The lychees were taken out to dry, and there were many varieties of fruit left. After some picking and choosing, Sang Ning selected dragon fruit to make dried fruit for the first time.

As for whether it will bake successfully, let's give it a try first.

Peel the dragon fruit and slice it into pieces 0.6-1mm thick. Then, place the sliced ​​dragon fruit on a metal plate and bake them until dry.

After a night and a morning, the oven was almost dry enough to be used.

When the entrails were opened, everyone gathered around to watch. Emmanuel and his men, who had rested all morning, didn't want to miss the opportunity to gather together.

The monkey head mushroom stopped bouncing the cotton and stood behind with its family of horned dragons, peeking around like thieves.

Monet also stopped spinning and stood next to Sanning, watching Elliott tend the fire. She asked nervously, "Ningning, will this work?"

Sang Ning remained silent. She wasn't sure if it would work out, mainly because she wasn't confident that the oven would malfunction.

After thinking for a couple of seconds, she said, "As long as there are no problems with the stove, the chances of success are very high."

As they were talking, Elliott had already lit the stove.

The oddly shaped stove, lacking an ash-collecting opening, was stuffed full of firewood. Except for the soft firewood at the bottom used to start the fire, the rest was all dead wood dragged back from the forest.

These dead trees contain all sorts of woods, including quite a few fruit trees.

No fruitwood is needed for drying fruit; ordinary firewood will suffice.

The dried wood burned quickly, and once all the wood was burning, the temperature in the stove rose.

The monkey head mushroom and the horned dragon family standing behind felt the heat of the fire and took a few steps back, but they were reluctant to leave.

Emmanuel asked, "How long does it usually take to roast dried fruit?"

Sang Ning has baked banana slices, apple slices, dragon fruit slices, dried mangoes, and so on. The baking time for each fruit is different, and this baking time is done in an oven.

She really didn't know how long it would take to bake in this kind of earthen oven.

After thinking about it, she gave a compromise answer.

"Try baking it for an hour first."

"Okay, let's give it a try."

This one hour is the time for roasting dried fruit, but before roasting the dried fruit, the temperature in the stove needs to be reached first, so two hours is the minimum time.

Two hours is enough to get a lot done; there's still so much fruit to process.

So, apart from Sunning and Elliott staying by the oven, everyone else went back to their respective tasks.

To keep the temperature in the hearth relatively stable, Elliott needed to constantly add firewood to maintain the fire and temperature.

An hour passed quickly, but because some audience members asked about the grill, Sang Ning didn't find the time dragging.

After about fifty minutes, she checked the temperature in the stove and then had Elliott remove the remaining unburned firewood and charcoal.

Then, the two put the dragon fruit, which they had just peeled, sliced, and placed on the memory metal plate, into the stove, and then sealed the stove opening.

"Now all we have to do is wait."

Looking at the sealed stove, Sang Ning breathed a sigh of relief. The oven was fine, which greatly increased the chances of success.

I can finally relax a little.

The other half needs to wait an hour before deciding whether to let go or do something else.

An hour later, the sealed stove opening was opened, and a memory metal plate filled with dragon fruit slices was pulled out. At that moment, everyone held their breath.

[Did it work? Did it work?]

I don't know, I can't tell whether it's successful or not.

[It looks like it's done. The fresh dragon fruit was very wet when cut, but it doesn't look as wet now.]

I don't know why, but I have a slightly scary feeling about this dragon fruit.

What's so scary about it? The color is quite nice, it even looks appetizing.

[Besides being bright red, why are there so many small black dots on the dried fruit? Are these dragon fruit seeds? Why didn't Sang Ning and the others remove the seeds?]

"Dragon fruit seeds are edible."

Removing dragon fruit seeds is such a huge undertaking, it's like removing strawberry seeds from a strawberry – it's completely unnecessary.

But honestly, this wild dragon fruit has so many seeds that it's not friendly to people with trypophobia at all.

"Those with trypophobia should not look at this, lest it cause psychological discomfort."

Sang Ning's thoughtful reminder prompted viewers who did indeed have this feeling to immediately look away, while those without trypophobia stared at the dragon fruit slices, swallowing hard, and sending comments asking Sang Ning if they could eat them, and if so, if they could have some to try.

Sang Ning told them not to rush and to let her take a look first.

She picked up a slice of dragon fruit that was still steaming hot with her chopsticks, looked at it for a while, and then put it in her mouth and took a bite.

Compared to fresh dragon fruit, Sang Ning prefers these dried dragon fruit slices.

She always felt that fresh dragon fruit had a raw, fishy taste, but dried dragon fruit lost that taste and only had its original sweet flavor.

"how?"

Monet and the others watched her nervously, and after she swallowed the dragon fruit in her mouth, they couldn't wait to ask.

"It's done."

Sang Ning smiled and said, "It's delicious, you should all try it."

Everyone's eyes widened suddenly, and they looked at each other in disbelief.

Is that all?

Emmanuel acted faster than he thought, reaching out to grab a piece of dragon fruit and popping it into his mouth. Louis followed suit without hesitation, then Mu Tao and the others.

Finally, everyone, including the monkey head mushroom and the horned dragon family, started eating dragon fruit.

The audience couldn't remember, and the barrage of comments went wild, reminding Sang Ning and the others not to forget that they were still waiting.

At this point, only a pitiful few dragon fruit slices remained on the metal plate that served as the baking tray.

"Don't worry, we haven't forgotten you, all of these are yours."

Sang Ning shared the remaining dragon fruit slices with the audience and then immediately announced that she would bake a second box.

"It's time to roast them. Let's work hard and try to finish roasting all the fruit in the next few days."

So, the group of people got busy again.

Viewers who virtually ate dragon fruit were captivated by its taste, and some even asked to taste fresh dragon fruit.

Emmanuel and his audience had already tasted the dragon fruit while they were eating it, and their opinions on its taste were mixed.

This situation is actually quite normal, but it doesn't affect the strong desire of Sang Ning and his audience to taste fresh dragon fruit at all.

Emmanuel and his group picked quite a few dragon fruits, several hundred pounds. This time, they brought back a total of about two thousand pounds of fruit, plus the large prawns, bringing the total weight to over two thousand pounds.

They made several trips back and forth to bring all the fruit and shrimp back from the island.

So, since there was no shortage of dragon fruit, Sang Ning generously peeled one for the audience to try.

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