Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 168 Delicious Food
On the way back, Chunqiu would pay attention to the crab at the side from time to time.

Crabs, as far as she knows, there are many snacks with crabs as the main food in later generations. Chunqiu decided that when she goes back at noon today, she will cook and eat all the crabs in this bucket!

Steamed, braised, spicy...

In Chunqiu's mind, there are various ways to eat crabs, and the corners of his mouth swallowed unconsciously. In the short time he went home, there are no less than ten ways to eat crabs in Chunqiu's mind...

When Chunqiu and the others came home, the family had already started cooking. Looking at the busy figure in the kitchen, Chunqiu took the bucket of crabs to the kitchen very calmly. Before leaving, Chunqiu specially told the children not to eat too much. Keep your stomach waiting for the crabs to come out of the pan.

Foodie Chunhua patted her belly to promise not to eat anything, just waiting for Chunqiu's crabs.

The same goes for Huzi and Xiao Shitou, because Chunqiu is now like the legendary God of Cooking in their eyes. No matter how unpalatable something is, it will become a delicacy in Chunqiu's hands.

Chunhua and the others worship Chunqiu in the most stupid way, just like those stupid fans in later generations.

Chunqiu smiled and waved back to the others, then headed straight into the kitchen.

In the kitchen, her mother, Yuan Shi, was making lunch. When she saw her daughter come in with a bucket, Yuan Shi looked happy, "Is this a good thing?"

Every time Spring and Autumn came back from the river, she would bring back some good things. Yuan thought it was the same as usual, "Is it still fish this time? Do you want to continue drinking fish soup at noon?"

"No, it's a crab." Chunqiu took off the lid of the bucket with a smile, and presented the big crab inside in front of Yuan Shi.

Yuan Shi was taken aback by the black thing with several legs, "Oh, can this thing be eaten? It's nothing to eat." Yuan Shi stepped back, afraid that these black things would come out.

Things like crabs are not very popular in Yangjia Village, why?Is it because the ancients didn't have the tools to eat crabs, and they didn't know the secrets of eating crabs, and the crab shells are hard, so it's not easy to open... All the reasons combined are an important reason why crabs are not popular.

Chunqiu nodded knowingly, let's see, in the later generations, the kind of crabs that are always sold at a high price was such an inconspicuous existence in ancient times, fortunately, a knowledgeable person like Chunqiu knew about it, otherwise, it would be a thing of the past. what!
Chunqiu decided to give full play to his ability as a Chinese little master to justify the name of the crab!

Chunqiu talked to her mother again, and under Yuan's disapproving gaze, he calmly transferred the crabs to a big basin.

As soon as the crabs were caught, there was still some mud and sand that hadn't been drained. Chunqiu poured some salt into the basin, and then the crabs spit out some water first.

Because they caught a whole bucket of crabs.Chunqiu has a lot of choices in cooking. After much deliberation, Chunqiu decided to make a spicy crab first. Not to mention anything else, she likes it!Let's have another steamed crab. After all, Chunhua and the others can't eat spicy food. Well, let's have another seafood porridge with crab meat. Well, it's a good match.

"Mother, is there enough food at home?" Chunqiu planned to eat crabs at noon, if her mother cooked too much, it would be embarrassing.

"Not much, just warm up the morning meal." Yuan Shi lowered his head and brought out the heated rice from the pot.

"Mother, let's have crab for lunch. I'll make crab and seafood porridge later, it's delicious." Chunqiu told her mother his plan with a smile.

Yuan Shi turned her head, reached out and touched the tip of Chunqiu's small nose, and said in a brisk tone, "Oh, my mother, Niuniu, is she going out of the mountain?" Because Chunqiu hasn't cooked much recently, Yuan Shi directly teased her when she suddenly wanted to cook.

Chunqiu blushed when her mother said, "Mother"

Yuan Shi laughed out loud, "Okay, okay, mother will stop talking."

Chunqiu watched her mother leave and turned her head to get busy again.

Cooking must be accompanied by people who help to light the fire. Chunqiu called Huzi in and asked Huzi to hold firewood to make a fire, while she ran to the back of the kitchen to get the ingredients for spicy crabs. Steaming is not difficult, but it is spicy. Well, Chunqiu is naturally how delicious it is.

After preparing the ingredients, Chunqiu greeted the tiger beside him, and the two of them washed the crabs in the basin with clean water. It is not difficult to wash the crabs, especially this kind of crabs that are already half dead.

Originally, the river crabs were not as vigorous as the sea crabs. When a few people were added to attack them, they were not serious. Then these crabs were put into salt water to sterilize and sterilize. The duel between the pincers and her was considered against the heavens.

After the two cleaned all the crabs in the pot, they threw them into the pot directly, leaving only the part of the spicy crabs. Anyway, whether it is making crab seafood porridge or steamed crabs, the crabs must be steamed.

Put the lid on the pot, Chunqiu directly asked Huzi to add fire to the stove, and she also used another stove.

Spicy crabs need to be deep-fried. Chunqiu first puts the rest of the crabs in raw powder, and then directly puts them into the hot oil pan and fry them until they change color. Duan, ginger slices, garlic, bean paste, stir-fry the red oil and add chili and pepper aniseed.At this time, a pleasant aroma was already wafting from the pot, and Hu Zi secretly glanced over.When the frying is almost done, Chunqiu pours in the crabs on the side, mixes well with an iron spoon, then adds Zhizhi rice wine (brewed by Yang Li's), sugar, and a little soy sauce, and finally fry until the water dries up and comes out of the pan.

Because Chunqiu likes spicy crabs, the finished product was transferred into a small basin. Chunqiu hugged the basin and smelled it vigorously. Finally, he couldn't control himself, he dragged a crab leg into his mouth and wrapped it up, um!Chunqiu's eyes lit up, and he happily pulled out another tiger and handed it to the side. The siblings were very excited after eating it. Except that it was a little spicy, the taste was really good.

At this time, the steamed crabs were also out of the pot. Except for a few fragrant leaves and green onions and garlic, Chunqiu didn't put anything else in here. Chunqiu deliberately cut a large crab several times.

The two picked out the steamed crabs, Chunqiu also grilled the crab meat of a few crabs, and prepared to make seafood porridge later, "Hu Zi, move these two pots to the house, by the way, send sister Chunhua and the others I also called over to eat together." Chunqiu did not forget the two people who helped before, and they caught a lot this time, even if the uncle's family came over, it would still be enough to eat.

"Hey" Huzi responded, then threw the crabs he had eaten aside, and left with the basin in his arms.

Chunqiu stood on the spot, a little dumbfounded, isn't it, this is really a sister who has forgotten to eat!
Shaking his head, Chunqiu got busy again...

By the time all the meals are ready, Chunqiu has long been exhausted and paralyzed. She hasn't been in the kitchen for a long time, and now she's really not used to cooking so much at one go, but fortunately, her mother loves her so much that she came to help .

The spicy crabs and steamed crabs that were made in Spring and Autumn before, and then Yuan Shi divided half a pot and sent them to Dafang. Since Gu Shi came back from Yang Li Shi, it was like a different person, and he was quite honest. , Yuan Shi got along well with his aunt these days, and the crab was also caught by the children of the two families, so it would be refreshing to split half of it.

The seafood porridge cooked by Chunqiu was also divided into half and served. Chunqiu lamented that it was fortunate that he had boiled a lot, otherwise it would not be enough.

When he returned to the house, the steamed crabs had been eaten by Huzi, and the spicy crabs were too spicy, so he didn't eat much.

Seeing the fragrant crab meat porridge, Huzi wanted to eat it, but there was no place to put it, so he could only look sadly at Chunqiu and the others who were full.

Except for the tiger, the three of Chunqiu ate all the rest. In the end, Chunqiu groaned and lay on the kang without moving, belching... Chunqiu covered her mouth, her face was ugly, she ate too much. Too much, so that I kept belching, Chunqiu turned his head towards the ceiling, rubbing his stomach, trying to make things digest faster...

(End of this chapter)