Chapter 56: Inedible Doesn’t Mean Useless
As a chef and a head chef at that, even if Tang Zhen's knife skills haven't reached Jian Yan's level, they are still better than most people's.
He cleaned and peeled the potatoes deftly and placed them on the chopping board.
The sharp kitchen knife collided with the chopping board, making a very rhythmic "dudu" sound, and the potato shreds as thin as hair piled up on the chopping board along the shiny blade.
The potatoes here are really big, one weighs two or three pounds, and I cut a bunch of them out.
When the 'dudu' sound stopped, Tang Zhen's voice rang out, "I'm done. What should I do next?"
"Uncle Tang, please soak the shredded potatoes in clean water."
"good."
He responded readily and his hands moved swiftly, but Tang Zhen still asked the question in his heart, "Why do we need to soak the cut soil balls in water? What's the meaning behind this?"
Jian Yan explained in a gentle voice, "Potatoes are high in starch. Soaking them in water can remove the starch from the surface, prevent oxidation, and improve the taste."
The soaked potato shreds will not stick to the pan and have a crisp texture. They are perfect for making spicy and sour potato shreds, which are very appetizing.
As she spoke, she thought of the name Tuqiu, which made her unable to complain, and could no longer hold back her curiosity and asked, "Who came up with the name Tuqiu?"
"I don't know. Anyway, that's what we called the Earth Ball when we first knew about it."
"You say dirt balls are poisonous and can't be eaten, so why do we still store them in the cafeteria?"
"Just because the soil balls can't be eaten doesn't mean they're useless. They're one of the raw materials for making nutrient solution."
Luoyang took over and then told Jian Yan in detail the whole story of the potatoes being poisonous.
Through his explanation, Jian Yan finally understood why potatoes are one of the raw materials for nutrient solution, but no one eats potatoes in daily life.
There is no other reason, it’s just that the empire’s culture and food culture have been broken due to years of war.
The surviving documentary materials are limited.
There are also limited ingredients whose correct consumption methods are known.
A large number of ingredients such as rice, flour, pumpkin, fish, poultry, potatoes, etc. are not included in the recipe.
If you don’t know how to eat it, you naturally won’t pay attention to how to preserve the ingredients.
It is under such circumstances that the skin of potatoes turns green and sprouts, producing toxins.
But at that time, in order to survive and gain a foothold in the Xuanyun Galaxy, the people of the Empire mobilized the entire country into soldiers. The only people who did not need to join the war were minors.
War makes people grow.
It also causes children's minds to mature prematurely.
Even minors who do not need to go to the battlefield have a mission to accomplish.
That's logistics support.
The children need to provide food and drink to the soldiers, replenish and distribute equipment, and recover damaged equipment for repair and maintenance.
The Imperials are outsiders. They have no support or backing and can only rely on themselves.
Apart from a decisive battle, the imperial humans have no other choice.
If we win, humanity will have the capital to stand firm;
If we lose, even if humanity is not completely wiped out, the outcome will not be good.
All the people in the empire were fighting this war with a desperate and bloodthirsty determination to win.
But determination can boost morale, but it can't fill your stomach.
The children were also sensible. In order to prevent the soldiers on the front line from going hungry, they sent all the nutrient solution they produced day and night to the front line.
Without nutrient solution, children can only choose food from the raw materials used to make the nutrient solution to fill their stomachs.
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(End of this chapter)
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