Chapter 170 Barbeque with milk tea
After the mutton was cut and marinated in the afternoon, the work of threading the skewers was left to Su Ying and the others.
Zhang An started cleaning the jelly grass at about two o'clock in the afternoon and has been cleaning it until now. It is almost five o'clock.
It took about two hours to make, mainly because it takes more time to cook.
Zhang An came out and wanted to light the fire in the grill, but his father had already taken a step ahead and lit the fire in the grill.
Dad is now putting charcoal inside, waiting until the charcoal is ignited by the fire.
You can't bake it yet, you have to wait until it's more vigorous.
"Sister-in-law, I brought rice krispies for you to eat."
Zhang Yan, a little girl, ran in with a bag in her hands, followed by Zhang Tie and Zhang Xing .
When Zhang An cooks barbecue at home, he will definitely call his younger brothers and sisters.
So Zhang An went to his house at noon to call his younger brothers and sisters.
A few uncles and aunts didn’t come, saying that they just wanted to let the young people lively and lively, and they adults would not join in the fun.
When he first arrived yesterday, Yanzi called Su Ying sister-in-law, and Su Ying was still a little shy.
But Yanzi didn’t call her sister, and kept calling her sister-in-law.
After Yanzi shouted a few more times, Su Ying got used to it, and it became natural to respond now.
Seeing the little girl coming, I pulled her into my arms to talk.
The bag the little girl is holding contains rice popsicles fried with rice.
It's still hot to the touch, probably not long after it was fried.
"Swallow, the old man who fried rice balls is here." Zhang An grabbed some and put it in his mouth.
"Yeah, yeah, I came here at noon, and I'm still on the threshing floor. My mother just bought us a big bag."
The little girl said while making a big circle with both hands.
This is the same action of children, every time they say something big or a lot.
They all open their hands to make a big circle to describe it.
There is an old man in Hongyan Town who pulls a carriage to fry popcorn in various villages.
Besides him, there was also a man selling rice krispie treats and egg cakes, who was also an old man in his fifties.
Among so many businessmen who travel from village to village, these two are the ones that the little kid likes the most.
Because they came to the village, it meant they could pester the adults to buy them rice krispie treats, chicken cakes and fried rice krispies as snacks.
Including Zhang An also liked it when he was a child. In his memory, these two people have been coming to buy things since he was a child.
At first it was carried on a pole, but later it was changed to a large pole.
“Mom, why don’t our family go fry some too.”
Zhang An also hasn't eaten popcorn for a long time. He just ate some brought by swallows and feels a little nostalgic.
"Hey, I'll fry some and come back. This old man hasn't been to our village for a long time."
Wang Fang went home and packed a small bag of rice and a small bag of corn.
Everything probably weighs less than a pound. Because there are few people in the family, there is too much fried food to finish.
This rice popcorn is different from the popcorn of later generations.
When fried, it will be long, as long as a finger, maybe a little thicker.
When the rice is beaten, the popcorn is white, while when the corn is beaten, it is yellow.
Add a few saccharin in it, and the fried rice krispies will taste very sweet.
So many families with children will buy a large bag of them. These are common snacks for the children.
These rice krispies are sealed in airtight bags so the kids can eat them for a long time.
"Brother, I want to eat ham sausage."
The charcoal fire on the grill has been lit, and now you can start grilling skewers.
Looking at Zhang An holding a handful of meat skewers, Yanzi told Zhang An that he wanted to eat grilled ham.
Not just her, but all the other dolls in the village are like this.
Grilled ham is always the most delicious thing in their hearts.
In the first few days at the beginning of the year, the man grilling skewers on the drying ground didn't sell much of anything. He could only sell one or two boxes of ham sausages every day.
"Okay, brother will bake it for you."
No wonder the children like to eat it, even Zhang An likes the ham sausage at this time.
"Zhang Xing, go and take out the box of ham from the cupboard. I'll bake it for you later."
"I know where it is, I'll go, I'll go."< br>
Without Zhang Xing's consent, Zhang Tie, a skinny boy, had already entered the house and came out carrying half a box of ham sausage.
For barbecue skewers, Zhang An has grilled them many times before and is now a mature barbecue master.
Place the marinated skewers on the grill, turning them occasionally.
Brush with oil, brush with sauce, and finally sprinkle with some salt, chili pepper and cumin powder.
The fragrant mutton kebabs are freshly baked, and the smell can be smelled on the road outside.
"Yoko, come in and eat together."
Bring the already grilled mutton skewers to Su Ying and the others to eat first.
Just in time to see Zhou Yang walking by the roadside, Zhang An called him in.
"I just said why I smelled a fragrance all the way away. It turned out to be my uncle, you are grilling skewers."
"Come on, come on, you chef, try it quickly. Try my freshly grilled mutton skewers and give me a review.”
Zhang An took a handful of mutton skewers from the plate and put them in Zhou Yang's hands.
“Well, it’s delicious, very delicious. Uncle, you can set up a stall in the city with your skills.”
Zhang An’s kebab skills are really good, at least he was the best in his previous life. I actually sold kebabs on the street.
But the good times did not last long and the cart was collected.
"Yoko, what was the situation like on your blind date yesterday?"
Zhang An forgot to ask when he came back last night, and now he just found the opportunity.
“Hehehe, not bad.”
Speaking of this, Zhou Yang felt a little shy.
"Hey, it looks like this is a sure thing."
Under Zhang An's torture, Zhou Yang spoke honestly.
The girl's family is also satisfied with Zhou Yang, especially since they are so close and their daughter doesn't have to marry so far away.
And Zhou Yang is quite satisfied with that girl, Zhou Yang can also catch her eyes.
The next thing is about their relatives. In short, it is to let the two of them meet a few more times.
Then act as a middleman to let everyone communicate about the bride price.
"Then Yoko, when are you going to invite us to a wedding banquet?"
"Uncle, why are you urging me? You and the little maid should invite us to a banquet first. "
Zhou Yang was quite shy at first, but when he thought about it, Zhang An also had a partner, and he was still here, so why was he shy?
"I, I can do it at any time, but you have to ask the person who can make the decision."
Zhang An is thick-skinned, but he is not afraid of such questions, and looks at Su Ying with both eyes Picked.
On the other hand, Su Ying said nothing, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Did you hear that, Xiaoying? When are you going to treat us to a drink?"
First Zhou Yang said this, and then Wang Min next to him stabbed her. Su Ying's face seemed to be dripping. The look of blood.
Wang Fang and Zhang Jianguo watched the juniors playing and did not follow them, but they still often looked at Su Ying.
"Sister-in-law, where can we have wine? I really like wine."
The little girl didn't understand what the adults next to her were saying, so she only heard the sentence "eat wine."
Children love to eat wine the most, because eating wine means having delicious dishes and sweets.
As soon as he said this, everyone in the yard laughed.
"Hahaha, after hearing Xiaoying, your future sister-in-law is starting to rush her, why don't you hurry up." Wang Min had no intention of letting go of his little sister, and hurriedly pursued the victory.
"Hurry up and eat, there will be nothing to stop your mouth."
Su Ying rolled her eyes at Wang Min with some annoyance, then took two mutton skewers and stuffed them into her mouth.
"Uncle, let me grill, you go and take a rest."
Zhou Yang sat for a while, and after eating some, he took the initiative to replace Zhang An, who had been at the grill. .
"Okay, let's leave it to the chef."
Zhang An was not polite and put the grilled meat skewers on the plate.
The position in front of the grill was given to Zhou Yang.
"The chili I used today was sold on the street. It should not be as spicy as yesterday."
Zhang An looked at the people next to him and was sweating a little while eating. .
"No, today is not as spicy as yesterday. I'm not afraid of the spiciness. I'll just drink a few sips of honey water then."
After trying the special effects of honey water last night, Su Ying now also I’m not afraid of Zhang An’s chili anymore.
After Zhang An took a few bites, he returned to the kitchen.
At this time, the grass jelly in the pot has completely cooled down and solidified together.
Packed in the pot, it looks like a very large piece of jelly.
Zhang An used a kitchen knife to cut it from the middle and cut it into four even pieces.
Then take out a piece, put it in the pot aside, and cut it into small pieces.
Zhang An only cut half of a whole piece of fairy grass jelly, and the pot was filled with most of it.
There is no juice at home, but there is a lot of milk, but Zhang An does not want to use milk.
So just use space spring water to make a bucket of honey water. This should taste better than milk.
Because it was a last-minute idea, Zhang An didn’t prepare many ingredients. He only had crushed peanuts and brown sugar powder at home.
But Zhang An saw the hawthorn cake that Wang Fang had bought before in the cupboard to aid digestion.
Well, that's it.
Zhang An took out the hawthorn cake and cut it into cubes with a knife so that he could get more ingredients.
It seems like we should plant some grapes and get some raisins then.
“Come on, come on, here comes the delicious food.”
Zhang An brought out the honey water and grass jelly first.
Then he turned back to the kitchen to get the prepared ingredients and bowls and chopsticks
When Zhang An shouted, Su Ying remembered the pot of black water that Zhang An had been cooking for a long time in the afternoon.
“Hey, it turns out that the dark water is really like jelly when it cools down.”
Looking at the pieces of grass jelly in the bowl, Su Ying felt it was quite magical. of.
The pot of dark water just turned into this.
Zhang An first put some chopped grass jelly into a large bowl, and then sprinkled it with chopped peanuts and hawthorn dices.
Finally, pour the mixed honey water into it, and just like that, the Shao Xiancao milk tea came out after more than ten years.
"Come on, let's all have a taste and see if it tastes good."
Zhang An gave the chopsticks to them, and both adults and children had a bowl.
"Yoko, you go ahead and do it first. I'll come and take over for you when I finish eating."
Zhang An had grown a pot of jelly grass last year and wanted to try it.
Now that it is ready, I must try it first.
"It's okay, uncle, I just grilled a few skewers, you guys eat first."
Zhang An didn't even need to shout, Yanzi and the others were already eating with big bowls .
“Brother, this jelly is so delicious.”
After the little girl ate a piece of grass jelly, she was still chewing crushed peanuts and hawthorn in her mouth.
“I didn’t expect that the pot of dark water just now was so delicious. Sure enough, you can’t judge delicious food by its appearance.”
The grass jelly is ready and ready to eat It's very refreshing when it's up.
Zhang An often cooked it in his last life, so he must be very skilled in it.
In addition, Zhang An uses space spring water, so it must taste very good.
“Don’t just eat this, eat the meat skewers and drink it at the same time.”
Barbecue and milk tea are the right way to go.
"This tastes right. This is what the jelly grass tastes like when stirred, but it is chewier than jelly powder. How did you make it, Xiao An?"
Wang Fang knows the function of jelly grass. Just stir the jelly frequently.
Rural people often mix their own jelly and even the residue, using pea flour.
It's just that when they stirred the jelly before, they put a lot of pea powder.
So the jelly breaks easily and has no chewy texture.
The jelly made by Wang Fang and others uses fresh jelly grass, so it is green.
What Zhang An used was dried jelly grass, which turned out to be black.
"Mom, I just put in a small amount of sweet potato starch. When you make jelly, if you put less pea starch, it will be like this."
Zhang An quickly put himself in After finishing the food in the bowl, he went to the grill to change Zhou Yang.
"Yoko, you go and eat, I'll bake it for a while."
It's relatively easy for two people to bake this thing alternately.
But if you keep baking alone, it’s really tiring.
Today I not only had mutton skewers, but also pork skewers, chicken skewers, ham sausages, potatoes and so on.
After baking for more than an hour, half of it is not finished yet.
“Can jelly grass be made so delicious?”
“I didn’t expect it. This is the one I cut back when we went to the mountains to pick peaches last year.”
Zhou Yang quickly discovered the business opportunity and asked Zhang An how to make it while eating.
Their family used to sell fast food, but now the business has grown and they have opened a small restaurant at home.
He thought that if he made this thing and sold it in the future, many people would buy it.
Seeing him asking, Zhang An told him the method in detail.
Zhang An has no intention of making money by doing this. If he wants to eat, he will make some.
Many people make this now in Guangdong and Guangxi, but in this area at home, few people think of eating it like this. Most of them are used to make jelly.
"Okay, okay, swallow, you can't eat anymore."
Zhang Yan ate a lot of meat skewers, and now she ate several bowls of grass jelly mixed with honey water, but she couldn't let her continue eating.
Last time I ate too much food, so I took her to Grandpa Er’s place and rubbed her belly for a long time before she felt better.
"Okay, then I will stop eating after finishing this piece."
The little girl quickly finished the remaining piece in the bowl.
"Brother, leave the remaining jelly for me to eat tomorrow."
If Aunt Zhang An said this, Xiao Yanzi would have a few words.
But if it were Zhang An, Xiao Yanzi would not make trouble and would only be obedient.
She knows that Zhang An will not lie. Her small treasury is with Zhang An, and Zhang An will give it to her every time she comes to ask for it.
So she feels that Zhang An is more trustworthy than her mother. As long as Zhang An says it, she will believe it unconditionally.
"I know, I'll put it in the refrigerator. Can you come over and eat it tomorrow?"
This courtyard barbecue was eaten from the time it was dark in the afternoon until about eight o'clock.
Everyone should start their holiday tomorrow. Although the unlucky author was caught by the company to work overtime, I still wish everyone a happy May Day.
(End of this chapter)