Because the "Beggar's Chicken" version of grilled fish is wrapped in a thick Guanyin soil shell, and the fish belly is stuffed with vegetables such as radish slices, coriander, and bean sprouts, it matures later than the other crispy versions of grilled fish. many.
Seeing that the grilled fish would not be cooked for a while, Su Qingluan simply served everyone a bowl of fish soup to warm themselves up.
There is a lot of shredded ginger in the fish soup, which is cut very finely and evenly by Su Qingluan. In this way, the spicy taste of ginger can be fully released into the fish soup, and the original taste of ginger will be weakened a lot, and it will taste more like eating with... Other vegetables with a little ginger flavor.
The fish meat was divided into several pieces by Su Qingluan, and the belly was given to the two small ones. The remaining three adults ate the back and tail of the fish, which had relatively more spines.
But it is obvious that the three adults are very skilled at spitting out fish bones, especially Su Guangfu. Although he is usually not good at words, his tongue is very good at picking out fish bones - no matter how fine the fish bones are hidden in the fish meat, as long as he passes by Su Guangfu When I licked my tongue, I found that the meat on the fish bones was gone, and there was only a little bit of meat left.
Su Qingluan was very suspicious that her father was some kind of cat in his previous life, with barbs on his tongue.
But it was obvious that the two little guys, Su Xueyan and Su Xuanhe, were not yet proficient in the business of picking fish bones. Even though the whole family had left the best parts for picking fish bones to them, they still inevitably got pricked by fish bones occasionally.
"It's better to grill the fish..." Su Xuanhe curled his lips, "It's crispy and the residue is gone in one bite. You don't even have to pick out the fish bones, just spit out the biggest fish bones."
This time, it was rare that Su Xueyan, who was also a fan, agreed directly with brother's words, nodding like garlic, "Sister, otherwise we will all eat grilled fish like this when we eat fish in the future!"
Su Qingluan reluctantly tapped the tip of her sister's nose: "If you eat this kind of grilled fish every time, then your sister and I will have to turn into octopus to feed you!"
"What is an octopus?" Su Xueyan opened her black grape-like eyes, full of doubts.
Su Qingluan then remembered that according to the level of news circulation in this era, it is estimated that people in Huaxi Village who are far away from the sea have never heard of octopus in their lives.
So she briefly described: "It is a creature that lives in the water. It has eight legs, each leg has a sucker on it and a big head..."
Su Qingluan was already familiar with the image of octopus, but she still underestimated the impact of "unknown sea creatures" on people of this era, especially children.
Su Xueyan shivered and shrank into Yang's arms next to her: "Mom, there is such a terrifying monster in the water. Will I be captured by the monster when I go to play by the river?"
Su Qingluan couldn't laugh or cry: "Octopus only lives in the sea, and it's not a monster. It can be eaten."
"What is 'in the sea'?"
"It's just a very vast body of water, very far away from us." After hearing the word "very far away", Su Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Xuanhe was actually quite frightened himself, but he just grabbed the corner of his clothes secretly and did not ask his parents to act coquettishly. Hearing that the scary octopus could be eaten, he sighed: "Although I heard from Master Zhou that there is a sea, I never knew there were such strange fish in the sea. Sister, you know so much!"
Su Qingluan: ...Actually, octopus is not a fish either... But she very wisely decided to ignore this problem, otherwise she would have more and more things to explain.
However, for the so-called "knowing a lot", she still needs to maintain her amnesia character: "Actually, these are all recorded in various miscellaneous books borrowed from Mr. Mu - Mr. Mu really has a lot of books at home. .”
When they heard that it was from Mr. Mu's book, the whole family immediately showed expressions of "I see", which made Su Qingluan couldn't help but criticize Mu Xingzhi. The impression of "well-read and knowledgeable" may become a stamp of thought in the hearts of the villagers. .
Su Qingluan gave everyone a big bowl of fish soup, and they all drank it to the bottom. Only after Su Qingluan kept "testing" did the other version of heavy-flavor grilled fish finally declare that it could be "out of the pot." "Yes.
Su Qingluan suggested: "Anyway, there are only a few grilled fish that have not been eaten, and half a pot of fish soup that has not been drunk. How about we simply remove the oven and eat directly in the house?"
Now that the sun has set, the warmth that was originally added by the sunshine has completely disappeared. Instead, the north wind is becoming more and more crazily dedicated to giving everyone countless big cock fights, making people feel more and more unable to eat.
Everyone thought this was a good idea, so they quickly divided the work and cooperated. Those who closed the screen closed the screen, and those who put out the stove put out the stove. Even the youngest Su Xueyan was busy carrying the plates and bowls into the house one after another.
Soon, several people were sitting around in the warm room, shutting out the howling cold wind. The warmth of the heated kang in the inner room and the heat of the charcoal basin behind it made the room even warmer.
Guanyin clay is a kind of clay with a very fine texture. However, when it is roasted slowly over a charcoal fire, it cannot reach the temperature required for making pottery.
Therefore, even if it has been roasted on the fire for a long time, the outer layer of Guanyin soil is not particularly hard, and it will break apart from the middle if it is gently broken.
In an instant, the aroma of a large amount of spices and fish immediately hit everyone's taste.
What's even better is that because of the stickiness of the clay, almost all the spices in the outermost layer are pulled off, so Su Qingluan doesn't even have to worry about picking out those small particles of spices.
Su Qingluan pushed the grilled fish in front of her parents: "How about trying this one? But it might be a little spicy!"
Yang smiled and said, "It's a good time to eat some spicy food to warm up when the weather is cold." Then he took a bite of the fish with his chopsticks, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Su Qingluan took a bite and nodded: Although it lacked the crispiness of the previous grilled fish, due to the extensive use of spices, the taste was more spicy and fragrant, with rich layers. Sure enough, such a strong taste is suitable for her.
After taking a bite of the bean sprouts inside the fish belly, I absorbed the deliciousness of the fish and the spiciness of the spices. It even tasted like a spicy hotpot.
Seeing their parents and sister eating with gusto, the two little ones couldn't sit still and were a little eager to try.
However, Su Qingluan was very forward-looking and placed two bowls of fish soup nearby.
Needless to say, the result was that the two little guys were so angry that they cried, drank a lot of fish soup, and ran to the hut all night.
Such days were dull and warm, and Su Qingluan had almost adapted to the living conditions of the family talking around the fire at night. Until this day, when she got up in the morning and wanted to push the door out, she found that the door seemed to be locked from the outside and could not be pushed open.
But this was impossible - her door was unlocked from the outside.
Unable to get out of the room, Su Qingluan removed the seal on the window and opened the window. Then she was shocked - there was a thick layer of snow outside, almost even with the lower edge of the window!
No wonder he stepped back and opened the door - with such thick snow blocking the outside, it would be difficult to open the door!
