Chapter 40: The Intoxicating Salt
Wu knew the name of this white stone from Han Cheng's mouth, and it turned out that it was called salt.
However, he was a little skeptical about Han Cheng's words, the smell that made his body tremble, he rinsed his mouth twice with water and did not completely dissipate, he didn't want to believe that what was not delicious now would become delicious at night.
Could it be that this 'salt' is like fruit? The green ones that have just been picked are not delicious, but they are delicious when they turn yellow after a while?
Wu thought so, and then nodded, thinking that he should have guessed the truth of the matter.
Han Cheng carefully fastened the layer of salt condensed under the jar, then placed it on a clean stone slab, carefully smashed it into a powder state with stones, and then put it into a new/clean jar with a lid.
Then he instructed everyone to smash the remaining two-thirds of the salt ore and boil it into salt according to the process of Fang Cai.
The salt content of this salt mine is still quite high, and the small ten catties of salt mine produce about one catty of salt, which is enough to surprise Han Cheng.
Towards the end of the afternoon, the elder brother and the others came back with their prey, and the elder brother, who had heard about this, opened the jar of salt, pinched some minced salt from it and put it in his mouth, and then there was a bang.
He looked at Han Cheng and shook his head repeatedly, indicating that this thing was not delicious.
Han Cheng smiled knowingly, and didn't explain much, it would be strange if eating salt like this was delicious!
The returned prey was disemboweled and then roasted on the fire with a fork stuck in a tree.
In the past, Han Cheng didn't come to mix with the barbecue, after all, he was a god son, and he just needed to sit back and enjoy the results.
But tonight was different, with a bowl in his arms, and in it was some salt that he had poured out of the jar.
He gathered around the edge of the fire and sprinkled all the meat to be roasted with a thin layer of salt.
In this way, the faces of the people who had already tasted the taste of salt twitched.
Fortunately, this thing was done by the Son of God, and if it were someone else, he wouldn't be able to say that he would be full of old fists.
Food is precious, and such waste is not tolerated.
There was a look of surprise in Wu's eyes, he didn't expect that Han Cheng's so-called deliciousness was not to eat it directly, but to sprinkle this strange-tasting salt on the barbecue.
Han Cheng looked at the roasted brown meat and the hot dripping oil, full of anticipation for tonight's food.
The meat was all roasted, and as before, the first food to eat was still the witch.
The elder brother picked a piece of meat of the right size and roasted it, put it in the bowl with chopsticks, and then held it in both hands, and sent it to the hands of the witch who was standing on the side with chopsticks.
Everyone looked at Wu and expected him to comment on the 'unique' barbecue tonight.
Wu is a person who has seen the world, looking at so many people, he is not stunned at all, he does not panic, he first blows a few breaths on the meat, and only after it is a little colder, then he slowly bites it.
Everyone couldn't help but hold their breath and looked at Wu carefully.
When a bite of meat entered his mouth, Wu's eyes couldn't help but light up, and the speed of chewing was significantly accelerated, and he no longer saw the light wind when he ate before.
When everyone saw Wu's reaction, they all breathed a sigh of relief, the food would not be ruined!
Then I wondered, was it really delicious to have a barbecue with the strange taste of white stone, which Miko called 'salt'.
"Delicious!"
Wu Jiang ate a bite of meat, resisted the desire to take a second bite, and happily announced to everyone the news that everyone already knew.
The second senior brother's saliva flowed out again, he looked at the salted barbecue, and then looked at the senior brother, his eyes were dumbfounded.
The meaning is obvious, that is, you take the food quickly, and after taking it, I will quickly take it and taste what the barbecue is full of praise for!
The senior brother filled another bowl for Han Cheng, and then he couldn't wait to receive the food, and took his family to the side to eat.
Han Cheng had the urge to cry, he had been here for several months, and now he finally ate a bite of salted food, which is also a bitter tear!
The speed of eating in the tribe today was obviously faster than before, and even Wu Du slowed down after eating more than half of the roast meat in the bowl.
The food that had been enough for the tribe in the past was gone, but everyone felt that they were still unsatisfied, especially the children.
In the past, the food left by their parents could be mixed even if they were not full, but today, they have received less food.
Everyone looked at the senior brother with blank eyes, and the senior brother was also unsatisfied, but fortunately, there were many prey caught today, so he lived up to expectations and selected some meat to prepare for roasting.
However, he was stopped by Han Cheng, and at his signal, the barbecue turned into a boiled broth, in which the meat was put less, and the bones that used to gnaw and could not be gnawed were put more.
In this way, you can save some food, and the second is that everyone has actually eaten almost, and the reason why you feel that you are not full is because the first time you eat food with salt, you think it is too delicious, and you just want to eat more, and under such a psychological effect, you will feel that you are not full.
At this time, drinking more broth is much better than eating barbecue.
A large vat dedicated to making soup was set up on the fire, and someone skillfully added water to it to put meat and bones.
Under Han Cheng's explanation and supervision, when the people in the tribe cooked, whether it was barbecue or soup, they would first wash the meat with water.
It's not like before, it's bloody and eats it directly.
After the meat was put and the water was placed, Han Cheng poured all the remaining salt in the bowl into the jar, and then covered the pot with a lid made of grass and leaves.
(The pottery lid is small, the big one is too easy to break, and it is too heavy, it is inconvenient to use, after it rotted twice, Han Cheng remembered the pot lid used in the house before, and after the change, there is now a pot lid made of grass and leaves.) )
When cooking meat, add salt early to make it easier to absorb the flavor.
The broth finally came out of the pot in anticipation of everyone, and it did not disappoint, and the broth was exceptionally delicious to drink.
Even Senior Brother Sha, who didn't like to drink broth before, was full of praise and couldn't stop drinking.
The crowd didn't think that just eating such unpalatable 'salt' and sprinkling it on top of the food and putting it in the soup would make the food so delicious!
The Son of God did not disappoint them!
The inner hole, the stone in front of the totem pole that had been used as an altar, was now filled with something new, not food, but a small half bowl of white salt.
The witch led the people and danced in the light of the fire, thanking the gods for giving them such delicious salt through the hand of the Son of God.