A good time for farming through the ages

Chapter 151 [151] Killing the New Year Pig (3000)

The tofu business has been going on until the 28th of the Lunar New Year. After the day’s sales are sold out, they start to steam steamed buns, steamed buns, bean buns, croquettes, rice cakes and other New Year’s goods. The old butcher Zhangtou came to their house to kill pigs.

Butchering pigs is a very important thing in the countryside. The pigs in their family weigh about [-] to [-] catties. After all, there is a shortage of food, and it is not easy to feed them to this level.

The pig to be slaughtered must be isolated a few days before the slaughter, and cannot be fed anymore, so as to avoid too much feces during the slaughter.

Zhuo Lin didn't think she was the Holy Mother, but seeing that the pig that had been fed for a year was about to be slaughtered by them, she still sighed and felt sorry for the pig.

If you say that killing pigs is a craft, not everyone can do it.

Old Zhangtou's family has been a butcher since the Republic of China, and he is very experienced. As early as the middle of the twelfth lunar month, after the shift schedule in the factory came out, Dad had already agreed with others on the time to come to their house to butcher pigs. After all, during the Chinese New Year, people But very busy.

On the morning of the pig slaughter, you have to invite people to your house for dinner, because they have to work for your house for most of the day, and this etiquette must be done properly.

Therefore, the breakfast on December 29 was very rich. Not only did she take out the marinated rice flower fish, but also steamed steamed buns stuffed with cabbage vermicelli and tofu, and added soy sauce made of soybeans. I made it together, and I didn’t expect it to be successful once. The taste is very good. It is served with rice, marinated for a month or two, and the taste is added. A sandwich of steamed buns, it is always delicious.

Old Zhangtou was obviously satisfied with the quality of the breakfast arranged by their family, because he also ate a boiled egg at the end. He was so good, so naturally he couldn't lose the chain.

So after eating, I immediately boiled a large pot of hot water, which was used to remove the pig hair.

Butchering a pig can’t be done by one person. Fortunately, there are many men in their family, and the brothers are already on vacation. During this time, the tofu is made with the help of the brothers. It is precisely because of the help of the brothers that they can supply it. Tofu business during Chinese New Year.

Father helped Zhang Tou, seeing that the eldest brother and the second brother were agile and strong, so he also slipped over to help catch the pigs.

Old Zhangtou was in charge, so he took the lead naturally. My father, elder brother and second brother, as well as the uncle and elder brother of the Chu family next door also came to help. Five or six people participated in order to catch the pig. The pig's front and rear legs were tied, and the pig was lifted up with a pole. The weight of the pig was weighed. It was about 150 catties, which was ten catties more than the visual estimate. It seems that the pig in their family did not eat so much for nothing. Water, Rice Bran, Wheat Bran.

Even bean dregs are not fed to them every day, how extravagant is that?
In difficult times, their family can survive by eating bean dregs, so this bean dregs is only a symbolic mix for them.

The rest are mixed with flour by A Niang to make bean dregs and dried, which can be stored for a long time, or steamed with rice, boiled with rice, and boiled into rice soup. In short, the bean dregs in their family are not wasted at all, and they are all eaten Well, it's serious food, if you can store it, you store it, if you can't store it, let daddy take it to the market and sell it.

Because food is expensive, and it is fine grain, it can be sold for a lot of money, and the money from the sale can be used to buy some coarse grains, and the fine grains saved at home are usually cooked and eaten by children who are growing up every now and then. Don't be picky, what do the adults in the family do, what do they eat, they have survived from hunger, they know the price of food better than anyone else, and they will never waste a grain of food.

Zhuo Lin looked at the pig lying on its side on the wooden table in the yard. Several people held the pig down. Hearing the heart-piercing sound of the pig, the pig in the pigsty became agitated, even though it was blocked by something This picture, but the sound cannot be blocked.

Old Zhangtou pointed the sharp knife at the throat and inserted it hard. The tip of the knife must be pierced into the heart accurately, so that the blood flow can be the fastest, and the pig will die faster, reducing its pain.Then the eldest brother took a clay basin and put a bowl of salt water and bamboo in it. The old man pulled out the sharp knife from the pig's throat, and the eldest brother immediately connected the basin, and the pig's blood would spurt out and flow into the basin along the table.

The eldest brother kept stirring with the bamboo in his hand to prevent the pig's blood from coagulating. About half a basin of blood came out, and the flow was reduced to nothing, and the pig died.

At this time, Lao Zhangtou untied the pig's hoof buckles tied to the front and rear legs, cut a hole in a pig's hind leg with a knife, and then inserted a pig's cleaver into the hole, and stabbed it to various parts of the pig's body. Between the base of the ears, the bottom of the neck, the back, etc.

Then use your mouth to blow on the opening on the pig's hind legs, and the air will go in along the passage through which the pig's butt has been inserted. The collusion between the pig skin and the meat makes the pig appear fatter, and this is done for the purpose of shedding its hair.

Finally, make the pig fat and roll out, spread the four hooves, then tie the opening on the pig's hind legs, lift the pig to a large pot of hot water, and carry out the hair removal. Hair removal is to put the fast-opening heat Pour water all over the pig's body, and then scrape it down with a scraper, or you can directly squeeze it down with your hands. After a while, the hair will fall off.

This is the first time for Zhuo Lin to watch pig slaughtering, and while feeling shocked, it is also very fresh. It turns out that people say that pig slaughtering is a skillful job, which is true.

Afterwards, the big guy lifted the faded pig to the chopping board. Zhang Tou first cut half of the pig's head along the neck, found a knot in the esophagus to prevent the food in the stomach from flowing out, and then cut open the chest cavity, and filled it with meat. A few bowls of cavity blood came out, put them into a blood basin, took out the heart, liver and lungs and put them into the water, and then pulled out the intestines and stomach and put them in a large basin.

After the pig is unloaded into eight pieces, it is the white water.

First find out the esophagus on the stomach, separate the stomach (stomach), find out the connection with the small intestine, cut it off, then cut the stomach open, pour out the remaining feces, rinse it with hot water, put it aside, and put it aside Cut the small intestine into several sections, rinse with hot water, turn it over and rinse with hot water, remove the feces, tie it with a rope, and put it aside for later use. This can be used to make sausage casings.

The last is the large intestine. There is a layer of net-like oil wrapped around the large intestine, commonly known as water oil. The butcher slowly peels off this layer of oil, takes out the large intestine, and peels off the large intestine section by section. After taking it out, I Hold this section of large intestine and fill it with hot water, pinch both ends with your hands and shake it non-stop. When you feel that it is almost done, let go of one end and pour out the feces.

The intestines were put into a basket, and after they were all poured out, they were taken to the riverside together with the stomach and small intestines, and washed thoroughly with water...

The uncle’s natal pigs were not killed, and they were sold when they were raised to one or two hundred catties. The money from the sale was divided between the two families.

29 This day is the busiest day of the year for their family. They kill pigs in the morning, wash the casings in the afternoon, cut and marinate the meat, and start enema to make sausages, which are made into five-spice and spicy. It is lean meat and fatty meat mixed together to marinate, while the fat and lean pork belly is temporarily marinated with salt and used for cooking during the Chinese New Year.

Pork knuckles, trotters, pig tails, pig heads, and pig innards were put directly into the cauldron and started to marinate. Tao Yi directed by the side, what kind of seasoning to put and how much to add seemed to be very experienced, just like a chef.

The rest of the meat is discarded for making sausages, and all the rest are made into smoked bacon.

29. I was busy until it was dark before I started cooking dinner. One of the essential items for dinner was pork blood. Pork blood was fried with garlic sprouts on a plate. The marinated meat slices were dipped in garlic juice. It tasted very good.

He couldn't finish the pig's blood, so he sent some to the Chu family. The Chu family didn't kill the pigs this year because the pigs didn't grow too big. We'll wait until they grow to a suitable weight.

If someone comes to their house to buy meat, it also depends on whether there is any surplus in their family. Because there are many children in the family, and there are two families, so Dad will directly say sorry to the big guys outside, and his pigs will not be sold out.

The pig's head is the most difficult part, it is very troublesome to clean up, but the taste of the stewed meat is very good, but Zhuo Lin does not think it is very good, mainly because there are too few seasonings in this era, relying on homemade large Sauce, bought soy sauce, without the color of fried sugar, without the combination of dozens of spices, the taste must be unsatisfactory, but compared with the characteristics of the era, it is quite good to be able to achieve this level.

On the evening of New Year's Eve, the two of them combined two tables and sat in the main room to celebrate the New Year.

There are steamed multigrain steamed buns and white bread on the table, and stewed stewed vegetables. There are tofu, cabbage, vermicelli, meatballs, sliced ​​pork belly, and pig blood. The fragrance makes people drool.

There are also skin jelly made of pig skin and cold meat made of pig head meat. Basically, except for sausage bacon, pig liver, pig’s trotters, etc., they are also marinated and hot and placed on the table. The garlic juice is adjusted. The taste is strong. Dip it in and eat it, just looking at it makes your mouth water. Zhuo Lin never ate fatty meat before, but now she thinks the fat meat is delicious and fragrant. A Niang even boiled a crock of suet with the fat meat. For two years, this is the most meaningful and happiest Spring Festival.

That night, Zhuo Lin received the New Year's money from her parents and aunt, and her aunt gave the most money, unexpectedly twenty cents, while her mother only gave ten cents, and her father also gave ten cents. In this way, she had four Dime money, but I don't know, the brothers only have five cents of New Year's money each, and she has the most.

And Zhuo Jian's lucky money was coaxed away by his brothers before he warmed it up in his pocket. This kid has no idea about money, so his brother coaxed him with delicious food, and he happily gave it to others. It's really good Very deceitful.

Brother Tao Yi also had lucky money, and it was the same for his brothers. However, he didn’t want it, and stuffed it into Zhuo Lin’s small pocket. Zhuo Lin didn’t want it, so he stuffed it, saying that when the salesman came back, he could exchange it for jelly beans. .

Although it was only fifteen cents, Zhuo Lin didn't hesitate to put it in her small bag because of her kindness. When her brothers came to ask her how much money she had, she kept it secretive and felt more and more, It seems necessary to start saving money.

(End of this chapter)