dognovel Chapter 425 Corn Cake
Chapter 425 Corn Cake
Lu Chuan's appearance made everyone present laugh. After laughing and joking, Lu Chuan and Xu Han carried their backpacks and went to the cornfield to pick some tender corns, so that they could cook some tender corns to eat later.
Everyone in the family likes to eat tender corn, especially Xu Han, who eats it almost every one or two days.
If two people go together, they can just break off a few more, peel off the skin and store them in the space to eat slowly later. At least there should be enough for a year.
On the way back, Xu Han cut a lot of soybeans. While the soybeans were not completely dry, she quickly cut some more to save for cooking edamame later.
At noon, Muer saw the fresh corn in the basket and insisted on eating corn cakes.
Xu Han was so annoyed by him that she had no choice but to get up and make corn cakes for him.
Not only Mu'er wanted to eat it, Xu Han herself also wanted to eat it. The last time she ate it was two or three months ago. After that, the supply of tender corn became less, and she hasn't eaten it since.
Thinking of this, Xu Han secretly made up her mind, "No, I must save some more tender corn this year, otherwise it will be eaten up early and there will be nothing to eat next year."
Remove the outer husk of the corn and cut off both ends.
Don’t throw away the tender corn husks inside, as you will use them to wrap corn cakes later.
Wash the corn cobs, then grind them into corn pulp with a tool. Add appropriate amount of white sugar and glutinous rice flour to the ground corn pulp.
After stirring evenly, put the slightly sticky corn paste on the washed corn husks, then steam it in a pot and you can eat it.
Corn cakes made from glutinous rice flour are very delicious.
Of course, you can also replace the glutinous rice flour with flour, add some yeast to let it rise and then steam it. This method is also delicious.
The corn cakes with flour are soft after being steamed. Because they are leavened, their taste is different from the corn cakes with glutinous rice flour.
After the corn cakes were steamed, as soon as the lid of the pot was opened, one could smell the fresh aroma of corn. Xu Han didn't care about the heat and took one out, put it in a bowl, and handed it to Mu'er who was waiting on the side.
"Blow on it before eating. It's fresh out of the pot, don't burn your mouth."
After Mu'er took the bowl, she smiled sweetly at Xu Han, "I understand, mother." Then she began to take small bites of the corn cake.
Ze'er, who was standing by, saw that his brother had already eaten it, and he grabbed Xu Han's legs and refused to let go, "Mom, I want some too."
"I know, I know, little greedy cat, mother will blow on you first and then give it to you, or you will cry if you burn your mouth later."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she took another corn cake from the pot, put it in the bowl, and blew away the hot steam carefully. When it was not so hot anymore, she passed it to Ze'er.
After the two children had eaten, Xu Han put all the corn cakes into the steamed bun basket, and then took out one to eat herself.
While eating, I sighed, "Not bad, not bad, corn cakes are delicious. They are sweet and have the fragrance of corn. It's worth it for me to work in the kitchen on a hot day. In just a short while, my clothes are soaked."
Xu Han did not make any extra lunch. Everyone just ate some corn cakes. Xu Han also cooked a pot of delicious mushroom soup.
If you are not full, just add some buns and the meal will be complete.
In the afternoon, Xu Han went for a walk in the mountains with Lu Chuan.
It was the end of July, and there were many wild fruits ripening in the mountains. The two planned to go to the mountains to pick some wild fruits and bring them back to give their two children a change of taste.
By the way, see if you can pick some sea buckthorn, wild grapes, etc., so that you can make some fruit wine later.
Xu Han had wanted to make more fruit wine this year, but there were not enough fruits in the orchard. She could only pick more mulberries in the spring and make a lot of mulberry wine.
However, the fruit harvest in the orchard this year is still quite good, twice as much as last year. After a year of hard work, we can finally achieve fruit freedom.
This year, we no longer have to be frugal with the fruits like in previous years. At least we can eat to our heart's content during this period.
I believe that in another year, by this time next year, there will be more fruits in the orchard, and we will not be able to eat them all.
By then, there will be more fruits, which will be great for making fruit wine, jam, etc. You can also try innovative ways to eat other fruits.
The two of them walked and searched in the deep mountains. Lu Chuan often came to the mountains and already knew where the wild fruits were, but Xu Han still searched carefully to see if he could get anything else.
"In the places where wild fruits grew in previous years, some have grown this year, but they have only been there for a year or two, so the trees are not very big. They don't produce many fruits either."
Xu Han was optimistic and said with a smile, "Then we can go into the mountains more often when we have time. A little bit will add up to a lot. If we go a few more times, we can always pick some, and we can also change the taste for the children."
Lu Chuan responded cheerfully, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll take you into the mountains as long as I have time."
"Hahaha, that's what you said, but after the autumn harvest, I guess there won't be any fruits left in the mountains."
"That's right. Our time has come together. If we can take care of the mountains, we won't be able to take care of our family. We have to give up one of the two."
Xu Han sighed, "Ah, after all, there are too few people at home. If there were more people and they could split up, we would definitely be able to handle it."
After Xu Han finished speaking, the two looked at each other and thought of the same thing tacitly.
However, Xu Han always felt that now was not the right time. The war on the front line was tense and there were not many opportunities to buy players now.
Besides, if the enemy really attacks here, the people we buy back might still be a burden. We should just wait a little longer. It’s really a shame that we have money but can’t spend it.
"Then wait a little longer. We are not in a hurry anyway. We are still busy at home. We will definitely buy it when we are really too busy."
Xu Han nodded and said, "Well, let's talk about it after the New Year. Didn't they say that the war would last for three years? The situation will definitely improve next year, and we should be able to pay some back by then."
"Okay, let's talk about it after the New Year."
After the two reached an agreement, they concentrated on searching in the mountains again. However, since they came out in the afternoon today, they couldn't go far and could only wander around here.
As the sun began to set, Xu Han and Lu Chuan walked home together.
After being out for an afternoon, I had a pretty good harvest. I picked a little of everything, but not much.
As soon as she arrived home, Xu Han called the two children over, then washed the wild fruits she had just picked and gave them to Mu'er and Ze'er to eat.
The two people were so happy to eat the wild fruits. Although they had enough fruits to eat on a regular basis, the wild fruits were different from the fruits in the orchard, so they just ate them for the novelty.