Wait, no!
Salt and sugar can be synthesized artificially, right? They're not biological or plant-based, so how could they become extinct?
The only possibility is that these two terms were not included in the "Ten Trillion Whys" book, and Zheng is not a consumer product in daily life.
What to do? If salt and sugar can't explain it, then there's no way to proceed.
"Sodium chloride, do you know what sodium chloride is?" Li Lechen asked tentatively.
Guo Ming: [Is it the salt in physiological saline? Its component is also sodium chloride.]
"That's right! It's the same salt! Sodium chloride is salt," Li Lechen exclaimed excitedly.
Sure enough, two thousand years later, the concept of "salt" as a separate category no longer existed. Fortunately, there was saline solution and sodium chloride. However, the extent to which salt control was implemented to the point of brainwashing the public was quite remarkable.
"So, if you can buy saline solution, then sun-dry it to evaporate the water. The white crystals that precipitate out are salt."
[This is edible? Isn't this the kind of face cream used during skin resurfacing surgery?]
[If it can be used on the face, it should also be edible; it's certain there are no toxins.]
[It's edible. I once went to the hospital and got a bottle of saline solution to wash my feet. I accidentally splashed some into my mouth, and it tasted salty.]
[I'm curious how the person upstairs ended up ingesting saline solution while washing their feet.]
[Same curiosity]
Guo Ming: [Answerer, please continue. We understand saline solution, but what is sugar?]
Li Lechen thought, since he knew about saline solution, he figured glucose would work too. He genuinely didn't know the chemical formula for sugar, but he was sure it was very complex.
So he said, "Do you know what glucose is? Hospitals should have it too."
Guo Ming: [Yes, it's pentahydroxyhexal, also known as glucose. Do you want it as a solution or crystals?]
“If there are crystals, of course we use crystals directly, including salt, oh no, sodium chloride, which is also made into crystals.” Li Lechen was very happy, finally explaining the salt and sugar clearly, and he could continue.
"We sprinkle a large spoonful of salt and sugar, along with the sodium chloride and... cough cough, glucose, onto the cucumber slices."
It's true what they say, "You only realize how late you learn when you need it." Li Lechen really didn't recognize the character "hydroxyl." He wanted to read it as "essence," but it just felt a bit awkward, so he decided against it.
"Stir it thoroughly, then let it sit for about fifteen minutes," Li Lechen said, gesturing with his hand to show the stirring process.
Unsurprisingly, many viewers were drawn to Li Lechen's fair hands.
To be honest, even though I only applied that diamond repair essence to my face, now that I've looked at my hands more often, they really do seem quite slender and fair.
I couldn't help but stir it a little longer.
It's getting better and better.
Guo Ming: [Do I need to keep catching it like this for the fifteen minutes it's placed there?]
"Ahem!" Li Lechen immediately stopped his self-admiration and stopped stirring, explaining, "This is stirring, not grabbing. Just mix the salt and sugar with the cucumber evenly. This process is called pickling."
Then there's no need to actually wait fifteen minutes, since it was just for show anyway.
He continued, "The marinating process is usually the most time-consuming part, because you have to drain the moisture completely while allowing the flavors to penetrate. If you just leave them like this, theoretically it would take at least a night. However, I have a faster method: you put them in a microwave-safe container..."
Li Lechen actually wanted to use a microwave oven, because that's how his grandmother did it: she'd put cucumbers with salt and sugar in the microwave for five minutes, and the moisture would completely seep out. But then he thought, microwave ovens are practically obsolete these days; they'll definitely be gone by 2000, right?
Okay! Then I'll just stay out of the way and not become a laughingstock.
So he changed his mind and said, "Heat it, heat it at high temperature for five minutes."
"[Use ultraviolet light to heat it?]" Guo Ming immediately typed in the live chat, looking on with anticipation.
Li Lechen didn't know what ultraviolet heating was all about, but he had seen this "Ming Get Out" before. Cough cough, he had only noticed the name of the live stream room, "Jiang Meishi Xia", and hadn't really noticed that the streamer's ID was such a name. He couldn't help but laugh when he thought about it.
Okay, let's be serious. After all, the "Wind Chaser Boys" weren't much better.
In short, I'd seen him grill that green pepper with ultraviolet light before, and the heating effect was absolutely top-notch. So I nodded: "That's fine, as long as the cucumber is completely dehydrated by heating."
Upon hearing this, Guo Ming fell into deep thought: Ultraviolet grilling can completely dehydrate fruits and vegetables, and fruit acids do indeed exist in the cell sap of plant cells; theoretically, complete dehydration should detoxify them. However, he proved with his life that this method was unreliable.
Could it really be the effect of sodium chloride and pentahydroxyhexal?
The dried fruit sold in the online store is indeed sweet, and the canned vegetables are definitely salty. Could it really be because they add sodium chloride and pentahydroxyhexal?
We're getting closer and closer to the truth!
Li Lechen continued to explain his method for making pickled cucumbers: "After draining the water through this 'operation,' the pickled cucumbers are already quite flavorful. But to make them even tastier, we can add soy sauce, minced garlic, and chili, then mix well and seal them."
"That works just like I expected," Guo Ming exclaimed again.
Li Lechen has finished his introduction.
However, the comments continued unabated.
[Saline solution and glucose are both very cheap, and 7D printed cucumbers are also very cheap. If we follow the streamer's 'operation,' we can easily crush the pickled cucumbers in the mall.]
[The estimated cost of ten jars of pickled cucumbers is only 1 Sun Coin]
A jar of pickled cucumbers in the store costs one or two Sun Coins; the profit margin is much higher than reselling satiety pills.
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