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Remove the head and shell, leaving only the whole shrimp meat, chop it into finely minced shrimp meat together with ginger slices, and then mix it with salt, sugar, and tapioca flour to form a non-sticky and certain hardness dough, and divide it into long strips of uniform thickness.

Put the dough into the pot and cook it until it is cooked through, then take it out and cool it down with cold water. After it has cooled completely, put it in a basket and let it air-dry.

If it were an ordinary autumn day with cool and dry weather and good ventilation, it would only take one night to dry. However, the autumn rain was continuous, and Xia Mingyue wanted to eat the shrimp chips that were full of childhood memories as soon as possible, so she simply baked them briefly at a low temperature to remove the moisture from the dough as soon as possible.

By the next morning, the long dough will feel hard and can be sliced.

This step is very demanding on knife skills. If the slices are too thin, the shrimp chips will easily break when stored. If they are too thick, the shrimp chips will not be cooked through and will not expand when fried. Therefore, the shrimp chips must be cut into even thicknesses.

Moreover, the long dough has a certain hardness at this time, and also has certain requirements on the sharpness of the kitchen knife, which increases the difficulty of slicing.

Fortunately, the kitchen knife in Xia Mingyue's hand was bought by Lu Qiyan specifically for her. Not only was it thick in texture, but it was also extremely easy to sharpen. There was no need to sharpen it finely on a whetstone. Just rub it a few times on a coarse porcelain basin or the bottom of a bowl, and the blade would be very sharp.

This was what Xia Mingyue did at this moment. With just a simple rub, the kitchen knife became very easy to use, helping Xia Mingyue save a lot of effort.

Xia Mingyue quickly cut several dough strips into slices of even thickness. The next step was to dry these slices thoroughly until the shrimp chips were completely dry.

For this step, Xia Mingyue also used baking to shorten the time, using only the oven to completely dry and bake all the shrimp chips.

The dried shrimp chips can be completely stored in a cool and dry place for a long time.

But Xia Mingyue felt that this step was of no use to her because she was going to start frying shrimp chips, lots and lots of shrimp chips.

Put enough oil in the pot, and when the oil temperature is high enough, put all the shrimp chips to be fried into the pot. No other action is needed. The originally thin and small shrimp chips will make a sizzling sound under the high-temperature oil, and then their size will also change dramatically.

The small shrimp chips begin to swell and become larger and thicker. When the shrimp chips are fully expanded and float completely on the oil, emitting bursts of aroma, use a colander to scoop out the fried shrimp chips, drain the oil, let them air dry for a while, and then start eating directly.

The round shrimp crackers are fried into flower-like shapes with irregular appearance. They smell very refreshing. When you bring them to your mouth and take a bite, they are crispy and full of shrimp flavor, salty and delicious, a real delicacy!
The crunching sound adds a bit of wonderful flavor to the shrimp chips. Paired with some tea, you can chew them up and drink some water to moisten your stomach...

Can't enjoy it anymore!
Xia Mingyue felt very satisfied after eating the shrimp chips she remembered from her childhood. The shrimp chips tasted even better than she remembered, which made her extremely happy. Therefore, she ate them like crazy for two whole days before she slightly slowed down her eating speed.

But for others, not only did their eating speed of the shrimp chips not slow down, but they even increased it, eating more and more.

Take a few before meals, a few after meals, a few before bed, a few after getting up in the morning...

Fan Jinglan even ate the shrimp chips almost as a main meal and didn't plan to eat anything else except the shrimp chips.

"Ms. Fan, isn't this good for your health?" Zhuang Cui couldn't bear to watch it anymore and kindly reminded her.

"Why does Madam Zhuang say that?" Fan Jinglan was puzzled.

“Although these shrimp chips are delicious, they are just snacks, not regular meals. If you only eat shrimp chips without eating regular meals, it will be bad for your health.”

Zhuang Cui spoke seriously, but Fan Jinglan scratched her ear in confusion, "But... are these shrimps eaten during meals?"

"can."

"Then can we eat cassava?" "Yes."

"Is it okay if I eat some fried food?"

"That's right..."

"Since shrimps can be eaten, cassava can be eaten, and fried foods can be eaten with meals, then why can't shrimp chips made from shrimp meat and cassava flour and fried be eaten with meals?" Fan Jinglan asked.

Zhuang Cui, "..."

Oh yeah, why not?

There is nothing wrong with each of these items and steps, so why can't they be put together?
So why is this?

Or is it that there is nothing wrong at all with eating shrimp chips with meals?

After all, there is nothing wrong with each of these things and steps, so what’s the problem with the food produced by these materials and steps?

So, shrimp chips can be eaten as a meal!

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Zhuang Cui came to such a conclusion, and like Fan Jinglan, she broke the last bottom line in her heart and continued to enjoy the delicious shrimp chips with peace of mind.

Xia Mingyue, "..."

I didn't know how to evaluate the behavior of these two people.

All I can say is that no one can resist the deliciousness of puffed food!
This autumn rain finally stopped after the aroma of the shrimp chips dissipated a little.

Although the rain has completely stopped, the chill brought by the rain has become even more intense, making it impossible to take off the autumn clothes that were originally put on because of the rain.

Xia Mingyue used to be very afraid of cold, but this year she took good care of herself for a period of time, coupled with daily exercise, her physical condition has improved a lot. Even though she is wearing thinner clothes now, she doesn't feel any cold.

But in such weather, even if you don’t feel cold, it is very comfortable to have some hot food or soup.

Tear the white fungus into small pieces, add red dates, wolfberries, rock sugar, etc. to cook a pot of steaming, sweet and sticky white fungus soup. Eating a bowl of it in the morning or in the afternoon will give you a very satisfying feeling.

Snow pear, rock sugar, wolfberry, red dates, tangerine peel, etc. are boiled into snow pear tea which nourishes yin and moistens the lungs. Put it in a small casserole and keep boiling it. When you want to drink it, pour a pot of it and drink it while it is hot. It will quench your thirst and make you feel comfortable all over.

Dried chrysanthemums, dried lotus leaves, rock sugar, etc. are boiled into a tea that clears away heat and dryness. Drinking a pot of it in late autumn when the weather is dry will make your body feel clear and refreshed...

Xia Mingyue felt that these hot drinks tasted great and were very easy to make, so she simply dried them all in the sun, mixed them into portions according to the proportions, and wrapped them in paper so that they would be convenient to take out when needed later.

In addition, it is also convenient to give some to relatives and friends, so that they can enjoy the warmth and comfort of late autumn together. (End of this chapter)