I Awakened to a Farming TALENT

## Chapter 39: Limited Edition Pork Ribs with Green Plum Sauce

The sour plum drink Jiang Tingyun made became a huge hit. For the next several days, people came every day specifically to drink it or take it to go.

In this heat, people really did love sour and sweet things that whetted the appetite.

Just then, the pork vendor messaged her saying he'd gotten some great pork ribs. She decided today's menu would be a sweet-and-sour pork rib dish made with green plum sauce.

The green plum sauce for this dish was also homemade by Jiang Tingyun.

At the foot of the back mountain stood two green plum trees. Who had planted them was anyone's guess by now. Uncle Liu only vaguely remembered that when his grandfather had leased the mountain, the trees were already there.

In early spring, the trees were infested with scale insects because no one tended to them. Jiang Tingyun took the time to clear off the bugs and fertilized the trees.

By Lixia (Beginning of Summer), the plum trees had produced a bumper crop, heavy with fruit.

The local variety of green plum had thick flesh and small pits, but it was so sour that very few people could eat one raw.

People often used them to make plum wine, or candied them with sugar, or processed them into other products.

For example, the smoked plums used in the sour plum drink that sold so well—Jiang Tingyun had made them by drying those green plums in the oven. That's why the flavor was so rich and natural.

She had also made several big jars of green plum sauce back then. The method was no different from the fig jam she'd made before, except she used a lot more rock sugar.

With more sugar, the green plum sauce lasted longer than other fruit jams and didn't spoil as easily.

After bringing back the racks of pork ribs, Jiang Tingyun picked up her big kitchen knife, put her strength into the back end, and chopped the ribs apart one by one.

She didn't cut them into small pieces. That wouldn't be satisfying enough. Only by gnawing on a whole rib could you truly enjoy it.

After roughly chopping them, she set up a large pot right in the yard and started blanching the ribs. She told Jin Feifan to feed the fire underneath.

She put the ribs in cold water, added cooking wine and ginger slices to remove the gamey smell, then skillfully skimmed off the foam with a big ladle.

Actually, she could have skipped blanching and just soaked the ribs in cold water to draw out the blood, but she found blanching faster, and the taste wasn't much different.

Once the blood was gone and the ribs had changed color, she used the big ladle to scoop them out. Then, with one hand, she casually lifted the heavy iron pot and dumped out the water.

"Holy crap, Iron Hands."

Jin Feifan couldn't help shuddering. He didn't know whether to be more shocked that his Sect Master's fingers weren't afraid of the heat at all, or that her slender arms could generate such terrifying strength.

"Jin, turn the fire down a bit," Jiang Tingyun ordered. Then she started making caramel right in that big pot.

Using such a huge pot to make caramel wasn't easy, especially with Jin Feifan stoking the fire so recklessly, shoving in wood like crazy.

Luckily, Jiang Tingyun was fast and strong. After a few quick tosses, the sugar and oil had melted together into an amber color. Without a moment's hesitation, she poured all the blanched ribs into the pot.

She tossed them rapidly a few more times. Once the ribs were evenly coated with the caramel color, she quickly added various seasonings.

The most important was the green plum sauce. Jiang Tingyun didn't hold back. She poured in an entire jar. After tossing everything evenly, she smelled it.

"Not enough." She brought out another jar and added half of it.

Cooking in big batches really used up ingredients fast. She had simmered that plum sauce all night long, and now it was disappearing way too quickly.

I'll have to raise the price a little, Jiang Tingyun thought to herself.

As the sour and sweet aroma of the green plum sauce was released, the sauce turned a deep, rich color. She quickly poured in hot water until it just covered the ribs. The pot started bubbling, and the ribs seemed to dance.

"Simmer on low heat. Don't add any more wood," Jiang Tingyun said to Jin Feifan, who was drooling.

"Mm, mm!" Jin Feifan was so overwhelmed by the fragrance he didn't dare speak. The smell was too intense. He was afraid that if he opened his mouth, his drool would fall out.

Jiang Tingyun gave him a suspicious look and added, "And no sneaking a taste."

"..." Jin Feifan looked guilty. "Am I that kind of person?"

Jiang Tingyun went off to prepare the side dishes. After forty minutes, the fragrance grew stronger and stronger. The air above the yard was thick with the sweet and sour aroma of meat.

The entire sect had been drawn over. Even Pei Jingmo, who never showed up until mealtime, was staring at the big iron pot with longing.

Zhu Lili was going crazy with craving. "Sect Master, it's just about ready. Please save us! We're about to die from wanting it."

Jiang Tingyun raised an eyebrow, but under everyone's expectant gazes, she finally lifted the lid.

Under the heat of the fire, the sauce slowly thickened, releasing the sour, sweet, and refreshing fruity fragrance of the green plum sauce. The ribs were evenly coated with rich sauce. When she gently picked up one rib with chopsticks, it was so tender that the bone fell right off.

If she were making ordinary sweet and sour pork ribs, Jiang Tingyun's skill would only be average.

But by using the flavor of green plum sauce to cook the ribs, combined with her talent's effect on plants, the taste of the ribs had jumped up several levels.

"Xiao Zhu, take some pictures first and post them in the WeChat group."

Zhu Lili resisted her drool, hurriedly snapped a few photos, and posted them in the group.

Jiang Tingyun didn't even wait for the sauce to fully reduce. She used a spatula to scoop out a big platter of ribs and carried them back to the dining hall.

"Get the rice. We're eating first."

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**[Qionghua Eatery - Xiao Zhu: [photo] [photo]]**

**[Qionghua Eatery - Xiao Zhu: Today's menu: Pork ribs with green plum sauce! Whole ribs, so tender the bones fall right off. Come and get them.]**

**[Qionghua Eatery - Chef Jiang: Limited to ten orders at noon. First come, first served.]**

**[Big Head Loves Meat: Holy crap!!!! Those ribs look insane!!!]**

**[Bro Jie: Boss Jiang, that's not fair. Why only ten orders? Not that I can make it on a weekday anyway.]**

**[Young Master Qi alfred: I swear the best dishes only come out on weekdays. My college hasn't started break yet. I'm crying so hard I can't function.]**

**[Wanzi Loves Junjun: I'M ON BREAK!! Hahaha, I'm not afraid of weekdays. Everyone, I'll do a livestream later. Watch me eat.]**

**[Young Master Qi alfred: ...........]**

**[Bro Jie: .........Thanks a lot.]**