Chapter 365: Rice Planting
I don't know why, the Tang people almost don't eat animal offal, which can't help but remind Xiao Han of the Americans of later generations.
I remember that there were once Chinese people living in the United States, but they didn't believe in evil. I made a pot of husband and wife lung slices and invited the neighbors to eat together, but the tall American still ate heartily, and often went to his house to eat and drink in the future.
In this way, the so-called non-eating is just not finding a suitable cooking method. And Xiao Han, who has tasted all the food in later generations, feels that he has the obligation to pass on this craft, which is better than letting these things go to waste!
Handling haggis is actually very simple, just pick and wash it! And according to the experience of the butcher next to the orphanage, these things must not be washed too clean! According to what he said: Someone once used flour alkali to seriously rub the inside and outside of the intestines, and that is indeed called a clean! However, the unique taste of haggis has also been rubbed away, and it tastes the same as chewing wax, and it has long lost that umami!
Although the butcher's words are a little disgusting, they don't seem to make sense. After all, in a certain island country in the east, they love to eat the contents of their intestines......
When I put the lid on the casserole, I heard the cook shouting over there, as if it meant that the cauldron with a burst belly had boiled.
Xiao Han hurried over and instructed the cook to put the cut lamb tripe in the boiling water, and when he saw the lamb belly twisted, he immediately fished it out and put it in a bowl. Then, the various sauces that have been prepared long ago are poured on top. White and tender, crispy raw lamb belly can be eaten!
Lamb tripe can't be exploded too much at one time, one bowl is enough! If there is more, there will be life and old age, which will affect the taste! And this thing must be made and eaten freshly, if it is a little late, the taste will change!
The chef respectfully brought the first bowl of belly to Xiao Han, Xiao Han was not polite, picked up the chopsticks and picked a piece and threw it into his mouth. Suddenly, a familiar smell emerged! Let Xiao Han think of the feeling of shopping in the snack street in the later life!
Kill all the belly pops in the bowl in a few bites! Then let the chef give each person a bowl to the people present, even the chef himself will not be left behind, and he will be compensated for overtime!
Xiao Dong and the stunned man were drooling as early as when Xiao Han was munching, and finally waited for his bowl to be brought over. Quickly and carefully bit off a little white raw lamb belly, and then, their eyes lit up! A pair of chopsticks are fast, and a small bowl of belly burst into the stomach in an instant!
"Delicious! It's delicious! Anything else? After eating their own points, the two of them invariably held the empty bowl and stared at the pot.
Xiao Han was filling the last piece of lamb belly of the second bowl into his mouth at this time, and he was comfortable*, and then patted his stomach and said, "It's gone!" Two sheep, how many stomachs will there be in total? It's not a cow, it has four stomachs! ”
"But there's still ...... about this."
"Hey, the eyes are very good, this is for Ren Qing and the people who keep vigil! Do you want to keep a vigil? ”
"Uh, forget it......"
As soon as they said the vigil, the two hummed and the two generals hurriedly put down the bowl and shook their heads vigorously!
Hey, it's not a good job to keep a vigil! Everyone is asleep, and they are still wandering outside! The point is that this place is too close to the Qinling Mountains, in case a wild boar or leopard comes, it will become a hot lump on the ground the next day......
I can't eat it anymore, but fortunately, there are still a lot of haggis. Sitting around the stove, one person has a big bowl, the white soup is sprinkled with finely chopped green onions and coriander, and a lot of vinegar is added! I almost swallowed my tongue in one bite!
Looking at the people here who were immersed in hard work, Xiao Han touched his chin and thought: It is estimated that in the future, there will be another new dish in the recipe of Datang! But this is not bad, a little more food in the world is always more meaningful than having a few more copper coins yourself.
The sun rises and the sun sets.
This is the most simple life of the Tang people, fading away from the hustle and bustle of the city crowd and returning to the most innocent nature, this unrestrained pastoral life makes people very comfortable.
Xiao Han's life is very leisurely now. Sleep until you wake up naturally every day, and after you wake up, you will walk around and record the growth of rice seeds. At night, he got together with the guards to brag and fart, and told all the jokes and jokes, so ashamed that his face was red, and he was reluctant to go, supporting his two ears and antennas, which caused a laugh.
Before you know it, the rice seedlings have emerged. This rice seed, which pinned the great hopes of Ren Qing and Xiao Han, finally did not disappoint the two! In just a few days, it has grown to a height that takes twice as long as other rice varieties to reach!
Led by Ren Qing, and after the careful evaluation of several old farmers and the agricultural supervisor, everyone agreed: they can be transplanted into the field and let them grow!
Thirty acres of newly cultivated paddy fields, this is the best environment that Xiao Han can prepare for rice seeds! In order to let them have the best environment to grow, two days ago, Ren Qing was stunned to change all the water in this large paddy field by holding a basin and bucket!
Thankfully, this paddy field is in an excellent location, very close to the ditch. Otherwise, just this brainless act can exhaust a few ......
Piles of seedlings were transported to the ground by special personnel, and more than 20 people lined up and worked in the paddy fields! There is no Xiao Han here, because of the matter of rice planting, even Xiaodong, who has fiddled with the crops, is not qualified to go down!
As for the stunned man, he accidentally broke a few seedlings when he was transporting them in the morning, and he was kicked aside by Ren Qing! Now he is still squatting on the ground and cursing this unscrupulous black-faced man in a circle.
Rice planting is a big event, and Xiao Han is naturally not good to be absent! Squatting on the ground and watching the people in the fields work, Xiao Han couldn't help but sigh:
He is worthy of being a perennial tending to the crops, hunched over in the paddy fields. I didn't see them lift their heads, and the seedlings in front of them were naturally lined up in a straight line, and the distance between each plant was almost the same!
Because it is a test field, it naturally cannot be the same as normal farming! In order to ensure that the dug seedlings are planted in the ground as soon as possible, the people of the agricultural supervisor specially organized people to transport the rice seedlings! The people in the field only take care of the rice planting, and others do the rest for them.
In this way, these people are doing it fast! In one morning, more than half of the land has been dried, and at this rate, it is more than enough to plant these thirty acres of land in one day!
From morning to noon, Xiao Han looked at the sun above his head and asked them to come back to rest for a while and eat some food.
Right at the edge of the field, a pergola was temporarily erected with straw mats and wood. Add a little salt to the boiled water that has cooled in the jar to replenish some salt for those who have been tired all morning. This is also in a hurry, without tea, otherwise a bowl of herbal tea is the best drink at this time.
The man from the field gasped and poured a bowl of salt water, and the boiled eggs were brought to the kitchen. No more, no less, one per person!
Xiao Han pinched an egg at first, and he thought the cook was stingy. Later, I heard Xiao Dongyi, who was flushed, and then I knew: It turns out that the first day of rice planting is called opening the seedling door, and one egg per person is the rule......
The ancients had many rules, so they hurriedly dragged Xiaodong to the side and asked him to tell him what other rules there were, and he would be embarrassed after a while......
There are many rules for farming, but Xiaodong is young in the end, and he can't remember many things clearly, only other than that. They squat down in the morning to pull the seedlings, and first sweep the seedlings on the seedling field with the straw that binds the seedlings a few times, which is called seedling madness.
However, this point also made Xiao Han suddenly realize. He saw this strange phenomenon in the morning, and muttered to himself, thinking that they were going crazy themselves......