There are many things to pay attention to during the Chinese New Year. Thirty is naturally a day for family reunion.
After thirty, it’s the first day of the Lunar New Year. Starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, it’s also the day to visit every household to pay New Year’s greetings.
In addition to the fact that married daughters are not allowed to return to their parents' homes, every family is paying New Year greetings. In addition to New Year greetings, there are many other things to pay attention to.
For example, you are not allowed to drink porridge on the first day of the new year, because porridge was only consumed by poor families in the past. Therefore, drinking porridge on the first day of the new year means that you will be poor this year. You cannot eat meat, even eggs and milk, because on the morning of the first day of the new year, you are not allowed to eat porridge. It is called the Ten Thousand Gods Meeting, which means that all the gods will come out to pay New Year greetings. Therefore, in order to show respect for these gods, you must not eat meat, but must be vegetarian. At the same time, you cannot take medicine, even supplements and the like.
It is also not allowed to call people by name to wake them up, as this will make the person being called be urged to work by others all year round.
It is also not allowed to give New Year greetings to people who are still sleeping, because this will make the person being greeted sick.
Do not wash clothes on the first or second day of the lunar month because the birthday of the Water God falls on these two days.
You are not allowed to take a nap during the day, and you are not allowed to take out sewage, garbage, or sweep the floor. This will sweep away the wealth in your home.
You cannot let others take money out of your pocket, nor can you collect debts from others...
Of course, these are all old sayings. There are no old people in Jiang Hai’s family now. Who cares about this
Logically speaking, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, apart from paying New Year's greetings to the elders, you are not allowed to go to other people's homes to play, so Jiang Hai followed suit.
Hearing Fuyuan's words, Jiang Hai responded, and then he sat up from the bed in a daze. He went to the bathroom to wash his hair, face, and brush his teeth. After everything was packed, he put on his clothes and went downstairs.
When he got downstairs, Jiang Hai saw Xu Wei's car from a distance. There were already many people sitting in the car.
Jiang Hai took a casual look and found that there was still room in the car, so he sat down on it.
"Oh, I'll go, what the hell, you're wearing Versace when you go out with us, you're fake!" As soon as Jiang Hai sat down, Fuyuan here started yelling strangely. Originally, these people hadn't noticed yet. After hearing what Fuyuan said, everyone looked over.
But even if they look at it, they probably won't understand what Versace is. In fact, even Jiang Hai doesn't know very well.
"Don't mention it, my wife bought it for me." Only then did Jiang Hai notice his outfit and couldn't help but laugh at himself.
"Oh, let me go, what wife!" Upon hearing Jiang Hai's words, Xu Wei here also screamed strangely.
"Who else is there? Come on, don't bother me. The marriage is not divorced. Come on, come on, clear the way. Let's go buy something!" Jiang Hai patted Xu Wei in the driver's seat in front and said with a smile. stand up.
"What are you buying? Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. No place is open. People are not taking a break." Xiang Hua here said from behind. Hearing his words, Jiang Hai couldn't help but curled his lips. This is how China is. , it’s hard to buy anything for a year.
"I don't care what we eat. I just want to drink something. Let's just order some peanuts or something." At this time, another friend of Jiang Hai who had been playing with his mobile phone in the back, Huang Yunfei, also intervened.
"Who is drinking with you? You are a person who hangs out in the hospital. You only eat and drink every day. Who can drink better than you! My family is ready. My dad brought two sheep back a few days ago, and one of them is boiled. Let's eat together, grilled and grilled. We'll have the boiled food at noon and the grilled food at night. After lunch, let's see if we want to get into trouble or play poker." Fuyuan listened to Huang Yunfei's words and gave him a contemptuous middle finger. Then he said to Xu Wei, and the group of people chatted and laughed, drove the car, and quickly headed towards Fuyuan's home.
Fuyuan's home is not small, but it is not very big either. It is a standard house with two rooms and a kitchen. Jiang Hai and the others don't go there much to play in normal times. After all, he does not live here alone. There are also his parents, but Because his hometown is not from Bingcheng, so during the Chinese New Year, his father and mother go back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year. He is the only one in the house, so naturally it is very exciting.
At a small supermarket that was still open on the road, they bought five boxes of beer, some Lao Nai brand peanuts, and a few cans of Russian pickles, and then drove to the downstairs of Fuyuan's house.
After parking the car, everyone held a box of wine. Jiang Hai also took the peanuts and pickled cucumbers he bought, and arrived at Fuyuan's home. It was only about eight o'clock in the morning when they went to call Jiang Hai, but It was already ten o'clock when they got here,
After cleaning up, everyone was ready to have lunch. Under Fuyuan's command, they also set up the table and put the wine on the window sill outside to chill. At this time, Bingcheng wanted to drink something cold. , you don’t need to put it in the refrigerator, because the temperature in the refrigerator is not as low as outside! In less than ten minutes, it was very cool.
The table was set, the peanuts, the bought beef with soy sauce, and a plate of cucumbers were placed. The induction cooker in the middle was also turned on, and a pot of clear soup began to boil in a large pot.
When it comes to shabu-shabu, there are actually two types. One is hot pot, which belongs to the land of Sichuan and Sichuan. Hot pot comes from Fog City. It is said that the dock workers in Fog City were too poor to eat delicious food. In some slaughterhouses upstream, people who killed pigs and cattle would not eat the waste water after killing the pigs, sheep, and cattle. They would throw the waste water into the river and float away with the current.
Workers downstream would pick up the unnecessary waste and go home to use chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns to remove the fishy smell, then cook and eat it.
This is the origin of hot pot, and another way to eat it is shabu-shabu, which has a much longer history.
Legend has it that it was during the Song Dynasty, when the people of the Yuan Dynasty were fighting everywhere. One time when they were preparing to bury a pot to make rice, the enemy suddenly came. The chef at that time had an idea and used the soldiers' helmets as pots to cook. After eating a pot of mutton, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted and they felt delicious. Later, it was passed down. This is the origin of mutton-shabu-shabu.
At first glance, there is not much difference between the two methods, but if you take a closer look, you will know that they are actually two ways of eating.
Hot pot is mainly spicy and fragrant, with an emphasis on heavy ingredients and heavy oil. When eating, it is served with an oil plate instead of a sauce plate, and the main things that are cooked are mainly offal and beef, which is almost not too spicy. Will eat sheep.
Shabu-shabu is mostly based on fresh soup, and is divided into seafood pot, bone soup pot, etc. The emphasis is on the original flavor of the original soup. When eating, it is served with a sauce plate mixed with sesame paste and other seasonings, and the main thing is meat. , it is mutton, of course beef will also be eaten.
Bingcheng is located in Longjiang Province, and it is adjacent to Inner Mongolia, so their habit of eating shabu-shabu is more of mutton shabu-shabu rather than hot pot. For example, the soup base prepared by Jiang Hai and the others today is not The hot pot base I bought in the supermarket is actually prepared by myself. I put onion, ginger, cooking wine as the base, a few shrimps, a few small crabs, and a few shells. These seafood are used to prepare the seafood soup. The bottom of the soup, the flavor comes out as soon as the soup boils. It is light and fresh, but it has the smell of seafood. Fish and mutton are fresh together, so if you use this soup base to cook mutton, the taste will be amazing. crazy.
Not long after, a delicious smell began to reverberate in the room, which made everyone twitch their index fingers.
"Where's the meat?" Jiang Hai couldn't help but ask him as he glanced at Fu Yuan, who was also swallowing saliva next to him.
"Oh, let's go get it!" After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Fuyuan remembered that the meat hadn't been taken out yet, so he took Jiang Hai to his freezer and opened it. On one side was a pile of steaks, which were the steaks sent by Jiang Hai, and on the other side were two huge plastic bags, one black and one white.
Jiang Hai then opened the black one and found that it turned out to be a whole sheep. This made Jiang Hai feel a little Spartan. How could he eat this
"It's not this. This is a black goat. It will be roasted in the evening. That one will be rinsed today." Seeing Jiang Hai's expression, Fuyuan knew that he had picked up the wrong one and put the mutton in his hand again. After going down, I picked up another bag. The other bag was filled with already-sliced mutton slices. However, compared to the mutton slices sold, the mutton slices here were a little different in size.
"Uh, what's the difference?" Jiang Hai asked with some confusion after taking a look at the mutton.
"Of course there is a difference. This whole goat is a black goat. Black goats have firm meat, grow slower, and are aggressive. Because of their aggressive nature, they are often raised in the mountains and exercise a lot. The quality of the meat is very good. Well, of course, it's a lot worse than your beef, but this mutton is also the most delicious I've ever tasted." After hearing Jiang Hai's words, Fuyuan here started to Speaking of which, in fact, he only checked these after his father got the sheep back.
"The mutton cooked here is Uzhumuqin sheep, which is produced in Inner Mongolia. Did you know that Donglaishun, the imperial capital? This sheep is exclusively for Donglaishun. A plate sells for sixty-eight yuan, which is more expensive than ordinary Boer. Goat is much more expensive, but our family has tasted it once. It is indeed much more delicious than the mutton bought outside. The fat meat is not greasy, and the lean meat is not sticky. Once blanched in water, the mutton tastes delicious. In addition, as soon as the smell of seafood entered the mutton, I thought, no, I have to take it out, and my mouth is almost drooling." Licking his lips, Fuyuan said from the big He took out three bags of mutton and hurried to the living room. As for Jiang Hai, he also swallowed. Westerners love to eat mutton. This can be seen from the fact that many of their main meals are mutton chops. The younger brothers of the American Empire, Canada and Australia, particularly like to eat mutton, especially Australia. The mutton and wool industry can be regarded as the world's top existence, but the people of the American Empire do not like to eat mutton very much.
Jiang Hai also raises some in his manor, but he hasn't eaten mutton in such a long time. Now that he thinks about it, he really misses the taste of pork and mutton. From what Fuyuan said, he has some of both. hungry.