Reborn in 1977

Chapter 36: Pig Slaughter Feast

Chen Fan squatted in the corner, carefully studying his data panel.

First of all, the Butchering skill LV2 should include the experience points from before the transmigration.

After growing up, he lived alone, and had killed chickens, ducks, and fish. Later, when he went to big cities to study and work, the markets sold mostly frozen goods, or the vendors could help with the slaughtering, so he had fewer opportunities to do it himself. However, after starting work, he would cook two fish every week, and the fish were always bought live and killed by himself.

In his opinion, LV2 was still low. If he lived in the old house in the countryside, he would do everything himself, and he could at least earn the nickname of "Poultry and Fish Killer."

That's not the key.

The main point is, when did he get the Strength point that he had been longing for?

His gaze swept back and forth across the panel, but the panel remained motionless, and it didn't even provide a record of the point allocation.

He thought about it again and again, and it was probably when he ate braised soft-shelled turtle at Captain Yang's house yesterday morning, and drank two or three liang of wine. Perhaps he was dizzy at the time, and was chatting with Captain Yang and the others, and didn't notice the point allocation prompt.

Gaining strength from eating meat is very reasonable.

Then should he eat a few more bites of meat later?!

Thinking of this, Chen Fan stood up abruptly and trotted to the side of the stove, where a large pot of things was cooking, mainly pig offal, with only one piece of streaky pork.

Liu Jujiang glanced at him, then continued to stir the pot, and said with a smile, "Have you ever eaten pig slaughter feast?"

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled, "I have."

"Oh?"

Liu Jujiang looked at him curiously, "What kind of pig slaughter feast did you eat?"

Chen Fan said, "Braised large intestine, pig heart, and pig lung are cooked and sliced, and the streaky pork is stir-fried in the pot to render the fat, then the pig offal is added, and finally garlic sprouts are stir-fried."

Liu Jujiang was a little curious, "Where is this method from?"

Chen Fan looked at the pig heart, pig lung, and pig liver in the pot.

Wait, pig liver?

He bent down and stared, "Master Liu, does pig liver also need to be pre-cooked?"

Liu Jujiang said matter-of-factly, "It's cooked for cooking, and it can also be sliced and dipped in sauce."

He then asked curiously, "Then how do you do it?"

Chen Fan said, "Of course, it's made into soup or stir-fried. Pig liver soup is clear and delicious, with some spinach or wood ear leaves added, the taste is very beautiful. If there aren't any this season, then add green vegetables. Or stir-fry it, add chili peppers and quickly stir-fry it over high heat, the liver is fresh, tender, and flavorful, perfect for eating with rice."

Glug.

Yang Ju and Jiang Lili, who were helping beside him, swallowed their saliva, their eyes wide open, looking at Chen Fan for a while, and then at Liu Jujiang for a while.

Liu Jujiang tilted his head and thought for a while, "Then how do you remove the fishy smell?"

"Soak it in clear water."

Chen Fan said seriously, "The liver is a detoxifying organ, so the toxins in the body are concentrated in the liver. If the poisonous water is not removed cleanly, there will be a very strong fishy odor. Before making pig liver, it is best to soak it in clear water for an hour or two, and after slicing it, repeatedly wash it with clear water until there is no blood, then marinate it slightly with cooking wine and salt, so that it can be flavored and remove the fishy smell."

Liu Jujiang looked at the piece of pig liver, turned his head to look at Yang Ju, "There should be half a pig liver left, right?"

Yang Ju nodded repeatedly, "Yes, I was planning to marinate it and make preserved pig liver."

Liu Jujiang turned around and shouted at Captain Yang, "Captain, lend me half a pig liver, I'll return it when my family slaughters pigs in a few days."

Captain Yang, who was chatting, was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but get up and walk over, "What's wrong?"

Could it be that Old Liu made a mistake and ruined the pig liver?

That's unlikely, right? Master Liu has been doing the whole process for twenty or thirty years, when has he ever made such a mistake? Moreover... Hey, isn't that piece of pig liver still there?

At this time, Liu Jujiang briefly explained what Chen Fan had just said, and then said, "I just want to ask Comrade Xiao Chen to make the stir-fried pig liver he mentioned, and also that pig liver soup, to see if it's as delicious as he said."

The common practice here for making pig liver is to first boil the blood, blanch it, then take it out and slice it, either put it in a pot to cook, or dip it in sauce. Although it tastes delicious, it has a very strong fishy smell.

Fortunately, this is the smell of blood, which is not the same as the muddy smell of wild soft-shelled turtle that has not been processed well. On the contrary, it smells very fragrant, just like stinky tofu, some people even like to smell it, it has a bit of a local specialty dish flavor.

Gufeng County is close to the Yangtze River. Before 1956, many people followed ships to the docks to do business. After the reform, there were also water transportation companies and aquatic product companies. When Liu Jujiang was in the county seat, he heard about stir-fried pig liver from those people.

Unfortunately, transportation was inconvenient and information was limited in this era, and he didn't know how to do it. He tried to make it twice at home, but it didn't taste good.

At this time, hearing Chen Fan talk about it in such detail, he wanted to ask him to show his skills, and he could also learn from it.

When Captain Yang heard that this was the case, he immediately laughed loudly, "Just half a pig liver, you still say lend it to me, wouldn't I eat it if you made it?"

Then he smiled at Chen Fan and said, "Xiao Chen, can you make these two dishes?"

Chen Fan nodded, "I can."

Captain Yang smiled and asked for his opinion, "Then show us your skills?"

Chen Fan didn't decline, and laughed heartily, "Okay."

After a pause, he frowned slightly, "However, these two dishes are very quick to make, why don't we wait until the pig slaughter feast is ready, and then serve them together?"

Liu Jujiang laughed and said, "My pig slaughter feast will have to wait for a while, at least two more hours."

Captain Yang waved his hand, "Then we'll wait and eat together."

At this time, Chen Fan said again, "There's another dish, blood sausage, have you ever eaten it?"

Everyone was stunned together. Liu Jujiang looked at him, with a bit of doubt, and asked, "Blood sausage? Isn't it made by pouring pig blood into sausage casings?"

This time it was Chen Fan's turn to be stunned, "Master Liu, can you make it?"

Liu Jujiang immediately shook his head, "No, I just heard you say the name and guessed."

Chen Fan smiled, "Do you want to eat it? If you want to eat it, I'll make it too."

The main thing is that the occasion and atmosphere today wouldn't be right without some blood sausage.

Captain Yang clapped his hands, "Okay, let's make it together."

Chen Fan said, "It just so happens that this dish is a bit troublesome. It requires fresh pig blood, mixed with minced scallions, ginger, and garlic, plus a little salt, and then poured into sausage casings, preferably large intestine. It's just right to start preparing now."

Yang Ju immediately raised her hand, "I'll pour the pig blood, how much do you need?"

Chen Fan smiled and said, "If you just want to taste it, a bowl of blood is enough. If you don't want to eat blood tofu, the whole basin of blood can be used, it just depends on whether there are enough casings."

Captain Yang was the head of the family and made a decision after thinking for two seconds, "Then let's do a small half."

In case it doesn't suit their taste, they can eat a little less.

It's impossible to waste it. As long as there's no poison in the food, they can eat it.

Then everyone got busy. Yang Ju went to pour the pig blood, Jiang Lili went to chop the scallions, ginger, and garlic, and the other children of the Yang family went to clean the remaining large intestine.

Chen Fan also scooped up two leg bones from Liu Jujiang's large pot, "We need hot water or broth to make blood sausage. Since we have leg bones, we'll use this to make a pot of broth."