Bustling with jackfruit salad

Now that I am older and know how to "laugh" a little, I like young jackfruit mixed with pig's ears, fresh vermicelli, peanuts and herbs. Jackfruit salad often makes the whole family excited because it is delicious and healthy, high in fiber, good for the stomach, and cheap, about 30,000 VND/kg. This dish can replace the main meal of fried rice, fish soup and meat; it is both delicious and filling, but still feels light in the stomach.

Jackfruit salad

I really like the bustling atmosphere of the small family in the cramped kitchen. The wife is busy peeling the young jackfruit, cutting it into pieces the size of the palm of her hand, washing it in salt water before blanching to remove the astringency, then chopping it thinly into small strands. The daughter boils and slices the pig's ear, cuts the vermicelli into short pieces, then turns to make the sweet and sour fish sauce to mix. She often... exaggerates the steps she is in charge of. That cutting the pig's ear must be done at an oblique angle, so that the cartilage is evenly distributed in each piece. When eating, each piece makes a "crack" sound, which is... very difficult, much more difficult than my second brother's peanut roasting. The son laughs, why don't you say that cutting vermicelli is even more difficult than... ascending to heaven. If you're already criticizing, then criticize your father's vegetable picking job as a monster, a small matter? Dare you? I laugh. The children's mother taps the knife handle on the cutting board with a very happy look in her eyes: "Will you be quiet? Chickens from the same mother keep fighting each other." The son ended the argument very briefly: "Admit your wrong and argue, Mom!"

The whole family gathered around the jackfruit salad, although it was no longer bustling, everyone was busy and "hardworking". The young jackfruit was soft, sweet, and slightly nutty. The pig's ear was fat, and as the daughter said, every bite was "crackling". Along with peanuts, basil and cilantro scattered around the young jackfruit, evoking a gentle aroma, like secretly smelling it, both fragrant and examining the person enjoying it. In the countryside, people often break pieces of grilled rice paper to replace the spoon to scoop the jackfruit salad. This rustic way of eating has been included in a folk song: Rice paper to scoop the young jackfruit/ So crispy and fragrant that there is no stem left.

Jackfruit salad eaten at home is a strange dish, only eaten with rice and never thought of... alcoholic drinks. With a group of friends, this dish seems to be more common for several reasons: One, this dish is cheap and delicious, you never get tired of eating it. Two, there is excitement thanks to a few glasses of spicy rice wine. Three, the brothers are together chatting about business and harvesting crops. Therefore, every time we receive a message from the group: "4 o'clock this afternoon. Mitro. Star fruit tree", the brothers are very busy. "Mitro" is a funny name, considered as... a password for the "jackfruit salad" dish that the brothers have agreed upon. Star fruit tree is the "playground" at a friend's house with a star fruit tree that shades a corner of the yard.

Each person had a hand, and in a flash, there was a plate of attractive and eye-catching jackfruit salad. Setting up a small table next to the star fruit tree, under the leaves swaying in the cool south wind, it was extremely interesting. Chatting, the cups and saucers clinking for a while, then it all led back to the young jackfruit season, to the salad this time more delicious than the last. One of the guys got excited and called his friend far away: "Do you remember what unique dishes our hometown has this season? We are making jackfruit salad here."

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