His predecessor failed

Chapter 136 New Dishes

Su Zhuzhu decided to invite everyone from the institute to dinner in the evening. It had been a long time since everyone got together. Of course, Su Zhuzhu did not forget to ask Zhu Ye's opinion, after all, Zhu Ye also had a share of the fish and wild vegetables.

Zhu Ye certainly had no objection, although he was more looking forward to having dinner alone with Su Zhuzhu, but he knew without thinking that it was impossible now, otherwise Su Zhuzhu would not have kept him for dinner.

Anyway, they had taken a leave in the afternoon, so Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling stayed to help. It was not easy to cook a large table of food, and the three of them hadn't seen each other for a long time so it was a good opportunity to get together and have a good chat.

Su Zhuzhu remembered something and asked Duan Xiaoling to help call the 624th Army to see if Lin Wu had time. If he did, he could come over and he would definitely be able to make it in time for dinner.

"Captain Zhu, can you give my brother Xiaowu a leave?"

Zhu Ye smiled helplessly.

"You've already arranged everything, so what can I say? Just call and tell him I asked him to come over for something."

Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling saw that Captain Zhu was so easy to talk to Su Zhuzhu, it seemed that their relationship was more than just a simple doctor-patient one. However, now was not the time to talk about this, so neither of them mentioned it. Duan Xiaoling trotted to the captain to call the 624th Troop.

The Red Star Brigade has a good telephone installed. It is much more convenient to contact anyone with a phone. Even some people from the neighboring brigade have left the Red Star Brigade's phone number. If they have something to do, they just call the Red Star Brigade and leave a message. The brigade leader will arrange for children to take turns delivering the message. This has won the Red Star Brigade a good reputation in the local area, and this business is so prosperous that it still makes people jealous.

However, if the processing plant continues to expand, her own team will gradually be unable to meet the demand and will still have to expand. Su Zhuzhu is planning to talk to the team leader about outsourcing the cultivation of medicinal herbs, peppers and sesame seeds to other teams.

Duan Xiaoling came back soon. Su Zhuzhu and Liu Yuanyuan were picking water celery. They were picking it very carefully. As they were picking it by the water, they were worried about leeches or something, so they soaked the picked water celery in the salt water prepared on the side.

Duan Xiaoling also found a small stool and sat down to help, saying that she had already called and left a message to the army. If Lin Wu had time, he would definitely come over, so it would just be a matter of cooking for one more person.

The three of them turned to discuss what to eat in the evening. Su Zhuzhu decided to make a cold-mixed water celery and a water celery scrambled egg. She mixed rice flour and eggs into a paste, added chopped wild onions, and fried some wild onion pancakes. The other dish was fried wild onions with bacon. They had to make a large plate of this, otherwise there wouldn't be enough for so many people.

The biggest dish is this fish. Duan Xiaoling said that it was so big that she couldn't finish it, so she must keep some for marinating, otherwise it would go bad in the hot weather.

Su Zhuzhu smiled and said nothing, then started to make arrangements.

First, if the fish head is big enough, chop it into large pieces to make a casserole fish head. Remove the fish bones and fish tail and chop them into pieces to make pepper and salt fish fillets. Half of the fish body is steamed with chopped chili peppers, and Su Zhuzhu plans to make the other half into grilled fish.

These were all dishes that Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling had never eaten before. Su Zhuzhu might have made them before. Just listening to them made her drool.

There are quite a few dishes here, and the only thing missing is a soup. It’s a pity that the fish bones are used for pepper and salt, otherwise the fish bones would be fried and stewed into soup, which would be very good.

Su Zhuzhu looked around the kitchen to see what dishes were there, and she actually saw a big pumpkin under the cupboard.

"Where did you get this winter melon? I remember there was no such pumpkin before I went out. Did you buy it?"

Liu Yuanyuan leaned over and saw it too.

"I wouldn't have bought such a big pumpkin if you weren't home. I'm too lazy to cook by myself, so we always eat together in a big kitchen, which makes it more lively. This was sent by Ping An. It was planted by Ping An's grandmother and has been kept at home."

"Then remember to keep a good account and give the money to Ping An when the time comes."

"I gave it to Ping An, but he refused it and said his grandmother sent it to you. Since he took your medicine, I think he's in much better spirits. I'm all thanks to you, haha!"

Su Zhuzhu also laughed, but this was a small matter. If she didn't want to accept the money for the pumpkin, she could just convert it into something else and send it back. She couldn't take advantage of the old lady. Even if it was just a pumpkin, it was grown by Grandma Ping'an with all her hard work.

Speaking of pumpkin, why not make a cream of pumpkin soup and secretly put some cream in it and pretend it's milk powder or malted milk.

There aren't many dishes available right now, so just make larger portions.

However, Su Zhuzhu still asked Liu Yuanyuan to go to the team to see if she could buy some side dishes. The grilled fish would lose a lot of flavor without some side dishes. By the way, she also told everyone that they would have dinner together in the evening.

Liu Yuanyuan responded and ran out happily.

Zhu Ye asked Su Zhuzhu how to cook the fish, and then he cleaned the large grass carp with the scales scraped off according to Su Zhuzhu's request, cut off the fish head and chopped it into large pieces, and as Su Zhuzhu had instructed, he cut the fish bones and fish tail into two-inch pieces, leaving a little thicker fish meat on top of the bones. Su Zhuzhu let him leave the rest.

After washing his hands, Zhu Ye wanted to help again, but Su Zhuzhu stopped him, saying that the kitchen was so small and it would be hard to handle with so many people. Su Zhuzhu poured a cup of tea for Zhu Ye and told him to take a break. If he was bored, he could walk around the brigade or visit their medicinal material processing factory and chili sauce factory.

Believe me, Zhu Ye actually went there after drinking tea.

It was rumored in the brigade that an officer driving a jeep had brought Su Zhiqing back home, so when he saw Zhu Ye, he automatically took a seat according to his name, greeted Zhu Ye warmly, and even wanted to invite Zhu Ye to his home for a visit, but Zhu Ye politely refused.

There is only one main road in the brigade. Walking along the newly built wide and solid road, we soon saw the medicinal material processing factory, the chili sauce factory, and the brigade headquarters, all together.

Maybe Duan Xiaoling had mentioned it on the phone, the educated youth working in the factory all knew about Comrade Zhu Ye, and they all greeted him warmly, and then took Zhu Ye on a tour. Later, the team leader also came, and he was even more enthusiastic than the educated youth, and he was determined to entertain Zhu well.

The team leader here was chatting excitedly, and Su Zhuzhu, Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling were also busy.

As usual, the rice was simmered first. After Liu Yuanyuan became familiar with this job, she was handed over to her. Duan Xiaoling was responsible for preparing the side dishes, such as onions, ginger, garlic, peppers, as well as the cucumbers, celery, sweet potato vermicelli, and a handful of coriander that she had collected. It was a pity that there was no tofu. Tofu cooked in grilled fish is a special dish.

Su Zhuzhu first took out a piece of bacon, washed it and put it into the pot to cook, then she cut all the side dishes, mixed the fish head with salt, white wine, soy sauce, cornstarch and pepper, then added a little oil, mixed well and put it aside to marinate.

The same goes for the fish bones, which were compacted, marinated in advance and set aside for frying in the pan later; there was a lot of fish meat, and considering it would be inconvenient for adults, Su Zhuzhu chopped half of the fish into long strips, rubbed out scallions and ginger to make scallion and ginger water, and poured it into the fish pieces, and made cuts on the other half of the fish for grilled fish.

After the rice was cooked, Su Zhuzhu calculated the time and started cooking. She made the cream pumpkin soup first. The pumpkin had been steamed while the rice was being steamed. Now all she had to do was mash the pumpkin into a paste, the finer the better.

While Liu Yuanyuan was mashing pumpkin puree, Su Zhuzhu blanched the water celery for the salad in a boiling pot, then quickly scooped it out and set it aside to cool.

Then wash the pot and cook pumpkin soup, add appropriate amount of water to the orange pumpkin puree and stir constantly in the pot. When the soup thickens, send Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling away, take out cream and butter and add them to the pumpkin paste. After stirring slightly, a rich aroma wafts out. After seasoning, Su Zhuzhu finds a big bowl to serve it. She also sprinkles a few tender celery leaves in the cream pumpkin soup, which stunned Liu Yuanyuan and Duan Xiaoling. This is not a soup, but a dessert. My goodness, where have they seen such a delicate thing? The color is so beautiful. The big white porcelain bowl is matched with the cream pumpkin color, and a few tender green leaves are dotted in the middle. How can you bear to eat it!

It turns out that getting slapped in the face really hurts. During the meal, these two girls enjoyed this soup the most and their stomachs were about to burst!

Su Zhuzhu found a charcoal stove and a clay pot and prepared to fry the fish head first. Liu Yuanyuan helped to put the charcoal from cooking into the charcoal stove, and Su Zhuzhu started the fire in two pots at the same time.

Heat oil in a large pot, sprinkle some salt to prevent sticking, then put the fish head pieces into the pot and fry on both sides until browned. Heat the casserole here, add a little oil, and then add the chopped ginger, garlic and shallots and stir-fry until fragrant. When the ingredients are fried and fragrant, the fish head is also fried. Put it directly into the casserole and pour half a bowl of prepared sauce on it. Well, the fish head is big enough to fill a large pot. Finally, cover the casserole with a lid and pour a circle of white wine on the lid to enhance the flavor. It only takes ten minutes to bake the casserole fish head. Just put a few coriander and green onion segments on it. Open the lid of the casserole when serving, and the fragrance is simply overflowing.

The fish head was being baked on the charcoal stove, and the pan was filled with fried fish meat, which was the half of the fish meat used for grilled fish. It is worth mentioning that when Zhu Ye killed the fish, he found that the fish's belly was full of fish roe. He originally wanted to throw it away, but Su Zhuzhu stared at him like a fool and he didn't know what to do.

Zhu Ye could tell at first glance that he had never eaten fish offal. Su Zhuzhu carefully prepared the fish roe and fish belly, and now fried them together in the pan. When the fish meat is fried until both sides are golden brown, the fish roe and fish belly are also served together. Since there is no fish roasting plate now, Su Zhuzhu found a large enamel basin to put it in. Onion segments, ginger slices, soaked sweet potato vermicelli and cucumber strips are placed at the bottom of the basin, and the fish, fish roe and fish belly are placed on top, and then sprinkled with cut red peppers and celery segments, as well as onion segments and a large handful of coriander. Like the fish head, it is also heated in a charcoal stove, but the charcoal stove for roasting fish has been filled with charcoal and placed on the dining table in the big kitchen.

Su Zhuzhu hurriedly fried the ingredients, using oil to stir-fry the new type of hot sauce made by the Red Star Hot Sauce Factory, which was a combination of Pixian bean paste and hot pot ingredients. She added seasoning and water, brought it to a boil, and poured it over the fish.

Duan Xiaoling took it away directly and started stewing it on the big table.

Next, they started steaming the fish and stir-frying the vegetables. The scrambled eggs with water celery and the stir-fried wild onions with bacon were soon ready. The wild onion icy was fried by Duan Xiaoling on the charcoal stove used to bake the fish head, so that the dishes could be served quickly and would not get cold.

When she was making the last piece of salt and pepper fish, she heard the sound of a car outside. Liu Yuanyuan ran out to take a look and found that it was Lin Wu.

Lin Wu took a few big strides into the kitchen, and his eyes lit up when he saw Su Zhuzhu.

"Zhuzhu, when did you come back?"

"Brother Xiao Wu, I just got back today. I came just in time. We are ready to have dinner. I almost thought you were not coming!"

Lin Wu smiled.

"It just rained heavily and it was difficult to walk on the mountain. I had to borrow a car from the army. I had to wait for a while. Fortunately, I had the order from the regiment commander, otherwise it would have been difficult to borrow one."

Lin Wu had something to do. He went to wash his hands while talking, then started to help, and by the way, he asked why their leader was with Su Zhuzhu.

Knowing that Su Zhuzhu had performed surgery on the captain's grandfather when he was in the hospital and that it was very successful, Lin Wu was very happy for Su Zhuzhu. Although he didn't know when Su Zhuzhu's medical skills became so good, he only recognized people, so it was a good thing that Su Zhuzhu was a good doctor and there was nothing to ask.

As soon as the meal was served, the educated youth came back one after another. Zhu Ye also came back from work with everyone else. Several young people were chatting animatedly, and their voices could be heard from afar.

It turned out that Ping An was the one who came in before the educated youth. The little guy ran in like a rocket and wanted to hug Su Zhuzhu, but maybe because of his self-esteem as a little boy, he felt a little embarrassed and blushed.

Su Zhuzhu knew that Ping An must be thinking about her all the time, so she quickly took the initiative to go forward and hug the half-grown child.

Ping'an's face turned red. He hesitated for a long time, then raised the basket in his hand and handed it to Su Zhuzhu.

Zhuzhu took it and looked at it, and found that it was actually half a basket of mushrooms. After the rain, the mountain was the time when mushrooms grew wildly.

"I heard from the team that you were back. I was afraid you didn't have any vegetables, so I went to the back mountain to pick some mushrooms and sent them over."

Su Zhuzhu thought, this is the perfect time to come, just in time for the grilled fish to cook, it must be very fresh. She signaled Liu Yuanyuan to take a basin to wash it, and she took Ping An back to the room, took a bunch of food and stuffed it into Ping An's basket.

Ping An saw that they were things he had never seen before, and there were foreign words on them, so he tried to push them away. However, he was suppressed by Su Zhuzhu's eyes, who directly filled a basket for him to take home and eat slowly.

After seeing Ping An off, the mushrooms were washed and everyone sat down around the dining table. There was another table full of dishes.

They hadn't seen each other for a while and everyone missed Su Zhuzhu very much, so the atmosphere was very lively. The male educated youth even brought out some wine. How could they enjoy such delicious food without wine? When Zhuzhu was away, they did not improve their lives much, so as soon as Zhuzhu came back, she made delicious food for everyone and everyone was very happy.

Zhu Ye said that he had to drive back to the army in the evening, so he didn't drink. However, he turned around and saw that Lin Wu's cup was full, and the boy didn't stop him at all.

Zhu Ye signaled to Lin Wu with his eyes, what's going on, don't you know the discipline? The road is not easy to walk on after the rain.