Siheyuan: A Cook in the 60s

Let’s talk about the pheasant prepared by Xu Damao.

It's really good, with just the right amount of fat and lean, and there are some mountain products on the side, such as mushrooms, wild vegetables and the like.

He's figured it out.

To make a dish of "Oyster Mushroom and Fat Chicken", gather some wild vegetables and stir-fry a plate.

Nowadays, four dishes and one soup are not important. As long as there is food and you can eat it, it’s fine.

"Fat Chicken with Mushrooms" is the predecessor of the more famous "Chicken Stewed with Mushrooms" in later generations. This dish was on the imperial menus of Qianlong, Guangxu, Xuantong, and Cixi.

It is a soup with tender chicken and clear and delicious soup.

It is not difficult to handle, but it takes a little time to steam. According to the usual method, it takes two hours.

Cao Wei estimated that these two could not wait that long.

At worst, it'll be a little chewier.

It only took a few minutes to prepare a chicken. After that, I said hello to Xu Damao and went home to tidy up the furniture. I slept well last night, so I had to tidy up the bedding today and clean it at the same time.

He is doing the housework.

The smell of chicken gradually began to waft out of the kitchen.

"Who's cooking chicken?" The old man in the backyard was the first to smell the scent.

"Who else could it be? The only one in this courtyard is Xu Damao. Didn't he come back from the countryside yesterday?" Second Aunt added.

"Damn it, he didn't even bother to give it to his second uncle to have a bite, but just ate it all by himself. No wonder he was beaten like a rag by Sha Zhu." The second uncle cursed angrily.

"Chicken, it smells like chicken." The deaf old lady narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at the middle-aged woman sitting next to her.

Aunt:......

"Old lady, you have a very sensitive nose." She said helplessly.

"I want to eat, too."

"That's not ours."

"You said we're going to eat today? Okay, okay."

"I mean, that's not ours."

"Can we stew it and eat it? That's fine, it tastes better when stewed."

The aunt had to go home to cook after the defeat, so she had no time to chat with the old lady. As for asking other people for food, she didn't have the nerve to do that. Nowadays, when you visit someone's house, you have to bring your own dry food. How thick-skinned would you have to be to ask for food?

While the chicken was being stewed, the workers at the steel mill also went home one after another after get off work.

When they smelled that odor, most of them started cursing.

Even if he wasn't cursing, he was still mumbling something.

But no one went to look for Xu Damao. After all, everyone knew that Xu Damao had caught a chicken that day. It was expected that they would eat it now.

Jia family.

"Mom, I want to eat chicken too." Banggeng smelled the aroma and slurped his saliva. Meat was hard to come by, and chicken was not a very popular meat in this era. Most people still chose fat, greasy fat.

"I see you want to go to heaven and eat chicken, don't you know what our family conditions are like?"

"No, no, I want to eat. I haven't eaten meat for a long time!"

"you!"

"My dear grandson, come here to grandma. Grandma will teach you how to eat meat." Before Qin Huairu could even put down her hand to teach him a lesson, Jia Zhang smiled and waved at Bang Geng.

When Banggeng heard this, he immediately became excited and ran over.

Jia Zhang whispered something in his ear and patted his shoulder: "Remember to bring your sister with you."

"Okay!" Banggeng immediately pulled the tiny Xiaodang and ran out.

"Mom, what did you say to Bang Geng?"

"Why bother yourself with so many things? Instead of thinking about this, you might as well think about how to get a regular job as soon as possible. You are only making 27 yuan now, but you will get 5 yuan after you get a regular job. What kind of meat can't you eat with ten more yuan?!" Qin Huairu shut up when Jia Zhang glared at her with her inverted triangle eyes.

For a moment, she was filled with worry, she had no idea how to get a regular job.

"By the way, do you know what grade the new cook is?" Jia Zhang asked casually.

"How should I know? I heard that it was dug up from above. Didn't you taste it at noon today? The cooking is very good. I guess it's about the same as Sha Zhu's." Qin Huairu was thinking about the locksmith at the moment and didn't understand the meaning of Jia Zhang's words.

"It's okay not to know."

"Mom!" Qin Huairu understood now. So he was checking to see if she had an affair with the cook? What the hell was that? She had an affair with the cook after just meeting him. What had she become? !

"Hmph!" Jia Zhang didn't care and continued to embroider her shoes.

When Cao Wei came out of the house, he saw Banggeng and Xiaodang looking furtively into Xu Damao's house.

When she saw him coming out, she quickly shrank back.

interesting.

Cao Wei raised the corner of his mouth slightly, ignored it and walked straight in.

The aroma of steamed chicken is actually quite light. The main purpose of steaming is to let the mushrooms blend into the chicken and soften the chicken. The aroma is only truly brought out when it is stewed.

This is a huge inspiration.

The whole courtyard was filled with cursing.

It’s not that people don’t cook meat in the yard on weekdays, but it’s never been so delicious.

Intermediate Court

A grandpa's house.

"When did Xu Damao acquire this skill?" Yi Zhonghai was a little puzzled. The taste was not worse than Sha Zhu's.

"He doesn't have that skill."

"It can't be Lou Xiao'e, right?" Yi Zhonghai laughed when he said this.

"It's Cao Wei."

"Him? How did they get together?"

"I guess Xu Damao is greedy. Didn't you guys go to the cafeteria to eat at noon today? How was the food?"

"You're right." Yi Zhonghai pursed his lips and said, "It tastes really good. So, Xu Damao provided the ingredients and asked him to cook a meal."

"No, it's because the old lady is greedy and wants to eat chicken. Tell me, where can we get her some whole meat now?"

"Wait a couple of days, I'll go to the Pigeon Market. We haven't eaten meat for a long time, so we need to replenish our appetite." Yi Zhonghai was tempted by the sudden aroma.

"Also."

Silly Zhu family.

"Brother, this tastes better than what you cook." He Yushui's nose twitched and he sniffed hard.

"Just eat, there's no need to talk so much." Sha Zhu's face darkened, and then as if he remembered something, he lowered his head to eat silently.

"Tsk, your face has been so dark these days, what's wrong? Are you really afraid of Master Cao?"

"Master Cao will be called now?!"

"He is an expert, so we should call him Master Cao." He Yushui said as a matter of course. After all, this is the livelihood of her family, so she knows the quality of the chicken he cooks.

“This chicken is not very well cooked.”

"Yes, he is in a hurry to eat. Tell me, why are you afraid of him?"

"Get lost, eating can't shut up your big mouth!"

"It's boring."