The sixty-fifth day, a day of hard rain
The storm didn't stop, but the treehouse was still intact......
The cold is not much better, the throat is as uncomfortable as a foreign body, the swallow is sore and the throat must be inflamed, fortunately it is not very serious, otherwise it will definitely cause a fever. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
My nose was also plugged, and it was for this reason that I was woken up by this feeling of suffocation.
The first time I woke up, of course, I sat up all at once, looked around, and there was a little overflow at the door, and there was nothing unusual.
This wind and rain does not end so quickly, and according to the weather conditions outside, it is absolutely impossible to stop every two or three days.
And I had to stay in the hut and do nothing.
I must not have heard the rain last night, and the sound of half-asleep must be the sound of those branches falling on the roof, as if a branch is still stuck in the crack of the roof, shaken by the wind and rain, slamming against the roof, constantly making a "pop, pop" sound, this sound is actually nothing if you don't take it to heart, but once you pay attention, you will feel that it has been noisy in your ears.
As much as I don't like the weather, there's nothing else to do that would make me happier or more fulfilling. I can't sleep now, I can still breathe when I stand with my nose, once I lie down, the feeling is very uncomfortable, my nose is stuffed, my throat is itchy, and lying down is like being tortured.
I've already taken the medicine, and I don't know if it's good to take this medicine on an empty stomach, but I really don't have much appetite.
I don't even have the energy to feed it, but fortunately it's relatively sensible, and when it sees that I don't do it, it will eat some fruit by itself......
If you want to do nothing in the treehouse on a rainy day, you can still try to make some vine baskets, vine baskets, or even vine fanny packs.
But in the end, I denied it, and the bad weather, irritable sounds, and uncomfortable body made it impossible for me to calm down at all.
The wind and rain were so strong that I didn't even have a chance to open the door, and when I walked to the door, I could feel the howling wind outside.
Luckily, it was in the woods, and I could see that there were several large trees on the edge of the woods that seemed to have fallen. If not here, there is a risk that the whole hut will be rolled up.
In the boredom, it suddenly reminded me of the arrowroot starch I made before, I don't know if it's dry, but I am interested in this thing, and I quickly walked to the edge of the basin, opened the lid and looked at it.
It's not dry, it's still wet, but at least the water is only the bottom layer, fortunately, when I came back that day, I brought this starch basin in, because of the lid, there was no rain inside, but the table was still outside and was washed by the rain, I was too tired to come back that day, and I instinctively brought this basin in, and I didn't even realize it, just like instinct.
Some of the starches have come out of the water, and they are all together, and when they are all dry, they can be crushed and preserved, which will be another delicious to enjoy.
If arrowroot starch is done successfully, it can come in handy, such as thickening the soup, so that the original clear soup becomes thicker, a bowl of thick soup is easy to fill the stomach, or even simpler, after adding arrowroot starch to boiling water, you only need to add some honey, it can become a delicious breakfast.
It's too early to tell, we still have to wait for a while, and only after success will we be eligible to enjoy it.
After reading arrowroot starch, I took out a cigarette and lit it, now the craving for smoking is almost gone, but in this boring time, I can only use it to kill time, although the throat is inflamed, smoking will only make it worse, but in the smoke swallowing, I can feel a little comfort, and even a trace of the feeling of returning to the past......
With the burning of cigarettes, I thought of a comfortable residence, a warm bed, and fragrant coffee...... Even a variety of breakfasts, flatbreads, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, steamed buns, preserved egg porridge, rice rolls...... Even pancake fruit......
"That's right!"
In my memory, I suddenly made a discovery, and an inspiration also came spontaneously! "Yes, I can still make pancakes!" "I haven't used this corn flour once, and every time I rush to make the food of the meal, I don't dare to make more, I am afraid of wasting, but after this pancake is done, as long as it is dried or dried, it can be stored for a long time."
There are several types of pancakes, but one is extremely elastic, which can be kept for a longer period of time, and can be eaten with other foods. The other one, on the other hand, is the exact opposite, and can be made very crispy, and it still has a crisp aroma after drying.
I heard from the owner of the pancake seller that the first kind of pancake needs to use that kind of high-gluten flour as the main ingredient, and of course I didn't, and it's a pity that I haven't made either pancake, and of course I don't know how to make it. But I can try......
The continuous rain made the humidity in the whole air very high, after opening the cornmeal, I found that there were some lumps inside, and I don't know if it was a problem with the weather recently, or because of the humidity before, and then if the weather was better, I had to bring out these corn flour to dry, and I always felt that the clumps would be moldy or spoiled.
I grabbed the cornmeal in the basin a few times, it didn't seem to be particularly delicate, it always felt not as fine as flour, so I added another handful of flour to it, well, in order to increase its viscosity, after coming to the lower level, I put some water in a rice basin and added a spoonful of salt to the water. After a few minutes of stirring, the salt melts all in the water.
I mixed the cornmeal and a small portion of flour in the pot, and now all I need to do is add water and flour. This is somewhat similar to gnocchi, but it is a little different, gnocchi with more water and less water is not a big problem, but I don't feel good about pancakes, the cake spread out with more water will definitely not be formed, and if there is less water, it will be too sticky to spread out.
So, I decided to add the water slowly, stirring with chopsticks while adding, as the water enters, the corn flour becomes more and more viscous, and it keeps sticking to the chopsticks when stirring, in order to reduce its stickiness, I also specially added some oil to it, of course, not a lot.
After a few times, the whole pot of flour became a paste, and after trying to scoop it a few times with a spoon, it still looked sticky.
But it doesn't matter, just add some more water. After adding water, the batter is obviously much better, and when you scoop the spoon, you will scoop out a full spoonful, unlike just when you scooped out a large piece at once.
I put the pot on the fire, and I smeared some oil on the bottom of the pot to prevent it from sticking.
Before the pot boiled, I scooped a spoonful of batter into the pot, and soon the pale yellow batter began to condense, of course I didn't want it to curdle like this, so I immediately spread it out with a spoon, although it was not very pretty, and it was not very regular, but the cake was finally spread out, and after frying for a while, a faint burnt taste began to appear, and I immediately turned it over.
Sure enough, there have been some black spots on the side that comes into contact with the pot, maybe the pot is too hot, it hasn't been in contact with the pot for a long time, and in order to prevent the result on the other side is the same, my hands are sore from turning back and forth.
I knew that both sides were fried by me and some blackened, so I fished them out.
This first pancake is definitely going to be tasted, whether it is good or not, whether it is too salty, too light, too hard or too thick, it is the first pancake I have ever made, and I will eat it.
It was too hot, and after putting the pot aside, I just wanted to pick up the pancakes, but I almost got burned and was negligent.
I waited for a long time, it should have been more than ten minutes, and this pancake was held in my hand. I didn't bite into it, I was afraid that it would still be hot inside, so I tore the pancake directly, but it was still very hot inside, and it was completely different from what I had imagined before.
I imagined it to be a thin cake, but the bread I spread out was half a centimeter thick, the size of a palm, and the thickness was very uneven, with thin edges and thick middle. First of all, the appearance is very unsuccessful, and as for the taste, even I am a little skeptical.
However, the mother doesn't think that her son is ugly, and no matter how ugly she is, she can accept it, so she mustered up the courage to open her mouth and take a bite.
"Hard!" Yes, it is very hard, and it may have been fried for a long time, so the taste is a little dry, especially the shell, when it was just fried, it felt hard and crispy to the touch, but now after the cold is a little, the shell actually becomes soft, and there is no crispy feeling.
It may be that there is too much corn flour, so although this pancake is particularly fragrant in the aftertaste, when it is savored, you can still feel some sweetness and saltiness, the sweetness may be brought by flour, and the saltiness should be the salt I added.
Although it is not particularly delicious, but it is also the food I want, yes, I just want this kind of dry, easy-to-preserve food, although I found that after the pancake is torn, there is still some moisture, but as long as it is baked for a period of time, or exposed to the sun for a period of time, it can be completely dried, and it can be stored for a long time, when I go out, it can even be used as my dry food, a pot of water and a few pancakes, can quickly let me say goodbye to hunger.
In this way, thinking of this, I quickly spread out the rest of the pancakes, a total of twenty-two, all of which were as small as the size of a palm, although it was very different from the pancakes I imagined, but at least it was not in vain.
After penetrating these pancakes with chopsticks, I found a small vine and strung them on the vine, and then I hung the vines above the fire, of course, the height is guaranteed, as for how to hang them? That's because I buried two tree trunks at both ends of the fire, which were specially used to hang vines, and in the past, smoked fish and smoked meat were hung on these two trunks.
When they're dry, I can taste them again, and if the taste is acceptable, the cakes will be my dry food when I go out.
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While I was in full swing of making cakes, the wind and rain outside had not stopped......
I'm a little worried about the seedlings in the garden......
I am also worried that after the water in the nearby low-lying places is full, the stagnant water will pour in, and the rain will be so heavy...... If the backfill ...... I don't necessarily have to live with the consequences......