Hogwarts wizard

The peaches were quickly brought over, and Jellal was a little emotional. This monkey-like creature was really good at picking peaches.

The peaches picked are the best on the tree.

"Wash these peaches and make them clean."

Jellal said, this kind of peach is harder and has a lot of hair on the skin. He plans to peel off the skin, but if he peels it directly, it will definitely be unclean. It is better to wash it before proceeding to the next step.

"Do you have any knives?"

Jellal opened his mouth and asked the old monkey, "There is no way. The entire group of diamond apes, only the old monkey can communicate with them fairly well."

"Yes, stone knife."

After saying that, he asked others to bring over the stone knives. There were about seven or eight stone knives. Jellal glanced at them and found that they were dull, but they should still be enough for cutting fruits and the like.

Jellal was a little disgusted, "You can sharpen the blade to be smoother and sharper."

After speaking, Jellal started sharpening it himself. Looking at him, there were monkeys holding stone knives and following him.

It is said that the monkey's learning ability is really strong. According to Jellal's actions, he learned it in a decent way.

Jellal's knife was sharpened quickly. It wasn't that he didn't have these tools in his ring, but if he wanted to teach these monkeys, he had to use a method they could understand.

This is very convenient.

The way Harry looked at him, he couldn't help much anyway, so he helped wash the peaches, which was a lot easier for him.

"How to do this?" Hermione also took out a knife, but the one she held was made of iron, which was easier for her to operate.

"You can learn from me and peel the skin off the peach."

Jellal said while peeling the skin with a stone knife. It has to be said that peeling with a stone knife is a bit too difficult, at least for Jellal and the others.

"The stone knife is sharp and difficult to operate. Please be careful."

While Jellal started peeling, he also watched the movements of the other monkeys. Their movements were a bit unfamiliar, but in Jellal's opinion, they were already doing very well under the current circumstances.

"Cut the peeled peach in half with a knife and remove the core."

Although the peach is a hard peach, it is quite ripe and you can easily remove the pit directly, which is very convenient.

Those monkeys also followed suit. It was a bit difficult for them to remove the pits from peaches. After all, they used to do it with their mouths, but now they use their hands. It's really not easy.

After doing it a few times, they will get it and become more proficient at it.

Gerald divided a peach into four parts, because if it is smaller, it will be easier to dry. The peach flesh here is thicker. If you rely on the sun, it will take at least five or six days to be completely dried.

But such dried peaches are also better preserved.

"If you want to preserve them longer, you can completely dry the moisture in the dried peaches, so they can be stored for a whole winter."

They were a little shocked when they heard this. They couldn't even think about saving it for a whole winter!

In winter, most of them save some fruits that are not easy to rot. Anyway, if they can save it, they will have food. If they cannot save it, they will have no choice but to starve. This is something that many monkeys know.

Not only them, but also other vegetarian animals, it is difficult to survive without food, and even the carnivores have no food to eat, making it difficult for any animal to survive the winter.

"However, eating this kind of dried fruit directly is a bit laborious. If you like, you can boil it in water."

When Jellal said this, he thought of canned fruit. It is indeed a bit similar to the principle of canned fruit, but it is still a little different.

"It doesn't taste very good when cooked, but it's still much better than eating some bark."

After saying that, Jellal continued his movements and soon cut out a large basin.

Jellal found a big stone for the cut peach. The big stone was very flat, and he threw it one by one. The location was very good, not blocked by many trees, and there was plenty of sunshine.

It is a natural drying place and receives a lot of sunlight.

“This place is really nice!”

Hermione touched the stone. There was a certain temperature on the stone, even a little hot.

Jellal nodded, "This place is just right for drying. It will probably take about three days to dry."

Here Jellal and the others dried a batch, and over there they brought another batch of peaches.

"You should have almost seen how to make dried peaches. As for the rest, I'm afraid I'll have to look at it in the next two days, but there's nothing more. I just need to turn over these peaches at any time."

The old monkey nodded while listening. There were several monkeys beside him who were also listening seriously, although Jellal was not sure whether they could understand.

"Okay, let's start making peach wine now."

Jellal washed his hands.

Peach wine is a little more troublesome because the requirements for utensils are higher.

However, Jellal is still quite curious, because there are several large vats in the Diamond Ape Clan that can be used to make peach wine, and he doesn't know where these vats come from.

But that's not important, at least it's useful to them.

"When making peach wine, you must wash the peaches very clean, and then dry or wipe off all the water on the skin of the peaches. This step must be done well."

Jellal took out a piece of cloth. He was demonstrating now, so he had to hurry up.

After wiping it, he found a stone and smashed the peach hard. The peach cracked and some juice flowed out.

"When making peach wine, you need to keep the skin and pit of the peach. This way, the peach wine will taste better, and it will taste rich and delicious."

Hearing his words, the old monkey nodded, "Then why do you want to break it open so that all the juice flows out?"

It's a pity.

After hearing his words, Jellal shook his head, "The purpose of this is to make the peaches ferment more evenly. I see that there are many wild grapes on the mountain. You can also use this method, or dry them to make raisins."

The old monkey doesn't quite understand the meaning of air-drying. Grapes are different from peaches. If the grapes are exposed to the sun, the final product will definitely not taste good.

Jellal looked at its expression and said, "Don't worry, I will teach you how to preserve grapes tomorrow."

At this time, there is no plastic wrap, cellars, etc. All we can do is use nature, which is relatively the most useful.

The old monkey nodded. It would be best if Jellal is willing to help them. The most abundant things on the mountain are grapes and peaches. If there is a way to preserve them, it would be very lucky for them.

He wasn't worried that Jellal wouldn't teach them. After all, they had learned about dried peaches and peach wine today, which was enough for them.

"Put the peaches underneath, and then put a layer of these leaves. This leaf has a high sugar content, which is conducive to the fermentation of peach wine. You can drink it in about a month, but you need to filter it when drinking, leaving only the inside. No water, peach cores, or peach flesh residues are needed.”

Jellal also told the old monkey some precautions. If it is less than a month old, it must not be opened. If it is opened, it is basically a failure.

Harry and the others naturally knew Jellal's ability. After all, he had made several kinds of wine in the past few years, and each one was very delicious.

Before they knew it, they made it to three or four o'clock in the afternoon without even having lunch.

The old monkey wanted to give them fruit to eat, but Jellal refused directly, "We can just make something ourselves, the fruit may not be suitable for us."

Hermione also nodded, "We brought a lot of things ourselves, and I see there are a lot of rabbits and pheasants around here. We can hunt by ourselves if necessary."

The old monkey nodded. In their eyes, pheasants and hares are the lowest animals. If there are any, they can be hunted, as long as they like to eat them.

There are many pheasants and hares near the Diamond Ape Tribe, but they don't eat them themselves, so these pheasants and hares breed in large numbers.

"If it's inconvenient for you, you can let them catch you. They can do it, but the technique is not very good."

The old monkey pointed at the other monkeys, but Hermione and the others didn't quite understand. They were all monkeys, so why were they called diamond apes? They couldn't figure it out.

Jellal and the others nodded, but they did not intend to trouble them.

There is still a lot of meat in the ring.

"Jeral, let's eat something else today."

Harry spoke, mysteriously.

"what?"

Jellal could not imagine that Harry wanted to eat some pheasants and rabbits?

"I want to eat fish. When we came back, I saw a river over there. There were a lot of fish in the river. They looked very good. They were white and tender. The water quality looked good!"

After hearing Harry's words, Jellal looked at him with doubt, "You mean the river we passed by? It's not like you don't like fish..."

Jellal remembered clearly that Harry didn't like eating fish very much. He ate it last time because the grilled fish had no bones. Now he started to ask for fish again, which really subverted Jellal's cognition.

"I just don't like what others make. I think what you make is still delicious."

Harry shrugged. It was like this. If it was made by others, he would definitely not be willing to eat it, but what Jellal made was, no matter what, the most delicious thing in its category.

"Come on, let's go take a look?" Jellal asked Hermione next to her for her opinion. Hermione nodded. She had no opinion on this issue at all.

When they came to the river, they saw the fish swimming around in the river, looking very leisurely.

The moment Jellal saw the fish, he said to Harry, "You are really lucky. This fish doesn't have any spines."

In this world, there are many more fish with spines than fish without spines. I don’t know how they encountered this kind of probability. The meat of this kind of fish tastes tighter and not as tender as that with many spines, but for them, As long as it's done right, it's delicious.

"Then let's make grilled fish and make fish soup..." Hermione licked her lips. She didn't think anything about it when she didn't see it, but after she saw it, she had the same idea as Harry.

Eat it!

Jellal nodded, "Then just catch a few more fish, and the main food will be fish."

Fish meat has high nutritional value and is easier to digest than beef. It is a very good choice for them now.

A few fish were soon caught, and Hermione suddenly exclaimed, "What is that!"

Following the direction of her finger, Jellal looked over and saw something flashing in the water.

"Are you dazzled? There's nothing there." Harry said. It was calm and there was nothing there.

Jellal looked at the fish he caught and said, "Let's go back."

Hermione looked at the water for a while, but she really didn't see anything. She even doubted whether she saw anything.

"Don't think about it. There may really be something in the water. Let's go back first. We will be here for a long time. There is no need to rush some things."

Jellal said, if they hadn't seen this scene today, they might have forgotten that they were in the Forbidden Forest.

This is deep in the Forbidden Forest. Whether it is in the water or in the forest, there may be all kinds of things. Jellal has no doubt about this.

"Let's cook." Hermione said. If she kept thinking about that, she might not be able to eat today.

"Harry, please take care of this fish."

Jellal handed the fish to Harry. After all, it smelled fishy when he handled it. Jellal didn't want to do it himself, and he could also make some other dishes during this time. He couldn't just eat fish. Bar.

Because this was what Harry wanted to eat, he did not refuse. He had been with Jellal for a long time and was very good at handling ingredients, especially fish.

After Harry had taken care of one or two, Jellal went straight to making fish soup. Fish soup was different from other fish soup. The longer it simmered, the better it tasted.

Paired with Jellal's ingredients to eliminate the fishy smell, the taste is delicious!

However, no matter how delicious the food they made here was, and the aroma was wafting out, the monkeys were still indifferent. After all, they didn't like eating these things.

They prefer the taste of nature.

After Jellal stewed the fish soup, he took two more fish, skewered them and put them on the shelf. He grilled them slowly over a low fire so that the fish could be cooked slowly, but this was not enough. Wait. When the fish was almost cooked, he brushed it with a layer of honey, and the small fire turned into a big fire.

In this way, the skin of the fish will be grilled until crispy, and it will not taste smoky. The taste of honey will also be integrated into it, making it very delicious.

As soon as it was baked, Harry picked it up and bit it with his mouth without fear of burning it.

"This is the smell! It's so fragrant... Siha..."

There was someone who said before that he only wanted to eat to satisfy his hunger. The person who said this must have never eaten anything delicious.

Think about it, as the ancients said, it would be good if you can eat enough.