Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 385

There are geographical restrictions on the maple trees that produce maple sugar, but these sweet sorghums are distributed and planted on all continents around the world.

Its popularity can be seen from the fact that both Wang Lu, who was born in North America and China, knew this thing.

In the last century in China, it was widely planted south of the Yangtze River Basin, and it can be found in many places.

Just because the top of this thing produces grain, the stalks at the bottom are sweet, and the sugar content is not low. All the stalks can also be used to make wine. This is also a major factor why sweet sorghum was widely planted before.

Also, this thing does not seem to have high requirements for the growing environment. This is probably why these wild sweet sorghums can appear in the Woulu Mountains.

Immediately, Wang Lu became interested. He called Parker and took the knife from his hand. Then he randomly selected a piece of sweet sorghum and directly selected the part. When he cut it, there was a crisp sound, followed by a sharp blade. So I cut this wild sweet sorghum.

Simply remove the grain ears on top. The yield of the sorghum rice produced at the top of this wild sweet sorghum is not high, and it is also more shriveled, so it basically does not have much edible value.

But it is precisely because of this that the sugar content of the stems of wild sweet sorghum is quite high. After carefully removing the sharp outer skin with a knife, take a bite and chew the innermost part, and the sweet juice will immediately overflow. .

The eating method is almost the same as that of sugar cane, so wild sweet sorghum is also called wild sugar cane or fake sugar cane.

Many of the veterans behind Wang Lu knew this stuff, and they all imitated Wang Lu and began to nibble on these wild sweet sorghums. As for the Maasai children who followed, they looked at these veterans expectantly. .

Soon after the veterans chopped the wild sweet sorghum stalks into several sections and distributed them to the little guys. After they tasted the sweet juice, they all showed expressions of satisfaction.

All children in the world are the same, a little surprise can satisfy them for a long time.

Moreover, these Maasai children ate the sweet sorghum one by one very quickly. The veterans could only keep waving the knives in their hands, but soon they discovered a lot of sweet sorghum that seemed to have problems.

"Why do you get black pimples on this thing? It's not something wrong!"

A veteran held a sweet sorghum plant with black knots on the top in his hand and muttered. He was about to throw it away but was stopped by Parker!

"Hey man, this is good stuff, it would be such a waste to throw it away!"

After listening to Parker's words, the veteran also froze on the spot and said with some confusion:
"Are you sure this thing is good?"

Parker said firmly:
"Of course! This is sold as a delicious vegetable in North America and Mexico, and the price on the market even reaches seven or eight dollars per pound! It's a really high-end vegetable!"

Now, not to mention the veterans, even Wang Lu was in disbelief!

But Parker's expression was firm and he didn't mean to joke at all, which made Wang Lu become interested.After all, when he was a child, he remembered that there would be some individuals with black bumps in these sweet sorghums. The old people in the village would basically cut them down when they saw them, and then throw them away.

According to the words of the village elders, these sweet sorghums are sick and will be transmitted to other sweet sorghums. If they are not cut down and thrown away, all the sweet sorghums will not be able to produce food!

And then Parker played the role of a science popularization expert!

"That's right, boss, these individuals with black pimples are indeed sick. They are infected with a bacteria called smut. Individuals infected with smut are indeed unable to produce food. Corns can also be infected with this disease. Pathogens, as you know, corn is the main crop in my hometown, so I have a certain understanding of smut!"

"But God is merciful. When he created smut, a fungus that can eliminate corn and sweet sorghum, he also gave them another value, which is the umami inside these black bumps. They are in North America. It has long been certified as an edible wild fungus, just like mushrooms, and it is very delicious. The white stick in the umami can even be eaten raw!"

After listening to Parker's solemn words, Wang Lu's expression also changed a little.

What this guy said is really possible!

After all, domestic grain production in the last century has not yet reached a state of self-sufficiency. These sweet sorghums can produce both grain and sugar, but for farmers who grow them, grain output is still more important.

It was a big deal that the sweet sorghum infected with the so-called smut could not produce grain. At that time, no one would care about whether these black sorghums were edible or not. They could only cut them down as soon as possible to avoid Infect more crops.

But I didn’t expect that in North America and Mexico, this thing is regarded as a vegetable and edible fungus...

Even Wang Lu had gained knowledge this time. Maybe some people in the country realized this at that time, but he had never known such a thing.

As if to prove that he was not lying, Parker peeled off the umami from the sweet sorghum infected with smut, then put the white stick inside directly into his mouth and chewed it. .

It looks like it tastes really good.

According to him, these black rice is also a very good choice for frying potatoes. When stewed with common vegetables such as beans, zucchini, and eggplant, it can add a lot of unique and delicious flavors and create wonderful reactions!
This made Wang Lu immediately interested, and he immediately asked the veterans to start cutting down the individuals with smut, intending to take them back and let Old Wei cook them!
Moreover, there seem to be quite a few individuals infected with smut in the wild. After all, there is no human intervention, and once infected, a large area will be spread, so Wang Lu and the others easily obtained a lot of wild sweet sorghum with black rice!

With these unexpected gains, the group returned to the ranch at the foot of the mountain. As the chef, Old Wei saw these ingredients and gave full play to his traditional skills as a chef in the army's cooking class.

If you don’t know how to make a dish, you can definitely make a pot of it!

Wang Lu soon tasted this iron pot stew with black rice added. Not to mention that it had such a unique and delicious taste. This kind of edible fungi, such as mushrooms, oyster mushrooms, etc., all have their own natural umami flavor. , you can’t go wrong with it for freshness.

Not to mention those wild mushrooms, these black rice should be regarded as a kind of mushroom, so the taste will not be bad.

(End of this chapter)