The time was just right today, so Chu Yue personally demonstrated to Chen Fengying how to use the seeds of the Ficus microcarpa to make beautiful and delicious ice jelly.
The method used is the ancient method of hand-kneading ice powder.
Take about a handful of ice powder seeds, put them in a thin cloth bag, then wash them, put them in a large basin filled with water, and start rubbing the ice powder seeds in the cloth bag back and forth with both hands.
As you rub them, acidic substances will be secreted from the ice jelly seeds. Slowly, the water in the basin will become sticky, like transparent paste.
Once you reach this state, you are basically done.
Then take out the ice powder seeds and add a little bit of quicklime water into the basin.
Under the action of quicklime water, the originally paste-like liquid only needs to be left to stand and gradually begin to solidify, turning into a transparent pudding state.
While waiting for it to solidify, Chu Yue took out peanuts, walnuts, raisins, and some fruits.
She handed the peanuts and walnuts to Chen Fengying. Chen Fengying hit the walnuts with a hammer and they cracked immediately. Lu Yuanbao and Chen Dazhuang took out the walnut kernels together. They shelled the peanuts one by one, twisted off the red outer skin, and turned them into clean peanut kernels, which they put in a small bowl.
Chen Dazhuang wanted to eat the peanuts and raisins just by looking at them. He swallowed his saliva and asked, "Aunt Chu, you need to add so many things. The ice jelly you mentioned must be delicious, right?"
Chu Yue smiled and replied, "You'll know after you eat it."
Some people were peeling peanuts, some were cracking walnuts, and during this time Chu Yue used brown sugar to make some very thick brown sugar water.
The solidified ice jelly itself has no taste and is mainly flavored by brown sugar water.
The crisp sound of cracking peanuts and walnuts greatly enriches the taste.
In addition, you can also add some fruits.
For example, watermelon, peaches, plums in summer...chopped into small pieces, sour and sweet, make the ice jelly taste better.
While the ice was freezing, Xia Xiaolan and Wang Xiulan washed the dishes, helped Chu Yue clean up the kitchen, and walked out to watch them make ice jelly.
Chu Yue took out a small bowl, scooped a spoonful of transparent ice jelly that was as clear as glass, poured a circle of brown sugar water on it, sprinkled a layer of crushed peanuts, walnuts, and raisins on it, and then covered it with a layer of fruit.
A bowl of colorful, sweet and sour ice jelly is ready.
It is perfect to eat in summer.
"It's so beautiful... Once the little fruit is placed here, it immediately becomes beautiful!" Xia Xiaolan exclaimed in amazement, "It's even prettier than the cakes in the cream cake shop."
Chu Yue said, "This is the homemade dessert made by our ancestors."
She handed the first bowl of ice jelly to Chen Dazhuang, who was drooling, and said, "Dazhuang, eat it."
"Thank you Aunt Chu!"
Chen Dazhuang shouted so loudly.
Everyone else got a small bowl and ate what they liked, adding more ingredients to the dish to adjust the taste to suit them.
Because Wang Xiulan's belly was big due to pregnancy, she couldn't stand for a long time, so she sat aside to rest, and Xia Xiaolan helped her make some ice jelly.
Although I ate a lot for lunch, I must try something this novel.
Wang Xiulan said, "Xiaolan, plums, I want to eat plums, please put more."
Xia Xiaolan reminded, "Sister Xiulan, plums are sour, make sure you want more."
Chen Fengying is an experienced person. She said, "Xiaolan, she just likes sour food. They say morning sickness only occurs in the first few months. Your belly is so big now, why do you still like sour food? Has your taste never changed? They say sour food makes a boy, spicy food makes a girl. Who knows if you're really pregnant with a boy!"
"What son or daughter? The fact that I can get pregnant is already a blessing from my ancestors and the help from Sister Chu. As long as the baby can be born safely, I'll be happy!" Wang Xiulan said with a smile, touching her belly.
When it comes to children, Chen Fengying and Wang Xiulan have endless things to talk about.
Chu Yue was handing the prepared ice jelly to Lu Yuanbao. As she listened to the conversation between her sisters-in-law, her expression changed slightly.
I like sour food...
plum……
It is said that doctors do not treat themselves.
If the situation that happened to Chu Yue happened to someone else, she would definitely discover it quickly and understand clearly what happened.
But it happened to her that she was careless and neglected it.
Chu Yue's palm silently touched her belly lightly.
She is pregnant.
A tiny life was growing silently in her belly without Chu Yue knowing.
Chu Yue thought carefully about when her body first started to show abnormal symptoms.
It seems like... after performing surgery on Lu Zhanlin.
After she walked out of the tent filled with the smell of blood, she began to vomit physiologically.
At that time, Chu Yue thought that she was too tired, which caused some problems. In addition, she was on the front line of flood control and disaster relief, with so many patients waiting for her to save their lives, and she had no time to spend on herself.
Her child seemed to sense this, so after that vomiting, he became unusually quiet and fully "supported" Chu Yue's work, and she never showed any pregnancy-related symptoms again.
As a result, Chu Yue herself also ignored it.
Thinking about it carefully, what did Chu Yue do in this month?
High-intensity work every day, dealing with epidemic treatment, and rushing into fires to save people... one thing after another, if these things happened to a pregnant woman, it would make people tremble with worry.
But Chu Yue got through these difficulties safely without knowing anything.
Until today... after everything was over, the child began to remind Chu Yue of his existence again.
She is such a stupid mother.
It took so long to find out.
"Chu sister, Chu sister...what's wrong? What are you thinking about? Hurry up and eat." Seeing that Chu Yue had not spoken, Chen Fengying put a bowl full of ice jelly in Chu Yue's hand and urged her, "If you don't eat it, my Da Zhuang will grab it all. This thing is cold, but I didn't expect it to be so delicious. It's also easy to make. I'll try it after I get home and continue eating it tomorrow."
The jelly in Chu Yue's hand was made with a lot of watermelon and brown sugar, and it looked sweet.
However, her eyes fell on the plums not far away.
Not many people ate the sour plums, only Wang Xiulan ate some, and there were a lot left.
Chu Yue walked over calmly and spread a layer of sour plum pulp on her sweet jelly.
Now it tastes even better!
She took a sip of the sour and sweet ice jelly, and her whole body felt relaxed, with every cell in her body leaping with joy.
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