roccoschili Chapter 107 Practical Methods of Using Sweet Potatoes
Chapter 107 Practical Methods of Using Sweet Potatoes
After leaving Zhao's house, Su He regained his former vitality after being depressed for two days.
She figured it out. Even without war, the future would not be smooth sailing. Compared to ordinary people, she was already very happy.
Let’s talk about those unknown difficulties later.
The most important thing right now is the summer harvest in two months.
She has 12 acres of land growing sweet potatoes. If nothing goes wrong, there will be at least kilograms of sweet potatoes. % of them need to be handed over, and the rest will be divided -.
In the end, she had 17,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes. After deducting the 1,200 kilograms that were kept for seeds, she had 16,000 kilograms left. After selling half of them, she still had 8,000 kilograms left.
If there are 10 people working for her every day, it is estimated that 80 kilograms of sweet potatoes will be consumed every day, and it will take three months to complete.
This won’t work, it’s too slow. To speed up efficiency we either need to hire more people or change tools.
Hiring more people would be too conspicuous, unless it was required by the government. Changing the tools would require iron, and the mixer would definitely require iron. Su He thought the possibility of achieving this was low.
Modern people made these machines to free their hands and for convenience, but in ancient times, so many people could not get enough food, especially women. Apart from selling themselves as maids in wealthy families, other jobs were very rare.
If there is a new job that can ensure you have enough food to eat, people will rush to work there even if they only pay 1 cent a day.
Su He felt that there was a chance to realize this idea.
Sweet potatoes do not have to be made into sweet potato flour. Sweet potatoes can also be made into dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips, which is much simpler than making them into sweet potato flour.
Su He found an opportunity to enter the space to look for information. The methods of making dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips are quite simple.
To put it simply, dried sweet potatoes are steamed three times and dried three times. Before doing so, they must be washed with salt water, then rinsed with clean water and then steamed.
As for sweet potato chips, it is even simpler. Peel and slice them, dry them and fry them directly in a pan.
You need to find someone with good knife skills to cut the sweet potato slices. The thinner the slices, the better. And then there is the waste of oil.
Apart from spending more money, it is basically not difficult and it is an easy task in the summer when the sun is abundant.
Su He nodded in satisfaction. These two methods of cooking sweet potatoes are the most practical. Other methods require more expensive ingredients and are more complicated, so there is no need to study them.
In early May, Su He went back to Liushu Village and took Zhou and Yanzhi to make dried sweet potatoes and sweet potato chips.
The sweet potatoes used here are from last year. It is estimated that her family is the only one in the three villages that still has last year's sweet potatoes. There are 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes in the cellar, all covered with mud. They are stored in the cellar after being dried for three days. They can still be used now, and she wants to use all of them for the experiment.
"Yanzhi, this is how you make dried sweet potatoes. Peel them first, then stir them in salt water, wash them and steam them directly..."
"Aunt, for these sweet potato chips, you also need to peel the skin first, and then cut the sweet potatoes into slices. The thinner the slices, the better. After thinking about it, I think you have the best knife skills. I'll rely on you, aunt."
Zhou smiled and glanced at Lotus. "Okay, I'll do whatever you say. Slice it. I'll finish it in no time."
There were only three of them in the kitchen. After the sweet potato chips were washed and dried, Su He took out the lard that she had prepared long ago and poured half of it into the pot.
Zhou was so distressed that she almost fainted. "Lotus!! What kind of precious thing are you making? I have never eaten so much oil in my three lifetimes. What a sin! This is something that gods eat!"
"Lotus, Lotus, I, I, this dried sweet potato doesn't need so much oil."
Yanzhi, who was standing by, even stuttered when she spoke.
Su He looked calm, "It's okay, I won't need so much, I'll collect it when the time comes and save it for cooking later, so it won't be wasted at all."
Yanzhi was simpler than Zhou, and she felt relieved after hearing what Suhe said. If she had used so much oil in making the dried sweet potatoes, she would have had nightmares tonight.
Zhou had more contact with Su He, so she was a little bit unconvinced when she heard Su He say that. "I'll see how much oil you have left!"
"Okay, okay, auntie, you will supervise later."
Su He's assurance was quite sincere.
The sweet potato chips were put into the oil pan one by one, and they were fried after five or six minutes. Su He scooped some out with a wooden spoon. The steaming sweet potato chips smelled fragrant. Su He took the first bite, hmm, a familiar taste.
"Aunt, Yanzhi, eat it, it's delicious. Let's pack some and send it to grandma and the others."
Su He thought of his greedy little sister again, and walked to the door and shouted, "Miao Miao! Come back soon!"
Several villagers passing by greeted Su He with a smile, "Hehua, do you need to call Miaomiao? They are playing at the foot of the mountain. Let us go over and call them for you."
Su He didn't care who it was, and thanked him with a smile, "Thank you, uncle, it's not a matter of urgency, if she still wants to play, let her play."
"Okay, I'm on my way, I'll go talk to him."
A few farmers had obviously just returned from the fields, and the mud all over their bodies could not hide their joy at the upcoming harvest.
Su He watched them walk away and felt happy. When she first came to this village, the people she met were all thin and yellow, with numbness and powerlessness in their eyes. Now, there was light in their eyes.
Su He couldn't help but plead with God, if war was going to come, let them harvest a few more times before coming back.
Zhou couldn't bear to look at the pot of oil, so she told Su He that she was going home to cook.
"Fry it yourself. I'll go back to cook."
fry?
Su He felt that he still hadn't cracked the problem yet, as sweet potato chips weren't the only things that could be fried.
This weather is perfect for eating fried chicken.
By the time Miaomiao came back with a group of men, Su He had already fried two chickens. Because she was greedy, she didn't want to go through the trouble of killing and plucking the chickens, so she directly used the stock in her own space.
"Sister, our house smells so good, what are we having for dinner today?"
Su He smiled and greeted the several eggs from Goudan's family, the eldest girl from Dali's family, and Daya from Qingshan's family.
"Hello everyone, my family made some new food today, I'd like to invite everyone to try it."
Su He brought out a large bowl filled with hot sweet potato chips.
Miaomiao couldn't wait to eat one, "Sister~, this is so delicious and fragrant."
Tiantian lagged behind a step, smiled at Su He first, called her aunt, and then took a piece.
"Daya, Da Niu, dog eggs, chicken eggs, duck eggs, goose eggs, cow eggs, come and eat, Miao Miao will treat you today."
Miaomiao took the bowl and walked into her radish team, distributing the food one by one. The youngest, Niudan and Goosedan, who were about three or four years old, were led by their brothers. They finished the sweet potato chips with their black hands and subconsciously licked the oil stains on their hands, obviously very satisfied with the taste.
The oldest boy, Goudan, was ten years old. He did not eat his own piece, but divided it into four pieces for his younger brothers to eat.
Da Niu is also very shy and usually doesn't go out, but when Miaomiao calls her, she comes out. Dali's family doesn't stop her and occasionally encourages Da Niu to go and play with Miaomiao.
Miaomiao is also very generous, which is completely different from her performance in Sanshi Village. The children in the village all follow her to play without realizing it. Whenever Miaomiao goes out, there is always a group of people following her.
Su He smiled and sighed, no wonder the little girl didn't want to go to the county town. If it were her, she would only stay for a few days and buy some food before returning to the village.
The Carrot Team disbanded on the spot, and Su He took Yanzhi and Miaomiao to the next door to eat.
Zhou looked at her daughter with her head down in confusion. Just as she was about to ask a few questions, she smelled a strong aroma of meat.
She did stir-fry some shredded pork today, but it couldn’t possibly be this delicious, right?
When she came to the table, looking at the two plates of fried chicken cut into pieces, I immediately knew that they were Su He's masterpieces.
"This? This is a chicken?"
Zhou carefully identified it and came to a conclusion.
Yanzhi was so ashamed that she couldn't even raise her head. She didn't try to persuade her cousin to stop eating. She was even the first one to try the food and ate two pieces in one go.