"This stuff is in the woodshed. Wait a moment, I'll go get it for you." Su Meihua said as she went to the woodshed, and soon returned carrying an iron pot filled with black rosin.
Yu Yao took the iron pot and went back to the courtyard. Before leaving, she made an appointment with Su Meihua to go beachcombing on the small island together in the afternoon.
Sister-in-law Meihua said she would ask Aunt Ge later, and if she went, they would go together.
Rosin glycerol esters can be reused. Families in the residential compound who don't have any will borrow them from Sister Meihua when they need to eat duck. All you need to do is heat the rosin.
Yu Yao went to the woodshed to get some wood, then used bricks to build a makeshift stove in the yard. She put the iron pot on it and lit a fire with old newspapers.
While the rosin was melting, Yu Yao and Wu Huaiqing processed the ginger together.
These gingers were just dug from our private plot. They were tender and still covered in dirt. We soaked them in water, washed them clean, and sliced them thinly. We'll use them to make ginger oil later.
Both duck and crab are considered neutral in nature, while ginger is considered warming. Using ginger to cook duck and crab can neutralize their neutral properties, making them healthier to eat.
When the ginger slices were cut, the rosin glycerides in the iron pot had melted, bubbling and gurgling, looking very much like melted asphalt.
She remembered seeing it at a slaughterhouse in the countryside in her past life. She thought they were using asphalt and was afraid it was poisonous. Later she found out it was rosin glycerol ester.
Yu Yao picked up one of the duck's legs, put the duck into the rosin, twisted the duck's leg and turned the duck around in the rosin, so that the surface of the duck, especially the neck area, was covered with rosin glycerol ester.
Seeing that the duck's downy parts were covered, Yu Yao picked up the duck and put it into a wooden bucket of cold water that had been prepared in advance.
When rosin glycerides come into contact with cold water, they cool quickly and form a hard outer shell on the duck's surface.
At this point, simply tear off the outer shell, and the duck's downy feathers, which are difficult to remove, will fall off along with the cooled rosin skin.
The whole duck was clean.
After the duck was prepared, Yu Yao carried the prepared ginger slices, fish, and crab into the house, with Wu Huaiqing following behind carrying the duck.
Lu Ze had already cleaned up the kitchen, and he was sitting behind the stove chopping wood.
Although it's already the beginning of spring, the weather is still very cold.
He was only wearing a pine-green vest, and the veins on his arms were bulging from the exertion. Sweat dripped down his firm chest muscles from his glazed, wheat-colored skin.
Little by little, it slid down his well-defined abs and into his military trousers, disappearing from sight.
Lu Ze looked up when he heard footsteps, his dark eyes meeting hers. "Is there enough firewood?"
Yu Yao looked away and quickly said, "That's enough, let's start a fire."
Before making ginger duck and fried crab, Yu Yao first steamed rice and stone carp, and then made a marinated meat soup. That would make lunch.
"Brother, the recipe for ginger duck and fried crab is actually very simple. It's just a combination of the two recipes for ginger duck and fried crab into a new dish. I'll make it once first, and you can take a look at the steps."
Wu Huaiqing took out a notebook so he could take notes of the important points later.
Ginger duck and fried crab are both dishes from the Minnan cuisine. Fang Qiaoqiao's maternal grandmother's family is from Minnan, and she lived at her grandmother's house for a long time when she was a child, so she really likes to eat ginger duck.
Making this dish for her shows that Wu Huaiqing put a lot of thought into it.
These two dishes are made in very similar ways, and combining them can be considered a lazy approach.
"Brother, the first thing to do to make this dish is to prepare the sauce."
Yu Yao took out the maltose she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, first took two bamboo sticks, and scooped a lump into the maltose.
Maltose is soft, so you need to use another bamboo skewer to stir it constantly when you get it, otherwise it will fall off.
Because of this, maltose got another nice name: Stirred Sugar.
Stir the sugar. (Image included)
Many children love to eat it and will compete with each other using bamboo skewers to see who can stir their candy the most times. It's a very delicious and fun candy.
"Brother, here, this is for you, as a reward for handling the ingredients earlier." Yu Yao gave the first tangy candy to Wu Huaiqing.
Wu Huaiqing was a little surprised and embarrassed. "I'm all grown up now, not a child anymore. Why would I need to eat stir-fried candy?"
Although he said that, the smile on his face was practically beaming.
“We’re big kids, only 200 months old. Big kids get candy for doing good.” Yu Yao stirred another candy for Lu Ze: “Lu Ze, this is a reward for cleaning the kitchen and chopping wood today, and for treating my injuries.”
When the topic of healing injuries came up, Yu Yao blushed slightly.
Wu Huaiqing, eating malt candy, was very sensitive to the word "injury." "Little sister, you're injured? When?"
"It's nothing, everything's ready." Yu Yao didn't want to be too direct, so she just brushed it off. "Eat up some candy, then we'll start cooking."
Lu Ze took the candy, his face still showing that cold and composed expression, but Yu Yao could tell from his relaxed expression that he liked it very much.
She wasn't surprised at all.
She had discovered before that Lu Ze liked to eat sweets.
However, perhaps because he joined the army at a very young age, he rarely showed any interest in anything. He seemed indifferent to everything and had no particular requirements for food, accepting it whether it tasted good or not.
He is highly adaptable, but also unpredictable.
For a while, Yu Yao really couldn't figure out what he liked.
As they spent more time together, Lu Ze became more relaxed around her than usual, and he didn't deliberately hide anything. Naturally, Yu Yao noticed some of his little habits.
She noticed that Lu Ze always carried a few candies in his pocket whenever he went out.
Whenever she makes something sweet, he eats more of it.
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