Making glutinous rice cakes [please recommend votes]

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Twenty-eight, making glutinous rice cakes. Speaking of the origin of making glutinous rice cakes, it can be traced back to the Warring States Period. Wu Zixu, a minister of Chu, defected to Wu State to avenge his father and wanted to borrow troops from Wu State to attack Chu State. He came to Wu State to help King Helu of Wu to settle down and become a meritorious minister of Wu State. Soon, he realized his ambition and led the Wu army to capture Yingdu, the capital of Chu State, and dug up the tomb of the King of Chu to whip the corpse to avenge him. After that, Wu Zixu was granted the title of Shen Land.

Once, the King of Wu ordered Wu Zixu to build the famous "Helu City" to prevent invasion. After the city was built, the King of Wu was very happy, but Wu Zixu was depressed.

Wu Zixu knew that he had many grudges and was afraid that someone would not be able to tolerate him in the future. After returning to the camp, he said to his confidants, "The king is happy and forgets his worries, and there will be no good ending. After my death, if the country is in trouble and the people are hungry, dig three feet of the ground under the Xiangmen City to find food to fill the hunger."

After Helu's son Fuchai ascended the throne, he refused Wu Zixu's advice many times, but he believed the slander and ordered Wu Zixu to commit suicide. As Wu Zixu expected, shortly after his death, Goujian, Yue Kingdom, took the opportunity to raise troops to attack Wu and surrounded the capital of Wu.

It was the end of the year, and the weather was cold and the people in the city were fasting and hungry. The Wu Kingdom was indeed in danger. At this time, people remembered Wu Zixu's instructions during his lifetime, so they secretly demolished the city wall and dug the ground. People were surprised to find that the base of the city was made of masonry and stone pressed with cooked glutinous rice.

It turned out that this was the wasteland grain reserved by Wu Zixu steamed a large amount of glutinous rice and pressed it into bricks when he was building the city.

People couldn't help but sigh that Wu Zixu was really foresighted! Everyone started to crack the glutinous rice bricks and stones, steamed them again, and shared them and ate them.

Later, in the Chutian area, people would use glutinous rice to make glutinous rice cakes like the "city bricks" back then at the end of the year to commemorate Wu Zixu. To this day, glutinous rice cakes are still a must-made delicacy for people from all over the south before the Spring Festival every year.

There is a saying here in Shanmen Town, "Greeting New Year, greeting New Year, dad comes forward." The implication is that glutinous rice cake is a must-have item for visiting relatives during New Year's greetings. When others come to greet New Year, the host will usually send some glutinous rice cakes to the guests before the guests leave. Giving glutinous rice cakes is also particularly particular. It can only be even numbers, not odd numbers, to show good luck. If you send 4 items to make a fortune in all seasons, 6 items to show good luck, 8 items to show good luck, and 12 items to show good luck every month.

It is not difficult to make glutinous rice cakes, but it is a bit troublesome to prepare. It turns out that the riverside did not plan to make glutinous rice cakes, and planned to divide them into some after the villagers made them.

Unexpectedly, early in the 28th day of the 28th, the children of Jiang Fengshi's family came over and asked Jiangbian to help make glutinous rice cakes, and asked Jiangbian to bring several guests from the city with them.

In fact, although Jiang Fengshi's family is not very crowded, he does not have to help the riverside to make glutinous rice cakes. Making glutinous rice cakes is not a difficult task. Men, women, young and old can participate in the family. Maybe any child is better than the riverside.

Asking someone to help make glutinous rice cakes is actually a good opportunity for neighbors to communicate. Jiang Fengshi was able to ask the riverside to help, but the most important thing is to show their family's attention to the riverside.

Ciba is not a rare thing for Yan Yuan and others who grew up in the city, but the production process of Ciba is really rare for them.

When Yan Yuan heard about making glutinous rice cakes, he immediately cheered up, "Of course I have to go there. I have grown so big and eaten a lot of glutinous rice cakes, but I have never seen how glutinous rice cakes are made."

Liu Ruxuan also smiled and said, "It's very interesting to make glutinous rice cakes! I used to make glutinous rice cakes when I was playing in the folk village. It's very fun. The freshly made glutinous rice cake tastes much better than the ones roasted later."

The riverside smiled, Liu Ruxuan was right, and the riverside also liked to eat freshly made glutinous rice cakes. It was very strange. The well-made glutinous rice cake should have a similar taste as eating glutinous rice, but every time you eat it, you will always find that the freshly made glutinous rice cakes always taste different from the glutinous rice, which is very unique.

Xiao Yalin was also very happy, "I have never seen glutinous rice cakes with my own eyes, it should be very interesting."

Jiang Fengshi's family steamed a large tube of glutinous rice.

When I walked past the river, the steamer had been untied.

"By the riverside, you are here with your friends. Come on, come and eat glutinous rice, hurry up and eat it while it's hot. The glutinous rice is the most fragrant at this time." Jiang Fengshi said.

The glutinous rice used to make glutinous rice cakes is soaked in water first, and then put it in a steamer to steam it. The steamed glutinous rice tastes like a world of difference from the cooked glutinous rice.

The taste and aroma of cooked glutinous rice is much worse than that of steamed ones.

"I squeezed a ball of glutinous rice by the river and handed it to Xiao Yalin, "Sister, try it, this steamed glutinous rice is so sweet."

"Hey, by the river, are we still there?" Yan Yuan said.

"So many are there, don't you know how to get it?" Jiangbian grabbed a handful of them, pinched them into a ball, and started eating them in big mouthfuls.

Yan Yuan really didn't understand the meaning of the word "sorry", so he walked forward and grabbed a handful, pinched it into a ball, and then divided it into two parts.

"Hey, you eat so much. If you want to have a few more people like you, you don't need to make this glutinous rice cake." Jiang Bian smiled.

"Eat it, don't worry. I steamed more than a bucket of rice this time, and there is no problem with eating a little. If it's less, I'll steam it in the afternoon. Anyway, there are still a few tufts of glutinous rice at home." Jiang Fengshi smiled.

Everyone had some before they started preparing to make glutinous rice cakes.

When making glutinous rice cakes, you have to be cooked while it is hot. When it is cold, you will not be cooked. In the future, there will be glutinous rice in the glutinous rice cakes.

Jiang Fengshi pulled the glutinous rice into a rice basket, then put it to the stone mortar, and put the glutinous rice into the stone mortar.

Jiangbian and Jiang Fengshi each took a wooden hammer and beat it one by one. Making glutinous rice cakes is both a strength job and a technical job.

If the two of them cooperate well, it will be very easy to make glutinous rice cakes. But if the two of them don’t cooperate, it will become a chore.

The sticky rice is very sticky, and when it is not mashed at the beginning, there is no sign of anything. Once the glutinous rice is mashed, it will immediately stick into a ball. After a piece of wood, the glutinous rice will immediately stick to the hammer. If there is no other person's help, it will be difficult to lift the hammer again.

If the two of them hammered down one by one, they would immediately get into the glutinous rice ball. The other person followed him and just shook the hammer in front. After repeated rounds and turns, all the glutinous rice in the stone mortar was rotten by the hammer.

Although there are very few farm work by the riverside, no one would ask him to make glutinous rice cakes in the past. However, when he was a child, he saw that others made glutinous rice cakes. So after adapting for a while, he was able to cooperate well with Jiang Fengshi.

The two of them cooperate well, and when making glutinous rice cakes, they are like a wonderful melody.

"Jiangbang, it's really good to see your attitude." said Jiang Fengshi's wife.

"The main reason is that the fifth brother is well-trained! After two or three times, he knew how to use tricks." Jiang Bian smiled.

Jiang Fengshi also invited Jiang Laoliu and his family to come and help.

Jiang Laoliu saw the posture of the riverside and praised, "Hehe, I really didn't see it. The hand of the riverside is still a little strong. I haven't seen that the glutinous rice cakes have been made by the riverside, but this posture is just like an old hand."

"Who is like you, a stupid donkey! As soon as he enters the city by the river, he can be a chef in a big hotel and even goes on TV!" Mrs. Jiang Laoliu cursed with a smile.

Jiang Laoliu looked embarrassed, and everyone laughed. Jiang Laoliu is famous for fear of his wife in Banshan Village. When everyone saw the couple, they were afraid of the scene of holding Laoliu on the washboard.

Yan Yuan looked around for a while and then became energetic, "Brother, let me give it a try?"

"I want to try too, too." Liu Ruxuan said.

"Okay, I'll take a break." Jiang Fengshi immediately made room.

The riverside had to retreat aside and let Yan Yuan and Liu Ruxuan play.

This time, the result can naturally be imagined.

The first thing happened, there was a problem.

Yan Yuan started to take action first and smashed the hammer into the stone mortar. One end of the hammer was deeply trapped in the glutinous rice slurry. Liu Ruxuan's hand was quite strong, but she did not use the right place. The hammer hit Yan Yuan's hammer. Although it almost jumped off Yan Yuan's hammer, the end that stuck to the glutinous rice slurry fell deeper, let alone escaped from the glutinous rice slurry.

The two of them panicked and pulled up hard at the same time, and actually pulled out the glutinous rice ball. If it weren't for the sharp eyes and quick hands on the riverside, the glutinous rice ball would have fallen to the ground.

The two perpetrators then put down the wooden hammer in disappointment.

Everyone laughed for a while, Jiang Laoliu and Jiangbian went on stage and continued to play. Jiang Feng was actually preparing with his wife and a few women who came to help.

The wooden board that had been washed and dried was placed on the table, and a layer of oil was applied on it.

"Fifth Brother, are you ready? The hammer is almost done, it's not good to be too bad." Jiang Laoliu said.

"Okay, okay." Jiang Fengshi responded.

"Will it be done by the riverside? Or should I change Lao Wu to come?" Jiang Lao Liu said.

"No, I haven't eaten pork, I haven't seen pig run yet?" Jiangbian smiled.

The two of them used a wooden hammer to stick out the glutinous rice ball, but there was not a single bit left in the stone mortar.

The two of them carried the glutinous rice balls quickly to the table there. In fact, this process still requires some skills. If you accidentally drop the glutinous rice balls to the place. This happened.

Making glutinous rice cakes is very interesting. Put the glutinous rice pulp on the table, dipped in oil, and kneaded into a large ball. The surface becomes smooth and not too sticky.

Experienced people use their hands to pinch the glutinous rice balls and squeeze out a ball of glutinous rice paste, put it on the board and roll it. After it is rounded, put it aside, press it with a template, and a pattern is printed on it. A little bit red on it and embellish it.

This process looks simple, but in fact it also requires some skill. People with good techniques will pinch the glutinous rice balls of the same size, while one has no experience, like Yan Yuan, sometimes pinch one to two, and sometimes pinch half of the smaller one. The shape is also strange.

Yan Yuan had just pinched a few of them, and he was covered with oil and glutinous rice paste. The more embarrassed you were, the more embarrassed you were.

Although Liu Ruxuan has experience, the result is not much better than Yan Yuan.

Although Xiao Yalin has no experience in making glutinous rice cakes, she, who is a chef, has a slight difference compared to those of her masters like Jiang Fengshi. Even after making a few, the glutinous rice cakes she pinched out like the same mold.

"This girl's hands are really a coincidence, she looks like a person who often makes glutinous rice cakes. You see, the glutinous rice cakes she makes are poured from the same mold. I have been making glutinous rice cakes for decades, but I can't make such beautiful glutinous rice cakes." Jiang Fengshi praised.

"My sister is a chef, and she is much more exquisite in making this dish than making glutinous rice cakes." Jiangbian also boasted.

"Don't listen to the nonsense of the riverside. I'm not as good as his cooking." Xiao Yalin smiled.

After making the glutinous rice cake, Jiang Fengshi had to leave a few people to eat at home. This time, Jiangbian refused without hesitation.

Because Jiang Fengshi made glutinous rice cakes in the morning, he was in a mess at home and had not started preparing breakfast yet.

For example, glutinous rice cakes need to be spread out and dried, and there are many places where Jiang Fengshi’s family can place them.

"Barriage, you have been busy all morning and don't eat. Why are you so embarrassed?" Jiang Feng said apologetically.

"Fifth Brother, what are you saying? There is no breakfast here. We eat glutinous rice and glutinous rice cakes so much that we are full of stomach." Jiangbian said.

"Uncle Man, please bring a few glutinous rice cakes first. Those glutinous rice cakes have not been dried yet, so it is quite troublesome to take them back. When they are dried, I will ask your fifth brother to send some to you. This time we have prepared a portion for you. It is rare for you to make glutinous rice cakes by yourself." Jiang Fengshi took a red plastic bag, filled with more than ten glutinous rice cakes, jogged over, and handed them to the riverside.

"How can you be so embarrassed? After eating so much here, it's enough. Is there a happier to move it home?" Jiangbian said.

"If you look down on your fifth brother, you will arrive. If you look down on him, you will go back empty-handed." Jiangbian really couldn't refuse.

"Okay, I'll take it." Jiangbian hurriedly picked it up.

"That's right." Jiang Fengshi's wife smiled.

"By the river, I like to stay in the countryside more and more. People in the countryside are much simpler than people in the city. People in the city live in a building and have lived for a lifetime. Maybe they don't know the name of their neighbor's house next to the wall. But in the countryside, you see everyone is like a family." Xiao Yalin said.

"Actually, everyone is a big family. If you have the same yard in the countryside, you will definitely be a big family. Besides, even if you are not relatives and have lived together for generations, you will naturally have contacts with each other. It is different in the city. If you live together temporarily, maybe in a few years, you will be divided into different things, and it will not be indifferent to human feelings." The riverside said.

"That's true. But I still think that Banshan Village is pretty good here." Xiao Yalin smiled.

Jiang Bian thought to himself, "That's because you haven't met someone like Jiang Huahua."

As the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer, the atmosphere of the New Year is becoming more and more intense.

The people working in the city in the village slowly returned home, and the village gradually became lively.

Li Qiulai finally arrived at home before the Chinese New Year, and Liu Huijun's winery was finally on vacation. However, Liu Huijun could not come back. Although the winery was on vacation, it really couldn't live without people. He was there by the riverside and took care of everything.

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