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Chapter 79 078 Braised Pork (first update)
Zhang Guifang happily accepted the filial piety of the two sisters and tasted the phoenix head. Tang Zhitong ate a claw and the rest was divided between the two sisters.

This thing is crispy at first bite, but then it starts to stick to your teeth. It’s still a long way from technology and ruthless work.

In the evening it was dumplings again, stuffed with pork and pumpkin.

The pork stuffing was packed by Zhang Guifang early, weighing half a pound, with a little bit of fat.

The pumpkin is an old pumpkin stored at home. Peel and remove the flesh, grate and chop, add salt and soy sauce, and mix thoroughly with the meat filling.

While stirring, Tang Zhitong secretly mixed in some cooking oil, and the smell would definitely be scratchy after a while.

There is no need to hold the water in the old pumpkin, but you should wrap it up tightly after mixing, otherwise the soup will seep out.

The dumplings and steamed buns stuffed with pork and pumpkin are delicious. The meat flavor is mixed with the sweetness of pumpkin. They are soft and glutinous and delicious, and are suitable for all ages.

After the dumplings are cooked, they are still served in three tea bowls and placed on the Eight Immortals table first.

After scooping out the remaining dumplings, the family began to eat.

While eating, Zhang Guifang suddenly said to Tang Zhitong: "I didn't buy any pig heads this year. Have you forgotten your craftsmanship?"

"I haven't forgotten, I'll remember this, don't worry." Between the sparks of calcium carbide, Tang Zhitong remembered why he felt so embarrassed and bored this year, because there was one less thing to do - braised pork head meat!
In line with the simple idea of ​​having too many skills and not being too overwhelmed, as long as Tang Zhitong can remember, his family has cooked a pig in the water every Chinese New Year.

Grandma Tang watched her son teach his skills to his grandson, mainly for the purpose of practicing the skills, and improving the food was only incidental.

This is the first Spring Festival in this era, and I forgot about it. It’s a shame.

"On New Year's Eve, I mentioned it to them and wanted to mess with the whole thing. The boss promised to ask and explain in a letter. Just listen to the phone when I go to work tomorrow." Tang Zhitong swallowed the dumplings in his mouth. , explained to my mother.

"Okay. If we can get it, we'll cook it. If we don't have it, we'll wait until next year." Zhang Guifang didn't force it. The situation outside was obvious. There was less meat than before, so forcing it would only make it difficult for the children.

"Yeah." Tang Zhitong nodded and agreed, but he was thinking in his heart: There are plenty of pigs in his space, pick two pairs of fat ones, and cook them tomorrow afternoon!

After eating the dumplings, each person has a bowl of dumpling soup. The original soup is transformed into the original food. Just one word: comfort!
After finishing the meal and drinking the soup, Fengzhen took care of the dishes.

There was a pot of water sitting on the stove. Tang Zhitong took out the footbath, adjusted the water temperature, and warmed his feet comfortably before going to bed.

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, there were still not many letters. Most of the pedestrians coming and going on the street, carrying large and small gifts, were visiting relatives.

Nowadays, people attach great importance to relatives. Aunts, aunts, and uncles take turns to visit their homes, and children also look forward to it.

As long as you go to visit relatives, no matter how young you are, you are still a guest, and your food can be served on the table, which means that you can treat your five internal organs.

Although the supply is tight this year, it is not to the point of giving food stamps for meals. Next year, if you visit relatives and friends to stay for meals, you will have to give food stamps, so by then there will usually be no one left to eat.

Tang Zhitong's family has simple interpersonal relationships, and the front door is deserted.I haven't found my uncle and sister-in-law yet. As for my grandma's family, it's no different than severing ties with her.

Tang Zhitong knew something about this matter.

After the Japs entered the village, food was in short supply, so the Zhang family sold their daughter to a death contract, which meant that parents would not have to mourn when they died, and they would not have any contact with each other until death.

According to Zhang Guifang, at that time, the old Zhang family was not at the stage of selling their daughters. They simply favored sons over daughters, believing that their daughters would be outsiders sooner or later, and it would be more cost-effective to raise them than to sell them.

Zhang Guifang once said that she was not well-liked since she was a child. She worked too much, ate too little, and was poorly clothed. She was bullied at home and even thought she was a picked-up wild girl.

The dry girl couldn't sell for the price, so Grandma Tang took away dozens of kilograms of corn.Zhang Guifang said that she thought she had no chance of survival, but she never thought that the Tang family had raised her for half a year. During these six months, Zhang Guifang had grown taller and taller, and later the marriage was consummated with Tang Zhitong.

Therefore, Zhang Guifang really treats Grandma Tang as her own mother, and she will only live in this family in this life.

Zhang Guifang did not really cut off her relationship with the old Zhang family, but she did not visit the Zhang family.Just like last time, Zhang Guifang finally gave two yuan when the eldest son of the Zhang family came to get married.

Don't persuade others to be kind to others without suffering.

Tang Zhitong stood by his mother.How you treat the old Zhang family ultimately depends on your mother's attitude.

When Tang Zhitong got off work at noon, there were two more pairs of pork heads on the handlebars. There were many in the warehouse, and Tang Zhitong picked the bigger ones.

It is conspicuous and attracts the attention of passers-by. When visiting relatives during the New Year, there are some things that can be used, and the relatives have face. Everyone wishes that such relatives would give them two more.

Braised pork head meat is a family tradition of the Tang family. After braised, most of them are eaten at home and some are given to neighbors.

In the early years, when Grandpa Tang was selling the meat on the streets, since there was no refrigerator, the stewed pork would taste salty to prevent it from spoiling.

In recent years, because there are no relatives, in order to preserve it for a longer time, the braised pork tastes more and more salty, the salty kind.

Tang Zhitong remembers that one year he put a lot of salt in the braised pork. In that braised soup, he dug out a separate spoonful of cabbage to stew it. After the cabbage came out of the pot, it was just right salty.

This year he didn't plan to spoil the meat by making it so salty that he couldn't eat it.

"Why so many?" After returning home, Zhang Guifang was shocked when she looked at the two pairs of pig heads hanging on her son's bicycle.One set is a set, including the pig's head and internal organs, weighing more than ten kilograms.

"When I was at the construction site, people had a taste of my craftsmanship. I heard that I was going to make one, so I gave him one pair to process. The other one is ours." Tang Zhitong's lies came out of his mouth. How could he have any leadership? I just plan to make space for emergency use in the future.

"Oh, then I'll go to your Uncle Ma's house to borrow the pot. Ours is too small." Zhang Guifang took a look at the size of the pig's head and suggested.

"Okay, please slow down, I'll deal with the pig hair first." Tang Zhitong asked Fengzhen to raise the earthen stove and put the pot on the pier to boil the asphalt.

Using iron hooks to brand pig hair is not only slow in efficiency, but also prone to residues, which can cause a tingling sensation in the mouth.

It's much better to use asphalt. Stick the asphalt on the pig's head and tear it off after the asphalt cools. It will be clean.

Tang Zhitong wanted to use rosin, but it was an industrial raw material and he couldn't get it at all.Even the asphalt in his hand was dug out by Wu Haiyang from the hardened road material when Tang Zhitong was at the construction site.

The smell of roasted pig hair was unpleasant, and the smell of asphalt was also unpleasant, but neither sister ran away.

Tang Fengzhen burned the pot, using weeds, wheat straw, and small branches. Later, she used the ashes to clean the foreign matter in the pig intestines and remove the odor.

After Zhang Guifang came back, she dug a hole in the yard. After a while, the wastewater and furnace ashes from cleaning the pig intestines were poured into the hole and buried. It was also considered fertilizer and was saved for planting vegetables in the spring.

The family was busy with their work, and by the time the stew was ready, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.

After serving a plate on the Eight Immortals table and letting the two sisters taste the meat, everyone went to bed satisfied.

　I have a fever, 37.5...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)