freenovelworld Chapter 199 Shrimp and Matsutake Mushrooms
Chapter 199 Shrimp and Matsutake Mushrooms
"Then you are too unpicky!" Zhou Guo muttered, and continued to grind. He saw the things in the bowl getting smaller and finer until they turned into powder.
She didn't have a sieve, so she had to grind it a few more times.
The old man couldn't help but say, "Okay, it's all over."
Zhou Guo said: "It's almost there, don't worry, they are all yours and no one will snatch them from you."
After grinding for a while, there were no more large particles in the bowl. After shaking it, no large particles came up. "Okay, come, Master, I'll put it on for you."
The old man hurriedly handed over the bottle. Zhou Guo took out the bamboo sticks used to scrape the pine mushrooms, which he had already washed, and picked up a little bit of the powdered seasoning and put it into the bottle.
One bottle was full and there was still plenty left in the bowl.
She asked the old man for an empty bottle, poured the rest into it, and planned to use it at home.
Zhou Xing happened to be stewing some food, and she pinched the bottle and spilled some of it.
Zhou Xing still let her sprinkle the water. Shrimp and pine mushrooms are all edible, and half of the pot is filled with pine mushrooms, which are not poisonous.
"Why does this dish taste different?!" Li exclaimed after taking a bite of the meat.
Zhou Guo took a bite and raised his eyebrows. It was delicious!
Homemade MSG worked!
Zhou Xing said: "I sprinkled some of the dried shrimp and pine mushrooms that Guoguo grinds on it, and the taste is very different. It's much more delicious!"
Li was surprised. "Just sprinkling dried shrimp and pine mushrooms can give it this flavor? There's half a pot of pine mushrooms in this pot. The meat never had this flavor before!"
Yes, Zhou Xing couldn’t figure it out either and looked at Zhou Guo.
Zhou Guo said: "Aside from pine mushrooms, there are also dried shrimps. Dried shrimps have this flavor!"
The essence of homemade MSG is dried shrimp.
Several people were stunned.
Zhou Xing smiled and said, "This shrimp is good. We used to feed the chickens when we caught them. When we have free time, we can go to the river to catch more shrimps. We can use them in cooking and stewing."
Zhou Guo ate with gusto.
The men at that table also enjoyed their meal. The old man could tell from just one bite that today's dish tasted very different and had much more flavor. He didn't expect that dried shrimps ground into powder would enhance the flavor so much. It must be a good thing. He will have to go to the river to catch more shrimps later.
The master who made the kang ate the meat with his apprentices in big mouthfuls. Such a hard dish is usually inedible, and few hosts are willing to cook the meat in this way. This family's cooking skills are really good, and the dishes are getting better and better every day. No one knows how they cook.
The people at both tables finished all the food. With Zhou Guo around, there was basically no food left over, and everyone was still hungry and hungry.
It’s a pity that the remaining fresh pine mushrooms have been fried or dried, and there are no fresh ones left. Otherwise, it would be a real treat to have some grilled pine mushrooms in the evening.
After the meal, the chefs left, and Zhou Guo and others sat in the yard to digest the food and watch the stars.
Li and Zhou Xing couldn't sit still, so they went out in the afternoon when they had some free time and cut two large baskets of tender grass. They fed some to the livestock in the afternoon, and now they fed them again for them to eat and play with.
Zhou Guo took a look at the wild boars. They were alive and kicking, and could not walk far even if they were tied by the neck.
The ground was covered with straw and covered with pig manure. It was extremely dirty. She raised her brows slightly and asked, "Sister, do you have any meat left at home?"
Zhou Xing took the time to reply, "Not much left. Meat doesn't keep well in hot weather. I make a lot for each meal, so the leftovers should be enough for one meal. If we save a little, we can have two meals."
Zhou Guo said without thinking: "But isn't there a well digger coming tomorrow? I don't know how many apprentices he will bring. I'm afraid it won't be enough. We should kill the pig. It will be troublesome to cut grass if we keep it."
Zhou Xing looked at the big pig with a bit of reluctance, "If we kill such a big pig, how long will it take to eat all the meat? We should save some time until it gets colder. We still have so many rabbits, so we can eat the rabbits, and after the rabbits we can eat the piglets, and after the piglets we can eat the big pigs."
When the old man heard that he wanted to eat piglets, he opened his eyes quickly and said, "You can't eat piglets casually. You have to eat piglets in a way that they should be eaten. Keep them. When you run out of meat, tell me and I'll go to the mountains to catch a few. Don't touch the piglets."
He said it with an extremely serious face. Zhou Xing nodded repeatedly, knowing that these piglets were the old man's favorites and could not be moved. "Then let's eat rabbits. We have eight rabbits, which can last for many days. The remaining two kangs will be almost finished tomorrow. I just don't know how long it will take to dig a well."
Zhou Guo said: "That's not necessarily true. If we find a good spot, it will save a lot of effort if we can get water out at a depth of two or three feet. If we can't get water out at a depth of three or four feet, we have to dig deeper, which will take more time."
She looked at the livestock in the yard, the cows, horses, rabbits, and pigs, all crowded in a corner of the yard. The originally clean mud ground was covered with a mess of various feces, footprints, and leftover grass leaves. She glanced away and turned her head away. It was really unbearable to look at.
We still had to build a pen for them. For the pigs, they would be slaughtered in a few days anyway, but the cattle and horses needed a new pen. The old shed in the yard was demolished along with its roof and beams. After this demolition, the yard became much larger.
There is more than enough space to build two sheds in the west wing, which can accommodate cattle and horses.
A woodshed can be built on the east side, and an outdoor kitchen can be built outside the main house so that cooking can be done outside in the summer where the light is better. The yard should be paved with stone slabs, as the mud ground becomes muddy when it rains.
When I think about it this way, a lot of things come to mind.
Zhou Guo really wished he could grow six hands so that he would have endless work to do!
"Have all the masters gone back?" Zhou Dacang and Zhou Gu came back from outside, all wet, and it was obvious that they had taken a bath in the river.
Li frowned, "Why are you still going to the river at this time? The water is so cold. If you catch a cold, I think you will cry. Don't go to the river again in the future. If you want to wash, come back and boil hot water. It's really outrageous! Go back to the house and change into dry clothes. Even if you want to wash, you should come back to get some clothes. Why do you wear wet clothes like this? Do you think you can live longer? Do you wash your clothes too?"
She was really angry and her tone was extremely harsh. It was different from noon at night and the wind was still a bit cold. She was really worried that something might happen to the two of them.
Zhou Dacang and the other man were not feeling well either. Their clothes were wet and dripping with water. They agreed repeatedly and quickly went into the house to change their clothes.
Zhou Guo felt worried for the two of them.
After a moment, there was an exclamation of disbelief from inside the room, "Ah?! Where are the clothes? Where are they?"
"Where's the kang? This kang has been removed too?!"
The two people screamed in the room, and there was nothing left in the room. They turned around and around but couldn't see any clothes.
The Li family members then remembered that all the things used for the kang in the house had been moved to the straw shed. Zhou Mai hurriedly found the two people's clothes and sent them in. It would be troublesome if they really caught a cold.
"Oh, it's so cold! Hurry, hurry, give me my clothes!" Zhou Gu was not as tough as Zhou Dacang and couldn't help but complain about the cold.
Zhou Guo couldn't help laughing, and the others also laughed. Li laughed and scolded, "If I see you coming out of the river again next time, I won't let you eat for three days! You too, at this time of day, who would go down to the river to bathe at night?"