Chapter 18 Braised tofu with crucian carp
People in the provincial capital always like to joke that there are only summer and winter seasons a year. For example, in autumn, it is like water in your hand, swaying away along the cracks of your fingers, and it will be over without paying attention. Once the transition period is over, the weather becomes colder than early winter. When you wake up in the morning, the windows of your home are covered with a thick layer of water vapor. According to this cold method, the windows of the windows will be printed on the window glass within half a month.
The person who walked into Xinghua Lane saw a small blackboard outside the newly opened fishing restaurant in the morning. The beautiful chalk words were written on the menu of the day. The shop owner was so ingenious that he had a fish on it. The menu was written so beautifully that he should be a careful person, and the taste of the dishes he made would probably not be bad.
Because Xinghua Lane has small clinics and police stations, people living in residential areas to the east and north also like to go to the west tower and small market to walk closer to Xinghua Lane, and there are quite a few people who usually come and go.
Some people have seen fish miscellaneous so cheap and smacked their lips to think about it, some people are moved by the crucian carp stewed tofu stewed today, and some people didn’t eat enough silver carp stewed tofu yesterday and wanted to eat it again.
Drinking hot soup in cold weather and eating popsicles in hot weather is the same as that in hot weather, it’s awesome!
The next door, Lao Pu came out to shake off his noodle pocket, saw Zhen Zhen's sign, and pushed the door in, "Zhen Zhen, you're like the cafeteria, and you're still having a bright menu."
Zhen Zhen was taking the treasure house to peel garlic and smiled, "Isn't this the neighborhood canteen?"
Lao Liu pushed his bicycle out to work and saw Zhen Zhen's small blackboard. As soon as he pulled the door open, he heard Zhen Zhen's words and learned "Oriental Time and Space" and made up an advertising slogan for Da Yuxian, "Neighborhood canteen, stew our own fish." It made Zhen Zhen and Lao Pu very funny.
Lao Pu grinned, "Old Liu, I didn't see it. You are quite literary."
"You just say it's right?"
"It's always right."
I laughed and said a few words and went to work hard.
The choice is too single when you eat it all the time. Zhen Zhen is full of skills and has no place to use it. Today, the main dish is added, stewed with crucian carp tofu. In addition to the many thorns, crucian carp has delicate and sweet meat in freshwater fish. No one who loves fish in the north and south doesn’t like it. It is considered a fish that is worthy of the name of the common people.
Zhen Zhen stewed the silver carp first. The crucian carp soup cannot be stewed for a long time. The fish meat is easy to melt in the soup for a long time. I don’t rush to put it in the pot for the time being, but the preparation time is longer. The crucian carp is not as big as the silver carp, and there are more fish to kill. Even though Zhen Zhen is quick to handle, it is almost ten o’clock after finishing it, and it is time to start making it.
It is best to fry crucian carp with meat oil, cut the fish body with a knife, fry slowly over low heat, fry until it is set, cut the onion into sections, slice the ginger, add hot water, rise high onion, and quickly produce white soup. The tender tofu I specially wanted today, the crucian carp has sweetness, and it is best to simmer it with tender tofu. Cook it slowly over low heat for twenty minutes, sprinkle thin salt and pepper to taste.
Unlike stewing silver carp thick oil red sauce, crucian carp soup is light and does not require excessive seasoning, but only highlights the fresh flavor.
First, I served two small bowls for the two brothers playing in the front hall. The children and the kitten grew up and drank a bite of hot soup before lunch to serve as a meal.
One of the Haier brothers was probably born with a cat, and the other one was unknown to the alien cat who was wandering here. As long as the fish was eaten and drunk, they would accept all the food and drinks. One was gurgled with a big mouth and a small tongue licked it wildly. After a while, all the soup in the bowl was dried.
His big eyes were curved and his breasts were spoken for his younger brother, "Sister, the fish soup is like milk, it's always delicious." It's definitely a sister who whispered.
"Then let you two drink another bowl during lunch." Zhen Zhen bent the corners of her lips and raised her hand to wipe the soup stains on her brother's face and the kitten's beard.
I packed up my bowl and prepared to go back to the kitchen. The door opened. A young man wearing glasses came in from outside. It still worked. The person who came was a family member of a patient who was given an injection in a small clinic. The wife at home had a miscarriage a few days ago and was weak. She was so uncomfortable that she couldn't eat in the morning. She sent her to the clinic for nutritional injections. When she saw the restaurant selling crucian carp soup, she immediately wanted to buy a serving of her wife to make her belly.
The young man was a little troubled, "I didn't bring my lunch box."
Nowadays, most take-out bags are made in plastic bags. Plastic bags were popularized since the early 1990s, but Zhen Zhen was born with no good impression of this thing. I wonder if it was not very technical. The plastic bags are not only thin but also have a strange smell. Using it to carry hot soup can ruin a pot of good soup.
"You pay an extra 50 cents deposit, take away the soup bowl, and send it back after drinking it. I will refund you the deposit." Zhen Zhen said to the young man.
The foods sold yesterday were all taken away by diners, but she was negligent about taking them away. During the Republic of China, the restaurants were all exquisite wooden food boxes. It is unrealistic to use them now. Plastic bags are not easy to use. It seems that there are several white foam lunch boxes on the market that sell the same strange smell as plastic bags, which makes people feel very worried. Zhen Zhen thought about it and came up with the idea of something.
The young man named Lu Ming repeatedly thanked him, not caring about the hot heat, and took the steaming crucian carp soup to the small clinic opposite.
"Wife, let's see what I bought for you? The fish is stewed now and it's old and fragrant. I'll bring it back all the way. I'll be greedy just by smelling it. Come and try it while it's hot."
He put his hot face on his cold butt, and his wife gave him a hygiene eye. "I don't know I'm disgusting. Fish soup is so fishy, who cares to drink it?"
"Look at how good this soup looks. Stewed with crucian carp tofu is the most nourishing, so just add fishy food." Lu Ming continued to persuade.
"Crucian carp stewed tofu? Isn't that thing a good thing to feed the milk? Tell me, are you still complaining about my child?" If this person is unreasonable, it will be like a show for you on the spot, regardless of time, location, or occasion.
The guy who was getting an injection was so idle that the couple was so quarrel that everyone had fun, and they all watched quietly with relish.
Only the old man sitting next to him had different concerns. He fell in love with the fish soup bought by Lu Ming, the fish floating in the bowl of blue and white porcelain soup, and it looked like a living. The steaming snow-white fish soup, the soft white tofu, and the coriander leaves were sprinkled on it, so it didn't look too good.
The old man rolled up and down unconsciously, discussing with Lu Ming, who frowned and advised his wife, "Young man, how much did you buy it? Your wife doesn't like to drink it, why don't you resell it to me? I ate an egg before I came out in the morning, and I'm just hungry."
There were several people who received injections in the disposal room. They were all happy after hearing the old man's words. The old lady who had a grandson in the area criticized him, "You are so anxious."
"What's your business? I'm happy." There is a kind of urgency, which means that you must eat it as soon as possible when you see something delicious.
The old man looked at him, but Lu Ming couldn't refuse, "Add the deposit of Big Bowl is a total of six yuan, I didn't touch it at all. If you don't dislike me, I'll give it to you."
The old man did not hesitate to pay Lu Ming on the spot, put the soup bowl on a small table next to the seat, took up the long-handled spoon and couldn't wait to take the first sip.
The monkey looked anxious and saw that the old lady who had just started to hurt him frowned. Seeing the old man drinking a sip of soup, he smashed his mouth, closed his eyes and didn't move for a long time, and said, "What's wrong, this soup is so delicious that it makes you unconscious?"
The old man opened his eyes when he heard the sound, and his eyes were so excited that he lit up, "You are right, this is called the loss of spirit soup. I have to go back to my soul and taste it." After tasting it, he immediately spoonful after spoonful, and a big bowl of soup and a fish, and it was full of light in a short time.
The old man continued to savor after drinking it. The soup was not too salty. It was just right to drink it in sip. It was fragrant and fragrant. It not only had no fishy smell but also had a little sweetness. The tofu melted in his mouth, the fish was delicious, and the heat was just right. It was the best crucian carp soup he had ever drunk in his life.
The soup was a little hot, and the old man was so red that he felt comfortable all over. He felt that his respiratory infection was much better and his breathing was smooth. He looked back at the window and looked diagonally facing the small restaurant. He remembered it.
The old man drank the soup like a whale, which shocked everyone in the house. Looking at his wife, Lu Ming complained, "You don't drink the soup that is right. I just said that the soup is not fishy at all, you must not believe it."
His coquettish wife was also greedy and stammered, "Why don't we wait for the injection to be finished, let's go to the store to try it?"
"Grandma, I want to drink too." The injected child pulled his grandma's sleeve and begged.
"What are you drinking? The things outside are not clean at all. Besides, the soup is for the girl. Grandma's eldest grandson is so expensive that he can't drink that thing." These words made the old man's face blushing even more rosy.
"What soup can't be drunk by men?" Before the old man could answer, he walked to the treatment room to chat with the patient after receiving the clinic. The old Chinese doctor happened to hear it and asked in confusion.
The old man was dissatisfied, "Doctor Qiu, do you think this old lady is talking nonsense? Why can women drink crucian carp and tofu soup, but men can't?"
The old Chinese doctor did not answer his question immediately, stared at Tang Wan and asked, "Is this the soup we have diagonally facing the small restaurant called Dayu?"
After getting affirmation, Dr. Qiu looked excited, "I opened yesterday, and I happened to bring the meal. Xiao Wang went to eat. When I came back, I said that the little girl in the Zhen family had a very high cooking skills."
After saying that, he looked into the old man's bowl, "Look at this thorn like crucian carp, crucian carp stewed tofu? Crucian carp is good, crucian carp is good for liver, kidney, heart, and body, regardless of gender, especially your old Feng. When the weather is cold, your trachea is bad. Drinking more crucian carp soup is best for trachea. Oh, I won't tell you anymore, I'm saying I'm greedy, I'll go to Dayu for dinner first."
The old Chinese doctor's white robe flashed, without taking away a cloud, immorally aroused the appetite of the people in the house, silently adjusting the speed of the little things.
The old man was sitting on the right side of the old man, who was so greedy that he saw the old man drinking soup just now. He looked at the dripping bottle on his head and whispered, "It's too slow. I can drink dripping. I'm late and what if I have lost the fish?"
A large number of foodies are approaching.
Zhen Zhen is busy in an orderly manner. Coordination and balance are the most important thing to measure the chef's business ability. If you stew the silver carp, you don't need to worry about stewing the silver carp. First, use a large stove to quickly roll out the white soup, then transfer it to a small casserole. Put it in a small carbon stove under a casserole and simmer it slowly. When eating, it will be directly used in the casserole, which will save time and effort.
Lao Liu put a long casserole on the marble cooking table, and the scene was quite spectacular.
The four brothers of Xiong did what they said, and indeed regarded the big fishing fish as a canteen. Today, we came again. Not only did the four brothers have a lot of them, but they also brought a wealthy fellow villager to Mr. Fang, who wanted to open a bath center on Xita Street.
Boss Fang, who had a briefcase under his armpit, finally stepped into the door, frowned as soon as he came in, looked at the house with disgust, and curled his lips, "I said you don't need to save money for me. I want to invite you to a serious restaurant to eat some high-end ones. You took me to such a small and broken restaurant. What good food can you eat? I have eaten stewed fish for 800 times. The Northeast cuisine is cooked roughly and very salty. That is, you just came to eat fresh food. Let's go to the Nanjing Street to eat the old man Zhengxing."
He commented on the bad food before he ate it, and even said it in front of the boss, which made the fourth brother of Xiong very reluctant to come to Taiwan and blushed and smiled at Zhen Zhen.
Zhen Zhen's face was still unchanged. She had never seen any diner. There was no shortage of such people who judged people by their appearance in any era. Just say it, I just listen to it casually.
The police officer on duty today entered the door and heard it, and shouted, "What's wrong with the Northeast? People in Northeast China can also cook southern dishes, so what's wrong with the small restaurant? Just be delicious. Zhen Zhen gave them a serving of your fish balls yesterday and tried them."
Zhen Zhen's eyes were circling around Boss Fang's beer belly, the big gold chain, the small gold watch, especially the big gold chain as thick as a treasure house finger on his neck, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he could have food and clothing. Since you took the initiative to deliver it to the door, I'm not polite...
You are the one who kills you.
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Thank you to the little angel who cast the mine for giving 16 candies;
Thanks to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution, I had 50 bottles in the empty wallet; the little fairy who couldn't fly ~ 30 bottles; 2572971510 bottles; the freshest today 8 bottles;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
Chapter completed!