Chapter 253 Wheat Ear Colored Dumplings
The twenty-third day of the twelfth lunar month is also known as the Little New Year.
On this day, it is necessary to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God, which is one of the most important customs of the Little New Year. It is to send the Kitchen God to heaven to report the good and evil deeds of the family to the Jade Emperor.
Early in the morning, He and her aunts cleaned up the kitchen, and pasted a picture of the Kitchen God on a corner of the stove. They also placed candies, sugar melons and other offerings, hoping that the Kitchen God would "do good things from heaven and bring blessings back to the palace."
Xu Qingmeng lived alone in her previous life and seldom celebrated festivals. However, as a food blogger, she is very familiar with the customs of various places. On the day of Little New Year, people from other places have to eat dumplings.
Xu Qingmeng had seen a post in his previous life that said that in the north, people eat dumplings during every festival.
Although the city is not the northernmost, but in the original body's memory, the tradition here is also to eat dumplings.
"Sister-in-law, I want to eat meat." Yun Sheng looked at Xu Qingmeng and said.
He looked at her and said with a smile: "When have you ever made anything other than meat? Have you ever made anything vegetarian?"
"But you always wrap the meat with leeks, and I want to eat pure meat." Yun Sheng said with a pout.
He looked at her and patted her on the head, "Why? I'm the one doing the hard work. Is there any problem with me making what I like to eat?"
Xu Qingmeng didn't have any preference for this thing, and then asked Gu Yunyi and Xinting. Gu Yunyi was also a carnivore and preferred pure meat. Xinting didn't care and thought it was all fine.
However, Mr. Shen was also with them during the New Year, so Xu Qingmeng asked Gu Yunyi again: "Where is Mr. Shen? Where is he from? What kind of dumplings do you usually eat?"
Gu Yunyi thought about it, and then said: "I really don't know about this, but I heard from you before that your hometown is in the east of the capital. How about I go and ask now?"
Xu Qingmeng rolled his eyes at him. Is that true? She has no idea what to do with her husband.
He said, "Go and ask. After all, this is the first time that Master will celebrate the Little New Year with us, right?"
"Well, if that doesn't work, we can just prepare a few more kinds of fillings." Xu Qingmeng said.
Then Gu Yunyi went to Elm Street.
It's a rare day of leisure today, and it won't be that busy later, so I can have a good rest. Yun Sheng and Yun Mo have been complaining recently, saying that they haven't been fed by their sister-in-law for a long time.
Considering that the two little guys have been very well behaved recently, Xu Qingmeng thought of making some different dumplings for them.
Xu Qingmeng used spinach juice to make a bowl of noodles and also mixed some ordinary noodles. In addition to these two kinds, she also used red yeast rice powder to make red dough.
The filling was prepared first, which was He’s favorite leek and pork.
Just as they were ready, Gu Yunyi came back, along with Mr. Shen, holding two pieces of meat, one was mutton and the other was beef.
"Someone was selling them at the door this morning. They looked very fresh. It's almost Chinese New Year, and I thought you could make them, so I bought a little more of each."
Xu Qingmeng looked at the meat in Gu Yunyi's hand. It was indeed quite fresh, and there was indeed a lot of it.
"The mutton and beef are both very fresh. How do you like to eat them?" Xu Qingmeng asked.
"It's all right. I really don't know much about food. You have good cooking skills, so whatever you cook will be good."
"Okay, we can each take a portion and make dumplings with mutton and beef fillings. The rest can be cut up and used for hot pot in the evening. I think you haven't had it yet, sir. It's a good opportunity to have a couple of drinks with Yun Yi to warm you up."
The closer it gets to the New Year, the colder the weather becomes. Although it doesn't snow anymore, there will be white mist as long as you breathe out.
Mr. Shen was indeed quite interested in hot pot, but he had never eaten it since he came to the capital, so of course he was too embarrassed to say it, so he nodded and said, "Okay!"
"Madam, do we have any radishes at home?" Gu Yunyi asked.
radish?
Then he glanced at Mr. Shen and said, “Sir, do you like dumplings stuffed with radish?”
Mr. Shen thought about it, then shook his head: “I haven’t eaten it for many years, and I can’t remember what it tastes like.”
Xu Qingmeng also understood that it didn’t matter whether it tasted good or not, it was just that Mr. Shen missed home!
Radishes are not precious, so we always have some in stock at home. Besides, everyone loves pickles, so radishes are naturally indispensable.
Soon, Xu Qingmeng arranged the ones stuffed with radish as well.
There are four kinds of fillings in total. Xu Qingmeng is responsible for the fillings, while Xinting and three cooks are responsible for wrapping them.
Xinting is dexterous and quick with her hands. Xu Qingmeng taught her how to make wheat ear dumplings, and Xinting learned it after watching it once.
He's hands were a bit clumsy, but fortunately it was still able to take shape, just not as pretty.
Yun Sheng watched from the side and asked, "Mom, this is too ugly. Can I choose not to eat it later?"
"Humph, even if you want to eat, you still have to see if I want to give it to you. You little bastard, you're even looking down on your mother."
"Second brother, you can be my witness. Mom just said that she doesn't want to give me any food! I have to count them carefully later."
"Hey, I think you're just looking for a fight."
Everyone was laughing and it was quite lively. After a while, Fang Ziheng came towards the kitchen holding little Yuanbao, with Hui Niang following behind him.
"Oh, you have packed everything. That means I will be late for carrying the things." Hui Niang said with a smile.
She casually placed the venison on the chopping board and said, "I don't know where Ziheng got the venison from, but we haven't eaten it before. My mother thought that today is the Little New Year, so she used it to make dumplings, and then cut half of it and brought it to you."
Xu Qingmeng had never eaten venison. After all, in modern times, deer are national protected animals, not to mention being used to make dumplings.
However, the venison that Hui Niang brought was very fresh. Although Xu Qingmeng had never eaten or cooked it before, he thought it should be almost the same. First soak it in blood water, then chop it up and mix it into stuffing.
He was embarrassed to receive such a large piece of venison, and said quickly: "We have several kinds of fillings today, and Mr. Shen also brought mutton and beef. You can try them when they are cooked. Meng Niang also made different dumpling wrappers. Xiao Yuanbao will definitely like them."
Xu Qingmeng saw He's embarrassment, so she said to Hui Niang, "Today is the Little New Year. Invite your aunt and uncle to come over to eat hot pot. It's winter, so warm up a pot of wine and eat it warmly."
"In that case, we won't cook dinner tonight!" Hui Niang was so happy when she heard that she could come to Gu's house for dinner. She then moved a stool and sat next to them to talk to them. Xiao Yuanbao and Yun Sheng went out to play, while Fang Ziheng went to talk to Gu Yunyi and Mr. Shen.
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