Chapter 153 Your sister-in-law is your sister-in-law
"It's delicious, of course it's delicious."
Jiang Tang answered loudly. As a Shanghai native, how could she not know the deliciousness of hairy crabs? It was just that Chaochao and Yueyue were too young and had never tasted the delicious hairy crabs in the past.
She promised the two children, "The hairy crabs I cook are guaranteed to be so delicious that they'll make your eyebrows drop."
After hearing what Jiang Tang said, Chaochao and Yueyue raised their hands and touched their eyebrows: Will my eyebrows fall off after eating hairy crabs?
Eyebrows don’t seem to be particularly important. If they fall out, they fall out. What’s most important is what you eat!
Cooking hairy crabs is not difficult, but washing them gave Jiang Tang a hard time for a long time.
As a pampered girl, she had eaten hairy crabs but didn't know how to catch them. It was Tao Chunzhi and the other children who taught her when she was in the village.
There are special gestures for catching hairy crabs. You cannot face the crab directly. You have to reach out two fingers from the back, that is, from the crab shell and butt, and grab the left and right sides of the crab shell.
Just like many people cannot scratch the center of their back when they are itching, that position is the blind spot of the hairy crab. No matter how powerful the crab claws are, they cannot reach that position.
The trouble is that the hairy crab does not stand still, but dodges flexibly. You have to attract the attention of its two huge claws, and then strike quickly, fiercely and accurately, and hit it with one blow. This is the only way to minimize the danger.
Jiang Tang was also afraid of pain and being pinched by the hairy crab, so he was trembling and cautious when doing these things.
Yueyue had been pinched before and knew how painful it was. It was even more painful than an injection, so when Jiang Tang moved, she was even more nervous than Jiang Tang, and her eyebrows on her fair little face were wrinkled.
"Ah! Mom, be careful! Mom, it hurts! Ah!"
Chaochao's little eyebrows frowned even tighter, especially under Yueyue's nervousness. He felt that he was a little man and should protect his mother when his father was not at home.
So he wanted to help Jiang Tang catch hairy crabs several times, but Jiang Tang couldn't bear to do so. After all, Chaochao was just a child.
Therefore, later in the yard, Jiang Tang lowered his head and tried hard to catch hairy crabs, picked them up one by one and cleaned them with a brush. Yueyue beside him exclaimed from time to time, and Chaochao's little face had a serious expression.
Mrs. Ding from next door heard "Ahhh" sounds from time to time, and thought something had happened to Jiang Tang at home. She was worried and went next door to take a look.
The door was open, and Mrs. Ding walked in directly. When she saw the situation of the three of them, mother and son, she burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha...hahaha...I thought something happened in your family...hahaha...how funny...Xiao Jiang sister, your hands are delicate and you can't do these. Let me help you."
Mrs. Ding also has the same warmth as Zhao Xiumei, and the two families are neighbors. She knows better than anyone else in the compound what a good person Jiang Tang is.
Moreover, Mrs. Ding also got the hairy crabs that Jiang Tang treated them to today, as a way of repaying the favor.
Jiang Tang was a little embarrassed at first, "Sister Ding, how embarrassing!"
Mrs. Ding said cheerfully, "It's okay, it's not a big deal. I haven't thanked you for treating the whole compound to crabs yet. You don't have to be polite. If you have any questions, just come to me."
Sister-in-law is sister-in-law, she is so efficient and quick. Jiang Tang takes five minutes to wash a hairy crab, but Sister-in-law Ding can wash one in one minute.
Mrs. Ding handed the cleaned hairy crab to Jiang Tang for inspection, muttering, "Actually, this hairy crab isn't dirty. It grew in the rice fields. We look forward to eating rice every day, and it also comes from the rice fields. Just rinse it with water and it's clean. I know you young people are different from us and like to be more particular. It's actually quite good, especially if you have children at home. You can eat it with peace of mind this way. Little sister Jiang, do you think this is okay? Do you need to clean it again?"
"No, this is already clean enough, Sister Ding, thank you."
"Hey, didn't I just tell you not to say thank you? You made me feel really embarrassed..."
Mrs. Ding washed all the hairy crabs in Jiangtang in one breath, shook her hands, and prepared to retire.
Yueyue walked over and grabbed the apron on Sister Ding and said, "Aunt Ding, you are really great. This is Yueyue's candy today. I haven't eaten it yet, so I'll give it to you."
"Oh my god - what a sensible little girl, with such a sweet mouth. She will definitely be more attractive than your mother when she grows up." Mrs. Ding smiled happily, and was very happy. She gave birth to two sons and just needed a little girl, so she liked the little girl very much when she saw her.
Sister Ding touched Yueyue's little face and said, "Yueyue, I won't eat your candy. You hide it and eat it yourself. Come play next door more often when you are free. My two boys like you, and I like you too."
Yueyue got back the candy that belonged to her, and now she felt that Mrs. Ding was a good person.
Don't eat candy, very good person~
After Mrs. Ding left, Jiang Tang walked into the kitchen with the washed hairy crabs. She was going to make two dishes involving hairy crabs today.
This is a very simple dish, just steam it.
Put a piece of ginger on the belly of the hairy crab, and then simmer it slowly in steam. This will preserve the purest flavor of the hairy crab. No salt or seasoning is needed, making it more suitable for children.
The second dish is also steamed, but the steps are a little more complicated. It is called steamed hairy crab with bean paste.
First, cut the hairy crab in half, then take an appropriate amount of bean paste, put it on a plate, add a little sugar and a little cooking wine, stir well, and there will be a thin layer of sauce on the bottom of the plate.
Finally, put the cut hairy crab with the crab meat facing the plate and the crab legs all raised high, pile it full in the bean paste sauce, and then put it in the pot to steam.
After fifteen minutes, the hairy crabs are steamed and sprinkled with a layer of chopped green onions.
The golden hairy crabs, the emerald green onions, and the aroma of fermented black bean paste are particularly tempting.
Especially the crab roe of the hairy crab, which will slowly flow out during the steaming process and blend with the water vapor at the bottom of the plate and the bean paste sauce. After solidifying under the high temperature of the crab roe, it looks like a layer of steamed egg, tender and smooth, with a full mouthful of soy sauce aroma.
Chaochao and Yueyue smelled the fragrance from the kitchen and kept swallowing their saliva, but they already knew that they could not eat dinner if Fu Sinian did not come back.
So the two of them ran to the alley outside the door together. It seemed that they were playing games outside, but in fact they wanted to see Fu Sinian come back as soon as possible.
After Jiang Tang cooked the hairy crabs, he also made a bowl of hot soup with a lot of shredded ginger. Hairy crabs have a cold nature, so drinking the shredded ginger soup is just right with them.
There is also a dish of stir-fried seasonal vegetables. You must eat vegetables at any time, especially now that Chaochao and Yueyue are still young and neither of them is picky about food, so we must maintain their habit of eating vegetables.
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