After Ruan Meng sautéed the shrimp to extract the oil, he added spring water to the pot, brought it to a boil, removed the shrimp heads, scallions, and garlic, and added millet.
After the millet is cooked, add crab meat, shrimp meat, and wild vegetables, along with salt and Sichuan peppercorn powder. Cook for a while and then serve.
For the first batch, Ruan Meng served out several small bowls for her eldest brother and sister-in-law, third brother, and Xiao Kai to try, and they all gave it high praise.
Xiao Kai: "Yes! Yes! I'll decide on this menu, we'll take it!"
The older brother said, "My sister has excellent cooking skills. This is the first time I've ever had such delicious porridge."
Sister-in-law: "My sister is capable!"
Second brother: "My sister is the best! Another bowl, please!"
Ruan Meng declined, and asked her second brother to divide the seafood porridge into three bowls and deliver them to the Song family, the Fan family, and the village chief's house respectively.
The second son looked at the empty bowl, and although he still wanted to eat, he didn't say anything.
Ruan Meng took the initiative to explain, "Second brother, there's still a lot of delicious food. We'll make a few dishes later, and then we can have the porridge after we've finished cooking, because it'll get cold."
"Seafood porridge can only be drunk while it's hot; it will taste fishy when it cools down. I'll cook another pot after I finish cooking the other dishes, and we can drink it ourselves."
The second child came over with a bright smile; his sister was so good to him!
Ruan Meng cleaned the octopus and prepared spicy octopus and octopus tentacles in a gravy sauce. (Image of spicy stir-fried octopus from the internet; image of octopus in a gravy sauce from the internet.) After the dish was finished cooking, the seaweed had been simmering for half an hour.
With Xiao Kai's help, Ruan Meng filtered the seaweed water and let it stand.
Ruan Meng turned a bucket of sand crabs into a salt and pepper flavor.
With the third brother absent, Xiao Kai took on the role of the sneaky eater. As Ruan Meng cooked, he would sneak a bite...
Ruan Meng added salt and pepper, stir-fried it, and then he secretly ate one...
Ruan Meng served a plate, and he secretly ate half of it.
Ruan Meng didn't stop him at all. Anyway, she was going to cook for him, as long as he provided her with the necessary tools.
The small characters were somewhat restrained, and in the end, only two plates of salt and pepper crab remained.
After being left to stand, the seaweed paste forms a paste-like consistency. (Image of seaweed paste from the internet) Ruan Meng poured it out, cut it in half, and then cut one half into thin strips and the other half into small cubes.
Ruan Meng thought to herself that she should draw two more tools later, otherwise it would be too tiring to make them next time!
Although it was sea stone flower that Xiao Kai had known since childhood, this was the first time he had seen sea stone flower in this way.
In particular, the seaweed ointment was cut into different shapes, which was quite novel to the small-character writer.
Ruan Meng chopped the small red chilies into rings, put them into a large bowl, and added Sichuan peppercorn powder, white pepper powder, oysters, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, etc. to make a dressing.
Pour the seaweed strips, cut into noodle-like shapes, into a bowl, add the dressing, and mix well.
Ruan Meng put a small half bowl on Xiao Kai's plate and let him try it.
Xiao Kai's eyes lit up, and he waved his hand repeatedly, asking Ruan Meng to fill his bowl again.
"It's so delicious!"
"We'll take this menu!"
Ruan Meng raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"
She washed a bunch of wild vegetables, blanched them in boiling water, and then added them to the cold seaweed salad, stirring them well again.
Ruan Meng served Xiao Kai another bowl, but Xiao Kai kept stamping his feet, saying, "I want this one, I want this menu!"
Ruan Meng teased him deliberately, "You ordered two menus, didn't you!"
Xiao Kai clicked his tongue, blaming himself for speaking too quickly.
Ruan Meng cut the other half of the seaweed paste into small pieces, added a little honey to the mint water, put the seaweed pieces in, stirred well, and garnished with mint leaves. (Image of mint seaweed paste from the internet.) Ruan Meng scooped out three bowls, giving one to her elder brother and sister-in-law, and one to Xiao Kai.
The elder brother and sister-in-law were very surprised, as was the taste they experienced.
"So, brother and sister-in-law, do you think it's feasible to make money this way?"
The elder brother and sister-in-law nodded in unison, their eyes filled with pride.
Xiao Kai quickly slurped up a bowl of seaweed salad. Just then, the spicy flavor of the cold dish was diluted by the refreshing sweetness.
"Miss Meng, we'll take this menu item too!"
Ruan Meng asked, "Which flavor do you prefer?"
Xiao Kai answered frankly, "They're different! One is used as an ingredient to cut through the richness and make it refreshing; the other is like tofu or steamed eggs, more like a dessert."
Ruan Mengdao said, "So, these are two dishes. One is for use in the restaurant, and the other can be taken away like seafood in a broth."
"One type is like dessert, which can be sold at a stall."
Xiao Kai immediately recalled Ruan Meng's suggestion to the county magistrate that morning to set up distinctive stalls at the entrance of the temple.
Wouldn't it be appropriate to sell refreshing seaweed?
Ruan Meng and Xiao Kai exchanged a knowing smile.
"I'll add two more tools."
"Of course, of course!"
Just as the two reached an agreement, they heard the shouts of the second brother not far away.
"Sister, sister!"
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