Chapter 1098: Chapter 448: Before My Sister-in-Law Takes All the Bamboo Shoots from the Mountain, Buy Some Winter Bamboo Shoots to Satisfy My Craving!
Better than meat?
Really?
Whether true or not, this kind of tempting behavior should be condemned.
Chen Yan sent a voice message:
"This makes me have to get dressed and get out of bed, Xiaoqi, I hate you to death!"
Zeng Xiaoqi looked proud:
"Hahaha, thanks for the praise, President Chen!"
Lin Xu took a few bites and sent a photo of the skin residue to his mom:
"No need to rush to Beijing overnight to scold me, the skin residue is ready... By the way, Mom, didn’t the local village make skin residue when making vermicelli?"
Chen Meijuan quickly replied:
"We did, your dad bought dozens of kilograms, we’ve had it for several meals. Do you want some? Should I send you some?"
"No need, I can make it myself."
Although this stuff solidifies at room temperature, if it’s shipped, logistics workers might toss it around and break it, so it’s better not to take the risk.
Besides, skin residue made from meat broth doesn’t taste worse than the traditional skin residue.
Shen Jiayue said:
"Yan Bao will definitely come over later, who knows how long it’ll be noisy, Yuanyuan and Xiaoqi, why don’t you both just stay here to avoid running back and forth."
Chen Yuanyuan didn’t refuse:
"Sure, I’ll go upstairs to change into my pajamas, the heating in your house is so good, I’m getting a bit warm."
Zeng Xiaoqi immediately put down her chopsticks:
"I’ll go too, these fleece-lined leggings are so warm, it’s like having a coal stove wrapped around me."
The two went upstairs together.
Chen Yuanyuan changed into the new pajamas Shen Jiayue had prepared for her last time, and Zeng Xiaoqi was in a loose thin sweater paired with yoga pants. She had hurriedly dressed upon arrival, but now it fit just right.
By the time the two came downstairs again, Lin Xu had already started frying the skin residue.
The refrigerated skin residue was cut into half-centimeter slices, as thin as possible so the fried texture would be better.
He put some pork fat in the pan, heated it, and put the skin residue in to fry.
As soon as it was in, the smell of fried vermicelli wafted out, mixed with the aroma of scallion, ginger, and garlic.
After reheating, the flavor from the ingredients used during steaming was released through frying, smelling particularly pleasant, reminding Lin Xu of watching the skin residue stalls at the roadside in his childhood.
When the base turned golden brown, he gently flipped it with a spatula, and once both sides were fried, he scooped them out of the pan, let the excess oil drain off briefly, and served them on a plate.
"Smells so good..."
"Looks better than fried sausage."
"I bought fried sausage a few days ago, it’s not as good as our hometown’s skin residue."
The three chatted away, and when Lin Xu placed the fried skin residue on the dining table, each picked up a small plate, grabbed a crisp, shiny piece of skin residue, dipped it in the prepared garlic sauce, and began to eat.
This dipping sauce was different from the one used with hot skin residue.
The Garlic Paste for hot skin residue was mixed with sesame oil and chili oil, giving it a rich mouthfeel.
But fried skin residue already had oil, so dipping it in oil-based sauces would be too greasy, thus garlic juice mixed with cool boiled water and salt was used.
This helps neutralize the greasiness and also cools down the skin residue to prevent burns while eating.
Biting into the garlic juice-covered skin residue, the crispy exterior contrasted with the soft vermicelli inside, flavor was stronger and texture was richer compared to the hot skin residue.
Chen Yuanyuan gave Lin Xu a thumbs up after the first bite:
"Little brother, your frying skills are impeccable."
Zeng Xiaoqi also praised:
"Indeed, the flavor’s richer than fried sausage; the vermicelli is particularly chewy, and the crispy outside is even better, truly delicious."
A few days ago, during a program meeting, Geng Lishan said to try and discover some local delicacies.
Those treats flowing only locally aren’t necessarily bad.
Back then, Zeng Xiaoqi thought, in this age of the internet, how could there still be local-only delicacies?
Now she’d finally gotten to taste one.
If she hadn’t eaten today, she wouldn’t know about the delicious skin residue.
While they were eating, the doorbell rang.
Shen Jiayue was about to open the door, but Zeng Xiaoqi said:
"Let me, let me."
She walked over, and instead of answering immediately, she first checked the security camera to see how many people were outside the door.
If Ren Jie was there too, no joking around with Yan Baobao.
Seeing it was just Chen Yan, she pressed the answer button and said:
"Say something nice, or I won’t open the door for you!"
Outside the security door, Chen Yan heard the voice through the intercom and gave the camera above the door a smile:
"I know a little trick for bust enhancement..."
As soon as she finished, the door clicked open.
Hmph, catching someone’s weakness feels great, finally getting back at them for when they pretended to be executive chefs and teased me.
She took the elevator upstairs, and Zeng Xiaoqi leaned against the door frame whispering:
"Yan Baobao, what’s the trick? Does it involve injections or medication?"
"No!"
"Wow, so magical? What is it exactly?"
"PS!"
P... PS?
Chen Yan giggled and said:
"You just edit the photo, increase the bust size, and there you go, bust enhancement."
"Get out!"
Zeng Xiaoqi really thought there’d be a real trick, waiting eagerly by the door, and it turned out it’s just this...
After entering, Chen Yuanyuan said:
"Yan, you’re really wicked."
Chen Yan changed her shoes at the shoe cabinet:
"You don’t know how they used to bully me before, it was worse than this, they almost took all the bamboo shoots from the mountain... But now tables have turned, it’s my turn to grab bamboo shoots!"
