Chapter 21 Pickles
The three of them put the meat back into the house, washed the jar of sauce and hung it up to dry, then went to buy vegetables.
He first went to Uncle Yangzi's house next door and saw that he had a flatbed truck, so Xie Chen borrowed the truck as well.
The three of them spent two dollars to buy two hundred kilograms of cabbage at Uncle Yangzi's house, and also bought a lot of onions and garlic.
After returning to the Youth League Home, Shi Luo moved his own 70 kilograms directly into the house, and also moved 10 kilograms of onions and 10 kilograms of garlic.
Afterwards, they went to the team leader's house and spent two dollars to buy two hundred kilograms of radishes. Seeing that the team leader's house also had a lot of onions and garlic, the three of them were afraid that there would not be enough at home, so they bought some more.
When he returned to the Youth League Home again, Shi Luo carried his own 60 kilograms of radishes into the house, as well as 5 kilograms of onions and 5 kilograms of garlic.
Finally, they put the clean jars on the flatbed truck and went to Uncle Zhou's house. They spent two yuan to buy two hundred kilograms of mustard greens, and spent another ninety cents to buy thirty kilograms of soybean paste. Then the three of them returned to the Youth League Home.
Shi Luo carried his sixty kilograms of mustard greens and soybean paste into the house, and when he came out he returned two dollars and fifty cents and his receipt to Xie Chen.
When they bought the things just now, it was Xie Chen who paid the bills. The three of them agreed that after the purchase was completed, they would return the money they were supposed to pay to Xie Chen.
After Li Zhe gave the money to Xie Chen, he took a few candies and went to return the car. After all, you have to give something in return if you use someone else's things.
After Li Zhe came back, he started to take Xie Chen and Shi Luo to cut the cabbage to be pickled tomorrow.
Three people cut the cabbage into two, then spread coarse salt on each layer of cabbage leaves and put them in a basin to kill the water.
After the three of them had finished their busy work, it was already dark, so they decided to go back to their rooms to eat.
Before returning to the house, Li Zhe told Shi Luo to make a few more pots of boiling water, let them cool, and then wash the other vegetables to be used tomorrow so that they can be dried up when used tomorrow.
Shi Luo was too lazy to cook, so he ate a chicken chop meal from the space and rested for a while.
I put all the vegetables I would use tomorrow into the space, used my consciousness to control them to wash and dry them, and then took them out and put them in a clean bag before I finished.
Shi Luo went into the space and took a bath to relieve his fatigue before going to bed.
The next morning after breakfast, Li Zhe started clamoring to pickle vegetables quickly.
The three of them moved the vegetables to be pickled and the things they needed into the yard.
Shi Luo planned to pickle 25 kilograms of sauerkraut, 15 kilograms of spicy cabbage, 10 kilograms of spicy radish, 10 kilograms of pickled radish, and 25 kilograms of mustard greens.
Xie Chen and Li Zhe were eating for two people, so they pickled more food than Shi Luo.
Yesterday, several people washed and dried the jars and vegetables, so they can be used directly today.
Shi Luo prepared to use the two largest jars to pickle sauerkraut and mustard greens.
Li Zhe said while operating,
"It's actually very simple. Just put a layer of mustard greens on top, sprinkle some salt on top, pour in some cooled boiled water, a little bit of white wine, and finally pour water over the lid of the jar and seal it."
While sorting mustard greens, Shi Luo asked, "What's the ratio of salt to vegetables?"
"Ten pounds of dumplings, add one pound and eight ounces of salt. That way they won't be too salty."
Shi Luo estimated the proportions and finished arranging the mustard greens in a short while. He carried the jar full of mustard greens into the house, put it in the corner, poured in boiled water, covered it with a lid, and hurried out.
After helping Li Zhe and Xie Chen pickle the mustard greens, the three of them started pickling sauerkraut.
Li Zhe: "This pickled cabbage is the same as the mustard cabbage. It's still a layer of vegetables and a layer of salt. Use less salt. After arranging, pour boiled water on it and press it with the cleaned stones we found a few days ago."
After three people worked for about ten minutes, the sauerkraut was pickled.
"Is water radish the same as pickled mustard greens?" Shi Luo now felt that everything could be pickled in the same way.
Li Zhe shook his head. "No, pickled radish is even simpler. Put all the radishes in the pot, add boiled water until the radishes are covered, then add a few red peppers, salt, rock sugar, a little white wine, and finally add water to seal the lid."
Shi Luo felt that he had become numb. Now he was just a tool to cook and sprinkle salt on the dishes.
Shi Luo carried the jar of radishes into the house and placed it next to the jar of sauerkraut. He added water and sealed the lid before going out to continue pickling kimchi.
"Shi Luo, you can put the spicy radish and spicy cabbage in the same jar. If you have less pickled vegetables, you can put them in one jar. The ingredients for these two jars are the same anyway."
Li Zhe suggested as he looked at the 25 kilograms of radishes and cabbages in front of Shi Luo.
"No, the jars I bought are enough. It's convenient to pick up the food when eating separately. By the way, how do I prepare the ingredients for the kimchi?" Shi Luo didn't want to seek temporary comfort and then have to search the jar for radishes when it was time to eat.
Li Zhe: "We'll talk about that later. Now let's cut the radish into four, but don't cut it off. If it's still connected, apply coarse salt on it to kill the moisture.
This way, once we have the kimchi ingredients ready, we can pickle the radish directly."
"It's so troublesome." Although he said so, Shi Luo still obediently cut radishes with Xie Chen.
After the three of them cut the radishes and sprinkled salt on them, Li Zhe began to teach them how to prepare the ingredients.
"Xie Chen, you shred the apples, Shi Luo, you shred the pears. We don't have many of these, so just add two to enhance the flavor. After you're done, join me in mincing the garlic, ginger, and scallions."
After the three of them finished chopping, Li Zhe said, "Wash the cabbage and radish twice with boiled water and squeeze out the water from the cabbage. I'll go in and mix the batter."
Li Zhe took out the prepared batter and poured the food that the three of them had cut into the batter, and then poured in his and Xie Chen's share of coarse and fine chili powder and Shi Luo's share. Finally, he added appropriate amounts of sugar and salt, stirred them evenly, and the seasoning was ready.
After preparing the seasoning, I saw that the two people had almost washed the cabbage and radish and said, "For spicy cabbage, just spread the paste I prepared on the cabbage leaves, spreading it evenly layer by layer. For spicy radish, just mix the seasoning and radish evenly together."
Shi Luo first mixed the radish and seasonings evenly and put them into the jar. After putting the jar into the house, he came out and spread the cabbage with Xie Chen and Li Zhe.
After Shi Luo finished cooking the cabbage, he put the jar and other odds and ends into the house.
I was originally planning to come out to help Xie Chen and the others.
But after coming out and seeing that Xie Chen and the other two had almost finished, Shi Luo decided not to continue.
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