allonlinenovel Chapter 143 Spicy Fried Snails
Chapter 143 Spicy Fried Snails
Li Laosan and Li Erlang spent the whole afternoon tinkering with wooden dragonflies, and destroyed all the sorghum stalks left by Li Yuer. The wooden dragonflies they made either couldn't fly or couldn't fly well.
The production of the wooden dragonfly may seem simple, but it contains the principles of levers and mechanics. Li Yuer first drew a sketch with a carbonized branch, drew a simple scale on a branch, and measured the approximate lengths of the relative parts, especially the wings of the bamboo dragonfly, which are not flat, but have a certain force arc. Only when the force angle is appropriate can it fly smoothly.
Li Laosan and Li Erlang didn't know this, and they just copied others, so the result was definitely not good.
Li Erlang broke the wooden dragonfly in his hand and threw it into the fire in front of him to destroy the body.
"Uncle San, do you think we are clumsy? Why can't we do it?"
Li Laosan stared at the wooden dragonfly made by Li Yuer in his hand for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what it was.
"Forget it! We may not be cut out for this. Let's return the things to Xinxin, or she will complain to Li Yuer."
At this time, Xinxin was eating the bribes from Li Erlang and Li Laosan in the kitchen shed. She had a piece of dessert in her left hand and a candied haws in her right hand, and was happily watching Li Meir and Li Yuer fiddling with the delicious food.
"Sister Mei'er, the conch is poisoned. It's time to wash it and put it in the pot."
Li Yuer carried a bucket of water to show Li Meir. What she said about poisoning to death did not mean poisoning to death. Instead, she meant adding oil to fresh water. The snails would first spit out mud and sand, and then bloom. After staying in fresh water for a long time, the snails would die without knowing it, and when they died, the blooms would not retract.
At this time, the conch is still very fresh.
"Okay!" Li Meir washed the snails several times with water, then poured them into a basin for later use.
Li Yuer started to make a fire. It took some time to make a fire in the ancient stove, which was not as convenient as in modern society.
Li Meir grabbed a piece of ginger with nimble hands and cut it into shreds with a "swish, swish, swish!"
Next came the scallions and garlic cloves, and finally the chopped pepper sauce that Li Yuer bought at the market.
The pan was hot, and Li Meir scooped a spoonful of oil and poured it into the pan.
"Zizzizi!"
The aroma of lard burst out instantly, and Xinxin sniffed, trying to absorb the fragrance in the air.
"Zilla, sizzle, sizzle!"
Li Meir felt that the oil temperature was about right, so she added some scallions, ginger and garlic and stir-fried them.
Another fragrance wafted out of the pot.
"It smells so good! Mei'er's cooking skills are so good!" Wang Dagang and his wife smelled the fragrance from far away. They just came out of another house and came to Uncle Eleven's place.
"That's right. Mei'er is a capable woman and she's pretty. Whoever marries her in the future will be very lucky."
"Uncle Dagang, Aunt Yue'e, you are here! Come on and sit in the boat. My father and my second uncle are all here. My grandpa and grandma just came back too."
Li Meir was so busy that she could only greet them with a smile.
Li Yuer called for people, and Wang Dagang and his wife got on the boat with the New Year gifts. Yougen and Honghong came over curiously.
"Isn't this Xinxin? Why is she at your house? Her mother came back home so early this year?" Yougen asked curiously.
According to current customs, women have to stay at their husband's home on New Year's Eve, and only return home on the second day of the New Year.
When Xinxin heard the word "mom", his eyes instantly turned red, like a little rabbit, and the candied haws in his mouth no longer tasted good.
She missed her mother so much. Her mother was the best person in the world to her, but her mother was driven away by her grandmother and father.
Yougen didn't notice Xinxin's reaction at all, but Honghong was very careful and felt something was wrong. She quickly took Xinxin's hand and said, "Xinxin, do you still remember me? We were both playmates of your cousin Futou. We played together during the Chinese New Year last year."
Xinxin is just a little kid after all, and his attention was quickly diverted.
She nodded to Honghong and said, "I remember you, Sister Honghong. You have grown taller than last year."
Hong Hong nodded happily and said, "Of course, I will grow taller in the future, like Sister Mei'er, tall and pretty."
Yougen poured a bucket of cold water on her, "How can you be as pretty as Sister Mei'er? At most you look like Li Yu'er."
Li Yuer who was making a fire: Just wait and see if I can blind your eyes when I grow up.
"Wow!"
Li Meir poured the snails into the fried chopped pepper sauce and used a wooden spatula to stir the snails continuously to allow them to be fully heated.
When stir-frying, high heat is required to generate enough heat to fry the snails.
"Wow!"
Seeing that the heat was almost right, Li Meir poured in an appropriate amount of soy sauce and continued to stir-fry.
"Swish!" Add pepper and sugar.
"Splash!" After all the seasonings are absorbed, pour in a small amount of boiling water. It must be boiling water to ensure the freshness of the conch.
Then cover the pot, close the stove door, and simmer the snails over low heat.
After about a cup of tea, Li Yuer said, "Sister Meier, it's almost done, we can take it out of the pot!"
Sprinkle a small amount of salt and chopped green onions, Li Meir stir-fry for a few times to absorb the sauce, then use a large iron spoon to put the snails into a small bowl.
The air was filled with a strong spicy smell, and the greedy children kept swallowing their saliva.
They were all relatives, and it was New Year's Day, so Li Meir was not stingy. She simply took a large flower bowl, filled it with food, and gave it to Li Yuer and the other children.
She also tasted a few herself. She didn't use a needle or toothpick to pick out the conchs that had been steamed in fresh water. Instead, she pinched the lid with her fingers and pulled and twisted it, and the roe came out together.
Every bite is fresh, spicy and delicious.
Li Yuer led his friends to sit on small stools and began to share this simple beauty, which came from the most primitive happiness of human beings - eating delicious food.
"Wow! It's so delicious!" After one bite, You Gen was conquered.
"Hiss!" Honghong couldn't adapt to the spicy taste at first, but she was reluctant to spit it out because it was too fresh. When she ate the second one, she fell in love with this spicy taste.
To Li Yuer's surprise, Xinxin could eat spicy food. Her little face was puffy, her eyes were narrowed into slits, full of smiles, and her little mouth was pursed.
This is the innocence and happiness that children should have.
The overbearing fragrance attracted Li Erlang and Li Laosan back. Li Erlang stuffed the wooden dragonfly into Xinxin's arms and reached for the flower bowl. The unsuspecting Li Yuer had two conchs snatched away in an instant.
Li Erlang imitated Yougen, pulled out a piece of conch meat and threw it into his mouth.
"Hmm!" He nodded while chewing.
He looked at Li Laosan who was reluctant to grab the food, hesitated for a while, and finally handed over the other one.
Li Laosan looked at the conch in his hand, a smile flashed across his eyes. He followed the others, pulled out the snail meat and put it into his mouth.
"Wow!" This is so delicious. It's so delicious that it even made him hallucinate.
In the hallucination, he was sitting in the Qushui Liushang Pavilion of Nongchao Tower, taking sips of fragrant conch and fine wine, and he was as happy as a god!
Weird! So weird! He obviously doesn't drink!
Why do I think of drinking while eating this conch?
It can be seen that conch is a natural dish to go with wine!