【006】 Delicious Food Fragrance
As soon as Xiao Feng and Xiao Qiang carried a black pig onto the stone platform, Xiao Jinhao walked over with a pig-killing knife about a foot long, patted the unmovable black pig, scraped off the pig's hair at the appropriate position of the knife, and then washed it with clean water.
The pig blood that kills in a while must be filled with pig blood sausage immediately, so hygiene work must always be done.
Xiao Jinhao was not only the famous chief shop of folk banquets in all corners of the countryside, but also a veteran in slaughtering pigs and sheep. He saw his white knife coming out of the red knife, and the blood of the black pig poured out like a fountain.
The black pig, whose mouth was tied up, tried to make a shocking scream, but was powerless. Its limbs and body were also pressed firmly on the stone platform by Xiao Feng and others, and could only feel the rapid loss of blood and vitality in the body.
After a while, the rushing pig blood slowly dried up, and the black pig's struggle was approaching zero!
"It's OK!" Xiao Jinhao waved his hand and signaled Xiao Feng to carry away the dead black pig.
Next to the pig-killing platform, there were already many people ready on the side of a high platform built with bluestone. Xiao Feng just put the black pig on the platform and poured a scoop of boiling water on the pig's body. Under the action of boiling water, the pores of the black pig's skin expanded. After scraping it with a knife, the pig's hair and the melanin on the pig's skin fell off in a blink of an eye, and the black pig turned into a white and fat pig.
Xiao Feng is not required to intervene in the work of hair removal and blemish. His job today is to be a good porter, a promising profession.
As for the hot pig blood, the housewives who were waiting aside had already pulled over and began to add glutinous rice slurry, pepper powder, pepper powder, salt, coriander, chopped green onion and other ingredients into it. Keep stirring and set aside.
People all think that pig blood sausage is a unique dish in Northeast pig sautum, but they don’t know that in southern Yunnan, pig blood sausage is also a very famous delicacy. Moreover, there are many new ways to make it in southern Yunnan. Many ethnic minority areas also add potatoes, green peppers and other vegetables to pig blood sausage, which has a unique flavor.
As a village with the vast majority of the Han population, Ginkgo Village is more or less accustomed to make pig blood sausages.
Now there are already a large number of skyscrapers, and at least fifty or sixty people have poured into the entire dam. All the families closest to the Xiao family and the village committee cadres have appeared. Without people to assign work, the entire pig-killing scene naturally formed an assembly line operation. The efficiency is astonishingly high.
Carry black pigs, hold a knife to kill pigs, remove hair, break the belly, clean pig intestines, infusate blood sausages, cook pig heads and drain water, etc. Everyone can find their own position.
It would be easy to carry 10 black pigs, Xiao Feng and others. In just half an hour, they were sent to the west by Xiao Jinhao and threw them on the platform to boil water to remove hair.
"The scene is so big!" Xiao Qiang shook his hands, which were a little numb. He looked at so many people on the dam and felt a little moved.
In previous years, when the pigs were slaughtered for winter, the Xiao family only killed two or three, and sometimes only one was in line with the situation. There were only ten or eight villagers who came to help. How could it be as lively as it is today?
This year, although it was because of the large number of pigs killed, and because the Xiao family made great contributions to the development of Jinghu area, the tribe and villagers saw hope for the future, they took the initiative to come and help.
"Next, we'll just fight next to you, otherwise we'll definitely be said to be a hindrance!"
In the scene of killing pigs for winter, people who are usually the main force are young people like Xiao Jinhao who are in their forties and fifties. They are physically strong and experienced, and their efficiency is naturally much higher than those of novices like Xiao Feng.
Xiao Feng and others still have to fight and work hard next to you, and only after training for a few years can you stand alone!
After Xiao Jinhao killed all the black pigs, he cleaned the stone platform and began to dismember the black pigs. The bone-clearing knife in his hand flew up and down, and a pig was beyond recognition in the blink of an eye.
The first pig head cut off the hair and bone removal process are taken over by experienced veterans in the village. The braised pig head meat is delicious, but it is quite troublesome!
The limbs of the pig were carefully cut along the joints by Xiao Jinhao and placed aside for later use. This is the most important item for slaughtering pigs for winter, pickling ham. This is also one of the most important traditional delicacies in Ginkgo Village for hundreds of years. Almost every household needs to pickle ham every year, but it is not as big as the Xiao family.
The best pork ribs will also be coated with various sauces and smoked into bacon. The best pork belly will naturally be treated as the best raw material for bacon...
It can be said that except for a few parts of the whole pig, it will be eaten at today's pig slaughter banquet, most of them will be made into various pickled foods and kept for long winter consumption.
In the past years, due to the lack of fresh-keeping methods such as refrigerators and the lack of supplies, pickling bacon has become an important means for mountain people to maintain the supply of meat. Nowadays, the abundant market supplies and the popularization of refrigerators have not changed this situation, because making pickled products is no longer just a helpless means, but has evolved into a lifestyle.
"Third Master's move is really cool!" Xiao Feng couldn't help but exclaim as he looked at the bone-clearing knife in Xiao Jinhao's hand.
When Xiao Feng was in junior high school, he learned the story of "Salvation of the Ox" and always thought it was just a fabrication by the ancients. However, when he saw Xiao Jinhao's "Salvation of the Pig" in his hometown several times, he realized that this magical craft existed.
Xiao Feng felt that Xiao Jinhao's move could already be called art, but he could not say that he could use it as a performance to show tourists on specific days in the future.
"Uncle San is worthy of being the most famous chief shop manager in western Dianxian County!" Xiao Tao nodded and said, "If we were to go up, we wouldn't have to get a pig in a day."
In the eyes of the older generation of Ginkgo Village villagers, Xiao Jinhao's craftsmanship is already commonplace. Xiao Tao and Xiao Feng, who are rarely in the village, are naturally shocked.
"Fifth brother, the third master's 'pig removal' craft can be prepared as a project of Jinghu Company's folk performance. You can also pay more attention to collecting the unique skills of the elderly in the village and enriching the company's performance!" Xiao Feng turned to Xiao Hai and said, "In addition to natural scenery, Jinghu Scenic Area should also have more humanistic elements!"
Xiao Hai is the second son of the second master Xiao Jinming. He ranks fifth in the Xiao family. After graduating from the secondary normal school, he has been teaching at Yuji Town Primary School. After the establishment of Jinghu Company this time, Xiao Hai resigned from his job and joined Jinghu Company to serve as the head of the scenic spot folk performance project.
Xiao Hai is calm and down-to-earth, otherwise Xiao Feng would not have let him join Jinghu Company as the project manager. For Jinghu Company, Xiao Feng's principle is not to start a family business, nor will he deliberately exclude family talents.
"This is a good idea!" Xiao Hai nodded and said, "I will report to Mr. Yang in the future and come up with a complete plan as soon as possible!"
Xiao Hai has also been studying the development advantages of the scenic spot these days, knowing that the so-called "pure handmade" element is a factor that attracts tourists in the city. How to amplify this attraction is a problem that Jinghu Company needs to consider comprehensively.
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As the black pigs were dismantled, another huge soup pot was also prepared on the side. The pig bones and the pig skeletons were thrown inside. In a short while, a strong fragrance came out. Unlike the feed pigs, the smell of these purely natural-raised black pigs is even more mellow and makes people saliva.
A group of housewives led by Aunt Xiao immediately took the pig's intestines and began to wash them; the snow-white pork steak oil was chopped while it was hot and put into the pig's blood being prepared. These two steps are very critical. If the intestines are not cleaned, it will affect the taste of the pig's blood steak, and pork steak oil can increase the mellow taste of the blood steak.
Ginkgo Village has been making this traditional food for hundreds of years. Every step and step has quite strict production standards, and the elderly have extremely rich experience.
The main force in the work of irrigating pig blood sausages is the Detachment of Women led by Aunt Xiao, but young people like Xiao Feng are often called by their wives as small workers. Moreover, these married wives are very good at talking, and they joke that young people like Xiao Feng are like playing, making Xiao Feng run away without daring to resist.
The lively scene of slaughtering pigs for winter has also attracted the attention of many tourists. They took cameras to shoot this rare scene in the city on the dam, which allows them to experience the beautiful autumn scenery of Jinghu Lake while being able to penetrate deeper into the lives of the villagers of Ginkgo Village.
As the owner, Xiao Feng decided to keep all these tourists at home for dinner. The people in the mountains were all hospitality. It would be unreasonable to encounter such a lively occasion without leaving guests for dinner.
The 10 black pigs were cleaned in less than 4 hours. The materials for the smoked products were kept and they were cleaned up. After lunch, they could start making them.
It was just ten o'clock in the morning, and the golden sun shone on everyone, like a thin layer of gold foil, shining with joy.
As a well-known chief shopkeeper, Xiao Jinhao naturally had rich experience in making such rural banquets. Under his command, everyone took action and performed their own duties to prepare for the rich pig-killing banquet.
People in the mountains love to sing, especially in this joyful and festive scene. I don’t know who started. The man in the mountains is loud and loud, and the loud mountain songs suddenly sound, echoing among the mountains. The girls in the mountains are naturally not to be outdone, just like a lark’s clear voice, and the deep affection is filled with no trace of fireworks.
Soon, all kinds of wonderful mountain songs rang out on the entire dam, and tourists slowly watched joined in. Various popular love songs also appeared frequently, and everyone's face was filled with a happy smile.
At twelve o'clock noon, the pig-killing banquet made by Xiao Jinhao and the villagers was finally announced to be completed. Ten tables were neatly placed on the dam, with various dishes full of rural characteristics on it, making people saliva.
The tribe members, villagers and tourists who came to help, gathered together and began to enjoy country food! (To be continued...)
Chapter completed!