"Fire!"

Laugh at!

Rumble!

The kerosene lighter burns out with a full tank of fuel.

Because the new sugarcane juice was half filled with enamel pots, the worker ants, under the guidance of Xiao Ran, filled the kerosene lighter with kerosene.

After more than ten minutes, the sugar cane juice on the enamel pot came out hot, and as time passed, the sugar cane juice began to concentrate and slowly became thicker.

Concentration is the essence, this sentence is indeed true, otherwise how could this sugarcane juice be boiled into sugar. Xiao Ran Xin said.

At this time, Xiao Ran did something that he had not done before.

He instructed the ants to pour the clarified ash water into the enamel pot by siphoning.

Then boil the sugarcane juice in the enamel pot until thick.

"Turn off the heat!"

Xiao Ran looked at the thick sugarcane juice and said to the workers.

Worker ants use wet leaves to extinguish the flames of kerosene lighters.

"Why don't you keep going? Prime Minister, Boss. "This hasn't been boiled into sugar yet!"

"There's no hurry. Xiao Ran replied nonchalantly.

In the ancient era of handmade tofu, people would use the filtered water of plant ash to replace gypsum and order tofu. Although with the advancement of science and technology, the current tofu coagulant has used glucose lactinate, but the ancient method of plant ash, Xiao Ran still remembers it very clearly.

That's because when I was very young, I watched people in the village make rice tofu in this way. And the glucose lipid is because when he ate his sister's tofu, his sister taught him.

Well!

This!

Crystallized!

Xiao Ran was ecstatic, white crystals appeared in the enamel pot, could it be that the alkalinity of the ash water of the grass and trees could remove the impurities in the sugarcane juice.

He wasn't quite sure how it worked, but when the sugar condensed, his heart beat rapidly.

Sand Sugar ......

"Magical. ”

"It's amazing!"

The ants were stunned by the phenomenon in front of them, although they had already seen all kinds of strange foods, but this sugarcane juice used to be boiled out of brown sugar, but now it has become sugar......

Because of the successful production of sand sugar, Xiao Ran got the title of "Sand Sugar Magician" after "Starch Magician".

Purple sweet potato?

Well, purple potato!

Xiao Ran looked at the three purple potatoes that were dug up, and he decided to make a food that subverted the concept of the ant clan - sand sugar taro balls.

Rumble!

The enamel pot is heated again.

Unlike before, this time, the enamel pot is not used to cook food, but to steam it.

On the enamel pot, a simple, wooden stick steaming grid with a slender purple sweet potato is placed on it. After the purple potatoes are placed, a thick layer of toon leaves is spread on top of the purple potatoes.

This is because there is no lid, and even if there is, it requires the force of a lever to place the lid on the enamel pot. Therefore, toon leaves replace the lid, and they can also play a role in keeping warm and moisturizing.

Rumble!

The purple potatoes were steaming in the fire, and the white steam was bubbling up, running out along the gaps in the toon leaves.

The capacity of the enamel pot is limited, and Xiao Ran only steamed one purple potato this time. After the purple potatoes were steamed, he instructed the ants to put the purple potatoes into the second-generation juicer.

After the purple potato is put into the juicer, the air-dried sweet potato starch is put in.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The scoop of the second-generation juicer smashed the purple potato and starch mixture in the stone scoop one by one. The steamed purple potatoes are soft and glutinous, and they quickly blend with the starch.

Xiao Ran instructed the ants to continue to add starch to the stone scoop until the purple potato did not stick to the scoop.

Forehead......

Xiao Ran carefully recalled his past experience, the finished product of this taro is called taro balls, but why is the practice of purple potatoes called purple potato taro balls?

The senior sister once personally showed him how to make handmade taro balls, and that time, the senior sister not only made taro balls, but also purple potato taro balls and pumpkin taro balls. Purple, white, orange taro balls, the scene of boiling in the pot is still vivid in his mind.

Once out of the pot, add coconut water, red beans, or honey water......

It's just that at that time, taro balls were made of tapioca starch, and now there is only sweet potato starch, so I guess it can be successful, he thought.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

The second-generation juicer licked the purple potatoes one by one. Soon, after adding enough sweet potato starch, the purple potatoes are no longer sticky.

After a while, Xiao Ran instructed the worker ants to judge the water valve.

The second-generation juicer stopped running, and Xiao Ran instructed the workers to take out the purple potato starch balls. At this time, the lump in front of me was more like purple dough, and there was no purple sweet potato at all.

After the starchy purple potato dumplings are taken out, they are placed on top of the golden toon leaves. Xiao Ran instructed the ants to fetch a few pieces of bamboo, which were left over from the termite colony's power components for the juicer.

After the bamboo slices are ready, the workers still use the lever on the enamel pot to squeeze the bamboo slices and knead the starch purple potato balls into the shape of purple potato taro balls one by one.

This shape is similar to the large taro balls sold in bubble tea shops, but because they are pressed with bamboo chips, they have more edges and corners.

Rumble!

The enamel stove burned again.

After the water in the pot boils, the purple sweet potato taro balls are put into the pot.

Gollum!

Then add the sugar.

Gollum!

Before the taro balls are cooked, the aroma has already spread.

After a few minutes, the taro balls in the pot floated, which was a sign that the taro balls were ripe. Xiao Ran instructed the ants to turn off the fire, drain the hot water from the enamel pot, and add pure morning dew.

Add morning dew because the boiled taro balls are immediately put into cold water, which can increase the strength of the taro balls.

"Ahem...... Ahem...... Let the old man come first!" Without waiting for the purple potato taro balls to cool, the wizard was the first to rush up.

"Wizard, please wait a moment for them to cool down and then they will be ready to eat. Xiao Ran said.

After waiting for two minutes, Xiao Ran wanted the ants to remove part of the morning dew and add sugar to make a taro ball. But he thought about it, this taro ball was much bigger than an ant, and there was no spoon, should he let them swim in the pot and eat it......

So Xiao Ran instructed the ants to drain all the morning dew in the pot, and then take out the purple potato taro balls one by one.

The first purple sweet potato balls are placed on a golden leaf, like the plating of a five-star hotel.

"Wizard, don't you sacrifice a little, can we eat again?" Xiao Ran said.

"Ahem...... Next time, ahem, this time it's free. The wizard said.

Then, the mountain wanderer began to distribute food, Xiao Ran enjoyed a leaf of taro balls alone, other worker ants or soldier ants, and ten ants enjoyed a taro ball, and the cousin of the Shi family had a very great contribution to the purple potato action, so the cousin of the Shi family took the family as a single thing, and the four holy armorers and their father enjoyed a leaf of taro balls.

The queen ant is special, because they lay hundreds of eggs every day, so each queen eats a single taro ball.

"It's so sweet!"

"yes, it's so sweet!"

"It's delicious!"

......

The ants of the Sea Buckthorn Wasteland, their tentacles danced again.

References:

1. Song Luyou's "Notes on Lao Xue'an" Volume 6: "Sand sugar China has nothing. When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty paid tribute to him, he asked his envoys: 'What is this?' and Yun: 'Fry in sugarcane juice.' 'It is fried in its own way, and foreigners, etc. Since then, China has had sand sugar. ”

2. Research progress on color formation, removal and prevention in sugarcane sugar production, School of Food and Biological Engineering, South China University of Technology

3. Huohan Town Modern Sugar Industry Technology Beijing: China Light Industry Publishing Co., Ltd. 1992 The latest chapter of "Ant Clan Gourmet Claw Book House" is free to read for the first time.