Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 36 Killed Pig Vegetables
Chen Fan squatted in the corner, carefully studying his data panel.

Firstly, the slaughtering skill is at level 2, which should include the experience points gained before the transmigration.

After he grew up, he lived alone and killed all kinds of chickens, ducks and fish. Later, he went to a big city to study and work. The market sold frozen goods, or the stall owners could kill them for him, so he had fewer opportunities to do it himself. But after he started working, he would cook two fish every week, and he would buy live fish and kill them himself.

In his opinion, LV2 is still relatively low. If he lived in an old house in the countryside and did everything himself, he could earn the nickname "Fish Killer".

That's not the key point.

The key question is, when were the power points I've been longing for added?
My gaze swept across the panel, but it didn't budge, nor did it record any points added.

After thinking it over, he figured it was probably because he had eaten braised turtle at Captain Yang's house yesterday morning and drank a few ounces of liquor. He was probably a little tipsy at the time and was chatting with Captain Yang and the others, so he didn't notice the extra hint.

Eating meat increases strength, which makes perfect sense.

How about we eat a few more bites of meat later?
Thinking of this, Chen Fan jumped up and ran to the stove. There was a big pot of food cooking inside, mainly pork offal, with only one piece of pork belly.

Liu Jujiang glanced at him, then busied himself stirring the contents of the pot, and chuckled, "Have you ever had pork stew?"

Chen Fan grinned and chuckled, "I've eaten."

"Oh?"

Liu Jujiang looked at him curiously, "What kind of pork stew are you eating?"

Chen Fan: "Cook the pork intestines, heart, and lungs until cooked and slice them. Fry the pork belly in a pan until the oil is rendered, then add the offal and stir-fry with garlic sprouts."

Liu Jujiang asked curiously, "Where is this style of work from?"

Chen Fan looked at the pig heart, lungs, and liver in the pot.

Wait, pig liver?
He bent down and stared wide-eyed. "Master Liu, do we need to pre-cook the pig liver too?"

Liu Jujiang said matter-of-factly, "You can cook it as a dish, or slice it and dip it in sauce."

He then asked curiously, "So how did you do it?"

Chen Fan: "Of course, you can make soup or stir-fry it. Pork liver soup is clear and flavorful. Add some spinach or wood ear leaves, and it tastes delicious. If you don't have any in season, just add some greens. Or you can stir-fry it. Add chili peppers and stir-fry it quickly over high heat. The liver meat will be tender and flavorful, and it's perfect with rice."

Gollum.

Yang Ju and Jiang Lili, who were helping out nearby, swallowed hard, their eyes wide open, glancing at Chen Fan and then at Liu Jujiang.

Liu Jujiang tilted his head and thought for a moment, "Then how do we remove the fishy smell?"

"Soak in water."

Chen Fan said seriously, "The liver is a detoxifying organ, so all the toxins in the body are concentrated in the liver. If the toxins are not cleaned out, it will have a strong fishy smell. Before cooking pig liver, it is best to soak it in clean water for one or two hours, slice it, and then rinse it repeatedly with clean water until there is no blood. Then marinate it with cooking wine and salt to make it flavorful and remove the fishy smell."

Liu Jujiang looked at the piece of pig liver, then turned to Yang Ju, "There should be half a pig liver left, right?"

Yang Ju nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we're going to marinate it to make cured pork liver."

Liu Jujiang turned around and shouted to Captain Yang, "Captain, can I borrow half a pig liver from you? I'll pay you back in a few days when my family slaughters a pig."

Captain Yang, who was chatting, was suddenly taken aback and couldn't help but get up and walk over, "What's wrong?"

Did Old Liu accidentally spoil the pig liver?
Surely not? Master Liu has been doing this for two or three decades, when has he ever made such a mistake? And... wait, isn't that piece of pig liver still there?

At this point, Liu Jujiang briefly recounted what Chen Fan had just said, and then said, "I just wanted to ask Comrade Chen to make the stir-fried pig liver he mentioned, as well as the pig liver soup, to see if it's as delicious as he described." The common way to cook pig liver here is to first boil it to remove the blood, then slice it after it's just cooked through. It's then either cooked in a dish or dipped in sauce. Although it tastes delicious, it has a very strong fishy smell.

Fortunately, it smells of blood, unlike the muddy smell of unprocessed wild turtles. In fact, it smells quite fragrant, like stinky tofu. Some people even like the smell, and it has a local specialty flavor.

Gufeng County is close to the Yangtze River. 56 years ago, many people went to the docks to do business. After the reform, there were also water transport companies and aquatic product companies. When Liu Jujiang was in the county town, he heard about stir-fried pig liver from those people.

Unfortunately, in those days, transportation was inconvenient and information was scarce, so he didn't know how to make it. He tried making it at home twice, but neither of them tasted good.

Hearing Chen Fan speak so eloquently, he wanted to ask him to demonstrate his skills so he could learn from him.

Upon hearing this, Captain Yang burst into laughter, "Just half a pig liver, and you're asking me to lend it? Do you think I wouldn't eat it if you cooked it?"

Then he smiled at Chen Fan and said, "Little Chen, can you cook these two dishes?"

Chen Fan nodded. "I can do it."

Captain Yang smiled and asked for his opinion, "Then show us what you've got?"

Chen Fan didn't refuse and laughed, "Sure."

He paused for a moment, then frowned slightly. "But both of these dishes are quick to make. How about we wait until the pork stew is ready before serving them together?"

Liu Jujiang laughed and said, "Then my pork stew will have to wait a while, at least two hours."

Captain Yang waved his hand and said, "Then we'll wait and eat together."

At this moment, Chen Fan added, "There's another dish, blood sausage. Have you ever tried it?"

Everyone stared in surprise. Liu Jujiang looked at him with a hint of doubt and asked, "Blood sausage? Is it made by stuffing pig's blood into sausage casings?"

This time it was Chen Fan's turn to be stunned. "Master Liu, you know how to make this?"

Liu Jujiang immediately shook his head, "No, I guessed it from the name you mentioned."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "Want to eat some? If you do, I'll make some too."

The main reason is that given the occasion and atmosphere today, it wouldn't be right not to have some blood sausage.

Captain Yang clapped his hands and said, "Okay, let's do it together."

Chen Fan said, "This dish is a bit troublesome. It requires fresh pig's blood, minced scallions, ginger, and garlic, and a little salt. Mix it well and then stuff it into sausage casings. It's best to use large intestines. This is the perfect time to start preparing it."

Yang Ju immediately raised her hand, "I'll go pour the pig's blood, how much do you need?"

Chen Fan laughed and said, "If you want to taste it, one bowl of blood is enough. If you don't want to eat blood tofu, you can use the whole basin of blood. It just depends on whether you have enough intestines."

Captain Yang, being the one in charge, made a decision after thinking for two seconds: "Then let's take a small portion."

If it doesn't suit your taste, you can eat a little less.

Wasting food is out of the question; as long as the food isn't poisonous, they'll eat it.

Then everyone got busy. Yang Ju went to pour out the pig's blood, Jiang Lili went to chop scallions, ginger and garlic, and the other children in the Yang family went to clean the remaining intestines.

Chen Fan then fished out two more pork bones from Liu Jujiang's large pot. "To make blood sausage, you need hot water or broth. We happen to have pork bones, so let's use these to make a pot of broth."

(End of this chapter)