Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 1697 Food Factory Continued
"The quality of these is relatively poor." Yun Suji pondered over the vocabulary, "It's not so meaty, um...serious."

The so-called not so "serious" can be imagined if it is used. It is roughly the number of ways to make steamed stuffed buns from roadside stalls in the old time and space, collectively referred to as "leg meat". stuff.After Yun Suji became the director of the food factory, he fully realized why German sausages are said to be 'not a single drop of blood is wasted'.

"Let's go quickly." Xi Yaya suddenly lost his appetite.On the contrary, Chen Sigen was very interested and asked: "Is this the kind of dry sausage that is going to be supplied to the troops? I think the nutritional indicators are still good."

"Which type of enema to supply to the troops depends on the needs of the troops and the procurement quotations of the joint logistics. Of course, it also depends on the supply of raw materials-the supply of meat has always been a pit."

"Old Yun, just tell me the truth, how many kinds of meat are there in your so-called enema?" Xi Yazhou frowned.

"Theoretically, any meat is fine, even... and I guarantee that you won't be able to eat it." Yun Suji smiled, "I'm not kidding, pigs, cows, sheep, horses, donkeys, mules, fish, chickens, ducks, geese I've used them all here. Offal and blood, of course."

"Can it be customized?" Chen Sigen asked.

"Yes, according to the purchase price and the supply of raw materials, different raw material ratios can be adjusted in the filling of the sausage. The simplest adjustment is the content of starch."

"I think we can order more ham sausages. It looks like meat, and it tastes like meat..."

"No, ham sausage is meaningless. Because the main ingredient is still starch, it's nothing more than a little more fat." Chen Sigen categorically denied, "Now we need to add more protein to the soldiers."

"If the meat supply is sufficient, Indian meatloaf can be made directly, and the production of this thing is very simple."

"What's an Indian patty?"

"I know, it's the so-called pemmican," said Chen Sigen, who has been in the United States for many years, and he still knows it. "It is said that it was invented by the Indians. It uses the meat of bison to be dried and ground, and then mixed with oil, ground nuts and the like. Mix it and make it into a block. Later, the white people also learned to do it. This stuff is very good, high in fat and protein, and can be stored for a long time.”

"Isn't that raw meat?"

"How can it be raw meat if it's dried out? But it's probably unpalatable as a fast food. It should taste good after cooking."

"It's a pity that there is not so much meat." Xi Yazhou sighed.

"If you want to implement a cheap and big bowl, you must have enough protein. You can consider fish sausage. Come with me."

The next production line is the fish sausage production line, which is called "surimi products" in the food industry.There are a wide variety of product lines, fish balls, fish boards, fish cakes, chikuwa, crab sticks, etc. are all such products.

As soon as the surimi workshop entered, there was a strong fishy smell, which could be smelled even with a mask on.On the open space are baskets of various sea fish brought from seafood processing factories.Workers in overalls are busy moving raw materials and finished products, and the workshop is very humid.

"Surimi products are generally made of uneconomical and substandard miscellaneous fish," Yun Suji introduced the raw fish in the basket, "but only white-fleshed fish can be used, and the fish meat should not be fatty."

Chen Sigen and Xi Yazhou looked at the baskets of all kinds of fish, big and small, and felt dazzled.When they saw the last line of fish neatly piled on straw mats along the wall, they knew them: sharks.

Speaking of which, there are quite a few species of sharks here, at least seven or eight, large and small.

"Can sharks be eaten? I remember that this thing urinates all over the body, and the fish smells like urine..." Chen Sigen has been abroad for many years and has seen a lot. He remembered that when he went to Norway, the locals treated him to the local specialty salted shark. horror experience.

"Because it is not tasty, it is used to make surimi products."

Shark meat contains a lot of urea and has a strong fishy smell, so it cannot be directly used for beating.Therefore, the first step is to dismember fish fillets and rinse them with 5% salt water for 5 minutes. After rinsing, put them in an acetic acid solution pool to soak and deodorize them. Finally, rinse them and dry them to remove the water.

"This is processed shark meat. You smell it, and it doesn't smell at all." Yun Suji picked up a piece of white fish and handed it to Chen Sigen, "It can be used for beating."

They continued to walk forward, and a machine in front was rumbling, and workers were pouring a basket of fish from the funnel. Below it was a huge stainless steel drum, which was covered with dense holes.Many have been squeezed to pieces, but the wreckage of a fish can still be roughly seen rolling on it.

"What is this for, beating?"

"This is meat picking, or meat squeezing. The hole on the big drum is a sieve. Through continuous rotation and extrusion, the fish bones and fish skin are removed, leaving only clean meat."

"Damn, it's really advanced!" Xi Yazhou entered the food factory for the first time and was very curious. He stared at the machine for a long time, "Doesn't this mean that the problem of spitting out fish bones from eating fish is not a problem in the factory?"

"If you don't pursue the integrity of the fish and the taste of the fish, there are many ways to mechanically remove the fishbone." Yun Suji said, "otherwise, the power of industry is infinite."

Chen Sigen suddenly shouted: "No, you are not a sea fish, you are a catfish!"

"That's right, it's catfish." Yun Suji said, he said that catfish are very common in Hainan, Guangdong.Among the rice field fish farming promoted by Tiandihui, catfish are raised-mainly leatherbeard catfish and largemouth catfish.They grow fast, have very low requirements for living water quality, and are resistant to low oxygen.The disadvantage is that the meat quality is not very good.But it produces a lot of meat, and there are no intermuscular spines that are troublesome to deal with. Food factories use it as a filler for surimi products.

"I remember it smelled very earthy."

"It's enough to breed it in clean water for a few days. Besides, it needs post-processing. Even shark meat can be used, let alone this."

After the meat is harvested, the fish meat is poured into the meat grinder, and it is continuously ground two or three times with a spiral reamer, and then several different fish minces are poured into a large stone mortar.The worker pulls on the clutch, and the belt starts to drive a machine to stir and beat the pulp with three stirring rods. The stirring rods are controlled by planetary gears and can perform revolution and rotation.It's a breeze to blend large quantities of minced fish into surimi.

Yun Suji said: "This is a beating machine. It is specially used for beating pulp to make surimi. It can also be done manually, but the efficiency is far worse."

As he said this, a worker kept pouring a little water into the stone mortar with a spoon.

"This is brine, which can increase the viscosity of surimi. Adding salt is the key to making surimi products."

Seeing that the surimi became more and more sticky as it was stirred, it felt stickier than the kneaded dough, so some cooking wine and seasonings were added during the workers.Another bag of white powder was poured in.

"This is sweet potato starch, which is also a filler. Generally, it does not exceed 25%. However, depending on the purchase price, 50% or even more can be added or not added at all. By the way, the surimi products supplied by the factory to special supply stores are not added at all. of."

"I think adding 25% for military use is enough, and adding more is meaningless." Chen Sigen said, "How to store it? Things like bamboo wheels need to be refrigerated."

"Preserved in an enema-like manner, cooked, dried, smoked."

Then they looked at the dried fish and fish floss workshops. Yun Suji said that these can be included in military food, and he especially recommended all kinds of baked dried fish.It is recommended to carry it as a carry-on ration.

"Where's the jerky?"

"It's easy to make, and I also have finished products." Yun Suji said, "It can also be made into products such as dried pork."

"No, no, it can't be too delicious, or the soldiers will eat it as a snack." Xi Yaya shook his head, "It should be easy to eat, but not delicious."

Originally, Yun Suji wanted to take them to other workshops, but the two who had been tortured by sight and smell no longer wanted to increase their knowledge, so Yun Suji had to take them to the product research and development institute.

The product research and development institute is actually a workshop, but the scale is much smaller, and there are all kinds of small processing equipment in it.Yun Suji led them directly through the corridor to a large room behind.

Against the walls of the room was a row of clunky gas refrigerators and display cabinets.There are all kinds of food in it.

"All of these are trial products, products that can be manufactured at our current production level." Yun Suji opened the cabinet and took out a cardboard box, "This is an experimental military biscuit, try it."

The biscuits were small pieces and were hard.Xi Yazhou knows that military biscuits are generally baked dry to facilitate preservation, but the disadvantage is that you need to drink a lot of water when eating them.He took a bite, and the taste was very hard. After chewing a few times, it had the aroma of sesame seeds. It seemed that sugar and salt had been added. It was not unpalatable, and it was not as hard to chew as imagined.

"I think it's good." Chen Sigen said, "The taste is not bad."

"That's what happened." Yun Suji said, "There are many things that can't be made without flour. In fact, there is a lot of rice flour mixed in."

Yun Suji said that in addition to rice flour, the biscuits also added potato flour, sesame seeds, and hops.Good storage and palatability.

"It's a good thing, but it's a pity that it's worthless if it can't be mass-produced." Xi Yazhou said, "What other good things do you have?"

Chen Sigen said: "A small amount can be distributed to scouts, they need this kind of food."

Yun Suji pointed to a glass display case: "These are a series of dehydrated vegetables. They can all be used as military non-staple food."

The varieties are rich and colorful. Chen Sigen can see more than a dozen varieties of cabbage, shredded white radish, shredded carrot and slices, eggplant, potato, cowpea, pumpkin, lotus root, spinach, and gourd at a glance.

"It's a pity that we can't do low-temperature vacuum drying yet. This is enough. Of course, the nutritional value is far worse. The dehydrated vegetables are easy to preserve. It is better than pickles and pickles. Although it is not ready-to-eat, it can be cooked when camping. Food and vegetables are good.”

(End of this chapter)