Chapter 526 North Korean Defector’s Wedding – Popcorn
What is being discussed now is how to attract people to the Zhu family's stage. What does this have to do with blacksmithing? Everyone pricked up their ears and listened quietly to what was going on. Shopkeeper Yang paused and said, "I remember a few days ago
When I passed Lin Dadan's house, I saw a popcorn machine in his house.
It can make a huge noise, covering up all the sounds of firecrackers and fireworks. Before we start, we use this machine to fry the popcorn first, and then release it to the sky. With a popping sound, the popcorn falls all over the sky, like snowflakes dancing.
After playing three times, don’t be afraid that everyone will gather without hearing the sound.”
This is a good trick. The sound is super loud. If you put it on the second floor and shoot it towards the sky, it is like a thunderbolt. And the scene where the popcorn scatters all over the sky and looks like artificial falling snow is unique in the world! Play three times in a row, which is equivalent to a wedding.
Everyone knows the meaning of the salute to greet the guests, and when the time comes, they will definitely gather in front of Zhu Jiacai's building.
Three cobblers and one Zhuge Liang, they originally thought that the most difficult thing is how to attract people to the Yuanxiao Cailou. After everyone's joint efforts, they have an idea. The dishes at the wedding banquet must be arranged in a row. Zhu Tonjian is asking
Everyone’s opinion. The Zhu sisters first expressed their opinion: "The dishes mentioned above are all delicious, but we forgot that most of the guests at the banquet are relatives and friends of North Korean defectors. They are not from rich and scholarly families. They want to
It’s affordable, and the best food to eat is meat.”
Zheng Cailiang and Liang Chunhua heard the sisters' opinions and became bolder. They stood up and said: "There is a dish called Dongpo Shizi. I don't know whether it was invented by Su Dongpo or Su Shi. I often make it at my master's house. Scholars and servants alike
I like it, it’s not complicated to make and can be served on the table.”
They were of low education and did not know that Su Dongpo and Su Shi were the same person. Everyone laughed and they were even more confused.
"This is a good idea." The two sisters supported them, and after explaining the situation to them in a low voice, they said: "How about you try burning one and let the big stoves review it together at noon?"
Elbows are always available during the Chinese New Year. They washed an elbow and burned it on an open fire until the skin turned brown and black with a slight burnt smell. Then they soaked it in hot water and waited until it was cooked.
After the layer of burnt material is soaked, use a brush to
Scrub the elbow thoroughly, throw it into boiling water and cook for a while to remove the blood and dirt. Then take out the elbow, cut a few cuts on it with a knife, boil new water, add appropriate amount of green onions, ginger and bay leaves, and add it to the boil.
Boil the elbows until they are seven or eight times cooked, take them out and serve them
Steamer. Steaming the elbow is a key step. Dongpo elbow is fat but not greasy. Steam it for one and a half hours. During this period, you can adjust the seasoning. Pour an appropriate amount of salad oil into the wok, heat it up and stir-fry the onions.
Stir in ginger and garlic until fragrant, add cinnamon,
Stir-fry bay leaves and star anise, then add an appropriate amount of water, then add some rock sugar, five-spice powder, two or three spoons of soy sauce, and slowly simmer over low heat. The remaining small bowl of soup is the seasoning. Steam the elbows and put them on a plate
, top with the freshly prepared seasoning.
"Lang Tao Sha, Dongpo Elbow"
A layman from Dongpo was having a banquet with guests, and they were treating each other with elbows. They were chatting happily, almost forgetting the time. Don't you hear that the smell of burning came from the kitchen. Paste the elbows, and the skin was browned, so they added seasonings and spices to cover it up.
Burnt taste.
Slow cooking is a blessing in disguise, but it is a blessing. Guests praise it and it makes the dish famous. Food has nature, not human effort. The taste is light and strong, and the seasoning is yin and yang, complementing each other.
The lay people were displaced and served as officials in many places, and the elbows were spread accordingly. Judging from their color, they are maroon red and shiny. The chopsticks smell fragrant when lifted up, and the meat cake is not rotten, fat but not greasy, and it is famous all over the world.
At dinner time, Dongpo's elbows were served on the table. Several of the cooks tasted it and found that it was indeed good. Although the cooking method was slightly different from their own, the taste was the same.
This dish is an absolutely tough dish! It’s just that the second half became Dongpo elbow. What should I do with the chopped first half of the pig’s feet? The two sisters asked them to make another dish. They lowered their heads and thought for a while and said: "Dongpo
The elbow is red, so we can use the pig's feet to make a white cloud pork knuckle."
After saying that, he quickly started to prepare. First, remove the hair from the two pig's feet, wash them, boil about half a stick of incense in boiling water, rinse them with spring water for about half an hour, cut them open and cut them into pieces.
Each piece weighs about half a tael, wash it, boil it in boiling water for a while, take it out, and use the spring water again.
Rinse in water for about half an hour, then change to boiling water and cook for a quarter of an hour until 60% soft, take out, let cool, and put on a plate. Boil the white vinegar, add sugar, refined salt, and five willow ingredients and cook until dissolved, filter, and cool
Pour it into a basin, soak the pig's feet for two to three hours, and eat as needed.
Wuliu material is made from melon, broccoli, red ginger, white sour ginger, and pickled sour ginger.
"Tianmen Ballad·Baiyun Pig Trotter"
Pork trotters are white clouds in color. Soaked in spring water, the color is as white as fat. Boil it in boiling water and rinse it again with mountain springs. When it is 60% soft and pale in color, take it out and let it cool before putting it on a plate. Add vinegar, white sugar, five willow ingredients, and refined salt.
Before eating, the two introduced: "This dish focuses on color, aroma, taste and shape, and is decorated with "five willow ingredients" to make it brighter in color and taste better. It has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin. The Baiyun pig trotters are more delicately made.
, there are five processes including burning and scraping, chopping, boiling, soaking, and pickling. Authentic Baiyun pork knuckles are soaked in Baiyun Mountain Jiulong Spring water. We use mountain spring water instead."
This dish does not have as much meat as the elbow, but it is still a tough dish and tastes completely different from the elbow.
The two sisters, Zhu Anxiang and Zhu Anyi, were not without worry as they tasted it: "When we were young, we watched popcorn being popped into a big bag. If we put it directly in the sky, would it make any noise or would it have the effect of snowing?
, now bring the machine over and give it a try?"
Wang Erniu responded and went back. After a while, the popcorn machine was set up in the courtyard, started to light a fire, rotated and heated. After a stick of incense, it began to sizzle along the mouth. Wang Erniu shouted: "Get ready."
Something is coming, get out of the way."
Turn the mouth of the popcorn machine upward, press the switch with your hand, and there will be a loud bang, and a burst of white smoke will rise into the sky! The smoke is filled with smoke, and it has just begun to disperse. When you turn your head, you can see small white particles falling in the air.
It came down, but the speed was between snow and rain. It was not as calm and elegant as snowflakes. Instead, there was a thin layer of white popcorn accumulated underground, and most of it was scattered in the courtyard, giving a full sense of the scene.
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"Okay, that's good." The two sisters' hands turned red and they jumped happily: "It's weird for the children to rush after hearing this loud noise."
As soon as he finished speaking, a group of neighbors came in at the door and asked anxiously: "Did it thunder just now? It sounds like it just hit your place."
Zhu Toijian brother and sister invited them into the room to sit down. After explaining the situation, they invited them to taste some newly made delicacies. They also invited them to attend the wedding of North Korean defectors on October 15th. They repeatedly emphasized: "This wedding is free of charge."
Literally, when someone arrives, it gives the Zhu family the greatest face."