Searching for food through the beast world

Chapter 104 Dating Travel 6-Day Tour, let's go~

Dating travel six-day tour, let's go~

That night, Ding Xiao dreamed of eating big pancakes and meat rolls.The sour and rich soup and the fat but not greasy pork belly are so beautiful that he doesn't know what to do.

Maybe it's because I've been tired all day, or maybe my head is full of food during the day, so all of Ding Xiao's dreams this night are related to food.Of course, it is not surprising that he would dream of digging bamboo shoots.

So when he got up the next day, he quietly said to Kun, "Kun, let's go dig bamboo shoots one day. Dad said that if we orcs go to the bamboo forest, we will have to walk for a day. Take me there."

Brother Kun is naturally very happy with such a good thing. "Going right now?"

Ding Xiao shook his head: "That won't work. I have to pack up the earth snails and put them in the sun today, and I'll make another jar of curry beef paste, and I have to send a jar each to Uncle Peng Jia and the sacrificial priest. I have to pickle those plums, and I have to Make plum sauce. Also, I plan to pickle half of those mud vegetables as pickles, and try to dry the rest, it is a medicinal material for stopping bleeding. It is very useful."

After hearing what Xiaoxiao said, Kun frowned slightly.It turns out that after doing so many things yesterday, I have to do it again. Isn't it very hard for Xiaoxiao? "How to do it, you tell me, I will do it."

Xiaoxiao shook his head: "No, no, I have to try, but you can help me wash the plums and dry them with a sackcloth. Also, I need to prepare a few large clay pots with lids. I have to keep it for this year to continue to accumulate sauerkraut, I can’t use it to make this, there is still a pickle jar for pickling muddy vegetables. Go to Uncle Huadi and get two big jars. At least two.”

Kun nodded: "Okay. I'll go after breakfast, what else do you need?"

"No need, there is enough salt and sugar at home. By the way, I haven't seen it before. Are there any salt sellers in the market?"

"Yes. But not a lot. Because there is no shortage of salt anywhere. What kind of salt do you want? Like the one you brought?" Kun asked.

Ding Xiao nodded: "Yes. I want sea salt, or mineral salt and lake salt are also fine."

"Lake salt? What is that? I knew that seawater can be dried and turned into salt, and there is also stone-like salt, which is the mineral salt you mentioned?"

"That's right. Rock-like salt is mineral salt. Lake salt means lake water is salty, and the boiled salt is called lake salt." Xiaoxiao replied.

Kun rolled his eyes twice and touched his chin: "There is a small lake near our Tianhe Village. The water in the lake is very astringent and bitter, but it seems to be salty when you think about it."

After hearing this, Ding Xiao's eyes lit up immediately.He always felt that the saltiness of vegetable salt was not enough. Although it tasted soft and smooth, it would be extremely wasteful to pickle things.If there is a salt lake nearby, at least it will be much more convenient to marinate meat, pickles and so on. "Then take me to see it some other day!"

Smile and say something, how dare Brother Kun not follow. "Okay. Why don't we take a tent and go out for a few days in two days. I'll take you to the bamboo forest, and then go to Kushui Lake." Then come back and smile, it's almost time to learn to hunt.

It seems that this "near Tianhe Village" is similar to Abba's "not far from Shanxi"!Wait, did Kun mean to go out with a tent for a few days? ?That is to stay out at night? !This... this... seems to be looking forward to, but also a little nervous!cough!Well, this is a very serious thing. You can bring a pen and paper and record the ingredients while walking. You should definitely not think about going out on a date alone!

Before pickling the plums, Ding Xiao and Qiong's father separated the plums of different colors.Ding Xiao decided to use salt to pickle green plums, and he also saved some green plums to make plum vinegar.Then set aside twenty or so slightly smaller ones to try to make ebony plums, and the remaining red and yellow or yellow plums will be used to make preserved fruits.The ripe red ones are used to make plum jam.It's just that the salt and sugar at home are in a hurry today.Fortunately, these two things are in stock in the village, basically they are not used up, and there are people in the village who specialize in making salt and sugar. I heard from my father that these people are old orcs who can't hunt. Or disabled males.This can be regarded as relying on ability to eat.

Ding Xiao has no skill in making plum jam.In his previous life, he had never paid attention to how the plum jam sold on the market was made, and he had never made this stuff himself, so he made it completely according to the method of making hawthorn jam, apple jam and so on.So Joan's father, who had learned how to make jam with his son, took over the job of making jam.The main thing is that he doesn't understand anything about pickling.

To be honest, I don’t know much about pickled preserved fruit.So whether it is candied or salted, he uses the same method, that is, wash the plums and wipe off the water, then put them in a clay pot, sprinkle a layer of salt or sugar on a layer of plums, and then put a layer of plums Layer plums and sprinkle with sugar or salt.Repeat this until the jar is about [-]% full, cover the lid, then wrap it with animal skins, and move it to the vegetable cellar for storage. Ding Xiao estimates that it will take at least seven days to cook it, right?This job that has never been done is not accurate!

Of the three large clay pots that Kun brought back, after two were used to pickle plums, Ding Xiao took the remaining one to make plum vinegar.

Ding Xiao has heard about this recipe of plum vinegar.This is also thanks to a female classmate in college. Although the two of them hardly talked to each other, this classmate took it as her duty to publicize the secret recipe for beauty, beauty, weight loss and detoxification every day.I often discuss these beauty foods and drinks with people in the class.You must know that Ding Xiao is studying fashion design, and it is definitely not only women who are interested in these things in their class, so it is hard for Xiaoxiao not to appreciate a little bit in this atmosphere.

He remembered that female classmate said that the plum vinegar she made at home was made from sugar and plums.Just wash the plums and dry them, then put the same amount of sugar and plums together.After waiting for several days for the sugar to dissolve, take it out and stir it every day. If there are no bubbles in the syrup solution in about 30 days, it means that the plum vinegar is ready.This home brewed plum vinegar not only tastes so much better, it also has absolutely no preservatives.According to the female classmate, plum vinegar can not only clear fire and diuresis, but also clear fat and lose weight, and soften blood vessels.Of course, the main reason she recommends is to lose fat and lose weight.This is one of the reasons why Ding Xiao never wanted to try self-made before.And before coming here, he didn't have such a strong interest in sitting food.

Thinking of his previous school life, Ding Xiao showed a faint smile.Thinking about it now, the past is really almost the same as the previous life.I used to be very irritable bit by bit, but now I think about it and I can still enjoy it.Even the sometimes unkind attitude of those people is not so uncomfortable when I recall it now.

I moved the big earthen pot filled with plums into the food shed, and when I came out, I saw the smile on Xiaoxiao's face.Not very happy, but not a sad wry smile either.Kun was very curious, so he knelt down and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what are you thinking?"

Ding Xiao came back to his senses, and replied with a smile: "I'm thinking...I think I'll have to learn hunting soon. To be honest, I'm still looking forward to it. Also, Yiquan and Cai will get married on May [-]th. Well, it’s been less than a month, so what should I give as a congratulatory gift? They don’t seem to be short of anything.” In fact, the daily life here is really self-sufficient, and there is nothing missing.

Kun was puzzled: "Congratulations? Do you mean giving them something? Why do you want to give something when they get married?"

Now Ding Xiao is puzzled: "They are friends! It's such a big deal for friends to get married, don't people here send things to express their congratulations?"

Kun shook his head: "No one has ever given anything. Because the things to buy for marriage are prepared by males, it is incompetent to ask others to give them. So even my father and mother don't give things."

(⊙_⊙)! !After listening to Kun's words, Xiaoxiao immediately had this expression.But if you think about it, it seems that there is really no concept of giving gifts or not giving gifts here.Judging from the fact that I do this and that for my friends on weekdays, no one has ever declined, and they all readily accept it.But after that, they will also make up for themselves, so they make a handicraft by themselves. "Then when they get married, we don't do anything?"

Kun replied: "That's not true. On the wedding day, relatives and friends will get together to eat food and celebrate. We can help make food. But we have to prepare everything for the food. So he has been very busy recently. .”

Ding Xiao rubbed his chin: "That's okay. Let's cook something delicious that day!"

Kun touched Xiaoxiao's hair, why is his partner so cute! "Well. Smile and say what to do, we will do it!"

After two days of drying and air-drying, the thinly sliced ​​earth snail meat is dry, hard and brittle.After Ding Xiao’s test, the taste of the dehydrated soil snail meat has not changed much, and it can indeed be used directly as curry powder after being ground into powder.Moreover, the taste of the dried snails is smoother. It is estimated that the ingredients that pricked the tongue have evaporated, or have been transformed into other things after being exposed to wind and sun.All in all he was delighted with the curry powder made from these snails.

After distributing the curry powder to a few friends, Ding Xiao also learned how to deal with the soil snails, how to dry them, and how to grind them.And also personally demonstrated the production process of curry white bean chicken nuggets.Of course, the big jar of curry white bean chicken nuggets became these people's afternoon snacks.And from that day on, this group of people once again fell in love with the novel entertainment project of digging earth snails everywhere.Of course, this time it is not a group, but a pair of individual actions.It's called a "delicious date".It made Ding Xiao extremely regret passing the beautiful term "dating" to this group of people, it's too unreliable!

Those who can be in pairs are very happy, but what about the few who are lonely?Ming and Hei Yi were keen to pursue Du and Dongyi, but these two half-orcs were more inclined to let Gray Tiger take them to collect.The reason was that Gray Tiger didn't have any other thoughts about them, so they would be relieved to go out with him.Of course, the attitudes of the two of them directly caused Ming and Hei Yi to look at Huihu with resentment every day, and Huihu was also very innocent and helpless.

In short, spring is here, and it is still a season worthy of in-depth discussion!

The four-day solo outing trip that was planned finally came to fruition under the thousands of exhortations of Qiong's father, He's father, the village chief's wife and the village chief's lord.

Looking at the envious eyes of his friends, Ding Xiao couldn't help feeling a little shivered in his heart.In fact, he had secretly suggested to Jing and Luxi that the two of them could also let Muwa and Feng take them with them.But Luxi told Ding Xiao with a face full of contempt: "Are you thinking that Feng was beaten up by Kun?!"

While Ding Xiao was ashamed, he also learned about Kun's secret activities from this side.Well, he felt a little ashamed, but it was more of Tian Sisi's abnormal mentality.Basically, this should be the state of being in love, right?Why does it feel different from what you see in novels and TV dramas?its not right!Looking at those things by myself, I have never brought into the mood of a woman!No wonder it feels so different!

Thinking of this, Ding Xiao was slightly depressed, but almost immediately he put this meaningless thought behind him.Anyway, if there is a tiger in the family, everything is enough. It doesn't matter what kind of mentality, just like each other, cherish and trust each other.Hehe, maybe if I hadn't time-traveled, I wouldn't have had the courage to surrender to the other party so calmly and completely in my whole life.So, sometimes the simpler life and society are, the happier people will be!Therefore, contentment and happiness are definitely the truth among the truths!

After preliminary planning, their itinerary this time should last six days and five nights from going to returning, so they must bring the necessary daily necessities.

Prepare a medium-sized clay pot for cooking meat.In addition to preparing a bamboo tube for seasoning for food, Ding Xiao also prepared three small packets of five-spice powder and one packet of chili powder.As for earth snails and so on, there are plenty of them in the wild. They will also collect them this time, and the estimated number of preparations for a year should not be too small.They only carried two bamboo baskets, but they carried many animal skin bags.

Ding Xiao brought a hunting fork.Although he can't hunt other things except for sticking fish, it is still useful to have a self-defense. Ding Xiao thinks that he mainly uses it as a shovel, which can be used for both digging and sticking, which is convenient!

As for their belongings, they brought flints and lighters as ignition tools.Ding Xiao took his own watch this time, but put it in his pocket next to his body.I took a small packet of alcohol cotton, the anti-inflammatory ointment I used a little bit before, and a roll of bandages.All-purpose knives are naturally essential.

Seeing that Xiaoxiao's satchel was full of things, Kun couldn't stop smiling.He knew that those medicines were all prepared by Xiaoxiao for himself. Although he himself felt that those small wounds would be healed after three or four days, but the feeling of having a partner who cared was unspeakable. wonderful! "Smile, don't you bring some flour?"

Ding Xiao shook his head: "There's only a little left, so I won't bring it. Maybe we can find something that can be a staple food when we come back this time!" Of course, this is just his good wish, otherwise the white beans will only start in summer There are at least three or four months to dig up and eat!

"Well, most of the plants in the forest are not poisonous. With a smile, you can definitely see which one is edible and which one is delicious!" Kun said proudly.

Ding Xiao tilted his head to look at him: "Is that why you trust me?"

Kun nodded: "You said that you can tell if something is edible when you see it. I remember."

Ding Xiao opened his mouth wide: "Do you believe it?"

Kun continued to nod: "I believe! I believe everything you say."