Chapter 269 Eating Hot Pot
Both Zhou Ziwen and Zhou Chaoyang were not short of money. Each of them grabbed a large piece of meat. The last weighing was more than 20 kilograms.
Unfortunately, although the two of them were fast enough, the others were not slow either. Everyone gathered around and it was noisy. It was great to be able to grab such a big piece of meat.
In just the blink of an eye, more than two thousand kilograms of beef were divided among everyone.
Seeing that everyone had divided the meat and there was only one cow skeleton left, Zhou Ziwen’s eyes moved and he asked Aunt Zhang for help.
When it comes to bargaining, it's these old ladies who are the experts.
Although Zhou Ziwen wanted to buy the cow skeleton, he didn't want to waste the money.
"Why did you buy this thing? Even the shreds of meat are shaved off, there is no oil or water." Aunt Zhang also grabbed a large piece of meat, and she was very happy.
Seeing that Zhou Ziwen was interested in the cow skeleton, he was a little confused.
"I just want to take it back and make a soup. There should be some oil and water in the bone marrow." Zhou Ziwen also told the truth.
Although there is no meat in the bones, there is marrow inside the bones!
Such a piece of beef bones can be used to boil several kilograms of butter.
"Zhou Zhiqing is still smart, why didn't I think of this." After hearing Zhou Ziwen's explanation, Aunt Zhang suddenly realized, but she did not compete with Zhou Ziwen, and patted her chest on the spot to help him get it done.
As expected, Aunt Zhang is an expert at bargaining, and the skeleton of a whole cow only cost two yuan.
"Hey, thank you Aunt Zhang."
Zhou Ziwen paid the money and happily moved the skeleton away.
Not to mention, this cow skeleton is quite heavy. When Zhou Ziwen held it in his hand, he felt that it weighed at least a hundred kilograms.
Not to mention Zhou Ziwen’s strength, he held a big frame in his hand as if he didn’t even mention it.
After buying the beef, Zhou Ziwen did not delay and turned around to go home with Zhou Chaoyang on the spot.
Not to mention anything else, just twenty kilograms of beef is enough for them to eat for many days.
For people like Zhou Chaoyang who don't have a big appetite, it won't be a problem to eat sparingly to get through this winter.
And Zhou Ziwen also felt that it was quite good. Although it cost a little money, if it hadn't been robbed of such cheap beef, he would have even planned to buy a few hundred kilograms.
Unfortunately, everyone knows that beef is a good thing, and it would be nice to get a big piece of meat.
Zhou Ziwen carried a cow skeleton home. When passing by, some villagers asked curiously. When they heard that Zhou Ziwen was going to take it back to boil butter, they didn't react much.
After all, Zhou Ziwen's cow bones don't have much shredded meat on them. Whether it can be boiled to produce oil, no one has seen it with his own eyes, and no one knows.
However, Zhou Ziwen is still very confident. It is definitely no problem to boil hundreds of kilograms of beef bones, not to mention a lot, to boil a few kilograms of butter.
"Brother Ziwen, where did you get the bones? They are so big."
As soon as I got home, the Chen sisters gathered around me.
They were so anxious to go out just now that they didn’t know what Zhou Ziwen was doing out there.
"The cow in the next village died, so I bought a piece of meat and these cow bones." Zhou Ziwen explained.
"These beef bones don't look meaty. Can they be eaten after buying them?" Chen Qiaoyi curiously poked the beef bones in Zhou Ziwen's hand.
"Although there is no meat, there is oil and water. I will take apart the bones later and boil out the oil inside first." Zhou Ziwen smiled, as if he had gotten a big deal.
Actually, everyone underestimates beef bones. Among other things, there is a lot of bone marrow in them. If you cook it for two days, the bones can produce a lot of oil.
The oil alone costs more than two yuan.
“Leave this matter to me, I will take care of it.”
Zhou Ziwen didn't say much. Once he figured it out, the sisters would know how many benefits it had.
Seeing that it was getting late, he was not going to go out in the morning, so he simply found a basin in the kitchen, then found a saw and a hatchet, preparing to remove the bones first.
Chen Qiaoyi wanted to help, so she followed Zhou Ziwen and watched him busy. Zhou Ziwen didn't mind either. He took a machete and first removed the bones one by one, then cut them with a saw and took out the marrow inside.
"Yiyi, I'll leave the job of removing the bone marrow to you. Go ahead and take out as much as you can." Seeing that his wife wanted to help, Zhou Ziwen made arrangements for her. a task.
"How to do it?" Chen Qiaoyi asked.
“Just take it out with chopsticks.” Zhou Ziwen picked up a bone and demonstrated it to her.
“It’s so simple, leave it to me.” It’s really simple to remove the bone marrow, Chen Qiaoyi knew it after just one look.
With her help, Zhou Ziwen felt much more relaxed.
He saw off the bones one by one, exposing the marrow inside.
The two of them divided the work, one got the bones, the other took out the marrow, and the skeleton was finished in a short time.
“Let’s cook over the fire!”
After handling the beef bones, Zhou Ziwen stood up and stretched hard.
"Do all these bones have to be boiled?" Chen Shiying asked.
“Well, add some spices when boiling, star anise, fragrant leaves...”
Zhou Ziwen was too lazy to move and directly gave instructions.
My sister-in-law’s cooking skills are not bad either, and with Zhou Ziwen’s tips, she quickly understood what to do.
In addition to the bone marrow taken out, there is also a lot of oil and water in the bones. Zhou Ziwen's purpose is to boil out the bone oil.
However, the taste of bone oil is not very good, so I specially added some spices to it.
In this way, although the fishy smell cannot be completely eliminated, it is also greatly improved.
Especially under the cover of spices, the taste is very fragrant.
“How do you eat these beef bone marrow?” Chen Shiying asked.
"Leave this first until the beef bones are almost cooked, and then boil them in oil together." Zhou Ziwen said.
If you want to make oil, these bone marrows are the key.
After the oil in the bone marrow is boiled out, the remaining bone marrow can still be eaten.
When the time comes, it will be used to make hot pot base, which will be more fragrant!
When they heard that Zhou Ziwen was preparing to cook hot pot, the two sisters became interested.
Although they can't eat spicy food, they often hear Shen Zhaodi talk about it and have long been looking forward to the taste of hot pot.
"Tomorrow, let's make a hot pot meal." Zhou Ziwen nodded with a smile.
He has not had authentic hot pot for a long time, and he only hopes that the two sisters can get used to the spiciness of hot pot.
"Eat hot pot." Hearing this, Chen Qiaoyi jumped up with joy.
After a while, Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang next door also found out about this.
As an out-and-out hot girl, Shen Zhaodi immediately expressed her intention to join.
Since Shen Zhaodi is eating here, Zhou Chaoyang is naturally indispensable.
A few people put it together and decided to order some food as a family and have a lively hot pot meal.
But the butter here hasn't been boiled yet, so we definitely won't be able to eat it today and will have to wait until tomorrow.
Until lunch, everyone was still talking about what dishes to prepare.
Although there are a lot of dishes at home, it is definitely not enough.
But this is not a problem. A few people discussed it and planned to ask the aunt in the village to exchange for some fresh vegetables. As for other things, the last time Zhou Ziwen got married, the villagers also gave a lot of food. Now There is still some left, which is enough for a hot pot meal.
(End of this chapter)