Chapter 57: First Taste of Acorn Jelly

At this time, the benefits of having space are fully reflected.

Wherever the sight is locked, it can be fully captured, which is a thousand times more efficient than that of ordinary people.

Song Liyun didn't just collect acorns when she came out. She collected whatever she could find, even dead trees and rotten grass. Wherever she passed was like a tornado, and the ground was instantly bare, which made Xiao An and Hei Jin stunned.

There were several times when if Hei Jin hadn't jumped quickly, he would have been taken into her space.

Fortunately, the space only contained things that could not struggle or move, so the black gold survived.

The hill where Song Liyun was located was cleared out in half a day.

After her space was filled with messy branches and hazelnuts, she finally stopped and took a break.

Because they were going up the mountain, Song Liyun prepared steamed buns in advance and boiled acorns in a pot.

Acorns are known as "grain on trees" and are edible, but they contain tannins and taste bitter and unpalatable. Unless food is extremely scarce, no one would be willing to taste them.

But acorns are also good things, rich in nutrients and good for the stomach and intestines, but they must be finely processed if you want to eat them.

When acorns are boiled in water, the tannins they contain are destroyed and the bitterness is greatly reduced.

However, simply boiling it once is not enough. You need to boil the water with the acorns and then pour it out. Then add water and boil it again. Repeat this process several times until the filtered water no longer turns brown and the bitterness in it is gone.

There was a time in the apocalypse when mutant acorns that grew to the size of fists were humanity's life-saving food.

Everyone knows how to process the tannins in acorns, and a series of acorn products have been developed based on this, such as acorn vermicelli and acorn cookies.

Xiao An had eaten raw and roasted acorns with Song Zhenping in the mountains before, and now when he eats boiled acorns, he feels only sweetness with fragrance.

Seeing such delicious food, Heijin threw away his raw acorns and ran over to compete with Song Liyun and the others for the food.

It hasn't had its favorite cooked food for five years, and it eats more fiercely than Xiao An. Often, as soon as the water boils, it will impatiently stretch out its claws to scoop it up.

He was still grinning to protect his food, but was pinned to the ground and beaten up by Song Liyun.

There are endless acorns on the mountain. Heijin just got used to it and only behaved himself after being beaten.

Because it was her first time going up the mountain, Song Liyun did not stay for long.

After lunch, we put Xiao An on our backs again, and the two of us and the monkey returned along the same route from the riverbank.

After returning to Baolinju, Song Liyun had something to do.

First, the acorns in the space were moved into the cellar, the firewood was piled in the backyard, and then a large pot was boiled.

He brought another stone vat from the yard, poured half of it in, and used a larger vat to soak the rest of the acorns.

The water needs to be changed frequently when boiling acorns, and the water needs to be changed every day when soaking acorns, until the water is clear and has no other colors.

This process usually takes half a month, and the tannins are gone, so the ground powder will no longer have a bitter taste.

In comparison, although boiling acorns takes less time, it consumes a lot of firewood, which is unaffordable for most people. Soaking is still the most economical and affordable method, but it cannot be rushed.

After the acorns are cooked, they are simmered with stone mill pulp and then cooled thoroughly.

When Song Zhenping came back in the evening, the acorn jelly was already available.

The acorn jelly mixed with oil, salt, green onions, ginger and garlic has no astringency at all, but rather an indescribable refreshing taste.

The slight bitterness that remains in it actually adds to the rich taste of sour, sweet, spicy and fragrant.

As Song Zhenping ate, he exclaimed, "I've only eaten acorn flour steamed bread before. Why didn't I think of making it into a frozen skin like this?"

When they were in Xiaoshi Village, every spring when there was a shortage of food and every family suffered from famine, he and Xiao An had to eat acorn flour steamed buns for a long time. They tasted bitter and astringent and were difficult to swallow.

Song Liyun smiled and said, "I only picked them up at the edge of the woods today. I'll pick up more tomorrow and grind them into acorn flour so I can eat them every day."

She didn't say that the deliciousness of this acorn jelly is not only due to its lack of bitterness, but also because it contains oil and salt.

Song Zhenping used to be able to remove the bitterness and not use these seasonings.

Xiao An held the bowl and ate heartily.

Acorn jelly is a whole grain, rich in nutrients, and good for the stomach, so Song Liyun didn't restrain him.

He ate so much that sweat broke out on his forehead, his stomach was bloated, and a blush appeared on his sallow face.

The three of them were full after eating the acorn jelly. At the end, Song Zhenping said, "In a few days, I will go up the mountain with you."

He no longer objected to collecting acorns.

But Song Zhenping was working, so talking about going up the mountain was just empty talk.

Only Song Liyun took Heijin Xiaoan to the mountain a few more times.

She had almost picked up all the acorns on the hills, and a tall pile of firewood had been built in the backyard of Baolinju.

Song Zhenping goes out to work early and comes back late every day, and can only watch the changes in his family.

Knowing that I could bring back so many things, I must have used the "treasure bag" that can be put away and put away.

Before dinner, Song Liyun replaced the water in the jar where the acorns were soaked with clean water.

It has been soaked for five days, but the water is still turbid black and yellow.

This won’t do!

Thinking about the tons of acorns that already filled the cellar, Song Liyun felt a little headache.

Just soak in it day after day, how long will it take? You still need a big pool.

And grinding powder.

It is impossible for the three of us brothers and sisters to eat jelly every day. Even if we make porridge or cakes, we can't finish it.

Song Liyun was thinking about how to deal with the acorns while grinding them with her hands.

Song Liyun had just filtered the ground acorn pulp and poured it into the pot. Just as she was about to light a fire to boil the pulp, she saw Xiao An running into the kitchen with hiccups from laughing, followed by the ferocious Hei Jin.

Now Heijin is increasingly returning to its essence as a pet, and is having a lot of fun playing with Xiao An.

Seeing that her sister was going to make delicious jelly again, Xiao An stopped playing and sat obediently in front of the stove to help light the fire.

Heijin came over and snuggled up to Xiao An, handing him firewood. He then sobbed towards the fire, showing Xiao An half of his tail, looking pitiful.

Xiao An also mumbled words that only he and the monkey could understand, and the two children got along harmoniously.

The jelly was ready and placed in a small bowl, and Song Liyun began to prepare the seasonings.

Take out the green onions, ginger, and garlic from the space, and chop the last few corianders into small pieces.

I cut the onion and coriander roots, put them in a clay pot with soil, and placed it in the corner of the kitchen.

Song Liyun used rice washing water to water it again.

These onions have been stored in the space for almost a month. I hope they can still grow.

Alas, the food in the space is getting less and less as I eat more.

It will take more than half a year before the spring harvest comes, so I might as well build a greenhouse to grow some vegetables or something.

Ji's house covers about one acre of land, with the backyard taking up more than half of it. After the fire, it was basically abandoned.

If reconstruction is required, the broken walls need to be demolished and the waste soil needs to be dug up and moved away. This kind of project is not what Song Liyun is considering now.

However, the ground that had been dug up and mixed with charcoal ash became fertile land and could be cultivated into a vegetable garden.

This matter needs to be discussed with Song Zhenping. After all, when it comes to farming, I only know the theory, and I can't compare with him in actual operation.

It was not yet time to get off work in the afternoon, but Song Zhenping came back early with a large bundle of hay and brought some big news.

Xue Xiaoqi is going to marry Xu Yaner.

(End of this chapter)