Chapter 36: Pig Slaughter Dishes
Chen Fan squatted in the corner, carefully studying his data panel.
First of all, the Butchering Skill LV2 should include the experience points from before the transmigration.
After he grew up, he lived alone and had killed chickens, ducks, and fish. Later, when he went to big cities to study and work, the markets sold mostly frozen goods, or the vendors could help with the slaughter, so there were fewer opportunities to do it himself. However, after starting work, he would cook two fish every week, and the fish were always bought live and killed himself.
In his opinion, LV2 was still low. If he lived in an old house in the countryside, where he did everything himself, he could at least earn the nickname "Poultry and Fish Killer."
That wasn't the key.
The main point was, when did the strength point he had longed for get added?
His gaze swept back and forth across the panel, but the panel didn't budge and didn't provide any addition records.
He thought about it and figured it was probably when he had the braised soft-shelled turtle at Captain Yang's house yesterday morning and drank three liang of wine. He might have been dizzy at the time and chatting with Captain Yang and the others, so he didn't notice the addition prompt.
Gaining strength from eating meat was very reasonable.
Then should he eat more meat later?!
Thinking of this, Chen Fan stood up with a whoosh and trotted to the side of the stove. There was a large pot of things cooking inside, mainly pig offal, with only one piece of streaky pork.
Liu Ju Jiang glanced at him, busy stirring the things in the pot, and said with a smile, "Have you eaten pig slaughter dishes?"
Chen Fan grinned. "I have."
"Oh?"
Liu Ju Jiang looked at him curiously. "What kind of pig slaughter dishes did you eat?"
Chen Fan: "Fat intestines, pig heart, and pig lungs are cooked, sliced, and streaky pork is stir-fried to render the fat. Then the pig offal is added, and garlic sprouts are added for a quick stir-fry."
Liu Ju Jiang was a little curious. "Where is this style from?"
Chen Fan looked at the pig heart, pig lungs, and pig liver in the pot.
Wait, pig liver?
He bent down, his eyes wide. "Master Liu, does pig liver also need to be pre-cooked?"
Liu Ju Jiang said matter-of-factly, "It's cooked for making dishes, or it can be sliced and dipped in sauce."
He asked curiously, "Then how do you make it?"
Chen Fan: "Of course, it's made into soup or stir-fried. Pig liver soup is clear and flavorful. Adding some spinach or wood ear leaves makes it very delicious. Since there aren't any this season, you can add green vegetables. Or you can stir-fry it, adding chili peppers and using high heat for a quick toss. The liver meat is fresh, tender, and flavorful, perfect for eating with rice."
Glug.
Yang Ju and Jiang Lili, who were helping nearby, swallowed their saliva and opened their eyes wide, looking at Chen Fan for a moment and then at Liu Ju Jiang.
Liu Ju Jiang tilted his head and thought, "Then how do you remove the gamey smell?"
"Soak it in water."
Chen Fan said seriously, "The liver is a detoxifying organ, so the toxins in the body are concentrated in the liver. If the toxic water isn't cleaned out, there will be a strong gamey smell. Before making pig liver, it's best to soak it in clean water for one or two hours, and then repeatedly wash it in clean water after slicing it, until there is no blood water. Then marinate it slightly with cooking wine and salt, so it can be flavorful and gamey-free."
Liu Ju Jiang looked at the piece of pig liver, turned his head to look at 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 pig liver."
Liu Ju Jiang turned around and shouted to Captain Yang, "Captain, lend me half a pig liver. I'll return it when my family slaughters a pig in a few days."
Captain Yang, who was chatting, was stunned and couldn't help but get up and walk over. "What's wrong?"
Could it be that Old Liu had made a mistake and damaged the pig liver?
That shouldn't be possible, right? Master Liu had been doing this for twenty or thirty years. When had he ever made such a mistake? And... wait, wasn't the pig liver still there?
At this time, Liu Ju Jiang briefly explained what Chen Fan had just said and then said, "I just want to ask Comrade Chen to make the stir-fried pig liver and the pig liver soup he mentioned, to see if they are as delicious as he says."
The common way to make pig liver here was to first boil it in blood water, then take it out and slice it, either putting it in a dish or dipping it in sauce. Although it tasted delicious, it had a very strong gamey smell.
Fortunately, this was the smell of blood, which wasn't the same as the muddy smell of wild soft-shelled turtle that wasn't handled well. On the contrary, it smelled quite fragrant, just like stinky tofu. Some people liked the smell, which was the flavor of a local specialty dish.
Gufeng County was close to the Yangtze River. Before 1956, many people followed ships to run docks and do business. After the reform, there were also water transport companies and aquatic product companies. When Liu Ju Jiang was in the county seat, he had heard about stir-fried pig liver from those people.
Unfortunately, in this era, transportation was inconvenient and information was not readily available. He didn't know how to make it, and he had tried making it twice at home, but it wasn't delicious.
At this time, hearing Chen Fan talk about it so knowledgeably, he wanted to ask him to show off his skills so that he could learn as well.
When Captain Yang heard that that was the case, he laughed loudly. "It's just half a pig liver. Why are you saying 'lend'? Am I not going to eat it if you make it?"
Then he smiled at Chen Fan. "Little Chen, you know how to make these two dishes?"
Chen Fan nodded. "I know how to make them."
Captain Yang smiled and asked for his opinion. "Then show us your skills?"
Chen Fan didn't decline and laughed heartily. "Okay."
After a pause, he frowned slightly. "However, these two dishes are quick to make. Why don't we wait until the pig slaughter dishes are ready and then serve them together?"
Liu Ju Jiang laughed. "My pig slaughter dishes will take a while, at least two more hours."
Captain Yang waved his hand. "Then we'll wait and eat them together."
At this time, Chen Fan said again, "There's also a dish, blood sausage. Have you eaten it?"
Everyone was stunned. Liu Ju Jiang looked at him, with some doubt, and asked, "Blood sausage? Is it made by filling pig blood into sausage casings?"
This time it was Chen Fan's turn to be stunned. "Master Liu, you know how to make it?"
Liu Ju Jiang immediately shook his head. "No, I just guessed based on the name you said."
Chen Fan laughed. "Want to eat it? If you want to eat it, I'll make it together."
Mainly, given today's occasion and atmosphere, it wouldn't make sense not to make some blood sausage.
Captain Yang slapped his thigh. "Okay, let's make it together."
Chen Fan: "It just so happens that this dish is a bit of a hassle. You need to use fresh pig blood, add minced green onions, ginger, and garlic, and a little salt, mix well, and then fill it into the sausage casings, preferably the large intestine. It's the perfect time to start preparing now."
Yang Ju immediately raised her hand. "I'll go pour the pig blood. How much do you want?"
Chen Fan laughed. "If you want to taste it, a 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 was the head of the household and made a decision after thinking for two seconds. "Then let's do a little less than half."
If it didn't suit their taste, they could eat less.
Wasting was impossible. As long as there was no poison in the food, they could eat it.
Then everyone got busy. Yang Ju went to pour the pig blood, Jiang Lili went to chop green onions, ginger, and garlic, and the other children of the Yang family went to clean the remaining large intestines.
Chen Fan also scooped up two leg bones from Liu Ju Jiang's big pot. "We need hot water or broth to make blood sausage. Since we have leg bones, we'll use them to make a pot of broth."
(End of Chapter)
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