Grandpa Xu is very skilled at farm work. When harvesting soybeans, he cleaned them very thoroughly.
Therefore, only a few of the soybeans in this half-sieve were black.
"Second Uncle, how many kilograms of soybeans are you planning to make tofu this time?"
Xu Lai helped her second uncle carry the half-sieve of soybeans to the well and began washing them with water.
"One pound of soybeans can normally yield four pounds of tofu, but I weighed out ten pounds of soybeans this time!"
As he answered, Grandpa Xu poured the cleaned soybeans into a large basin filled with well water.
Upon hearing his second uncle's words, Xu Lai immediately became happy.
These ten pounds of soybeans can make about forty pounds of tofu!
Besides, you can also drink soy milk and eat tofu pudding. Once the tofu is made, it can be used for stir-frying, cold dishes, deep-frying, or made into a super delicious fermented bean curd dish.
Just thinking about the uniquely flavored fermented bean curd made Xu Lai's mouth water.
After Grandpa Xu finished soaking the soybeans, he saw his eldest granddaughter, who was lost in thought again.
So he reached out and gently patted his eldest granddaughter on the head: "What delicious food have you thought of this time?"
"No one understands me better than my second uncle!"
Pulled back to reality by her second uncle, Xu Lai couldn't help but shower him with compliments after hearing his teasing words.
"There are indeed many delicious ways to make tofu. And these soybeans can even be sprouted!"
Mr. Xu knows so much about soy products.
When he was a child, his family was poor. During festivals, his parents would soak soybeans and make tofu.
This tofu can be fried, stewed, boiled, or served cold, and it tastes delicious no matter how it's cooked.
Even in years with a bumper soybean harvest, during the off-season, the family would soak some soybeans to make tofu, dried bean curd sheets, or other dried bean curd products to sell.
It can be said that his life before joining the army was all about soybeans and tofu.
Recalling his childhood, Grandpa Xu's face was full of nostalgia.
Life was so hard back then, so hard that we rarely even got to eat meat.
But those days were also very happy. Although we were poor, everyone's spiritual world was rich.
When Xu Lai thinks of bean sprouts, she thinks of boiled fish and boiled sliced meat, with tofu skin strips and bean sprouts as a base, which is incredibly delicious.
"Second Uncle, let's soak more soybeans and make bean sprouts!"
Xu Lai grabbed her second uncle's arm and started to act coquettishly.
Seeing this, how could Old Master Xu disagree?
"Okay, then I'll soak another pound of soybeans to sprout them!"
Soaking soybeans takes anywhere from six to eighteen hours. Only after the soybeans have expanded to a certain extent can they be better ground into a paste.
"Okay, we can start grinding the soybeans to make soy milk now!"
The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to lighten, Grandpa Xu got up early and had his eldest granddaughter send him into his spatial dimension.
Making tofu is a very hard job. When Xu Haiguo and the others heard the noise, they immediately got up and went to the space to help.
Seeing that the soybeans had become quite plump after soaking for more than ten hours, Grandpa Xu immediately drained the water from the soybeans using a large sieve, and then went into the space warehouse to bring out a soybean milk machine.
"Second Uncle, I'll wash the soy milk maker!"
This soy milk maker was bought by Song Qiu'e when she was a housewife. When she bought it, she considered that there were many people in her family and that she wanted to make soy milk more conveniently, so she specially bought a commercial soy milk maker.
The advantage of this soymilk maker is that it not only has a large capacity and fast speed when grinding soybeans, but also produces a particularly fine texture.
"When I first bought this, I wanted to make a healthy cup of multigrain soy milk for my whole family every day, but after using it a few times, it was left unused. I never expected to use it again now!"
Song Qiu'e is quite happy to reuse unused items.
After washing the soy milk maker, I officially started making soy milk.
Add an appropriate amount of water to the soaked soybeans and grind them into soy milk using a grinder or stone mill.
The five people took turns working and, in about forty minutes, produced a bucket of rich soy milk from ten pounds of soaked soybeans.
Looking at the steaming bucket of soy milk, Song Qiu'e quickly ladled a cup for each person in her family.
"It's been a long time since I've had soy milk. Everyone should try some. The sugar is here, so please add it yourself when you drink it!"
Song Qiu'e placed everyone's soy milk and a jar of white sugar on the dining table in the space shed.
The next step is to filter the ground soy milk through cheesecloth to remove the soy pulp and obtain a smooth soy milk.
Next comes boiling the broth.
Pour the filtered soy milk into a large pot and heat it over medium heat until it boils.
During the cooking process, several people take turns stirring constantly to prevent the soy milk from settling or burning.
After boiling, Xu Jiangming instructed Xu Chao, who was tending the fire, to continue cooking for 5 to 10 minutes to ensure the soy milk was fully cooked.
"Only when the soy milk is fully cooked can the beany taste be removed, and the tofu will also taste better!"
Xu Jiangming directed the next steps while explaining them to everyone.
The whole family, not only Song Qiu'e and her husband, studied very diligently, but Xu Lai and Xu Chao also listened very attentively to Grandpa Xu's explanation.
Before the natural disaster, let alone Xu Lai and Xu Chao, even Song Qiu'e and her husband wouldn't have bothered to learn this.
An old saying goes: "Life has three hardships: rowing a boat, blacksmithing, and selling tofu!"
Their family is fairly well-off. If they want to eat tofu, they can go to the market and buy any kind of tofu, whether it's soft or firm.
Having experienced torrential rains and floods, as well as the current extreme heat disaster, learning a new skill can provide more ways to save one's life.
For example, Grandpa Lu's family used to fish with their old fishing nets, but now they make a living by selling ice bricks. Ordinary people like them can still live well even in the face of natural disasters.
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