There is no doubt that crispy peanuts are the first kind of hard-core snacks and the most popular snacks, and they are the favorite side dishes of many old drinkers. Crispy peanut is a general term for many crispy peanuts, such as fried peanuts, salt fried peanuts, salt crispy peanuts and alcohol peanuts. I remember when I was a child, the information was backward and the traffic was blocked. The guests at home are all sudden except ordinary days. When the guests arrived, the family began to prepare appetizers. The peanuts that are easy to store are served in two handfuls, and a small amount of oil is stained in the pot. They are slowly roasted with low fire, and when the heat is over, salt or sugar is added to make salty or sweet crispy peanuts. Such a large plate of crispy peanuts is the best choice for guests to drink, and most of them will be left with a small half plate.
On holidays, or when there are guests at home, the most difficult appetizer is this sauce beef. During the Chinese New Year, every household usually marinates a few Jin of sauce beef at home and soaks it in the marinated soup with rich sauce flavor. When the guests arrive, scoop up a large piece and cut it into large plates. A piece of sauce beef can drink three highly alcoholic drinks. Friends who have seen costume dramas may still remember the scene where heroes and chivalrous men in the rivers and lakes get together to drink: "Xiao Er, cut me two Jin of beef and sift a few pots of good wine quickly!" So you can choose sauce beef, not only because of its hard core, but also because it is a popular choice.
In previous years, vegetable greenhouses were not popular, and there were no out-of-season vegetables in winter. Generally, they were home-cooked dishes, such as Chinese cabbage and radish. In summer, every household grows a small vegetable garden to achieve self-sufficiency, and at the same time, suddenly there are guests visiting, which is an emergency snack. A few cucumbers were washed and soaked in cold water. Take a big plate, pound a big head of garlic, and then add various seasonings. Friends who like to eat spicy food, a spoonful of Chili oil will add a strong flavor to this dish, and several coriander trees will add a strong exotic flavor. No matter how spicy the wine is, if you swallow a cold cucumber, the burning sensation along the esophagus will be gone, and it will be full of fragrance.
"Don't laugh at farm wine, keep chickens and dolphins in good years." Speaking of a bumper harvest, the people will never be stingy during the Chinese New Year. In addition to sauce beef, the most hard appetizer is all kinds of braised pork. A pig's face, a pig's ear and two pig's hearts can all be cut into large plates, shredded onion and coriander, simply seasoned, boiled in Chili oil and stirred while hot, which is the most delicious hard dish with wine. Cooked trotters, without further processing, are torn into small pieces and eaten directly; Small intestine and fat intestine are also served directly with garlic paste. If everyone serves a plate of pork belly and heart-protecting meat, it will instantly upgrade this table to a higher level. These eight kinds of hard-core meat are nicknamed "eight big pieces" by people, and with a few vegetables, it is the highest standard that farmers can get to entertain the most distinguished guests during the New Year.
I remember when I was a child, whenever the Chinese New Year approached, my father would cook a large pot of boiled peanuts. Add salt, cut onion and ginger, and add spices such as star anise, cinnamon and fragrant leaves. Soak directly in the original soup after cooking. From the first day to the fifth day, relatives and friends kept coming, and a large plate of boiled peanuts became the fastest appetizer. Pay attention and then blanch some celery pieces, mix them with boiled peanuts and pour some sesame oil, which is the upgraded version of cold celery peanuts. When flowers come into the market every year, especially in the barbecue stalls now, salted peanuts are the necessary appetizers. Fresh peanuts, boiled in a big pot with a shell, eaten directly with small wine, and tasted a few fireworks.
If you are a guest at home in summer, the host will make some salted duck eggs to entertain the guests. Domestic ducks raised by each household begin to lay eggs in spring and compete for one every day. After Tomb-Sweeping Day, salted duck eggs began to be cured. Counting the days, pickling in different large pottery pots in batches will come in handy at harvest time. This season's salted duck eggs are oily, and when they crack, they overflow along the eggshell, making the whole duck eggs oily. Guests at home should pay attention and aim. A sharp kitchen knife quickly cuts salted duck eggs from the middle and puts them on a big plate. Guests can eat half a salted duck egg from beginning to end until a large pot of old wine bottoms out.