Chapter 279 Treat
At noon, everyone was so excited about their work that they forgot to go home for dinner.
After Wang Fang finished cooking, she waited for a long time, but still no one came home.
Then I ran to the fields to take a look and found that everyone was working in full swing.
"Dad, why don't you call everyone back for dinner? It's already noon."
Wang Fang came to the field and shouted to Zhang Jianguo.
“Hey, it’s time to eat.”
At this time, Zhang Jianguo noticed that it was time to eat.
In fact, it’s not Zhang Jianguo’s fault. The weather has been gloomy from morning to now, and it seems difficult to judge the time at all.
In addition, everyone was doing it happily, and no one mentioned this incident.
And when we went out in the morning, everyone ate a lot of steamed buns, so no one feels hungry now.
“Why don’t we go home to eat and rest for a while before we come back.”
“Oh, we’re not in a hurry now. There won’t be much left. Let’s work harder. Let's go back after planting."
Zhou Shuanglin looked back and found that only half a row of ridges had not yet been planted, so he said.
“Yes, it’s not much anyway. If you go back after finishing it, you will save yourself a trip in the afternoon, which is not cost-effective.”
“Yes, yes, I ate so much in the morning anyway. Baozi, I’m not hungry at all now, don’t worry about it now.”
Seeing everyone saying this, Zhang Jianguo didn’t insist anymore and started to continue working.
"Hey, where did we catch so many badgers? They are so vicious."
Wang Fang wanted to go over and help together. When passing by the back ridge, he found that A few badgers captured.
At this moment, some of the badgers knocked out by Zhang An have woken up, but their mouths and four legs were tied up, and they could only roll around in the pig cage.
This roll also shocked Wang Fang.
"Aunt, this was caught in your field. Well, over there is the badger hole we dug."
Zhou Yang said and pointed over there. The dug badger hole was shown to Wang Fang.
"I was wondering why Xiao An ran home to find steel forks and pig cages. It turned out that he had dug up badgers, and there were quite a few of them."
"There used to be some badgers in the melon field. I wonder how the badgers can run so far, when the holes are so close.”
Wang Fang still clearly remembers the badgers Zhang An caught in the melon field.
At that time, several of the big dogs at home were bitten, and their fur was covered with blood. Wang Fang was worried.
An hour later, with everyone’s enthusiastic overtime work, all the stakes were planted.
As long as the fence is built and surrounded by it at that time, the medicinal field is waiting to be planted.
On the way back, one person was carrying a badger, which attracted many people in the village.
We haven't seen much badgers in the past two years, so when Zhang An and the others came back with badgers in their hands, everyone gathered around to join in the fun.
After all, many of them were beaten to death before being brought back. Today, this is the first time I have seen one alive and kicking like this.
The nature of Chinese people is to join in the fun. Originally, only pedestrians on the road watched.
But there were too many people watching. Everyone on the roadside saw a large circle of people surrounding them. They thought something was going on, so they also gathered around.
Many people looked at him as a mountain badger and wanted to ask for some.
But none of them spoke. After all, no one in the family was burned. It was not easy to speak in front of so many people.
But everyone remembered that there is badger seed oil in Zhang An’s house.
When there is an urgent need in the future, there will be a place to come to get it.
Putting the pig cage with the badgers in the yard, Zhang Jianguo asked everyone to wash their hands and go home for dinner.
Many children in the yard have never seen a badger. When they see this dog-like guy, they want to give it a hand and touch it.
There are even brave children who want to release the badger from the cage.
But before he could do anything, he was dragged over by his own adults to teach him, not to fight anywhere, but to hit him exclusively.
After all, these things are so vicious that if a child is bitten by them, his hand will probably be lost.
Other children originally wanted to get closer, but after seeing their little friend being severely beaten by an adult, they were frightened and did not dare to get close.
After Su Ying finished eating, she stared at these things in the yard.
Although she had heard of Yu's name in books, she had not had the chance to see the badger's true form in reality.
"Zhang An, is this really the 猹 that Runtu said? Why is it such a big one?"
As soon as Su Ying heard about the badger, she remembered the 猹 mentioned in the book.
But she always thought that this civet was the same size as a civet.
Unexpectedly, after seeing the main body today, I found that this thing is really big, just like a big dog.
"Yes, this thing can grow very big, otherwise why wouldn't it be afraid of people."
"Don't look at it like this, it has a very vicious temper. The native dogs in the village are like them. None of them can beat it."
As soon as she heard Zhang An say that these guys were very fierce, Su Ying immediately stood up and moved further away from them.
"Then can our little tiger beat them?"
"Of course, none of our dogs are afraid of them."
When I went to catch squid in the past, the ones who were bitten were Da Mao and the others.
It’s just that they haven’t grown up at that time and have little fighting experience, so they can’t defeat adult badgers.
But now, none of the big dogs who settled down one by one would boo these badgers.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Su Ying went to school to continue invigilating the exam.
After lunch and rest, Zhang Yi Xing and Zhang Jianguo came out with knives.
"Xiao An, find a place to put those little ones. Don't let them see us using the knife."
This is the plan to attack some badgers.
Since the remaining little ones have decided to be raised by Zhang An for a try, they cannot be allowed to see their kind being killed.
This is an unwritten saying in the countryside, to prevent them from reading it and remembering it in the future, or being scared.
Zhang An nodded, then walked towards the pen house carrying several pig cages containing little badgers.
Because he was afraid of escaping, Zhang An simply threw it into space.
After Zhang An came out, several adult badgers had been knocked unconscious by Zhou Yang carrying a sap.
The last executioners used white knives in and out with red knives, killing the badgers.
After the blood was drained, the skinning began. It took a long time to skin the three badgers cleanly.
Finally, the belly was disemboweled and the area where the badger seed oil was boiled was cut off. There was indeed not much meat left.
From the three badgers, the meat finally extracted was only a dozen kilograms. After all, ten kilograms of badgers and nine kilograms of oil, and after removing the internal organs, there was not much left.
But Zhou Yang couldn't help but smile from ear to ear when he looked at the badger meat. He carried the pot of meat and walked to the kitchen.
Zhang An followed him in, wanting to see how the badger meat was processed.
If it turns out delicious, learn how to make it yourself.
After all, the space has started to raise badgers. If you want to eat them in the future, you can do it yourself.
I saw Zhou Yang washing the badger meat to be stewed several times, then using some white wine and some plants to remove the smell, minced it and kneaded it into a bowl of juice.
The most commonly used ones are aniseed leaves and their roots.
Aniseed is actually a collective name for many kinds of spices, but in Qian Province, there is a spice plant whose leaves are called aniseed leaves.
It is kaempferol. Whether it is the roots or leaves, if used properly, it can remove fishy smell and increase fragrance.
"Uncle, I remember that your pepper tree is growing very well. The pepper thorns seem to be very long, right? Let's go get some."
After mixing the juice, Zhou Yang did not start marinating immediately, but asked Zhang An.
"It is indeed a bit long, just pick it if you want to use it."
There are two pepper trees behind Zhang An's house because Zhang An has watered them with spring water many times. Not only does the tree grow very well, but the thorns on the tree look like honey locust thorns, and the peppercorns grow in abundance every year.
“Hiss, it wasn’t this long when I saw it before, is it now like this? This pepper tree can’t be fake, right?”
For ordinary Zanthoxylum bungeanum trees, the thorns on the tree are no more than one centimeter long.
The thorns on Zhang An’s Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree are like big needles, four to five centimeters long.
But after all, Zhou Yang took action directly and picked many pepper thorns and brought them back.
I saw Zhou Yang inserting all the pepper thorns into the badger meat, just like making sapodilla pig heart soup.
When it was almost ready, Zhou Yang poured the freshly prepared sauce on it and started marinating it.
"Actually, the main way to remove the fishy smell is aniseed."
Zhou Yang explained to Zhang An while marinating.
“The pepper thorn itself has a little bit of a smell-removing effect, but not much.”
“However, if used in the right way, this thing is also a great tonic and can strengthen the body. The effect of strengthening the body.”
After it was marinated and left for some time, Zhou Yang put the marinated badger meat into the pot and started cooking.
After about a quarter of an hour, take it out from the pot, then pull out the thorns of the peppercorns and clean them.
At this time, the pepper thorns are already a little white, and the dark brown layer should have been cooked away.
After cleaning, Zhou Yang started cutting with a kitchen knife.
Part of it is sliced and part of it is cut into cubes.
“Uncle, there are radishes at home, let’s get some and stew them together.”
"We have radishes, but they are quite old. How about yams?"
The few wild yams that Zhang and his party brought down from the mountain were planted by Zhang An in the space. Now they have planted one A small piece.
"Oh? It would be better if there are yams. This stuff tastes better when stewed."
When Zhang An heard this, he went out to get some yams and came back.
After removing the skin, hand it to Zhou Yang to clean and cut into pieces.
Then Zhou Yang first put the badger meat into the casserole, added the ingredients, and then placed it on the Zaoshan to stew.
"Okay, just simmer for two or three hours."
It's only about two o'clock now, and it will be time to eat after stewing until about five o'clock.
This stuff is all lean meat. If it is not stewed properly, it will taste too bad.
When Zhang An came out of the kitchen, badger oil had already begun to cook in the yard.
To this end, Zhang Jianguo also built a large stove specially used for killing pigs.
On the blazing fire, there was a large iron pot filled with snow-white badger fat.
Even after using this pot, the badger seed oil was still not completely filled. There was still a lot of chopped badger seed oil left in the basin on the floor.
I guess it will be finished later and I will have to cook a few more pots.
Because the firepower is very strong, a pot can be cooked in an hour.
Three adult badgers, each weighing forty or fifty pounds.
All the cut badger seed oil was cooked until more than five o'clock.
Although the temperature is relatively low in winter, it gets even colder in the evening.
The badger seed oil that comes out of the pot quickly freezes into a solid state.
But this badger seed oil is not the same as lard. When it boils down, it becomes like water.
But after cooling and freezing, it turned into light yellow.
When the lard comes out of the pot, it is still golden.
But when it cools and condenses, it becomes snow-white.
In the kitchen at night, Zhou Yang was busy working inside, and Wang Fang rarely rested for a long time.
But I still help wash vegetables, cut vegetables, and do some groceries in the kitchen.
It was getting dark now, and dinner was ready.
Although there was no work in the afternoon, there were many people eating in the evening.
After all, after catching so many badgers, we really need to treat everyone to a drink.
Both the elders in the family and the important people in the village must be invited.
After all, interpersonal communication only comes and goes.
Conditions have improved in the past two years, and in our free time we treat guests to dinner or have dinner parties more and more often.
Zhang An invited his grandparents and several uncles over.
The old uncles in the village must be indispensable, as well as the two masters Huang Erye and Lin Carpenter.
Coupled with Li Hongbin, there were finally two big tables of people in the family, old and young, and it was quite lively.
“Come on, let’s try this badger meat made by Xiaoyangzi.”
The main thing for dinner is hot pot, after all, it’s convenient.
But Zhou Yang not only stewed badger meat, but also cut it into slices and stir-fried a plate.
Put it on the stove plate alone and serve as a side dish.
“Don’t mention it, this badger meat is well stewed. It’s soft and glutinous, and the flavor of the spices is thoroughly stewed, so it tastes very fresh.”
Uncle I picked up a piece of stewed badger meat, put it in my mouth and chewed it, and found that it was different.
“We used to eat badger meat because we couldn’t afford the meat, so we endured the earthy smell.”
“I didn’t expect this stuff to be so delicious. It seems We, Xiaoyangzi, have really worked hard after studying it for so many years.”
While eating, several old people praised Zhou Yang, the chef tonight.
These elderly people used to eat a lot of badger meat.
But compared with what I simmered in the pot tonight, what did I eat before?
"Youngzi must have studied hard. There are so many things in the village, but he is the only young man who can handle the kitchen. Which village in the surroundings can have such a person."
< br>For Zhou Yang, the older generation in the village saw him in their eyes and liked him in their hearts.
What Mr. Zhang said is correct. Among the eight villages nearby, no matter which family has trouble.
Except for Zhou Yang, there is really no young man who can handle the kitchen of a banquet by himself.
Generally, people like Zhang Jianzhong who are in their forties or fifties can be in charge of the kitchen.
"Hehe, it's not that bad. This kid is still young. He still has to learn in the future. Don't tell him that he's too lazy."
Hearing someone praising his son, Zhou Shuanglin screamed in his heart. A comfortable, but at least humbly, response.
“Little Yangzi, how do you cook badger meat? Tell us old men.”
“Second Grandfather, whether you want this meat or not depends on the firewood. There is a word for stew, and it only requires the casserole at home. Other pots cannot produce this taste."
When Mr. Zhang asked, Zhou Yang said to everyone with a smile.
Then I will tell you how to make the ingredients and how to marinate it.
He also learned this stuff in a restaurant in the provincial capital, no matter what the secret recipe is.
This thing is his specialty, and he can do it in one way or another.
In the cold winter, it is a bit cold outside.
But it was very warm in Zhang An's house, because he was willing to put coal, and the stove was burning very brightly, and the whole house was very hot.
In addition, everyone started to sweat after a few sips of wine.
While eating, they all took off their cotton-padded jackets.
(End of this chapter)