dognovel Chapter 155 Chili Pepper
Chapter 155 Chili Pepper
"Sanyah, what seasoning did you put in there? It tastes a bit spicy. Luckily I cooked mung bean soup today. It will feel better after a couple of sips."
While talking, Liu drank iced mung bean soup.
"Haha, my aunt has a sharp tongue. She immediately tasted the difference because I added a spice in it."
Zhou Mingshu's brows danced with joy as he picked up the piece of chili pepper with chopsticks.
"Look, this is it. This is the chili pepper. It grows by our wall."
Zhou Mingshu turned around and pointed at the chili trees.
"This can be used as a spice or a medicinal ingredient. We can add a little bit of it when we cook in the future. The food will be more fragrant, especially meat dishes, which go better with this pepper."
Zhou Mingshu introduced the uses of chili peppers one by one, once again refreshing everyone's understanding of chili peppers.
"It turns out that chili pepper is a spice. I thought it was some kind of vegetable before. No wonder it is called chili pepper. It turns out that it is a relative of Sichuan peppercorn."
"Now that you mention it, I finally understand. They have a relative called pepper. When you put them together, you can understand the use of pepper."
"This chili is delicious, but it's a bit spicy. Everything I eat feels hot. But the hotter it is, the more I want to eat it. I don't know why."
Zhou Mingqi stuck out his tongue like a pug.
For such a large dish of green pepper fish, Zhou Mingshu only put one chili pepper, and the taste was only slightly spicy.
Maybe the amount of food is too small, so only this is noticeable.
She also put it in the pickled fish last time, but no one could really taste it.
"Is it still edible? If not, eat less. I'll put less chili next time."
When people first come into contact with chili peppers, they are naturally more sensitive to the taste.
"It's OK. It must be edible."
Most people have the same feeling: the hotter it is, the more you want to eat it, and the more you eat, the hotter it gets.
Fortunately, Zhou Mingshu chose a small fish, otherwise everyone would not be able to stop.
Under the spicy taste, what hits everyone's taste buds is the fresh and numbing taste of green peppercorns. She only put two or three green peppercorns, which is much less than the amount used in restaurants.
When eating at home, it should not be too spicy, just order just the right amount.
The green pepper fish was quickly eaten up, and Zhou Mingjie even used the remaining juice to soak his steamed bun and eat it.
As lunch was coming to an end, a pot of fish soup was shared by everyone.
Each person gets half a bowl.
Boss Zhou took a bite and it was delicious.
Zhou Laoer smacked his lips. He still liked this taste the best.
Zhou Laosan: "Ton ton ton". This half bowl is not enough to drink!
"San Ya, this chili pepper is delicious when stir-fried. We should save some seeds and plant some more next spring."
This idea came to Mrs. Zhou's mind after she saw the "power" of chili peppers.
Zhou Mingshu smiled and said, "Grandma, we don't have to wait until next spring to plant peppers. When these peppers in the corner are ripe, we can plant them again, and then we can harvest another crop in the autumn."
"Oh, that's great. It won't take a few days. I see the peppers are about to ripen."
Old Mrs. Zhou was very happy, as she could now expand the vegetable garden at home.
"Yes, let's leave a chili tree to produce seeds. Then we can plant more. We can use them for cooking and stewing in the future."
"Okay, okay."
Everyone put all the dishes and chopsticks in the kitchen and prepared to wash the dishes and pots.
The little donkey had been pressing wheat for the whole morning, and the high pile of wheat was finally flattened.
"Boss, you guys pick up some of the straw so we can gather the wheat grains underneath. You guys can carry the rest of the straw outside. It's getting in the way at home."
Old Mrs. Zhou instructed the children at home, and then took out all the cloth bags filled with grain to dry in the sun.
There are still so many things to do, and I will be busy in the afternoon.
Three big men plus Zhou Mingzhi, each holding a wooden fork or other tool, shook the straw back and forth in the yard to make all the wheat grains fall out.
The straw was then piled on a few logs on the wasteland next door and used to feed the donkey and cook.
After lifting the straw, the golden wheat grains are located close to the ground.
Several children were holding the wheat grains, smelling the wheat fragrance, and were extremely happy.
The steamed buns and noodles they usually eat are made from these round things.
My aunt and my mother each took a winnowing basket and fanned it back and forth to fan out all the bran and impurities inside. Then they poured the wheat on a mat beside them and dried it for two hours.
When it comes to the harvest of grain, everyone is happy no matter how hard or tired they are.
Zhou Minghua and Zhou Mingyuan ran around barefoot on it, and no matter how they were called out, they ignored them and were covered in dust and chaff.
They look like two clay figures. They have to take a shower and wash their hair later.
Zhou Mingshu also gave up on hygiene management, took off the troublesome headscarf, and started working freely.
The job of the four siblings was to carry the useless straw to the wasteland next door.
After a while, two pitch-black hands were harvested.
Just wipe it on your arm and a black mark will appear.
After finishing the work at home, there is still work to be done on the wasteland outside.
This place is four to five times more than the one in the yard!
Before they started to complain, Old Lady Zhou announced that they would stop working there and let the little donkey do the pressure.
This news was so surprising that several children ran to the well to wash their hands laughing.
Boss Zhou and a few other guys took the little boys directly to the river to wash.
The girls at home untied their hair and washed it thoroughly.
Old Mrs. Zhou picked two pumpkins from the backyard.
"Let's make pumpkin pancakes tonight. If we don't pick the pumpkins now, they will get old."
"Old Third, take the basket and go pick some loofahs. I think we can have another meal. They grow really fast."
Feng took the basket over. She was the only one in the house who hadn't washed her hair yet, so it was a perfect opportunity for her to bury herself in the loofah vines.
"Aunt, wait for me, I will go with you."
Zhou Mingshu brought over a small basin. She wanted to pick some pumpkin flowers and use them to make a delicious dish.
"Saya, why are you picking pumpkin flowers? Can they be eaten?"
"Hahaha, Auntie, you guessed right. This pumpkin flower is edible. Let me see if I can make it. We can try it tonight to see what it tastes like."
"Great, I can eat delicious food again, haha." Feng smiled and picked loofahs from the vines.
I slowly followed the loofah vine and soon the basket was full.
"San Ya, look at this loofah vine that has climbed up the locust tree. It's impossible to reach it without a stick."
Looking up at the loofahs that were piled up one after another, Feng felt it was a pity.
Among the entire plant of loofah vines, the ones on the loofah tree grew the best, straightest and longest.