Venetian blinds are bean products. In Taixing, almost every village makes blinds, but it is famous for its several-hole bridge blinds.
Kongqiao Venetian blinds are famous for the selection of local high-quality soybeans, the local use of water from the "Liangtaiguan River", and the hand-made craftsmanship handed down from generation to generation, with a set of secret stunts, such as lighting brine and squeezing.
When making venetian blinds, the selected soybean grains should be washed clean, ground into slurry in a stone mill, and then boiled in a large iron pot with strong fire; After the third opening, it will be changed to medium fire; After waiting for 90 minutes, use a small fire. At this time, the soybean milk is as thick as milk and fragrant. After the boiled soybean milk is placed in the tank, the chef takes out a brine bowl and pours brine into the tank. The amount depends on the color of the pulp flower. Its basic skills in halogen lighting depend entirely on the accumulation in long-term practice.
After the bittern is lit, the pulp cylinder is sealed, and after the pulp is stewed into pieces, it is evenly filled into a rectangular wooden press box from the cylinder with a copper spoon. The box is 60 cm long, 20 cm wide and 40 cm thick, and there are small holes as big as pearls around it. When in operation, pour a layer of beancurd and cover it with a piece of gauze. After pouring it, add a cover plate, and then press it with heavy objects such as stones. As the pressure gradually increased, the water in the wooden box jumped out like a disorderly arrow. It is said that when to take out the louver, the degree of water droplets can be determined.
The finished louver is as thin as paper and as soft as silk. A shutter, caught up in a ball, relaxed and smooth, golden in color, looked closely under the eyes, as if there was soybean oil oozing out. Standard blinds, in jargon, a catty of soybeans must be 20, and high-tech ones can reach 22. Its requirement is only one word: thin!
Wang Hongfa, an old man from the sixth group of Kongqiao Village, is a master at making blinds. Now, although he is 76 years old, he is not deaf and blind. There are many stories about the process of making blinds. It is known from his mouth that he is the third generation descendant of the Wang family. In the 1970s, he specially made blinds for grain depots. After the reform and opening up, the old man passed on his skills to his son and neighbors.
Venetian blinds contain a lot of protein and lysine, which has high nutritional value and can strengthen the body. It can be eaten in a variety of ways, except for frying, frying, burning and boiling, and it can also be wrapped in fried dough sticks.
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