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051 Chinese New Year Steamed Buns

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    It seemed to be slow, but in fact it was extremely fast. As soon as the figure left the water, it surrounded it with a half-surrounding momentum.  As we got closer, I finally saw the outline of that individual figure's face clearly.  No matter men or women, they all have disheveled hair, and their faces are frighteningly pale.  Different from those evil ghosts seen in the hospital, every part of the body of these figures is the same as that of ordinary people, and there is absolutely no terrifying existence without arms or legs.  It's just that I feel that these figures are all wet.  Every part from the tip of the hair to the tip of the toe is constantly dripping water.  Therefore, the places they passed left obvious water stains one after another.

    Seeing such a situation, it would be a lie to say that you are not nervous.  However, because I have experienced the horror of the siege by evil spirits last time, I am not as nervous as before this time.  While trembling all over, I was constantly searching for some information related to the drowned ghost in my mind.  In my spare time, I like to read books for entertainment.  As I grow older, I see more and more things that cannot be explained by common sense.  For example, "symptoms".  At first, I didn't quite believe it.  But I often hear people around me talking about things related to "symptoms" in a mysterious way.  Gradually, I became skeptical about the so-called "symptoms".  Of course, I am still quite stubborn, and I will never believe it easily if I have not experienced it myself!

    At the end of that year, I happened to be at home.  At that time, I was still an important person in charge of the construction site, so under normal circumstances, I spent the New Year on the construction site.  Because of my father's eccentricity, at that time, I had completely fallen out with him.  However, that is my biological father after all, so I still pay close attention to his every move.  As the saying goes: "People over seventy are rare since ancient times."  However, my father was still in good spirits at that time.  I couldn't help but feel happy when I saw my father's vigorous posture when he helped others kill pigs (from that time to the end of the year, people would slaughter the fat pigs raised at home to buy meat for the New Year).  No matter how my father treats me, I still hope that his old man can live a long life.

    At that time, my father and I had already quarreled to the point where we didn't speak to each other.  Only on the morning of the first day of the new year, I would come to the door and call him "Dad"!  After watching it again and again from a distance, I was finally completely relieved.  Then I was busy with my family's Chinese New Year with peace of mind.  We have a custom here that at the end of the year every household will make steamed buns with stuffing.  Of course, our family is no exception.

    I remember that year, several families in the neighborhood gathered together to make steamed buns.  Why?  Simple, to help each other.  Because making steamed buns is a rather tedious job.  There are procedures such as kneading dough, fermenting, mixing stuffing, pinching dough, wrapping stuffing, entering the cage, lighting the fire, timing, getting out of the cage, turning over, and putting away.  Among the many procedures, pinching dough, stuffing and turning over are the most labor-intensive.  The so-called pinching noodles is to pinch out the dough that has been fermented successfully into small doughs that are just big enough to make a steamed bun.  This noodle making requires experience.  If the dough is too large, the steamed buns made will become giant, which not only affects the appearance and appetite, but also causes a burden on the diet.  Because the steamed buns are too big, if eating one is too little, and two are too much, wouldn't that be troublesome?  If the dough is too small, it will be difficult to wrap the filling.  Therefore, the pinched dough must be neither too big nor too small.  If you are experienced, then one person can be worth ten, and only one person can easily supply the stuffing needs of eight or nine people.  Compared with pinching noodles, this filling is time-consuming and labor-intensive.  First, knead the pinched dough into a hollow semi-ellipse, then place an appropriate amount of stuffing in the hollow, then slowly knead the opening together, and finally make the dough into a beautiful semi-ellipse.  If the level is high, the skin can be thin and filled, and it can be beautiful without breaking the skin.

    It's not an easy job to pinch and stuff the dough, because they have to be able to catch up.  You may ask: what must be kept up with?  Of course it has to catch up with the cage!  The steamer used for Chinese New Year is definitely not the same as the steamer used for small troubles at home.  Because, that is quite a giant steamer.  I believe everyone has read "Journey to the West", it is the extra-large steamer used by monsters to steam Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie.  There are as many as five or six floors up and down.  Think about it, how many steamed buns have to be filled this time!  Of course, it is precisely because the steamer is very large and has many layers, so when steaming, it takes a relatively longer time.  Usually use a small steamer, usually 10 to 15 minutes is enough.  But with such a huge steamer, you have to wait 30 to 40 minutes after the water boils.  In other words, those who make noodles and stuffing must make all the steamed buns needed for the steamer within 30 to 40 minutes.  This, there is no speed, but it is absolutely too late!

    What is turning over?  That's after pointing out the cage.  Before steaming the steamed buns, you must first prepare the container for the hot steamed buns.  The person in charge of taking out the steamed buns just poured all the steamed buns on the giant steamer into the container after steaming them.  Therefore, the steamed buns pouring into the container must be disorderly.The steamed buns that are close together will definitely stick together after cooling.  Could it be that in the future, eating steamed buns will be like eating candied haws?  No, this is definitely not possible!  Therefore, at the moment of coming out of the cage, it is necessary to have special personnel to separate the steamed buns in the container one by one while they are hot and spread them into the container.  After the steamed buns are completely cooled and the skin hardens, put the fresh steamed buns into the pre-prepared clean bags.  Of course, all of this needs to be done before the next batch of steamed buns come out of the basket.  During this process, many children will pick up steamed buns while they are hot and gnaw them madly.  The conditions at that time were not as good as they are now. For children, this steamed bun just out of the cage is definitely a rare delicacy.  Therefore, among the many steps of making steamed buns, the children at that time probably liked "coming out of the cage" the most.

    ?Which link does not require human hands for handling the pot, pinching the noodles, stuffing, taking out the cage, and turning over?  But which family can be busy?  The answer is of course no.  Therefore, when making steamed buns at the end of the year, usually many families gather in one place, so that they can cooperate with each other, and then they can successfully make steamed buns, an indispensable new year product.

    This steamed bun is made every year, and every year my steamed buns are made smoothly.  However, something unexpected happened this year.  The same people, the same method, the same container, and the same time But, the dough for making steamed buns in our family has not fermented!  I am a person who does not believe in evil. When the experienced "noodle making expert" was completely desperate, I took action myself!  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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