Chapter 47 Keeping salted meat fresh in winter

The males carried the baskets on their backs, while Shirley and Mi Qing followed behind with laughter and laughter. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info now several people are eating at Charles's house, one is because Shirley likes to eat Mi Qing's dishes, and the other is that Mi Qing thinks that she should be responsible for their diet when everyone helps them hunt.

Said to have eaten at Charles's house, the Eli brothers and Tork were actually eating their own prey.

Back at home, Mi Qing first fed the rabbits and chickens that had been hungry for a day, and then prepared to start cooking.

After eating, Mi Qing discussed the idea of marinating the bacon with Charles.

"Pickled??, is that something?" asked Charles, tilting his head inexplicably.

"No, let's put it this way, the saltier the meat, the longer it can be preserved, so we don't have to worry about the meat not being able to hold in winter. Mi Qing can't explain the principle of pickling to Charles, and can only be easily changed into something that is easy to understand.

"I see, is this going to work?" Eli thought for a moment if this method really worked, then they wouldn't have to worry about their prey going bad because they couldn't eat it all.

"I'm not so sure, but I've got to give it a try. Let's experiment with our prey first, and if the food hasn't gone bad after ten days, it will work. That being said, Mi Qing is indeed full of confidence in Niu Yang in her heart. As long as there is enough salt, it will be successful.

Then Mi Qing decided that tomorrow she and Charles would go to the forest to pick salty fruits, and by the way, see if there was anything else that could replace salt, and if you could find salt, it would be best if you could find it, and there would be three months to prepare, even if it failed, she would not be afraid.

She also inquired that there was a sea here, and when she had the opportunity to go to the beach in the spring, she would be able to dry the seawater, which was the real sea salt.

As soon as he said it, Mi Qing brought all the baskets and baskets that could hold things at home early the next morning, ready to collect salty fruits. Then a group of six people went to the gathering place of the salty fruit tree, originally Mi Qing also wanted Shirley to go to yesterday's vacant land to dig sweet potatoes, after thinking about it, Shirley is also a novice and may not be able to dig much in a day, anyway, sweet potatoes buried in the ground will not be bad, and it is not too late to dig sweet potatoes after she finishes processing salty fruits.

Luckily, the fox can climb trees, and Charles is nimble enough to jump back and forth on the branches, while Miqing and Shirley pick up below. Soon several baskets and baskets were filled, and Charles spontaneously took them back first, and then continued to go up the tree to pick salty fruits. This was repeated until noon, when Mi Qing felt that she had almost picked it, so she let everyone rest and eat.

With a way to preserve food, Eli and his family hunted harder, and they hunted a lot of animals in the morning.

Everyone ate the hard-boiled eggs that Mi Qing brought from home and discussed what to prepare for the winter.

"Miqing, the tribe's winter is very cold, and the branches under the snow can collapse down, so you have to be prepared for the cold. "Shirley warns Mi Qing with the experience of people who have come before, and every winter there are orcs in the tribe who freeze to death. Food and keeping warm are the main problems in winter and should not be underestimated.

"Well, I know, I've taken care of the Shire hunting furs, and I'll start making clothes when I'm done with the next few days. Mi Qing nodded, there were already a few skins stored at home, enough to make a few clothes.

"Shirley is right, Miqing, you can also use the hides I hunted from today to make clothes. ”

Eli also nodded very approvingly, a few days ago, his animal skins were given to his mother, and now his mother's other partners also have animal skins for his mother, and his mother's winter clothes are enough this year, so he is naturally willing to give the animal skins to Mi Qing, after all, Charles has very few prey.

"Thank you, Eli happens to have a little bit of animal skins at home. Mi Qing was about to politely refuse, but Charles agreed that Mi Qing was not good at refuting his face, so he had to smile lightly and thank him. In his heart, he secretly slandered that Charles was so generous that he could even accept the overtures of his rivals.