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Chapter 233 Bamboo Rice
After cleaning the ten bamboo tubes, Lin Chuyi took them all into the kitchen, placed them in a large iron pot, added water and boiled them.
Lin Chuyi added firewood into the stove. Firewood burns slowly, so after the fire stabilized, Lin Chuyi did not continue to sit in front of the stove to watch the fire. Instead, he stood up, washed his hands, and began to prepare other ingredients for making bamboo tube rice.
Lin Chuyi took out a carrot and a small potato from the vegetable basket, peeled and diced them, then took out two sausages and sliced them. Next, he took out the soaked mushrooms, squeezed out the water in the mushrooms with his hands, and then cut them into dices with a knife for later use.
After doing all this, the water in the pot had boiled. Lin Chuyi waited for a while before putting out the fire in the stove, opened the lid of the pot, took out all the bamboo tubes in the pot, and turned them upside down to cool.
At this time, Aunt Huang had finished killing the chicken and was making soup. Lin Chuyi did not disturb her but scooped out all the hot water in the pot with a gourd ladle.
When the water in the pot was almost scooped out, Lin Chuyi returned to the stove, stirred the stove ash that was still emitting a faint red light, and then piled the unburned firewood on top of the stove ash. After doing all this, Lin Chuyi began to pull the bellows lever.
As the bellows was pulled, the stove ash glowed redder and brighter. After the lever was pulled back and forth several times, a small flame reappeared in the stove chamber. The flame burned stronger and stronger, and the temperature of the iron pot also rose higher and higher with the fire.
Gradually, the little water left in the iron pot turned into steam and disappeared. Lin Chuyi waited for a few more seconds before scooping a spoonful of lard from the oil tank and pouring it into the iron pot.
After the lard came into contact with the iron pan, it began to melt quickly. Lin Chuyi stirred the lard in the pan with a spatula to speed up the melting process.
After the oil is heated, she pours the diced radish, potato, mushroom, and sausage slices that she had prepared in advance into the pan. After frying them until fragrant, she pours in the glutinous rice that had been soaked in advance, adds a little salt to season, stir-fryes evenly, and then serves in a ceramic bowl to prevent the pan from sticking.
After serving, Lin Chuyi added a ladle of water to the pot and then extinguished the fire in the stove. After doing this, she turned her attention back to the bamboo tubes that she had turned upside down.
At this time, the temperature of the bamboo tube was not as high as at the beginning. Lin Chuyi tried the temperature and found it acceptable to her. So she picked up the first bamboo tube and began to brush sesame oil on the inner wall of the bamboo tube.
"Girl, why do you want to rub oil on the bamboo tube?"
After Aunt Huang finished making the soup, she stood beside Lin Chuyi and watched how she made bamboo tube rice.
She had already watched the whole process of Lin Chuyi frying the ingredients. Just by smelling the smell, she could imagine how delicious the rice would be.
She originally thought that the next step was to put the fried ingredients into the bamboo tube, and the girl did pick up the bamboo tube. However, she did not expect that the girl's purpose in taking the bamboo tube was not to stuff things into it, but to brush oil on the inside of the bamboo tube.
This was difficult for her to understand. After hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.
Lin Chuyi didn't even raise her head when she heard Aunt Huang's question, and answered her doubts directly: "Aren't we going to fill it with glutinous rice later? Glutinous rice is very sticky when cooked, and applying oil is to prevent it from sticking. This way it is not only convenient to eat, but also convenient to wash."
"These bamboo tubes can be used many times. After dinner, don't throw them away. Wash them, put them in the yard to dry, and then put them away. You can use them when you want to eat bamboo tube rice in the future."
"By the way, there are many ways to make bamboo tube rice, and the ingredients don't have to be the ones I made today. You can continue to add other ingredients, or you can do some subtraction, such as replacing the diced potatoes with green peas, or replacing the dried seafood with corn kernels. You can also make it simpler and directly use glutinous rice and red dates to make bamboo tube rice."
"Different ingredients combined together will produce different flavors. When you are at home, you can boldly try to combine them..."
When Aunt Huang knew that Lin Chuyi was teaching her how to cook bamboo tube rice, she immediately became serious and listened attentively. However, as she listened, she felt a little uncomfortable.
Although Lin Chuyi was explaining the specific steps of making bamboo tube rice to her, her hands did not delay at all. On the contrary, she was just watching from the side like a wooden stake, which made her, who was always diligent, feel a little at a loss.
So, after Lin Chuyi finished speaking, Aunt Huang stepped forward and said, "Girl, I remember everything you said. Let me paint with you."
Lin Chuyi shook his head and refused, "No, there are only a few left, I'll do it."
"Oh." There was a hint of disappointment in Aunt Huang's answer.
Lin Chuyi looked up at her, the corners of his mouth curved upwards, "If you have nothing to do, help me clean the pot. I'll need it to steam bamboo rice later."
"Okay." Having received the confirmation, Aunt Huang did not hesitate at all. She immediately walked to the stove, added another bucket of water into the pot, and tested the water temperature. Seeing that the temperature was just right, she picked up the wooden brush and scrubbed the pot skillfully.
After Lin Chuyi brushed the bamboo tube with oil, he began to put the fried ingredients into it one by one.
By the time Lin Chuyi had loaded all ten bamboo tubes, Aunt Huang had already washed the pot, added enough water into the pot, and set up the grate. Lin Chuyi placed the bamboo tubes on the grate, then covered the pot and asked Aunt Huang to start making a fire.
After the water in the pot boils, it still takes another half hour to steam the bamboo tube rice before it can be served. Lin Chuyi naturally would not sit there and wait for such a long time, so she began to prepare other dishes for tonight.
Lin Chuyi went out for a while, and when she came back, she had a handful of chili peppers in her hands.
Madam Shen had already pried open all the thorns on the wild chestnuts that Lin Chuyi brought back. She held the bamboo basket filled with chestnuts and looked at Lin Chuyi in embarrassment.
"Girl, I have already peeled the outer shell of this chestnut, but the inner layer is really hard to peel."
Lin Chuyi took a look at the chestnuts peeled by Madam Shen. The peeled chestnuts were much smaller than the ones she had eaten before. However, these were wild chestnuts, so it was good to have them. Naturally, she would not be picky.
Hearing Madam Shen say this, Lin Chu was not surprised at all. She had read Madam Shen's biography and knew that she was a young lady who had never done housework. It was normal that she didn't know how to deal with chestnuts.
Lin Chuyi put the peppers in his hand on the chopping board, took the bamboo basket from Shen Niangzi, put it on the table, took out a chestnut from it with his left hand, picked up a pair of scissors in the kitchen with his right hand, and motioned Shen Niangzi to look over.