At this time, An Dashan led Xiao Hei in. An Ning saw that Xiao Hei was covered in snow, so she asked, "Dad, where did you take Xiao Hei?"
An Dashan chuckled and said, "I just led it around the outside of the mountain. Luckily, I even shot a pheasant. I'll prepare the pheasant later. How about making pheasant and mushroom stew tonight?"
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, we haven't eaten it for a long time, and I want to eat it too."
Gao came out at this time and said, "Go wash your hands and have dinner. This child must be a good eater. I've been hungry for a long time."
After hearing what Gao said, An Ning said, "Okay, I'll go get the egg pancakes and we'll have dinner right away."
An Ning brought the egg pancakes over, and then served everyone a bowl full of radish meatball soup. She also did not forget to serve some for Xiao Hei, and thoughtfully tore the egg pancake into pieces and soaked it in the bowl.
An Dashan drank the delicious carrot meatball soup and sighed: "I can eat such delicious food every day. This life is really like heaven!"
Gao also felt the same way and said, "My daughter is really capable."
An Ning felt a little embarrassed by the compliment, so she could only smile and continue eating with her head down.
After lunch, An Dashan volunteered to clean up the dishes and prepare the pheasant. An Ning was also happy and played with Xiao Hei for a while, then went back to the room to rest for a while.
An Ning was just lying in bed, thinking that she hadn't been in the space for several days, so she moved her mind and entered the space. A new batch of crops in the space had matured, and An Ning used her mind to harvest all the crops, and then planted a new crop.
Looking at the food piled up into a small mountain, An Ning felt a great sense of accomplishment. For dinner, they had steamed rice and pheasant stewed with mushrooms. An Ning hadn't eaten pheasant stewed with mushrooms for a long time, so it tasted particularly sweet.
After dinner, An Ning soaked the beans, planning to make tofu the next day.
The next day after breakfast, An Ning found the stone mill, cleaned the dust off it, and started grinding beans. When grinding beans, you need to add clean water, about ten bowls of water for one bowl of beans.
After grinding the beans, An Ning used the cloth used to make tofu at home to filter out the residue. Then he put the raw soy milk into the pot and boiled it. An Dashan was responsible for lighting the fire, and An Ning needed to stir it constantly to prevent the pot from getting stuck.
When a lot of bubbles appear in the pot, turn to low heat and cook for another half a quarter of an hour, because this is a "false boil" and people will be poisoned if they drink it. When the soy milk is cooked, An Dashan takes out the fire from the stove.
An Ning served out three bowls of soy milk, put sugar in them, and each person drank a bowl of the sweet soy milk first.
After drinking soy milk, you can also make tofu. An Ning is not very good at making tofu, after all, she has never done it, but Gao Shi knows how to make it. Gao Shi uses brine to make tofu, then puts it into a wooden mold, puts some heavy objects on it and starts to press the tofu.
There are some rules for putting heavy objects in. If you put too light, the tofu will have too much water and will be easy to fall apart. If you put too heavy, the tofu will have too little water and will become hard and taste bad.
An Ning put the kelp she bought in the town into the pot and soaked it. The kelp soaked in tofu water has no peculiar smell and tastes good.
While the tofu was being pressed, An Ning started to mince the meat for frying tofu balls. An Ning first minced the meat, which was 30% fat and 70% lean, into the minced meat. An Dashan came over and took An Ning's knife and started to mince the minced meat.
An Ning picked up another kitchen knife and started to mince the onion, ginger and garlic, waiting to put the meat filling in after it was chopped.
After the tofu was pressed, An Dashan also chopped the meat filling. An Ning saw that An Dashan had chopped the meat filling and started preparing to fry the meatballs.
An Ning took out a few pieces of tofu, crushed them with her hands, then put in the minced meat and chopped green onion and ginger, beat in two egg whites, added salt and starch and stirred evenly.
After mixing evenly, start beating it hard so that the fried tofu balls will have a chewy texture.
After completing the preparations, they started to heat the oil in a pan. An Dashan was responsible for lighting the fire, while An Ning was responsible for frying the meatballs.
When the oil in the pot is heated to 60%, An Ning grabs a handful of tofu paste and squeezes it out from the base of her thumb, and the meatballs are ready. Use a spoon to put the squeezed meatballs into the oil pot and fry them until the tofu balls float and turn golden yellow.
An Ning stuffed a fried meatball into An Dashan's mouth and asked, "Dad, is it delicious? How salty is it?"
An Dashan didn't care about the heat in his mouth. He chewed it quickly for a few times and said, "It tastes good, and the saltiness is just right."
An Ning nodded, put the fried meatballs on a plate, handed them to An Dashan, and said, "Dad, give these to my mother to try."
An Dashan nodded after hearing this, quickly stood up, washed his hands, took the plate, and walked out of the kitchen. After a while, An Dashan came back with an empty plate and said, "Ningning, your meatballs are so delicious. Your mother didn't eat enough and wants to eat more."
An Ning smiled, picked up a few more meatballs from the fried meatballs, and said, "As long as mom likes them, it's fine. But tofu is hard to digest, so you can't eat these anymore."
An Dashan nodded, took the plate and went out of the kitchen again.
It took nearly an hour to fry the whole bowl of tofu paste. An Ning put the fried meatballs on the chopping board and said, "Dad, put these meatballs here first. After they cool down, put them in the cupboard so they don't get soft."
An Dashan nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."
An Ning took out a few more pieces of tofu, cut them into evenly thin slices, and then fried them in the pan. The tofu fried in this way tastes especially good when used in dishes.
After frying the tofu, An Ning took out half of the remaining tofu, cut it into squares, placed it on a lid, and took it outside to freeze it, making it into frozen tofu. This frozen tofu can be eaten in stews or hot pots. The small holes in the middle of the frozen tofu absorb the soup and tastes especially delicious.
After finishing all this, An Ning patted her aching waist and said to An Dashan, "Dad, I'm going to take a rest and cook later."
An Dashan felt sorry for his daughter and said, "You go and take a rest. I'll cook today. Let's make a big stew with tofu. I'm good at this."
An Ning nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll try my father's cooking today." Then she went back to her room to rest.
At dinner, An Dashan cooked cabbage stewed with tofu and steamed rice. An Ning picked up a piece of tofu and tasted it. Her eyes lit up and she said, "Dad, I didn't expect you to cook this dish so well."
Gao smiled and said, "Your father learned this in the military camp. When he first entered the military camp, he was a fireman. Later, the enemy attacked and broke through from the fireman's camp. Your father started to fight with a cooking spatula. Later, the commander saw that he was brave in fighting and transferred him to the vanguard camp."
An Ning had never thought of this history, and said, "It turns out my father is so powerful!"
An Dashan said somewhat complacently: "Okay, let's not talk about the past anymore. A hero never brags about his past achievements."
After dinner, An Ning helped An Dashan clean up the dishes and fed Xiao Hei some food before going back to her room to wash up and rest.
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