Chapter 336 336. Cold watermelon rind
This time without the rind, everyone ate more heartily. There was a big bowl full of it, and I ate it all in no time.
Cousin Seventh originally wanted to persuade them to take it easy, but the pot was empty before he could say anything. In the end, he could only change the direction -
"You are really good at eating."
The people who could eat were not satisfied at all. They were burping and holding their stomachs, waiting for the cold watermelon rind at noon.
Seeing this, the Seventh Cousin could only sigh helplessly:
"How about we not prepare a meal at noon? Let's cook porridge. I see you don't have enough stomach to eat. The porridge is being cooked now. Let's sleep. It’s just cool after a nap, and it goes well with cold watermelon rind.”
It’s not easy to have an appetite on a hot day, and it’s not easy for them to squat in front of the stove to cook.
Great idea!
As soon as this proposal came out, everyone agreed.
Nowadays, it is too hot at noon, so everyone does not work. It is normal to sleep until getting up at 3:00 pm.
However, you can eat porridge after lunch break, and you must try the cold watermelon rind now.
When the seventh cousin heard this, he couldn't help but be speechless.
Now simply put the melon rind in the basin, and then handed out two scrapers: "Since you want to eat it, scrape off the green skin on the outside."
Yes. The two strong young men, Zhang Yanping and Xin Jun, were extremely active as they ate.
But here, the seventh cousin took Qiao Qiao with a kitchen knife in one hand and pressed the skin of the melon with the other, making it stick to the green skin, and cut it slowly and steadily.
Soon, a complete piece of emerald green melon skin was separated. It's so thin that it's too ugly for pigs to eat.
But...this technique is quite good.
The seventh cousin admired, and then ordered: "You and them will slowly clean the melon rind."
"I'll prepare some ingredients first."
Cold melon rind is an extremely simple dish. He took out two red peppers from the vegetable basket, patted a few cloves of garlic, chopped some minced ginger and green onions, etc., and everything was ready.
The skin of the melon is almost finished.
The seventh cousin simply stacked the thin melon rinds together, and then kept cutting the knife——
Doo doo doo doo!
Soon, the red, white, and slightly green melon rind was cut into even slender strips, and then he sprinkled a handful of salt on it and marinated it in a basin.
At this time, on the other stove, the rice in the pot had just emerged.
It’s not easy to stand in front of the stove on a hot day. There were beads of sweat on Qiao Qiao’s fair face. Now she stirred the pot with a big spoon and looked down again. Look at the fire:
"Cousin, don't worry about the fire in the stove."
When the fire goes out, the pot of porridge is ready. Then put the lid on the pot to prevent dust from falling, and eat it after everyone wakes up from sleep. It's just right.
After the melon rind was pickled for less than half an hour, all the moisture inside was squeezed out.
This time, Qiao Qiao, who was already good at several kinds of cold dishes, fished it out and wrung it out without any instructions from the seventh cousin.
The seventh cousin took advantage of the situation and taught him to pour in salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and chili pepper.
Just take the chopsticks and mix it together——
“Pop!”
The basin was placed on the table: “Try it.”
Bright red peppers, pink watermelon flesh, and slightly cyan white melon rind - these are really the most beautiful colors in summer.
At this moment, it is so simple to mix it, and it immediately becomes very delicious.
Everyone couldn’t wait to hold out their chopsticks——
“Hmm!”
It’s hard to say what it tastes like.
The moment it enters the mouth, the savory aroma of salt and sauce first spreads in the mouth, and then, the pink melon pulp is bitten, and the sweet juice is mixed in the mouth. Sweet and salty are intertwined, but it doesn't feel weird at all, but has clear layers.
While the sweet aftertaste has not dissipated, the freshness and crispness of the white melon skin burst out between the lips and teeth. The more you chew it, the more refreshing it becomes, and after you swallow it in one gulp, the spiciness wrapped in red pepper slowly begins to burn in your mouth...
It may seem like such a simple dish, but when everyone eats it, I feel extremely enjoyable and comfortable.
What else is there to say?
What porridge should be served with it? This kind of cold dish should be eaten on an empty stomach!
After a while, everyone stared at the empty basin and looked innocently at the seventh cousin.
"That is to say...cousin, when we wake up in the afternoon and eat porridge, what should we eat with it?"
The seventh cousin almost laughed angrily: "Just for you guys. Everyone is talented!”
However, while laughing and scolding, he felt two points of pride in his heart: Look! This family can't live without me.
So he turned around and ordered reservedly:
"Go to the vegetable garden later to pick a few more cucumbers and put them in the refrigerator. Let's eat cold cucumbers when you wake up in the afternoon."
Think about it. The refreshing taste of cucumbers in the vegetable garden is more than enough to chew on 10 cucumbers a day. Everyone is instantly salivating!
Hi! There are so many delicious things, why is my stomach still stuck in this one!
If my belly hadn’t been so bloated that I couldn’t help it, I might have started eating again by now.
But when everyone was drooling, they saw Song Tan's face was serious and his expression was deep.
Zhang Yanping couldn't help but ask: "What's wrong with you?"
She just let out a long sigh: "I was allowed to taste the cold melon rind earlier, this watermelon shouldn't be It’s only 20 yuan a pound.”
Everyone: ...be a human being!
A melon weighing just three to five kilograms costs a hundred dollars!
...
We woke up at noon and had a meal of warm porridge and iced cold cucumber. As expected, everyone was full of energy and gearing up.
After finally waiting until the sun was not so strong, Song Tan looked at the time: "Let's go up the mountain to pick watermelons!"
"By the way, Qiao Qiao doesn't have to go first. Go to the back mountain and bring some more bundles of straw to line the back of our car."
"Okay!" Qiao Qiao nodded solemnly. He accepted this task for Ultraman!
Fortunately, it's only the end of May and it's not that hot yet. Otherwise, even at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, the temperature can still soar to thirty-seven or eighty-seven. So why pick melons? Just lie flat and pull down.
While picking melons, Zhang Yanping did not forget to take out his mobile phone to count:
“There are almost 150 orders placed by the mini program. I always calculate the order by five pounds. . Our melons are expensive, so we don’t need to pick too many... I guess 200 will be enough for today.”
“Okay.”
This melon is very ripe. I don't plan to pile them up tightly, otherwise the ones on the bottom will probably explode. Just count between 230 and 250 and it will be about right.
After all, in addition to giving away, there are also 20 melons from Zhu Jun!
Everyone worked together, and 200 melons went quickly. The Zhang Wang family was responsible for driving a small three-wheeler to show off their power -
Who made it impossible for the pickup truck to get up the back hill?
When the car came over to move the melons, Song Tan specially picked a few big ones and put them in the back seat.
After thinking about it, it seemed unreasonable to give just one to my uncle’s family. She, Tan Tan, is not that ignorant!
So I picked three particularly small ones and put them aside.
In this way, relatives will have a bowl of water!
However, regardless of whether he eats or not, the uncle must behave well when building a house for his grandfather.
Otherwise...she will be angry.
Finished! Good night! Okay it's late, good morning!
(End of this chapter)