Chapter 540 Dad, is this the "seafood" you bought? Say goodbye to the old year and welcome the New Year's Eve dinner! [Please subscribe]

For Chinese people, New Year’s Eve dinner is the most important meal of the year.

Not only is it to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, it is also to reward the whole family for their hard work at the end of the year, and to give good expectations and wishes for the coming year.

In the restaurant, Chen Meijuan is skillfully rolling out dumplings with several old ladies.

There are many people eating today, and there are several kinds of dumpling fillings, including beef and green onions, fennel and pork, three fresh shrimps, leeks and mutton, and zucchini and eggs, which symbolize five blessings.

Mrs. Lin said:

"To fill the gap tonight, you can eat as much as you can."

Filling the poverty pit is a saying in the past. It is said that the poor people are in the "poverty pit" and have an opportunity to fill the pit with food at the end of each year.

Once it is filled, you will no longer suffer poverty in the coming year.

Life will also become richer and better.

This is actually a beautiful expectation, and it also gives the whole family a reason to have a big New Year meal.

However, it has a beautiful meaning and gives people hope, so the elderly have passed this saying down from generation to generation.

Shen Jiayue, who originally wanted to join hands but was ruthlessly stopped by Han Shuzhen, said:

"Then I have to eat more, not only to fill the pit, but also to pop up and pile it up into a small mountain."

Chen Meijuan was afraid that her daughter-in-law would overeat, so she quickly said:

"No, no, no, even if there is a hole in our family, we don't need you to fill it. Just eat enough. Don't force it. It will damage your body."

These words reminded Han Shuzhen of her experience on duty in the hospital during the Spring Festival a few years ago. On New Year's Eve, patients were admitted to the emergency department one after another for overeating, vomiting, acute pancreatitis, and even gastric perforation.

Come to the rescue.

Most of these people overeat, eat forcefully, and eventually go to the hospital for gastric lavage.

What's more, even surgery is needed to barely save a life.

Therefore, there are risks in filling pits, and you should be careful about your diet.

Aunt Qi Xiang sesame rolled out the dumpling wrappers sharply and said with a smile:

"We northerners eat dumplings during New Year's Eve. I wonder what southerners eat on New Year's Eve. Do they still eat rice?"

Shen Jiayue was currently chatting about New Year's Eve dinner with netizens in the group. When she heard this, she smiled and said:

"Auntie, there are many places in the south. Some places drink mutton soup, and some places eat glutinous rice balls and glutinous rice cakes. The customs are different in different places. Only we northerners make dumplings and smash them all the time, which has become a joke on the Internet."
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Chen Meijuan smiled:

"A person is nourished by the soil and water. I think the dumplings are very delicious and I will never get tired of eating them."

While they were chatting, Shen Guofu drove Lin Xu's Maxari slowly into the yard.

He went to buy seafood in the morning, and only bought some prawns, eels, swimming crabs and other seafood. The high-end grouper and the like were sold out, but the store owner said there would be another batch in the afternoon, so Shen Guofu drove there again. By the way, you can get over the addiction to driving again.

The strong push-back feeling brought by 720 horsepower, coupled with the carbon fiber body, made Lao Shen full of interest in Maisari's car.

He has decided to order two when he returns to the capital. Then he will choose carefully and try to add something more personalized.

Opening the trunk, he walked into the kitchen carrying two large bags of newly purchased ingredients:

"It was really worth it. I bought two groupers and some large prawns. The price is higher than those in Beijing. There are also some shrimps, blood clams, oysters and so on."

Shrimp monster is what southerners call hermit crabs.

Lin Xu is currently sorting out the dishes that need to be steamed with brothers Chen Meiliang and Chen Meili.

There are savory dishes such as braised pork, crispy pork, crispy pork ribs, crispy chicken nuggets, crispy beef, vermicelli balls, sweet potato balls, cabbage rolls, etc., as well as sweet dishes such as pear bird's nest and orange steamed eggs.

The so-called snow pear bird's nest is to hollow out the middle of the snow pear, then put the bird's nest that has been soaked and picked out the feathers, and steamed with pure water and rock sugar. It is a combined version of rock sugar snow pear and rock sugar bird's nest.

Because it looks good and tastes good, everyone has one portion today.

Lin Xu and his two uncles had been busy in the kitchen for most of the day just now, playing with snow pears.

Lin Xu placed all the pears on the steaming tray, turned his face, and then realized that Shen Guofu was actually carrying a furry thing, which looked like a cow's head, but was longer than the hair on the cow's head.

He asked curiously:

"Dad, is this also seafood?"

"Oh, this is not seafood. I was walking around the area and saw a hump on sale in a butcher shop. This thing is quite rare. It only cost a few hundred yuan, so I bought it for everyone to try. ."

Hump?

When they heard this name, even brothers Chen Meide and Chen Meiliang turned their faces.

In the past, I always heard cross talk reports about steamed camel hump and steamed bear paws in the name of the dish, but I have never seen it in real life.

Chen Meide asked curiously:

"Didn't you say that all the water stored in the hump is water? When you open this thing, will it look like a puddle of water like a broken watermelon?"

Shen Guofu put the bag on the workbench and said:

"Originally I thought this thing was a puddle of water, but when I looked at it I realized it was a big ball of fat, just like foie gras. However, the person selling the hump said that this thing looked full of fat, but inside it was all fat. It’s fascia, which is a little different from foie gras.”

This hump looked like a giant taro wrapped in a felt hat. Lin Xu took it and said:

"Now that I have bought the ingredients, I will add two more dishes tonight."

He took out the hump and looked at it. The incision did look like a big ball of grease.

When I got closer and smelled it, there was actually a milky smell.

Chen Meide smiled and said:

"This thing looks amazing. Will it be oily and greasy when made?"

Lin Xu shook his head:

"If it's all fascia, it shouldn't be greasy. I'll peel off the hump inside and soak it to remove the odor."

As he spoke, he exchanged the practice of humping.

Not to mention, there is indeed a dish called steamed camel hump, and it is said that it is as famous as steamed bear paw.

In this case, let’s make this dish during the Chinese New Year.

Lin Xu took a kitchen knife and carefully picked off the fur on the surface of the hump, peeling out the white hump inside.

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Logically speaking, this step should soak the camel hump in water for 24 hours, change the water several times during this period, thoroughly soak the hump, then remove the hair from the camel hump, and then cook it with the skin.

But New Year's Eve was coming soon, and Lin Xu couldn't wait that long, so he used this simple and crude method.

The hump with its skin removed really looks like a huge ball of fat, and it also exudes a strong milky fragrance, giving people a very greasy feeling.

Lin Xu put it into the water with the intention of soaking it, but after putting it in, it kept floating.

Apparently, the fat content is too high, so these humps cannot be soaked, and even if they are put into water, they will float.

"Isn't this thing impossible to soak?"

"It's all oil, and if you soak it, it's all in vain."

“It looks pretty clean, but I don’t know what it will taste like when it’s done.”

Lin Xu washed off the camel hair and dirt on the surface, took it out and put it in a basket, planning to play with the ingredients after finishing his work.

There are many dishes that can be made from camel hump. It can be strung up like mutton skewers and grilled over charcoal fire. It can also be cut into thin strips and stir-fried with chili peppers.

In addition, it can also be made into stir-fried, boiled, fried, steamed, abalone juice, dry-fried and other types of dishes.

The deliciousness of the camel hump does not lie in the fat, but in the mesh-like fascia inside, which gives the hump its unique taste.

Coupled with the aroma brought by the fat, when the hump is eaten into the mouth, it not only has the plump and greasy feeling of eating big fat meat, but also has the chewy and chewy feeling of eating beef tendon.

All in all, it’s delicious.

Since ancient times, countless foodies have been impressed by this ingredient and created one delicious dish after another.

Lin Xu didn't make the hump, but started making other dishes first.

The steamed dishes are arranged for stews and roasted dishes. In addition, casseroles, baked dishes and griddle dishes also need to be prepared.

As for the dry-fried and fried dishes, put them at the end to avoid being unable to eat them if they are cold when the meal is served.

After finishing these tasks, he placed the hump on the chopping board and began to modify the knife.

This thing looks like a ball of fat, but when you cut it, you will find that it is very difficult to cut. The fascial tissue inside is soft and tough.

Lin Xu replaced the chopping knife in his hand with a thinner and sharper slicing knife.

First cut the camel hump into thick slices, then cut it into half-centimeter-thick slices with a diagonal knife, cut it and place it on a plate, pour some stock on it, and put it in a steamer to start steaming.

The reason why I don't put it in the steaming cabinet is because I am worried that it will mix with the food in the steaming cabinet.

After steaming the camel hump, he cut off a piece from the large hump and cut it into thin slices the size of potato shreds with a knife, intending to stir-fry.
To be continued...