Chapter 22: Stew

In order to test whether the big stone pot will crack under a long period of roasting and firing, Ye Ke first poured some water into the pot, waited for the water to boil, and felt nothing unusual, looking at the big stone pot seemed to be stronger than expected.

Thinking about the material, this kind of stone is harder than usual, and it is also a loss of Xinghan's sharp claws, otherwise there is really no way to take these stones, 'I don't know if I can use this stone to make a knife out.' ’

Facing the steaming stone pot, he was stunned for a while, Ye Ke poured the first pot of boiling water on the remaining birds and beasts, thinking that he would pluck out all the hairs for a while.

Then Ye Ke and Little Tucker poured the dissolved saltstone water and the clarified part on it into the big iron pot.

Seeing the remaining impurities in the small pot, Tucker put his freshly wet hand in his mouth, "Is it salty water?"

When I was about to go to the festival yesterday, I listened to my brother and talked a lot, but at that time, he was too nervous and didn't listen to it all.

Ye Ke replied while stirring the salty stone water with a wooden stick: "Yes..."

The two of them began to alternate, stirring the salty stone water with wooden sticks, although they didn't know what Ye Ke was going to do, but Tucker was still very active in helping.

Because he kept stirring hard, Tucker's little face was baked red, and with the dark green eyes, it looked a little funny, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

It wasn't until the pot was boiled dry that the big and the small were tired and sweaty, and at this time, a thick layer of white crystals appeared at the bottom of the pot.

"Sister Kerr, look!" Tucker leaned in and saw the fine salt that had been boiled at the bottom of the pot.

Finding that it was done, Ye Ke smiled and carefully instructed Tucker to pad his hands with animal skins, lift the big stone pot down, and let it dry for a while, waiting for the temperature to drop.

Then Ye Ke broke one end of the wooden stick, and used the pointed end to pull back and forth at the bottom of the pot, and cut off all the fine salt stuck to the bottom of the pot, and finally got about half a catty of fine salt.

Although the salt is not so white, it is much better than the previous salty stone, and there are not so many dirt and impurities.

The remaining salt at the bottom of the pot, Ye Ke didn't plan to shave it clean, thinking about going directly to stew the bird and beast for a while.

Because there is no here, ginger and cooking wine remove the fishy smell, Ye Ke had to put some effort, add a new pot, pour in the water, and prepare to treat the birds and beasts and put them in to blanch.

With Tucker, he didn't need Xinghan to do anything, and the hair of the bird and beast was almost burned at that time, and with a light pull of his hand, the feather fell off, and he saw the white flesh inside.

"Wow. Tucker also squatted down and helped pluck the feathers together, it was the first time he had seen such a treatment, ordinary tribes did not eat birds and beasts much.

Because the fur is different from other prey, it is not easy to peel off, it is directly roasted, and there is a bad smell, and when there is not a special shortage of food, it will not choose to prey on birds and beasts.

When the fur was stripped off, Tucker also helped open the belly of the bird and beast, although his claws were not particularly sharp, but it was still trivial to deal with the prey.

Because he was going to cook and eat it later, Ye Ke picked and picked the pile of internal organs, and selected the ones that could be boiled directly, and those intestines or something were still thrown away.

"Sister Kerr, these... Food, do you want to eat it too?" Tucker asked, pointing to the half-fist-sized heart that had been picked out of the beast's stomach.

The internal organs of the prey are generally thrown away directly in the tribe, and I have heard from those old people that there is a lack of food in some dry seasons, and occasionally they will eat some, although it is difficult to eat when roasted, it is better than starving to death.

Hearing Tucker ask her, Ye Ke blinked his eyes, thinking that the people in the tribe may never eat offal, "Well, believe Sister, these things are very delicious when they are done." ”

In the original world, these internal organs were not rare good things, Ye Ke washed these things several times.

He also asked Xinghan and Tucker, who were watching from the side, to help cut the meat and internal organs of the two birds and beasts into small pieces, clean them again, and finally poured them into the pot where the water was boiling, just a pot full of meat.

Looking at the little female who was busy with Tucker, Xinghan felt that his heart was full, and other females would never make their own food.

But Ye Ke was very keen on this, and always felt that he had picked up a treasure, Xing Han thought, his tail couldn't help swinging back and forth, like an obedient domestic dog.

Because the prey sent had been killed in advance, there was no bloodletting, and after boiling it in the pot, a pot of gray-black foam slowly formed, and Ye Ke knew that these were all blood water that had been boiled out of the meat.

Seeing that it was almost done, he asked Tucker to carry the pot out of the cave, slowly poured out the water, and washed it again with cold water, and then poured it into the big stone pot where the salty stone water had been boiled before.

When he was about to add water again, Ye Ke found that there was not too much water in the tank, but he could still eat to survive today.

After adding water to the pot and putting it on the stove to boil, the preparation process was finally completed, Ye Ke exhaled deeply, "I can finally rest for a while!"

She beckoned to Tucker, "Come to Tucker, sit here and rest, it's really hard today, you've helped a lot today!" Ye Ke beckoned him to his side and handed him a sweet fruit.

A little embarrassed to be praised, Tucker touched the back of his head, smirked a few times, took the sweet fruit, and took a big bite.

After eating the sweet fruit, Tucker began to look again, and finally focused on the stone pot where the meat of birds and beasts was boiling, because at this time a faint fragrance began to waft out.

"Sister K'er, why do you put the beast meat in hot water, will it become delicious?" Tucker couldn't help but ask, after looking at it for a long time.

He had never seen this kind of stone tool that could discharge water, nor had he seen this way of eating, so he felt that it should be different if he made it with such painstaking effort.

"You're right, but being delicious is only one aspect. Ye Ke looked at Tucker with a smile.

He continued: "When we usually eat animal meat, most of us will carry dirty things that our eyes can't see, and sometimes eating it in the stomach will cause all kinds of discomfort. ”

"Discomfort?" Tucker thought silently, most of the food he used to eat was half-baked, and his thin body was also related to frequent stomach aches and fevers.

His little face wrinkled for a while, as if he had thought of something, "Does it hurt to have a stomach when you eat dirty things?"

I feel that the people here are still very smart, and after a little talk, I understand it, Ye Ke nodded and said: "Not only does it hurt my stomach, but sometimes it can cause fever, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, and I can't eat." ”

It turns out that I used to be weak because I ate dirty things. Tucker looked at the stone pot and thought that he would also eat the meat boiled in hot water in the future.