boyutpedia Chapter 163 Dumplings
Chapter 163 Dumplings
"I know. From now on, we won't put ginger foam in our cooking. We can put ginger juice in it. That way, we won't be able to eat it~"
Zhou Mingshu suggested that since they don’t like it, then we can just put it in the dishes, which will save a lot of trouble.
"Juice? The ginger is so hard, how much strength does it take to squeeze out the juice inside?"
"Good question! This requires us to use our brains. Don't be in a hurry. Wait until I have thought it through before implementing it."
"Yeah, okay. I'll leave it to you. I can't think of it anyway, haha."
Hearing Zhou Mingqi say this, Zhou Mingqin couldn't help but laugh, "Besides eating, what else can you do?!"
"Hey, big sis, I can still sleep~lilele."
"pig……"
"Hahaha……"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
"If I am a pig, then so are you. After all, we are of the same kind and born of the same parents."
"I think this is all you can talk back. Wash well. You are the slowest one."
Zhou Mingqin couldn't argue with her, so her expression changed and she pretended to be angry, telling the naughty sister in front of her to work hard.
The Zhou Mingzhi brothers took a break and then came over to help the sisters wash the mugwort leaves.
These herbs are easy to clean. After all, they do not breed or attract insects. Apart from some weeds, there is only some dust.
It took them several large basins of water to finally wash these things almost completely.
"Keep this water for now. It will be perfect for watering the vegetables in the afternoon."
"okay."
After cleaning up these, they found a stool to rest.
Apart from the adults in the family who know how to make dumplings, among the group of children, only Zhou Mingqin knows how to make it. Zhou Mingqi and Zhou Mingshu are not very good at it.
Liu gave them some space and taught them how to make dumplings step by step.
After all, Zhou Mingshu has lived two lives and has eaten countless dumplings. Naturally, he has seen them many times, but he has less practical experience.
Now someone is teaching me how to make it step by step, and the wrapping is barely presentable.
Zhou Mingqi on the side could control one hand but not the other.
After wrapping a dumpling, it turned out to be as ugly as a dead mouse. The aunt-in-law looked at her daughter's finished product and her eyes were almost rolled up to the sky.
"Erya, you should learn how to make dumplings quickly. If you can't even make dumplings when you get married, you will be laughed at by others~"
Mrs. Liu sighed. There were many people in the family, and she didn't need the children's help when eating dumplings.
Plus, we rarely eat dumplings during festivals, so I don’t have the chance to teach them properly.
"Oh, don't be anxious. This is my first time wrapping it. I just need more practice."
Zhou Mingqi complained, her mother just had no patience.
Hearing her say this, everyone at the table laughed.
"That's right, Erya is right, sister-in-law, don't be anxious, take your time, Daya was the same at the beginning, she just needed to pack more."
Zhu said with a smile.
"Make a few more and learn from Sanya. If you can make them like Sanya, I won't say anything to you."
Zhou Mingshu looked at the crooked dumplings on the comb. Was she being praised?
"I know. Hurry up and pack yours. I'm hungry."
After hearing what her daughter said, Liu didn't waste any more time and quickly started wrapping them.
After a busy day in the morning, everyone was indeed a little hungry.
In addition to meat and garlic stalks, the dumpling filling also includes some celery stalks and long beans, which are chopped into small pieces and mixed with the minced meat.
Put more meat and wrap the side dishes together so that it won’t spill easily when making dumplings.
Zhou Mingshu used a bamboo stick to press the meat filling into the dumpling skin, and then pressed the edges back and forth to prevent the "mouths" of the dumplings from opening and letting in water after being put into the pot.
Watching the 'little crescents' being born from his hands one by one, Zhou Mingshu thought that making dumplings was quite interesting.
Zhou Mingshu on the side was still stuck on the issue of how to prepare the filling.
The dumpling skin is filled with dumpling filling both inside and outside, and your hands are all over it.
Zhou Mingqi saw that her sister could wrap the dumplings, but she couldn't, so she pouted and looked unhappy.
Seeing this, Zhou Mingshu stopped what he was doing.
"Come, hold the skin and I'll put the filling in for you."
She taught Zhou Mingqi step by step how to put the dumpling skin in the palm of his hand, roll the stuffing and place it in the middle, then close the skin and slowly press the edges.
The effect this time was much better than before, and Zhou Mingqi's brows also relaxed.
"This is not bad, it's like this, take it slow, you'll get used to it."
After going back and forth several times, Zhou Mingqi finally got the hang of it... uh... well... it finally looked like the package was ready.
Even though the family eats a lot, fortunately there are enough people to make the dumplings.
In about half an hour, the three grates were full, enough for everyone to have a bowl.
"It's time to boil some water and cook the dumplings."
Liu went to the kitchen to add water so she could boil the hot water first.
"I don't want to wrap anymore. I don't want to wrap anymore. My wrapping is too ugly." Zhou Mingqi took advantage of her mother's absence and quit her job. She washed her hands and ran out to play.
When Liu came back, she found her daughter missing. "Where did this damn girl go again? Everyone is having dinner at this time? And she ran out."
"Just go. She is not cut out for this job. It's fine to eat ready-made food." said Boss Zhou who was rolling the dough.
The remaining people are still holding on to the 'battlefield', but they have also slowed down.
There is still more than half of the stuffing left in the bowl, and it is impossible to wrap it all before dinner.
I have to continue wrapping in the afternoon. The weather is hot now, so I have to put them in the pot after wrapping them, otherwise the dough will become soft.
Zhou Mingshu mortared some minced garlic and would eat the dumplings with it later. They tasted delicious.
Zhou Mingqin also brought out other small pickles, and whoever liked them could have any. The main purpose was to have a full range of varieties so that everyone could have a bite of everything.
"Brother, brother, sister Shanshan is going back this afternoon, do you want to see her off?"
Zhou Mingqi suddenly appeared from behind the door, scaring everyone. She ran around and was dying of heat.
"We're leaving this afternoon. That's so fast." It feels like he's only been here for a short time.
The Zhou family had lunch a little late. After the meal, Zhou Mingzhi didn't say where he was going, but he disappeared after a while.
Zhou Mingshu resisted the urge to put away the mugwort, mint and lemongrass, but the freshly boiled lard was still very hot and it might take until mid-afternoon to steam it.
So she took this opportunity to take a rest.
She waited until the kitchen was free before getting busy. She wanted to make stir-fried snails for everyone to taste.
Everything was ready. I went to the corner to pick two peppers and cut them into sections for later use.
The fire at the bottom of the pot had not yet gone out, but when a handful of straw was stuffed into it, the flames jumped up.
After a while, the stir-fried snails were ready.
The salty and spicy aroma fills the air, and just smelling it makes you want to take a bite.
Zhou Laosan, who was taking a nap next door, sat up from the bed, walked around his wife who was sleeping next to him and got out of bed.
Who is cooking? He couldn't sleep because the smell was so good.