It wasn't dark yet, so the two of them went to the backyard to continue watering the vegetables.
Xu Han also watered the vegetables frequently, but Lu Chuan did it most of the time. Xu Han watered them rather slowly.
Not every vegetable needs to be watered every day. Vegetables like cucumbers, which love water, do need to be watered every day, but Xu Han can water them herself.
However, when the weather is dry and all the vegetables need watering, it is usually Lu Chuan who waters them, and Xu Han will occasionally help.
After watering, bring all the clothes and blankets that were drying in the yard into the house, fold them neatly, and you can find them easily next time you need them.
After everything was tidied up, they took a shower first. After showering, they were both hungry, so Xu Han took out some food from her space and started eating.
The next morning, after getting up and having breakfast, Xu Han began preparing to dry vegetables.
In the spring, Xu Han dried some wild amaranth and locust flowers, but that wasn't enough to eat, so she planned to dry more vegetables for preservation.
We harvested a lot of green beans in the space, which can be dried to make a delicious stew. We can also select some older cucumbers to make dried cucumbers.
Drying vegetables this way can also save space inside the container.
Dried vegetables shrink and are easier to preserve; they don't need to be stored in a space to keep them fresh.
Without further ado, I boiled a pot of water. Once the water boiled, I put the green beans directly into the pot and cooked them for a short time. They didn't need to be cooked for too long; once they softened, they were ready to be taken out.
Take the cooked green beans out and place them on a bamboo rack outside to dry.
They need to be placed one by one on the bamboo frame so that they can dry faster.
After drying, we'll cook the next batch. The green beans are currently in their peak growing season; half of the beans in the yard have been cooked, and the rest are drying in the sun.
If there are still a lot of beans left, you can dry them again. Dried green beans taste different from fresh ones.
Don't dry them all. Leave some fresh ones. If you really don't have enough space later, then dry some of the vegetables that can be dried.
After all the green beans were ready to be dried, it was lunchtime. Xu Han ate a simple meal and then rested.
After waking up, I started preparing to dry the cucumbers. I washed the cucumbers clean, then sliced some into thin slices and others into long strips.
Two different shapes of dried cucumbers can be used to make different foods. They can be added directly to meat stews or dried and used to make cucumber pickles.
Add some salt to the cucumber, stir well and marinate for two hours to draw out the moisture from the cucumber.
Two hours later, the cucumbers had softened and released a lot of cucumber water. After draining the water, rinse them with clean water.
Remove excess salt, then put the cucumbers into a gauze bag, place stones on top, and press out the excess water from the cucumbers, making them easier to dry later.
When evening comes, put the cucumbers into the space. They will be dried in the sun tomorrow. The sun is not very strong now, so the dried cucumbers will not be bright green.
After finishing these tasks, Xu Han began preparing to wash and dry the potatoes.
Drying potatoes is a bit of a hassle, but they taste really good. There are already a lot of potatoes in the space, and I'll plant some more in a couple of days, so I'll just dry them. That way they don't take up much space and are easier to preserve.
Wash the potatoes thoroughly, then peel them. Place the peeled potatoes directly into a large basin filled with water to soak.
Otherwise, they'll oxidize and turn black in no time. When Lu Chuan returned, he saw Xu Han peeling potatoes, and after preparing the prey, he joined in.
The two were busy until dark, and didn't cook dinner, eating the food from the space.
After peeling, they started slicing the potatoes. The slices couldn't be too thin or too thick. Lu Chuan didn't slice them evenly, so Xu Han had to do it herself.
Lu Chuan helped wash the starch off the cut potatoes.
It needs to be washed several times. First, wash it once, and after it's clean, put it in another wooden basin. Then take it out and put it in another wooden basin.
Repeat this process several times until the starch in the potatoes is washed away. Don't discard the water used to wash the potatoes; let it settle for a while, and you'll find a lot of potato starch in it.
Collecting them won't go to waste. They can be used to make potato noodles or other dishes.
Luckily, we have plenty of wooden basins and buckets at home, otherwise we wouldn't have enough.
I was busy until late at night to finish everything. I'll need to cook it again tomorrow.
After finishing, Xu Han was so tired that she could barely stand up straight. Although the work itself wasn't physically demanding, the volume was huge! It was still exhausting to do it all day.
After taking a shower, I fell asleep in bed almost immediately!
The next morning, after getting up, Xu Han first took out the dried cucumbers and put them in a winnowing basket to dry.
Then start cooking the potato slices. Put the potato slices in the pot and cook them until they are 80% done. If they are undercooked, the potato slices will easily turn black after drying. If they are overcooked, they will easily fall apart. So you must pay attention to the heat when cooking potato slices.
After cooking, rinse the potato slices several times in cold water until they are completely cooled!
Otherwise, they won't dry properly! Just spread the washed potato slices out on a bamboo mat to dry!
Turn the dried cucumbers and potato slices over every two hours. This ensures even drying and speeds up the process.
Luckily, we had woven a lot of bamboo mats and winnowing baskets when we were drying bamboo shoots, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to dry them all.
The front yard is quite large, and now it's all covered with dried vegetables, making it look very impressive.
To dry vegetables properly, you need to choose a day with several consecutive sunny days. If it's cloudy and the sun isn't strong enough, the dried vegetables will easily turn black. However, Xu Han has a cheat code, so she doesn't need to worry about this problem.
After drying all of them, I poured out the water from the potato starch that had settled yesterday.
Then wrap the potato starch in cheesecloth to drain the water, hang it up, and take it down when there is no water left. Chop it up and dry it in the sun.
There wasn't much potato starch sediment, just a little bit. We can make some potato starch later when we run out of space.
However, there's potato starch in the room, so we probably won't need much potato starch in the final product. We'll see how it goes!
If the potatoes are about to spoil, we definitely need to find a way to use them up; we can't let them go to waste.
It's that time of year again when the sun is scorching. At this time, it's impossible to do much work outside. Even the slightest movement leaves you drenched in sweat, and the sun makes you feel dizzy and uncomfortable.
I can only go back to my room to rest for a while, or do something else inside. There's no way I can stay outside!
Since they couldn't go out, Xu Han started making shoes for the two of them inside the house.
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