Home-style Stewed Meatballs
by English-English recipes
Favorite
Difficulty
Normal
Time
1h
Serving
2
"Homemade stewed meatballs" is a fragrant delicacy that my mother would only make when she was a child during the holidays. My mother studied in Shanghai and transferred to Wuhan after graduating from university. A year later, she was organized and assigned to work in Xi'an. At that time, my mother met my father, who had graduated from university and stayed on to teach at school. I was born in the late 1960s and experienced a difficult period of shortage of materials. I have a particularly memory of the living conditions at that time. If I can do it on weekdays. Eating the "home-made stewed meatballs" last time is a luxury for every family. In the planned economy era, all daily needs such as rice, noodles, oil, meat, etc. were supplied in limited quantities, and they had to be purchased with a ticket. The strong and prosperous life formed a sharp contrast. At that time, every few days before the Chinese New Year, my father had to divide the large meat purchased with the ticket into several parts: fat fat should be refined with large oil for cooking, and the leftover oil residue from oil refining was also used. Don't waste it. Mother will steam buns for us with oil residue, cabbage, sea rice, and vermicelli. The fat and thin parts are most suitable for filling the meatballs. The meat filling for the meatballs is hand-chopped by the rich and powerful father, and the mother first gives the meat Add appropriate seasonings and mix well. The balls that my mother squeezed out are evenly sized, deep-fried and then stewed carefully. The plump, delicate and tender balls carry many joys and happiness of childhood. Nowadays, every In the process of cooking "home-style stewed meatballs", I can't help but think of the carefree and happy life with my parents and sisters and the unforgettable warm pictures. It is a beautiful time in my life that has passed away. , She will live forever in my heart."
