Desert Island Survival Diary

Chapter 88 No.60 Two days, try to add more to the sword song~ dead leaves
This method is not simple, but it is more suitable for now than the method of drying in the sun that I thought of before.

Because when the weather is good, I have more things to do, and now it's rainy, doing things to kill time is the best.

And it is precisely because it can be done on such a rainy day that this plan finally won my favor.

I first washed about five catties of arrowroot, and after calculation, this big basket of arrowroot was only fifteen to twenty catties at most, which is actually not that much.

For this attempt, five catties is enough. After washing the arrowroot, peeling and cutting the roots of each of them, I fetched a basin of water and washed them all again.

There is not much water in this bucket, and I haven’t fetched water for several days, and now there is only half a bucket left. If it is only used for eating and drinking, it will be enough for me to use for several days.

However, the current method requires a basin of water. After scooping out the basin of water, the water in the bucket should be enough for three days. Of course, it is enough. bad.

No matter, I don’t need to think so much. If this method is not successful, then I would rather go to the upper floor of the tree house to drink honey lemon tea, watch the rain scene, breathe fresh air, and spend this damn rainy day lazily.

……

This method is not my whim. I have watched a documentary about sweet potatoes before. The documentary mainly talks about sweet potatoes, all the dishes and processing methods that it can be made into, and there is also a section of mountain The original method of making potato flour in the book, I thought it was amazing at the time, so I read it carefully.

Unexpectedly, this kind of inadvertently acquired knowledge can also give me some inspiration, which I never thought of before.

According to the process that I can still remember, I started the production.

Cut these washed arrowroot into slices with a knife, and then stack several slices together and cut into fine arrowroot shreds. This is not only a technical job, but also a manual job.

I have been cutting it for several hours, but I have not finished cutting about five catties of arrowroot, and there should be about one-tenth of it, which is almost half a catty.

My arms are already sore and numb. If it is said to be chopped, it is relatively simple, but I am cutting. When cutting, my hands must cooperate at the same time, otherwise it will not be able to complete.The bending at the waist is almost unbearable, but I still insist on it.

No reason, I just hope to see my own success, I hope my ideas are correct, although I am not fully sure, but I still choose to believe in myself.

Finally, after three more cuts for more than 10 minutes, I finally finished shredding these arrowroots. These things that were originally like small bamboo shoots were cut into thin filaments. Although the technology is not very good, I cut them The length is short and the thickness is different, but I am already very satisfied.

I soaked these arrowroot shreds in a water basin, and I stirred them with chopsticks so that they were in contact with the water in the basin as much as possible. Basically everything is separated.

In order to make every surface and every place of them fully contact with water, so my stirring action has not stopped.

Stir until the water in the basin turns into rice soup, then stop.

Seeing the color of the water change, the heart that has been afraid of failure finally calmed down a little. It seems that everything is still going according to my plan, and there are no accidents.

"Huh" I let out a long breath and took a few deep breaths. My waist and hands are so sore that I should take a rest.

Lunch was also done during the break, no surprises, just three juicy fruits with Xiao Hei, too much to eat, tired.Although I really don’t want to eat it, but I really don’t want to spend too much time preparing the ingredients because my back is sore. When I’m done, my mood will be better. If I succeed, I can reward myself and Xiao Hei at night.

After lunch, I will be a little sleepy, but if I don’t finish this task, I always feel that I have something on my mind. I know my personality very well. Once I have something on my mind, it is difficult to fall asleep. Instead of lying down and thinking over and over again, it is better to finish it directly Rest later.

I fished out all the arrowroot shreds in the water. When I fished them out, I picked them up with chopsticks and tried to let the water on them drip off as much as possible every time. Next, these shredded bamboo shoots The taro, I cut it again, and I cut a strand of arrowroot into several sections. After cutting all of them, I poured them all into the water basin.

Still the same, continue to stir and let them have intimate contact with the water in the basin.

After 10 minutes, it was finally completed, and only the last step was left, which was to use chopsticks to pinch out all these tiny arrowroot strips. This step was completed only with the combination of eyesight, endurance, and physical strength.

Now the water has become whiter and has begun to settle. After I used my chopsticks to rotate quickly in the basin a few times, the water in the basin also began to rotate in the direction of the chopsticks. After turning a few times, I lifted the chopsticks , Looking at the rotating basin of water, some flocculent white sediments began to appear at the bottom, and they were gathering and settling towards the middle.

"It should take some time." Looking at the progress in the basin, I judged.

Now I have to deal with the large pile of tiny arrowroot strips that have been fished out. They are all food, but they must not be wasted.

As for how to do it?In fact, I have already planned in my heart.

Boil it in water! The most classic aspect of this arrowroot is that it is almost made of starch!If you have eaten this kind of food, you will know that you can't taste anything else at all, it's just full of starch aggregates, so I thought of trying to make it into arrowroot powder in the traditional way.

After boiling, the pot of boiled arrowroot looks pretty good, the soup is even a little sticky, and when pressed lightly with a spoon, all these tiny arrowroot sticks become powdery.

When I used a spoon to press all the arrowroot sticks in the pot, the whole pot changed, um, it looked a bit like lotus root starch, and a bit like white sesame paste...

The appearance is definitely not good-looking, even a little unappetizing, I tasted it, although it is not particularly delicious, but I can still accept it.

But after sprinkling some salt and mixing some lard, the whole taste changed drastically...

These two licked bare pots belong to me and Xiao Hei. They are really delicious, especially the crunchy crust on the edge, but they will melt soon after eating, just like eating before. The dried seaweed is average.

After looking at it, all the water in the water basin has settled. I started to use a spoon to scoop off the clear water on it one by one until it reached a little above the sediment. After this step is completed, my task is only to waited.

After taking a pot cover to cover the basin, today's task is finally completed... I need to wait for the remaining water in the basin to dry up. As long as the water evaporates, the starch that has settled inside should solidify. These coagulums are taken out, crushed and can be used as arrowroot powder.

Of course, I still remember that in the show, they will finally crush these congealed things and then sieve them again, but I don't have any equipment to sieve, and it's not necessary, it's almost ok...

……

I was woken up by the wind several times during the night...

Is it going to be windy again?

God, I'm so sleepy...

In a daze, I fell asleep again...

(End of this chapter)