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Chapter 396 The First Day of Making Sweet Potato Flour

People who don't know just look at Lin Wanwan's current posture, and they must think that she is a peasant girl with strong hands-on ability.

But everyone in the Lin Family Village knew that Lin Wanwan was actually a king with a strong mouth who grew up in rich clothes and rich food.Among other things, at least in terms of farming, he is really not very good, he can't even dig the ground!
I heard from the patriarch that the method of making the powder cake was written in a book, probably left by Wanniang's master, but I don't know if Wanniang can make it successfully.

Maybe Mr. Xiao is here to help, after all, they are all scholars.

Lin Wanwan is very confident in making sweet potato vermicelli. She specially found a grandfather who specializes in sweet potato vermicelli in the modern family to practice.

Of course, in modern times, electric machines are used for the last step of powder extraction, but the machine that Lin Wanwan got from Datang was removed from the battery.

But the principle is actually the same, except that one uses electricity, saving time and effort; the other uses hand cranking, which takes time and effort.

When the children grow up a bit, Lin Wanwan will give physics lessons and teach them the concept of electricity.It's still early, and we have to get over life without electricity.

The first step is to clean and sort the [-] catties of sweet potatoes brought by Xiao Chong. Naturally, Lin Wanwan will not be allowed to do this work, she is only in charge of directing.

The crowd first picked out a big, plump sweet potato with a smooth surface and no obvious defects, put it into a big basket, and then carried it to the pool at the foot of the mountain to wash it repeatedly, and at the same time cut off some of the ends of the sweet potato.

After cleaning, it is the link of crushing sweet potatoes.

If it is in modern times, there is naturally a crusher that can be used, but in Datang, it can only be replaced by ancient stone pestles and stone mills.

These two things are on the side of the threshing floor, and they are the shared property of the clan (the existence of common property is very necessary for a family to have cohesion).

Stone mills and stone pestles were invented by Gongshuzi Luban, a Lu craftsman from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period.

For more than 2000 years since its appearance, it has been an important tool that people cannot live without.It is usually used for pounding rice, but of course it is also fine for crushing.

Shidu adopts the principle of leverage, which is an extremely labor-saving food production method.

It is hard to imagine that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than 2000 years ago, the ancestors of Chinese craftsmen had already invented such a scientific living tool, and it has survived for thousands of years. .

The process of crushing sweet potatoes with stone pestles is naturally slower than modern electric grinders, but for the people of Datang, this is not slow at all.

Families and villages with poor conditions can't even afford to build stone aprons, so they have to rely entirely on manpower!
The living tools of their Lin Family Manor were purchased when they were rich and powerful, and they were all missing, and they were not imitated by the farmer themselves, but carefully polished by craftsmen.

Lin Wanwan looked at Lin Mengjin standing behind the pestle, stomping on it up and down, and heard the head of the pestle lift up and down, cracking the sweet potato with one stroke, and breaking it with two strokes, full of rhythm , can not help but feel very interesting.

"Cousin Meng Jin, let me try too!" After watching for a while, Lin Wanwan finally asked to fight in person.

"Okay, this job isn't too tiring, it's just boring." Lin Mengjin stepped aside with a smile.

Lin Wanwan stepped forward and tried it for a while, and after satisfying her curiosity, she let go of her seat and continued to work without disturbing them.

"While beating, add water."

"Oh, okay."

You don't have to watch over the process of crushing sweet potatoes.

In order to speed up, in addition to using stone pestles and stone mills, everyone also picked up big wooden sticks for hand-pounding rice, and went directly to it!

Lin Wanwan wanted to work together, but was stopped by everyone.What is the delicate little lady doing such a rough job? It's not like there are no men in the clan.

Even maids like Hua Nong and Hong Yan don't want them to do such heavy physical work, so how could it be possible for Lin Wanwan to do it.

There are many people and strong strength, all the middle-aged men of the clan went to battle, even Xiao Chong was not idle, and within an hour he smashed [-] catties of sweet potatoes.

Lin Wanwan took a look at the sweet potato flour slag that had been preliminarily crushed by manpower, and then finely processed with stone pestles and stone mills. She felt that it was even better than the ones crushed by modern pulverizers!
"That's not bad. Now take a cotton cloth to filter, sift out the residue, and then bring a few cleaned wooden barrels to receive the powder water."

Lin Wanwan continued to direct, Xiao Chong naturally understood this step, and it was clearly written in the cake method of "Qi Min Yao Shu".

It's just that although Xiao Chong knew it well, he didn't talk too much at the moment. He watched Lin Wanwan commanding the clansman vigorously, with a subtle smile on the corner of his mouth.

The process of filtering and adding water is relatively long. It must be left to stand for at least six hours to allow the sweet potato powder in the water to settle.Then pour the water out, and continue to add an appropriate amount of water, the purpose is to remove impurities.

The steps of cleaning are then repeated every few hours.

Naturally, Xiao Chong didn't have time to wait all the time. After having dinner, he brought Dugu Dian and his servants back to Xiaoxi Town on horseback.

This guy Dugu Di fished all afternoon, and he caught a carp that Lin Wanwan put seedlings in to raise, and he even proposed to make a carp fish!
The Tang Dynasty belonged to Li's family, and Li Tong carp, the law of the Tang Dynasty forbade the common people to eat carp, there is a record of "the law of the country, the carp should be released as soon as it is obtained, but it is still not allowed to eat".

But, the celebrities of Tang Dynasty don't care about this rule at all!Not only did they eat carp in a different way, but they also wrote poems that have been passed down through the ages!

For example, Bai Juyi's "There is a row stove at the bow, and rice is cooked to cook red carp", Wang Wei's "My beloved Yule rides a horse, and the maid is eating carp on a golden plate", Quan Deyu's "From the beginning of the future, Weisi cooks Carp" and so on.

The gentry of the Tang Dynasty are so arrogant, the emperor, you just give your orders, and I will obey them and count them as losers!

But Tang scholar Dugu Di dared to eat carp sashimi, but Lin Wanwan did not.

She wasn't afraid of Li Tang's royal family, she was afraid of parasites!
Xiao Chong had eaten the pagoda candy given by Lin Wanwan, although he himself may not have found the parasites in his stomach because of his internal strength in martial arts.

However, he saw the chaos in the Lin family village during that time, when he came to Lin Wanwan's house for dinner!

Since then, he no longer likes fish meat made from freshwater fish.

Xiao Chong is very convinced of Lin Wanwan's attention to food.

Dugu Di didn't believe it, but seeing Xiao Chong's appearance, he had to hesitate.

Lin Wanwan might lie to him, but Xiao Chong would never.

In the end, Dugu Di gave up the idea of ​​eating carp, but at least he caught it himself, so he can still satisfy himself with a plate of steamed carp!
Hua Nong didn't listen to him to make steamed, but said to make a different kind - yes, it is braised carp with chili and pepper to taste!

It was the first time for Dugu Di to taste a seasoning like chili, and he was almost overwhelmed by the spiciness, but after the pain, he yelled happily. He killed a plate of spicy braised carp by himself, feeling pain and happiness.

Xiao Chong is still jealous of chili peppers. Last time he was tricked by Lin Wanwan to take a bite, it was almost so spicy that he ascended to heaven, so he still doesn't like it.

(End of this chapter)