Text/Figure Chen Ling
One day, I saw a video in the circle of friends: a 102-year-old mother took out a handful of cherry tomatoes (small tomatoes) from her clothes pocket and gave it to her 80-year-old girl, saying while pulling it out: "Eat quickly, eat quickly, I still have it here," said, and took out a handful and put it in her girl's clothes pocket for her to take home to eat.
Seeing this video, my eyes are moist, no matter how old the child is, it will always be a child in the mother, it will always be her concern, there are not many things, no matter how expensive or cheap, when the mother eats, she always thinks about the child, even if she is not willing to eat, she must leave it to the child, and it is really happy to have a child who is painful and loved by the mother. Why shouldn't I? After watching the video, I left a message: Right now, I am enjoying the same treatment that my 96-year-old mother has given me.
On this year's Qingming Festival, I went back to my hometown to visit my father's grave, and stayed with my old mother for a period of time at home, and the old mother was happy, and the next day, she began to chant and arrange to make something delicious for me: "Make braised pork tomorrow, buy some crucian carp the day after tomorrow, I will make you crispy fish, and the day after tomorrow I will pull fish stuffed dumplings..." "That breath is like coaxing a child. Early the next morning, she instructed the nurse Wang to take out the meat in the refrigerator and thaw it, and told her: "Your third sister loves to eat the braised pork I made, and today I will make it for her." ”
Braised pork is a mother's specialty, there is a special taste, fat but not greasy, thin but not woody, color and aroma, crispy and mellow, melts in the mouth, thick color, long aftertaste, eat a bite, chew carefully, taste slowly, lips and teeth, is taste buds enjoy.
A few of our sisters have not liked to eat meat since childhood, no matter stir-frying, dumplings, buns do not put meat, vegetarian, if you accidentally eat meat, you will be nauseated and vomited, but the braised pork made by my mother is different, more or less can eat some, can not eat fat, just sandwich a piece of lean meat to eat, because its unique aroma is too tempting, I am the favorite one. When I was a child, in my hometown, during the New Year or some major festival, or when distinguished friends came to visit my home, my mother would always make a plate of braised pork on the table, which immediately attracted unanimous praise from family members and guests.
Braised pork is made with high-quality pork belly, which my mother cut into 10 centimeter cubes and frozen in the refrigerator. After thawing, I helped my mother to the kitchen, she had to cook herself, every link and every process had to be done by herself, and we would not be allowed to interfere. Looking at my mother, who was full of white hair, bent over, hunched over her back in front of the stove, my heart seemed to turn over the river, not a taste, lamenting the ruthlessness of the years, lamenting the greatness of maternal love, and not feeling tears slipping down my cheeks.
The mother first washed the meat, put it in the pot and cooked, boiled until it could be penetrated with chopsticks, drained the water, and then smeared honey on the surface of the meat, started another pot, put oil to heat, put the honey-smeared meat in an oil pot and fried, fried until the surface was golden and waterlogged, after cooling, cut into one-centimeter slices, neatly stacked in a large bowl (a bit like Jinan's dumpling meat), the part close to the meat skin is facing down, put green onions and ginger and various condiments, and then put it in the pressure cooker, after opening the pot, the aroma is overflowing, and the tempting meat aroma immediately fills the room. It is mouth-watering, and in about 40 minutes, the braised pork is ready.
After the braised pork came out of the pot, there was the last process, I saw my mother use a large plate to buckle the large bowl containing the braised pork, and then quickly flip the bowl with the button plate in both hands, and the meat in the large bowl was inverted into the plate, neat, beautiful and atmospheric. A plate of red, fragrant braised pork was served on the table. The whole process is methodical and completed in one go.
My mother hurriedly put a piece into my bowl with chopsticks: "Hurry up and taste it, don't you?" "Then smile and look at me with kind, eager eyes, waiting for me to answer." Delicious, so delicious, so fragrant! I replied while chewing the meat, while clipping a piece for my mother, she took a bite, chewed, touched her mouth, the smile on her face immediately disappeared, and then showed a disappointed expression, she thought and said: "The taste is almost good, not fragrant, not as delicious as before." Then there you talk to yourself about the firing process, to see which process is not working right, or which condiment is not in enough portion, like a child who has done something wrong. Seeing this, I quickly said: "It's delicious, if you lack some taste, it may be a problem with meat, frozen meat is not as good as newly bought fresh meat." Listening to me say this, the expression on my mother's face relaxed, and her mood was much more relaxed, and she hurriedly said: "When you come back next time, let's buy fresh meat, and I'll make it for you." ”
I was so sad that I thought, it's not that the meat is not fresh, it's not that there is a problem with the operation, but that my mother has grown older, her sense of smell and taste has deteriorated, and she is no longer as sensitive as when she was young.
The time to accompany the old mother always flies too quickly, I lived at home for more than ten days, I am going back to Jinan on the 12th, my mother is a little reluctant, prepare this, bring that, a habit that has been maintained for more than thirty years has not changed - bring the Jiaodong big bun with the mother's bag, like a prescribed action, this time is no exception.
A few days in advance, my mother began to think about what stuffed buns to wrap, and finally decided to pack rib filling. This time back home, I bought a rib, which was originally for my mother, but ended up wrapping all the buns. A pot of cloud bean ribs, a pot of cabbage ribs, a pot of garlic pork ribs, except for the whole family of six or seven people who ate a meal, the rest, my mother asked me to bring them all, I want to leave her a few, she insisted on disagreeing, and also instructed me, if it is convenient, give Yuyu (my daughter) some, she is also willing to eat my buns, she can't eat such buns in Shanghai.
On April 28th, my mother's 96th birthday, I called my mother early in the morning to wish her a happy birthday, health and longevity! I asked my mother how her birthday was and what she made delicious, and her mother said, "Ribs stuffed buns at noon, and in the evening they all come over and stir-fry a few dishes," and then my mother said: "You can't come back, just eat the buns, and when you come back next time, I'll give you the bags." ”
In a word, touching the soft place in my heart, tears unconsciously flowed, I forced tears, so I made a relaxed joke: "Haven't I already eaten?" Not only did I eat it, but I also took it with me. ”
No matter how old you are, it's good to have a mother in pain!
Having a car and a house is not rich, but having a mother at home is a blessing!
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