pasture leisure

Chapter 333 Eating Meat
When the lid of the oven was lifted, a wave of heat rushed into everyone's nostrils with a slight burnt smell, and a burst of meaty aroma rose immediately, causing everyone to swallow their saliva.

"Zhang Chi's barbecue skills are getting more and more impressive."

Li Qiao looked at the barbecue and praised it sincerely.

Zhang Chi put on his gloves for two large pieces of barbecue, took out the barbecue with his hands, and put it directly on the large iron tray.

The surface of the meat was slightly burnt, and some thin parts were a little burnt. Zhang Chi first cut off these burnt parts with a knife, and cleaned up some corners with a knife.

It’s not that Zhang Chi used too much fire, but the American country barbecue here. It’s inevitable that the meat will be a little mushy, because such a large piece of meat will always be mushy when roasted in the oven. Not an electric oven, but a wood-fired oven.

And a bit of burnt is not a disadvantage, not only a disadvantage, but also a worry. The burnt place has a little burnt smell, mixed with the smell of firewood, which will bring a unique flavor to the barbecue, similar to the taste of bacon.

The meat knife is very long and sharp, a bit like the long watermelon knife in China, about thirty to forty centimeters long and five or six centimeters wide, with an opening on one side and the back of the knife on the other.

The meat cleaver of Zhang Chi's family is very sharp. Press the knife to the meat and pull it lightly, and a piece of meat will be cut off.

"Who wants this piece of meat?"

Zhang Chi picked up the cut meat and gestured to everyone.

Li Qiao immediately stretched out his hand: "I'll come, I like cooked food."

This piece of meat is almost fully cooked, there is no red on the cut side, it looks like cooked beef, but the juice is still rich.

Because when roasting, the first thing to do for a piece of meat is to seal the edges. The so-called edge sealing is probably translated by Zhang Chi himself. When the flames are burning, put a whole piece of meat on the flames and burn it until you can’t see the color of the meat, which means that all the water in the meat is sealed in the meat.

When roasting in this way, the juice in the meat will not evaporate, but stay in the meat, mixed with the original fat of the meat, and when it is cut, there will be a sticky feeling like water. come out.

Hearing what Li Qiao said, Zhang Chi put the meat in his hand on the plate.

"How about this piece for you, young man?"

Zhang Chi held the knife in his hand and said to Xiaowaer.

The little guy looked at Zhang Chi, and then at the meat in Uncle Zhang's hands. He was a little unsure, because the meat seemed to scare him a little.

Zhang Chi saw it, smiled, and went straight down with the knife, cutting a piece for the child.

Li Qin saw it, and immediately said: "There are too many, there are too many, how can he eat so much?"

"Don't worry, he must have eaten it." Zhang Chi laughed, and forked the beef slices, which were about two knuckles thick, into a disposable plate, and brought them to the little guy. .

The little guy blinked and reached out to take it: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"

"You're welcome, let's eat and drink at Uncle's house," Zhang Chi said with a smile.

Give the little guy such a big piece of beef, expecting him to eat it, but don't forget, this little boy and Xiong Wazi have been playing together for almost an afternoon. It would be strange if he didn't share the meat with Xiong Wazi Woolen cloth.

Everyone came here when they were young. Zhang Chi had a dog at home when he was a child. Every time he ate something, no matter whether it was good or not, Zhang Chi would give some of it to the dog.

Xiaowa took the meat.

Li Qin said: "You take your sister to eat."

Xiaowazi nodded, looking at such a big piece of meat on the plate, he was a little dazed. When he picked it up, he felt that the meat was great, such a big piece, but when it was in his hands, he was a little worried again. How could such a big piece of meat be eaten? what to eat?

Hold and chew?
This is a way!

Thinking of this, the little guy reached out and grabbed the side of the meat, brought the plate to his mouth and began to bite the meat.

Li Qin and Li Qiao saw it, and they didn't talk about their children. They have lived in the United States for a while, and they are not like domestic parents when it comes to raising children. kids go.

American parents generally give their children a chair to eat, and let the children grab and eat. Most of the time, the children have a face after eating, and American parents don’t care. Wipe it and wash it, and the next meal Continue to feed like this.

Xiaowazi eats like this, and naturally the corners of his mouth will be glistening soon.

Seeing her brother eating like this, the younger sister got excited too. The brother and sister grabbed one side of the plate and the meat on the plate with the other, biting one side each.

Biting and giggling.

Children, playing while eating and eating while playing are also normal things.

The grown-ups are relatively more elegant, but they are not so elegant.

Li Qin drew a piece of meat as big as domestic braised pork, put it directly into his mouth, and immediately filled his mouth to the full.

While chewing, he said, "Melica, it's great to eat meat at your house!"

What Li Qin said is cool is the truth. Although this is the west, there are more cows than people, but the average family does not have beef every day. They eat steak every day. The well-off families in the United States can afford it, but the number of people in the family increases. Dun Dun steak can't stand it either.

Coupled with the slight increase in the price of beef now, Li Qin’s family’s conditions are not to say that they can’t afford Tiantian Beef, but if they really eat like this, the family will not save any money after a year, and they will become a Japanese family just like Americans .

Melika said: "If you want to eat meat, you can come here often. We don't have much here. How can we have less beef?"

Li Qin said: "I will definitely come here often when I have time."

That's what Li Qin said, and it's really impossible for the couple to come here often with their children. She has a job, and Li Qiao also has a job. How can she have time to come to Zhangchi Ranch every day to eat meat.

Besides, I'm embarrassed to say it, Zhang Chi would send meat over every now and then, and then come to the pasture to eat, Li Qin is also a person who wants face.

Lao Xu said: "Today's meat is a bit special. It is juicy, but the fiber is also tight, and the beef taste is slightly weak."

Zhang Chi smiled and gave Lao Xu a thumbs up.

"You mouth, absolutely! This is Amber black beef. Let me tell you this, you are not the first ones, but you must be the first batch to eat Amber beef," Zhang Chi said cheerfully.

Now the Amber black cattle, except Zhang Chi's family slaughtered some, other people who found the cattle, designated not to slaughter, eating this one cattle, it is worth eating three miscellaneous cattle, who would make such a mistake for ordinary ranchers? Stupidity is what Zhang Chi is willing to do.

Of course, Zhang Chi said he bought it, but in fact he slaughtered a cow in a gourd. The good parts were eaten for others, and the bad parts were waiting for as many mouths at home, so naturally he didn't waste it.

Zhang Youliang also took a few mouthfuls at this time, and he ate less in each mouthful, slowly savoring the taste and quality of this new beef.

Soon Zhang Youliang said: "Xiao Chi, this beef should not be eaten roasted. You can try to make it dry-cut. I think this beef is more suitable for dry-cutting."

"That's right, Uncle Zhang has spoken to my heart. I also think this beef is suitable for dry cutting, boiled with salt, sliced ​​into thin slices, and then eaten with dipping sauce. Just a little soy sauce and red oil and sesame oil are absolutely necessary. Better than roasting."

Lao Xu waited for Zhang Youliang to finish speaking, agreed and expressed his opinion.

Zhang Chi didn't think too much about it. It was the first time he ate these beef, because the beef had been stored for a while, and it was sour.Zhang Chi forgot about it when he left it alone, and it happened that these people came to warm his house today, so they just took it out.

"Old Xu, is your mutton ready? It's been a long time waiting for you," Li Qiao urged.

Li Qiao ate a piece of beef here, and it feels like it’s almost done. Today’s two main courses, one beef has already been eaten, and there are still some seams left in the stomach. Potatoes and broccoli are also on the table, but who is so embarrassing at this time? Eat this stuff.

When it's time to use white water mutton to smooth the gap in the stomach.

Old Xu raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Well, it's almost there!"

As he said that, he put down the meat in his hands, picked up the wet towel next to him and wiped his hands, and put his fingers in his mouth and took two sips.

"Oh, you are too dirty, wipe your hands again." Li Qiao teased Lao Xu.

After hearing this, Lao Xu licked his fingers again, and then wiped his fingers with a disposable wipe.

While wiping, he said to Li Qiao: "If it wasn't for the presence of the younger siblings and the children, I would just put the finger that I had instigated into the pot and stir it. I think I will dislike you. I forgot that when we were eating, I bit the finger. You took a bite of the hot dog, and you grabbed it two or three times and stuffed it all?... ".

Li Qiao cheerfully denied: "Nonsense, nothing at all."

Lao Xu didn't argue with Li Qiao, he came to the pot and opened the lid, pressed the meat exposed to the water with his hand, nodded, hooked a piece of meat with an iron spatula, and put it in a rectangular stainless steel tray .

About a quarter of the meat was taken out, and the rest continued to simmer in the pot. I looked down at the fire and found that the fire was almost gone, so I added another carbon into it.

Carrying the tray to the table, Lao Xu picked up the meat cleaver, wiped it with a wet paper towel, and looked at it.

Zhang Chi said with a smile: "It's pretty clean, the wet wipes contain alcohol, how do you wipe it, let alone the meat smell, the meat smell is wiped away by you."

Old Xu said: "You have to wipe it clean. Baishui mutton can't be mixed with peculiar smell, or it won't be Baishui mutton."

Seeing that the knife was really clean, Lao Xu didn't feel greasy when he touched it with his hand, so he started to divide the meat with the knife.

Lao Xu's cutting of meat is not like Zhang Chi's just now. It's a bit scary to go down with a knife, and it looks like a piece of meat will make people full.

He divides the meat here in strips, each of which is as long as a palm, about the thickness of a finger.

Every four or five pieces were distributed and put in front of one person. Zhang Youliang and Gu Ying were the first to get the meat, because they were both elders.

Baishui mutton is not meant to be eaten for nothing. It would be strange if anyone can eat mutton like this all the time. Although it is boiled, it is meat.

So you must eat this lamb with dipping sauce.

The dipping sauce is also made by Lao Xu. The leeks and some other things are used. It is very simple but very delicious.

Zhang Chi got the meat, picked up one, and dipped half of the meat into the dipping bowl in front of him. After putting it in his mouth, there was a strong smell of leeks first, and then the aroma of meat. The natural mixture in the mouth, the horizontal taste of leeks, colliding with the unique taste of mutton, a sense of satisfaction from eating meat, immediately on the top.

(End of this chapter)