Chapter 238 How can it be boring
Kimchi is a magical treasure.
Every household in Shu basically has several jars of kimchi, usually sauerkraut and kimchi;
For example, Zhou Zhi’s family usually has jars of tempeh and red tofu. My son, I would occasionally make some at home, or my aunt would send me some candied garlic and candied garlic; my grandma would make dried radish from white radish strips, and also make dried carrots and dried cucumbers from coir raincoat carrots and coir raincoat cucumbers.
It’s so delicious.
Zhou Zhi's old pickled cabbage is older than Zhou Zhi. She is the mother and son of the pickled cabbage from her aunt when her father was living independently. The kimchi she makes is highly praised.
But the mysterious thing is that Zhang Xinyi’s mother and son were also picked up from Zhou Zhi’s house, and then, uh, they had to be picked up basically once a year...
Because of the last time , useless again...
This is amazing, the same formula just can’t produce the same taste.
Although Zhou Zhi strictly controlled everything from the jar to the chopsticks, for some reason, Zhang Xinyi’s kimchi just couldn’t be soaked well.
Blossoms, vat smell, muddyness, over-acidity... all kinds of moths emerge in endlessly.
Soak the peppers, and the peppers will become hollow into a thin layer; soak the ginger, and the ginger will soften into a puddle of mud.
Zhou Zhi was very suspicious that Sister Zhao did not strictly follow the instructions she and her father had given her. However, Sister Zhao always swore that there was no problem, just as you said.
Zhou Zhi didn’t get the evidence, so Zhou Zhi couldn’t get rid of it.
This year’s solution is to change the big can to a small one, get it directly from Zhou Zhi’s house, and then take it after eating.
Zhou Zhi looked at the small jar on the counter. Mrs. Zhao also had her own stubbornness and insisted on continuing to try.
Why bother? It's totally unnecessary. I wouldn't dare eat it anyway, right? Zhou Zhi complained silently in his heart.
“No, there’s still a bunch of rice dumplings here. It’s just right to leave some space for refreshments in the study salon in the afternoon.” Zhou Zhi began to quietly change the topic.
"That's it..." Zhang Qingping thought for a while: "Actually, the festival is coming soon, let's relax a little..."
"Dad." Zhang Xinyi looked at his father, The voice was calm and decisive.
"Well, let's not talk anymore." Zhang Qingping quickly stopped: "Then there's no need to come back for dinner tonight, right?"
"Yes." Zhou Zhi nodded: "Eat meat porridge tonight to make up for it. ”
“Then we’ll go back after eating. Come on." Mrs. Zhao nodded, and then used Zhou Zhi's mother to praise Feng Xueshan: "The elbow is the most capable!"
After dinner, Zhou Zhi took the rice cooker, Zhang Xinyi and Jiang Shuyi, and followed Everyone said goodbye and returned to the dormitory of the Sugar and Wine Company.
If you want to go to the capital of Shu, giving gifts is a small matter, but handing in homework is a big deal.
In addition to the second edition of "Jiachuan Dialect Exegesis" to be delivered to Dean Gu, there is also another book that I have just compiled with my fourth cousin, "The Origin of Food in the Jiachuan Area - On the Exchange between Xiaohebang Cuisine and Xiahebang Cuisine" Fusion".
Zhou Zhi also didn’t know if Professor Gu from Shu University would think that he was not doing his job properly and whether his new work would suit their taste.
After all, they are philologists, far more specialized than the so-called "cultural scholars".
Professors Gu also have extensive research, such as Gu Youwen on Tang Sancai and Song porcelain; Gu Zhenduo on calligraphy, painting and calligraphy; and Gu Kailai on famous modern painters and calligraphers. But it seems that when it comes to diet, these three are all a little bit... whatever.
Zhou Zhi's book is ultimately a cookbook, a recipe for traditional Sichuan cuisine. But what is different from other cookbooks is that it not only introduces the cooking methods of Sichuan cuisine, but also uses a considerable amount of space to record the recipes related to this dish. The story and genre are not simple expository texts, but expressions close to prose.
For example, when introducing "Sauerkraut, Bitter Bamboo Shoots and Pork Sliced Soup", it will be mentioned that Huang Tingjian is fond of bitter bamboo shoots, and he also wrote an "Ode to Bitter Bamboo Shoots" and publicized it among his friends.
This calligraphy article is now in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei.
For example, when introducing "cold pot fish", it will be written that when Su Dongpo was passing through Yuzhou, an old friend asked him to move the boat to cook the fish. Even many years later, Su Dongpo still praised the pot of fish. He kept talking and wrote it down in his own notes.
That pot of fish came from a boatman, just like the hot pot came from a boatman. Maybe it is the common ancestor of cold pot fish and hot pot.
For another example, when writing about "Dengying Beef", it was written that killing cattle was taboo in ancient times, but why is this practice so popular in the Salt City?
The reason is the salt mine. Extracting the brine requires a lot of animal power. Therefore, this place has a lot of salt, cattle, and long-distance business travel. Naturally, a series of delicious, durable and easy-to-carry dishes have been developed. —Dengying Beef, Huobianzi Beef, Cold Rabbit, etc.
Although the title of the book is in the style of an essay, the content is actually a "series of essays on food". Such articles can at least be read with gusto by Zhang Xinyi and Jiang Shuyi.
In fact, there is also a big book "Traditional Skills of the Jiachuan Area", but it is just a prototype and not a book, so there is no need to take it with you when the time comes.
Bringing two people here today is to ask them to review their manuscripts again.
Now is the most comfortable time in the reading salon, because many orchids begin to bloom at this time.
The fragrance of orchids in the small patio spread to the living room. The two women were leaning on each other and reclining on the sofa. A pot of Xiaotuo tea was warmed by a small charcoal stove on the coffee table outside the sofa. They were covered with a There is a thin blanket with a plate of salt-and-pepper crispy rice crispy rice on it, and the pages of Zhou Zhi’s exquisite handwriting are actually a rare treat in winter.
Zhou Zhi was editing the last part of "Exegesis of Dialects" in his study.
In the eyes of most people, the days of sitting on the bench must be boring and boring, but Zhou Zhi does not think so.
A spiritual person, even if there is only one dead leaf left in his world, he can still give that dead leaf spiritual intention and make it full of life and interest.
The richness of life does not depend on how many places you go or how many books you read. It's the places you go that remain in your heart to some extent; the words you read become your insights.
When you look at the moss marks on the wall and feel the fragrance of flowers in the air, they may be magically related to a small thing that accumulated in your spiritual world on a certain day in the past. The earth fits together and becomes the nutrients that nourish your soul.
Zhou Zhi kept a few old green bricks in the corner of the patio, near the drain. Thick, green moss accumulated on the green bricks.
Moss is the most despicable thing, but it brought a touch of bright green to this small patio that was even more tender than orchid leaves. It suddenly turned the darkest place in the small patio into Got something to look at.
This is fun.
The small patio now has an orchid wall, rockery, calamus, saxifrage and moss on the rockery, and betta fish and black-tailed shrimps are also raised in the earthen jars underneath.
Wild bettas will eat black-tailed shrimps, so when the black-tailed shrimps are reduced to a certain extent, they need to be collected from the wild and replenished in a timely manner.
As long as there is enough food and information, Zhou Zhi can always stay in such an environment, read, practice calligraphy, study, appreciate and collect, occasionally do stretching exercises, cook delicious food, and cook flowers, plants, fish and insects, in short, you can Find countless things for yourself to do to enrich yourself.
How can it be boring? !
(End of this chapter)