Chapter 447: Mother-in-law and Daughter-in-law Get Busy
Qiao Xuan was accurate in her pointing and could dig up winter bamboo shoots in every place.
The answer is all based on experience! Because she has a lot of experience!
Xiaoqi and Taotao were so happy.
After half a day's work, they had dug up as much as four people could carry.
Without Yang Xiaoni and Shao Sanlang, the four of them could only carry a limited amount of things.
As for Qiao Xuan, the most she could do was carry a basket with seven or eight medium-sized winter bamboo shoots in it. She was not as good as Taotao, who could carry more than 20 kilograms.
So the four of them went back first, and came again in the afternoon. In one day, they dug up 140 to 150 kilograms of winter bamboo shoots.
Qiao Xuan did not dig up all the winter bamboo shoots, but left some on the bamboo shoots so that they could break out of the ground next year.
Fang was shocked. She didn't expect them to bring back so many at once. She said with a smile, "These winter bamboo shoots are good stuff! They taste better than fresh ones. We have brought back so many. We have to dry some of them!"
So they called Xu and several people got busy.
There is a cellar in the yard. We took the winter bamboo shoots home and selected some to store in the cellar, buried in the sand. In this season, they will not go bad if stored for 20 to 30 days, and can be used whenever they want.
Tonight we must have a good meal of the freshest food. After peeling off the bamboo shoots, the slightly yellow winter bamboo shoots are firm and small, with a light and fresh fragrance that is very pleasant to the taste.
Such fresh winter bamboo shoots are delicious whether stir-fried alone or with various meats.
No wonder there is a saying that fresh winter bamboo shoots are more expensive than meat.
Today Yang Xiaoni and Shao Sanlang went to the city to buy meat. In the evening they will make fried pork slices with winter bamboo shoots, stewed pork ribs with winter bamboo shoots, fried bamboo shoots slices with shiitake mushrooms, and fish and bamboo shoot soup.
Get up early tomorrow, cut the winter bamboo shoots into dices, add meat filling, pickled plums and soaked peas, mix them into fillings, wrap them into dumplings, and steam them in a steamer. They are guaranteed to be so delicious that you will want to swallow them along with your tongue.
In addition to those kept in the cellar, Fang cut the winter bamboo shoots into slices of moderate thickness, blanched them in boiling water, added enough salt, scooped them out and placed them in a winnowing basket to dry, so that they could be made into dried bamboo shoots.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started to get busy.
It was almost evening when Shao Sanlang and Yang Xiaoni returned home.
Fang knew without a second thought that the two of them must have walked around the city and eaten enough before they were willing to come back. The only reason they didn't rush back after dark was thanks to Qiao Xuan - they also remembered Qiao Xuan's cooking skills!
The two bought half a pig and asked the butcher to cut it into pieces suitable for making bacon. They also bought another 40 kilograms of meat for making sausages, and also bought sausage casings.
I also bought what Qiao Xuan asked me to do: three pig heads, six pig elbows, two pig livers, and three pig stomachs.
I also bought a lot of ribs and pork belly to eat in the next two days.
I also bought twelve fat ducks, which quacked all the way in the car.
There was no time to process the fat duck today, so they were kept in the duck house at the back of the yard. However, the pork had to be processed quickly.
Fortunately, there are many people in the family, so these tasks can be done quickly.
Qiao Xuan cooked, Taotao and Xiaoqi helped out, and they had nothing to do.
Fang and her two daughters-in-law washed the meat, pork elbows, pig heads, etc., evenly applied a layer of coarse salt, and then stacked them layer by layer in a ceramic jar. After marinating for about four or five days, they could be taken out, washed with warm water, strung with straw ropes, and hung above the stove.
It is naturally smoked during daily cooking and after a certain period of time, it becomes delicious bacon.
(End of this chapter)
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