Surviving Endless Disasters

The next time you get close to these two when they are playing around, he will be two pigs in a pig pen.

No, not as good as pigs. Every time the two sows see Tuan Tuan or the little mermaid, they huddle together and tremble.

Speaking of which, the two sows have been raised for so long and have become docile in character. They eat more and move less every day. They look fatter than the wild boars on the mountain, and they can almost kill one.

Unexpectedly, their fight would affect Wen Zheng. The two little cuties stopped at the same time and flew to Wen Zheng's side to act coquettishly. The little mermaid rolled up the clams that jumped out of the sand pit and other oceans with water balloons, and the sea water gradually flowed from the beach. Arriving at Wen Zheng's side, the little mermaid leaned against the sea water and moved to Wen Zheng's side, looking up at them with her big watery eyes.

What could Wen Zheng do? He couldn't even say a single word of blame, so he could only forgive these two cuties.

Taking them back to the cave, the water polo wrapped with seafood was accurately thrown into the bucket. Every time it was time to eat, when Tuantuan and the little mermaid were the most friendly and in harmony, they all rushed to the bamboo pavilion. Let's see what's for lunch today.

On the square table in the bamboo pavilion, there were bowls of steaming noodles placed in the three places where they usually sat. The freshly cooked noodles were still emitting steam, like the mist that enveloped the sea in the early morning.

The noodle soup is extremely clear, and you can clearly see the yellow lasagna folded together in the bowl, with a few pieces of red chili pepper segments floating on it, and green sea vegetables. It looks a bit ordinary, but it smells like the ocean. of umami.

The lasagna in the big bowl looks ordinary, but when you pick it up with chopsticks, you can see the surprise inside.

The little surprise was hidden under the yellow noodles. With a flick of the chopsticks, half of the figure was revealed. It was half-hidden with the pipa in its arms, which made people curious. When they finally ran out and showed themselves openly, their saliva flowed out.

What Wen Zheng hid under the noodles were round red shrimp balls and white fish balls. Since the arrival of the little mermaid, Wen Zheng no longer had to go fishing at sea and ate fresh seafood every day.

Since there is no shortage of ingredients, you can make whatever you want.

Although I don’t know the specific steps of making shrimp balls and fish balls, I can imagine them roughly.

The shrimp balls use delicious red sea shrimp, and the fish balls use a kind of sea fish with very few fish bones.

Chop the fish into small pieces, remove the bones, add seasonings to it, and slowly mash it into a paste.

After pouring it into fish paste, Wen Zheng found that the fish paste was not sticky enough to form small balls, so he tried adding some taro powder into it, and that was enough. After mixing evenly, it turned into small balls. .

Both shrimp balls and fish balls are made in the same way, and shrimp balls are a little simpler. You only need to remove the shrimp threads and shells, not as troublesome as removing fish bones.

After eating for more than two days, the little mermaid has mastered the method of using chopsticks. He moved his fingers lightly with standard movements and headed towards the red shrimp balls with a clear goal. The two chopsticks were located on the shrimp balls. On both sides of the bowl, just when I tried to pick up the shrimp balls with my hands, I felt the chopsticks slipping, and the shrimp balls slipped between the chopsticks and were placed at the bottom of the bowl.

This was the first time the little mermaid encountered something so difficult to pick up. She enthusiastically picked up the chopsticks and tried to pick up the shrimp balls. She was not discouraged even though she dropped them several times. Instead, she regarded them as a fun little thing. Game until a mocking voice came from the other side.

Tuantuan, who only had claws and no hands, had no choice but to hold the fish balls and shrimp balls at the bottom of the big bowl. He could only wait here for Wen Zheng to come over and laugh at his archenemy.

The little mermaid glanced at Tuan Tuan and gave up on this game that made him laugh. She took out the fork Wen Zheng made for him from the bamboo tube, forked the shrimp balls into it without any effort, and cut the little red ball in front of Tuan Tuan. Put the meatball in your mouth.

When holding it with chopsticks, you can feel the amazing elasticity of the shrimp balls. After putting it on your teeth, you have a deeper understanding. It feels like the shrimp balls bounce twice between your teeth.

Gently bite into the tender shrimp balls and chew them in your mouth. In one word, fresh! Seeing that the little mermaid's fork was already placed on the white and tender fish balls, everyone was anxious to put their mouths in, regardless of whether they would dirty the feathers near their mouths.

"You guys are eating it now, little mermaid, be careful not to burn your mouth.

"Just at this time, Wen Zheng came over with a plate. There were yellow round balls on the plate. They looked like staple food that can make people full. There was no way, Wen Zheng's rice balls were very big, and the new little one couldn't help it. The mermaid, looking at such a small child, turned out to be about the same weight as Wen Zheng and the others.

If he didn't cook more staple food for every meal, Wen Zheng would spend all day cooking.

Putting the plate in his hand on the table, Wen Zheng faced Tuantuan's sad eyes, put a few fish balls and shrimp balls in the big bowl into a small bowl, poured a mouthful of soup into it, and also told Tuan Tuan to be careful. It's hot, so eat it slowly.

Wen Zheng was the last one to sit down. He took his chopsticks and picked up a piece of noodles instead of eating fish balls and shrimp balls first.

This yellow noodle is made by Wen Zheng after grinding barley into barley flour.

The wheat flour usually used is relatively white and very soft after being cooked, but the barley noodles have a different texture. The large wide noodles made by Wen Zheng are especially chewy, but they don't feel too hard, but Just the right kind.

Moreover, the noodles have soaked up enough soup, and have the spiciness of chili peppers, the sourness of tart fruits, the umami flavor of seafood, and the sweetness of the noodles themselves.

After finishing a long noodle and drinking a mouthful of soup, it is really unforgettable and you will want to eat more.

After eating half of the noodles, Wen Zheng put down his chopsticks and picked up the yellow ball in the plate with his hands. This thing is made of barley like noodles.

Barley is a common staple food in the north. Wen Zheng grew up in the south. He only knew that barley could be used as a staple food. He had no idea how to eat it specifically. However, he had a roommate from the north in college. The northern roommate not only introduced it to them, but also brought them various foods made of barley, and even made it himself in the dormitory.

This barley can also be ground into flour to make steamed buns and cakes. The taste is much more chewy than wheat flour, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it tastes. Today, Wen Zheng made noodles with barley flour, and it can also be mixed with other grains to cook porridge and soy milk.

Barley can also be used to make bread and brew highland barley wine. Even the northern roommate only mentioned it, and he himself can't make it.

At that time, it was not allowed to use high-power electrical appliances in the dormitory of the school. The food that the northerner used to make did not require electrical appliances or living things. In addition to the materials he prepared, he needed hot water, bowls and hands. It was a kind of food that was very simple to make and could be preserved for a long time - tsampa.

First of all, tsampa is the same as barley tea. The barley with shells is fried and then ground into flour after frying, which is completely opposite to the usual operation of removing shells and then grinding flour.

After the barley flour is ground out, it is to add something to it and then knead it into small balls.

Usually, tsampa is made by adding butter tea to barley flour. Wen Zheng did not even have milk or goat milk, let alone butter tea, so he could only add hot water.

In fact, adding hot water to barley flour and kneading it into balls is tsampa, but it is not delicious. Usually, some shredded cheese, white sugar, or butter are added to it, but unfortunately there is none of these.

In college, apart from a few regular dishes made by my northern roommate for everyone to try, the rest of the ingredients were up to everyone to play with.

The basic version is to add less water to the tsampa balls, and there is also tsampa mud with more water. The advanced version is to add any ingredients to it as you like. If you like sweet, add sugar or various milks. If you like spicy, add hot sauce or even meat sauce. Some people make dark dishes, add spicy strips, chocolate, or even brewed isatis root granules.