Chapter 113 Sweet Bayberry
In the Shao family’s main house, dinner was lively and exciting.
Fried river shrimp with leeks, sauerkraut mixed fish pot, sweet and sour carp, and two vegetarian dishes make the table full of color, aroma and taste.
Cooking fish like this makes the whole family feel fresh.
But everyone still had great faith in Qiao Xuan's cooking skills and picked up the food without hesitation.
Every time they tasted the dishes, they praised them endlessly.
The two younger ones, Shao Junyan and Shao Qing, like sweet and sour fish the most.
Qiao Xuan also specially made a serving of steamed egg custard with shrimp for the two of them.
As for the adults, of course they like every dish.
Uncle Shao was also happy and said, "This fish is really well cooked. Qiao will tell your second and third aunts how to cook it and let them try it too."
Although they couldn't afford meat, there were plenty of fish and shrimp in the river. Uncle Shao cared deeply about the second and third wives, and subconsciously thought of them in everything.
Not to mention that the other people in the first house had already become numb, even Qiao Xuan felt no ripples in her heart when she heard such words.
She then smiled and explained the cooking methods of several dishes.
And it is deliberately made to sound complicated and tedious.
When Uncle Shao heard that so much oil, rice wine, salt and seasoning were needed, he gasped with heartache and never mentioned the recipe to the second and third wives again.
With this method, even if you talk about the second or third room, you can't do it.
No wonder the fish tastes so good when it’s made with so many ingredients.
As for sending the prepared dishes, he did not dare to say anything. After all, these were all bought as part of his daughter-in-law's dowry.
Fang looked at Qiao Xuan with satisfaction and a smile on her face.
In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of May.
The family discussed how to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival.
Shao Yunduan and Qiao Xuan were going to the county town that day, so Fang and others were making rice dumplings at home.
The rice dumplings leaves and glutinous rice should be picked and prepared in the next two days.
In previous years, during the Dragon Boat Festival, my family would make rice dumplings to celebrate the occasion and boil a few eggs for the children to eat.
Since we are financially stronger this year, of course we should celebrate this festival better.
Speaking of making rice dumplings, Qiao Xuan also became interested.
It was agreed a few days ago that on the fourth day of the New Year, Qiao Xuan and Shao Yunduan went into the city early in the morning to buy meat, ribs, and some five-spice seasoning for marinating the meat.
Marinate the pork belly and ribs cut into strips at night and use them to make rice dumplings the next morning.
In addition to pork belly and chestnut dumplings, pork belly and mushroom dumplings, and pork ribs dumplings, you can also make some red bean and candied date dumplings, eight-treasure dumplings, and alkaline water dumplings. After cooking, they can be kept for half a month.
In previous years, the Dragon Boat Festival dumplings we made were alkaline water dumplings and bean dumplings, with some chestnuts added at most, but we had never made meat dumplings, so everyone was looking forward to it.
Qiao Xuan felt a little regretful. If she had known earlier, she should have pickled some salted duck eggs in advance so that she could have made salted egg yolk dumplings.
Come to think of it, she missed salted eggs. Why not buy some duck eggs and salt to pickle them?
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Xu went to the mountain to pick leaves for rice dumplings, while Shao Yunduan, Qiao Xuan, Shao Xiaoqi, and Shao Taotao went into the mountain to hunt.
I'll get some game today so it can be eaten during the Dragon Boat Festival.
By the way, look for fresh mushrooms that can be used to make rice dumplings.
The four people were lucky. They got pheasants, rabbits, mushrooms and yams.
A big bayberry tree is full of big, bright red bayberries.
Qiao Xuan held onto the tree trunk and used her supernatural power without making a sound.
Shao Xiaoqi quickly climbed up the tree, picked a bayberry and put it in his mouth. His eyes lit up: "What sweet bayberry!"
He picked a large handful and brought it down the tree: "Fifth brother, Fifth sister-in-law, Taotao, come and have a taste!"
See you at 12 o'clock
(End of this chapter)
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