frightfiction Chapter 289: Friendship between Foodies Comes Fast
Chapter 289: Friendship between Foodies Comes Fast
The next step is to pour the washed glue bucket by bucket into the big pot and boil it.
Shen Youyou reminded the sisters who were making the fire: "It must be boiled, otherwise it will easily upset your stomach if you eat it."
Shen Daya added fuel to the fire and asked, "When should we add the ash water?"
Shen Youyou said: "After boiling, stop the fire, wait for the glue to cool down a bit, and then add the precipitated plant ash water. When you have time tomorrow, the sisters who don't go to the stall can extract more alkaline noodles. Then there will be no need to precipitate the plant ash water every day."
"Okay, I'll leave a few people to refine the alkaline noodles tomorrow."
After the boiling glue liquid cooled down a little, Shen Youyou began to instruct the addition of alkaline water. It was necessary to stir gently while adding it, and slowly the granular texture would appear, just like tofu pudding.
Shen Youyou reminded: "You must not stop stirring at this time."
As the jelly is simmered over low heat, it is stirred until it becomes thick and the granular texture disappears, becoming a paste like kudzu powder.
"Alright, we can stop now. Just put it back into the barrel and let it sit for half an hour before eating."
After Shen Youyou finished speaking, he called out to his brothers, "Brothers, we need to improve a few carts."
Erhu said, "You decide how to improve it."
She wanted to put a half-meter-high fence around the cart and put the rubber bag inside.
Before departure tomorrow, put all the jelly barrels into the rubber bags on the cart. Then, just pour water into the rubber bags and use saltpeter to make ice.
You can make a temporary refrigerator, and when you sell jelly, others will definitely enjoy it while eating it.
Even if someone learns to make jelly in the future, it will not be easy to make this kind of refrigerator. The most important thing is that ice was expensive in ancient times. If others want to imitate it, the cost will be much higher.
After telling her brothers what to do, Shen Youyou took out two rubber bags and began to experiment with making ice. She first asked her sister to hold the opening of the rubber bag open for her, then put the Wutong jelly in, and then added water.
However, when adding water, the water level cannot exceed the height of the wooden barrel. Finally, put saltpeter in to make ice.
"Sisters, don't let go of this yet, just wait until the water solidifies into ice."
If it is a new flatbed truck, it won't be so troublesome. The flatbed truck has wooden boards to support the rubber bags. Now the flatbed truck has not been modified yet.
Therefore, someone is needed to hold the pocket up. The pocket opening cannot be tied directly now, otherwise it will easily get stuck to ice.
Shen Youyou's idea was to tie the pocket opening when the jelly was frozen so that it wouldn't get stuck and would also prevent dust and other things from getting the jelly dirty while traveling.
I was so busy that it was almost time for the appointment with Tang Xin.
Just as the sisters were carrying buckets of jelly into the house, they heard someone outside the courtyard gate shouting, "Is anyone there?"
She walked out of the yard and saw Tang Xin standing outside with a few girls, with a little bit of trepidation on her face.
"Tang Xin is here, please come in. By the way, my name is Shen Youyou, you can just call me Youyou."
Tang Xin was slightly stunned: "Yo yo?"
Shen Youyou nodded with a smile: "Come in, the ones with me are my sisters, you can get to know them."
Tang Xin was very confused as to why a boy would be named Yoyo.
Shen Youyou didn't consider herself a man, and because she had been wearing coarse linen clothes for a long time, she had long forgotten that she was dressed as a tomboy.
It just so happened that the ground vegetables I picked up this morning were soaking in a wooden basin in the yard: "You picked up a lot of ground vegetables, too, right?"
Tang Xin seemed a little dazed at the moment, and nodded and replied: "There are actually a lot of these ground vegetables beside the paddy fields. We often saw them before, but we didn't know they were edible."
Shen Youyou nodded, took an apron from the house, put it on, and washed the soaked ground vegetables again:
"This thing tastes good, but it's too hard to wash. You have to be more careful when washing it, and wash away all the weeds, sand and dirt."
The girls from Tangjia Village were a little timid. They didn't say much and just nodded.
The girls from the Nine Clans were a little embarrassed to say anything, so Li Jingshu greeted them, "Don't be so reserved, you are all about the same age, you should be able to get along well."
But girls in ancient times had few contacts with people, and it was indeed rare to see someone like Shen Youyou. Even Erya, who was always brave, just watched with a smile.
There were not many seasonings at home, so Shen Youyou asked her sisters to pack more garlic and cut it into garlic paste, and then she started to boil water, as the water for making jelly had been used up.
"There are many ways to eat ground sedge. No matter how you eat it, you have to boil it in water first."
Water boils in an iron pot very quickly, especially when the flames are very strong, the red flames burn, accompanied by the "crackling" sound of firewood.
Shen Daya and the others also added water to another large iron pot. After all, the men from the Nine Clans would need to wash up when they came back. After a whole day of physical work, not to mention the dust on their bodies, they would also need to wash off the sweat.
Li Jingshu checked the cornmeal and saw the ground vegetables and suddenly said, "Cook more ground vegetables later. I will add some to the steamed dry food when the time comes."
Shen Youyou nodded to indicate that it was okay.
Shen Yuanbao, Shen Luming and a bunch of other kids were originally guarding the jelly in the house, but when they heard that their sister was going to teach others how to cook, they all jumped off the kang and wanted to join in the fun. After all, kids are always curious when outsiders come to the house.
After seeing the water boil, Shen Youyou picked up the cleaned ground vegetables in the wooden basin, poured them into the boiling water and stirred them a few times: "This doesn't need to be boiled for too long, just boil it for a while, the purpose is to blanch it."
Several girls nodded. They were all familiar with this. In ancient rural areas, the adults were busy at home, so things like cooking were usually left to the girls in the family.
They may not all say how delicious their meals are, but at least they are familiar with the process. After all, cooking skills also depend on talent.
Shen Youyou took out the blanched ground vegetables and rinsed them with water, then asked a few sisters to help cut them. It didn't need to be cut too finely, as it would be difficult to pick up.
She was explaining to everyone: "When you stir-fry or serve it cold, just chop the ground vegetable a little bit. It doesn't need to be too fine. You have eaten black fungus, right? Just chop it into black fungus shreds. It doesn't matter if it's a little bigger.
If you are making buns or dumplings, you need to chop it up. It is best to add meat to the stuffing, but eggs are fine if there is no meat. Even if there is no egg, you can add some cabbage and bamboo shoots. Buns and dumplings made with ground cabbage are also very delicious. "
Tang Xin said, "We farmers don't usually buy meat, and we have to keep most of the eggs to sell. We do have a lot of cabbage and bamboo shoots. We will also go to the woods in the east to pick mushrooms. I'll take you there later. There are no wild animals there, so it's safe."
When Shen Youyou heard this, her eyes lit up: "Okay, what kind of mushrooms are there now?"
"There are so many of them, such as porcini, shimeji mushrooms, morels, coral mushrooms, and white mushrooms. I'll take you to pick them. You have to be careful, because many mushrooms are poisonous and cannot be eaten."
Apparently, when Tang Xin talked about her specialty of picking mushrooms, she became cheerful again.
Even Erya's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she immediately started to discuss it with her. It turned out that foodies are easy to communicate with each other.
As they were talking, the sisters had already neatly cut the ground vegetables, but there was still some that needed to be chopped up to make dry food.
Shen Youyou brought a large bowl and said, "If you want to make a cold dish, add some minced garlic, salt, vinegar, and if you have soy sauce, you can add a little soy sauce, but we don't have any at home. You can also add some chopped green onions, mix it well and you can eat it directly."