffing came a set of four-tiered steamers, cleaned and lined with soggy tan straw curtains.

Making steamed buns is easy to say, but it still requires some skills when it is actually done.Ji Pingan rolled the jelly on the chopping board twice and flattened it with his palm. Then he held the dough with his left hand and closed his palm slightly, forming a concave dimple in the center of the dough.

With the thumb of the right hand quickly pinching the edge of the dough, the dough expanded a circle from the beginning.When the dough stretches to be bigger than a palm, you can put the stuffing in it.

The stuffing that Ji Pingan put into the bag was bigger than the dough, I saw that he picked up a ball of stuffing with chopsticks in his right hand and pressed it into the middle of the dough, the palm of his left hand closed, and the open dough was slightly closed with the gesture .

Ji Pingan, who put down his chopsticks, seemed to be making handicrafts. The thumb and forefinger of his right hand were pinching the edge of the dough. After pinching and turning the dough a little, a beautiful fold was formed.

After repeating the movement of pinching the pleats a dozen times, a slap-sized steamed bun appeared in Ji Pingan's palm.The mantou is round and cute, with a snow-white skin and a beautiful pleat on the top, and the pleats merge into a small circle one by one at the top.

The whole steamed stuffed bun is perfectly stitched, from Ji Pingan pressing the dough to forming the steamed bun in the blink of an eye.Xiao Bai was amazed: "It's so fast!"

Ji Pingan smiled and showed his white teeth. He put the steamed buns in the steamer: "I'm not very fast at making steamed buns, but my grandma is fast at making steamed buns. Her old man can also make small steamed buns the size of eggs. Our youngest One steamer can steam ten of them. That one is delicious, but unfortunately I can’t always make it well.”

Xiao Bai admired: "Our grandma is really versatile."

Ji Pingan responded: "Yes, grandpa often said that meeting grandma in this life is a blessing he cultivated in eight lifetimes."

Xiaobai looked at Ji Pingan with a smile on his face: "Well, yes." To meet Ji Pingan, he also felt that he had cultivated for eight lifetimes.

When He Lang came with a basket on his back, Ji Ping'an and Xiao Bai had already packed three baskets of steamed buns.The snow-white steamed buns were placed in circles along the steamer, with a fistful of distance between each steamed bun.

He Lang put down the pannier: "My good fellow, I thought you guys haven't made noodles yet! It's okay, Ping An, how did you make noodles? So fast?!"

Ji Pingan smiled: "Didn't I tell you last year? You forgot again?"

He Lang rubbed his head: "My mother made the dough, how could I expect it. Hey?" He Lang pointed to the slightly bigger steamed buns in the steamer: "Is this made by Xiaobai?"

Ji Pingan showed off: "What? Xiaobai's craftsmanship is not bad, right?"

He Lang gave a thumbs up: "Not bad! It looks better than mine!"

Ji Pingan smiled and said, "Okay, Langzi, go light the fire, we'll start steaming the buns."

He Lang responded and squatted behind the stove and skillfully lit the fire. Ji Pingan added a large pot of water to the pot and covered it.He put the two baskets of steamed buns next to the stove: "I feel that making steamed buns this year is very smooth."

Steam two trays at a time, exactly four trays can come in turns.Usually, Ji Ping'an always felt a bit too busy making steamed buns by himself, but so far today it has been going smoothly.

Not only does he not have to run back and forth in front of the stove and the table, but he can also take time to look at the chicken heads and duck feet brought by He Lang.Ji Pingan looked into the back basket and was delighted: "My good fellow, where did you get so many heads and feet?"

Most of the head, head, and feet of the basket can be eaten for several days when they are all marinated!

He Lang happily said: "I bought some when we got engaged, and the Cuicui family gave some later, and I also typed some a few days ago... it's all here."

But these heads and feet have to be taken care of again, He Lang is rough, Ji Ping'an is not at ease.At that moment, he decided to take good care of these leftovers after making the steamed buns.

The water in the pot was added too much, and it took a long time for the water to boil.The water in the cauldron was boiling, bringing out thick water vapor.Ji Pingan sprinkled a layer of water on the uncooked steamed buns, and then set the steamer on the edge of the pot.

A wet towel was used to surround the junction between the steamer and the pot, and after confirming that there were no gaps left, Ji Pingan put an hourglass on the stove.Thick water vapor emerged from the top of the cage in a short while, and was then drawn out by the formation in the house.

Seeing that the sand in the hourglass was almost running out, He Lang looked around: "Where is Xiao Huang? Did you go to bed again?"

Ji Ping'an was also puzzled: "He said it out..." Logically, he should have come back.

Xiao Bai said softly, "I've come back."

Just as he was talking, he heard a few muffled noises from the courtyard.As soon as Ji Ping'an looked up, he saw two animals lying in the yard, one was a big green cow that was smooth and smooth, and the other was a sheep that was bigger than a human!

The necks of both the cow and the sheep were broken. Don't think about it, it must be Xiao Huang's handwriting.The instigator, Xiao Huang, clapped his hands and walked into the kitchen: "I'm back! Are the steamed buns cooked?"

Ji Pingan: ...

A very terrible idea came to his mind, did Xiao Huang rob some big family? !

The author has something to say:

Xiao Huang: I, the majestic Yuhuang, you can deal with me with chicken neck duck feet!Too much!Give more, or I'll be mad!

For Chinese New Year, how can there be no beef and mutton!It must be arranged for Ping An!

Recently, Mercury is really retrograde, and there are unexpected disasters.

To put it simply: today my paw touched the glass, and the wound was deep enough to touch the blood vessel.The blood gushed out all at once, and before it had time to get a tissue, it was already dripping down.

The bleeding didn't stop after pressing for a long time, so I sprinkled Yunnan Baiyao powder.

The moment the powder is sprinkled, the taste... Whoever tries it will know.

For the first time, I saw blood bruises near the incision, and the white claws looked like they had a big chilblain, like a wounded pig's hoof!Ugly! QQ

In other words, I originally thought about finishing this article by the end of this month.At that time, I thought it would end on the sixth day, but I felt unwell halfway and was forced to finish it on the third day.In the past two days, I have stroked the main thread, and I feel that this article will not be finished this month.

I have to apologize in advance to everyone, I made a slip of the tongue.

If everyone allows, I will write slowly, and everyone will read slowly. During the Chinese New Year, let Ping An accompany you to eat delicious food?