Elven settlers

Chapter 358 Delicious Bacon 2.0
Although Hei Lujia ran very fast, he still meticulously completed the smoking job assigned to him by Roque during the day.

Rock's elves have done a good job in this regard. No matter how greedy or mischievous they are, they will never make mistakes in serious work.

After a day of smoking, the moisture in the raw meat on the ten bacon racks has decreased a lot, and the meat slices have gradually become dry.

Because the oak charcoal used by Rock is of good quality, and the oak branches are also very fresh, the color of the dried meat is not particularly black, and still maintains some red.

When the color of the bacon turns reddish brown to tan, even if the smoking is complete, Rock estimates that it will be around midnight today.

At that time, he will be able to smoke the next batch of bacon. He and the elves hunted too many prey in the Yunhui Mountains this time. Even if ten bacon racks are smoked at the same time, they must be divided into two batches.

Rock poked the charcoal in the fire pit under the bacon rack with a twig, gathered the ashes to the edge of the fire pit, and then added some more charcoal and fresh oak twigs.

Then he found a big rock by the river bank, moved it to the bacon rack and sat down.

The temperature in the late autumn night was already very cool, but Rock still unbuttoned the collar of his shirt around ten warm bacon racks.

With his muscular chest open, he looked up at the beautiful and deep night sky.

The sky is cloudless tonight, and a full gibbous Moon hangs high in the left half of the half-circle, which will become the last quarter moon in a few days.

Beside the moon are twinkling stars. The arrangement of the constellations is a bit like the world before Rock traveled, but it seems a little different.

Although he didn't have a mobile phone, Rock observed the changes of the moon phase and the distribution of the stars, and he didn't feel bored at all.

Overhead is the clear and flawless night sky, and the bright moon and stars are clearly visible.

Beside them are ten bacon racks full of smoke, in which the prey that I and the elves hunted in the mountains are smoked. These delicious bacon are their winter rations.

Although he is basically busy every day, at this moment Rock feels extremely deeply, this is the life he wants.

I don't know how long it took, but Rock felt a little tired from lifting his neck, so he withdrew his head.

As a result, he suddenly found that Hei Lujia had returned from his meal at some point, and was lying quietly at his feet.

The shadow under Hei Lujia was a bit strange. Rock turned his head and found that Geranium was also lying behind him, trying to bite a piece of purple snake tail.

Rock moved his gaze along the snake's tail, and sure enough, on the other side of him, he spotted the Arbo monster, which was swinging the tip of its tail and teasing the geranium.

"Chaba~"

Seeing that Rock had already discovered them, Abo greeted him no longer looking up at the starry sky.

I never thought that if I didn't focus, I was attacked by Geranium in an instant, bit its tail, and it immediately twisted on the ground in pain.

"just!"

"Hahaha, everyone is here, so to speak..."

Rock stroked Heluga's head, looked at the slapstick Arbor and Geranium, and narrowed his eyes with a smile.

At this moment, bubbles suddenly appeared on the surface of the Jingkong River, and then the dragon broke through the water and licked Rock's cheek happily.

"Boom~"

"Sure enough, I guessed that you little guy is in the Jingkong River, okay."

Chenglong's cold tongue licked Roque itchy, he scratched Chenglong's chin for a long time, Chenglong let him go.

"Gamo~"

Geranium, who was very proud of the successful sneak attack, handed Rock a bag with a rattan whip, which was his and the elves' toiletry bag.

"Is it time to wash up? I've been sitting here for so long. No wonder my neck is so sore."

Rock took the toiletry bag, raised his watch and glanced at the time, and found that it was already eleven o'clock in the evening.

He hurriedly washed up with the elves in the Jingkong River, and then went back to the camp to rest.

On the side of the ten bacon racks, he had just added enough charcoal and oak sticks. When this batch of fuel was used up, the bacon was almost finished.

So he just arranged for a Heluga to stay here to guard, and then left with peace of mind.

The job of this black Luga is very simple, just watch the charcoal fire so as not to cause a fire.

After the charcoal fire is extinguished, this black Luga will go to wake up Rock, and then Rock will start to smoke the second batch of bacon.

So he had to hurry up and rest, after all, he could only sleep for half the night.

Fortunately, Rock's sleep quality has always been good, especially after a busy day, he basically fell asleep as soon as his head touched the pillow.

In the middle of the night, the Heluga who was arranged by Rock to guard the charcoal fire followed his instructions and woke him up as promised after the charcoal fire went out.

The temperature in the middle of the night was very cold, and a thick layer of dew formed on the ground. Rock felt that frost would begin in two days.

He put on a coat, followed Helujia who woke him up with an outdoor flashlight, and returned to the smoking place by the river bank.

The previous scene of billowing smoke had disappeared. Rock walked to the bacon rack closest to him, lifted the spruce leaves on the surface of the bacon rack, and checked with a flashlight.

"It seems pretty good!"

When he saw the bacon for the first time, Rock couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

The color of the bacon in the bacon rack is very beautiful, the lean part is a beautiful reddish brown, while the fat part is a tawny, which looks very attractive.

Under the illumination of the flashlight, the surface of the bacon is still shiny with a layer of oil, and the lines and textures of the meat after smoking and dehydration are extremely clear.

And because the spices were added and marinated in advance, the bacon at this time smelled a compound aroma, which made Rock's mouth involuntarily secrete saliva.

He rolled his throat, pulled out a small knife usually used for eating meat, cut a small strip from a piece of bacon, and impatiently put it into his mouth.

Fragrant, very fragrant.

The piece of venison that Rock ate should be a piece of venison, with a little elasticity in the dry and hard taste. With chewing, the thick smoky flavor is released. In addition to the aroma of oak, there are also various salts and herbs Mixed fragrance, with a hint of sweetness of big needle honey, and the fruity and wine aroma of tree fruit wine.

The combination of various aromas not only did not suppress the original taste of the venison, but also made the mellow aroma of the venison more prominent, and the more you chewed, the more fragrant it became.

In addition to some pain in the occlusal muscles, it can be said that this batch of bacon was very successful, and Rock was very satisfied.

He washed his hands by the Jingkong River, then dried his hands with the residual heat of the charcoal fire, took out a clean bag, and filled ten bacon racks with bacon.

These bacons are smoked very hard, can be properly preserved for a long time, and the taste is not inferior to many dishes cooked with fresh meat.

In the coming winter, Rock and the elves may rely mainly on these bacon for their source of animal protein.

(End of this chapter)