Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chen Nian has never eaten this. Although Gao Genzhu said that you can eat oat noodles any way, he still plans to see how the locals eat them first, and then cook accordingly.

It may be more in line with your own eating habits according to your own eating habits, but the local people's eating methods must be the most authentic, and in this era, there are not so many twists and turns.

I saw that after Gao Genzhu also adjusted his own ingredients, he added various oat noodles, put them in his own bowl, and then mixed them together.

When mixing well, the oat noodles were also stained with the sauce, just watching Gao Genzhu eat it in such a mouthful, it feels delicious after a long time.

So Chen Nian did the same. Sure enough, after eating the noodles, the first feeling of aging is that it is a little sour, but there is still a big difference from dipping vinegar directly. The first is the sour taste and aroma of tomato sauce, followed by It is the unique aroma of mutton after steaming.

The mutton is also steamed in the pot, so there is a layer of fat floating on the mutton fried sauce in the bowl, and when it is scooped into the bowl, it will inevitably get into the bowl.

Some people don't like this taste very much, but the old age doesn't mind it. In his opinion, as long as you don't eat sheep oil directly and use some methods to make it, the taste will not make him feel mutton, but it will be very fragrant.

And the taste of oat noodles is also good.

It is not like the toughness and chewiness of the noodles that come out, but the special taste of the oat noodles themselves. When the time is right, the taste of the oat noodles will not be much worse.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Gao Genzhu asked.

"It's delicious. I've eaten a lot of noodles during the journey, but this is the first time I've tasted the noodles." Chen Nian felt that the taste was very suitable for his own taste.

Looking at the Kao Kao in the bowl, Chen Nian suddenly thought of a way to eat it. He poured the mutton in the bowl into the cylinder of Kao Kao, and ate it in one bite.

Lamb mixed with vinegar and a pinch of salt and tomatoes tastes special.

After eating this, I went to eat oat noodle He Lao again. Because of the texture on the outside, the soup sticks to it very well. After the entrance, it still has the same taste as the oat noodle. The feeling is completely different, it tastes a bit like cold noodles.

After eating this bowl, Chen Nian picked up a dumpling made of oat noodles and dipped it in the soup to eat. The fillings inside were full but had a light taste.

This kind of taste is not the same as ordinary vegetarian dumplings. Gao Genzhu didn't add so much salt when making the filling, and now he is relying on the sauce in the bowl to enhance the taste.

Soon after aging, I ate these things made of oat noodles.

In the middle of the aging process, he added two slices of potatoes to dip in the soup. He felt that the soup was really good. The potatoes were steamed so soft and sticky that they melted after a sip.

At this moment, Chen Nian gradually felt that the smell of vinegar was not so strong when eating it, but it made people feel a little bit overpowering, and they wanted to continue eating after one bite.

The pumpkin is also good, you don't need to dip it in any sauce, just eat it directly.

Sweet, glutinous.

After eating these, Chen Nian finally turned his attention to the black film that Gao Genzhu said.

This black film does look a little dark in color, but because it is all made of potatoes, it still looks a little crystal clear.

When you pick it with chopsticks, you can feel the stickiness in it when you are old.

Put it in a bowl, dip it in the ingredients and put it in your mouth. After aging, I found that this black film is full of toughness and tastes quite good.

"I never thought that potatoes can be eaten like this before." Chen Nian couldn't help sighing.

Zhang Chuanfang smiled when he heard this: "There are many ways to eat potatoes. I have a brother-in-law from Luliang. Although they don't come here often, I also went to join in the fun when they got married. There was a potato banquet over there, and there are hundreds of ways to make potatoes there."

Chen Nian was startled: "Is there so many?"

Rao is that Chen Nian has experienced a lot of dream space now, but now if he is asked to make potatoes, he can make more than 20 kinds of potatoes, which is amazing.

Of course, there are so many ways to make potatoes.

"Yes, they mainly grow potatoes, and the most abundant potatoes are in the cellars of every household. Besides the ordinary methods, they also eat frozen potatoes.

I heard that at the beginning, they ate this way because they didn't dig out the potatoes the year before, and some of them were left in the ground, and they were dug out when they were going to plant them next year.

At this time, the potatoes were already frozen, but it would be a bit wasteful not to eat them, so they took them back and cooked them, and finally found that they were delicious, so they derived this way of eating. "

Chen Nian nodded. Hearing what Zhang Chuanfang said, he also wanted to taste what frozen potatoes taste like.

"However, we rarely have such potatoes here. If you want to eat them, next year I can ask you who has potatoes that haven't been dug out this year, and bring them back and make them for you." Zhang Chuanfang noticed Aged thoughts.

"Then it's hard work, sister-in-law. I don't really have any special hobbies. Apart from cooking and reading books occasionally, I just taste things that I haven't eaten before."

"That's easy to say. I'll just ask next year. I have a lot of relatives who live in the village and farm. I'll give you some back when the time comes." Gao Genzhu also said at the right time.

In this way, Chen Nian ate a total of three bowls, and his stomach was a little full.

"This thing is really filling. After eating so much, I feel like I won't be able to sleep at night." Chen Nian said while rubbing his stomach.

However, in the eyes of Gao Genzhu and Zhang Chuanfang, they are actually more willing to see that Chen Nian can eat more.

Because if you eat more, it means that you love to eat, and it means that they cook deliciously.

After Chen Nian finished eating the oat noodles in the bowl, he found that there was still some fried sauce and vinegar left, but he couldn't eat it now, so he scooped a large spoonful of water from the pot and poured it into the bowl.

"Now you look a bit like us from Shanxi, you don't need to say that you know how to drink soup." Gao Genzhu pointed to the old bowl and said with a smile, "We also have to get some water in the bowl to drink after eating. .”

Hearing this, Chen Nian also realized that he was indeed being influenced by the food culture here.

For example, after eating noodles and dumplings, you must drink noodle soup. When eating noodles, you must eat half of the garlic or an onion, and you must pour vinegar into it.

At the beginning, it is better to pour a little less seasoning, but the more you live here, the more vinegar will be poured into the bowl.

In the past, Chen Nian always felt that rice was more filling. Every time after eating noodles, he was hungry before dinner at night.

But now the old age is exactly the other way around.

And the accent is also gradually moving closer to this side, and will unconsciously say some reduplicated words.

After dinner in the evening, Chen Nian was going to clean up the dishes, but this time he was stopped by Zhang Chuanfang: "Chen Nian, you don't need to clean up these, let me clean up, Xiao Fugui has a class in a private school today, and you haven't taken the exam after you come back. What about him?

We haven't read a book and don't know how to read, so we can't do this job. You are the only one in our family who can do this. "

"It's okay, sister-in-law, it's okay if I clean up first and then take the exam for Xiao Fugui."

But in the end, Chen Nian still couldn't win over Zhang Chuanfang, so he could only go back to the house to test Xiao Fugui what he learned in the private school today.

And now the relationship between Xiao Fugui and Chen Nian is getting better and better, especially Chen Nian made a truck for Xiao Fugui out of wood a few days ago.

Tie a rope in front and you can pull it in the back.

Xiao Fugui loves this little truck very much. When he has nothing to do all day, he will take the truck to the streets to show off to his friends.

Sometimes I also use a shovel to shovel the soil in the pocket of the truck at home, and pull it from side to side before unloading it.

However, he was often scolded by Gao Genzhu and his wife because of this.

Chen Nian or Zhang Chuanfang sweep the yard every morning, and every time Xiao Fugui makes such a trip, the yard will be covered with soil.

In this way, the days passed day by day, and the Chinese New Year was approaching in a blink of an eye, but they did not go to the streets to buy couplets this year, because Chen Nian had bought a lot of paper some time ago.

There are red ones, green ones and yellow ones.

Because the Spring Festival couplets at this time are all handwritten, the colors of the stickers are different in different scenes. If there is nothing else at home, they are usually posted in red.

But if someone in the family dies, no couplets will be pasted in the first year of filial piety, green couplets will be pasted in the second year, and yellow couplets in the third year.

It means keeping filial piety for three years.

Although there are not many such, there are still some.

The reason why Chen Nian bought these back is because there are fewer people going out to eat before the New Year, and everyone will buy a lot of New Year’s goods and food to eat at home.

And those caravans that can come back will basically stop running the business and wait until the next year before leaving.

So Chen Nian thought that there was nothing else to do besides cleaning the house with Gao Genzhu's family, he might as well write couplets for the folks, and he could also practice calligraphy.

Chen Nian doesn't want to leave behind his craft.

Being able to write beautiful brush characters is not so useful in modern times, but it is still quite useful in ancient times, whether it is to open a shop and write a plaque, write a menu or something, or if you have the opportunity to enter the palace in the future It can all be a craft.

Different masters have different hobbies, so if Chen Nian wants to quickly gain the favor of the other party, he must be versatile.

Just like when he was on the Platinum Star, if he could only cook such a good dish, he might not be appreciated by Master Huo.

But if I still know a little bit of art and know some skills of arranging dishes, it will be different.

And this time, if I didn't know how to make those handmade gadgets, it would be impossible for Xiao Fugui's relationship with me to get better so quickly. If I didn't have the skills I learned in Tianjin, I wouldn't have done that Lively, taking the risk to save the children who were kidnapped and kidnapped.

If I can't even write calligraphy well, and I don't have a good understanding of some ancient knowledge and culture, I can't teach Xiao Fugui.

Besides, there are many things that I know, and I can enrich myself.

So during the period before the Chinese New Year, Chen Nian occupied a table outside, spread out these papers, and wrote couplets for everyone.

There are three couplets in one pair, the upper and lower couplets plus a horizontal batch, which add up to three pennies in total. If you want to write a blessing, add one penny.

After just a few days, Chen Nian also earned more than 100 Wen. Of course, if the cost is removed, he may not have actually earned much, but Chen Nian's behavior has been appreciated by neighbors and villagers.

And Chen Nian took all the money to buy some firecrackers and came back.

At this time, there are already firecrackers. Although they are not as rich as those fireworks in later generations, such as Sky Monkey, Er Tijiao, Gatling, etc., as long as you have money, you can buy anything you want, but in this era, you can buy everything you want. It is enough to set off firecrackers for old age.

After seeing these firecrackers, Xiao Fugui's eyes sparkled.

Although Gao Genzhu used to buy some firecrackers and set them off during Chinese New Year to drive away evil spirits and the evil spirits of the previous year, due to family conditions, Gao Genzhu would not buy too many.

But this year, Xiao Fugui can be sure that he can live a prosperous year.

Twelfth lunar month 23 is a small year in the north. When they got up in the morning, they came to the yard to set off cannons. Chen Nian picked up a branch and put it in the stove. After lighting it, he blew it off, leaving only a little red on the fire. Red light.

Spreading the firecrackers in the yard, Chen Nian handed the branches to Xiao Fugui: "Xiao Fugui, go and set them off, remember to run fast later, don't get blown up by the cannonballs."

Xiao Fugui was full of hope, he really wanted to take it over, but he was a little afraid.

He stretched out his hand and finally took it back.

"Brother Chen Nian, why don't you let it go, I run slowly."

Xiao Fugui found an excuse for himself.

"Okay, then stand back and I'll light the cannon."

Speaking of Chen Nian, he came to the firecrackers, ignited the fuses of the firecrackers with the light from the front, and ran back into the house in a flash.

Gao Genzhu was standing at the door watching, and Zhang Chuanfang was standing beside Gao Genzhu at first, but when the first firecrackers sounded, Zhang Chuanfang also ran back into the house yelling, fearing that he would be blown up.

Listening to the crackling firecrackers and the screams and laughter of the family members, Chen Nian feels very lively.

After the firecrackers went off, Xiao Fugui took Chen Nian to the yard and started picking up those firecrackers that hadn't been fired.

I picked up a dozen or so in total, and put the ones with longer fuses on one side, and the ones with no fuses or shorter ones on the other side.

After choosing, Xiao Fugui split the firecrackers with short fuses from the middle and arranged them in a row, and took the branches from Chen Nian to release the flowers.

Bursts of blue smoke rose from the courtyard, and Xiao Fugui was also very happy.

After setting off the flowers, Xiao Fugui mysteriously took the remaining firecrackers and branches, and dragged Chen Nian out of the yard.

"Where are we going?" Chen Nian asked curiously.

"Brother Chen Nian, let's fry cow dung!"