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Chapter 436 Crispy Roast Suckling Pig

Carpenter Li and Mrs. Zhu entrusted someone to bring a basket of spring bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots couldn't be kept, and if they were eaten within a day, they would not be dried.

Lily and Zhaoren came back with the children to pick Artemisia annua, saw Song Haonian squatting in the yard peeling bamboo shoots, raised his head and said with a smile: "Just mix and eat."

The spring bamboo shoots and Artemisia persicae are both extremely tender. Blanch them in water and mix them coldly, and you will be full of the fragrance of hair growth.Stew pork ribs with spring bamboo shoots, and you don’t need to add too much seasoning. A few pieces of ginger, an anise and a piece of fragrant leaves, a little salt when it comes out of the pot, it will be sweet and nutritious.

The remaining spring bamboo shoots are made into dried bamboo shoots, which can be eaten in summer and autumn.

Today's main course is not wormwood and spring bamboo shoots, but the suckling pig sent by Lamei.In fact, there is a saying in the palace that "choose the young and not the strong, and choose the strong and not the old". There are often suckling pigs in the routine dishes, but at that time the children had never seen how this thing was made.

To roast a suckling pig, you have to choose a pig that is two months to half a year old. The three-month-old one sent by Lamei is not too big or too small.The children were not allowed to watch the process of bloodletting and removing the internal organs. When they saw it again, the piglet, which was still alive and kicking just now, had already shed its hair in the boiling water basin.

The skin of the small pig is tender, and it is easier to shed than the big pig. It is scalded in boiling water, and then the fine hair is plucked out with tweezers made of bamboo. Finally, it is cooked with some spirits and lightly brushed, and it will be completely shaved.

In order to avoid uneven roasting, Song Haonian made several openings on both sides of the suckling pig with a knife, so that the seasoning can seep in, and the heat can be evenly heated, so that the outside is not burnt, but the inside is still alive.

The barbarian girl cooks at home every day, but the children all know that Lily is the best cook and has many tricks, so they all admire her.Only the roast suckling pig can't be done by Lily, Song Haonian has to do it himself.

When Song Haonian rolled up his sleeves, Yi An was stunned: "Second Uncle, can you still cook?"

"That's right, let me show you something!" Song Haonian was a little proud.

Yi An's eyes widened: "Grandpa won't, uncle won't, my father won't either...Second uncle, you are too good!"

Song Haonian didn't expect to be able to gain the admiration of his little niece by cooking a meal, so he couldn't help laughing.

Of course, roast suckling pigs cannot be roasted indoors, and the firewood is easy to blacken. Song Haonian lit a pile of charcoal fire in the yard, and asked the children to back off: "Be careful and scald when the sparks splash out."

Even if they didn't get burned, they would be annoyed for a while if they burned their clothes.

Speaking of this, there is another thing that Song Haonian is afraid of: once a barbarian woman was frying noodles and fruits in the kitchen, if she made a mistake, she would run in, hold the edge of the stove and look in, when the barbarian woman saw it, His hand was about to reach into the frying pan...

Everyone was scared out of their wits that day, luckily Ruzhen didn't pour oil all over himself, otherwise I don't know if I can be saved.

He was so mischievous that he could hardly control it. It was Zhaoren's idea, saying that she was naughty when she was a child, and the emperor used this method to cure her.

Song Haonian and his wife really had no other choice, so they had to use the method Zhaoren said, and heated up the iron pan in front of the truth, so that he could see how fierce the fire was. , but when it was not particularly powerful, the two of them ruthlessly grabbed Ruzhen's hand and pressed it onto the iron pot.

The grown-up felt that his hands were hot, as if his hands were really tender, and it hurt when he pressed them, and immediately burst into tears.The parents were so distressed that they just wanted to cry, counted five breaths with difficulty, and quickly let go to look at his hand, blowing to him.

In fact, Song Haonian has a good temperature control. If it is true, his palms are a little red, and he is not burned. He wiped his eyes and tears for a while, and then he got into the kitchen, and he didn't dare to touch the stove again. The knives in the kitchen were well hidden , he can't reach it, so my lord can rest assured.

Song Haonian also said: "After all, Uncle Huang's idea is that it is useful."

So when Song Haonian said it was hot, if it was true, he retreated quickly, and did not forget to pull his sisters, the children stood far away, watching Song Haonian roast suckling pig.

The suckling pig has been marinated with various seasonings for a while, smeared with sweet and sour, pierced with a three-finger-thick bamboo, and roasted on the fire.

While flipping the suckling pig, Song Haonian kept brushing the sweet and sour sauce and peanut oil on the suckling pig. The firepower slowly forced out the oily flowers, dripping onto the charcoal fire, and a small golden spark burst out. The children followed and " wow" sound.

Song Haonian said in his heart, not to mention anyone else, but with the tender voices of these children, he didn't feel hard work at all, and everything was worth it.

Roast suckling pig is a slow job, and Song Haonian couldn't stop flipping it over there, the children couldn't bear it anymore, and went to play with other things, but Ruchun staggered over and grabbed Song Haonian's clothes Hem, still staring intently.

Zhaoren hurriedly hugged his little nephew away, seeing his eyeballs almost glued to it, he couldn't help laughing, the aunt and nephew watched with relish.

The children played elsewhere for a while, and were attracted by the tempting smell of the roasted suckling pig. They bounced and asked Song Haonian, "When will the roast be finished?"

The suckling pig had been roasted until its skin was bright red, Song Haonian found a chopstick to pierce it down, and when he felt that it was almost done, he greeted everyone for dinner.

With a knife, Song Haonian sliced ​​the suckling pig into palm-sized slices and spread them on a plate. Man Nu had already made another layered cake and served it with sweet sauce and side dishes, sandwiching the pork inside the layered cake eat.

The mille-feuille cake is soft and chewy, wrapped with crispy pig skin, under the pig skin is tender raw meat, the suckling pig is too small, the meat is not much like pork, it is translucent when baked, and it chews like fried pork Potato powder, but it is much more fragrant, without any fishy smell of pork.

Only then did I feel that the meat was a bit greasy, and the crispy side dishes jumped to the tip of my tongue, which just neutralized the greasy taste and whetted my appetite.

There was not much meat in a whole suckling pig, and the children loved to eat it, so they ate it up in a short time. After that, they only ate Artemisia annua and spring bamboo shoots, and they refused to even touch the ribs, but they drank a lot of soup.

In the countryside, suckling pigs can't be eaten too much, and they have to be kept to grow up to eat meat. Lily doesn't plan to cook more of this for the children.Unexpectedly, within a few days, I heard Lamei say: "This silly boy, Ruzhen, asked me how to eat the suckling pig. I said that only those who fell to death can eat it, so he took a wicker and drove the pig to the bottom of the ridge." ..."

Lamei laughed until tears came out, Lily's face turned dark, Zhuo Ruzhen asked him: "Do you love suckling pigs like that?"

Ruzhen nodded, her big eyes were shining, Lamei saw that the eldest sister was in a bad mood, and quickly said: "I didn't come to complain to you, why did my nephew eat my two pigs? I just think this child is spiritual and very funny."

Lily shook her head: "Don't spoil him, the emperor and the others are used to his status, should we be more strict and let him grow up to become Song Haojie?"

When talking about Song Haojie, Lamei was speechless for a while, and said after a while: "Our children, how did they become like that?"

"If you don't teach it well from now on, it will become like that in the future." Lily said.

She didn't intend to hit the truth, she knew a long time ago that it's not good to beat a child when something happens, she has to let him know the reason.

As soon as Baihe asked and Ruzhen answered, she gradually understood what Ruzhen was thinking: "Third Aunt said that piglets that fell to death can be eaten, so if they fall to death, we can eat them."

Lily said in her heart that I didn't starve you, you are a hundred times better at food and clothing than the children outside, you are not satisfied yet.He also knew that he was too young to speak the truth, so he said, "Jun'er wants your building blocks, may I give them to him?"

Ruozhen quit immediately: "Mine!"

His stuff, if he doesn't agree, no one is allowed to give it to anyone!
Lily said again: "Okay, don't give it, you put it away. The building block is yours, but whose is the little pig?"

"Third Aunt's." Ruzhen instinctively felt that his mother was digging a hole for him to jump in, but his little brain couldn't figure it out for a while, he hesitated for a while, so he had to jump down the hole Lily dug.

"Third Aunt didn't tell you, so you just take it. Do you think Third Aunt is happy?" Lily frowns to scare her son.

Ruzhen was taken aback, and quickly looked at Lamei. According to Lamei's own thoughts, let alone the little suckling pig that Ruzhen wanted, she would be willing to take gold and silver from her hand, but not only looked at Lamei, but also her elder sister. Look at miles.

After all, Lamei was brought up by Lily. When Lily stared at her, she also felt guilty, so she had to cruelly reject Ruzhen's wet eyes, and said following Lily's words: "If you asked me, I would not be unhappy, but you didn't ask Me, I'm still a little unhappy."

If you really opened your mouth, you can't figure it out. There are still people in this world who will be unhappy because of him.

He has been a pistachio since he was born, and when other people see him, they say that he is such a lovely fat boy, nothing could make anyone happier.Every time Lamei sees him, she also smiles, but this is the first time she says she is unhappy.

Ruzhen wondered in a daze, was he wrong, or else it wouldn't make people unhappy.

Lily patted his son's head: "Do you know what's wrong?"

Ruzhen nodded, with a look of fear: "Mother, what should I do?" What if the third aunt doesn't like him?
Lily said: "Then go and confess your mistake to Aunt San, and tell me where you are wrong. If Aunt San forgives you, you will be fine."

Ruzhen rushed to Lamei in a hurry, and whispered in a sobbing voice: "Third Aunt, Ruzhen knew it was wrong, Ruzhen shouldn't have hit Xiaozhu without asking you, Ruzhen confessed to you, you forgive Ruzhen..."

The more he spoke, the more sad he became, seeing Lamei's heart ache, he said quickly: "You admit your mistake, I'll take it, and I will listen to your mother from now on, don't be so naughty again, do you hear me?"

Ruzhen sobbed and hugged Lamei for a while, and went back to Lily to listen to the training with his head bowed. Lily didn't scold him again, because he was willing to admit his mistake and asked Song Haonian to take him outside to play.

As soon as they went out, Lamei sighed: "Why do you control this child so strictly? It doesn't matter if he was naughty when he was young. Look, he listens to what he says, how good he is!"

Lily smiled and said: "I'm also a mother for the first time. How experienced are you when I'm with you? I'm afraid that an accident will teach him badly, so I will control him more strictly. As long as he doesn't make mistakes, how can I control him if he is naughty on weekdays? We also don't want him to be very promising, as long as there is no disaster and no trouble for a lifetime, that is our heart as parents."

Lamei is also a mother, and when she heard these words, she spoke to her heart, she couldn't help holding Lily's hand and saying, "Sister, I think the same way!"

(End of this chapter)