The Days of Opening a Restaurant on an Abnormal Earth

Braised paddles in braised water, a simple dish. It's hard to say where it originated, some say Suzhou and some say Huizhou. But this dish was once popular in Huaihai, and it is a home-cooked dish that almost every family can cook.

The big herring cut off the meat of the fish tail, and spread the meat of the fish tail into a fan shape with two straight knives and one horizontal knife.

The big iron pan is hot, and the rapeseed oil is put into the pan. The smoke point of natural vegetable oil is very low, and a large amount of oily smoke will appear when the temperature is slightly higher. Vegetable oil is mostly not used in modern kitchens because the fume is too large and it is too troublesome to take care of.

But vegetable oil has a unique fragrance that cannot be replaced by any other oil. The strong and tangy flavor is perfect for river fish. The earthy smell of the river fish will be overwhelmed by the strong aroma of vegetable oil.

And the fish made with vegetable oil will have another delicious taste. The oil temperature is slightly higher, add onion, ginger, garlic and other spices, and sauté over high heat. Put a spoonful of salt in the pan to prevent the fish skin from being fried when frying the fish later.

Add a small amount of water when the surface of the fish skin is fried, and season with light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, rock sugar and bean paste. Cook until the fish is cooked through, then thicken it with water starch, and collect the excess juice until it becomes thick.

The bright red soup can hang evenly on the body of the fish in the best state, and finally sprinkle a handful of shallots to complete the visual match.

A simple stewed braised water is finished. Because of the technique of frying first and then cooking, the fish body has a strong frying aroma. This is the main source of aroma.

To make this dish, Zhang Tong did not use a spatula in the whole process, and used a large spoon for frying and roasting the whole fish until it was delivered to Tian Yi.

Braised paddle water is a very, very homely dish, because it is so homely that restaurants are reluctant to make it now.

No matter how hard this dish is cooked, it is difficult to cook it well, and no one would order it in a restaurant. But this kind of home cooking is indeed a rare memory for some people.

"Mom! Mom! I got 100 points in the math test! 95 points in the Chinese test!" Ten-year-old Xiao Tianyi bounced all the way home, waving a test paper in his hand. It was his midterm exam paper, and he was very happy because he did well in the exam.

Xiao Tianyi trotted all the way in the community when he returned home, like a messenger delivering good news. He returned home in high spirits, holding up his test paper as if showing off.

Tian Yi's parents were at home, and Tian Yi's mother greeted her little baby, and praised him after looking at his test paper: "My Xiaoyi is the smartest, mom will make you something delicious tonight, okay?" Three Fifteen-year-old Tian Yi's mother touched Tian Yi's head and said in praise.

"What are you eating!" Oda Takeshi's eyes lit up.

"Your uncle sent two barrels of freshly squeezed vegetable oil from the countryside, and asked your mother to make braised paddles for you. The vegetable oil is delicious." Tian Yi's father said with a smile.

At the table, Tian Yi's mouth was full of greasy food, and he kept saying that it was delicious.

At that time, my father was still tall and strong, and my mother was still young and beautiful.

That year, Tian Yi was fifteen years old.

"Xiao Yi, it's time for dinner, where are you going?" Tian Yi's mother, who was preparing dinner, asked Tian Yi who was about to go out.

"I'll go to my classmate's house and I'll be back soon!" Tian Yi just said a word and ran out of the house like flying.

"Come back early, I made your favorite braised paddle today." Tian's mother told her son's back as he went away.

"Got it!" Tian Yi didn't turn his head. He saved money for a week, and finally had the money to invite a girl in his class to KFC. It was not easy to ask her out, Tian Yi spent a lot of effort. After half a semester of hard work, I finally invited her on this Sunday night.

Eating fried chicken and chatting with girls at KFC, time flies by. It was already eight o'clock in the evening when Tian Yi remembered the time. When he got home, his father was sitting in the living room looking at him with an angry face.

And there is a neat table of dishes, three bowls and three pairs of chopsticks on the dining table.

"What are you doing?" Dad's tone seemed very angry. He pointed to Tian Yi and said, "You didn't even say hello at night. What did you do?! Do you know how worried your mother and I are about you?" ?”

"I went to my classmate's house to take some study notes." Tian Yi lied.

"Fart! I called the homes of all the classmates you know, but you are not at any of them. What the hell did you do?!" Father Tian slapped the table loudly.

Fifteen-year-old Tian Yi is in the rebellious period, he twisted his neck: "I just went to take notes. Besides, I am an adult, and I will be in charge of everything I need."

"You're still lying!" Papa Tian wanted to hit someone angrily. Tian's mother came out and grabbed her husband and said, "Okay, the child is back, and he hasn't lost it. Let's eat first, eat first."

Tian Yi didn't have much appetite at the dinner table, but he was already full at KFC. He perfunctorily sandwiched some vegetables, and ate the braised water in the middle casually, so indifferent.

But he didn't notice that over the past five years, his parents' gray hair has grown a little more.

"Xiao Yi, come out to eat. It doesn't matter if you don't find a job. You still have to eat. If you don't eat, you will starve to death." Tian's mother knocked on Tian Yi's door and said worriedly.

On the other side, Tian Yi's father said in a blunt tone: "If you don't eat, you will starve him to death! If he can't find a good job, is he still motivated? When I was studying, I fell in love with playing games and reading comics. I just don't study well. I spent a lot of money in the last pheasant university, and I didn’t learn anything.”

"I asked a friend to find him a technical job in an automobile factory, but he still didn't like it. He thought he was someone with high eyesight and low hands. I had to starve him a few times. If he wasn't hungry, he wouldn't know what he was. A few bowls of rice. If he doesn’t eat, we will eat by ourselves.” Father Tian dragged Mother Tian over, and the couple ate by themselves, regardless of Tian Yi who locked himself in the room.

Tian Yi, who was in the room, smelled the smell of food wafting from the door, as well as his favorite braised paddle, he twitched his nose. Then he found a pack of dried rusks from the drawer and gnawed on it.

In front of his computer is a notebook he hasn't finished drawing. He found a job, providing drawing manga books on informal websites, both original and doujin.

"I don't care about the work of repairing cars. I can't starve to death on my own!" Tian Yi thought fiercely in his heart. Then he gnawed on the bread.

But Tian Yi, who hadn't had a good communication with his parents for a long time, didn't notice that his father's back had begun to bend this year, and it wasn't as straight as before.

And the formerly beautiful mother is no longer as radiant as before.

Tian Yi was still young and frivolous that year, but his parents were getting old.

"Money, money, money! You know money!" Tian Yi was arguing with his parents. No one moved their chopsticks on the dishes on the dinner table, and the braised braised water was placed in the middle of several dishes.

"I know about money. If there is no money, who will support you this year and spend so much money on you? What Apple X mobile phone do you want to buy? This mobile phone costs 10,000 yuan! How much money does your mother and I make in a month?" When Tian's father stood up, he was no longer much taller than Tian Yi, because his back gradually began to hunch a bit.

"If you have yourself, you can earn it yourself!" Father Tian pointed at Tian Yi and said loudly.

"Earn what you earn!" Tian Yi rushed into his room and ran out of the house with his digital tablet.

Behind him came the sound of Tian's father throwing the plate, and the sound of his mother crying.

Now, Tian Yi is crying like rain, tears, nose and saliva are flowing. There is no image, and there is no need to care about any image.

Zhang Tong's words were like magic, and opened a layer of ice in Tian Yi's heart. Weeping, saliva, nose and tears stained the white sheets of the hospital. But now no one cares.

"I...I..." Tian Yi couldn't even speak clearly because he was crying so hard: "I... I will... never eat it again. My mother made braised... braised in soy sauce. It's water."

Zhang Tong came over and patted Tian Yi's shoulder gently, and said softly: "If you want to eat in the future, come to my shop." Zhang Tong's eyes were slightly red, because he was so similar to Tian Yi.

Why do you want to open a small restaurant, why do you want to sell these side dishes? Because it's a way of expressing regret.

For some, a meal is just a meal. But for some people, some foods are longing thoughts. From the blood, from the thoughts, even though thousands of miles apart, there are still constant thoughts.