Chapter 199: It's spicy
Qiao Xiaoru was funny, thinking that fortunately I solved the chili pepper before, otherwise it would be even more trivial today!
In modern times, you can just buy chili powder, but now there is no chili powder sold in the market, only whole dried chili peppers.
Qiao Xiaoru had no choice but to fry the dried chili peppers in the pot, fry them crispy, and crush them with a small stone mortar that he borrowed.
The peppers could be stored, a job she had done a few days earlier.
Put all these seasonings in large wooden basins and barrels, add the appropriate amount of sugar and salt and stir well.
Let it sit for more than a quarter of an hour, until the various seasonings blend with each other and ooze water to stir again into a thick sauce, and then you can use it.
When Qiao Xiaoru was stirring the sauce, Lu Xing'er and Qingmiao kept standing next to her, staring at it with good eyes.
At first, all kinds of choking, spicy, pungent and pungent smells flew around, and the aunt and nephew hurriedly retreated, turned their heads, covered their faces, and sneezed constantly.
After resting and stirring, the blended sauce aroma comes out, and the pungent and pungent smell is miraculously softened by mutual blending and neutralization, and becomes a mouth-watering spicy aroma, with sweet and fruity notes of apple and pear.
It's really mouth-watering, and the saliva is stimulated in the mouth, and it's very sour!
Lu Xing'er smacked her mouth and smiled: "It's not in vain that we have worked hard for two days, don't say it, this sauce really looks decent!" Even if you can't make it in the end, you won't lose by eating this sauce! Xiaoru, save some, taste it at night, and try it tomorrow when you drink porridge! ”
Qiao Xiaoru smiled: "Okay! Stir-fry a cabbage with this sauce tonight and see how it tastes! ”
"Wouldn't fried bacon be better! What a fragrant sauce! Qingmiao licked her lips as well.
"That's not good," Qiao Xiaoru said with a smile: "The bacon is already salty, and this sauce is also salty!" ”
The three of them laughed, and Qingmiao suddenly realized, "Oh, yes! ”
Lu Xing'er pointed a finger on Qingmiao's forehead and scolded with a smile: "Fool! ”
Qiao Xiaoru tapped a little sauce with her fingers and tasted it in her mouth, her spirits were lifted, she liked it, it tasted very positive!
For a while, I was proud and a little sad. It's proud that she can't imagine that she can cook spicy cabbage without her grandmother and mother, and the same is sad, she can no longer eat the spicy cabbage they made!
The cabbage in the early stage is handled very well and successfully, and the taste of the sauce is also well adjusted, and the next step is to coat the sauce layer by layer on the cabbage leaves, and then gently twist the coated cabbage like a twist, and cover the lid in the jar layer by layer and seal it.
After that, it's time to wait for fermentation.
"Little aunt, Qingmiao, let's coat all the cabbage with sauce today, I'm afraid it's going to be harder!"
It was already half past three in the afternoon, and although there were three people, the Chinese cabbage was also three large jars, although one jar was not too full, it was not much worse.
And once this work starts, there is no way to stop, and it is impossible to wait until tomorrow to use the prepared sauce, so the workload is still very large, but I am afraid that I will be busy until dark.
Lu Xing'er and Qingmiao both nodded in agreement, and the three of them were busy.
When Tian heard this, he also came to help.
This requires bending over and bowing her head for a long time, Qiao Xiaoru still doesn't dare to let Tian do it, in case the head is not enough blood supply and faints, it is a big trouble, and her waist may not be able to stand it.
Qiao Xiaoru smiled and said, "Wait a while, my mother will still cook, forget it!" Wouldn't it be troublesome to have to wash your hands later! The three of us can do it, if it's too late, it's not too late to ask my mother for help! ”
Tian smiled and said, "That's what I said, it's almost time to cook!" Then you can rest assured, I'll stir-fry tonight, that is, don't dislike it! ”
"Where can I be!" Qiao Xiaoru and Lu Xing'er all laughed.
Just over halfway through the busy work, sure enough, the sun had sunk in the west and the twilight was getting thicker, and the three of them looked at the sky, and the movements of their hands subconsciously accelerated.
"That's right," Qiao Xiaoru suddenly raised his head and said to Qingmiao, "Aren't you going back to boil medicine?" After a while, go wash your hands, let your third aunt get you something to eat first, and you will go back after eating! Remember to use hot water and add some salt when washing your hands to save your hands! ”
There are no plastic gloves at this time, and this is how you use your hands when you apply sauce, and the skin is not irritated or spicy!
Since Qingmiao has spent a long time here, the Yang family will never leave her dinner and will not allow her to eat at home again, and tonight is dinner, she can't go back hungry.
Qingmiao glanced at Qiao Xiaoru gratefully and said with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, don't worry, my little uncle is sick and will go home today!" I don't have to go back to boil medicine, I'll be fine if I go back later. ”
"That's good!" Qiao Xiaoru smiled, and said that bastard thing in her heart!
Seeing that Lu Xing'er seemed to be a little interested in Yang Xiu's bastard's illness, she wanted to ask something, for fear that she would ask the clue, you must know that this little aunt is shrewd! Qiao Xiaoru smiled and opened her mouth, quietly taking the topic away from the conversation.
This busy, sure enough, was busy until dark, and then hurriedly smeared all the sauce, put the spicy cabbage into a jar, and closed the lid.
In order to have a better seal, Qiao Xiaoru asked Fool Fujun to move three big stones and press them on the three cylinders.
After sitting for an afternoon and finally liberating, the three of them felt much more relaxed.
However, this relaxation, the hot feeling on the hands is also immediately "Huh! The tide was higher than the tide.
"Ah, it's so spicy!" Miao shook his hand.
"It's spicy! Why didn't you feel it just now! Lu Xing'er looked at her hands, and she didn't know what to do.
Qiao Xiaoru hurriedly asked the little bean sprouts to help scoop up the hot water, added salt, and the three of them put their hands in it to soak.
The three pairs of hands just put it in, except for Qiao Xiaoru, who had two "Ah! He withdrew his hand as if he was rebounding, with a pained expression on his face and bared his teeth.
"It's fine!" Qiao Xiaoru also felt pain, but she endured it because she was mentally prepared, uh, she forgot to remind them......
"Just a little bit! Long pain is better than short pain, bear with it! ”
"You've learned badly, you don't know how to remind us!" Lu Xing'er smiled and tentatively put her hand back in.
Seeing this, Qingmiao only hesitated for a moment and put her hand in.
The three of them soaked for more than a quarter of an hour, the water was almost cold, and the stinging sensation of heat at the beginning was gone, and then they took their hands out.
I shook my hand, and sure enough, it was much better than before, although it still hurt a little, but it was much better than before!
Qiao Xiaoru looked at the palm of her red hand, and couldn't help but sigh secretly, if this is still very troublesome if the market is opened, almost tens of thousands of catties of spicy cabbage are made, do you still want this hand?
After being so busy, I almost forgot that today was the Lantern Festival.