PFC Chapter 174
Chapter 174
Zhong Ruyi carried two elbows into the kitchen. There was still some marinade left over from the morning in the pot. She scooped some out and left some in the pot, then put the two washed elbows and ribs in.
"Mom, there's Boss Zhu's pork elbow in the pot. Please watch the fire for me. I'll go get busy first."
After Mrs. Zhong responded, she went back to her room, locked the door, and slipped into the space.
There are modern kitchen utensils in the small wooden house, which is very convenient for making meat floss and pork jerky.
A piece of tenderloin weighs about two pounds. After cutting into pieces, put it into a pressure cooker, add ginger slices, a spoonful of salt, two spoonfuls of sugar, an appropriate amount of light soy sauce, and then add water, enough to cover half of the pork.
It has been a long time since I last used modern kitchen utensils. Zhong Ruyi fiddled with it for a while before switching it to the stewing mode. It just needs to be cooked for about 30 minutes.
After half an hour, take out the ginger slices. The meat has been stewed to a very soft state and can be easily broken into pieces by hand.
Take the entire inner pot of the pressure cooker, pour it into the non-stick pan together with the soup, then use a spatula to flatten and crush the meat into shredded meat.
Zhong Ruyi felt that there was a bit too much soup, so she scooped some out with a spoon to avoid ruining it.
While there was still soup in the pot, she turned up the heat and stirred the soup back and forth with a spatula. After about six or seven minutes, the water was almost boiled away.
When there is no water at the bottom of the pot and the shredded meat has become clumping, turn the heat to medium and replace the spatula with chopsticks. Using chopsticks will make the meat floss softer.
Zhong Ruyi saw that the meat floss in the pot was almost ready, so she added two spoonfuls of light soy sauce and continued to stir-fry. After all the moisture was gone, she changed to low heat and continued to stir-fry.
Later on, the meat became looser and looser until it became the meat floss we commonly see today.
Zhong Ruyi picked up a piece with chopsticks and put it in her mouth to taste it. It was salty and sweet, and the taste was just right.
She remembered that she had a roommate in her college dormitory whose mother cooked delicious food. Every time she came home from the weekend, she would bring back a lot of delicious food made by her mother.
Every time, people in the dormitory eat with their mouths drooling and praise her mother's cooking skills.
It took nearly an hour to fry more than two kilograms of meat and fill a large jar. Zhong Ruyi felt her hands were shaking a little.
Shaking her arms, she continued to make pork jerky. She planned to make all of them spicy. Brother Dongzhi and Third Brother brought steamed buns or biscuits when they went up the mountain to hunt, and it would be nice to let them eat them with meat floss or pork jerky.
After a busy afternoon, I made a can of meat floss and two cans of spicy pork jerky.
She didn't even have time to eat lunch. She only went out with a few cans of finished products after she finished.
She locked the door, so Mrs. Zhong couldn't come in, so she could only go and chat with Aunt Chen.
After a busy afternoon, her daughter finally came out. Mother Zhong felt so distressed, "You said that your child, no matter how busy you are, you can't skip meals, right? Come quickly, mother will make you a bowl of noodles."
She quickly served a bowl of pork chop noodles and said, "Eat quickly, eat quickly. Don't do this again next time. What is worth doing without eating?"
Zhong Ruyi put the jar aside and lowered her head to eat noodles. She was really hungry. In order to save time in the space in the afternoon, she just picked some fruits to fill her stomach.
She came out quickly after finishing the work. After eating a bowl of noodles, she felt that her hands were no longer shaking while frying the pork floss.
After eating, she finally had the strength to speak, "Mom, where is my second brother?"
Only Zhong's mother, Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun were seen in the store; no one knew where the second brother had gone.
"Your second brother went to find someone to look after the donkeys. Just now, when Boss Zhu came to get the pork elbows, he said that he heard that there were many new mules, horses and donkeys for sale at the livestock store, so your second brother went to take a look."
"There are also horses?" She was a little tempted, but she didn't know how much a horse would cost. If the price was right, it would be best. Otherwise, she would just buy a donkey or a mule.
She placed a few jars in front of Zhong's mother and said, "Mom, try it and see if it tastes good."
He picked up some meat floss with chopsticks and put it in Zhong's mother's hand for her to taste.
Mother Zhong pinched the yellowish-looking shredded meat with her hands and put it into her mouth curiously. It tasted salty and sweet, and should be suitable for eating with porridge.
"Is this made of meat?" She tasted not only salty and sweet, but also meat.
Zhong Ruyi smiled and nodded, and then picked up a piece of food for each of Jiang Rong and her sister. "You guys try it too. If the taste is bland, tell me and I'll improve it next time."
Jiang Rong and Jiang Yun had never eaten anything so delicious before. As soon as it entered their mouths, they could only say it was delicious.
Zhong Ruyi laughed and took out two more cans of pork jerky for the three people to taste. "Since you can't tell whether it's good or not, try this one."
Mrs. Zhong was already used to eating chili peppers. Her eyes lit up as soon as she put one in her mouth. "My daughter, I like this! It's delicious! It's chewy, fragrant and spicy."
Jiang Rong also liked the food very much. Since she came here, she has also become fascinated with spicy food.
Jiang Yun was a little bit weaker. She couldn't eat spicy food as well as her sister. A piece of spicy pork jerky made her face turn red.
It seems that I should make some five-spice flavor next time so that the children won’t be unable to eat it.
Mother Zhong ate piece after piece. She pulled the can of pork jerky over and said, "Give this can to me. You can keep the rest."
In the future, when you have nothing to do or do needlework, you can take it out to kill time and sharpen your teeth.
"Okay, take it if you like it. Do you want pork floss?" Zhong Ruyi didn't expect that her mother liked pork jerky so much. It seems that she has to make more next time.
Mother Zhong shook her head and said, "Leave the meat floss for yourself. I just want this can of meat jerky."
Zhong Laoer's voice rang out from outside the door, "Mom, come out and take a look!"
When Mrs. Zhong heard the noise, she hurried out. At the door, Zhong Laoer was pulling a mule with a silly smile on his face. "Mom, look, that's the mule we just bought!"
Mrs. Zhong was shocked. "You bought it so quickly? Didn't you take a closer look?"
"This one is pretty good. I originally wanted to buy another one, but Boss Zhu said this one is also good, so I bought it." Zhong Laoer couldn't hide the smile on his face.
There was no other way. He could only use a cart to pull the pigs to the water. It was fine when he went there, but when he came back, the weight of several buckets of pig offal really bent his back.
Now, after buying a mule, not only will it be easier to pull pigs into the water, but it will also be much more convenient to go back to the village as the distance has been shortened.
Zhong Ruyi also came out to take a look. She reached out and touched the mule's head. "How much did you spend on it, second brother?"
Zhong Lao Er laughed out loud, "Ten taels. This is the price that Boss Zhu helped me negotiate. If I go by myself, it will cost fourteen taels!"
Fourteen taels is not expensive. She originally wanted to buy a horse, but now she thinks it is too eye-catching and a mule is better.
"Are they still around? I want to buy one, too."
Zhong Laoer was stunned, "Little sister, you can just use mine, no need to buy one!"
Zhong Ruyi shook her head. "No, I bought it so that Jiang Qin could deliver the goods from the village to the town every morning. Second brother, you also have to go to the town to collect the pigs in the morning."