Chapter 22 Making Tofu
Jiang Yan was thinking about whether to use it to make a snack. There should be some market for this kind of zero-cost but delicious snack. The main reason is that if there is no cost, there is no need to worry about losing money.
Anyway, there are many Lin family members, so Jiang Yan plans to make it too. This stuff contains a lot of glue and is easy to condense. The green jelly can be considered a flavor.
It can be said that this trip was full of harvest, the backpacks were filled with mountain goods, and the eldest son Lin Dong also picked up a bundle of firewood.
"Mom, why are we picking so many leaves?"
Lin Xi picked up the leaves in his clothes and sniffed them, but couldn't tell what they were.
"These are called tofu leaves. You can make them into cold tofu. I'll teach you how to make them tomorrow."
The family chatted for a while from time to time and soon returned home. By this time, the sky was getting dark. Jiang Yan was originally worried that it would be too dark to cook, but she didn't expect that her virtuous daughter-in-law had already cooked the meal.
They were neatly placed on the table and no one had touched them. Jiang Yan took a look and realized that the dishes were already cold. She thought she had been waiting for a long time, which touched her heart. She then looked at the Lin family members who were surrounding her and looking at her...
...It feels so good to have someone waiting at home.
Wang Jinhua hurriedly brought all the dishes on the table to the kitchen to heat them up, while several others helped sort out the mountain goods they had brought back. The family was busy in an orderly manner.
After the meal, the family was enjoying their feet. A few days ago, they didn't have enough to eat, not to mention brown rice and wild vegetables. They had to save some. Who would have thought that now they can eat three meals a day!
"Mom, that tofu you are talking about, is it really delicious?" Lin Bei stared at the pile of green leaves. After studying for a long time, he still couldn't find any difference from ordinary tree leaves. As soon as he heard that several brothers
I thought it was impossible for my mother to use this stuff to make tofu!
He only knew that soybeans could be used to make tofu, but he had never heard that tree leaves could also be used to make tofu.
"You idiot, why do you have so many questions in one day? You've been asking me just this question all night."
Jiang Yan gave Lin Bei a hard time. This kid turned out to be the one who wanted to get to the bottom of things. It seemed that the shadow the original owner had brought to them was gradually diminishing, and they were less and less afraid of themselves.
"Our family will not go up the mountain tomorrow. We have no copper coins at home. Mom has thought of a way to make money, but I don't know if it will work. I will try it at home tomorrow."
"Mom, are you making this leaf tofu?"
"I have to make tofu, but I also have to make other things." Jiang Yan stood up and dusted herself off, "Go to bed now. You will know tomorrow."
In the early morning, the first ray of sunshine shone into the Lin family's dilapidated hut. Jiang Yan got up in a daze. She was the last one in the family to get up.
She was extremely lucky to be dressed like a mother-in-law, so she could sleep until she woke up naturally, and no one in the family dared to wake her up.
After washing up, Jiang Yan led a group of people from the Lin family to get busy, assigning everyone their own tasks.
Xiaodouzi and Xiaowu are the youngest. Today's task is to feed the chickens. They only need to find some wild vegetables on the field ridge, bring them back, chop them up, pour some water and stir them together.
Lin Dong and Lin Xi were the tallest, so they were assigned to chop firewood. The Lin family's firewood was cut and used on the same day, and there was not much left. Jiang Yan asked them to chop more for future use.
Lin Nan and Lin Bei were smarter and stayed at home to help. The family had a simple breakfast and started making tofu under Jiang Yan's command.
She asked several people to wash the green leaves picked last night, and they worked quickly with hands and feet, because mother said that the leaves can be made into tofu. They were so curious that they couldn't sleep last night and kept wondering what mother was going to do.
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After several people had washed them, Jiang Yan found a piece of clean cloth and, under her command, divided the cloth into two pieces to make two simple cloth bags.
The leaves were put into the cloth bag, and clean water was poured into the wooden basin. Several people began to rub it desperately, and kept kneading and beating until all the juice in the leaves was squeezed out, and the clear water gradually became thicker.
Repeat this operation until all the leaves in the pot are beaten and thick juice is squeezed out of two pots.
Then Jiang Yan directed several people to filter the viscous juice with gauze, and also cleaned the offal leaves inside, and added the clarified plant ash water that Wang Jinhua had prepared in advance, and then followed the
Stir quickly in one direction until evenly mixed.
Slowly, the juice began to condense into lumps, and soon it turned into tofu-like lumps.
The Lin family on the side looked dumbfounded, their pupils dilated, and they looked in disbelief at the green leaves that turned into tofu under their hands. Who would have thought that the humble leaves could be turned into two pots of tofu!
Jiang Yan asked them to move the basin to the cellar to settle it. Unfortunately, the Lin family did not have a well, otherwise they could put it in the well to chill it, which would make it taste better.
After finishing this, Jiang Yan took the flour she bought last time to the kitchen and started trying to make Chengfen. Chengfen is an important raw material for making rice rolls. She planned to sell rice rolls first!
Rice rolls are simple to make, low in cost, and taste delicious. They are very suitable for a poor person to operate. In addition, there is no such thing as rice rolls in this era, and there is probably no rice rolls either. Maybe it can become a long-term business.
I spent a whole afternoon in the kitchen, with the Lin family members surrounding me. As long as Jiang Yan gave any instructions, everyone would immediately immerse themselves in the work.
Lin Nan followed Jiang Yan's instructions and kept washing a piece of dough. Only when the dough became smaller and smaller and could no longer be kneaded did Jiang Yan stop Lin Nan.
After the dough is kneaded, what is left is gluten, and what is in the basin is flour.
Pour the flour and water back in and start stirring. While stirring, add water appropriately. After tinkering for a long time, I finally made rice milk and rice flour.
There are currently no tools for making rice rolls, but this does not trouble Jiang Yan. She directly chops the washed wild vegetables, chops the elm mushrooms she picked last night, and puts them on the iron pot.
Small dustpan made of bamboo.
The small dustpan is used for steaming things. She pours the mixed rice milk on it, puts some chopped wild vegetables, and puts it on the iron pot. When the dustpan touches the hot water, the rice milk inside immediately turns white and condenses into
piece.
Such a simple version of rice rolls is ready like this. The ingredients for the sauce have not been bought yet. Jiang Yan had to buy a little soy sauce of this era at the grocery store in the town. However, she bought a lot of rice roll sauce at the mall.
Once the juice is mixed in, the taste won’t be too bad!
Jiang Yan looked at the finished product with satisfaction, then put a piece to Lin Bei's mouth, "How does it taste?"
Lin Bei looked at this white and clear thing, with chopped wild vegetables wrapped in the transparent skin. He raised his head and glanced at Jiang Yan: "It's so beautiful! Mom, how did you think of doing this?"
Chapter completed!