Chapter 182 Something Wrong with the Donkey Banquet
Even so, an auntie couldn't find what she wanted after rummaging through the pile of meat, so she said dissatisfiedly.
"Donkey testicles, and donkey sticks? Could they be secretly hidden by you, the captain?"
As soon as the auntie finished speaking, everyone present laughed wildly.
"This is a female donkey."
This made everyone laugh even more happily, but they were all very satisfied when they left.
Three cents per pound of meat is really cheap, even if you sell it to others and make a dime per pound, it is easy.
Han Li asked for a donkey skin, donkey intestines, and four donkey hooves, and the Yun sisters bought some donkey meat and a whole donkey spine.
He Mi took Qi Zhaodi to buy donkey tongue, donkey liver, donkey ears, donkey lips and a little donkey meat. It can be seen that she is a good eater.
Hao Hongmin and Yang Xiuying asked for donkey heart, donkey tail and a little donkey meat. This southern girl was also very accurate in her selection.
Zhang Xiangjun and Wu Lili each ordered two pounds of donkey meat. Finally, Han Li was tempted by the donkey stomach, inner loin, and outer loin that no one wanted. Although his body was getting better and better and his strength was getting stronger, it would not hurt to have more, so he turned back and bought those.
Everyone returned to Shanghe Village with laughter. Whether eating or storing, the meat needed to be processed at home, so everyone separated after entering the village.
After Han Li returned home, he had to deal with the donkey skin. Since he had nothing to do now and the Yun sisters were there, he chose the most common method.
Spread the donkey skin on the table, scald it with hot water, and then use a knife or shovel to scrape off all the donkey hair, then use fire to burn all the fluff and unclean places, and finally turn it over to clean the remaining grease and residual meat.
Han Li weighed it and found that the donkey skin was about 5 pounds after cleaning. According to the book, it should be less than 2 pounds of donkey gelatin.
Afterwards, Han Li processed all the donkey skins and cut them into small pieces, marinated them with star anise and white wine to remove the fishy smell, and boiled them until the big pot was free after cooking.
Since the parts of the body they bought needed to be processed, and Yun Jingjing planned to stay and make them carefully when she had time, Han Li's family made dumplings with donkey meat at night.
Han Li had never eaten donkey meat dumplings before, and when the dumplings came out of the pot, he picked one up and put it in his mouth with great anticipation.
The first feeling after taking a bite was that it was juicy and delicious, a bit like a soup dumpling. If you chew it carefully, you can taste the big meat particles that are very elastic. The key is that Yun Jingjing made the stuffing very delicious, and this skill is definitely comparable to the mutton stuffed dumplings prepared by He Mi.
Yun Yingying saw Han Li eating happily, and she said proudly on the side.
"How is it? Isn't the donkey meat stuffing my sister prepared good?"
Han Li gave a thumbs up while eating and said, "I have never eaten such delicious donkey meat dumplings."
Han Li thought that the following two sentences were not appropriate when he said this, so he picked up a dumpling for himself and put it in his mouth.
Yun Yingying didn't notice it at all, but Yun Jingjing always felt that Han Li hadn't finished speaking, but she was too embarrassed to ask.
After dinner today, Yang Xiuying came to ask the Yun sisters to play cards at their house.
Han Li stayed at home and started to boil donkey gelatin. He added enough water at one time, then put the cut donkey skin into the pot and boiled it over high heat, then turned to low heat. The boiling time should be at least twelve hours.
Some people who are particular can fry some walnut kernels, black sesame seeds and other things in advance, put them in with rock sugar before the donkey gelatin is out of the pot, stir well, and then pour it out to cool and form.
However, He Mi wanted to use this donkey-hide gelatin as a medicine, and she also specifically said that nothing should be added to it, so Han Li planned to keep half of it without adding anything, and he would add some fried wild walnut kernels, pine nuts and other things to the other half.
(It sounds like making pig skin jelly, but in fact, there is still a big difference. If you are not careful, you will turn donkey-hide gelatin into donkey skin jelly.)
Time came to the second day in a blink of an eye. Han Li finished practicing boxing and put out all the two portions of donkey-hide gelatin.
When Yun Yingying and the others came to eat together, Han Li would open the door of the clinic.
Before long, the villagers who had nothing to do at home would gather here to chat.
This situation started after he finished the physical examination for the whole village. Han Li sat by the stove with an enamel cup in his hand, listening to everyone's gossip, drinking a sip of tea from time to time, and turning two pages of a book. This life is so comfortable.
Occasionally, when there were many people, Han Li would take advantage of everyone's conversation to tell everyone some useful little recipes, but unfortunately, few of these sisters-in-law and aunts could listen.
During this period of time, Shanghe Village basically had two meals a day, one at nine or ten o'clock, and one before dark. Of course, if there were any special circumstances in between, it would be casual.
So as long as everyone came to Han Li's clinic, as long as there was nothing to do at home, they would generally stay until dinner time to go home.
The situation today was the same, but when Han Li closed the door of the clinic and returned to the main room, he saw He Mi, Qi Zhaodi and the Yun sisters were busy in the outer room, and a very pleasant fragrance was floating in the room.
"What are you doing? Several people are all gathered here."
"Brother Li."
"Brother Han is back, we are making today's dinner."
"I said the smell in the house is so good, is there anything I can help you with?"
"No, you sit on the kang and rest for a while, and we will have dinner after we finish."
Han Li smiled and didn't pay attention, but when he was about to enter the back room, he found that neither He Mi nor Yun Jingjing spoke to him.
The two of them were all busy at the chopping board. Could it be that tonight was a finely crafted feast?
However, Han Li went straight to the back room without stopping, then took off his shoes and sat on the kang.
At this time, Han Li discovered that the brushes, copybooks, and slates that Yun Jingjing used to practice calligraphy were on the kang table. He picked them up and started copying them according to the copybooks.
This investment of interest is the fastest way to pass the time. Just when Han Li was engrossed in writing, he heard Yun Yingying shouting.
"Brother Li, it's time to eat here."
Han Li put down his writing brush and rubbed his wrist. Before he could get off the kang, several people had put the dishes on the table, filling up the big kang table.
He Mi pointed to the dishes on the Kang table with a smile on his face and said: "These are the ginger donkey lips, garlic donkey ears, roasted donkey tongue, and white water donkey liver that I made. Please try them. If you don't like the taste, I will find ways to improve them in the future." "
Han Li hadn't spoken yet, so Yun Jingjing pointed at the dishes on the Kang table.
"This is braised donkey hooves and braised donkey spine that I made. I filled donkey intestines with donkey meat according to the old recipe from Zhao Wangcheng to make donkey meat enema. Please give it a try and give me your opinion."
For some reason, Han Li always felt that something was wrong, but when he looked at them, everything seemed normal. Could it be that something was wrong at home? However, Han Li could only say with a smile at this time.
"Haha, these dishes on the table are as good as the whole donkey banquet, and it goes without saying that the skills of the two chefs are not at all. It's cold, let's try it quickly. The taste will become worse after a while."
Under Han Li's greeting, everyone quickly gathered around the Kang table and started eating.
During the meal, they were talking and laughing as usual, but Han Li still felt that something was wrong.
Fortunately, after dinner, they cleared the table and went to He Mi's house to play. This situation made Han Li wonder if he felt wrong.
Feeding the dog, walking the dog, adding firewood, writing letters and practicing calligraphy, he got into bed and read a book, chewing fragrant pine nuts, until Han Li fell asleep on his own.
When Han Li got up the next day, he started a new day of exercise under the dark night sky and the white ground.
The wind was so strong today that it felt like it was blowing into the cracks in one's bones.
After Han Li finished practicing his boxing, he hurried back to the house and started frying pine nuts when he saw that it was still very early.
Snacks go out relatively quickly during this period, and if I don’t fry them now, I might not be able to eat them in two days.
When it was time to put the pot in the pot, Han Li realized that there were not many pine nuts in his decomposition space. However, he had always collected pine nuts from short trees that could be covered by his mental power. He had never climbed those tens of meters tall. It is normal to have this happen if you go to pick the tree.
However, Han Li then thought that only about one-fifth of the winter here had passed. It would be too sad if there were no pine nuts to pass the time in the future. Think about it, the pine nuts have almost fallen off the trees on their own. If you don't pick them up, those delicious pine nuts will either rot in the soil or fall into the mouths of wild animals. Rather than doing this, it is better to use them to pass the time. Use it.
As for everyone saying that those pine cones fell on the ground and were difficult to find in the snow, it was not a problem at all for Han Li.
While stir-frying the pine nuts, Han Li recalled that there were more tall red pine trees in that direction. The quality of the pine nuts in this place was relatively high, and he could save some effort in picking them up. Moreover, this time he went out to help Yun Yingying catch a few squirrels to raise. .
At this time, Yun Yingying had already ran over from outside. As soon as she entered the door, she put her hand into Han Li's waist to keep warm.
"Li Geyou is so warm. The wind outside is so cold today. Even at such a short distance, I'm freezing."
Han Li: "Are you satisfied with having warm hands? Then do you want to sleep holding a large hot water bottle with a constant temperature of 37 degrees?"
Yun Yingying nodded quickly and said: "I think, but where can I find such a big hot water bottle?"
Han Li: "Are you stupid? You are already holding this large hot water bottle to keep warm."
Yun Yingying lightly scratched Han Li's waist with her little hand, and then said with a smile.
"Really? But what should I do if I don't believe it?"
"How about I let you sleep with that large hot water bottle tonight and have a good feel?"
"I don't want it. I'm afraid that you won't be honest when you go to bed at night, which will make the bed even colder."
While the two people were talking, the one-way communication phone of the Shanghe Village branch rang.
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