"Jiajia, I'm thinking of braising this beef and making sauce beef. With the leftover broth, I can make tea eggs. What do you think?" Qin Kaize suggested as he organized the ingredients, starting preparations for dishes that would take longer.
"Sounds good! But let's focus on lunch first. How about corn and spare ribs stew? You decide on the rest. Four dishes and one soup should be enough for the six of us. Let's try to finish by noon, and we can prepare more in the afternoon," Su Yijia replied without looking up.
Without a refrigerator, she worried about food spoiling. It was better to prepare less and finish it all at one meal than to risk leftovers going bad. She kept five pounds of anchovies for frying and washed the remaining twenty-five pounds with water. After draining them, she poured them into a newly purchased jar.
"666, is there a way to speed up the pickling process?" Su Yijia asked uncertainly.