Chapter 86 Ketchup
Wen Zhenyi picked them up and examined them. The clams were quite lively. "Boss, I want all of these. Could you please deliver them to the shop behind the Wen family pork stall?"
"Okay, okay, shall we send it over now?"
"Well, send it over now. I want these dried fish too."
"Okay, I'll send it over now."
Zhu Tao watched her buy clams: "Yi Yi, are these delicious?"
"These things are delicious, and if you find the right way to cook them, they can be a delicious meal."
"Can I learn from you in the future?" Zhu Tao was afraid that she would misunderstand and quickly said, "I, I don't mean to steal your skills."
"I'm not afraid of you stealing my skills. If you're interested, you can learn slowly, but you have to start with knife skills."
"Okay, I'll definitely work hard."
The ingredients for tomorrow's breakfast are already ready, so she can just buy some rice and flour at the store later. Now she has to buy the vegetables for today.
There were mandarin fish for sale at the seafood store, so she bought two and prepared to make a squirrel mandarin fish dish.
I also went to the market to buy a chicken, planning to stew it in the evening, and bought some side dishes, and today's dishes were complete.
The two men carried the fish back to the shop and put it in a basin.
Zhu Tao took the initiative to help wash the dishes.
"Mom, isn't Dad back yet?"
"He came back early. He said he was going out to find out about the pig disease situation, and then he went out again."
"I'll ask Dad to go to the grain store and buy some rice and flour to bring to the store later."
"Okay, I'll ask him to buy it later. How much does he want?"
"Buy one stone of each first, and buy more when they are used up."
"Okay." Ma Yinghe looked at the chicken she bought and said, "Yi Yi, this chicken looks a little old."
"I bought the old chicken specifically for the soup."
"Kill now?"
"Kill it, and stew it slowly. We can't eat it until the afternoon. I'm afraid we won't be able to eat it at noon. We'll have fish for lunch."
"I'll kill the fish first."
Wen Zhen nodded slightly, and together with Zhu Tao, they washed all the dishes, put them in the pot, and boiled all the dishes in boiling water for a while.
"Yi Yi, why do we have to boil it in water?" Zhu Tao was very confused.
"This is disinfection, or you can think of it as a way to eliminate disease."
“Are any of these diners sick?”
"It's prevention. It's good for both them and us. It's better to prevent problems before they happen."
"Are you going to do this every day from now on?"
"Well, do this every day. Don't take it as a bother."
"I see."
Ma Yinghe brought in two mandarin fish and handed them to her: "Yi Yi, the mandarin fish are on the table for you."
"Okay." Wen Zhenyi asked Zhu Tao to watch the dishes in the pot and turn them over from time to time.
She took out two mandarin fish and placed them on the chopping board, cut off the heads, and made a cut at the neck so that it could stand upright on the plate.
Use a knife to remove the spine in the middle of the fish, but do not cut off the tail. Then use a knife to remove the bones in the belly of the fish, and then start cutting the fish meat. The key is not to break the fish skin.
Zhu Tao took the time to take a look and her eyes widened. The knife skills were amazing.
Wen Zhenyi found a large bowl, put the fish head and fish meat into the bowl, added appropriate amount of wine and salt to marinate, chopped the ginger and added clean water to make ginger water.
Next, add cornstarch so that the fish head and fish meat are evenly coated with cornstarch, and shake off the excess cornstarch.
It didn't rain at noon today, so Mr. Shen and his grandson, and the two brothers Wen Yongnan, all ran over from the private school.
When Ma Yinghe saw them, a smile appeared on her face: "Why are you here?"
"It's lunchtime at noon, and the weather is nice and there's nothing to do, so we came here together."
Wen Yongman ran to her side: "Mom, do you miss me?"
Ma Yinghe looked at her youngest son squatting beside her and said, "No."
"Mom, you don't love me anymore."
Ma Yinghe's hands were covered with chicken feathers, and she almost wanted to hit him on the head.
Wen Yongman looked around the backyard for a long time but didn't see Wen Zhenyi: "Mom, where is my sister?"
"Cooking in the kitchen."
Wen Yongman ran to the kitchen after he finished speaking, but he didn't dare to speak for fear of disturbing her.
Shen Hanxing followed her into the kitchen, wanting to see what she was doing.
Wen Zhenyi was concentrating on the work in his hands and didn't notice that many people came into the kitchen.
Zhu Tao wanted to greet them, but they stopped her.
Wen Zhenyi coated the fish with flour and set it aside, preparing to start preparing the tomato sauce. There was no ready-made tomato sauce here, so he had to make it himself.
She had already cut the tomatoes into cross shapes and blanched them in boiling water. Now all she had to do was peel them, cut them into small pieces, and squeeze out the juice with gauze.
"Little Peach, please help me peel the tomatoes and cut them into small pieces."
"Okay." Zhu Tao hurried to help.
Wen Zhenyi was about to fry the fish. He turned around with the basin in his hand and saw a few people behind him. He was so scared that he almost dropped the basin on the ground.
Shen Hanxing quickly caught the fallen basin: “Did it scare you?”
Wen Zhenyi looked at the people in the kitchen and asked, "Can you guys go into the kitchen quietly?"
Wen Yongman pouted: "Sister, we did make a sound, but you were too focused and didn't hear it."
Wen Zhenyi saw that he was wearing a green student uniform, which made him look quite elegant and scholarly. "With this outfit, you look like a scholar."
"Hehe." Wen Yongman scratched his head embarrassedly.
Shen Xiucai looked at the things in his basin and asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Make a squirrel mandarin fish dish."
"Do you want my help?"
"You'd better go out, or your clothes will be soiled by the oil and salt."
Shen Hanxing smiled slightly: “I can help.”
"Aren't you afraid that you'll be smelling of cooking fumes when you return to the private school?"
"I'm not in a hurry to go back to the private school this afternoon, so I can teach you some characters."
"Okay, you can help me control the heat later."
Zhu Tao's tomatoes had already been cut. Wen Zhenyi asked Chen Hanxing to wash her hands and help squeeze out the tomato juice. Then he gave the residue to Zhu Tao and asked her to help pound it.
When Wen Zhen saw that there was free labor, he decided to make more and put it in a jar so that it would be more convenient to use later.
She poured the tomatoes into the pot, added sugar and starch, and stir-fried them slowly over low heat until they were flaky and runny.
Shen Hanxing looked at the ketchup in the pot: “What is this?”
"It's called ketchup. It's used for cooking. It can also be a sauce. When I have time to make some fries, you'll see how useful it is."
"Are they different from the potato chips from before?"
"They have similar effects, but the taste is slightly different." Wen Zhenyi had already served the tomato sauce and let it cool down so that he could put it into the jar later.
She cleaned the pan, poured in the right amount of oil, and started frying the fish head, also putting a bamboo skewer in the fish's mouth.
Zhu Tao was steaming rice on another stove.
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