jdhmnovel Chapter 272 Roasted Gluten (3)
Chapter 272 Roasted Gluten (3)
With the sauce prepared, most of the preparation for grilled gluten is done.
Next, tidy up the kitchen, prepare the barbecue grill and skewers, and then you can start skewering the gluten.
Cut the dough on the cutting board into strips about the length of your middle finger and the width of your fingernail. Then stretch one end of the gluten strip and press it into the middle of the chopsticks, wrapping it around the chopsticks to lengthen it, rolling it up as you stretch.
Then push the rolled-up gluten on the chopsticks down a bit, then push it up a bit, pull it off and put it in cold water to prevent it from sticking together.
Lin Chunyi said to Lin Lanshan, who was playing with stretching gluten while working, "Stop playing, scoop a ladle of water into the pot, and then go start the fire."
Lin Lanshan really isn't suited to doing serious work for long periods of time, because after a while, her hands get itchy and she can't help but want to play with something...
"Okay!" She put down her chopsticks, wiped the water off her hands casually on the hem of her clothes, and happily sat back down in her seat.
Just as she was about to light the fire, Lin Chunyi said, "You haven't even poured in the water yet, and you're already starting the fire? What, do you want to eat dry-pot gluten?"
"Hehe, I forgot, I forgot~" Lin Lanshan put down the pine needles she was going to use to start a fire and went to scoop up some water.
Once she lit the fire and the water in the pot boiled, Lin Chunyi put the rolled gluten into the pot and simmered it over low heat.
When the gluten floats to the surface and doesn't feel mushy when picked up with chopsticks, scoop it out, rinse it in cold water, and then skewer it with a metal skewer.
Before long, the skewered gluten rolls were piled up in heaps, covering the entire cutting board.
Lin Chunyi turned to look at her younger sister, who was peeking over, and said, "How many do you want to eat? Grill as many as you want, and save the rest for when you want to grill them again."
Lin Lanshan didn't understand when she heard that.
She said with a grin, "That would be too much trouble. Let's grill them all at once today, so we can take them out and have a couple whenever we want to eat them. That would be so much better."
Lin Chunyi knew that this would be more convenient, but since she had a younger sister who had no control over her mouth, she felt it was better to go through the trouble.
"Then you can have four, that's all." I really had no idea what to expect, I was just worried she could eat whenever she wanted!
Because she can eat whatever she wants whenever she wants, she can eat as much as she wants until she gets tired of it...
The result is that they have to knead the dough every now and then, which is obviously more troublesome!
Lin Chunyi picked up a knife and made a diagonal downward cut at the top of the gluten roll, piercing through the metal skewer. Then, without moving the knife, she used her other hand to rotate the gluten roll, slowly cutting it into a spiral shape.
Lin Lanshan, having her little scheme exposed, could only pout and try to persuade herself again: "Then I want five! I used to eat five for ten yuan!"
The roadside grilled gluten stall offers two options: four large ones for ten yuan and five small ones for ten yuan.
She usually chooses five small ones.
Because she felt that size didn't matter, as long as the quantity sounded like a win!
"Alright, it's five as agreed, no more." Lin Chunyi was quite quick; she had already cut three gluten skewers.
She grabbed them all and shoved them into her sister's hands, saying, "Go put the sauce on yourself and then grill it."
Lin Lanshan chuckled, took the gluten skewers to the side, grabbed a spoon, and poured generous amounts of the free sauce over them.
The barbecue grill was ready, and the charcoal fire was burning brightly. She shoveled a pile of longans, peanuts, and red dates that she had casually grilled while she was bored into a bamboo tray, and then placed gluten skewers on top.
The moment the gluten skewers touched the charcoal fire, the familiar aroma made Lin Lanshan's mouth water. "So fragrant! If there were a couple of grilled starch sausages here, it would be perfect!"
Lin Chunyi was still spinning the gluten rolls and scoring them with the knife, too busy and too disdainful to look at her worthless appearance.
He directly retorted, "You should be grateful that you can eat grilled gluten. Don't always be greedy and want more."
"Nothing is impossible for a willing heart! I'll work hard when spring comes, and I'm sure I'll be able to eat grilled starch sausage next year!"
Lin Chunyi looked at her with disbelief and said, "You said it yourself, so don't be lazy again and just work half a day and rest half a day~"
"I won't do it this time!" Lin Lanshan's eyes were brimming with fighting spirit. If you looked closely, you might even see her fighting spirit painted with the colors of grilled sausages...
Because there were too many precedents, Lin Chunyi didn't respond.
Lin Lanshan didn't mind. Smelling the aroma of the grilled gluten, she licked her lips and said happily, "If I grill it myself, I'll grill it for a longer time. I'll grill it until it's crispy and crunchy, the kind where you can make a crunch when you bite into it!"
She stood in front of the barbecue grill, fiddling with three skewers of gluten, looking every bit the "grilling master."
Lin Chunyi glanced at it out of the corner of her eye, couldn't help but smile and said, "Then keep an eye on it and flip it over often, so it doesn't burn. Mine will take a little longer too. Remember to sprinkle another layer of chili powder on it after it's done."
"Yes, boss, no problem, boss!"
With the delicious food right before her eyes, about to be eaten, Lin Lanshan was overjoyed. Let alone this small request, she would happily agree to anything, even more!
"Oh right, Lanshan, I almost forgot! It's getting dark, so why don't you go pick some pea shoots and make a soup with some crispy pork? That'll be our dinner tonight."
"Ah~ But I still have to keep an eye on the grilled gluten~" She has to be the first to eat the gluten skewers she grilled! What if her older sister sneaks a bite while she's away for a little while!
I don't want to go~
I want to watch over the grilled gluten~
"..." Lin Chunyi knew from her sister's expression that she was nagging at her again.
"Okay, okay, I'll go. Can you come over and continue making some gluten?"
"Okay~" Lin Lanshan moved a few steps to the right, grabbed a gluten roll, and returned to the barbecue grill.
Lin Chunyi shook her head and left the kitchen.
He couldn't help but think of Lin Lanshan: cunning, lazy, greedy, and slippery—she embodies two of those traits!
It's truly a blessing that they were born into an ordinary family instead of a bandit's den. Otherwise, her sister might have been living a life of swindling, robbery, and being waited on by servants!
As Lin Chunyi pondered this, she happily walked to the peach tree in the inner courtyard.
Even though it's a cold winter, they still bring their planting boxes outside to bask in the sun during the day when it's sunny. This is especially true for peas, because if they don't get enough sunlight, they might not grow pea shoots.
The peach tree was bare and couldn't block out the sunlight, so the leafy greens on the planting boxes desperately absorbed the warm sunlight for their growth.
Except for the small, thin chili peppers, which were still just tender shoots, the lettuce and scallions were almost ripe.
A sprig of cilantro, about a hand's length long, begins to release its unique aroma;
The pea shoots, which have sprouted a few tiny "tentacles," have already turned a large patch of green...
Lin Chunyi happily picked a handful of tender pea shoots and went back to the kitchen, thinking to herself:
Lettuce wraps with meat, scallion pancakes, stir-fried pea shoots, and mutton soup sprinkled with cilantro... This winter's green leafy dishes are definitely in demand!