Xiao Yunying knew that people in ancient times were conservative and even more critical of women's words and actions, but she did not want to be bound by the old rules of this world, or even assimilated.
She is already very careful about her words and actions when she is out in public.
She felt she had to constantly abide by the so-called "rules" in her own little corner of the world, and even her words were subject to her children's lectures. She would rather leave and live in the deep mountains.
Anyway, there are supermarkets, so she can survive well wherever she goes.
"I know what I should do. If you don't like it, then stop following me and go do something else."
After speaking, Xiao Yunying went into the kitchen and began preparing the ingredients for dinner.
I changed the water in the soaking basin and continued soaking the pig liver, then scooped some flour into a wooden basin.
The dough here is made with sourdough starter. Before she came, this family had never steamed buns, so they didn't have sourdough starter.
Even if I had it, I might not use it, but it should be used in a similar way to yeast powder.
I kneaded a bowl of dough with familiar yeast, covered it with a cotton cloth, and let it rise.
Take the lard from the supermarket, cut it into small pieces, wash it, and prepare to render the lard.
A little head peeked in through the doorway: "Mom, can I come in?"
Xiao Yunying put the kitchen knife down and said, "Come in."
After spending the last two days together, Luo Xin is no longer afraid of her mother at all, and wants to follow her no matter what she does.
"Mother, what are you doing?"
"Mom is going to render lard. After the cracklings are rendered, I'll make you some pork crackling and cabbage buns for dinner tonight, okay?"
Luo Xin slurped her saliva: "It sounds delicious!"
"Little glutton, go out and play with your brothers."
"Xin'er doesn't want to play, Xin'er wants to stay with her mother."
"Okay, then Xin'er, sit a little further away from the stove."
Feeling that the little girl was bored sitting there, I took a pear syrup lollipop from the supermarket, unwrapped it, and gave it to her.
"What's this?"
"This is pear syrup candy, it's so sweet, Xin'er, have a taste."
Luo Xin put the candy in her mouth: "It's so sweet, Mom, can I eat it with my brothers?"
Xiao Yunying took out three more sticks: "Give them to the brothers, and tell them that they have to bring this little stick back to me after they finish eating."
"good."
When Luo Xin returned, Luo Chen, who was also sucking on pear syrup candy, silently started a fire.
Xiao Yunying ignored him and pondered the steps for frying lard.
She had never rendered lard before, only seen it in short videos, and it didn't look difficult.
Instruct Luo Chen to turn up the heat, add some water to the pot, put the lard into the pot, and stir it occasionally with a spatula to prevent it from sticking.
Once the moisture has evaporated, the oil will start to seep out.
As the oil in the pot gradually increased, the pieces of fatty meat shrank considerably and turned a golden brown. Using a spatula, the cracklings were first scooped out along with the oil, filling a small bowl.
I scooped out a portion, sprinkled it with a little salt, tossed it a couple of times, let it cool for a while, and then ate one myself.
The fried pork cracklings were fragrant and tasted good, but she doesn't like greasy food. She can eat a little, but she'll find it too greasy if she eats too much.
He handed it to Luo Chen: "Go and eat with your younger brother and sister. There's no need to light the fire for now. Don't give Xin'er too much to eat, or she'll get a sore throat."
Luo Chen had finished his candy and took the candy stick out of his mouth: "What should we do with this?"
"Just put it over there."
Luo Chen called out from the doorway, "Second brother, third brother, come and eat some fried pork cracklings."
Upon hearing that there was food, Luo Li quickly ran over: "I'm here."
Luo Yang followed behind at a leisurely pace.
Xiao Yunying took out the lard jar that she had washed at noon and threw in a few peppercorns: "Wash your hands first, then eat the candy and the lard residue."
Luo Li took the candy stick out of her mouth: "I finished it a long time ago."
Xiao Yunying said to him, "You can't run and jump around while eating, especially with sharp things like candied hawthorns. It's dangerous if you fall, you know?"
Is she concerned about me?
Luo Li felt a little excited, and said shyly, "I understand."
Several children sat in the back eating pork cracklings, and two of the younger ones were chattering about which dish had been the best in the past two days.
Quickly put the four candy sticks into the supermarket's trash can, and then put the lard into a jar.
Looking at the large jar full of lard, she felt a great sense of accomplishment on her first successful attempt at rendering lard.
I'll try making a vegetarian dish tomorrow.
The oil can was still a bit hot to the touch. She told the children not to touch it and then took the bucket of dirty water outside to empty it.
She insisted on building a new house, and the new house had to have good drainage pipes!
I took out the cabbage, washed it, shook off the water, cut it in half, sliced it, and then diced it.
Sprinkle some salt, wait a while, and then squeeze out the excess water.
Xiao Yunying didn't squeeze it too dry. Unlike meat, the pork cracklings don't have much moisture. She used the moisture from the cabbage to make the filling juicy and not dry.
Mince the pork cracklings, add some chopped green onions, appropriate amounts of oyster sauce, pepper, chicken bouillon, soy sauce, and salt, pour in a little peanut oil, and stir clockwise to make minced meat.
I lifted the cotton cloth and saw that the dough had risen. There wasn't even a work surface at home, so I had to make do with kneading the dough in the bowl, dividing it into small pieces, taking out the rolling pin I had prepared in advance, and using the cutting board I used for chopping vegetables as a temporary work surface to roll out the dumpling wrappers.
Luo Chen and Luo Yang wanted to help, but unfortunately, they really didn't know how to make steamed buns.
Xiao Yunying finished wrapping one up, then suddenly realized she had forgotten to bring the steaming cloth.
You can't put the buns directly on the steamer rack, or they'll stick to it.
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