One day at the end of August, Chen Chunhua asked Liang Shengdi to bring back half a pound of flour and half a pound of sugar, saying that she wanted to celebrate the eldest daughter's birthday and also to celebrate the second daughter's entry into elementary school in a few days.
Liang Shengdi thought she was going to make longevity noodles, and asked if she wanted to bring back some pork. The fried vegetables with pork lard as a topping for the noodles would be absolutely delicious!
Chen Chunhua thought about it and decided to bring some meat back, but not to use as a topping for noodles, but to cook it directly. Liang Shengdi didn't quite understand what she was going to do, but she just wanted to make sure there was meat to eat today.
Hehehe~
Summer is the slack season for farmers, and people usually finish work early in the afternoon. Chen Chunhua would wash up at home early, ready to work hard. Looking at the big stove at home, she turned over the memories of her past life. That cake, using a pot, should probably be able to be made, right?
Never mind, I don’t have an iron basin at home, so I’ll just do it first.
She searched for a long time and found an aluminum basin that she thought was suitable in size and shape. As for the fact that heating food in an aluminum basin might be harmful to health, she only used it occasionally, so it shouldn't be a big problem.
Take out four eggs and separate the egg whites into two large bowls. Add four spoons of white sugar to the egg yolk bowl first. As for how many grams four spoons are, how can she know? She doesn't have a gram scale now, so it's okay to just use about the same amount.
Since there was no milk, she added some oil and water, and then added several tablespoons of flour and mixed it with chopsticks until there were no lumps. Then she took the egg white bowl and added 4 tablespoons of sugar in two batches, and stirred it quickly with a pair of chopsticks.
Several children crowded at the door to watch their mother making something. Lin Shuchao thought stirring egg whites was fun and was eager to try it. "Mom, I want to try it too."
Chen Chunhua glanced at him, then looked at the glutton in his arms, and her eyes twitched.
"No, you're too dirty. It would be a waste if the food you make later smells like chicken shit."
Lin Shuchao hugged the glutton tightly with grievance, and the little hen in his arms couldn't help but cluck twice, as if to clear its name.
Lin Shuying's eyes lit up, "Mom, I just came back and haven't held a chicken yet. I've washed my hands, so let me help you!"
It’s true, Chen Chunhua felt like her arms were about to break. It was true that manual labor was no match for machines. She began to miss the electric egg beater from decades later.
"Then stir vigorously in this direction, don't change direction, and try not to stop." The weather was too hot, and only high-speed stirring would succeed.
Lin Shuying thought it was just fun at first, but she couldn't go on for more than two minutes. Her arms were extremely sore, but she didn't want to stop so soon. She had just said she wanted to help her mother, and it would be so embarrassing if she couldn't go on so soon.
Lin Shugan noticed his sister's stubbornness and said silently, "How about I do it?"
The next second, a pair of chopsticks was stuffed into Lin Shugan's hand, and the second brother began to stir silently.
Lin Shumei was also eager to try, but her mother rejected her because she thought she was too young and weak. She squatted with her third brother indignantly and stroked the glutton's fur again.
While they were taking turns, Chen Chunhua coated the aluminum basin with oil and cut the soaked dried red dates in half.
Yesterday, Lin Guoqing bought a few taels of dried red dates and gave them to her sister. Chen Chunhua secretly ate a dozen of them just to put them in the cake.
After finishing all this, I took the chopsticks back, hoping that these two little ones could beat the egg whites. It would probably take until midnight.
It is definitely impossible to beat it with chopsticks without any bends like a machine. When she saw that the white color was almost ready, she poured it into the egg yolk batter in two batches, stirred it with a spatula, and finally poured it into an aluminum basin, sprinkled red dates on the top, and it was done.
Several children watched as Shen Chunhua placed a rack in the pot, put in an aluminum basin, covered the basin with a lid, and then covered the pot with a lid. She didn't even add water to the pot.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
"cake."
"Cake?!" Lin Shuying's eyes widened. Is this the cake that foreigners eat on their birthdays as described in the book?
Chen Chunhua looked at her with a smile, "Yes, it's the birthday cake, but your mother can't afford the cream cake in the city, so I'll use egg cake instead. Do you want to eat it?"
Lin Shuying was so happy that she kept nodding and saying she wanted to eat. She even pulled Lin Shu and jumped around in circles, "I want to eat, I want to eat! I can have some cake too! Hahaha..."
Lin Guoqing and Liang Shengdi were watering the mushroom house and feeding the chickens in the chicken coop respectively. When they entered the house, they only heard Lin Shuying's cheerful voice.
"What are you so happy about?" Lin Guoqing asked with a smile while standing in the kitchen with his hands on his waist and wiping his sweat. Lin Shuying ran out and looked up at her father, her back teeth clearly visible.
"Dad, Mom is making me a birthday cake!"
"What cake?" Liang Shengdi had never heard of it.
"Birthday cake!" Lin Shuying turned around and explained to her immediately, "It's made with eggs, oil, sugar, and flour. Foreigners eat this on their birthdays!"
Every time the eldest daughter mentioned an ingredient, Lin Guoqing's forehead twitched. Every time the eldest daughter mentioned an ingredient, his forehead twitched. Fortunately, the family conditions are better now, otherwise he would be heartbroken to the point of bleeding.
In contrast to him, Liang Shengdi became happier the more she listened. "These are all good things! No wonder you can only eat them on your birthday!"
"Chunhua, when can we eat it?"
Chen Chunhua didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "It's just been put into the pot. You guys should go wait outside and work. We should be able to eat when my meal is ready. By the way, Lin Guoqing, wash that basin of clothes."
"I'll go, I'll go!" Liang Shengdi actively volunteered to do the laundry. "Call me when dinner is ready!"
"Got it... You guys should go out and play too. Third brother, don't hold Greedy all the time. He's a chicken, not a cat. Holding him too much will make him sick!"
After Chen Chunhua had driven out everyone who was in the way, she began to cook dinner. Cake was considered a staple, but it couldn't be the only thing. She'd cook less rice today, but she still had to have some vegetables.
There were still 3 eggs left today, so she fried three poached eggs first, cut them into pieces and put them into a bowl of vegetable and poached egg soup. Liang Shengdi cut the pork she bought into shreds, picked two loofahs in the backyard, cut them into pieces with a rolling pin, and stir-fried them together.
I originally wanted to stir-fry meat with mushrooms, but I gave up when I remembered that my eldest daughter said yesterday that she was about to vomit from eating mushrooms.
The cake actually cooked very quickly. Chen Chunhua didn't even dare to add too much firewood. By the time she finished cooking the two dishes, the aroma of sugar and eggs had filled the whole house.
Several children had already washed their hands and were waiting outside, for fear that their mother would say they were dirty and not be allowed to eat.
Chen Chunhua waited until the pot had cooled down a bit before pouring it onto a large plate. Because of the oil, it was easy to remove from the pot.
"Here it comes, here it comes, the cake is here!"
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