eurekapd Chapter 304: Rice Blood Cake and Lychee Meat
Chapter 304: Rice Blood Cake and Lychee Meat
"Come on, folks, thank you for your support. We two brothers would like to toast you!" Just as the fight between Su Yuchen and her daughter affected Su's father, the two brothers of the Wei family began to toast each table in turn. The first to come was the table at the end of the yard, which was the table of Su's father and mother. Each of them had a small wine glass, exchanged a few polite words, and drank it all.
The two daughters-in-law followed the two brothers, one holding a basket with many red envelopes in it. After the toast, they immediately stepped forward and shouted to give one to each person at the table. "Come on, come on, take some of the blessings! It's not much, but it's a token of my love. Everyone, take it back and put it under your bed. May everyone be healthy, safe and long-lived!"
"Congratulations! I wish the old lady good fortune and a long life!"
"You are so blessed, old lady. Look at how filial your grandchildren are. They are all growing up well!"
"Who says it's not true? The son is generous, the daughter-in-law is virtuous, and the old lady is kind-hearted. She will definitely live a long life!"
When everyone received the red envelopes, auspicious words poured out like water and their faces were full of joy.
The second son of the Wei family is able to make money. In recent years, he and his elder brother have also become wealthy. As the saying goes, he is very rich, so he held a birthday banquet just for fun. He did not take any gifts from anyone, but instead gave red envelopes to those who attended the banquet. Therefore, the blessings from the villagers were particularly sincere.
Su Yuchen smiled as he watched the four people from the Wei family toast to the next table. His smile deepened with each table he visited. He couldn't help but glance at Su's father and mother, "Dad, Mom, when you are 80 or 90 years old, I will also host dozens of tables for you in the village! I won't accept gifts from anyone, I just want you to be happy!"
"Oh, hey, then your father and I would like to thank you, but please don't throw a banquet for us and spend all your salary!"
"Hey, your grandpa is almost ninety years old. Why don't you set up a few tables for your grandpa first? After your grandpa, there will be your grandma in two years, and after your grandma, there will be your third grandma. Our family is waiting for you!" Father Su said jokingly.
"Grandpa still has four years to go before he turns ninety! Grandma and Third Grandma will be even later, so you guys are just trying to make fun of me!" Su Yuchen's face darkened instantly. He ignored Su's father and mother and continued to send messages to Zhao Xiaojing with his head down.
The four members of the Wei family toasted the fifteen tables one by one. After distributing red envelopes, the guests gradually ate and drank their fill. Each table asked for plastic bags to pack the remaining dishes, packed up and left one by one. Two apprentices each held a large basin, one to pour the leftovers and the other to load the tableware. The two sisters-in-law who came later wiped the table and swept the floor. The scene was quickly cleaned up, and soon the villagers for the second round of banquets took their seats.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, all the dishes for the third round of banquet were served. Zhao Xiaojing and her group sat at a table with the band performing at the banquet. After the dishes were served, they started eating together with the third round of banquet.
When they sat down, the dishes on the table had already been served. The six members of the band were waiting for them but hadn't eaten yet. Everyone at the table said a few polite words before they started eating.
Zhao Xiaojing looked around and was just regretting that there was no dish made by Wei's relative on the table. But as soon as she sat down, the relative came over with two plates of food. "I saw you guys weren't done yet, so I didn't cook for your table together with the other tables. I made this because I saw you guys were coming out. This dish should be eaten while it's hot. It's a specialty of our Fuzhou. I wonder if you guys are used to it. Try it!"
"Oh, thank you, thank you! Let's sit down and eat something together?" Upon seeing this, Chef Huang quickly took the plate and everyone moved their plates to make room.
"Then I'll sit down for a while and chat!" The relative really sat down and greeted everyone quite naturally, "Eat while it's hot!"
Zhao Xiaojing's eyes were already burning, and she picked up the public spoon and scooped a spoonful of fried rice blood cake. Su Yuchen couldn't see it clearly from a distance just now, but when it was served, she found that the fried rice blood cake had a lot of ingredients. In addition to the scallion and ginger auxiliary ingredients and the shredded cabbage fried together, there were also pork belly, diced mushrooms, and dried shrimps.
Isn't this the three-fresh bean curd mixed with pig blood? Zhao Xiaojing thought as she tasted it. As soon as she took a bite, she found that although it was all glutinous rice, it was completely different from the three-fresh bean curd.
The rice blood cake has a very unique texture, soft and chewy, with a little toughness, and it tastes tender. Su Yuchen said that someone at the table specially introduced it, saying that it was made by mixing pig blood with glutinous rice and steaming it together, so many people at the table thought it was bloody and dared not eat it.
Zhao Xiaojing didn't taste any blood when she ate it, which should be because the ingredients were fresh and handled properly. However, the taste was indeed peculiar, somewhere between the soft and glutinous rice aroma and the tenderness and astringency of fresh blood clots. It had a little bit of both flavors, but they offset each other, forming an indescribable new taste. It was not bad, but it was a little beyond the scope of Yangcheng's delicious taste for more than 20 years. In short, it was hard to describe.
Zhao Xiaojing mixed the rice blood cake with various other ingredients and put it all into her mouth with one spoon.
"How is the meal?" Chef Min's relative asked with a smile when he saw Zhao Xiaojing eating slowly.
"It's quite special. You must have made it very delicately. Eating the rice blood cake alone has one flavor, and frying it together has another flavor. It's also good to eat it mixed with this salty and fresh side dish."
"Hey, I met someone who knows! It took me a lot of time to mix and filter the pig blood, otherwise the taste would not be so fine!" The relative was very happy. He raised his hand and scooped another spoonful of lychee flesh into Zhao Xiaojing's bowl, "Try it! You little girls all love to eat this."
The lychee flesh in the bowl was a bright mixture of red and white. Zhao Xiaojing recognized the white semicircular slices as water chestnuts, and the red balls seemed to be made of meat, covered with starch sauce. If you look closely, you can see knife marks on them. Zhao Xiaojing picked one up and took a bite.
"Delicious!" Zhao Xiaojing praised. The lychee meat was sour and sweet, and had a crispy texture. Although it was in ball shape, it was found to be a round shape with meat slices rolled up, and the inside was not solid. The meat ball was full of juice, but because the sourness was greater than the sweetness, it was not greasy. Eating a mouthful of water chestnuts made it even more sweet and delicious.
"Brother Fan, your lychee meat is really good, and tastes better than our sweet and sour pork!" Chef Huang on the side had become familiar with the relative in just a few words and gave him a thumbs up in praise.
"If you like it, eat more!" A relative on the side was very happy to be praised by his peers. He also took a chopstick of shredded pork with green peppers, and after two bites, he couldn't help but look at Zhao Xiaojing, "Girl, you are really good at cooking! The shredded pork with green peppers is so fragrant and fresh. Is it a secret recipe? Why can't I cook it to your taste?"
"It's a secret recipe. It's very simple to make, but it may be a bit complicated." Zhao Xiaojing wanted to laugh. She was tasting the lychee meat carefully, thinking about replicating it when she had time. It turned out that people were also thinking about her shredded pork with green pepper.