"Huh~ It would be even better if you were to have some marinade, chili oil, minced ginger or coriander!"

Zhang Ran thinks that although this primitive tofu brain tastes pretty good, it always feels that it lacks a little less... Unfortunately, chili, coriander and other things have not been introduced to China yet, so Zhang Ran can only make do with some chopped ginger, green onion and other things.

"Hiss~ It smells so good! Brother, brother, what are you cooking?"

Before Zhang Ran could drink a few sips of tofu brain, his sister Zhang Sui'er had already run out of the house following the fragrance. Seeing the tofu brain full of pottery, her eyes lit up. She pulled Zhang Ran's sleeve and swallowed her saliva, and asked in a low voice.

"Well, tofu brain! I want to eat it and give you a bowl?"

As he said that, Zhang Ran put down his bowl, picked up a wooden spoon and then served two bowls of tofu brain from the pottery pot, handed one to his sister Sui'er, and the other bowl was planned to be taken for his mother to taste.

After taking the bowl, my sister Zhang Sui'er couldn't wait to put it beside her mouth and blew it, then opened her mouth and took a sip of it gently...

"Hiss~ So hot!"

The tofu brain that just came out of the pottery was hot. Sui'er would naturally be very hot when she drank this way, but despite this, Sui'er was still reluctant to spit out the tofu brain.

He put it in his mouth and waited for the tofu brain to cool a little, Zhang Sui'er quickly swallowed the tofu brain. At the same time, she couldn't help but squint her eyes and said with a smile: "It's tender and smooth, this thing is so delicious!"

"Well~, you guys will eat it first. I'll send this bowl to my mother and let her taste the taste too..."

After saying that, Zhang Ran picked up the bowl and turned around and walked into the room...

"Okay, brother~"

Zhang Sui'er responded crisply, then held the pottery bowl in both hands, and couldn't wait to take a sip.

While drinking tofu brain, Zhang Sui'er looked at Sankui curiously, holding a bowl of tofu brain full of tofu brain, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Brother Sankui, why don't you eat it? This tofu brain is delicious!"

"Uh" Sankui opened his mouth and was about to explain the reason to Zhang Sui'er, but he couldn't bear it when he spoke. So he couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "Eat, I'll try the taste of this tofu brain!"

Sankui took the word "brain" very seriously. Looking at the white tofu brain in the bowl, his expression was extremely entangled. However, when he thought that Zhang Ran and Zhang Sui'er in front of him were so sweet, he couldn't help but want to taste it.

Finally, after hesitating for nearly two minutes, Sankui suddenly put the bowl next to his mouth, closed his eyes, and took a big sip...

"Gudong~"

After swallowing the tofu brain, Sankui accidentally discovered that the tofu brain was not as difficult as he imagined, but was smooth and tender, with an indescribable fragrance...

"Well...it's really delicious!" Sankui couldn't help but smack his lips.

"Yes~" Zhang Suier laughed even happier when she saw Sankui praise the deliciousness of tofu brain. Her big eyes narrowed into crescent shape, and proudly raised her head: "This was made by my brother himself, so it is naturally delicious!"

"Yeah ~"

Sankui nodded in agreement. Zhang Ran's talent is much better than him in terms of food. Whether it was the last time stewed bamboo rat meat or grilled fish meat, Zhang Ran made a good taste that he could not imagine.

......

When Zhang Ran gave the tofu brain to his mother, when he came out of the house, he found that more than half of the tofu brain full of a pottery pot was left, while Sankui and his sister Sui'er were holding a large pottery bowl each and drank a lot... Zhang Ran couldn't help but say speechlessly: "I just let you taste it. Who made it full all of a sudden? It's only half of this thing, but it hasn't been completely made! You are full now, will you still eat the tofu after you wait?"

"Uh" Sankui was stunned when he heard this. He looked down at the remaining half bowl of tofu brain, and hesitated: "Brother Ran, is this tofu better than tofu brain?"

Zhang Ran hesitated for a moment and said, "This... depends on my personal taste. Anyway, I like to eat tofu brains very much!"

“Oh~”

Hearing Zhang Ran's words, Sankui no longer hesitated and poured half a bowl of tofu brain into his mouth and drank it all in one go...

“……”

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ran didn't know what to say for a moment, so he could only shake his head helplessly, turn around and go to the pottery to check if the remaining tofu brains were cooked!

He looked down at the pottery pot and found that the tofu brain inside was almost all condensed into a piece, forming a more condensed tofu flower.

Zhang Ran knew that the soy sauce was cooked to this level and could basically be out of the pot, so he took the bamboo mold made in the morning, spread two clean fine cloths, and then scooped the tofu that was about to solidify in the kettle into the mold...

In order to make the tofu mold as soon as possible, Zhang Ran covered the mold with a layer of fine cloth and then placed a large stone... In this way, under the heavy pressure of the stone, the moisture in the tofu will be squeezed out quickly.

In fact, tofu and tofu brain are actually intermediate products of tofu, but it is just time. Tofu brain is the first to come out and is relatively tender. If the tofu brain is solidified a little, it is tofu, which is slightly more powerful than tofu brain.

After the tofu is put into the mold and compacted, it becomes tofu. Therefore, the process of making tofu should be as follows: soy milk (juice) - tofu brain - tofu - tofu - tofu.

The capacity of the ceramic kettle is limited, and it is impossible to cook two large buckets of soy sauce at once. While the tofu is still taking a lot of time, Zhang Ran and Sankui divided the remaining soy sauce into several times, poured it into the ceramic kettle and boiled it, and followed the steps just now to make tofu.

After nearly an hour of busy work, Zhang Ranctui, with the help of Sankui, his mother and sister, cooked all two large buckets of soy sauce and made them into tofu.

"Brother Ran, is this tofu ready?" After finally finishing his work, Sankui wiped the sweat from his forehead and asked.

"It should be done, I'll go and have a look!"

Although Zhang Ran was very tired at the moment, after hearing Sankui's words, he barely stood up, walked to the mold of the tofu, took off the stone that had first been brought to the tofu, and uncovered the fine cloth...

After uncovering the fine cloth on the top layer of tofu, Zhang Ran found that after an hour of heavy pressure, the tofu in the mold had very little moisture, and the tofu had basically taken shape at this time.

"Yeah, it looks pretty good!"

The tofu in the bamboo mold looks white and tender, square and pleasing, and looks very similar to the tofu common in later generations.

Zhang Ran used a wooden spoon to dig a piece of white and tender tofu and put it in his mouth to taste it. He felt that the tofu was soft and tender and delicious. The taste was basically the same as the tofu bought in later generations, and it was even better...

"How is it? How does it taste?" Seeing that Zhang Ran didn't speak for a long time, Sankui couldn't help asking.

"The taste is OK, you can try it too!"

After saying that, Zhang Ran cut off a few pieces of tofu with a wooden spoon, put it in a bowl and handed it to the three people beside him.

"Okay, I'll try it first!"

Sankui took the chopsticks and gently picked up a piece of tofu from the pottery bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then his eyes lit up: "It tastes very good, soft, much better than that tofu brain!"
Chapter completed!