Hand over the jade seal first [Infrastructure]

Xiao Zirong is very excited now. He has not tasted the smell of meat for a long time, let alone oil. The chickens and ducks raised need to be bred to a certain size before they can be slaughtered. As the city lord, he has special treatment-one egg a day, Nothing else.

As a result, now Xiao Zirong is drooling at the thought of vegetarian meat made of soy products.

After the soybeans are smashed, they need to be dried for a period of time, and then the shriveled beans inside are picked out.

If it was before time travel, Xiao Zirong definitely didn't want these beans, but now he can't even bear these shriveled beans, and plans to stay to see if he can grind soybean milk.

Xiao Zirong deeply felt that time travel is really not a human job, and how the quality of life has deteriorated.

But I don’t know if it’s because seeing everyone from having nothing to getting on the right track now, he actually feels quite satisfied psychologically. Although life is a bit bitter, but thinking about the days when he was a Piao, it’s better now good.

After the soybeans with good quality were selected, Xiao Zirong took some of them to squeeze oil.

And after hearing that he was going to use soybeans to extract oil, Liu Cainiang and Ayin Aman followed him to see what he would do. Not to mention the three of them were interested, even Bai Yan put down what he was doing and followed. come out.

You must know that Bai Yan doesn't like to run out because of the scar on her face. Although the other girls in the resident will not look down on her because of this, after all, here are all sad people, but she is still worried about scaring those children. .

In Bai Yan's eyes, as long as there are no other men in this resident, then these children are their future. Bai Yan doesn't want to scare them, but this time she is too curious.

Soybeans are food, although they can also be used to add bean sprouts to vegetables, but no matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with oil.

Xiao Zirong didn't dare to say that he would be able to extract the oil. As we all know, there is still a difference between the recipe and the finished product. Otherwise, there are so many recipes, why is there always someone who can make the dishes unbelievably unpalatable?Even if it is unpalatable, it will fry the kitchen.

Not to mention that he has been A Piao for so long, even when he was alive, he didn't go out of the kitchen very much, and now he just bites the bullet and follows the tutorial.

As for letting someone else go...forget it, otherwise he will either write the tutorial or dictate it, and there may be mistakes in the middle due to the retelling. It is better to let him come. If he fails, let's talk!

However, soybeans are not ready for oil extraction. They need to be soaked and fried. It just so happens that besides oil extraction, he also needs to make some soybean products, and those soybean products also need to be soaked.

It needs to be cleaned again before soaking, because there is no suitable sieve in hand, so Xiao Zirong can only select one by one by hand. At this time, Liu Cainiang and others will come in handy. Their addition makes this piece Things got a little easier.

After the selection is completed, then soak. This step should be called softening in scientific name, and the purpose is to make the soybean water content reach a certain proportion.

Xiao Zirong doesn’t have any test tools here, so he can only conduct experiments based on his feelings. For example, soak for half a day for a day or soak for a day and one night. Try all three, and then choose the one that is easy to produce oil which type.

When soaking soybeans, he couldn’t help but think that he had the answer with the detailed process in his hands, but it was so difficult because of objective reasons that he couldn’t measure it accurately. He didn’t know who was the first to discover that soybeans could be squeezed out of oil. , This is out of my mind.

In the process of emotion, the soybeans are almost soaked and then the next step is flaking. This name may be unfamiliar to many people, but it can basically be understood by changing the word, that is, tableting.

Squeeze the softened soybeans as far as possible, which can increase the surface area, that is, increase the oil outlet area, and at the same time destroy the cell tissue, so that the oil can easily flow out from the cells.

They didn't have the right tools to press the tablets. Fortunately, softened soybeans are not difficult to press, and because the first wave of experiments was only a small number, Xiao Zirong and the others simply started directly.

This time I have to mention Lu Liu, this powerful little lady is really a top notch, Xiao Zirong, as a man under age, is barely on par with Liu Cainiang, who has been doing hard work all year round, and she is simply not enough to look at in front of Lu Liu.

Lu Liu did almost all the tabletting work by himself, while what Xiao Zirong could do was to continue to the next step—steaming and frying.

He chose the method of hot pressing. Of course, cold pressing is not impossible, but because of limited conditions, he hopes to try both methods and finally choose the most suitable one.

After steaming and frying, pressing is the last step. Without an oil press, we can only choose the physical pressing method. The main force is still Luliu. Xiao Zirong has prepared a stone mortar before pressing, and put a fine bamboo net at the opening of the stone mortar. Avoid that residues also flow into the container through the opening.

When Lu Liu pressed the soybeans in the mortar with a stone hammer, Xiao Zirong stared at the outlet of the mortar without blinking.

After a while, the yellow-brown liquid slowly flowed out of the mortar and into the container.

Liu Cainiang was a little surprised: "This... really came out? Is this really oil?"

Xiao Zirong suppressed his excitement and said, "Yes, it's oil. Hey, don't stop, don't stop, let me see the oil yield."

The ability to extract oil from soybeans is not the key point, but the key point is the oil yield. If the oil yield is not enough, even if the oil can be extracted, it can only be regarded as something that is better than nothing or a luxury that cannot be popularized.

After all, if you can't even eat enough, soybeans are still given priority as a food crop.

After the pressure could no longer be squeezed out, Xiao Zirong estimated that the oil yield was about 18.00%. Although it seemed that the oil yield was not very high, he was already very satisfied. After all, they are now using The tools are not very mature, and when I get some suitable tools later, the oil yield should be able to be further improved.

While Xiao Zirong was calculating the future, everyone gathered around the oil-filled bamboo tube and started watching.

Such a small bamboo tube, surrounded by a group of people, but they all regarded it as a precious thing and dared not pick it up, Xiao Zirong wanted to laugh when he saw it.

Finally, he coughed lightly, picked up the bamboo tube and poured some of the oil into the bowl. After pouring it out, it could be seen that the oil was not clear and a bit muddy. To obtain pure oil, it is necessary to continue heating to evaporate all the water.

But even so, he was very satisfied, picked up the oil and said, "Let's go, tonight fry...fried mushrooms for you to eat!"

Originally, he wanted to talk about fried pork chops, but he suddenly remembered that the chickens and ducks they raised were not edible. As for hunting... except when he first arrived here because he was short of food and clothing, Xiao Zirong set up some traps and got some. In addition to filling everyone's stomachs with wild game, we will not let everyone eat those game later.

He remembered that many infectious diseases were transmitted from wild animals. The current detection methods are far worse than those of later generations. I am afraid that if you get sick, you will not know what happened. It is better to eat less game.

So what they have most now are all kinds of edible mushrooms. These mushrooms were picked back by the little ladies with their experience. Xiao Zirong was worried that there would be poisonous mushrooms mixed in, which would cause everyone to die collectively. One by one, they identified it, not to mention, there are really some slightly poisonous mushrooms in it.

These mushrooms are not fatal if eaten, most of them are hallucinogenic, but they are poisonous after all, so it is better not to eat them.

After he repeatedly emphasized, these little ladies finally remembered which mushrooms should not be eaten, and now the mushrooms in their hands are all good.

Xiao Zirong selected Tricholoma and matsutake from among them. He remembered that matsutake is very precious in later generations. Fresh ones cost sky-high prices, and cheap ones are basically fake.

In the end, who would have thought that a group of poor people who didn't know where their rations would be next year would be able to eat matsutake.

He vaguely remembered eating butter-fried matsutake, and now he doesn't remember the taste, but he still remembers the amazing feeling when he took the first bite.

He removed all the roots of the mushrooms, but did not throw them away. Instead, he chose to fry them. After all, it is better to save a little.

Then place the mushrooms with the concave side upwards on a ceramic plate to heat. After a while, the water from the mushrooms will overflow the depressions, and it will be delicious if you sprinkle a little salt on it.

Matsutake is sliced ​​and fried.

Soybean oil is definitely not as good as animal oil. After all, it has a little beany smell, but this smell is hardly a disadvantage in the eyes of people who haven't seen oil flowers for a long time.

Tricholoma mushrooms don’t need much manipulation, just wash and pull out the roots and put them on. From time to time, brush a little oil on the pottery plate. When the first one is mature, Xiao Zirong takes it over and blows the heat into his mouth, squinting happily instantly Open your eyes, the salty sweetness of the mushroom's own juice and the aroma of the oil are simply irresistible.

He acted quite calmly, and Ah Yin and A Man who were on the side ate a mushroom and cried because of delicious food.

I really cried, big tears fell down, Xiao Zirong was startled suddenly, what is this for?The salt-baked chicken before has never seen you so delicious.

Although the taste of the mushrooms made in this way is indeed good, it can't compare to salt-baked chicken, right?After all, it is a real meat dish, right?

Liu Cainiang also thought it was delicious, but not to the level of Ayin Aman, just like Xiao Zirong thought that this food is not as delicious as salt-baked chicken.

Liu Cainiang touched the heads of the two and said, "What's the matter? Why are you still crying? You didn't cry before eating chicken, why are you crying now?"

A Yin choked up and said, "No...it's not the same, chicken can't be eaten often, but...but this can..."

Xiao Zirong couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, co-author... Are you crying because you can often eat delicious food?

But it is true that the oil yield of soybeans is low, but its cost is also low.

This year is too late, he plans to wait until next year to expand the scope of arable land, and then grow some soybeans, not for oil, but for other soybean products.

In fact, since the king of Huainan invented tofu, soy products have developed quite well. It's a pity that these little ladies have been living in the bandit village. The living environment is incomparable with ordinary people. They don't know many common sense things. Haven't seen much.

Xiao Zirong was worried about everyone's protein intake here, while the little ladies were attracted by the aroma of the heated oil, but many people did not dare to come close, only dared to look at it from a distance.

After Xiao Zirong noticed it, he looked at the oil tank in his hand, and then looked at the stock of Tricholoma mushrooms, then turned to Liu Cainiang and said, "I'm glad I squeezed out the oil today, let's share it with everyone, it should be enough to eat. "

After all, it’s just a little frying of the mushrooms, and the whole doesn’t need too much oil, and everyone collects a lot of mushrooms, but matsutake is not enough. Even at this time, this thing is not easy to find, but people don’t realize how precious it is.

Although most people just ate one and tasted this meal, everyone was very happy, mainly because the city lord said that this thing is actually not that precious, and now it cannot be popularized because of the small amount of planting and production, etc. It will be good to expand the scale of cultivated land next year.

Liu Cainiang couldn't help asking: "The cultivated land we are using now belongs to...theirs, and they didn't spend much effort to reclaim wasteland. If we want to expand the scale, where are the surrounding mountains going to expand?"