small farmer

Chapter 1024 Local Yellow Beef (12)

The next day

The weather finally improved, the sky was clear and the sun was shining brightly early in the morning.

Seeing that the weather was so good, Zhang Feng hurriedly carried all the bacon and sausages at home to the yard to dry. After a while, the whole yard was covered with bacon and sausages.

As soon as the bacon was finished drying, my cousin walked in with a smile.

"Brother, I heard that the butcher uncle's family slaughtered a local cattle today, do you want to go and see it?"

"Oh, is it really a local scalper?"

"It should be, I also heard what Uncle Er Niu said!" Zhang Yi nodded and said.

"Okay, let's go and see!"

Local cattle are different from non-local beef cattle, because the cattle raised by local old farmers are generally not fed auxin antibiotics and other messy things, so the quality of local beef is very guaranteed, even if such beef is expensive per catty Blocks are also very popular with everyone.

When Zhang Feng and his brothers arrived at the entrance of the village, it was already surrounded by villagers and tourists.

Everyone, you three catties and I five catties. The beef that you usually don't want to eat is very generous today.

"There are too many people here!" Seeing so much heat in the booth, Zhang Yi was a little worried, wondering if there would be any beef left when it was their turn.

"It's okay, look at me!" Where there is a queue in the small stalls in the countryside, everyone squeezes each other, and whoever squeezes hard will buy first.

It just so happened that Zhang Feng was in good physical condition, he followed behind the villagers and squeezed into the innermost place in two or three strokes.

"Uncle Butcher, give me fifty catties!"

"Fuck, Xiaofeng, you bought so much, what else should we buy?"

"Yes, brother, please be merciful, you see we still have so many people!"

Hearing that he bought it for fifty catties, the villagers and tourists behind him were excited. Seeing that the people behind him had more and more opinions, the butcher uncle also smiled and persuaded him: "Xiaofeng, why don't you buy less, and I will return it tomorrow." If you want to kill one, how about leaving a few kilograms for you then?"

"Tomorrow's meat will still be the same??" Zhang Feng asked suspiciously.

"Of course, I found a good source. Before the Chinese New Year, I kill one every two or three days, all of which are our local yellow beef!" Uncle Butcher said with a smile.

Hearing his words, not only Zhang Feng was relieved, but even the villagers and tourists behind him were relieved. Even if they couldn't buy it this time, they would still have a chance next time.

So in the end, Zhang Feng only bought [-] catties, [-] catties for his own family, and [-] catties for Yiyi’s family. I believe the old man will like it very much. The dried beef made by his family is very delicious. Last year, he made dozens of catties, which is very popular with everyone. , I was eaten clean just after the new year.

Seeing that his eldest brother bought so much, Zhang Yi seemed to stop being excited. He bought [-] catties at once, and saw that he and his brother bought [-] catties at once. The tourists and villagers behind were very helpless. Fortunately, today's The cow is very big, and the beef alone weighs seven to eight hundred catties, otherwise everyone would definitely not be able to resist killing these two brothers.

"You kid also bought so much?" Zhang Feng didn't expect his cousin to also buy more than 20 catties.

"Hey, didn't I just buy it because you bought [-] catties?" Zhang Yi said embarrassedly.

Hearing what he said, Zhang Feng couldn't help shaking his head, he bought thirty catties and gave half of it to Yiyi's family, and what he got was only a dozen catties.

"Okay, you won't be able to finish eating so much in a while, so you can put it where I am, and I will help you make dried beef!" Zhang Feng shook his head and said.

"Hey, that's really great!" Zhang Yi was overjoyed when he heard his elder brother say that.

Dried beef, the dried beef made by big brother must be amazing and delicious. Thinking about how delicious it was to be able to eat a bite of dried beef at home when I was a child, even now, Zhang Yi is still hungry.

Then the two brothers carried the meat and walked to the old man's house.

"The old man is feeding the birds!"

"Hey, what are you carrying?" Hearing the voice, the old man scratched his head and saw Zhang Feng and his brother carrying a big plastic bag.

"The local yellow beef I just bought at the entrance of the village, why don't I bring it here to learn how to make dried beef with you!" Putting the beef on the stone table, Zhang Feng said with a smile.

"Local yellow beef?? Did you buy some for me??" The moment he heard the local yellow beef, the old man's eyes lit up. He likes and is very sensitive to the best ingredients.

"I bought it. You see, I bought a total of [-] catties. I can give it all to you. If everyone didn't agree, I would have bought [-] catties!" Zhang Feng said with a smile.

"Who doesn't agree?? Do you still need someone else to agree to your shopping?" The old man's eyes widened immediately, and he asked dissatisfiedly, because in his opinion, thirty catties was indeed too little to buy. If he was here, he would probably buy A hundred catties is possible.

But after listening to Zhang Feng's explanation, the old man shook his head and didn't say anything. After all, it's hard to disagree. If you eat meat, you have to give others some soup, right?
"Yiyi, help me get out our big basin!"

"Understood, Grandpa!" After a while, Yiyi took out the big basin at home.

"Xiaofeng Xiaoyi, you two cut the beef into small pieces of four to five catties, and it will be marinated later."

While giving orders to everyone, the old man prepared various spices, such as pepper, star anise, cinnamon, salt, pepper, etc., more than 20 kinds of spices.

"Hehe, this beef is good. It is indeed free-range yellow beef. This kind of hind leg meat tastes best when made into dried beef." The old man introduced the beef while marinating it with a smile.

Dried beef is usually made in winter,

It is a kind of beef food made by selecting high-quality beef from the hind legs and other parts of fat and strong beef cattle, supplemented with appropriate amount of salt, pepper and other seasonings, and processed by kneading, pickling, drying, air-drying, etc.

Qingshan generally does not snow in winter, but it is also relatively cold. The dried beef processed in the cold is the best. In other seasons, the temperature is high, and the processed dried beef is easy to deteriorate.

Put the cut beef into a large pot, sprinkle with appropriate amount of salt and pepper, and knead carefully to make the salt and pepper penetrate into the beef evenly.

Then, put the kneaded beef into a large earthenware vat, put it in a cool place, and marinate it in a sealed container for about 10-15 days.After the pickling is completed, it is opened to dry.

Choose a sunny day, take out the marinated beef, pierce a hole with a sharp knife at one end, thread a string into the hole, tie a loop, and put it on an iron hook.

Then, hang the worn beef on iron hooks on the roof or in the yard, and let it dry for about a month, and then it will become dried beef.This kind of beef is dry, the meat is soft and tough, and the quality remains unchanged after years of preservation. The most important thing is that the taste is good enough.

"Okay, as long as it is marinated in the jar for ten days, it can be dried!"

After marinating fifty catties of beef, the old man was a little tired, but he was very happy, with a relaxed smile on his face.

After watching the whole process, Zhang Feng has fully learned it, and is going to buy dozens of catties tomorrow, and try to do something by himself.

(End of this chapter)