After everything was ready, I called Lu Chuan in to help with the fire. It was really difficult to do both making pancakes and tending the fire by myself, as the pancakes would easily burn.
Heat oil in a pan, pour some batter around the edge of the pan, spread it out, and once it sets, flip it over to cook the other side. Repeat this process once on each side and it's done.
After it was done, Xu Han tore off a piece and tasted it. The saltiness was just right, so she handed the pancake to Lu Chuan and continued making pancakes herself.
After all the pancakes were made, the porridge was also ready! So the two of them began to eat their dinner.
"Since there's not much farm work to do now, I'm going hunting in the mountains tomorrow!" Lu Chuan suddenly said.
"Is it in such a hurry? We haven't even rested for a few days yet! We have a lot of ginseng now. After we sell it, we'll have enough money for us. There's no need to rush to go hunting!" Xu Han advised.
"Since I don't have anything to do at home right now, I'll go a few more times and stock up on more meat."
"Okay then! Be careful!"
"Hmm! You like to eat duck, so I'll go to the reed marshes again tomorrow and catch some more ducks. I won't be back tomorrow night, but I'll definitely be home the day after tomorrow."
"Okay! You can go and catch some more first, and we'll go again in a while and bring back more duck eggs."
"Let's go in a few days! If it gets any later, it will get cold and the ducks won't lay many eggs."
“That works too. I’ll render the butter I got earlier at home tomorrow. I’ve been keeping a lot of butter because it was too hot during the summer and I haven’t been able to process it!” Xu Han said.
“Sure, it’s getting cold, the rendered pork cracklings can be used to make steamed buns. They’re not greasy at all in winter, and they’re actually quite fragrant!” Lu Chuan suggested.
"When I have some free time in a while, I'll make you some fried pork crackling buns!"
"Sure! I'll help you with that later."
After dinner, Xu Han tidied up a bit and went to bed. The weather in the mountains was getting colder and colder.
It's only mid-September, and I feel freezing cold even when I'm sitting inside doing things at night.
It was still early! Xu Han couldn't sleep either, so she took out the clothes that Lu Chuan had torn while hunting and started mending them.
Lu Chuan sat below and continued weaving bamboo baskets and carrying baskets. When asked if he was cold, he said he wasn't cold at all, but Xu Han felt quite chilly.
Indeed, there is a significant difference in body temperature between men and women. Generally, women are more sensitive to cold, while men tend to have more internal heat.
Around nine o'clock, the two went to sleep. During the night, Xu Han unconsciously moved closer to Lu Chuan. He was like a giant heater; it was so comfortable to hug him...
The next day, Xu Han woke up naturally. When she got up, Lu Chuan had already gone hunting. After breakfast, Xu Han prepared to start rendering butter.
First, clean the butter. The beef we hunted last time was only used for cooking; we haven't touched it at all!
The weather will be getting cold soon, and it will be time to start making all kinds of cured meats.
The weather is still very hot at noon, and the meat can't be stored for long; it will spoil in a couple of days. Let's wait a while longer! The two of them weren't in a hurry to eat the cured meat.
When winter comes, or when people start hibernating, they can process all the meats that need processing and cook all the meals that need cooking. There's not much to do in winter, so there's plenty of time.
Although the weather is gradually getting cooler, it is also the busiest season of the year. Xu Han really doesn't have time to deal with the meat.
There are 14 bison of all sizes. All the tallow added together is quite a lot. I won't be able to have a moment's rest today.
After washing all the butter, Xu Han began to cut it. She first cut the butter into small pieces, and when there was no more room on the cutting board, she put it into a wooden basin.
After filling a wooden basin, start rendering the butter. Add a little water to the pot, and then pour the butter into the pot.
Then they started a fire to render the beef tallow. Adding a little water while rendering the tallow would prevent the beef from turning black and prevent black residue from forming.
To save time, Xu Han started cooking in two pots at the same time, added a large piece of wood to the stove, and didn't need to do much, just check on the pots occasionally.
Xu Han continued cutting the butter, and after the amount of butter in the pot had decreased, she added some more to the pot.
Then wait for the butter to render. Once there's no more water in the pot and the cracklings turn golden brown, you can scoop them out.
After the butter has cooled and solidified, it can be unmolded.
Xu Han used the stainless steel basins from the space, but there were only two stainless steel basins, and she had to use both of them. Obviously, these two were still not enough.
So Xu Han took out the large earthenware jar that Lu Chuan had bought before. This jar was also very heat-resistant, and she poured whatever she couldn't fit into it into the jar.
After rendering those two pots of butter, Xu Han started another pot and continued rendering butter until mid-afternoon when she finally finished rendering all the butter.
After rendering all the butter, Xu Han felt greasy all over, and even the kitchen felt sticky and uncomfortable.
So I first used dish soap to scrub everything that could be scrubbed, and then I boiled a pot of hot water for myself, planning to take a good shower later.
After washing, I felt better; at least my body felt refreshed and no longer oily.
It was already dinnertime, but Xu Han didn't feel hungry at all.
Perhaps because I've been surrounded by cooking fumes all day and felt greasy, I skipped lunch and now I don't want dinner either. So I just took some fruit from my online space, washed it, and that'll be my dinner.
Let's eat when we're really hungry! Anyway, the food in the space is always hot, so we can eat it right away.
After finishing the fruit, Xu Han went inside the space to take a look.
The butter is now rendered, which has saved some space, but there are still many persimmons in the space!
I originally planned to use them to make dried persimmons, but I haven't had a chance to do it yet. It seems I'll have to find some time to get rid of them soon.
There's still a lot of fish, duck, chicken, rabbit, beef, mutton, and various offal that haven't been processed! This is a huge undertaking.
Then I saw the duck eggs in the corner. Oh right! We've almost finished the pickled duck eggs we made before, so it's time to pickle some more to keep on hand. We can just boil them in the winter and save them for later.
Without further ado, Xu Han first took out the remaining salted duck eggs from her spatial storage.
After the duck eggs were pickled, Xu Han was afraid that if she continued to pickle them, they would become too salty, so after the space became larger, she put them in the space.
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