Searching for Du Niang, the introduction of meat turtle eggplant is also very simple. Its main ingredients are eggplant and meat stuffing. The basic method is to stew the meat into eggplant slices. The word "turtle" vividly shows the morphological characteristics of this home-cooked dish. Besides eggplant, green peppers and other ingredients can also be used to do the same thing.
Meat turtle and eggplant are mostly fond memories of my childhood. When I was a child, my family was poor, and eating meat was a luxury, not to mention eating meat, turtles and eggplant, so I was particularly impressed occasionally.
My mother is a good housekeeper. She is good at sewing and cooking, including cook the meat, soft-shelled turtle and eggplant. But after all, the conditions are limited, and my mother has little chance to play cooking. People often say that the reverberation is lingering, so eating a turtle eggplant meat will really have a meat flavor for several days!
What I can't forget is my parents' deep affection for me. Once or twice in my memory, my mother always gave me the meat in eggplant slices, but she only ate a few mouthfuls of eggplant or soaked a piece of steamed bread in vegetable soup. Every time I eat with relish, my mother always has a happy smile on her face.
At that time, it was fashionable for workers to enter the collective account and eat and live in the unit, and so was dad. Usually it's just me and my mother at home. No matter at home or in the company canteen, there is not much oil and water, and washing dishes is much easier than today. There is no such thing as detergent.
Fortunately, the unit canteen will also improve the food in stages. Among the improved food recipes, the meat turtle eggplant is the most appetizing. Of course, the price is high. Usually, what Dad eats most is cabbage vermicelli, which is generally fifty cents, ten cents for tofu and eggs, ten cents for fried pork and a quarter for meat turtle and eggplant, so I can eat five cabbage vermicelli.
Dad, who has always been diligent, never wants to eat a meat turtle eggplant by himself, so whenever the canteen informs in advance to improve the food and eat meat turtle eggplant, dad will come home to pick me up to relieve his hunger.
When I entered the company gate, I met my father's colleagues from time to time and greeted each other. Oh, here comes the daughter! Dad replied, yes, you didn't eat meat turtle and eggplant in the canteen today, and you took your daughter to Lala to be greedy!
Many years later, whenever I think of going to the canteen with my father to eat meat, turtles and eggplant, my heart will still be filled with emotion. At that time, dad was insatiable about his daughter, and he didn't know how many days he could live without food. Because the living expenses were strictly planned at that time, 10 yuan was deducted as food expenses at the beginning of the month, and the meal tickets and food stamps were also well matched. If you spend more than one meal, you will sometimes skip serving.
I remember when I was having a good time, more than one uncle said to me, daughter, give you a meat turtle eggplant, and your father will chew pickles for a few days.
Perhaps because my parents are particularly concerned about my diet, I have gained weight since I was a child, unlike my friends of the same age who have just experienced three years of disaster, and my face is yellow, just like bean sprouts. This makes me, who was not beautiful since I was a child, give people the image of a cute fat doll. I remember the aunts in my father's unit boasted when they saw me, saying that the child was very attractive, which probably means cute when translated into today's words.
After marriage, I seldom cook bacon and eggplant, but every time I cook or eat this dish, I naturally think of my parents and their love for my daughter. This love is deeply melted in my heart and is the spiritual source that makes me miss my parents forever.