Chapter 330 Yang Fang Hidden Fish
Wen Zhenyi smiled and said, "You can think of it that way. You can also call it a 'Double-Sided Hot Pot.' One side of the pot can hold the red oil I gave you, and the other side can hold the broth. It can satisfy both those who like spicy food and those who don't."
Mr. Song nodded repeatedly: "This thing is good, it is convenient for guests who come to dine together. But is it made of iron?"
"I suggest brass."
"Okay, I'll have someone make it and try it out." He then looked at the other ingredients for the broth: "Are these the ingredients for the broth?"
"Well, it's also called clear soup, but there are two ways to run this hot pot. You can decide which one to choose when the time comes."
Mr. Song became more and more curious: "Tell me about it quickly."
"One is self-service, which means customers pay a certain amount of money and can eat as much as they want, but they can't waste anything. The second is charging by dish, which is similar to the current restaurant business model."
"Free food? Wouldn't that be a huge loss?"
"It's not a loss."
"How is that possible? If I come across something edible, I'll lose everything I own."
"Let me give you an analogy. If I let you eat whatever you want in a store, you might not eat much."
"I always feel that this method doesn't work." Mr. Song was still a little worried. He didn't dare to try this method.
"Then you should follow the restaurant business model."
Mr. Song nodded. They also had businesses and shops in the north, so this time he had to take Song Yi on a trip in person.
It's time to slowly hand over the family business to him. The future will still be their young people's world.
After Wen Zhenyi saw Mr. Song off, he began to prepare for the New Year.
Organize Butler Tong and his family to clean the house inside and out.
As for the matter of writing couplets, it naturally fell to Shen Hanxing.
Old Lady Wen and her companions arrived on the 29th day of the lunar year. When they arrived, they specially caught a pig and brought it with them.
You should know that now only Wenxia Town can buy pork every day, and it is cheap pork.
When Wen Zhenyi saw them, he was very happy: "Grandpa, grandma."
"Wow, this house is really magnificent."
Old Ma and her family have already closed for a break and will officially reopen after the Chinese New Year.
It’s so lively when this group of people are together.
The two old ladies were whispering to each other and looking in the direction of Wen Zhenyi from time to time.
Wen Zhenyi knew without a doubt that his grandmother must have told his own grandmother about his purchase of the house.
Ma Yinghe walked up to her and asked, "Yiyi, what have you done?"
Wen Zhenyi didn't intend to hide it. In fact, he just used the share they gave him to buy them a house.
When Ma Yinghe looked at her, she was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Old Man Wen and Old Man Ma took a few boys from their family and went to the market to buy firecrackers.
Wen Zhenyi asked Butler Tong and the others to buy a lot of fresh ingredients, because here people would not come out to sell things until the third day of the New Year market.
So they have to prepare at least three days' worth of meals.
There will be no shortage of chicken, duck, fish and meat for tomorrow's New Year's Eve dinner. The pork is brought from the village, and there will also be wild game and seafood sent by Haiwa and Uncle Jiang.
It can be said that all kinds of delicacies from land and sea are available.
Today we all had a lively New Year's Eve dinner.
Old Mrs. Wen also took out the new clothes she had prepared for everyone and distributed them to everyone, making sure no one was left out.
Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the house became bustling with activity.
I was so busy killing pigs and chickens.
Some are picking vegetables, some are pasting Spring Festival couplets, and some are pasting blessing characters and window decorations.
Wen Zhenyi also started busying herself in the kitchen early in the morning. Ma Can and Ma Yuruo had to go out on errands today and could not help at home.
She still planned to prepare a separate meal for them so that the yamen runners on duty together could have a good meal.
She had already started preparing all the dishes that needed to be prepared in advance, peeling some pig skin and cleaning the hair and grease on it.
Cut the pig skin into small pieces and boil it in a pot of cold water for half a cup of tea to remove excess oil and impurities.
Then use another pot, add onion, ginger, water, star anise, and soy sauce. After the water boils, put the freshly cooked pig skin into the pot and simmer slowly until it can be easily broken with chopsticks.
During this time, Wen Zhenyi asked the chef Tong to help look after the pig skin, while he started to process the pig's front elbow.
Clean the two pig front elbows and burn the pig skin with fire to remove hair and odor.
Similarly, put the two elbows into the pot with cold water and boil for half a cup of tea, then take them out and wash them clean.
After cleaning the pot, put the whole elbow into the pot, add spices such as green onion, ginger, star anise, and then add cooking wine and soy sauce.
Add warm water to cover the elbows and simmer over low heat.
Ma Yinghe looked at the food and said, "This is really a feast of fish and meat."
"Mom, isn't it time for Chinese New Year with all the delicious food and fish?"
"You're not afraid of not being able to finish it."
"It's better if you can't finish it all. This is called having surplus every year."
"You girl said everything."
Wen Zhenyi didn't care, he just hoped that during the New Year, his family could sit together and share delicious food.
She looked at the killed pheasant and wondered what to do with it.
The stew is definitely delicious and is also a good choice for making other dishes. She plans to use it to make a pheasant stew with potatoes.
Seeing that there were fish and mutton, she thought of a famous dish called "Yang Fang Cang Yu".
Wash the mutton, mix it with pepper, cinnamon, star anise, onion, ginger and salt, and marinate for three hours.
The fish meat is scored on both sides and marinated with cooking wine and salt.
Old Mrs. Wen watched her make these dishes. Each one took a lot of effort and would be difficult to make without some time.
Old Ma looked at her and said, "We really can't help with the cooking."
"That's right. We just need to help out."
Wen Zhenyi planned to make another dish of "Bandit Duck". As for the lobster, it could be steamed. With the addition of other side dishes, it would be basically done.
At noon, everyone had a quick bite to eat.
Mr. Shen went out and bought a lot of good wine. Having good food without good wine is not enough.
Wen Zhen checked on the elbows from time to time and turned them over.
Cook Tong looked at the pig skin in the pot and said, "Miss, the pig skin is ready."
"Put it in a bowl for me and put it in the ice cellar. Remember to pick out the green onions, ginger, and star anise."
Cook Tong did as she asked and put the pig skin in the bowl into the ice cellar.
Wen Zhenyi thought that there was no ice cellar in this house at the time. When she was about to find someone to dig an ice cellar, housekeeper Tong told her that the previous owner of the house had dug an ice cellar, but did not put ice in it.
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