Chapter 97 Preparation
When it comes to eating, Josh is both particular and casual.
If you are in the mood, you can make any complicated and exquisite dish, but if you don't have the conditions, just throw some yam beans into the fire, roast them until they are black, and you can still eat them by peeling them open.
While washing the taro pieces in the basket, Qiao Xi vaguely heard the sounds of the golden macaques.
Looking up, I saw the golden little monkeys shining brightly under the reflection of the morning sun.
"Woo woo~" We are here to help you~
They didn't take the usual route, but instead grabbed branches from the big tree at the door and swung into the yard.
Some helped Qiao Xi light the fire, some helped Qiao Xi get the taro, and some even made trouble while working, making her laugh and cry.
"Okay, okay, listen to my instructions. Go to the warehouse and get some taro. Wash the taro here. Come and knead the dough with me. You..."
After some arrangements, the small yard finally became quiet. The little guys were very smart and could learn things at a glance. Whatever Josh did, they would immediately learn to do it.
The fire was lit and the pot was set up. The taro was poured into the pot and water was added to boil. Then Qiao Xi gave the task of watching the stove to the little golden macaque sitting in front of him.
It’s not a big little guy, but he looks pretty decent.
Qiao Xi smiled and reminded it to be careful of the burns and to just watch the fire and not make it too big, and there was no need for it to do anything else.
Then Qiao Xi went to prepare the dough. He found the large basin that he had washed and dried yesterday, picked up a bag of wheat flour and poured it into the basin.
Add water and stir at the same time, and stop when it becomes flocculent.
Josh specially took out a portion of jumping lamb butter, put it in a small pot, heated it on another stove until it melted a little, then poured it into the wheat flour and kneaded it repeatedly.
It was so sticky that Qiao Xi's hands were covered with sticky dough. He then directed the macaques to pour flour. If there was too much water, he would add flour, and if there was too much flour, he would add water.
After kneading, Josh found another large basin and covered the dough with it, allowing it to ferment slowly.
Josh went back to the stove to see how the taro paste was cooking.
Learning from yesterday's experience, Qiao Xi prepared to pour in the prepared jumping lamb milk, and as the water evaporated, the mellow aroma of the lamb milk would blend into the taro paste.
Honey can be added later to prevent the high temperature from accelerating the dissipation of the honey aroma.
The taro was not cooked thoroughly and it was difficult to crush it with a spatula.
Pour in the goat milk, cover with a lid, and cook for a while.
Looking back, I saw that the group of little guys who were washing taro obediently started to have a water fight. Their originally fluffy and golden fur looked so beautiful, but now they have become soaked in water.
The hair was stuck to the body in clumps, which was as ugly as it could be.
Especially some, some, and some golden macaques, their fat bellies are as big as if they had eaten three watermelons without the cover of hair.
Josh wondered whether he should make them lose weight. Why were these little guys on the farm so fat, as if they had eaten pig feed?
There shouldn't be fatty liver in the other world, right? Josh was a little skeptical.
Seeing Josh staring at them, some young monkeys even reached out to cover their lower bodies.
Three crows really flew over Josh's head, leaving him speechless.
Tsk, she wouldn't look at anything the size of a fingernail.
"Stop making trouble, or I'll call Xingyue Bear in to help me wash the taro. Don't blame me if you get scared!" Qiao Xi threatened.
These little guys are most afraid of the Moon Bear. Perhaps it is because they hang out with the jumping lambs all day long, so when the jumping lambs see the Moon Bear running, they run after it.
Over time, the golden macaques, which originally had no fear of the crescent bears, became frightened one by one.
However, sometimes when they are disobedient, it is indeed useful to scare them with the Moon Bear.
When they heard Qiao Xi was going to call the Star-Moon Bears, the golden macaques instantly became obedient, shook off the water on their bodies, and immediately began to pretend to work seriously, which made Qiao Xi laugh and cry.
The golden macaques were very obedient and cute before, but now they seem to be like jumping lambs. Damn it!
Hey, speaking of jumping lambs, Josh suddenly remembered that it was time to shave them.
After this shaving, you need to give them time to grow new hair to cope with the cold winter. Find some time to do it for them.
While planning things in his mind, Qiao Xi's hands were not idle either. He picked up another basket of taro pieces cut by the brown-headed crow and washed them.
However, the golden macaques had been washed very clean, so Qiao Xi just checked them once and rinsed them with water.
By the time all the taro are brought to the side of the pot, the cooking taro can be easily mashed into paste.
Qiao Xi stirred and mashed the taro into a paste. After all the taro in the pot was mashed into silky smooth paste, she took out the prepared honey and slowly poured it on the paste, circle after circle.
As soon as the lid of the pot was lifted, the smell came out. The little ones all smelled it and squatted beside the pot, drooling.
Only a few remaining silly monkeys were still busy working for Josh.
"Okay, don't be in a hurry, line up and come over to get a small ball of taro paste." Qiao Xi greeted.
He let them put the taro leaves left over from yesterday in the palm of their hands, and Qiao Xi gave each of them a taro paste ball as a thank you gift for their help.
Josh placed a big taro ball on a tree branch for the Brown-headed Vulture, which had been silent the whole time. Although it didn't seem to be angry, it was actually greedy.
After feeding the taro paste to each one, Qiao Xi shoveled up the taro paste in the pot and placed large pieces of taro leaves in the storage box to prevent the taro paste from flowing to the bottom of the box and dirtying the box, and also to prevent the wooden box from affecting the taste of the taro paste.
The surface of taro bamboo leaves is shiny and seems to have a layer of film, which is waterproof and thick, making it perfect for use as a cushion.
The pot is hot, pour water into it and it will be clean without any scrubbing.
Then start the next pot again and repeat the process of washing the taro, peeling and cutting it into pieces, boiling the taro and mashing it into paste.
I repeated this for I don't know how many pots.
Looking at the storage boxes of taro paste stacked so high, Qiao Xi felt a little impressed with himself. He really had endless energy.
The fermented dough nearby was kneaded into round breads with the help of the golden macaque, waiting for Josh's order to go into the bread oven.
The second pot of flour is already fermenting and is almost ready for baking.
The fire in the bread kiln had already been lit by the anxious macaques. After feeling the temperature of the oven, Josh put the bread in one by one, covered the fire door, and started baking.
There were too many taro prepared and they could not be used up at all, so Qiao Xi instructed the golden macaques to take the remaining taro back and plant it.
But just as he finished speaking, Qiao Xi remembered that the Moon Bears and Big-tailed Yaks must not have eaten enough yesterday, so why not cook a pot for them to eat their fill?
As he said, Josh asked the Brown-headed Vulture to cut all the remaining taro into pieces, cook it into taro paste and feed it directly to the elves on the farm. This time they can finally eat it to their heart's content.
I'm not in the right state, I can't find the feeling of typing smoothly, I'm sorry babies
(End of this chapter)
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