Pumpkins also need their vines pinched off to grow better; otherwise, if the vines grow too long, they will absorb all the nutrients, and the pumpkins will not grow well.
Xu Han looked at the overgrown pumpkin vines and decided to give them a thorough cleaning. She turned around, went home, grabbed a basket, and started pinching off the pumpkin heads.
Pumpkin tops are delicious in soups or stir-fries. In no time, I had harvested two large baskets full of pumpkin vines.
Now we can just prune all the pumpkin vines that needed to be pinched off.
Xu Han has never eaten winter melon vines, so they are probably inedible. However, in order to produce better winter melons, it is necessary to prune the tops. The pruned tops will be used to feed the chickens, ducks, and geese.
After pruning, Xu Han got up and went home. She first went to the backyard and took out the winter melon vines to feed the chickens, ducks and geese.
Then I took a small handful of pumpkin vines, washed them clean by the water tank, peeled off the old outer skin, and started preparing to go to the kitchen to cook lunch.
Xu Han is home alone today, so all she needs to do is make a simple stir-fried pumpkin vine dish.
Heat oil in a wok, add chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns and stir-fry until fragrant. Then add pumpkin vines and stir-fry briefly. Add seasonings and it's ready to serve.
Simple and delicious! We'll just have rice as the main dish. Since Lu Chuan isn't home, I can just grab any meat dish from my storage space. I'm too lazy to bother making another meat dish!
After finishing her meal, Xu Han planned to use up the prickly pears in her spatial storage. She had been picking them for a long time, and there were many piled up in her space. She originally intended to make them into wine and jam.
But I've been so busy lately that I haven't had time to deal with these things.
First, soak all the various thorns in a large wooden basin for a while, then wash them clean and set them aside to drain. They will be used to make jam later.
While we're at it, let's clean the jars we'll be using to store the jam.
Rinse the jar with boiling water and let it air dry. Make sure there is no moisture left, otherwise the jam will spoil easily.
Then, cook the different types of prickly pears separately. Add prickly pears and an appropriate amount of white sugar to a pot, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until it becomes a thick jam. Then turn off the heat and serve.
After all three types of pungent fruit jam were cooked, it was already getting dark. Lu Chuan had returned by then and went straight into the kitchen to help start the fire.
After all the jam is cooked, it is put into jars. The jars used to store the jam are small jars, which are convenient to take out when using it.
Now that it's ready, we have to try it out first! Xu Han took out some steaming hot steamed buns from her spatial storage, spread jam on them, gave one to Lu Chuan, and made one for herself. She tasted it and found it to be sweet and sour, and indeed, it was delicious!
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Xu Han asked.
"Mmm, it's sweet and sour! You girls should all love it!" Lu Chuan only ate one and then stopped.
I prefer stronger flavors! These are all things little girls like to eat. This looks expensive, so I'll leave it for my wife to enjoy slowly.
Xu Han made another cup of water with jam, and it tasted great too! It was sweet and sour, and now she wouldn't have to drink plain water anymore!
You can add a little bit every time you drink water; it makes the water taste better!
The honeysuckle I dried a while ago can also be used to make tea, but since it is a medicinal herb, it shouldn't be consumed every day.
But jam is different; you can drink it every day, and in different flavors. You can also make other fruit flavors when you have free time.
Now that we have a replacement tea, we don't have to drink plain water every day anymore!
Lu Chuan's reaction to water mixed with jam was lukewarm! He preferred honeysuckle tea.
Well, to each their own. It seems like very few guys like to eat these things. It's usually girls who prefer them.
At dinner, Xu Han cooked several home-style dishes. Another meal.
The next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, Xu Han came to wash the prickly pears again, as she needed to use them to make some fruit wine.
First, clean the thorns and jar thoroughly, drain the water, and set them aside for later use.
Meanwhile, I went to the backyard to pull weeds from the vegetable garden. My main goal was to make the most of my time.
After the moisture dried, I went back to making fruit wine.
Different kinds of prickly pears are put into different jars, then the white wine bought in the county town is added, and a certain proportion of rock sugar is added.
It can be consumed after being sealed and stored for about a month.
The outside temperature was still a bit high, so it would be safer to put them in the cellar. Xu Han then took all the wine jars to the cellar to ferment slowly.
After everything was taken care of, it seemed like there was nothing left to do.
So I decided to take advantage of the good weather these next few days to paste more shoe soles.
Lu Chuan was constantly running around in the mountains, and Xu Han was also walking non-stop, which really wore out their shoes. The shoes they had made before were already worn out.
Xu Han planned to make more shoe soles and then make more shoes when she hibernated in the winter.
They usually don't have time to do it, but a few days ago Lu Chuan even bought two pairs of shoes for each of them from the county town!
The main problem is that there are just too many things to do every day, leaving no free time whatsoever. There's simply no time to do anything.
Without further ado, he took out the scraps of fabric that the shop owner had given him when he bought the fabric, and started piecing them together to paste the soles of his shoes.
Cover all the large boards in the house with the paste, let them dry, and then continue pasting. Repeat this process until winter, and you'll definitely have a lot of shoe soles made...
After finishing the paste, Lu Chuan returned from the county town, bringing back a lot of grapes—two large baskets full.
Xu Han's eyes crinkled with joy when she saw the grapes Lu Chuan had brought back. She was so happy; it had been such a long, long time since she'd eaten grapes.
I immediately grabbed a string of skewers and went to the kitchen to wash them. While washing, I couldn't wait and popped one into my mouth. Wow! This is so delicious!
"Where did you buy these grapes? They're so delicious!" she said, then fed one to Lu Chuan.
"It's really delicious. I'll buy you more next time we go. It's grape season right now, and there are lots of grapes for sale at the market."
"Okay, then buy more! And don't miss out on any other fruits if you see them!"
Lu Chuan knew that Xu Han liked to eat these things, so he readily agreed, "I know."
At this moment, Xu Han was truly grateful that she had transmigrated to an era where ordinary families could afford to eat fruit, rather than an era where only royalty or the wealthy and powerful could enjoy it.
Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to eat any other fruit besides the ones in my space.
At dinner time, Xu Han didn't cook anything and just took out some food from her spatial storage for Lu Chuan to eat! She herself was already full from eating grapes.
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