The taste of my childhood, I can never forget the eel slippery, hairtail slippery, oyster slippery...

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I thought that only the folks in my hometown like to make all kinds of breaded noodles. A few years ago, I learned that in Guangdong, they also like to make all kinds of breaded noodles. Bread in flour.

It was also at that time that I learned that they were called "slippery", and in my hometown, they were called "bingfen". What a vivid name. The so-called flour coating is to wrap various pickled ingredients in a thick layer of starch, and then steam them over high heat in a wood stove for later use.

When I was a child, as a greedy cat known to everyone on the street, what I looked forward to most was the night when my parents finished frying the fish nuggets and started making breaded eel, breaded hairtail, and breaded oysters. Among them, breaded eel is My favorite.

Like the fish nuggets, this was a mouth-watering moment that still keeps me swallowing when I think about it.

When I was a child, there were no refrigerators or freezers, so food could not be preserved for a long time, so smart folks could come up with various solutions, that is, making various breaded noodles. For example, eels are wrapped in flour, hairtail is wrapped in flour, oysters are wrapped in flour...

Whenever I see my mother and sister-in-law starting to wash the drying basket, I start to look forward to it, because I know that they are going to make it tonight. All kinds of flour coating.

In our family, my sister-in-law is top-notch in making all kinds of breaded bread. No one can compare her, because she can make the breaded bread extremely smooth, crystal clear and has an extraordinary taste. And the breaded eel made by my mother is very good. Either it has too much starch, or it has been steamed for too long and turned pulpy, which is not popular.

Therefore, making all kinds of breading every year is the time for my sister-in-law to show off her talents, and my mother just cooperates with her.

Once the breaded eels were steamed in the pot, my saliva began to overflow, and my gluttons began to swarm around. They ran around like crazy: some eels were eaten with breaded eels, and some were delicious. The eel was breaded and eaten.

When steaming all kinds of breaded noodles, my grandma and I were still the ones lighting the fire.

02

This steaming process is very torturous for me, it is simply an unbearable moment because I am greedy.

Compared with the demanding heat required for fried fish nuggets, the heat required for steaming various kinds of flour is much easier to deal with, which makes me feel extremely relaxed. As long as grandma lights the fire, all I have left is to wait and see.

"Mom, Mom, the breaded eel is ready for the pot, right?"

My sister-in-law smiled: "Why are you so anxious? You are greedy and the water hasn't boiled yet."

I felt aggrieved and ready to cry: "Don't call me Greedy Qing. I hate it when people call me Greedy Qing."

Now my grandma, mother, and sister-in-law all Smiled: "Okay, okay, Ah Qing is not greedy, it is our cat who is greedy."

"Mom, can this piece of eel be coated with less starch? It will taste better this way. Wait. Just leave it to me."

"Okay, okay, I know you're greedy. This piece will be yours later."

"Mom, mom, I want this. "This is the most meat." At that time, I wished I had 20 fingers so that I could "mark" every piece of eel that I liked.

My sister-in-law laughed again: "Gan Chi Qing, Greed Chi Qing, you are said to be greedy but you still don't admit it. Look, you just said that piece, and now you want this piece. You are not greedy. What is it again?"

After just a few minutes, the aroma of eel began to overflow, and I swallowed my saliva again and again. My throat felt like saliva was constantly gushing out, and I couldn't control it.

"Mom, Mom, the eel is battered. If you smell it, it smells delicious, right?"

"Look, everyone, look, Greedy Cat is here, Greedy Cat Here we come.”

I felt aggrieved again: “Mom, hurry up and scold my sister-in-law, I’m not a greedy cat, I’m not a greedy cat.

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“Mom, open the lid of the pot and take a look. Is the breaded eel ready to be eaten?” ”

At this time, my mother always patiently explained over and over again: “Ah Qing, don’t worry, if the eel breaded for the first time is not steamed, steamed thoroughly or half-cooked, it will easily become rancid and spoiled. , and it will be even harder to cook next time. "

My sister-in-law wasted no time in laughing at me: "Ganchiqing, Greedy Qing, you are greedier than our cat. Look, our cat hasn't smelled the fragrance yet. You start shouting for breaded eels. ”

Looking at the eel breading that is ready to eat, I can no longer care about my sister-in-law’s ridicule, because I only have eel breading in my eyes: eel breading, eel breading, hurry up Come into my mouth.

The eel breaded just out of the pan is really delicious: fresh and incomparably delicious. There was no MSG at that time, but as soon as I took a bite of the eel breaded, I felt like it was delicious. My mouth is full of umami, not to mention how delicious it is; as soon as the umami spreads on your tongue, the fragrance of eel comes to your face, and the eel fragrance is also sweet with starch.

The eel breaded over firewood is really fragrant and fragrant. Because of the strong firepower, the protein of the eel shrinks instantly, so the eel meat becomes very firm and chewy. The more you chew, the more fragrant and chewy it becomes. The more I eat, my mouth will be filled with delicious eel bread...

A piece of eel bread was wiped out before I knew it, and I reached out to the next piece.

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03

After steaming, all kinds of slippers are laid flat on the unique drying basket in the hometown, and hung high on the iron hooks on the beams, which makes ventilation difficult. Deterioration can also prevent being picked up by cats. Of course, it can also prevent greedy cats like me from worrying about all kinds of slippery little kids.

Waiting and waiting, waiting and waiting, finally waited until the third year of the year. It’s ten o’clock in the evening.

There weren’t many Chinese New Year dishes at that time, but the soup must include hairtail soup and eel soup.

The various kinds of soup were put in the drying basket to dry. It will become harder. When making soup, my sister-in-law will cut off a large piece with a knife, and then cut it into small pieces of even size.

Boil the water in the pot and add the chopped eel. Smooth, cook for a while, add salt, chili and vinegar, and finally sprinkle with a pinch of chopped green onion, and the most delicious eel soup in the world is ready.

At that time. I think eel soup is the most delicious thing in the world, because it is so delicious and sour. The taste of my childhood is that steaming bowl of eel soup.

Knowing that I love eel soup, every time a guest comes over, my sister-in-law will remind me: "Ah Qing, we are going to make eel soup later. Don't go too far." ”

So, I obediently guarded the stove, waiting for the delicious eel soup. My sister-in-law was kind to me and would always put half a bowl on the stove and let me drink it first, otherwise she would wait. As soon as the soup was served, it ran out quickly and I couldn't drink it at all.

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Apart from the eel soup, the thing I crave the most is the oyster soup. .

However, oysters are not easy to preserve due to their high moisture content, so they are always made on New Year’s Eve.

Making oyster soup requires a lot of skill: there is too little starch. The oysters are easy to spoil, and there is too much starch, which makes them feel starchy and unpopular.

However, the oyster sliders made by my sister-in-law are always just right: the oysters slide on top. You can see the whole oysters one by one, but there is not too much starch, and the taste is quite good.

The oyster soup must be tasted with seaweed. With seaweed and hot and sour, that is my ultimate wish for the New Year: After drinking the oyster soup, then it will be delicious. It’s the real Chinese New Year!

How many years have passed, my hometown has become farther and farther away from me, but I still miss the spicy and sour eel soup in my hometown, and I still miss the delicious seaweed and oyster soup that I still want to drink... …

Breaded flour is an unforgettable New Year flavor in my memory, and it is still a delicacy that makes me salivate!

Because the bowls of breaded soup have different tastes but are equally delicious, they are filled with my mother and grandma’s love for me, my sister-in-law’s kindness to me, and they are so thick that they cannot be melted. Open affection and affection!