Chapter 74 Processed Fruit

As soon as the new day's broadcast started, the audience who flocked to the show began to ask what breakfast was for today.

Although this has become a daily routine after starting the sharing business, Lu Xuan still had a moment of doubt that he was supporting millions of unproductive people who were dependent on their parents.

Lu Xuan said, "Let's have something simple today. Soy milk, fried dough sticks, tofu pudding, steamed buns, rice porridge and some cold dishes. Eat as you please."

This is a very typical northern breakfast menu, and there was nothing wrong with it. However, Lu Xuan prepared two different flavors of tofu pudding sauce, salty and sweet, for the audience to choose from.

This really stirred up a hornet's nest, and the originally harmonious comments instantly became chaotic.

[Of course, tofu pudding should be salty! Sweet tofu pudding is heresy!]

[Bullshit! Salty tofu pudding is just yyds! It's so sweet so early in the morning and I'm not tired of it. Streamer, please remove the sweet sauce. I've lost my appetite after sniffing it twice.]

Not only did the two groups argue about the taste of tofu pudding, but the taste of soy milk was not much better. The sweet party firmly believed that sweet soy milk was the most delicious food on earth, while the salty party thought that salty food should be eaten for breakfast, and sweet food is for afternoon tea!

Not only did they quarrel among themselves, they also forced Lu Xuan to take sides.

[Host, tell me, are you a sweet dang or a salty dang?]

[As long as you are a slut, I will be your die-hard fan forever! ]

Lu Xuan: You are hurting my eyes.

He thought that these interstellar citizens rarely had the opportunity to eat natural food, so they shouldn't be arguing about the salty and sweet tastes, but he didn't expect them to actually argue about it.

But if you ask him whether it’s salty or sweet…

Lu Xuan casually brought over his portion of tofu pudding, poured a thick layer of salty sauce on it, and poured a spoonful of sugar into the soy milk bowl on his right.

"I only eat salty tofu pudding and drink soy milk. Anything else is heresy."

Whether it's salty or sweet, he's free to change it up according to his own preferences.

He likes to eat scrambled eggs with tomatoes with sugar, and only likes the old-fashioned sweet and sour pork without ketchup. He only eats the sweet rice dumplings with red dates, and won't eat any meat or egg yolk rice dumplings.

When it comes to snacks, he finds cakes and chocolates too greasy and prefers salty and spicy foods like French fries and beef jerky.

In short, whether to eat sweet or salty depends entirely on his personal taste.

But the audience obviously didn't buy it. Many staunch supporters of salty/sweet movies broke down and started cursing on the spot.

[You're just like the Aquaman who wants it all! I didn't expect you to be this kind of anchor! I misjudged you!]

The host's taste is so weird, it's completely impossible to communicate! Sweet food is obviously the best. Scientific data proves that eating sweets can help relieve stress and improve mood. Desserts are the best!

【The anchor is the real heretic! 】

Lu Xuan doesn't care whether they agree or not, his taste has always been like this and he doesn't accept any questioning!

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The audience was noisy for a while, and only when today's gathering and hunting team set off did Lu Xuan sit leisurely and digest his food, and then they diverted their attention.

[What are you going to do today? ]

[According to the previous routine, should we be processing the fruit we were given yesterday?]

Lu Xuan: "Almost. But we need to plant the trees we brought back first."

Yesterday he was allocated more than 2,000 kilograms of fruit, and there was still a lot of fruit bought in the city, but the fruit trees still had to be planted, and there was no such thing as too much supplies.

Lei Yan saw Lu Xuan taking out the fruit trees he had put away yesterday, and walked over and said, "You want to plant trees? I'll find some people to help."

Lu Xuan waved his hand, "No, I can handle it myself."

He walked to the outskirts of the square next to the small cave, pulled out the trees that were originally planted and piled them aside, put the fruit trees one by one into the pits, snapped his fingers, and the surrounding soil was buried back by a gust of wind.

But in just a moment, a small fruit forest was artificially created.

No, it’s not just a fruit orchard, he also grows pepper and cinnamon.

His family has a lot of meat, and a lot of spices are consumed when processing the meat. In a sense, spices are more scarce than fruits and vegetables, so the more the better.

After planting the trees, Lu Xuan sent a wave of energy to each tree one by one to minimize the impact of the transplant. After finishing his work, the female helpers who had been arranged in advance also arrived.

Miao Jinfeng smiled and asked, "Are we going to process yesterday's fruit today? Your family got several thousand kilograms of fruit all at once. Isn't it time to do something different? Have you decided what to do?"

Lu Xuan nodded: "We discussed it yesterday. The main thing is to dry the fruit, make jam, canned fruit, preserved fruit, candied fruit and fruit wine."

The other women in the family probably knew how to make it, but what were jams and canned goods?

Lu Xuan briefly explained the method.

The female relatives were amazed when they heard this.

Miao Jinfeng was even more amazed: "Where did you get this recipe? I know it must be delicious. Why didn't we think of using fruit this way before? So, after making the jam, do you eat it dry or is there any other way to enjoy it?"

Lu Qing and Lei Yan had only heard Lu Xuan mention it yesterday, and they pricked up their ears out of curiosity.

Not to mention Lu Chen, no child can resist sweets. Sugar is put into canned jam, which sounds very sweet. Lu Chen couldn't help but start drooling, wanting to eat it!

Lu Xuan said: "You can eat it in steamed buns, use it as stuffing for dumplings, or drink it directly with water."

Miao Jinfeng's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands, saying, "That sounds great. If it tastes good, I'll make some of the fruit my family got."

Lu Xuan said, "After I make it today, I'll send some to my aunts and sisters-in-law to try. If they like it, I'll make more."

The other women were eager to try it out after hearing this. "Then what are we waiting for? Let's get started."

"We've never made jam or canned goods before. If anything goes wrong during the process, remember to tell us immediately and don't waste the fruit that was produced by magic."

“That’s right!”

After Lu Xuan set aside several hundred kilograms for daily consumption, he quickly took out all the remaining fruits and divided them into several piles according to the different types of fruits to be processed.

The largest number of fruits harvested yesterday were apples, pears, and peaches, followed by hairy cherries, apricots, and currants, and the least were hawthorns, oranges, and black plums.

The collection team didn't recognize the latter two at first because they were not fruits produced in the north at all.

Lu Xuan speculated that the seeds might have been brought here accidentally by migratory birds, which excreted them when they ate other fruits in the orchard, and then took root, resulting in only a few plants.

The women quickly divided the work among themselves. They washed the fruits together, then peeled them, sliced the fruits for making dried fruits and candied fruits, cut them into small pieces for making jam, wine, and canned fruits, dried the fruits that needed to be dried, and cooked the fruits that needed to be added with sugar.

Lu Xuan plans to make two kinds of fruit wine, one is soaked wine with white wine, and the other is pure fermented fruit wine without wine. The latter has a low alcohol content and is suitable for female relatives to drink. You don’t have to worry about getting drunk if you drink more, and the taste will be smoother and more delicious.

In order to process these fruits, Lu Xuan took out a large amount of white sugar and rock sugar.

Although Miao Jinfeng and others were already accustomed to Lu Xuan's generosity, they still grimaced in pain when they learned that so much candy would be used. They were even more careful when using it, fearing that they would accidentally spill the candy, as they could not afford to pay for so much candy.

Other families in the village also received a lot of fruit yesterday. Some received 100 to 200 kilograms, which is more than they could eat in just three or two days. Many people are worrying about how to preserve so much fruit.

After smelling the sweet fruity aroma in the air, he immediately became excited and went to Lu's house to learn from him. Then he made a quick decision to follow suit and dry the fruits to make candied fruits.

However, they do not have as much sugar as Lu Xuan, so the preserved fruits can only be boiled in plain water. The taste is definitely not as good as Lu's, but they are satisfied that it can extend the shelf life.

Except for the Lu family, almost no one makes candied fruits.

What a joke! How much honey is needed to make candied fruit? Only Lu Xuan has dozens of kilograms to afford it.

Each family was given one or two pounds of honey. They usually just scooped a little to make tea or occasionally make a honey-glazed meat dish. As for candied fruit, they shook their heads, thinking it was too luxurious and not something that common people like us could afford.

While others were busy, Lu Xuan was not idle either.

Lu Qing and the others only took two-thirds of the fruit, and the remaining one-third was in his hands.

You ask him what he's going to do? Of course, he's going to make juice.

It would be a waste if we didn't squeeze some juice out of all the fruit.

As for what tools to use, I did get a juicer in yesterday's blind box, but household juicers are just like meat grinders, and their efficiency is too low, so in the end I still had to use a "human juicer".

The wind power is on the move again!

The fruit is packed, capped, and then stirred, stirred continuously.

Fruit is much easier to blend than meat. In a short while, boxes of juice are squeezed out. Finally, filter it with clean linen cloth and you’re done!

Because there was a precedent of minced meat, the villagers and the audience were not too shocked this time... No, the villagers were still very shocked.

After all, the wild fruits they picked in the past were so few in number that they were not enough to eat them directly. Not only did they not know how to process them, they also never thought of making juice from them.

Zhang Chengming saw the hundreds of pounds of fruit residue left after juicing, and his face was almost twisted in pain. "This is such a waste! I might as well just eat the fruit directly."

Lu Xuan poured him a glass of freshly squeezed juice, and the latter subconsciously took it and took a sip.

Lu Xuan asked: "Is it delicious?"

Zhang Chengming nodded honestly, "It tastes good."

Lu Xuan: "So it's not a waste. As long as it tastes good, that's enough."

With his wood-related abilities, he could produce as many fruits as he wanted. Why would he be afraid of wasting hundreds of pounds of fruit residue?

Zhang Chengming: “…” Speechless.

It's amazing to have magical powers.

The audience felt sorry for the box full of fruit residue, and many people even started eating the residue directly.

The host eats fruit, while we eat pomace. Who's crying so hard? Oh, it's me. (Image: Crying)

After we enable sharing, when the streamer eats fruit, we can all eat it too. More accurately, we can eat both the fruit and the pomace. Thinking about it this way, doesn't it feel like a win?

[…It makes sense, but I feel like something is wrong.]

[Actually, you don't have to throw it away. Think about it, bean dregs can be made into bean dregs cakes, so maybe fruit dregs can also be made into fruit dregs cakes. They're sweet, so they should taste good too.]

Lu Xuan poured Zhang Chengming another large bucket of juice, weighing about ten pounds, and told him to share it with the other villagers. He replied, "It can indeed be used to make pomace cakes, and it can also be added to porridge to make fruit porridge. It's quite nutritious. But after all, it's not a mainstream food, so you can only eat it for novelty."

Most of them will eventually be used as feed, including the peels that were peeled off earlier.

The exception is orange peel, which can be dried and made into dried tangerine peel.

After squeezing all the juice, Lu Xuan was about to pour a glass for himself and Lu Chen to further improve the taste, when Lu Qing suddenly came over with a troubled expression, holding a bowl of steaming black water.