After traveling through ancient times, she became a wild woman

Chapter 1200 Tofu
After waiting for a few minutes, small bean curds slowly appeared in the watery soy milk.

Ah Cha and the others were surprised: "Yes, yes."

"It was still water just now, and now a small ball has appeared."

"It's so white, soft, and looks delicious!"

The three of them looked at Xiao Se, unable to help but wonder: "What's next?"

Xiao Se spooned half of the bowl and handed it to Ah Cha: "This is called bean curd. You can put salt or honey in it. You can try it."

Ah Cha took the bean curd and ran to add honey, stirred it with a small wooden spoon, and then put the bean curd into his mouth. His whole face was shouting with joy: "Wow, it tastes good, it's so sweet, it's delicious, it's delicious." "

Ah Xi couldn't wait any longer and smiled flatteringly: "Arthur, I want to eat some too, just a little will be fine."

She likes to eat food, but she is not greedy. She eats as much as she wants, and does not hold the bowl and eat non-stop.

The lack of food is ingrained in their bones. It is enough to have something to eat. It is not realistic to say that their stomachs are filled to the brim with food.

They are not allowed to waste food.

Xiao Se gave a bowl to A Xi, half a bowl to A Ye, and a small half bowl to himself.

She likes to drink something sweet, so she puts honey in it and stirs it. She smells the aroma of beans and the sweetness of honey, and her mouth immediately becomes salivating.

This reminded her of the scene in her childhood. When the tofu seller was carrying a shoulder and shouting, a group of her friends would take the fifty cents from the elders, hold their own big bowls, and chase the tofu seller shouting to buy a bowl.

Or when I was in school, there would be bean curd with sugar on the small stall at the entrance of the school.

Sprinkle sugar on the surface of the beancurd and watch the sugar sink, with happy eyes filled with smiles.

I ate too fast and the sugar in the bowl was not digested.

Eat slowly, the tofu pudding is cold, and there is still a layer of white sugar at the bottom of the bowl.

Then, stick out your tongue and lick the sugar, licking the entire bowl clean.

Some places use soy sauce or salt, but Xiao Se's hometown uses sugar. They like to eat sweet things there.

Now when I taste the taste of my childhood, my eyes feel sore and desolate. This is the taste of home.

Home, this word is too far away for her, she can no longer think about it, just live well.

Xiao Se took advantage of the last sip of bean curd to cover up his sniffing sound.

After drinking Douhua, it’s time to get down to business.

The last step is to press the tofu to dry out the water in the tofu, and the tofu is ready.

The tofu is pressed in a square box, like a small drawer, with a white cloth that is larger than the box covered.

Scoop the tofu pudding onto the white cloth. Be sure to break the tofu pudding into pieces, otherwise the water will not dry out.

Fill the box evenly on all four sides, cover the bean curds with white cloth, put a wooden board on top, and place heavy objects on top of the wooden board to weigh it down.

Between thirty and fifty pounds is about right.

Of course, the weight depends on the size of the box.

While the tofu was heavy, Xiao Se, Aye and the others prepared lunch and were waiting to make a meal of tofu.

Tofu can be used to make many delicious dishes, but due to limited materials, Xiao Se plans to make the simplest one, tofu and cabbage soup.

Just taste it the first time you make it. Next time you make a lot of tofu, you can prepare all the other ingredients, if any.

Lunch is all done, and the tofu is almost pressed. If there is little water, it can be pressed in half an hour.

If there is a lot of moisture, press it for an hour.Xiao Se took off the heavy objects and opened the white cloth. The white and tender tofu inside had been compacted.

Ah Cha looked at the white and tender tofu with his mouth wide open, and was pleasantly surprised: "It's really fun, how can you do it like this?"

She was involved in the whole process, but seeing the tofu become like this with her own eyes, she still opened her mouth in shock.

Xiao Se smiled broadly: "Yes, it's so magical."

The first time I did it, I didn’t think it was so magical. But now that I do it again, it feels magical and gives me goosebumps.

This makes it even more unimaginable, how did the ancestors discover this kind of operation of tofu?
From soaking the beans to boiling, adding brine to compacting, every step is surprising and unimaginable. It shows how many difficulties our ancestors went through before we had the delicacies that we now have on our plates.

The earliest tofu can be traced back to the Western Han Dynasty. Tofu has been around so long, which shows how powerful the wisdom of our ancestors is.

Xiao Se took a kitchen knife and scratched the tofu: "It's hard for us to handle such a big piece of tofu, so we cut it open with a knife and divided it into small pieces so that we can handle it easily."

The tofu was cut into small pieces. Compared with its previous appearance, it looked much cuter and miniaturized at this time, which made Ah Cha and others marvel and rejoice.

Xiao Se handed the kitchen knife to Aye: "Try it. How you cut it depends on how you distribute it."

Ah Ye took the kitchen knife and went to cut the tofu happily.

There is no innovation, just cut the tofu into squares.

After the tofu was marked, Xiao Se raised the corner of the white cloth, folded it slightly inward, and picked up the tofu at the corner: "The tofu is ready, and you have to be careful when handling it. If you hold it like this, the tofu will It will break."

"So, let's pull up this side of the cloth a little. Once we have a point, the tofu won't break when we pick it up again."

The tofu was picked up intact and shaken slightly until it swayed.

It is said that frozen tofu will have many small holes, but in fact, freshly made tofu also has small holes.

Ah Cha looked at the complete tofu in Xiao Se's hand, feeling itchy and numb: "I'll try it too."

She reached for the tofu, but without thinking, she crushed one side of the tofu.

Ah Cha was dumbfounded: "I didn't even use any force and it broke!"

I really don’t blame her, she looked at the soft tofu, and even if she didn’t use any force, the tofu just fell apart.

Xiao Se smiled and said: "Didn't I say before that there is a skill in handling tofu, and people who don't know how to handle it will definitely not be able to handle it."

Acha didn't believe in evil, so she gritted her teeth and insisted on picking up the piece of stone rot, but in the end she crushed it completely.

Xiao Se handed the plate to her: "Put it in. This is edible too. The tofu mixed with spring onions is also delicious."

Ah Cha carefully pinched the broken tofu into the plate and asked in a low voice: "Then how can I hold it without breaking it?"

Xiao Se thought for a while and said: "This needs to be practiced. It is a step to reduce your strength. Don't use your fingers only in one place, otherwise it will be crushed."

Ah Xi could no longer hold back her impulse: "I'll give it a try."

Her whole body was so tight that she was even more careful than holding Ah Ri, but she also crushed the tofu.

Ah Xi was innocent and helpless: "I really don't have any strength."

Xiao Se picked up the broken tofu into the plate: "I know, let's practice."

Aye came: "Let me try."

She was also very nervous, but she still followed Arthur's method and put her fingers under the folded white cloth under the tofu and picked up the tofu.

Ah Xi and Ah Cha's eyes widened with surprise: "Ah Ye picked it up! How did you pick it up?"

(End of this chapter)