Dominate the ancient academy

Chapter 119: Killing Pigs and 1 Dragon

The guards who were in charge of the stove were very responsible. After the stove was ready, they directly boiled a large pot of water.

When we brought the wild boar back, we were worried that the blood would attract other animals, so we dug a hole and drained the blood before bringing it back.

When they came back, the water had already boiled. After scalding the wild boar with the boiled water, the skillful guards hung it up and used two kitchen knives borrowed from the cafeteria to cut open and shave the boar.

These guards must have knives, but firstly, they are not suitable for killing pigs. Shu Xiaoxiao felt that he did not want to waste their swords by using them to kill pigs; secondly, most of these knives have seen blood. Even if the guards agreed, she would still feel a little uncomfortable.

As for the dagger on her body, it was given to her by her elder brother for self-defense. Apart from its sharpness, its appearance was very delicate.

Unless there is really no other way, it would be fine to peel a fruit, but she really can't get over the psychological barrier of shaving the hair or slaughtering a pig.

So Shu Xiaoxiao went directly to the kitchen to borrow a kitchen knife and a kitchen knife. With these two knives and the skills of the guards, the hair was removed very quickly.

After scraping the hair, cut open the belly, remove the internal organs, and cut all the pork into small pieces.

Nowadays, pork is still at the stage where "the rich refuse to eat it, but the poor can cook it". Ordinary people basically cannot eat meat, and the rich and powerful mainly eat beef, mutton and horse meat.

Of course, now due to the lack of agricultural tools, cattle are indispensable labor and a scarce agricultural tool, so there are special laws to protect cattle.

They are very cautious when treating cattle. Most of the cattle they eat are old cattle or cattle that died in accidents. There is not much beef in circulation, so the main meat is mutton and chicken.

Pork is eaten by poor people, and they don't have any cooking skills, so they usually just boil it. It is definitely not delicious, so they really don't know how to cook pork.

So after cutting the wild boar into small pieces, we are helpless about what to do with the pig's trotters, internal organs, intestines, etc.

Nowadays, the pig-killing dish is whatever is available in the countryside, or a piece of prey that has been hunted. The cook puts more meat and vegetables in a big pot and stews everything together. The seasonings and side dishes are collected by the whole village, so they are not few and taste good. However, they are not very sophisticated, as they definitely do not have blood sausage or pig intestines.

These things are what ordinary people eat. Except for the extremely poor who have nothing to eat, others just chop them up and feed them to chickens and ducks, and don't eat them themselves.

Therefore, most of the dishes served during the pig slaughtering nowadays are meat, without ingredients like blood sausage and pig intestines.

But how could Shu Xiaoxiao let go of these good things?

So she was busy on both sides.

While discussing with Huo Feng how to prepare the pig-killing dish.

Huo Feng has cooking skills, but he has never cooked any rough and fierce dishes. However, with Shu Xiaoxiao's guidance, he quickly got the hang of it.

Wild boars are omnivores with a relatively balanced diet. They need to find their own food, exercise a lot, and have very little fat on their bodies.

But no matter how little fat there is, there are still two wild boars, which is definitely enough to refine the oil. Most of the fat is basically used to refine the oil. When the oil is almost out, add the prepared wild onions, garlic and ginger, and the aroma comes out immediately.

Smelling the fragrance, Shu Xiaoxiao took out the cinnamon, star anise, bay leaves that she had prepared earlier, and also donated a bag of chili powder. As soon as they were put into the pot, the spicy taste made the people around her sneeze. The taste was spicy, but it deeply stimulated your buds and sense of smell, making people unable to stop, intoxicated by it, and swallowing their saliva.

Although Huo Feng didn't understand why herbs like cinnamon, star anise and bay leaves were put into the dish, considering that the food he made according to Shu Xiaoxiao's instructions had rarely failed during this period and the food smelled even better, he knew that the herbs were not put in randomly and the dish must be good.

He just secretly noted down the steps and planned to ask about them later. Otherwise, wouldn't it seem like he knew nothing in front of so many people?

Thinking of this, I quickly picked up the cut meat at hand, put it into the pot and stir-fried it, then added appropriate amount of water and seasoning.

Young Master Ye also said that in order to make the wild boar meat more tender, the fire has been reduced and the meat should be simmered over low heat so that it will not be fishy and dry. Now the dish is half done, which is very simple!

Under Shu Xiaoxiao's command, each guard scraped off the larger hairs on the remaining pig's trotters, then slowly burned them with fire, cleaning them bit by bit.

Eat the pig-killing dish today, and have braised pig's trotters and braised pig's head tomorrow, which can't be even better.

The more troublesome thing is the guard who has to process the pig intestines. The smell of wild boars is stronger than that of domestic pigs, so they must be handled more carefully, otherwise it will easily become a dark dish.

Fortunately, Senior Brother Yun has many guards around him, so even if it is troublesome, it will be faster if two people wash it.

Use a knife to scrape the pig's large intestine twice from head to tail and from front to back, clean off the grease and vegetables, and rub it repeatedly with a large amount of wood ash. After rubbing, add salt and continue to rub it repeatedly.

The guard who was kneading the pig's large intestine didn't say anything, but his expression was indeed a little dull. After all, when cleaning the large intestine, both the feel and the smell were a bit dirty.

This is only possible because someone is helping her. Otherwise, she would rather not eat than go through the effort. It's too troublesome.

Shu Xiaoxiao cheered the guard brother on the side: "Brother Zhang, Brother Liu, you have worked hard, but don't worry, this pig intestine is ready, it tastes better than meat. Brother Zhang, Brother Liu, you can eat more, the taste will definitely make you want to eat more."

Although Shu Xiaoxiao's statement was to encourage the two guards, in modern times, pig intestines are sometimes more popular than meat, but the polarization is quite serious. People who like them like them very much and feel they can't live without pig intestines for every meal, while people who don't like them can't stand even a bite of them.

Unfortunately, Shu Xiaoxiao couldn't stand even a bite of pig intestines.

But even though she doesn't like to eat it, others can eat it. After all, pig intestines are a real delicacy in modern times. So even if she doesn't like to eat it, she can still make it. Otherwise, how much food will be wasted!

It would be a waste not to cook so many pig intestines. Let's make them and see who likes them. It can also be considered as adding a new dish for everyone. It promotes the concept of respecting something that I don't like.

Pig intestines are popular nowadays, but the ancients must have a taste of them!

Although Guards Zhang and Li were a little bit unconvinced that the stinky pig intestines could become more delicious than meat, but since Young Master Ye said so, it must not be that bad. As long as it didn't have a bad smell, they could accept it. After all, it was a meat dish. But if it really tasted better than meat, they could cook some and eat it, which would be a profit.

The two looked at each other and cleaned more carefully.

It was a busy time, from hunting to slaughtering pigs, cleaning and cooking. Although there were many people, the workload was not small. After all, it started with hunting. Several hours of busy work had already passed.

It is already the Si hour. If it were in modern times, it would definitely be too late for lunch. But now we have two meals a day, and the second meal has to wait until the Shen hour. So when it comes to eating, the time is just right.

Now the pig-killing dishes are basically ready, and now we just need to leave one person to watch the fire.

They can also go and see how the harvest is going in the fields. For those students, it is their first time working in the fields, and no one knows whether there will be chaos.