When Su Qingluan woke up, it was almost midnight. Not to mention her parents, the surroundings were already quiet at this time - because everyone had already gone to the fields to farm at this time, and those who went to the market to sell goods were early. go out.
After all, there have been no recreational activities since the time travel, and the lighting equipment is almost non-existent. Therefore, Su Qingluan developed the habit of getting up early and going to bed early within a few days after the time travel, and has developed a fixed biological clock.
Now she was forced to stay up so late by chance, not because of insomnia. As soon as she woke up, she felt that her head was dizzy, and she couldn't tell what night it was for a while.
At the beginning of last spring, Su Qingluan suggested that Su Guangfu dig a well in his yard. Because there is water flowing through Huaxi Village and there are not many residents, there are many such private wells. In this way, the Su family's water is finally a little more convenient.
Moreover, the water freshly drawn from the well was very refreshing. Su Qingluan finally woke up after washing her face.
Although she got up a little late, Su Qingluan thought about the rice dumplings in the pot and wasn't too worried about not having anything to eat. After calculating the time, the temperature of the rice dumplings has now dropped. Su Qingluan plans to put these rice dumplings in a bucket and sink them in a well and run them through cold water. This will make the originally soft and glutinous rice dumplings more elastic and firmer in texture. Better too.
The most important thing is that frequent replacement of cold water allows the rice dumplings to be stored for several days without deterioration even in the summer when there is no refrigerator or freezer.
Originally, Su Qingluan planned to keep the rice dumplings submerged in the well water, but the temperature of the rice dumplings would be too low. She and her parents were fine, but her brother and sister's stomachs were still a little fragile, so they had to be careful, so Su Qingluan planned to adopt a compromise method - draw up the well water and put it into a basin, soak the rice dumplings in it and put it in a cool place so that the temperature would not be too low.
With this thought in mind, Su Qingluan took the basin to the kitchen.
As soon as she opened the lid of the pot, she sighed in surprise with a smile: "Huh! This is a lot of food!" Originally, Su Qingluan estimated based on the normal food intake of her family, three rice dumplings for her father and mother, two rice dumplings for her brother, and one rice dumpling for her sister. , if someone doesn’t eat enough, they can share another rice dumpling, which is only ten rice dumplings.
As a result, Su Qingluan counted carefully and found that there were ten sweet rice dumplings and three salty rice dumplings.
"You also said that salty rice dumplings are evil. Didn't you eat three of them?" As a loyal salty rice dumpling, Su Qingluan secretly felt very refreshed.
Although only three salty rice dumplings were eaten, it must have been after everyone ate the first one that they felt it was good, so they started eating the second and third ones, right?
As for the sweet rice dumplings, it must be caused by inertial thinking. Inertial thinking is understandable! Su Qingluan thought so, and quickly took out all the rice dumplings, put them in the basin, and poured them into the well water that had just been drawn up.
In the end, she only put two salty rice dumplings in her bowl - just kidding, why on earth did she make so many egg yolks, bacon and brown rice dumplings? In addition to promoting "salty rice dumplings", of course it was to satisfy her appetite. ah!
As a cook, wouldn't it be too embarrassing if you let all your greedy food come out?
Thinking like this, Su Qingluan peeled off the outer skin of a rice dumpling. At any time, the brown glutinous rice dumpling soaked in soy sauce rolled out.
This soy sauce soup is not pure soy sauce. It was prepared by Su Qingluan by adding spices and a little sugar to enhance the flavor. This not only increases the taste of the glutinous rice, but also neutralizes the fishy smell of the salted egg yolk.
Su Qingluan poked a piece of glutinous rice with chopsticks, put it in his mouth and chewed it, then squinted his eyes: "Sure enough, the fragrance of rice dumpling leaves is completely different from other materials. This faint fragrance is unique."
In the previous life, the production of zongzi exploded. In order to pursue profits, many merchants did not use zongzi leaves and horseshoes when making zongzi. Instead, they used other materials, such as corn leaves, which were not available in this era.
Of course this is possible, but it will lose the special fragrance of the rice dumpling leaves and lose a bit of the flavor that Su Qingluan remembered.
What's more, modern families in previous generations rarely had the patience to spend a whole night cooking rice dumplings, so the rice dumplings always seemed not soft enough.
However, this time, Su Qingluan used this old-fashioned wood-fired stove to slowly cook the rice dumplings. The heat was enough, and the glutinous rice was indeed softer and glutinous than the finished rice dumplings bought in the store in her previous life.
The only fly in the ointment is that the two rice dumplings she is eating have not been "cooled" by the well water, so they have not yet developed the firm and elastic texture, and are more soft.
"But tomorrow is the real Dragon Boat Festival, and the remaining rice dumplings can be eaten tomorrow." Su Qingluan muttered in a low voice, then put the mouthful of glutinous rice dumplings into his mouth.
Bacon rice dumplings are more oily than red dates or candied bean white rice dumplings, because the salted egg yolk and bacon inside will seep out rich oil when heated. During the long-term close contact with the heating and stewing process, these The oil has penetrated into the rice grains, so the whole rice dumpling has an oily aroma.
What's more, the bacon Su Qingluan chooses to wrap in the bacon rice dumplings is relatively fatter pork belly. The fat layer of pork belly has richer fat and a thicker taste than other parts. In this way It will make the whole rice dumplings more fragrant.
This time, Su Qingluan chose eggs for the salted egg yolk. Although it is not as big as duck eggs, the egg yolk has less fishy smell, and the pickling period is shorter, making it more convenient to use.
Facts have proved that her choice was successful. The salted egg yolk of eggs can also produce sand and oil with proper production technology, which is no less good than duck eggs.
The salty and oily texture also makes the bacon rice dumplings richer in texture, making them less greasy.
Su Qingluan originally thought that she would save more rice dumplings and not have to prepare breakfast tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. However, judging from the consumption of rice dumplings today, Su Qingluan felt that he had to carefully calculate the portion he took out. After all, he only made fifty rice dumplings in total at home, and there was really no extra quantity to give away too much.
Considering that "giving someone a pair" and not being able to give the number "four", Su Qingluan thought for a while and decided to give six rice dumplings to three families. In this way, based on the number of rice dumplings consumed this morning, there would still be enough left at home. Next four rice dumplings.
As for who these four rice dumplings are given to, it's up to Su Guangfu and Yang to decide - the big deal is whoever comes to visit and eat one if they catch up.
Thinking about this, Su Qingluan made two portions of "two salty rice dumplings and four white rice dumplings" and one portion of "two white rice dumplings and four salty rice dumplings". After thinking about it, she took out two of them and prepared them. go out. The remaining portion is still soaked in cold water like other rice dumplings.
Very selfishly, the remaining four extra rice dumplings are all salty rice dumplings.
