Chapter 51 Making Oyster Sauce
Of course, she couldn't tell her cousin such a modern story. Jiang Wan just said that she had seen an ancient recipe by chance and now wanted to give it a try.
Yin Ning was curious about the delicious and fragrant oyster sauce and was afraid of missing any process.
result……
The whole process is just burning fire and cooking.
Halfway through, the oyster meat was cooked a little smaller and my cousin picked it up. Then my cousin didn't move and just sat in front of the stove staring at the fire.
Yin Ning felt sleepy after watching so much, and seemed to fall asleep for a while leaning on his cousin, and did not wake up until his cousin got up.
"Cousin, are you done?"
"It's almost done. I'll get up and stir the soup."
At this point, the water cooked with the oyster meat in the pot has changed color slightly and become slightly viscous, but it is still far from the reddish-brown color of oyster sauce, so it needs to be boiled for at least another quarter of an hour.
Jiang Wan was very patient and kept watching the changes in the soup in the pot.
The pot that was full at the beginning is now less than a quarter full. I guess it can't even fill the oil can on the stove.
It may be a little less, but concentration is the essence.
Let’s cook the rest later. It should be about one kilogram in total, right?
Jiang Wan had made her own oyster sauce when she was doing a live broadcast, but she didn’t make such a large amount, so she just bought five pounds of raw oyster meat.
In the end, all that's left is the bottom of the pot, and the flavor is gone when you taste it.
The oysters nowadays are not as big as those at home today, and the quality is not as good as those here. She really has no idea if she doesn't cook them till the very end.
A quarter of an hour later, Jiang Wan temporarily turned off the engine.
Yin Ning followed behind his cousin, and couldn't wait to taste the oyster sauce.
If she hadn't seen her cousin cooking it with her own eyes, she wouldn't have believed that the watery oyster juice would turn into the sticky oyster sauce it is now.
"Cousin, oyster sauce can be used for cooking, right?"
Jiang Wan nodded subconsciously, then realized that her cousin meant something else.
She wanted to ask if oyster sauce could replace the oil used in daily cooking at home.
"Cousin, I told you before that oyster sauce is used for seasoning. It just has the word 'oil' in its name, but it is different from the oil used in cooking. Why don't you try it?"
Jiang Wan dipped a little with chopsticks and gave it to her cousin.
Yin Ning took a sip and his first reaction was that the oyster sauce tasted salty even though it didn't contain any salt. Then he noticed its fresh taste.
It is smooth in the mouth and has a mellow aroma, which is simply a pleasant surprise.
"Cousin, did you add salt when I fell asleep just now?"
Jiang Wan shook her head and took a taste with her chopsticks before answering, "This is my first pot, I didn't add any salt. The salt probably comes naturally."
There were some things Jiang Wan couldn't explain clearly so she just passed them over with one sentence.
The oyster sauce she made this time tasted similar to the one she made before. It was still fresh and had a special oyster aroma. It would definitely be delicious if used to cook dishes!
She took out the clean jar she had prepared in advance and scooped all the oyster sauce in the pot into it.
This is a two-pound clay pot. Even after scooping all the liquid in, it is still far from the halfway point.
Just keep going!
The remaining oyster meat should be divided into two pots for stewing. Jiang Wan pushed her cousin out of the kitchen.
Because it was so hot in there, my cousin had seen how people endured it, so there was no need for her to stay in the kitchen with me.
After the second pot of oyster meat was cooked and taken out, Jiang Wan added salt this time.
No salt was added to the first pot in order to taste the original flavor, and salt was added to the second pot to make it easier to cook in the future and to extend the shelf life of the oyster sauce.
Homemade oyster sauce with added salt can be kept sealed at low temperature for half a year or even a year without expiring.
However, it is hot on the island, so if you seal it tightly, it will last for three months. You should eat it up as soon as possible after opening it.
well……
She misses modern refrigerators, modern air conditioners, and the two drawers of ice cream she had just bought before the accident.
Jiang Wan swallowed silently, picked up the cool handkerchief prepared by her cousin, wiped her face, and sat back in front of the stove to light the fire.
A quarter of an hour later, Yin Huaixi and Song Wenhui, who had gone to the dock to sell snail meat, came back.
Song Wenhui is particularly happy today.
Because today when we went to hand over the snail meat, she was the one who communicated throughout the whole process, and she also learned how to read the scale.
Previously, snail meat was sold by the can, but now it is sold by the kilogram.
A jar weighs about 15 jin, and one jin sells for five cents. Today, the two jars sold for a total of 150 cents!
Thirty cents more than before!
Who wouldn’t be happy if they made more money?
What made her even happier was that the handkerchief embroidered by her daughter was favored by a housekeeper, who bought it for seventy cents.
After deducting the cost of the handkerchief and its sewing, I made about sixty cents!
At this moment, she really hated herself for not living up to her expectations.
She didn't pay any attention to embroidery back then, and now she can only sew clothes without any flowers. Otherwise, if she and her daughter embroidered handkerchiefs together, wouldn't the family be more prosperous?
"Aning! Wanwan! Come out quickly and have some candy!"
Hearing his aunt calling for help, Jiang Wan quickly responded.
"I'm in the kitchen!"
She looked at the fire, wiped the sweat off her face and ran out. Although she wiped the sweat off her face, her little face was still red and it was obvious that she was very hot.
Yin Huaixi immediately realized that her daughter was making oyster sauce, and poked her daughter's forehead with heartache.
"Why don't you wait for me to come back and do everything yourself?"
"Mother, I can't wait. It takes a long time to cook it. I only cook one pot."
As Jiang Wan spoke, she moved closer to her cousin and immediately saw the handkerchief in her hand, which was made of much better material than before.
"Hehe~Aunt, my cousin's handkerchief must have earned some money, right?"
Song Wenhui smiled and nodded, "Yes, I made money. Your mother and I were lucky. As soon as we entered the embroidery workshop, we met a housekeeper from a wealthy family. She liked your cousin's handkerchief and gave her seventy coins."
"Seventy wen!!"
Yin Ning's hands started shaking the moment she heard the price. She couldn't believe that a simple handkerchief she had embroidered could be sold for seventy coins.
"Aunt, is what my mother said true?"
Yin Huaixi nodded heavily and praised her generously, "Aning is really amazing. The housekeeper fell in love with your fish playing with lotus leaves at first sight and said that the handkerchief was embroidered with great spirit. The owner of the embroidery shop also took a look at it and then took the initiative to ask us to embroider your handkerchief later. It shows that our Aning's embroidery skills are superb. She is really a clever girl."
These words made Yin Ning's ears turn red.
My heart feels like it has eaten honey.
Jiang Wan wanted to join in the joke, but when she turned around and saw the smoke rising in the sky, she remembered the important matter.
"Oops! My oyster sauce!"
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