Elven settlers

Chapter 246 Burning Cedar Boards

As soon as the bread kiln was dug, Arbor came again and reminded Rock that the second fermentation of the dough was also completed.

"Hei Lujia, help me dry the yellow mud inside, just dry it, don't let the inside heat up, I'll come over later."

Rock arranged tasks for Heluga, and followed Abbe back to the camp.

After the second fermentation, the dough doubles in size again.

Now the volume of the dough has become very large, and Rock can't hold it with both hands.Fortunately, he changed to professional kitchen utensils, otherwise he would have scored several operations.

Rock divided the fermented dough into five equal parts, then gently pressed and kneaded the air, and finally kneaded all five parts of the dough into a round shape.

"Abbe, help me bring these basswoods."

Holding the finished dough on a large iron plate, Rock and Arbor, who helped carry the firewood, returned to the bread kiln dug before.

Hei Lujia had already dried the yellow mud on the inner wall of the bread kiln, and now he was getting his whole body inside, only his head was exposed, waiting for Rock.

"come out."

Luo grabbed Heluga's horns and pulled it out of the bread kiln.

Then he piled the basswood firewood brought by the Arbo monster into a triangular fire, and let Helujia ignite it.

The bread kiln was running smoothly, the flames were burning, and the gray-white smoke was slowly discharged from the smoke hole reserved by Rock.

The red flame came out from the chamber of the bread kiln, and the flame was burning very vigorously. Rock looked inside through the discharge port and found that the firewood had been fully burned, which indicated that the design of the bread kiln was very good. success.

While waiting for the temperature in the bread kiln to rise high enough, it is just enough to let the dough rise for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, Rock obtained local materials and made a wooden door with dead wood, which will be used to block the discharge port of the bread kiln later.

Due to the reasonable design of the flue, the firewood burned quickly and turned into a pile of white ash in a short while.

Rock cleaned up the ashes with a shovel, then put the five proofed doughs into the bread kiln, and finally blocked the discharge opening with the wooden door just made.

The next step is to wait for the bread to be baked. Since it is the first time to try baking bread, Rock has set a relatively safe time, four to 10 minutes.

After looking at the current time, he left Heruga and Arbor to guard the bread kiln, and then went to the pool fir forest where the geraniums were still working.

The pool fir forest and the small soil slope where the bread kiln is located are very close, less than 500 meters away.As soon as Rock stepped into the woods, he heard a "cracking" chopping sound.

After walking in, he found that Geranium had broken six logs, and a large pile of fir boards were neatly stacked aside.

Chenglong was lying on it, spitting out a cloud of white mist from time to time to cool down the working geraniums.

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go eat delicious food later."

Rock quickly picked up his chainsaw, and helped Geranium to saw the board together.

With Rock joining in, the remaining four logs were quickly processed.

Looking at the nearly [-] square meters of fir planks, Rock estimated in his heart that it should be enough to make a trailer by himself.

He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, and found that it would be four or ten minutes soon, so he hurriedly greeted Geranium and Chenglong to follow him to the bakery.

"Let's go, there is something delicious!"

Before reaching the bread kiln, Rock and the others could smell the aroma of bread permeating the air from a distance.

This scent is different from the scent of flowers. It is a unique smell released by flour and yeast after baking, which has a warm and comfortable feeling.

Just smelling it, Rock, Geranium and Chenglong felt very happy and satisfied.

"Hey lol!" "Chapper!"

Hei Lujia and Abo monster immediately called out when they saw Rock. They could feel the wonderful aroma inside the bread kiln even more, and they couldn't wait to walk around outside.

Rock strode forward and opened the wooden door of the bread kiln under the expectant eyes of the four elves.

"Ooh!"

"Qiabo!" "Gamei!" "Hey Lu!"

A more intense smell of bread came to the nostrils, and Rock and the elves exclaimed in unison.

Five round loaves lay quietly in the bread kiln, their skins showing a beautiful burnt brown.

Rock stretched out his hand and lightly touched the iron plate dragging the bread, and he withdrew his hand instantly when it was so hot.

So Rock found two slender branches and dragged the iron pan to take the bread out of the stove.

He and the elves just stared at the five loaves without blinking, swallowing while they waited for the loaves to cool.

"It should be almost there."

Rock, who felt that the temperature of the bread had dropped, tapped the bread's skin lightly with his hand, making a crisp "crack" sound.

He broke off a small piece of bread and put it in his mouth.

The taste of the bread is not as delicious as it smells, it is slightly sour, and the taste is not particularly soft, but slightly thick.

But as the mouth keeps chewing, the aroma of flour, salt, and basswood gradually blooms in the taste buds, so the more you chew, the more delicious this piece of bread becomes.

Rock's eyes lit up, and he immediately broke off four more pieces of bread, and put them into the mouths of the elves with their mouths wide open in front of him.

After some attempts, everyone recognized the taste of the bread, and it seemed that Rock had succeeded in baking bread for the first time.

"Well...it would be even better with some honey on it."

Rock's mouth was bulging, and Arbor blamed them for the same.

He and the elves wanted to share the bread, but because the ingredients were solid, they couldn't eat half of it after eating breakfast.

So Rock had no choice but to put away the remaining half of the bread and wait until noon to eat.

The other four loaves were also wrapped in oiled paper by Rock and put into food bags.

This kind of bread is heavy in the hand, because only a little sugar, salt and oil are put in, so it can be stored for a long time after secondary fermentation.

Rock reckoned that three pieces of bread would be enough for him and the elves, including Druby, to eat for a day.

So after he succeeded this time, he immediately continued to bake.

With the first experience, Rock became more proficient and could focus on making the trailer.

The felled Chinese fir has all been cut into boards, and the next step is to carry out anti-corrosion treatment.

The trailer to be made this time does not require too delicate treatment, so Rock intends to try a new way of wood treatment.

That is fire burning wood, or burning cedar board.

The principle is roughly to allow the wood to burn insufficiently, degrade the hemicellulose in the wood, retain the cellulose, and carbonize the wood surface to prevent moisture erosion like wearing a layer of armor.

(End of this chapter)