Chapter 180 Dairy Products
There is definitely no way you can finish all the cow's milk and goat's milk.
Just talking about milk, a cow produces milk for 300 days after giving birth to a calf, averaging nearly 40 kilograms of milk per day.
The two of them don’t need to eat anything every day, just drinking milk is enough.
Zhao Yeqing: "We can't finish this milk, we have to find a way to consume it. We can't just throw it away and waste it."
Mu Xi carried all the milk buckets into the kitchen, and Zhao Yeqing followed behind and separated the cow's milk and goat's milk.
"Let it ferment first, and then do it in two days."
"Making milk tofu?" Mu Xi remembered that Zhao Yeqing said when he was making goat cheese last time that milk tofu made from milk needs to be fermented before making it.
Zhao Yeqing said: "Not only milk tofu, but also butter after fermentation of milk."
Mu Xi checked the firewood stock at home. "We cook so often that we don't have enough firewood. Does butter cost more firewood?"
"Indeed, it will take a while."
The firewood I picked up last time has almost been used up. There is still a pine tree in the pine forest, but I’m afraid it’s not safe there now. After all, the animals on the snow-capped mountains don’t seem to have returned yet.
The temperature is gradually rising, and hibernating animals will wake up early to look for food if there is a lack of food.
The snow had melted slightly, and the pine tree might have been wet.
The two of them discussed and decided to go to the birch tree near their home to pick up some firewood.
The dog and the horse have already adapted to this temperature. When the two of them go out, they open the gate and take them out for some fresh air.
Xuebing and Huhu went out early in the morning, probably to find something to eat.
A few dogs were running in front, which made Xiaohong, who was originally walking calmly, couldn't help but jog a few steps.
Neither of them was riding a horse, and the snow on the meadow was a bit slippery and unsafe.
When they reached the birch tree, Mu Xi put the firewood rack on the ground, and then the two of them went into the woods.
There are a lot of dead branches that fall in winter. Those that fall early cannot be picked up because they are already soaked. They need to be dried when you get home, which is very troublesome.
If you want to pick them, you have to pick those that have just fallen in the past two days. The surface is a little moist but can be dried after a while.
If you bring Xiaohong out, you can pick up more.
After filling Mu Xi's firewood rack, Zhao Yeqing began to bundle the firewood and put it all on Xiaohong's back.
When I was about to go home, I remembered the chaga growing on the birch tree.
Go around and behind the birch tree.
The black lump was originally only half the size of a fist, but I don’t know if it’s because of the sudden cold wave, but it has now grown to the size of a fist.
Zhao Yeqing instructed Mu Xi: "Before the weather gets hot, remember to remind me to come and pick it back."
I don’t know when it will get hot. It’s early September now and the temperature is still below zero. Could it be that the temperature will rise when the winter solstice comes?
The four seasons are formed by the earth's revolution around the sun. Could it be that the seasons are reversed or rotated in the opposite direction?
Zhao Yeqing's mind was full of wild imagination. When he returned home, he didn't even notice that there were a few more footprints on the snow.
Mu Xi stopped her foot as she was about to step into the courtyard.
"Don't go in yet, I'll go take a look."
Only then did she notice that the footprints on the ground were clearly those of a cat, in the shape of dots and paw pads.
But the footprints were very small, not as big as Huhu and Xuebing's footprints.
The footprints of cats when walking only overlap. The footprints of the front paws will be stepped on by the hind paws, so only two footprints will be left on the snow.
Mu Xi walked into the kitchen first. There were a few water marks on the edge of the bucket of goat's milk, as if they were formed by snow that was brought into the house and melted on the ground.
But there was no sign of any animal around.
There is very little furniture in the kitchen, and the bottom of the cupboard is hollow, filled with jars of pickles, which are clearly visible.
Suddenly, as if he thought of something, Mu Xi raised his head and looked upwards!
An animal with pink-brown fur leaped down from the wooden beam of the ceiling, and he quickly stepped sideways.
The animal had no intention of fighting and jumped out.
Zhao Yeqing only saw the afterimage of an animal running from the door to the backyard in two flashes, and then disappeared.
She stood there in a daze, and only came to her senses and walked into the yard when Mu Xi came out.
"What kind of animal is that? Did it steal the meat?"
Mu Xi shook his head, "I didn't see it clearly. It didn't eat meat, it just drank some goat milk."
Maybe because he was small, he drank from the fullest bucket.
"Let's not use that bucket of milk." Mu Xi took out the bucket and placed it in the yard. "If the dog and the leopard want to drink it, it should be okay."
Zhao Yeqing looked at the footprints left on the snow. The animal was less than one meter long, not as big as Huhu and Xuebing.
It was confirmed to be a cat and was good at climbing.
Could it be a leopard too?
A medium-sized cat. What else could they have here except leopards?
Zhao Yeqing couldn't think of a solution for a moment, so he could only bring the firewood into the house first.
It takes several days for the milk to ferment.
In summer, it just needs to be left to ferment. In winter, the temperature is too cold, so it is best to put it on a kang, but their house doesn’t have a kang, so they put it next to the fireplace.
After four days, Zhao Yeqing checked the milk. The 30 kilograms squeezed out on the first day and the 30 kilograms squeezed out on the second day, a total of 60 kilograms of milk, had been fermented.
There is a thick layer of semi-solidified substance floating on the surface of the fermented milk, which is the milk chewing hole.
It is slightly yellowish in color, like hard butter or soft cheese used to spread on bread.
Zhao Yeqing had never eaten freshly baked milk chewy cakes. He had only bought packaged ones online, which were flavored.
I scooped up a little with my fingers and put it in my mouth.
It's a bit sour, with a slight milky smell, and the milk flavor is extremely strong. It tastes like yogurt and ice cream.
He scooped out all the milk from the mouth with a large spoon and took it into the kitchen. Seeing Mu Xi washing dishes, he scooped a little with the spoon and fed him.
"How about it?"
Mu Xi frowned, "I'm not used to it."
Really? Zhao Yeqing took another bite.
“I think it’s delicious.”
Maybe because he liked sweet food, Zhao Yeqing put half a bowl of milk chewing gum in the bowl, added a large spoonful of white sugar into the milk chewing gum, stirred it evenly before feeding it to him.
"And now?"
When you chew milk with sugar added, the fishy smell magically becomes lighter, and the sour taste is neutralized, leaving the milk flavor rich, silky and delicate.
“This is delicious.”
Zhao Yeqing also took a bite and found it was indeed delicious.
Sixty kilograms of milk produced a total of six kilograms of milk pulp. Zhao Yeqing kept one kilogram of milk pulp for fun and used the remaining five kilograms to make butter.
Dozens of kilograms of milk are produced every day. In the future, I can eat such delicious food as much as I want. It makes me happy just thinking about it.
To turn milk into butter, you need to put it in a pot and stir it constantly and cook it. After heating, it will separate.
The white milk residue will sink to the bottom and the yellow fat will float on the surface.
Zhao Yeqing poured the milk into the pot, simmered it over low heat, and sat beside it with a spatula to stir it.
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