"Roasted potato slices!" Tiger shouted triumphantly.
He looked as if he had baked them himself.
Qi Feng smacked his lips, savoring the lingering taste, and realized it was indeed potato; the aftertaste really did taste like potato.
How can potatoes be baked to smell so good?
He approached his wife, picked up a skewer that looked sizzling with oil, sprinkled with chili powder and some kind of dark, gooey octopus tentacles, and took a bite.
fragrant!
After taking a bite, Qi Feng could only think of that one word.
Octopus is nothing special; they eat it quite often.
But no matter how you eat it, you either boil it in salt water and eat it directly, or stir-fry it with other vegetables.
Because it uses little oil, although it's called stir-frying, it's actually pretty much like boiling.
Qi Feng never thought this thing was delicious.
But the octopus tentacles I ate today tasted completely different.
It's oily, spicy, crunchy, and chewy.
Combined with the unique umami flavor of seafood, it's so delicious that you'll want to keep eating it and can't stop!
"Is this the seasoning that Shiyue bought in Nanping? What kind of seasoning is it? I've been to Nanping so many times, how come I've never eaten it before?" Qi Feng asked his wife.
"I've never eaten it either. Shiyue's father used to be a head chef in the city, so he's definitely eaten and seen more than we have."
Especially in terms of food, we simply can't compare with them.
Just like this seed on top, Shiyue said it's cumin, a spice unique to the west.
She just happened to come across it, which is why she bought it.
"But it's only when she happens to come across something that she'd buy it. Even if we came across it, we wouldn't know what it is!" Cui Yun replied.
After hearing his wife's words, Qi Feng couldn't help but pinch a grain of cumin from the octopus with his fingers and put it in his mouth to savor it slowly.
The more you eat, the more you appreciate its lingering aftertaste, leaving a lasting impression.
He nodded with emotion, feeling that they were lucky to have met Shiyue.
While he was talking to Cui Yun, He Lixuan came out with the marinated pomfret.
He walked up to Qi Feng and asked, "Brother Qi, where's Brother Wu? Why didn't he come?"
"He's on duty today, so he sent me as his representative," Qi Feng said.
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and asked, "Is there any other work I can do? I can't just sit around doing nothing; I have to lend a hand."
"No need, everything's ready. One stove isn't enough; my brother and the others are lighting it now. You can all grill together when they get back."
Before He Lixuan could finish speaking, He Liping and He Lixue walked in from outside, each carrying a small honeycomb briquette.
Liang Yueming, Mei Ying, and several children followed behind them.
Even He Siyi and his wife stayed far behind the group, smiling as they walked slowly alongside them.
He Liping and He Lixuan both wore thick gloves and wrapped their hands in thick cloth. After placing the lit stove next to the fire pit, the two brothers went inside to wash their hands and put away their gloves.
The other women and children then gathered around.
Qi Feng then realized that the two men had taken the stove outside to light it because they found the smoke too strong and bothering everyone.
After setting up the stove, He Lixuan took two wire meshes from the kitchen and placed them on the stove. Then, Liang Yueming and Mei Ying followed Cui Yun's example and began to take on the task of grilling in a proper manner.
However, one of the two had oysters that had just been collected that day on his stove, while the other had pickled shrimp and some pumpkin cut into chunks on his stove.
Soon, the sweet, caramelized smell that I had caught earlier at the door wafted over again.
Qi Feng then realized that what he had just smelled was actually roasted pumpkin!
Just as Qi Feng was looking around, feeling incredibly excited, Shi Yue in the kitchen had already started stir-frying vegetables.
We've invited a lot of people today, so that little bit of barbecue definitely won't be enough.
Not to mention barbecue, which has the function of making people more and more appetizing.
It is estimated that once the Qian brothers, Professor Liang, and several experts who get along well with my father-in-law arrive, even three ovens at the same time cannot keep up with the speed at which people eat!
Shiyue first chopped the flower crabs she bought from Nanping into small pieces, then coated each cut surface with starch and set them aside for later use.
Then heat oil in a pan, and once the oil is hot, put the flower crabs into the pan to set their shape.
Because the cut surfaces are coated with starch, the aroma of deep-frying fills the air as soon as the food is put into the pan.
Even the people standing outside the kitchen couldn't help but sniffle.
Remove the flower crabs that have already taken shape. Shiyue then adds the chopped scallions, ginger, and garlic to the pot and sautés them until fragrant. She then adds the flower crabs back in, along with salt, soy sauce, and other seasonings, and stir-fries.
Before her stir-fried crab with scallions and ginger was even ready, several children came running over, drawn by the aroma.
The group of people were somewhat law-abiding and knew they couldn't come in and rob, so they all piled up at the doorway, craning their necks to peer inside.
Niu Niu sniffed loudly and shouted, "It smells good! Aunt Shiyue's stir-fry smells delicious!"
Shiyue loved it so much.
Besides stir-fried flower crabs, Shiyue also steamed oysters.
Because she collected so many oysters today that she couldn't grill them all, she decided to steam most of them.
Shiyue washed the pot clean, put it on the fire to boil water, and then used the time to prepare the ingredients.
She grabbed a large handful of garlic and gave it to He Lixuan, who came in to help, asking him to pound it into garlic paste with a mortar and pestle. Then, she skillfully took a piece of ginger, crushed it with the back of a knife, and chopped it into minced ginger.
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