Chapter 280 Wormwood Mint Cream (1)
A basket of young mugwort leaves and a basket of mint leaves.
They were all just taken out from the Lingbao space.
On the emerald green leaves, you can see transparent water drops hanging on the tips of the leaves.
Whether it is mugwort or mint leaves, they both have a special cool scent.
On the one hand, it can be used to repel mosquitoes, and on the other hand, it can refresh the mind.
In the hot summer, it gives people a refreshing feeling.
It seemed as if the summer heat had subsided.
Zhou Xiaohua came closer and smelled the mint leaves.
When she smelled it for the first time, she wrinkled her nose in discomfort.
The little girl was stunned.
Then, I sniffed it uncontrollably for the second time, and the third time...
The cool smell is so special~
The mugwort leaves and mint leaves taken out from the Lingbao space are very clean, so the cleaning step is omitted.
Just put it in a ventilated place, spread out all the leaves, and let it dry naturally.
It is not a complete drying, but just a slight evaporation of the surface moisture.
A patch of green spreads out, and a natural and cool breath blows over your face.
After a simple drying, all the mugwort leaves and mint leaves are crushed.
Without machines, we could only use the simplest tool - a mortar.
Crush and grind at the same time.
This step requires carefulness. All the leaves should be put in little by little. If you put too much at once, it will not be so easy to crush them.
At the same time, this is also a process that tests your physical strength.
Jiang Rou held the pestle of the mortar with one hand and added leaves into the mortar with the other hand. She could not stop either and crushed them finely bit by bit.
You can think of it as a fitness exercise.
As the green leaves are crushed, the scents of mint and wormwood blend naturally, and the taste becomes richer.
When everything is done, put all the leaves in a clay pot.
Next, pour oil into the clay pot.
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Jiang Rou uses the best olive oil.
The ratio of mint, mugwort and olive oil is 1:1:1.
The golden olive oil poured into the green leaves with a clang, covering them with a layer of shiny color.
After adding the olive oil, simply stir with chopsticks to mix evenly.
Then put the lid on the clay pot and steam it.
The method used is water-insulated heating.
The steaming process takes a full three hours.
Three hours later.
The phytochemicals in mugwort and mint have completely blended with the olive oil, and the originally golden oil has turned into dark green.
Presents natural color.
After taking it out of the pot, let it cool first and then filter it.
Use a rough bagging cloth to wrap the residue of oil and wormwood mint and squeeze it hard.
The dark green oil gradually separated from the leaf residue.
To ensure the absence of any impurities, filtration was performed three times.
From the coarse gauze the first time to the fine gauze the second time, each time is finer and more time-consuming than the last time.
Jiang Rou did it slowly and carefully.
A whole basin of wormwood mint oil was filtered out.
But having done this, we are only halfway there.
The wormwood mint oil that has just been filtered cannot be used immediately because it is a mixture of oil and water in this state.
The moisture originally contained in the mugwort and mint leaves is contained in it.
In order to separate the oil and water, you must leave it alone overnight.
The wormwood mint oil was set aside.
As for the remaining green leaf residues, Jiang Rou did not waste them and took them out to dry.
The Dragon Boat Festival is coming soon, and you can use the dried leaves to make sachets.
Carrying it with you not only looks good, but also repels mosquitoes and refreshes you.
…
This afternoon.
When Zhou Xiaochuan came back from school, he smelled a fresh and cool scent in the house.
It's amazing.
It smells a bit like the natural scent of clothes that have been washed and exposed to the sun.
Is this something delicious?
Zhou Xiaochuan's dark eyes turned and he looked at Jiang Rou curiously.
He couldn't help but ask, "Have you made delicious food again?"
"This is not something you can eat, it's for use. If you get bit by a mosquito in the summer, apply a little of this and the itching won't go away."
Jiang Rou explained.
When Zhou Xiaochuan heard that it was not edible, he rarely showed a trace of childishness.
It would be a pity if we can’t eat it.
But on the other side, Zhou Xiaohua had already come out holding a bunch of bright red cherries.
The bright red and round cherries placed in a small white bowl are particularly tempting.
This is Zhou Xiaochuan's portion.
[Give it to brother! Brother, eat it! ]
Zhou Xiaohua handed the small bowl to Zhou Xiaochuan, staring at it with her watery eyes.
Zhou Xiaochuan looked at Cherry, then at Zhou Xiaohua, and pushed Cherry to her out of habit.
"Xiaohua, you eat."
Zhou Xiaohua shook her head and made a big gesture with her hand.
She has already eaten so much and can’t eat any more. The rest belongs to her brother and can only be eaten by her brother.
Jiang Rou also said, "Xiaohua has already eaten a lot of cherries. This portion is yours, Xiaochuan. You don't need to share it with her."
Zhou Xiaochuan held the cherries that belonged to him, and the young boy's heart was full and filled with joy.
On the pretty little face, the eyebrows and eyes were flying.
It's a really good feeling to be valued and remembered by others.
However...
He really couldn't eat with Zhou Xiaohua staring at him like that.
Finally, two figures, one big and one small, sat on the doorstep.
Zhou Xiaochuan took the cherries, ate one himself and fed one to Zhou Xiaohua.
One for you and one for me.
Eat the red and sweet food.
After eating the sour cherries, her little face wrinkled with sourness.
Zhou Xiaohua collected all the cherry pits she had spit out and threw them into the open space in the yard.
She also held Zhou Xiaochuan's hand and looked at the cherries she had planted.
[Brother, look here, I planted so many of them~]
"Xiaohua is awesome."
[Brother, after a while, we will be able to eat cherries again, lots and lots of cherries.]
"Little flower, it takes a very long time for the cherry to sprout, grow, bloom, and bear fruit. It won't happen so quickly."
[How long will it take? Can't we do it next month? ]
"It will take many, many years. Maybe Xiaohua will have grown up by then."
【Xiaohua wants to eat cherries when she grows up! 】
"Okay, okay, give them all to Xiaohua. When the cherry tree grows bigger, I'll pick some for you."
[Hehe, my brother is still the best~]
A pair of figures, one big and one small, squatted beside a small vegetable patch, looking at the cherry pits that had not yet sprouted, and fantasizing about the tall cherry trees with branches full of red cherries hanging from them.
If they just open their mouths, the cherries might fall out.