Shen Shizhong and Chen Wanbai started cooking. She planned to cook a yam feast, and Liu and Tian Guihua helped.
"Xiaobai, what should I do?" Tian Guihua also saw this root-like thing for the first time and didn't know what to do.
Chen Wanbai smiled and said: "We have to wash a lot of yams, which is a bit troublesome."
Liu asked: "Xiao Bai, how do you wash these yams?"
"Mom, you need to peel the yam, but be careful, the juice of the yam will make your hands itchy." Chen Wanbai explained, "We can go under the faucet and peel it while rinsing it."
Liu Shi and Tian Guihua listened and nodded to express their understanding.
"Sister Liu, this faucet of yours is really easy to use." Tian Guihua always praised it every time she used it.
The bamboo faucet is about one and a half inches in diameter. When using it, just pull out the cotton plug at the head of the tube, and a steady stream of clean water will flow out.
"Hey, these are all gadgets made by novices." Although Mrs. Liu said this, she also felt that it was really easy to use.
A large oval wooden basin is placed under the faucet, with a hole in the middle. If you plug a piece of cotton cloth into the basin, water will be stored in it. If you remove the cotton cloth, the water will flow out.
Mrs. Liu loves this object very much. It is extremely convenient to use it for washing vegetables and the like. Take washing vegetables as an example. In the past, we had to laboriously scoop water from the water tank, and the water tank also had to carry water. Now rinse directly under this faucet, easy and fast.
Mrs. Liu deftly pulled out the cotton plug and let the used water flow out of the tub. She smiled and said to Tian Guihua: "Don't be envious. This is only available at the foot of the mountain. In the village, It won’t work.”
The two of them were peeling and cleaning the yams while chatting.
Chen Wanbai was busy preparing vegetables in the kitchen. After the lean meat was cut into thin slices, mixed with salt and starch, and the onions, ginger, and garlic were all properly processed, he walked out of the kitchen to help peel and wash the yams.
Seeing Mrs. Liu peeling the skin with a knife, Chen Wanbai remembered it just now.
No paring knife!
In this era, there was no such product as a paring knife. Peeling was done with a knife.
She decided to go to town to find Old Zhengtou in two days, get some paring knives, and ask Old Zhengtou to introduce some fresh items.
Nowadays, every time she goes to the blacksmith shop, Old Zhengtou will take out a small book, ask her to settle accounts, and give her a sum of money from selling farm tools.
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The three people worked very efficiently. In a short time, a large pot of yams was cleaned.
Tian Guihua scratched her elbow: "I accidentally touched a few, and it was really itchy."
"Aunt Tian, look at it, is it serious?"
Tian Guihua raised her elbow. Fortunately, it was not serious, but there was some redness.
"Fortunately, Aunt Tian, you rinse it with water first, and I'll pour you some vinegar to soak it in." After Chen Wanbai finished speaking, he went to the kitchen to get vinegar.
"Hey, Xiaobai, don't go. Vinegar is a precious thing." Tian Guihua quickly grabbed Chen Wanbai and said, "I'm just a little red. It doesn't matter. Just flush it."
"Okay." Chen Wanbai looked at Tian Guihua and gave up after flushing it for a while.
After peeling the yams, Chen Wanbai cuts them into slices, shreds and blocks, and prepares them for different dishes.
Chen Wanbai first prepared the yam and pork ribs soup. This is time-consuming, so he started first.
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After she blanched the ribs to remove the fishy smell, she put them into a casserole, added water and chopped yam, and stewed them on a small stove aside.
The second step is to stir-fry yam.
She soaked the cut yam slices in water for a while and drained them. Put a little oil in the pot, when it is hot, add the yam slices and stir-fry quickly, add a little salt and chicken essence, stir-fry evenly, then remove from the pot and put it on a plate.
The next dish is vinegar-soaked yam.
Put oil in the pot, when it is hot, add shredded yam and stir-fry, add appropriate amount of vinegar and sugar, continue to stir-fry until the yam becomes soft, sweet and sour, and finally remove it and put it on a plate.
The last dish is fried pork slices with yam.
Put oil in the pot, when it is hot, add the meat slices and stir-fry until it changes color, then add the sliced yam slices, continue to stir-fry, add onion, ginger and garlic to taste, stir-fry evenly and remove from the pot.
By the time the three stir-fried vegetables are done, the soup will be almost ready. She opened the lid, added a little salt, and finally served it.
All the dishes were served on the table. Liu and Tian Guihua sat at the table, their eyes widening.
"Wow, Xiaobai, you are so awesome!" Tian Guihua praised, "These dishes look delicious."
Chen Wanbai smiled and said: "Mom , Aunt Tian, please try it and see if these yam dishes suit your taste."
Tian Guihua picked up a piece of fried yam and put it into her mouth, her eyes immediately lit up: "This yam is really good. It's delicious, crunchy, and has a hint of sweetness."
Liu also picked up a chopstick of vinegar-soaked yam, and after taking a bite, he praised it: "It's sour and sweet, and the texture is very good. Good, no smell of tree roots at all."
"The fried yam slices are also good," Tian Guihua continued, "the meat slices are tender and the yam is crisp, which goes well together."
Mrs. Liu took a sip of the yam and pork ribs soup and sighed with satisfaction: "This soup is so delicious. The pork ribs and yam are stewed until soft and tender, and the flavor is rich."
The two of them talked about each other, tasting and praising every dish, and they were full of praise for Chen Wanbai's cooking skills.
Tian Guihua said with emotion: "Xiao Bai, your skills are getting better and better. This is the first time I have seen so many tricks made from yam."
" Mom, Aunt Tian, we can also make some pastries with yam and sell them at the market and in the town."
Chen Wanbai remembered a few pastries made with yam. What kind of jujube yam cake, yam and red bean rolls, sweet potato yam cake, purple sweet potato yam cake, pumpkin yam cake...
Except for purple sweet potato, which I have never seen before, the rest of the ingredients are available. The colors of these pastries Also very beautiful. She thought that if she sold it, there would be a good market, especially in places like teahouses and restaurants.
Mrs. Liu asked in surprise: "What kind of pastry can this yam be made into?"
Chen Wanbai then named a few relatively simple pastries and roughly how to make them.
Tian Guihua's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said excitedly: "These pastries sound very delicious just from the sound of them."
Liu was impressed by the fact that they could be sold for money. Attracted, he asked: "Will it be troublesome to make this? How much does it cost?"
Chen Wanbai just said a few words, first steaming, then pounding, then pressing, adding sugar and powder, It doesn't sound like it's very simple.
Tian Guihua disagreed: "It's okay. Let's go to the mountains tomorrow to dig up the yam. If we do it once, we will know whether it is difficult or not."
Chen Wanbai smiled Said: "Mom, Aunt Tian, we can't do anything tomorrow."
Both of them looked at her and asked in unison: "Why?"