My recipe for my 2024 Chinese New Year's Eve meal
I left my grandparents' house and returned to the county seat to study in junior high school.
Mom and Dad's nerves, by default, I have been at my grandfather's house for a few years, and I have learned all kinds of work, in fact, I usually cook, basically my grandmother does it, and my grandfather is in charge of the New Year's Festival, and I will wash the dishes at most.
My brother is in his second year of high school, and he is nervous about studying, so the "heavy responsibility" of buying vegetables and cooking naturally falls on my shoulders; After school at noon, I rushed to the farmer's market as soon as possible, cut some meat and bought a handful of vegetables, and hurried home to cook.
I try to remember how my grandmother and grandfather operated, washing rice in the pot, putting a finger in the water to cook rice (this scene is not very familiar).
Cut the fat and lean pork separately, fry the fat meat out of the oil first, and then fry the lean meat? It seems like this, fry until the lean meat turns color, fall light soy sauce, salt, sugar, I don't know if it's right, whatever, scoop a small half bowl of water and add it, put in the green vegetables and stir-fry, and the pork cabbage is done.
And the elder brother, who has already served a good meal, stretched out his feet and put it under the table to eat, and the brothers took two mouthfuls of rice, they were really able to eat back then, and they ate very quickly.
Dad said that we are cows eating peonies, but we don't know whether it is flowers or grass, and we don't know the taste; Mom said that she would carry grass into the city gate until it was full.
Uncle Liu, the evil neighbor, said that he was a hungry ghost, and the two brothers were starved to death in his previous life, and the elder brother happened to hear it, and opened a big shovel at Uncle Liu like playing football, and with a "click", the evil neighbor fell to the ground and rolled, holding his legs and making a pig-like scream......
The consequence, of course, is that the father compensates the newborn "soup and medicine expenses". But after this incident, no one dared to bully us, everyone knew that my brother was fierce and vicious, and he opened the film without saying a word.
Since I didn't have a plan to buy vegetables, I ate like a local tyrant at the beginning of the month, a rich man in the middle of the month, and a beggar at the end of the month.
In addition, the school has been on vacation, and my parents will go home after the new year, and I spend even more lavishly, thinking to myself, what are you afraid of, my parents will come back in two days, and everything will be solved.
Later, many people will never forget it, which snow in 2008 is a tearful ......
My parents did not return for a long time, and the dried vegetables, head vegetables, and salty cloth that we usually don't like to eat at home were all dug up and eaten by me, and I persevered until Chinese New Year's Eve, and even curd was gone.
Fortunately, my father had a visionary and the family's rice reserves were sufficient, and my father said that he did not panic when he had food in his hands, even white rice could support people, this time, my father said it.
Other people's homes are laughter, my family is the water is quiet and the river is flying, seeing that it is getting dark, it is not a way to wait like this, I told my brother that I will go to the market to go around.
It's just that I went late, most of the stalls in the market have closed their stalls and gone home, and there is only one "Nanji" roast meat shop that is being cleaned up, so I hurriedly ran forward and asked the owner:
Boss Nan, what else is the braised dish, my parents haven't arrived home yet, I want to order braised meat, I owe it first, and my parents will pay you back as soon as they get home, is it okay? 」
Oh, it's the cook, it's snowing heavily in the north now, and many people are stuck on the road, and your parents may be late to come back; Alas, why didn't you come earlier if you wanted braised vegetables, they were all sold out, you see, they were all empty. Nan Ji said, pointing to the tray of braised vegetables with his finger.
Otherwise, you call your brother and come to my house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? Nan Ji said to me with a sincere face.
Thank you Boss Nan for your kindness, I still don't go, I'm afraid that my parents won't find us when they go home at this time. I refused.
It makes sense to say that, you wait. After Nan Ji finished speaking, he used the fence to fish in the brine pot, and it was easy to get a few pieces of duck intestines, a few pieces of kidneys, and a piece of barbecued pork two fingers wide.
He packed it in a food bag, poured two spoonfuls of brine, and ran to the vegetable stall opposite, took two Chinese cabbages without asking, and handed the things to me, Nan Ji said: First of all, if your parents haven't come home in the past two days, you come to me. 」
Thank you Boss Nan, thank you! I said quickly.
Brine cabbage, a little duck intestine, a few pieces of duck kidney, a small piece of barbecued pork, this is the most shabby and unforgettable Chinese New Year's Eve meal I have ever had.
Because, at noon on the first day of the new year, Nan Ji came with a New Year's gift box and wax goods, he said: I made a call last night, entrusted my fellow countrymen, friends of fellow villagers, and contacted your parents, and I was still stuck on the road, I don't know when I will come back, and you will come to my house for dinner during this time. 」
Thank you for your kindness!
To this day, I still take time to visit Nan Kee every year, he has long since retreated to the second line, and the roast meat shop is run by his son Xiao Nan, who raises flowers and walks his dog at home, so happy.
This year, I gave him two pots of phalaenopsis, and I kindly deceived him and said that a friend gave it to me, and I would not plant flowers, so I borrowed flowers to worship the Buddha.
Nan Ji stayed for dinner, eating hometown specialties such as buckle meat, cured goods, etc., drank a few glasses of wine during the banquet, he said thoughtfully: Cook, over the years, you have given me golden camellia, osmanthus, and smiling flowers, you said that they were sent by friends, your friends opened nurseries, or did they do charity? 」
I raised my glass and said, "What are you doing here, you can just like it, come on, come on, drink and win!" 」