Start farming in another world, the master of the plane has assets worth hundreds of billions

Chapter 6 6. Making smoked meat

Wen Xia put the pieces of meat in the metal container given by Bell and sent them out, while looking at Bell, "Can I trade you for a space ball? I can trade half of the meat with you!"

She was really eager for this magical technology, and knew that it was not valuable for civilian use, so she shamelessly mentioned this request.

Bell held a piece of meat and ate it with great satisfaction, "I'll ask you about it when the captain comes back."

One piece, two pieces...

After eating four pieces, Bell stopped and touched his stomach.

This was the first time he experienced the feeling of being full to the point of fullness. It was uncomfortable, but satisfying!

Bell, who was left behind, also had his own mission. Seeing that the signal had not been successfully sent all morning, he returned to the tent and took out the equipment from the box next to him and got busy.

The door curtain was drawn down, hiding his figure.

Wen Xia thought for a while, then asked the little Huihui and the others to go out and pull weeds.

The plants in Wuming Realm grew very fast, and the fruit trees she planted grew a few more leaves. Correspondingly, the land that was reclaimed a few days ago was also occupied by fresh weeds, squeezing the living space of the wild vegetables she planted.

She could tell that Bell had no ill intentions, but to be cautious, she let Xiao Huihui and the others go out while no one was around.

After throwing a bunch of fresh grass leaves to the two chickens in the thatched house, Wen Xia thought about it and decided to deal with the remaining meat.

These meats cannot be stored for long. If you want to store them effectively for a long time, you need to put them in a thermal bucket after simple processing, which can extend for at least ten days.

The specific time depends on the effectiveness of the thermal bucket. She has never used it, and Bell has not used it to store meat, so there is no accurate time.

People in ancient times lacked food and clothing, and salt was a scarce strategic resource.

Many times, the biggest problem faced by the ancients was how to preserve raw meat for a long time.

Among them, drying and smoking have been passed down from ancient times to the present and are used in many rural areas.

The commonly used method in cities is to refrigerate, pickle and then dry.

Different methods have different requirements.

Drying involves hanging the meat out in the sun and allowing it to dry naturally.This method removes moisture from the meat, which prevents bacterial growth.Sunlight is very important. Without enough sunshine, meat will smell sooner or later.

Drying meat usually needs to be stored in a dry and ventilated place.

The smoking method requires hanging the meat in a smokey environment to allow the smoke to penetrate into the meat, thereby extending its shelf life.Smoking kills bacteria and prevents insects from invading the meat.

Marinating is soaking meat in salt water or soy sauce to allow it to absorb enough salt and seasonings to prevent bacterial growth.Cured meats need to be stored in airtight containers and the marinating liquid needs to be replaced regularly.

This is not realistic for Wen Xia. After all, she doesn't even have a grain of salt, so where can she get the seasonings and soy sauce?

As for the last refrigeration method, whether it's ice or a refrigerator, she doesn't have the conditions to obtain it.

In addition to meat, the most abundant thing in the yard is wood. In order to extend the shelf life of meat, Wen Xia decisively chose the smoking method.

She first cut a few long wooden sticks and tied them together with ropes to make a simple long shelf. After testing the stability, she entered the thatched house, tied up two grazing chickens and threw them into the backyard, carrying the shelf Enter.

The thatched house is about 50 square meters, with two wooden windows about two meters high. The chicken can't jump out, but it just allows ventilation on the left and right.

She walked to the middle position and kicked the shelf on the ground to secure it firmly.

He took out his dagger and made four long cuts on the ground, forming a rectangular shape. Then he used an iron piece to dig out all the soil inside, and piled it on one side to form a small earth bag.

I went outside and brought in a pile of firewood and piled it on the ground.

"Ouch?" Xiao Huihui ran in with a few pieces of grass in his mouth, curious about what his master was doing.

Wen Xia patted his wolf's head and touched the hair and dust on his hand.

"It's time for you to take a shower... I'm going to smoke the remaining meat and store it in a thermos. You can eat it for a long time."

When Xiao Huihui heard that the meat could be eaten for a long time, he wagged his tail excitedly and hummed in his mouth. He put his head on the human's lap and begged to be petted.

It has been wandering for a long time, begging along the road, and has learned the skill of flattering and begging for food. Every human who sees it has to throw a few pieces of food at it before leaving.If I hadn't met myself, I wouldn't be worried about whether I had a good meal or not.

Wen Xia rubbed its back vigorously to comfort it, thinking that he was so unlucky that he was still being raised by a wolf and two little Pekingese. Apart from being able to speak, he was really useless.

Fortunately, the knowledge and skills I learned before are still there, and I can come up with an emergency solution.

"As long as I'm here, you go out and watch. This world is too dangerous after all. If anything goes wrong, come back quickly!" She said a few words, pushed Xiao Huihui out, and called Dahuang.

"Dahuang, help Xiao Huihui and the others stay on guard."

"Moo~" a long moan responded.

After everything was arranged, Wen Xia washed her hands and looked at the pile of meat on the pile of wood.

When I was a child, the number of pigs that killed several hundred kilograms in the village was not as large as before.

He also had to thank the beasts on the Nameless Peak for sending him two-thirds of the fresh meat reserves.

Some bits and pieces of bits and pieces of meat with teeth were cut off individually and used directly for Little Huihui and the others as lunch.

Those with intact internal organs are piled on the ground first, and those that are too dirty to be salvaged are thrown away.

Wen Xia endured the nausea and dealt with it briefly, feeling that she was also contaminated by the stench of beast organs.

They are all carnivorous creatures. The meat is delicious, but the shit smells bad. Before she vomited the acidic water in her stomach, she threw all the dirty things into the pit in the backyard. She didn't bother to bury them, and dealt with the rest first. Meat.

Use a dagger to cut the meat into several large pieces, each weighing about ten kilograms. In order to speed up the smoking speed and efficiency, several cuts were made on the front and back of each large piece of meat.

Punch holes in the four corners, tie them with rope, rinse them in a container with clean water, and place them on clean wood to drain.

so repeatedly.

Fortunately, she now has four water containers, each of which can hold several hundred liters. She just asked Bell to help replace them with clean water in the morning.

Wait until all the meat is cleaned and the water is used up.

While draining the water, I ran a few times and poured the water in batches into a simple latrine in the backyard using a slightly smaller container to speed up fermentation and decomposition.

It was all blood and dirt, and the ground, like the sea, quickly absorbed the water.

Wen Xia covered her nose and hurried to the thatched house. She piled the ignited firewood in the rectangular earth pit that had just been dug in the house, and used stones in the middle to introduce air.

Then the pieces of meat tied with ropes were brought into the house one by one and hung on the wooden shelves that had just been made.

The fire was burning brightly. When the fire was strong, she threw the wet grass she had prepared in advance on top. The high temperature was covered by the wet grass, and a thick smoke floated, smoking the meat above.

Although it is not as good as traditional cherry wood or apple wood, this kind of ordinary wood is hard to find.

How can I care about the taste of bacon.

Wen Xia carefully adjusted the position of the smoking rack to ensure that the meat pieces were fully exposed to the smoke.Smoking can extend the shelf life of meat by inhibiting the growth of bacteria through the chemicals in the smoke and the low temperatures.

The fire should not be too big, otherwise it will become a barbecue.

She stood by, constantly adjusting the size of the fire and the position of the smoking rack to maintain the proper temperature and smoking effect.After working attentively for several hours, it was noon when Rhubarb chimed in with a "moo" sound.

12 o'clock noon.

The weather in this world gets bright early, and she gets up early in the morning. It always feels like the morning has passed extremely long.

But it was impossible. In fact, it was because the protruding tools helped speed up her work efficiency, and the dagger she exchanged was indispensable.

It's no nonsense to say that iron is like clay. The bones of beasts on the Nameless Peak can be chopped off with some strength.

"Woof woof woof!" Xiao Huang yelled wildly and took the lead to rush into the yard.

Xiao Huihui and Xiao Bai followed closely into the yard.

Wen Xia's expression straightened, and he paid attention to the tent in the distance with his peripheral vision.

Xiao Huang's perception is particularly keen, and many times he can detect movements a hundred meters away in advance, which also allows them to avoid many dangers when they go out to look for food.

Sure enough, within a minute, the door opened.

Bell rubbed his sore hands and walked out. He had not been able to send out the signal all morning and was in a very low mood.

As soon as I stepped out the door, a strange smell hit my nose, followed by a strange fragrance.

His eyes lit up, "Wen Xia, what new delicious food are you making? Why does it smell so good and smelly at the same time!?"

After saying that, he turned his head quickly and looked at the smoky thatched hut, his eyes flashing, "I'll exchange nutrients for you, but you must let me taste the new delicacies made in your house!"

Wen Xia secretly thought that his nose was sharper than that of a dog, while pointing to the backyard, "Sorry Bell, all the waste I used to dispose of the corpses was piled in the backyard, and I didn't have time to bury it, so it stinks.

There is some new bacon I made in the house, and I don’t think I can eat it until tonight. But if you are willing to help me fill the container with water, I will be happy to give you a taste in advance for free. "

At first, he was a little disgusted by the smell in the backyard, but as soon as he heard about the food, Bell became interested.It's a small matter of fetching water, which can be solved with a space ball. It can actually be exchanged for new food to taste, which is a good deal!
Wen Xia sent the container outside the yard. He walked empty-handed, and when he came back, the container that appeared was already filled with clear water.

It is still difficult to get water like this. If conditions permit in the future, she must modify it!
Wen Xia thought about it, took back all the water, put a few bowls of water for Hui Hui and the others to drink, and made lunch at the same time.

There is a pile of unprocessed offal on the ground. This takes a long time, so I will deal with it when I have time in the afternoon.

At noon, she planned to use the peeled bones to make a rich bone soup to drink.

All the bones were first washed with water in a bowl and divided into three parts. One part was used for stewing soup, one part was used for smoking and drying, and one part was used as a snack for Xiao Huihui and Xiao Jingba to grind their teeth.

The bones are accompanied by meat, and most of the bones are hung on the rack together with the meat for smoking. There are actually not many bones that are peeled off.

Wen Xia placed a large square pot on the stove made of an abandoned engine, put in the cleaned bones, added enough water to cover all the bones, then turned on the high heat and boiled it, and used a carved wooden spoon to skim off the floating bones. foam, then adjust to low heat.

Stewing at a low temperature can better release the nutrients in the bones while maintaining the delicious taste of the soup.

While the meat was stewing, she went to the backyard to pick some strong wild vegetables and came back, cleaned them and set them aside. Then she looked at Bell, who was lying next to the fence with salivation.

"Is it still barbecue?"

Bell's eyes widened as he looked into the pot.

Just now he smelled another aroma, which was very strange. It was completely different from the aroma of barbecue. It was moist and smelled particularly fragrant.

He licked his tongue and said, "Barbecue, I want barbecue. What is this in your pot? Can you have some for me?"

Wen Xia has a bright smile, who would refuse a guest who comes to his door?

"Of course, you can replace it with nutrient solution or other things, but the contents of the pot will have to wait. I'll make you a barbecue first."

After saying that, he lit the earthen stove, put a new iron pot on it, dug a piece of animal fat into the pot, made a barbecue plate with the fresh meat specially left, and fried two pieces of green wild vegetables until the handles were broken. Pick it up when it is raw but still emerald green in color and place it in a stone bowl.

Large pieces of meat filled the space of the stone bowl, with reddish-brown color and glistening grease, and an alluring aroma wafting around.The vegetables on top are green and vibrant, white and green, and paired with the gray stone bowl and brown meat, it seems to have a high-end feel like eating in a suit.

Wen Xia looked at the stone bowl in admiration, but unfortunately there was no seasoning or rice. She was tired of eating it and had no desire to eat it.

"Hold on."

I ran into the house with my legs clicking, and saw a little grease coming out of the meat in the thick smoke. The color turned golden yellow, exuding an alluring smoky aroma.

The knife cut it open in one place, and there was still blood inside, but it was not soaked through.

Wen Xia took some bacon from the edge of a rough radius, cut it into slices, put it in a circle on the oil pan, then piled the stone bowl into a mountain of meat and handed it out.

Bell's mouth watered from the fragrance. He picked up the stone bowl and carefully picked up a piece of bacon in Wen Xia's mouth and smelled it. He felt a natural wood aroma seep into it, and it smelled very strange.

After taking a big bite, a rich aroma immediately filled the air.The unique smoky smell hits your nostrils, like a smile wafting from the fire.

The outer layer first shows a pleasant crispiness, and under the crispy skin, there is tender and juicy meat, full of layers of texture. Because it is simply fried, it tastes denser and firmer. Taste.

good to eat.

Bell's eyes narrowed with enjoyment on his face.

I just feel that Wen Xia’s skills are excellent and she can cook. She must bring them back to the Federation to open a cooking class to benefit interstellar talents.

"This thing is so delicious! Wen Xia, wait until your bacon is ready before you switch with me!"

Good things are limited, don't blame him for being cautious, save some meat for yourself.

When Wen Xia returns to the Federation, it is still unknown when he will be able to eat the food she made!

"no problem!"

Wen Xia said happily, he poured a can of nutrient solution, gave Rhubarb a bunch of grass as food, and then started to process the internal organs.

She felt that she had been living worse than a dog these past few weeks, with everything turned upside down every day and she didn't even have to change her clothes.

I am so busy because of my stuttering.

Looking at the little Huihui and the two little Pekingese who were chewing bones, Wen Xia took the offal to the pit in the backyard to take care of their good appetites. For a moment, she didn't know which one was more smelly: the pit or the ones in her hands. Guts stink.

Bell was smart enough not to get close to it. It tasted bland from a distance, but he could still adapt to it.

but……

"Wen Xia, no matter how hungry you are, you can't eat these things!"

Look, forget about the heart, liver, spleen and lungs, how come you even take out the intestines to eat, they are the place where excrement is stored!
It seems that he is still hungry, and he may have a mental illness.

"Don't bother, that stuff is smelly, tastes bad, and looks disgusting! Hey! Wen Xia, I'll give you some more nutrient solution, and throw away what you're holding!"

(End of this chapter)