The Pretty Eldest Daughter of a Scholar's Family

Chapter 483 Busy Years (Part [-])

On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month, every family grinds tofu.

From this day on, it officially enters the stage of preparing food for the New Year.

No matter how poor the family is, they will do their best to prepare hearty food during this time.

The best time to eat every year is during the Chinese New Year. Even the poorest families try their best to get some meat during the Chinese New Year, so that the whole family can taste some meat.

There is a saying among the people that "adults look forward to farming, children look forward to the New Year".

Last year was the most prosperous year for the Su family in Geshan Village. Su Yunduo and the Ning family prepared a lot of food, such as tofu, rice cakes, steamed buns, zongzi, dumplings, whatever Su Yunduo could think of. on.

Although I have come to the capital this year, there will naturally be many things that should be prepared and can be prepared.

Naturally, there are mills in the Su clan, and there are also people who specialize in making tofu. It is very convenient to buy it with money or exchange it with beans.

However, Su Yunduo is going to make some new food to enrich the New Year's table, so he doesn't plan to buy ready-made tofu from the tofu shop in the clan, but plans to grind beans to make tofu by himself, and make some gluten bubbles by the way to make gluten Pick up the meat.

Oops, I can't think about it anymore, my saliva is about to come out!
"Sister Duo, is it too hard to make tofu by yourself? Or buy it directly from the tofu shop." Mrs. Lu persuaded Su Yunduo when she heard that Su Yunduo wanted to make tofu by herself. .

"Grandmother, don't worry, I just opened my mouth, it's not hard." Su Yunduo said with a smile.

It's not that you have to do everything yourself in Geshan Village. Even if Su Yunduo wants to do it yourself, Zisu and Ziyue beside her will not watch her do it, so they rushed to do it early, not to mention there are other people. Maid woman, said to make tofu, Su Yunduo just opened his mouth to guide and guide.

Su Yunduo has been in this world for more than two years. He has seen tender tofu and firm tofu, but he has never seen dried tofu or puffed tofu. He was planning to make these last year, but at that time the family was short of staff, so he had to give up.

This year is different, she only needs to move her mouth, some people do it, so what about dried tofu, tofu puffs and tofu skin, Su Yunduo feels that only she can't fully think about it, and there is nothing she can't do.

Speaking of how Su Yunduo could do this, we have to talk about his grandmother in the previous life, she was really a capable person, besides the first-class delicious stuffing, the bean products she made are also well-known in ten miles and eight villages.

Every year before the Chinese New Year, Su Yunduo would go to grandma's house to stay with her grandma, saying that she was learning to make tofu, but in fact it was just to experience the fun of making tofu.

That's right, it's not hard work but fun, because grandma always brings unexpected surprises to Su Yunduo when making tofu.

Although grandma is very good at making tofu, when she was young, she secretly made tofu and bought tofu in order to raise her children. During the holidays, grandma is only allowed to do it for the last time and not make a living from it.

It's true that Su Yunduo didn't learn the good craftsmanship of his grandma, but he also knew the craftsmanship of several bean products under his influence.

No matter how good it is, making gluten is the great skill of my aunt. Although Su Yunduo has never done it before, but after watching it a lot, the process of making gluten seems to be engraved in his mind.

Looking back now, the process was so clear that Su Yunduo couldn’t believe it. It can be seen that even God helped Su Yunduo to spread a new food culture in this world. It’s just that she didn’t have the conditions and ability before, but she can’t do it under the current conditions. You can't live up to God's kindness and continue to waste everything.

There was a small stone mill in the kitchen, but it was not that small. Thirty catties of soaked beans were quickly ground into a pulp.

What makes Su Yunduo even more troublesome is that the cook in the mansion can also make tofu, but it’s not very good. Under Su Yunduo’s guidance, the first pot of milk made white and tender tender tofu, and the second pot The pulp is made of old tofu.

These two kinds of tofu are must-haves for Chinese New Year, so they are indispensable.

There are not many masters and servants in the house, and at least a hundred catties of tofu are needed for Chinese New Year every year. Thirty catties of beans are only enough to make these two kinds of tofu.

When Su Yunduo was instructing the cook to make tofu, the stone mill was not idle. Two old varieties of tofu were prepared here, and all the remaining beans were ground into pulp.

Su Yunduo couldn't help sighing in his heart, it really is the power of many people!
In the third pot of milk, Su Yunduo asked the cook to try to fish the tofu skin.

Although the tofu skin was scooped out of the first pot, the success rate was not high due to failure to control the heat properly, and a thick layer of tofu crust formed on the bottom of the pot.

Although this tofu cracker can also be made into delicious dishes, it is a waste after all.

Su Yunduo is not a person who gives up lightly. After the soy milk in the pot is boiled, let people control the heat and cook it slowly. This time the effect is much better than the last time.

Because mastering the heat well, the cook also mastered the trick of scooping up the tofu skin, the next few pots can be regarded as a success, and the tofu skin came out smoothly like this.

Although the tofu skin is delicious, Su Yunduo didn't think to fish a lot at a time, after all, tofu skin is too delicate, and it will get moldy even in the winter if it is not stored well, so he yelled to stop when he saw that it was almost done.

There was more than half of the barrel of soy milk left, so Su Yunduo asked the cook to try making dried tofu and thousand sheets. With the experience of fishing tofu skin, these two soy products naturally came out gorgeously.

While making bean products, Su Yunduo also instructed the other two cooks to wash gluten.

Washing gluten is not a delicate word, but it is a real labor.

Even the cooks Su Yunduo selected to wash the gluten were the strongest, and when they washed out a basin of gluten according to Su Yunduo's request, they would be so tired that their backs would ache.

Fortunately, Su Yunduo didn't plan to do much this time, and only tried to wash a hundred catties of flour.

There is really not much gluten washed out of this one hundred catties of flour, only about 35 catties of wet gluten.

Su Yunduo scratched his head as he looked at the wet gluten placed on the bamboo board to filter water. Let alone giving away this little gluten, he wondered if it would be enough for many people in the house to stuff their teeth!
No, you have to continue washing!

But looking at the two cooks, Su Yunduo was really embarrassed to let them continue, but just told the words, and asked the housekeeper to find two stout and powerful male servants for the two cooks to be helpers, and washed them again. Gluten from two hundred catties of flour comes out.

After the gluten was washed out and the water was drained, Su Yunduo asked people to move the gluten to the small kitchen. The next thing was to say that Su Yunduo didn't plan to hand it over to the big kitchen. Naturally, it should be the small kitchen's business.

Su Yunduo had just returned to the small kitchen and was about to bring Bai Zhi to show off his skills, but when he saw Su Zechen looking around in front of the small kitchen door with a medical book in his hand, he reached out and tapped him on the head lightly: "You are also called reading, Who will see the small kitchen when reading a book?!"

Su Zechen shyly smiled and said: "Sister, this is a new food? But now I want the fish floss sandwich made by my sister the most! Make it for me today, okay?"

Ning, who heard the commotion in the small kitchen, just came out to hear Su Zechen's words, otherwise she gave Su Zechen a look and said, "Didn't you see that your sister is busy? Is it because you are short of food or what? Why are you so greedy? Daddy What do you make steamed buns with fish floss for Chinese New Year?"

On the contrary, Su Yunduo smiled sweetly: "Mother, I've been busy these days, and it's true that I haven't made steamed buns for some time? Today, I just made steamed buns for Chinese New Year in the kitchen. Didn't my uncle let my second cousin Did you send a jar of fish floss? It's just a matter of convenience, let the second brother eat it to his heart's content today!"

When Su Zechen heard this, he burst into cheers.

(End of this chapter)