Chapter 125 Another financial fan
"Man'er, it's not the latest chapter for sauerkraut." Zhang heard Lian Man'er say that sauerkraut is going to accumulate now, and thought she was greedy for sauerkraut, so he smiled, "Tonight, I will add some vinegar to you."
"Mom, vinegar and cabbage are not the same as sauerkraut." Lian Man'er also smiled.
"Man'er, even if my mother accumulates sauerkraut for you now, it will take a month to eat it." Zhang said.
"Mom, I thought of a way to make the sauerkraut taste in less than a month." Lian Man'er said, "Mom, let me try it."
"What are you thinking about again? Okay, I'll give you a cabbage and let you mess with it." Zhang said. As long as the children's request was not excessive, Zhang would agree.
"Mom, just wait for sauerkraut." Lian Man'er said happily.
In her previous life, her parents were from Northeast China. They were in the Northeast and in winter, they had the habit of accumulating sauerkraut. At that time, there was poor supplies and it was difficult to eat fresh vegetables in winter. Most of the time, they relied on sauerkraut to spend the winter.
Later, life became rich and I could eat a variety of fresh vegetables all year round, but their family still had a special liking for sauerkraut. They were even no longer satisfied with eating sauerkraut only in winter. Some vendors just saw this need of people and figured out the way to pickle sauerkraut in just a few days.
Their family also bought it twice at the beginning. Later, when they saw the utensils used by vendors to pickle sauerkraut, they thought it was still to pickle it at home to ensure safety and hygiene. Lian Man'er followed her parents at that time and learned how to pickle delicious sauerkraut in a short period of time.
This method of pickling sauerkraut is very simple and does not require complicated ingredients. Lian Man'er is quite confident. So he asked Lian Zhier and Xiao Qi to help.
"Let's pickle two cabbages first." Lian Man'er said. She knew two ways to pickle sauerkraut quickly. They all wanted to try it. Moreover, if a fresh cabbage looks a lot, it will be pickled into sauerkraut, and the volume will be reduced by at least half. A family of six like them, a sauerkraut is not enough for them to have a meal.
Lian Man'er chose two large cabbages, broke off the slightly damaged vegetable leaves outside, and cut down the vegetable roots with a kitchen knife.
Then, pick out one, break off the cabbage, one cabbage and one cabbage, and place it on the chopping board. Follow the method of cutting shredded sauerkraut. Use the back of the knife to pat the cabbage and pat the cabbage and flatten the cabbage and then slice the cabbage into thin slices.
This requires good knife skills, Lian Man'er simply asked Zhang to help. Zhang held the cabbage gang with one hand, and took the knife in the other hand to slice it flat on the top of the cabbage gang, and then tear it casually, and a thin transparent cabbage gang was sliced. A cabbage gang, under Zhang's hands, could produce four or five thin slices, which were only connected to the tail leaves.
After slicing the cabbage into thin slices, scatter and cut into extremely thin silks.
Lian Man'er looked at Zhang for a while and cut a cabbage. She was both envious and admiring.
"Can you cut that tree, man?" Zhang seemed to be still unsatisfied after cutting one.
"Not cut the tree for now, mom, go and do your business." Lian Man'er said hurriedly, then turned his head and asked Xiaoqi, "Xiaoqi, has the water boiled?"
Xiaoqi raised his head under the stove, "Second sister, the water is ready."
"First, we have to pass the shredded cabbage in the water."
Lian Man'er took a large briquette and soaked the cabbage shreds in the water. He counted silently to ten in his heart. Then he raised the briquette and poured the cabbage shreds that had passed the water into a clean wooden basin that had been prepared long ago. After all the briquettes were passed, Lian Man'er told Xiaoqi not to burn the fire anymore and let the water in the pot cool itself.
Next, pinch out the water from the cabbage shredded cabbage that has passed the water. This process is also simple, just hold a handful of cabbage shredded cabbage with both hands and hold it hard.
Unfortunately, there are not as thick rubber gloves as there are so many velvets here. It is a bit painful to squeeze the hot shredded cabbage. However, this procedure must be completed while it is hot to make a good-tasting sauerkraut.
Lian Man'er had to fight.
"I'll do it."
Zhang had not walked away. When she saw Lian Man'er's scalded little face twisted, she walked over with a smile.
"My mother has thick calluses on her hands, so she is not afraid of being hot. You two girls' hands are still tender."
Zhang said as she started to fuck. She seemed to be really not afraid of being hot. Her hands were bigger than those of Lian Man'er and Lian Zhi'er, and she was more powerful. After a while, she quickly clamped the cabbage into several dumplings.
"Mom, aren't you afraid of being hot?" Xiaoqi said in surprise.
"Well, mom is not afraid of being hot." Zhang nodded.
Whose hands are not fleshy, how can they not be afraid of being hot? Just being someone else's wife and being the children's mother, how can they still pay so much attention to it? Watching the children grow up day by day and being mothers lose their smooth and delicate skin, lose their youthful luster, and become "stained and thick" without regrets.
Lian Man'er took a small jar of vinegar at home, spread the shredded cabbage and slowly added vinegar to it. There is no need to have too much vinegar, just make each shredded cabbage stick some to it. After all these are done, use another basin to buckle it on the wooden basin. Using this method, the sauerkraut will be successfully marinated in just one day.
"Then will this cabbage be pickled?" Lian Zhier asked, pointing at another cabbage.
Of course you have to pickle it, but the method used this time is slightly different, which is simpler than the one just now. Just tear off the cabbage one by one, put it in a basin and put it in a basin, add a little salt to each layer. Finally, the shredded cabbage has just been cooled down, and only the light warm water is poured into the basin until all the cabbage is flooded, and then pour a small spoon of vinegar into it, which is the kind of spoon used to eat and drink soup.
In order to prevent the cabbage from floating, a stone must be added on it, and the stone used by Lianjia to pickle sauerkraut is used to press vegetables every year.
This method of pickling cabbage is faster than traditional methods. According to the temperature, it is usually done in seven to ten days.
The next day, before dinner, Lian Man'er took out the first basin of sauerkraut with some anxiety, and took off the basin covered. Looking at the shredded cabbage that had changed color, and smelling the long-lost sour smell, Lian Man'er immediately smiled happily.
"The pickled cabbage is pickled!" Lian Man'er smiled.
"...It's really like sauerkraut." The whole family came over and looked at the sauerkraut in the basin.
"It looks good, but I don't know how it tastes." Lian Shouxin said.
"Then try it." Lian Man'er said.
How to try it? Of course, it is cooked to eat. Pickled cabbage is very oily and must be made of meat oil to taste good. If you only use vegetable oil, no matter how much you use it, it will be light soup and has no taste.
"I'll go buy some meat." Lian Man'er climbed onto the kang, took out her small wooden box from the cabinet, opened the lock, and counted some copper coins from it. When stewing sauerkraut, pork must be used, and it cannot be all thin. It requires fat pork to be delicious. This dish has a name, which is called sauerkraut white meat.
"Man'er, let's save some money." Goro said.
They used a lot of money to buy land. Even Man'er still had some, but not much, so they were kept for emergency use. They would not have income until the harvest in the land next year. Of course, they should save some money during this period.
"Just buy one pound. This money is worth spending." Lian Man'er thought about it and said her plan. "Now everyone hasn't pickled sauerkraut, but someone must have wanted to eat sauerkraut. Let's try this sauerkraut first. If it tastes delicious, we can make some and sell it in the town, which can also make a few pocket money."
Only then did everyone realize that Lian Man'er was anxious to make sauerkraut, not because she was greedy for sauerkraut, but because she wanted to use this to make money.
Lian Man'er brought the basket and went to the town with Xiaoqi. He bought a pound of pork and three-layer meat. Zhang put the slices into thin slices and stir-fry them in a hot and fragrant pot. Because the meat is thick, there is no need to add any more oil. Then pour in the washed shredded sauerkraut, stir-fry for a while, and finally add enough water, cover the pot tightly, boil the pot over high heat, and then simmer slowly, until the oil and water in the slices are sucked into the shredded sauerkraut and the soup, the shredded sauerkraut and the slices are rotten in the mouth, and the sauerkraut soup turns green, and this white sauerkraut meat is ready.
For dinner, it is sorghum rice and this dish of sauerkraut white meat.
"How is it, is it delicious?" Lian Man'er picked up a bite of sauerkraut herself, thinking that if you compare it carefully, it would not be as good as the traditional pickled method, but the taste was already very good.
"It tastes delicious, it really tastes sauerkraut." Zhang, Lian Shouxin, Lian Zhier, Goro and Xiaoqi nodded.
"Sauerkraut is good, I just don't know, is anyone buying it?" Lian Shouxin said.
"It must be. Isn't our original garlic peanuts very good?" Lian Man'er said, "Our sauerkraut is not expensive anymore. One cent is four kilograms of cabbage, and our sauerkraut is only one cent two kilograms. A sauerkraut tree is the end of the day. At this time, everyone has no sauerkraut at home, and they can buy one for three cents. The dog family can eat it, stew meat, make buns, and dumplings, and it's okay to eat it."
Qingyang Town is a big town with a large population and many shops. Many people living in the town have some money and are willing to spend money to buy vegetables. Even if their family members are reluctant to eat, customers always have to add vegetables when they come to their homes. Pickled cabbage is not expensive, and it is fresh and rare at this time, and it is definitely popular.
"Man'er said it right. I'm afraid this sauerkraut can be sold." Lian Shouxin said.
"Then what are we waiting for? Our cabbage is ready-made. Let's pickle it up for dozens of kilograms first, and sell it in the town for the next market." Zhang said immediately.
After tasting the sweetness brought by garlic peanuts, everyone is very active in making money by pickling sauerkraut.
After a full meal of sauerkraut, the whole family was busy. When it was dark, they marinated a full bucket of shredded sauerkraut.
"These are all money." Lian Man'er sat on the kang, thinking happily.
Chapter completed!