"Sister, I've finished peeling a basin of peanuts." Su Ergou put a basin of peanuts on the stove, "Do you want to peel more?"
"Yes." Su Xiaoxiao said, paused, and then said, "It's too cold outside, come in and peel it."
"Okay!" Su Ergou went outside and brought in a sack of peanuts, and also brought his brother-in-law and father in.
The father-in-law and son-in-law were among those who were forced to peel peanuts. They were passive and lazy, and often needed supervisor Su Ergou to remind them.
Wei Ting was young and had quick hands. When Old Man Su had only peeled a dozen peanuts, he already had a full bowl.
Old Man Su took advantage of the situation and quickly swapped the two bowls! Su Xiaoxiao turned around, her eyes wide open: "Wei Ting! Why did you only peel so few?"
Father Su waved his hands and said, "Oh, don't blame my son-in-law. I peeled it too fast."
Wei Ting: ...Really, can you still have some shame?
The relationship between the father-in-law and the son-in-law can easily capsize! Su Xiaoxiao poured the peanut kernels into the hot pot and stir-fried them over low heat without adding oil, which was a great test of the speed of stir-frying.
The three little guys came back from showing off next door and gathered around the stove to watch Su Xiaoxiao fry peanuts.
The whole family gathered in the kitchen illuminated by fire and oil lamps. The cold wind was howling outside, but everyone felt that it was a warm winter.
When the peanut skin becomes darker in color and the peanut kernel turns slightly yellow, it is almost ready to be served. Put it in a sieve and shake it to remove the skin. Rub the remaining skin with your hands.
Su Xiaoxiao cleaned and dried the stone mill, gave half of it to Wei Ting to grind, and put the other half into the garlic mortar.
Su Ergou didn't understand and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?"
Su Xiaoxiao patiently said to her brother, "I'm also making peanut butter. I just want to try it out to see if it's more fragrant when it's ground or pounded."
Su Ergou was very motivated, but Su Laodi and Wei Ting wanted to slack off again.
Father Su pretended to say, "Oh, my hand hurts."
Su Xiaoxiao: "You can use your left hand to grind it. It's just a small grinder, it doesn't take much effort."
Wei Ting stretched out his long legs wrapped in gauze: "My legs..."
Su Xiaoxiao: "You don't need your legs to pound peanuts!"
The father-in-law and son-in-law continued to be forced to work.
To make stone-ground peanut butter, first grind it twice with a mill, add cold water and stir it, then put it back into the mill and grind it a few more times. The more times you grind it, the finer the butter will be.
Su Xiaoxiao asked her father to grind the soup into half with grains for adults to eat, and the other half with smooth texture for the three children to eat.
This smoothness is relative. It is not the completely smooth texture of the previous life, and it still has a small amount of particles.
Su Xiaoxiao continued to fry peanuts and took on the role of production supervisor.
Su Ergou peels the peanut shells and the skins of the peanut kernels, and supervises Su Laodi and Wei Ting at the same time, so he can be called the workshop director.
Sanxiao is only in the quality inspection department. He is responsible for tasting the peanuts fried by Su Xiaoxiao, the peanut butter ground by Su Laodie, and the peanut paste mashed by Wei Ting.
The family has a clear division of labor.
In the blink of an eye, only half of the sack of peanuts was left.
The rich aroma of peanuts filled the entire kitchen, warm and crispy, and even the Liu family next door could smell it.
He was lying in bed, drooling over the aroma: "What did the Su family do again?"
"Who knows!" Niu Dan's father turned over, turned his back to He, and drooled uncontrollably.
The Su family seemed to have changed their luck and suddenly had meat to eat. They ate meat every day and every meal! At first, he thought it was just some lard residue that had been refined. After all, Su Pangya loved to eat this. Until one day, he ran into Su Ergou holding a sausage in his mouth, chewing it while drying a yard of bacon! At that moment, he was sure that the Su family really had meat to eat!
He was so greedy that she patted her husband on the shoulder and said, "Dad, didn't our family buy a few pounds of meat? Go talk to mom tomorrow and let's make some dumplings."
Liu An said impatiently: "Meat is for New Year's Day! If you are not afraid of being scolded by your mother, go and talk to her yourself!"
He lay down angrily and muttered, "How dare I say that?"
To be honest, Liu An also wanted to eat meat, but the eldest wife had been arguing about splitting up the family property recently, and his parents were in a bad mood, so he didn't dare to ask for it.
He smiled again and said, "Let Niu Dan go and ask him? Mother loves Niu Dan and will definitely do it!"
Niu Dan, who was lying between the two of them, had already fallen into a sound sleep, and had no idea that his parents had set their sights on him.
Liu An was somewhat tempted, but after a moment's hesitation he refused: "Forget it, Mom will make it for Niu Dan, but she can't make many, Niu Dan can't even eat enough."
That's true.
It’s not that Mrs. Wu only loves her grandson and doesn’t love her own son, it’s just that this is the only condition in the family.
"Hey." Liu An suddenly thought of Xiao Wu. "Doesn't my eldest sister-in-law often babysit for Xiao Su's family? Ask her to ask Su Pangya for some."
He asked, "Will Su Pangya give it to you?"
Su Pangya, this little bully, has always been the one to blackmail others. Getting her to spit out something is harder than climbing to the sky.
Although Old Li testified that she helped Old Li to get back the New Year's goods from the villagers, who knows what really happened? Liu An saw that the Su family gave benefits to Old Li, maybe Old Li was bribed by the Su family! Therefore, after listening to He's doubts, Liu An was not sure.
He said irritably, "Isn't it your fault? When Su Pangya was accused of murder, why didn't you say a few words for her? Old Li said it! Su Pangya took a lot of things to Old Li's house! I saw it all!"
He snorted, "You were there that night too! Why didn't you tell me?"
Liu An choked. He couldn't win the argument with He. Just as he was about to yell in anger, his mother in the main room spoke first.
"What are you making so much noise for in the middle of the night? Can't you let me sleep? Eat, eat, eat! All you know is eating! Are you going to reincarnate after eating?"
I don't know whether he was scolding Liu An and He, or Su Pangya's family next door.
In the kitchen, the whole family was so busy that no one could hear any random shouting.
Even if she heard it, she wouldn't take it to heart and would just think that Mrs. Wu was just going crazy.
Stone-ground peanut butter is rich in moisture, smooth and delicate; peanut butter pounded with a stone pestle is more like peanut paste, thick and dense.
Both taste good, but the three kids prefer the stone-ground one, which is more juicy and less choking.
Su Xiaoxiao prefers the ones pounded with a stone pestle.
The stone mill grinds the peanuts into loose pieces, and the aroma is dispersed; pounding the peanuts is like tamping the earth, crushing and pressing it over and over again. After repeated hammering, the oil and aroma of the peanuts seem to be pressed into every molecule of the food.
With one bite, the doubled fat and aroma explode between your lips and teeth.
This is truly pure natural peanut butter that is sugar-free, salt-free, and contains no thickeners or hydrogenated vegetable oils. It is so delicious!
Su Xiaoxiao smacked her lips with satisfaction, pointed at the garlic mortar in Wei Ting's hand and said, "That's enough of the stone grinders. We'll make this later."
Wei Ting looked at the remaining half sack of peanuts and frowned: "You just want me to keep pounding peanuts for you!"
Peanut butter is so delicious!
(End of this chapter)
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