Chapter 177 Zongzi (Part 1)

Thinking of Gaara's special identity, and Yang Ming having just eaten the three-color meatballs and feeling the unique national culture in it, he felt somewhat emotional, and a dish quickly flashed across Yang Ming's mind.

That's right, that's Zongzi!

Although there is no Dragon Boat Festival in Hokage, the current time period has passed long ago.

But it doesn't prevent Yang Ming from using this dish to practice Gaara's hands.

Without him, in fact, making zongzi does not require any cooking skills, just a little patience and care.

Thinking of this, Yang Ming patted Gaara on the shoulder, "You and I go into the kitchen and go make zongzi!"

"Nani?"

Gaara was stunned.

Zongzi?

What is that?

However, I Love Luo followed Yang Ming into the kitchen with an open-minded attitude of learning and couldn't say anything.

This is Gaara's first time seeing the kitchen of Yang Ming's shop.

I saw that in a space of about forty square meters, all kinds of tableware were neatly arranged, the floor was not dusty, and the walls were not greasy at all, reflecting pure white light.

Inside the kitchen, there is no smell of oily smoke or sweat. It is so natural that it feels unreal.

Gaara's heart trembled slightly.

Just this meticulous cleanliness is enough to shock people.

Seeing this, Yang Ming laughed to himself. He would never tell me about Gaara. In fact, this is the system's built-in cleaning function.

"Yang Ming." Gaara said, wanting to ask what zongzi is.

Unexpectedly, Yang Ming put on a serious face and said seriously: "Call me master!"

The corners of Gaara's mouth twitched, with a face full of reluctance, always feeling ashamed.

However, in order to be able to learn cooking skills, I Gaara gritted her teeth, looked ruthless, and said, "Master!"

Now, Yang Ming nodded in satisfaction, "You can teach a child."

You are a child, and your whole family is a child!

Hearing Yang Ming's shameless words, Gaara was so depressed that he wanted to vomit blood.

When did he actually like to be a son?

Gaara turned his head away awkwardly, and asked in a urn voice: "You should explain, what is a zongzi?"

Yang Ming smiled and explained.

"Zongzi, also known as Jiaozhu, or Jiaozong, is steamed from glutinous rice wrapped in zong leaves. It is a gourmet delicacy with a long history."

"Don't underestimate the zongzi. There is a lot of energy in the small zongzi. It carries the long history of a country and records many people's fond memories of reunion."

Gaara frowned, "Since you said that this delicacy carries the historical heritage of a country, why have I never heard of it?"

Yang Ming grinned at the corner of his mouth, revealing a mysterious smile, "Guess."

I guess your sister!

Gaara really wanted to slap this wayward boss to death.

Has anyone told you that you will be sent a blade if you only speak half of the sentence!

Broken dog, go to hell!

Yang Ming ignored Gaara, and began to stir up ingredients in the kitchen.

Some time ago, Asma and Hong got married, Yang Ming didn't rely too much on the system, bought a batch of ingredients for cooking, and still had a lot to use up.

He took out all the raw materials that he might need to use one by one.

Zongye, glutinous rice, red dates, lean meat, red bean paste, egg yolk, red bean, bacon, sausage, corn kernels.

Speaking of which, there are many types of zongzi. From the perspective of fillings, there are BJ jujube wrapped in small dates in the north, and red bean paste, fresh meat, eight treasures, ham, egg yolk and other fillings in the south, which are very local.

Just like one side of water and soil, one side's people are raised.

People from different regions use their wisdom and hands to create colorful cuisines, which shows the prosperity of gourmet cuisine.

Yang Ming has always felt that food does not distinguish between regions.

As long as you have a foodie heart, even if you come from all over the world, as long as you like food, even if you have never met, you can sit together, enjoy the food in front of you, and talk about life.

Speaking of which, the custom of eating zongzi has been soaking glutinous rice, washing zongzi leaves, and making zongzi every year on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month for thousands of years. This habit has long been integrated into the bones of the common people.

If one day, the Dragon Boat Festival does not eat zongzi, that is the biggest regret.

Since Yang Ming was reborn, he felt more or less the loneliness of a traveler in his heart.

After all, the earth is Yang Ming's home.

Zongzi, on the other hand, records the fond memories of family reunion.

Yang Ming was also looking forward to the taste of the zongzi made by himself.

It is worth mentioning that there are many types of zongzi, and different production methods have different shapes and tastes.

Wrap the millet in wild rice leaves into the shape of an ox horn, which is called horn millet; put rice in a bamboo tube, seal it and bake it, and call it tube rice dumpling.

Soak the millet in plant ash water, because the water contains alkali, wrap the millet into a square shape with wild rice leaves, and cook it, which is called alkaline rice dumpling.

Zongzi has a long history, even the ancients were conquered by zongzi.

"Dragon Boat Day Gifts and Baisuo" mentioned: "The fairy palace has a long life, and the Dragon Boat Festival is private. See the dragon and see the dragon, and know the deep kindness. The rest of your life can continue, and the final wing will answer."

It can be seen that in ancient times, zongzi was highly praised.

At this time, Yang Ming wanted to teach me the zongzi made of love Luobao, even in history, it is also the famous nine-zined zongzi.

Jiuzi Zong does not mean that there is any special production method, but that it breaks through the inherent thinking of people in the past. From focusing on the quality of Zongzi to paying attention to the packaging of Zongzi, this is an aesthetic leap.

Just like the three-color balls, with three different colors, they are eye-catching, and the two have the same effect.

Li Longji, Emperor Xuanzong of the ancient Tang Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Banquet Officials in the Three Halls of the Dragon Boat Festival", in which one sentence praised Jiuzi Zong.

"Four seasons flowers compete for cleverness, and nine rice dumplings compete for newness."

Jiuzi Zong is a kind of Zongzi, that is, nine Zongzi are connected in a string, there are big and small, the big one is on the top, and the small one is on the bottom. They have different shapes and are very beautiful, just like a stringed gourd.

Uh, if there are seven zongzi, they can form Cucurbit Brothers...

What's more, Jiuzi Zong is made of silk threads of nine different colors, forming a colorful shape, just like a rainbow, with extremely gorgeous colors, compared with the three-color pills, it is simply nothing.

Interestingly, Jiuzi Zong is mostly used as gifts for relatives and friends, such as mothers give gifts to married daughters, mother-in-law gives gifts to newlyweds, etc. Because Zongzi is a homonym for neutron, there is a folk custom that eating Zongzi can give birth to a son.

Although this was just people's ignorance at the time, they entrusted their heartfelt wishes for the future in a small rice dumpling.

In fact, eating zongzi is more of a feeling.

Yang Ming said to Gaara: "Later, just watch how I do it, and think about it yourself."

Since this is just a demonstration, the materials used by Yang Ming are also very simple.

With that said, Yang Ming soaked the glutinous rice in warm water, and filtered the water for later use.

At the same time, Yang Ming took the zong leaves and boiled them in boiling water, washed them in cold water, and put them in a basket on the side as a spare.

Making Zongzi, the most test is the chef's patience and care.

Without one of the two, it is difficult to make.