Chapter 404: Gastrodia stewed pigeon
Mother Guan worked in a food company and then a theater troupe. Her cooking skills are recognized as a master in the dormitory of the sugar and wine company. Even the mother who refuses to accept this must admit it. .
When he saw Zhou Zhiguan’s mother, he said angrily: “It sounds like it’s a holiday, but in the end, no one is seen during this holiday, but it’s a rare visitor.”
After speaking, he smiled at Jiang Shuyi: "The good girl has been here a few times and asked Tingting to listen to the tape and watch the video."
Jiang Shuyi nodded and smiled at Guan's mother: "Hello, aunt, I have caused you trouble."
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"Shu Yi means being good." Mother Guan said: "There's still a while, I'm going to work, you guys figure out how to play. Why is there still vegetables on the elbow?"
Zhou Zhi put the black bean fish on the table: "It seems that this method is rare in Jiachuan. Let Auntie try it."
Guan Tingting nodded as if Maoshuan: "This is delicious! Brother Zhuzi and I specially asked for it!"
"Brother Zhuzi will spoil you!" Guan's mother smiled and said: "Go!"
Zhou Zhi thought for a while: "How about we go to the rooftop and clean up the pigeon house."
The rooftop is actually a good place. In the past, several people who liked to grow flowers and vegetables all set up a small piece of land on the roof of the building.
Jiachuan is not cold even in winter, the grape leaves have fallen off, and after the vine crops have been cleaned up, the entire roof has better light.
In the small vegetable garden surrounded by bricks and stones, the nutritious humus soil nourishes vegetables, cabbage, radish, garlic sprouts, chives, coriander... and creates a prosperous scene.
Yang He made a wooden ladder under the cement platform to go up to the pigeon building. The tenons of the wooden ladder are stuck in the small flower window of the brick hole, which is very strong.
The space under the wooden ladder has also been turned into a tool room, which contains various agricultural and carpentry tools that can be shared by everyone.
Because of the problem of pigeon droppings, the place where the laundry table used to be was demolished, and the masonry and cement boards became the support wall on one side of the wooden ladder in the tool room.
The space left is just right to place a thick wooden board as a bench, with an awning propped up on it, where you can sit and watch the small vegetable garden.
If it’s summer, the entire rooftop is covered by green leaves of all sizes, with grapes, loofahs, cucumbers and other fruits hanging down, which is actually very beautiful.
Arrived at the top of the building, Jiang Shuyi stood below, Guan Tingting stood in the middle, Zhou Zhi climbed to the pigeon house, opened the door, asked the people below to hand over a dustpan and broom, and began to clean up the pigeon droppings.
The cells inside are filled with pigeon nests, which are similar to fixed drawer cells. Many pigeons are hatching eggs and nesting in the nests.
There were also a group of about ten fat pigeons on the ground. As soon as Zhou Zhi came in, they flopped onto the shed outside, cooing to express their dissatisfaction.
There were also a few vegetable pigeons leaving eggs in their nests in the drawers a few floors down. Zhou Zhi took these away after cleaning them.
After cleaning, we need to check, add straw to some littered nests, and check the feed troughs and water troughs.
The pigeons here are all nominally Guan Tingting’s, but several pigeons were obtained by Zhou Zhisi’s cousin from the pigeon association. They are of good breed, and Zhou Zhi still strictly controls the pedigree.
It is to keep two better breeds together for breeding when the pigeons are in estrus, and try to get better offspring.
However, Guan Tingting's pigeons were previously bred, and now the pigeon shed has introduced vegetable pigeons to Guan's mother. Zhou Zhi's pigeon breeding business can basically be declared dead like the fish farming business.
The ambition to fly my own pigeons in Yumenguan has now turned into a daily practice of sweeping dung, feeding them, and watching them circle freely in the sky above Jiachuan.
It sounds simple, but in fact it is a lot of work. The most important thing is to check the roof and whether there are any traces of mice on the feet of the house.
Coming out of the pigeon house, in addition to tools, Zhou Zhi also had a straw nest. There were six or seven pigeon eggs in the straw nest: "This pigeon lays eggs like a hen." Jiang Shu Yi was already sitting on the bench reading a book. When he saw some movement here, he took off the headset of the radio player and said: "This rooftop vegetable garden is so comfortable. There is no such thing in the dormitory of the Agricultural Machinery Bureau."
"That's right." Zhou Zhi felt amused: "What you are playing in is the vegetable field. You can plant in the wasteland around the Agricultural Machinery Bureau. Of course you can't look at the roof of the building."
"Why didn't I know? "Jiang Shuyi was a little surprised.
"You, you are deaf to what is happening outside the window." Zhou Zhi said: "Lao Yin in your reception office has planted a circle around it. The pumpkins and winter melons I moved to your house twice were planted by Lao Yin. Yeah, you’ve eaten it and you still don’t know. "
"Really? Those pumpkins and winter melons were given by Grandpa Yin?"
"Otherwise?" Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "Do you think it's ridiculous for me to bring a winter melon to your house?"
Jiang Shuyi's face turned red all of a sudden: "You started talking nonsense again."
Zhou Zhi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly felt so wronged. He really didn't mean to make fun of her just now, and he gave this girl a misunderstanding.
However, it’s hard to explain, but fortunately Mama Guan’s shout rang out from downstairs: “Elbow Shuyi, and Tingting, come down!”
There is a saying that Gastrodia stew is Squab and stewed chicken theoretically leave only the meat but not the bones. Why? Because if bones are included, the medicinal effect will penetrate into the bones of chickens and pigeons, and the human body cannot absorb it.
However, Zhou Zhi thinks that is nonsense. As the saying goes, anyone who talks about efficacy without regard to dose is a hooligan.
Guan Mama had enough Gastrodia elata, and it was fresh. She cut it into thin slices and steamed it with pieces of pigeon meat. The soup in the stew pot was clear and bright. The sweetness of Gastrodia elata and the fragrance of pigeon complemented each other.
There are two pigeon eggs in each stew pot, which is Guan’s mother’s ingenuity.
Usually, the pigeon and gastrodia stew is made in two cups. Guan’s mother must not have expected Jiang Shuyi’s arrival, but this is not a problem for her. The ingredients are sufficient originally, but now it is a little bit more evenly divided into three cups. I just added two pigeon eggs to each cup.
"How is Shuyi?" Zhou Zhi asked while taking a spoon and eating from his own cup: "This is Guan Ma's specialty. I don't know how to choose Gastrodia elata."
Gastrodia elata can easily become sour and even smell like urine, but there is no such problem with really fresh or well-prepared gastrodia elata.
However, the problem arises, how to distinguish good and bad Gastrodia elata based on appearance alone is another science.
"It's delicious." Jiang Shuyi nodded, and then said to Guan Ma, who was still busy cleaning up the pots and spoons, and occasionally looking at the three children eating the stew pot: "Thank you, Auntie."
"Thank you. I'd like to come again next time." Guan Ma said with a smile: " You guys hurry up and eat, this is just an appetizer. I'm going to make the loach after I finish it. The soy bean paste and pickled peppers are a bit spicy. I'm afraid that the stew won't taste good to you, so I don't dare to make the stew first."
Guan Ma started cooking, and Guan Tingting invited Jiang Shuyi to play in her room.
Guan Tingting's room is exactly what the most fashionable little girl in the county should look like in this era.
The two kings - Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok - were posted on the wall. Poor Jacky Cheung, although he was the best singer, was ruthlessly suppressed by Guan Tingting, who was studying vocal music, because of his appearance and was not allowed to go on the wall.
Li Ming is actually pretty good, but in Guan Tingting's eyes it's a bit "rustic" and she doesn't like it either.
The fate of female stars here is even more difficult. They can be said to be the iron-clad two-day king and the most popular female stars.
What is posted on the wall now is Meng Tingwei, who has just released his famous solo album "Look at the Face of the Moon".
(End of this chapter)