vrcanaries Chapter 153 Cattle can also be raised in Meng County
Chapter 153 Cattle can also be raised in Meng County
Shen Caoxian picked up a plate of mutton tail fat and explained, "This stuff is called mutton tail fat, which is actually the lumps from the mutton's rump."
"Use the mutton tail fat to grease the pot, so that there is some mutton fat in the pot, which will make it taste better."
"The texture of mutton tail fat is very tender, and it tastes like cheese, melting in your mouth."
"However, some people may not be used to it. You can try a little bit first to see if you like it."
Li Xiaoyu helped the children with the hot pot at their table. She also followed Shen Cao's example and first cooked a plate of mutton tail fat for them.
After Shen Cao put the mutton tail fat into the pot, he kept a close eye on the changes inside.
Who knows how long she'd been craving this?
In her past life, whenever the weather got cold, she would eat hot pot at least once a week.
She thought she might never be able to eat such authentic hot pot again in her life, but who would have thought that she would find a perfect substitute for Ningxia Tan sheep and Inner Mongolian sheep from her previous life.
Today's Mengxian County should be similar to Inner Mongolia in its previous life, both being covered with grasslands.
She was just a little confused as to why Meng County only had mutton and not beef.
The mutton tail fat that was just put into the pot was originally snow-white, but after cooking for a while, it turned transparent, and the originally smooth surface tightened due to the heat of the protein, turning into a curled shape like the edge of a wood ear mushroom.
Looks very cute.
"It's ready to eat." After saying that, Shen Cao took the lead and picked up a chopstick and put it into the bowl containing her secret sesame sauce.
Coat the surface of the mutton tail fat with sesame paste, and the originally transparent mutton tail fat immediately turns the same color as the sesame paste.
The moment you put it in your mouth, your mouth is immediately filled with the flavor of sesame sauce. I have to say, the combination of chive blossom sauce and fermented bean curd is simply perfect for hot pot.
The flavor was very strong.
With just a gentle sip, before you even have time to chew, the mutton tail fat slides down your throat.
When she was about to pick up another piece, she suddenly realized that there wasn't much lamb tail fat left in the pot.
She searched carefully for a while before finding one or two pieces.
Shen Yu'an, Wei Siyu, and Wanyue all really liked the taste of mutton tail fat.
Mr. and Mrs. Shen are getting old and don't have much interest in this kind of greasy food.
The three of them ate most of the mutton tail fat in the pot.
"Sister Cao'er, do you still have mutton tail fat? I love its melt-in-your-mouth texture."
Shen Yu'an and Wei Siyu also nodded at her.
Okay, she'll go cut another plate.
She stood up and saw that the children's table had also finished eating the mutton fat, and they had eaten even more cleanly than the children's table.
While waiting for Shen Cao, they finished off the two plates of fried radish balls on the table.
The crispy radish balls make a satisfying "crunch" sound when you eat them, and they become more and more fragrant the more you chew them.
As soon as Shen Cao walked in, she heard a series of clicking sounds throughout the room.
Shen Cao placed a plate of mutton tail fat on the children's table, then picked up her own plate and dumped it all into the pot.
This time, before she even had to say anything, everyone knew how to tell if it was cooked or not.
Soon, the plate was empty again.
"Okay, the mutton tail fat is delicious, but you can't eat too much at once, there's still so much meat left."
Shen Cao then picked up a plate of meat and poured it all into the pot.
With the lamb tail fat used to coat the pot, a layer of transparent oil began to float on the surface of the originally clear broth.
After putting the meat into the pot, Shen Cao stirred it evenly with chopsticks. "Once the meat changes color, it's ready to eat."
She shoveled the meat in front of her a few times, and the originally bright red meat turned into a light pink.
She picked up a piece of food with her chopsticks and gave it to Wanyue, saying, "It's ready to eat now."
Wanyue happily ate the meat in her bowl.
Sister Cao'er is so kind; she gave herself the first bite of meat.
Others also started picking up meat to eat.
The plate of meat was quickly finished.
Every time Shen Cao cooked a plate of meat, she would explain to them which part of the meat it was and how it tasted.
Shen Yu'an had always thought he was good at eating, but after hearing Shen Cao's explanation, he felt ashamed of himself.
He only eats the cooked food, but Shen Cao knows exactly which part of the lamb each plate of meat comes from and what it tastes like.
And the taste of each plate of meat after cooking was exactly as she described.
She's an amazing person.
After cooking several plates of mutton, Shen Cao started cooking the beef he had bought that morning.
She first dipped the meat from the plate with the most snowflakes into the broth.
"This is beef, and I'm lucky to have come across someone selling beef."
Shen Yu'an listened to Shen Cao's words and looked at the plate of beef.
Shen Cao explained the story of buying beef to everyone, and then the others understood what was going on.
"However, beef is different from lamb. You have to be extra careful when cooking beef in the hot pot. Lamb won't get tough no matter how long you cook it, but once beef is overcooked, it's very easy to make it tough to chew."
The beef had barely hit the pot and turned pink when Shen Cao told them it was ready to eat.
The group worked quickly and efficiently, finishing off all the beef in the pot with just a few chopsticks.
Wanyue, eating the beef which was noticeably tougher than lamb, said, "I still prefer tender lamb; this beef is a bit tough."
Shen Cao smiled and nodded, "That's because this cow is getting old."
"Generally, the meat from farmed beef cattle is not this tough. If it is prepared properly, it will be very tender."
"Sigh, I don't know why Meng County only raises sheep. Such a good place, it would be great if cattle could be raised there."
After hearing Shen Cao's words, Shen Yu'an glanced at Wan Yue. Meng County seemed to be Wan Yue's fiefdom.
The reason they didn't raise cattle seems to be that when Wanyue was little, she thought cows were too big and sheep were small and cute, so she didn't raise cattle.
In addition, raising cattle requires much more effort than raising sheep, so fewer and fewer people in Mengxian County are raising cattle.
When Wanyue saw the look her cousin gave her, she stuck out her tongue.
"Sister Cao'er, cattle can be raised in Meng County too." As soon as she got back, she ordered her father to find a place specifically for raising cattle.
"But why do you want to raise cattle so much?" she asked, somewhat puzzled.
Shen Cao explained, "The hot pot we ate yesterday would have tasted even better if it had been made with beef tallow instead."
"And a lot of the ingredients for hot pot are from beef."
"In short, hot pot tastes even better with beef, and it's also more satisfying to eat."
Beef rolls, beef balls, layered beef, tripe, beef aorta, and other hot pot ingredients that Shen Cao loves to eat are all from the cow.
She always felt unsatisfied after eating hot pot because there were no fatty beef, beef balls, or tripe.
Speaking of beef, Shen Cao suddenly remembered that she hadn't cut the beef stomach she bought early this morning.
That cow stomach was the kind of tripe she often ate in her previous life. She only found this one cow stomach when she went there, otherwise she would have bought them all.
But she was lucky; she managed to buy her favorite tripe.
"Oh right, I almost forgot about today's surprise."
She said, "A hot pot meal isn't complete without tripe!"