Chapter 18 018 Stone Pot Fish Soup
Xia Tian went to reclaim the live broadcast screen as usual and introduced what she was going to do today.
"The camp is running out of firewood. Let's go gather some today and then check on the traps we set yesterday. Now that we have a stone pot, we can boil water. We also need to purify the salt and weave the fish baskets."
[The host got up so early, it feels like it’s not even daybreak yet]
[Haha, my little female doesn’t sleep at night and takes a nap during the day]
【Don’t show off in front】
[Today we have a lot of plans, come on! ]
Xia Tian first went to the river to wash up, caught a few small fish for breakfast, and picked up a few large shells, hollowed out the clam meat, filled them with river water and brought them back.
The stone pot I got yesterday started serving.
The stone pot had no hook, so it was definitely unrealistic to burn it directly on the firewood. Xia Tian built a simple earthen stove with stones next to the campfire, leaving a hole for putting firewood in and a hole at the top for exhausting smoke, and placed the stone pot on the stove wall surrounded by stones.
Then transfer the charcoal fire in the fire pile over, watch the smoke from the burning be discharged smoothly, and watch the stone pot become hot.
She filled the stone pot with water and began to boil the water while she began to process the few small fish on hand.
Although they are small fish, each one is about the size of a palm and also needs to have its internal organs cleaned and its scales scraped off.
After the small fish were processed, the water in the stone pot was boiled.
Xia Tian put the fish in directly, and then chiseled off a little bit of coarse salt from the piece of coarse salt she got yesterday and put it in. She found a large leaf to cover the stone pot, and waited for the fish soup to simmer slowly over low heat.
In fact, she found some things that "looked" like spices yesterday, but these things were blank in the original owner's memory, so she didn't dare to add them rashly.
It doesn't matter if the food tastes bad, but it's troublesome if it kills you.
The next step is to prepare the tools for loading firewood.
Previously, we used dry branches picked up from the ground nearby to make fire. The surrounding ground has been almost cleared, so we need to go somewhere farther away.
And he was about to retrieve the prey from the trap, which he definitely couldn't do with his bare hands.
Xia Tian is preparing to weave a backpack.
The tools are simple, the materials are locally available, and the process is not complicated, but it is very practical in the current situation.
Due to limited conditions, she used vines that were more common near the camp, first using thick ones to build the basic frame, and then using finer ones to weave the texture.
The backpack woven in this way is very rough and will not last long, but it is suitable for carrying firewood and the carcasses of small prey.
As soon as I compiled a basic framework, the fish soup in the stone pot began to boil. The faint fragrance of fish wafted out from the gaps in the leaves covering it, and I could smell the fragrance through the screen.
[Just wanted to say this editing frame is pretty cute]
[The water in the pot is boiling, be careful! ]
[Ahhh, please keep the females away from the stove!!!]
"The fish soup in the pot still needs to simmer for a while. It's okay, it's safe. Thank you for your concern."
Xia Tian lifted a corner of the leaves to check the situation, added water and firewood, put some vegetables and berries in to stew, and then went back to sit and continue weaving baskets.
The thick vines have already made the basic framework, and the next thing to do is to fill in the empty space in the middle with smaller vines.
The weaving technique uses the traditional "tic-tac-toe" cross structure, with each vine crossing and echoing each other. The structure is actually not complicated, but very practical.
After about half an hour, the fish soup in the pot has become a little turbid, indicating that the fat and protein in the fish have been stewed out and is just suitable for consumption.
(End of this chapter)
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