Chapter 230: Secret Recipe (1st update)
Chapter 230 Secret Recipe (1st update)
Mrs. Cui felt it was quite magical when she heard what Jiang Zhiluo said.
It turns out that there are many grasses and flowers that she doesn’t know about that can be used to make food.
For example, the locust flower from before is really delicious when made into steamed buns.
Mrs. Cui used to pull mugwort with Jiang Zhiluo, looking forward to the taste of various mugwort foods.
There are many hillsides in this area, and they didn’t pay attention before walking back and forth on the road.
I happened to see it when I came back this time, so I pulled out some more and put them on the bullock cart.
Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, there happens to be no dry food at home. Let's go back to make dough and make mugwort steamed buns in the afternoon. We also happen to have the pork belly that Zhuzhu gave us, so we can use it to make braised pork."
They haven’t eaten pork belly for a long time.
“Okay, that’s the arrangement.”
She mainly wanted to taste the mugwort steamed buns.
The main thing is that it’s lunch time now, so it’s too late to make fresh steamed buns.
Jiang Zhiluo thought for a while and said, "Mom, let's make pork rib soup with mushrooms at noon."
When Zhiluo was pulling mugwort, she happened to pick a few mushrooms and fungus.
After it rains, there are a lot of mushrooms and fungus.
She and Mrs. Cui ate together, and one dish was enough to eat.
After returning home, the two of them started to get busy.
After driving the ox cart home, Jiang Zhiluo quickly used her mind to put the duck eggs in the empty space back into the basket on the back of the ox cart.
When Mrs. Cui lifted up the grass above, she saw the duck eggs inside.
“I’m still worried about bumping it on the road. It looks like it’s not broken, so I wonder if there are any broken duck eggs underneath.”
A duck egg costs half a penny. If it is broken, Mrs. Cui will feel distressed.
And these duck eggs can be pickled into preserved eggs, and preserved eggs are not cheap.
Jiang Zhiluo knew what Mrs. Cui was worried about, "Mom, don't worry, we are walking slowly on the road, and the carriage is padded with straw, so it won't be bumpy."
"Yes, that's true. I listened to the sounds on the road, but I didn't hear any broken sounds."
Jiang Zhiluo and Mrs. Cui first took down the backpacks one by one.
He took down the five big bags of shells.
The duck eggs will be pickled in the afternoon, and a small part of the shells will be kept for later use, and the rest will be put in the utility room.
Hand down the wormwood and put it aside.
The bullock cart was **** under the cowshed.
Jiang Zhiluo started washing her hands and cooking.
There is still rice cooked in the morning, which is enough for two people at noon. They can just heat it up and eat it as a staple food.
The next dish is mushroom and pork ribs soup.
Mrs. Cui washes the ribs and mushrooms.
Jiang Zhiluo prepares the seasoning.
Chop the washed mushrooms and fungus.
Jiang Zhiluo also cut some carrot slices.
Then Mrs. Cui lit the fire, and Jiang Zhiluo blanched the ribs.
After blanching, clean the pot and add water again, add onion and **** segments, and add some rice wine.
There is no cooking wine here, so we can only use rice wine instead.
Add in the pork ribs and stew.
After boiling over high heat, remove the blood foam, then add mushrooms, fungus and carrot slices, and simmer over low heat.
When it’s almost done, add some seasonings and sprinkle some coriander.
Cilantro is grown in the vegetable garden, so just pull some out when needed.
Vegetables in this era do not contain any pesticides. They are all pure green and pollution-free ingredients, and they are safe to eat.
Mrs. Cui and Jiang Zhiluo both felt relaxed when they sat together for lunch.
Mrs. Cui feels that she is busy working every day just for one bite of food.
Every time you eat, your body and mind feel relaxed and comfortable.
Mrs. Cui said: "This soup is light and delicious, and tastes delicious." Jiang Zhiluo also felt that drinking some soup made her both physically and mentally comfortable, and all her fatigue was dispelled.
After lunch and a break, Mrs. Cui was going to prepare dough to make steamed buns.
The leaves of the mugwort are picked off, washed, and then mashed in a stone mortar. Add water to make a paste, and then filter it with gauze to filter out the mugwort juice leaves.
Mrs. Cui looked at so much mugwort juice and said, "You don't need so much."
Just a little water is needed for kneading the dough.
Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, scoop out as much as you want. I will keep the remaining wormwood juice to make wormwood glutinous rice cakes and wormwood glutinous rice dumplings tomorrow."
"good."
Mrs. Cui used mugwort juice to make dough.
Jiang Zhiluo went to the yard to scoop out water and wash the duck eggs. After washing the duck eggs, she started to prepare a pot to burn the plant ashes.
Then sieve it, and then pour in the ashes after cooking and burning.
Crush the shells again, burn the shells, pour them in after burning, and then pour in the salt. After stirring well, pour in the rice water after washing two or three times in the morning. This rice water is alkaline.
She thought she would need it when she went home in the afternoon to pickle duck eggs, so she kept them.
Stir everything poured into the basin evenly.
After everything is done, put the duck eggs in, roll them, and wrap them up.
Then put hay and wood ashes in a jar and put in the wrapped duck eggs.
Then put it in a cool place and you can eat it after more than half a month.
But when Jiang Zhiluo was pickling duck eggs, she looked at the mugwort and the gray shells of vegetation, and her mind moved.
“Actually, these things and roasted lard can be used to make soap.”
Yes, these things can also be used to make soap.
There happens to be mugwort, so mugwort soap can be made.
It’s just that I don’t have molds at home.
But there is a bamboo tube. Put it in the bamboo tube. After it has settled and solidified, peel off the bamboo tube and cut the long pieces into pieces.
When I wash clothes at home, I use soap leaves.
In order to wash the clothes clean, she and Mrs. Cui both beat them hard with mallets.
However, some clothes are easy to break if you are not careful, so you need to be careful when beating them.
So washing clothes is sometimes very slow.
With soap, washing clothes would be much faster.
While Jiang Zhiluo was thinking about it, Mrs. Cui had already kneaded the dough, covered it and set it aside. It should have risen in more than two hours, and it would be time to make steamed buns.
Not to mention that after taking the mugwort juice, she smelled a faint scent of grass.
I guess it tastes good too.
“Zhiluo, if you need anything else, my mother will help you.”
Jiang Zhiluo said: "Mom, I'm thinking of taking out some pork belly and roasting it in some lard."
Mrs. Cui said: "Our family roasted some lard before, and we still have a small jar."
Their family uses a lot of oil when making bread, chili con carne sauce, and food, so they roasted some of the lard they bought before.
This way you don’t have to bake the oil every time.
There is still a small jar at home that can be used.
When Jiang Zhiluo heard this, her expression changed and she said, "Mom, take out the jar of oil. We can make soap at this time."
Mrs. Cui didn't know why. How to make soap instead of pickled duck eggs?
But what is soap?
Mrs. Cui just went to the back room and took out a puddle of lard and said, "Zhiluo, is the soap you mentioned similar to honey locust leaves?"
Jiang Zhiluo nodded and said: "Well, it's just a soap for washing. It's much easier to use than acacia leaves."
“Let’s make a little bit of it first, and then we’ll know how to use it once we’re ready.”
If possible, Jiang Zhiluo would like to start a soap business.
But now that there is a war outside, and all forces are ready to take action, Jiang Zhiluo doesn't want to be too high-profile yet.
What if someone sees that the soap is so good and covets the secret recipe?
(End of this chapter)