Chapter 105 Salted Duck
"Sister Xia didn't sleep well last night?"
"Somehow, I woke up several times last night." Xia Mingyue yawned as she spoke.
"Then let me boil some hot water for Sister Xia. It will make you feel more comfortable when washing." As Jiang Zhuguo spoke, he scooped the water into the big pot with a water ladle.
Apply hot water to your face and your fatigue will disappear.
"Okay." Xia Mingyue agreed with a smile.
After working for a while, He Shunzi arrived at the usual time to pick up the ice powder.
"Dexinyuan said that there is no need to take this ice powder tomorrow." He Shunzi said with a smile, "Maybe it is getting a little cooler today, so I will no longer eat this summer-relieving thing. ."
"It should be so." Xia Mingyue nodded.
There are still a lot of fake physalis seeds left, so you can put them away and save them for next year.
During this time, Dexinyuan also made a lot of money from this ice powder, and Xia Mingyue was very satisfied at this time.
“I have inquired about the bamboo sticks that Madam Xia mentioned last time. They can be made and the price is not expensive. If calculated as a bundle of one hundred sticks, a bundle only costs ten cents. ." He Shunzi said.
"So cheap?" Xia Mingyue didn't expect it to be this price.
“Bamboo costs no money and is easy to work with. The bamboo strip maker in the village changed the knife he used to cut bamboo strips. He fixed the two blades on the shelf and chopped the thin bamboo slices from there. Just go through the seam twice and a bamboo stick will be fine. If you sit there Work hard, the whole family is here to help, why can’t you get a few hundred pieces a day?”
One hundred pieces is ten cents, and five hundred pieces is fifty cents. If the amount can be fixed, the whole family can’t do it. You can earn more than one tael of silver a month, but why should you go crazy?
He Shunzi smiled and said, "This price is not much for Madam Xia. If we can fix it for a long time, it will probably be cheaper. I will try to get Madam Xia to pay seven cents per bundle."
"Yes." Xia Mingyue nodded, "But I haven't said the exact amount yet. I'll let you know when it's determined, and then you can help me order the bamboo sticks."
" Okay." He Shunzi agreed, and then asked tentatively, "It's August now. Can Madam Xia make some moon cakes that are so delicious? , maybe mooncakes are also allowed?
If these mooncakes were delivered to Dexin Garden...
Maybe you can make a fortune again!
“We’ll see when the time comes, I haven’t made any plans yet.” Just some friends."
"Leave some for Brother He when the time comes," Xia Mingyue added.
This is what I am waiting for.
He Shunzi's eyes lit up, and then he responded with a smile, "Then I'm just waiting to eat the mooncakes made by Madam Xia."
Definitely a delicious mooncake.
Xia Mingyue responded repeatedly, packed the ice powder, and sent He Shunzi out.
Here, Jiang Zhuguo has already prepared breakfast.
Poached eggs, cold cucumber and yuba, yeast pancakes, and rice cereal sticks, it tastes light and delicious.
When Xia Mingyue peeled off the egg shell, she found that she was holding a double yolk egg.
"Sister Xia is lucky." Jiang Zhuguo pursed his lips and smiled, "These are eggs laid by the chickens at home. I picked them up and cooked them in the morning. While I was cooking them, I wondered why the eggs were so big. It turned out to be a double egg. Yellow eggs. ”
Double yolk eggs are uncommon and considered a good sign.
"Then I hope I can have good luck today." Xia Mingyue narrowed her eyes with a smile and looked at the corner of the yard. Eating the egg reminded her that she had not eaten the live chicken and duck that He Shunzi had given her earlier.
I have never thought of this incident, and these two living creatures are very obedient under Wu Jin's management. They never run around in the yard and only move around Wu Jin's nest, even at night. Just sleep there.
Such silence made Xia Mingyue ignore the existence of these two living creatures.
But now that I think about it...
That’s embarrassing!
After Xia Mingyue had breakfast and helped prepare some ingredients, she and Jiang Zhuguo caught the ducks.
Slaughter, pluck and clean.
Then mix it with onions, cloves, bay leaves, Sichuan peppercorns, ginger slices, cinnamon and other seasonings, fry until the salt grains turn yellow, and smear all the salt grains on the duck.
Apply a thick layer from the inside out, stuff all the seasonings into the duck's belly, wrap the duck tightly with oil paper, and drop it in a well to refrigerate.
It takes a full day and night to marinate duck.
When it was almost noon on the second day, Xia Mingyue fished the duck out again and rinsed off the salt grains and various seasonings.
At this time, the duck has been marinated for a sufficient period of time, and the skin and meat have become very firm, and the color has become whiter and more tender.
Next, the duck needs to be cooked.
When cooking duck, the heat must be accurately controlled. The water in the pot needs to be boiling but not boiling to ensure that the duck is tender and delicious.
In the modern era, there are various advanced kitchen utensils that can accurately control temperature and heat, but for the conditions at this time, there are only firewood pots...
Xia Mingyue thought for a while, and first Fill the pot with water, put a small iron plate in the water, and put a casserole for stewing on the iron plate. Finally, put the whole duck in the casserole and pour in the water that submerged the duck.
This method of stewing in water can ensure that the duck is in a rolling state but not rolling, and the overall freshness of the duck meat is preserved to the greatest extent.
The final result also confirmed Xia Mingyue's approach.
After being completely cooled, cut the salted duck into pieces and put it on the table. After picking up a piece, the unique delicious taste of the duck immediately spreads in your mouth...
The taste is light. It's delicious, but not boring. The salty aroma fully brings out the deliciousness of the duck meat. There is no need to dip it in the seasonings on the side. Just eat it directly and it is extremely delicious.
The age of the duck is very suitable, and the stew method ensures the tenderness of the duck meat, which elevates the deliciousness of the entire salted duck to a new level.
This is the first time Xia Mingyue has eaten duck meat since arriving here, and it is the salted duck she liked to eat very much in her previous life. It can be said that she is devouring it now and cannot stop at all.
The water used to stew the duck had already turned into a pot of old duck soup. Xia Mingyue did not waste it and used it to boil some vegetables and eat them with the salted duck.
Mixed with meat and vegetables, double the deliciousness.
Xia Mingyue was very satisfied with her meal, and Jiang Zhuguo was also full of praise.
Mr. Lu was even more speechless, "I used to think that duck meat is old and tastes like firewood sticks. It doesn't taste good no matter how you eat it. People here can eat chicken but not duck meat." , I never thought this duck meat would be so delicious.”
I can’t get enough of it!
Precisely because she didn't eat enough salted duck in this meal, Lu was still thinking about it after the meal. She simply bought another fat and thin duck while going to the street to buy all the ingredients needed for Xia Ji Food Stall. The duck is back.
(End of this chapter)