Chapter 106 Cake
If I spit it out now, can I still go back alive?
Mu Xi took two bites and fell silent.
Pointing to the carp, he said, "This species seems to be a type of naked carp. I looked it up in a book, but I'm not sure about this big one."
Some naked carp are farmed. The ones she has seen look different from the one in front of her, but they are indeed somewhat similar and are not considered a protected species.
After eating, Zhao Yeqing fed the dog with rice soaked in fish soup made from the remaining sea bass, and a naked carp, which she planned to make into smoked fish tomorrow.
The fish bones were thrown to the puppies for them to grind their teeth.
The puppy grew very fast. At only a few months old, it was almost as big as its mother.
Fortunately, the grassland is very large and the dogs are very smart, so she doesn't need to walk them. Otherwise, these dogs at home are very energetic and she would be too tired to get up after walking them every day.
Although the sun is not very strong now, Zhao Yeqing still wants to get up early and go to the field to plow the land.
After taking a shower and returning to the room, I heard Mu Xi cutting today's hay in the hay room next door.
Zhao Yeqing greeted him and went to sleep first.
Go to bed early and get up early.
It was not yet daybreak, and it was still grey outside, with only a faint hint of light.
Zhao Yeqing climbed up quietly.
Pick up the plow, take Xiaohong with you and go out.
Huhu and Xuebing heard the noise and ran out.
Now two and four dogs live together and have become like brothers and sisters.
She doesn't take them out often anymore.
Clouded leopards cannot grow very large and are currently only about 70 to 80 centimeters tall.
Zhao Yeqing patted the two dogs' heads and said, "Then come with me."
When they reached the wheat field, Zhao Yeqing first fed Xiaohong a handful of grass before letting it go to work.
Huhu and Xuebing were on the hill next to them, jumping down and then jumping up again.
When Zhao Yeqing had plowed more than half of the wheat field, the sun rose from the horizon.
It dispelled the morning mist and revealed the first ray of morning light.
Zhao Yeqing touched his stomach and felt hungry, so he left the plow in the field, took Xiaohong and the two little leopards home.
Huhu and Xuebing meowed twice, then turned and ran into the woods.
It's like they are guarding their mother while she is working, and only go out to find food after she finishes the work.
This made her, an old mother, feel very relieved.
When I got home, Mu Xi was already up.
In the yard, wheat and barley seeds were taken out to dry after the morning dew had passed.
There is also a faint fragrance floating around.
Zhao Yeqing walked into the kitchen and Mu Xi brought over a bowl of fried egg noodles with milky white soup.
"I've eaten. Take your time. I'll take Xiaohong out to feed her."
Zhao Yeqing took the noodles. The edge of the bowl was warm but not hot. He ate the noodles slowly while watching the drama. He caught a glimpse of Mu Xi leaving the house.
She ate all the noodles in a few bites and found some flour from under the cupboard.
January 21st, today is Mu Xi’s birthday.
It was a little too early to bake a cake now, so she first decided on the ingredients and then built an oven imitating the brick oven outside.
Zhao Yeqing moved the red bricks from the corner of the wall to the back of the greenhouse. It was more hidden here and even if Mu Xi came back, he would not be discovered for a while.
Use yellow mud and bricks to build a simple oven, and wrap the middle layer with tin foil to prevent the yellow mud on the top from falling into the cake.
She doesn't have cream, but she can use milk instead.
Among the first supplies brought back from the village were two cartons of milk.
To turn milk into cream, you need to add some gelatin sheets.
There was no such thing in the village, but she had the raw materials to make it herself.
There was fish bladder in the belly of yesterday's fish, which is the raw material of gelatin.
Zhao Yeqing had to prepare all the materials while Mu Xi was not at home.
Rub the fish maw carefully with water and soak it in white vinegar to eliminate the fishy smell.
This step would take some time, so Zhao Yeqing planned to go out and plow the fields first and then send Mu Xi out later.
After building the oven and processing the fish maw, Mu Xi and Xiao Hong brought back the first cart of grass.
Seeing Zhao Yeqing about to leave, he blinked in confusion, "You're eating noodles and watching a drama at home, and you're sweating all over?"
Zhao Yeqing immediately did two squats on the spot, "Exercise and practice self-defense."
Mu Xi nodded without any doubt, "If you want to learn, I will teach you later."
Zhao Yeqing nodded repeatedly, "Then I'll go out first."
Xiaohong was in a good mood after eating, and she pulled the plow much faster. Zhao Yeqing could hardly keep up.
But in this way, a field could be plowed before evening.
Zhao Yeqing took Xiaohong by the hand and ran back, leaving the plow in the field.
When I got home, Mu Xi was not there.
Zhao Yeqing breathed a sigh of relief and took in the seeds that were drying outside in the yard. The humidity was high in the evening, and the seeds that had been dried in the sun would easily get damp again in the morning and evening.
Went to the kitchen and started preparing the cake.
Take out the fish maw, rinse off the white vinegar, and start steaming it in a pot.
After steaming, part of the fish maw melted in the soup. Zhao Yeqing used a rag to take the plate out and let it cool.
The steamed fish glue is gelatin.
Zhao Yeqing went to the oven at the back and lit the fire.
Make the cake base first.
Take out three eggs from the basket, separate the egg yolks and egg whites, beat the egg yolks, add some sugar and corn oil, then add flour and milk and mix well.
Egg whites are more difficult to prepare.
Zhao Yeqing took a beverage bottle, cut it in the middle, and cut the half of the bottle with the cap into strips starting from two-thirds of the way, turning it into a homemade egg beater.
Put the homemade egg beater into the stainless steel bowl filled with egg whites, add a little sugar, and start stirring frantically until the egg whites turn into white bubbles, then add sugar and continue stirring.
When the big bubbles disappear and the egg whites become small bubbles, add sugar for the third time. Wait until the egg white bubbles disappear and it becomes snow-white and fluffy and it is done.
Her hands were almost broken.
Mix the meringue and egg yolk paste together and pour into a large round stainless steel bowl. Brush the bowl with oil in advance to facilitate demoulding after baking.
Put the bowl in the oven, seal the oven mouth with tin foil, and increase the heat.
Take advantage of this time to make the cream.
Zhao Yeqing also felt a little guilty. The principle was like this, but it was indeed the first time for him to use homemade gelatin. If he failed, he would only be able to eat vegetarian cake base.
The cooled isinglass solidified into a piece, and Zhao Yeqing melted it again. He let it cool before mainly to see if it was successful.
Pour the melted isinglass into milk and sugar and stir well.
At this point, it needs to be refrigerated, but the conditions at home are a bit poor, so Zhao Yeqing can only hang it in the well.
Take it out and stir it every fifteen minutes, then put it back in.
Forty minutes later, the cake base was baked. Zhao Yeqing turned off the fire, wrapped his hands with a thick towel, and took out the bowl.
The surface is golden and the egg fragrance is overflowing.
Without even tasting it, Zhao Yeqing knew that it would definitely not fail.
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