Chapter 66: Roasted Sweet Potatoes
"Since the wine shop has decided to buy the vegetables that we grow in the winter and grow in the summer, taking advantage of the fact that the ground of the greenhouse bamboo house has been plowed, the soil has been raised, the fertilizer has been soaked, and the seeds have been selected.
When the iron stove customized by the eldest sister is ready, it will almost be ready to burn. Huang Li is a man of action, and as he spoke, he walked to the bamboo hut in the greenhouse, ready to sow seeds.
Huang Liu, Huang Jiang, and Huang Conghe also followed.
"Uncle, you wait a minute, my eldest sister has something for you to do."
"Eldest sister, what do you ask your uncle to do, or wait for the ground in the greenhouse bamboo house to be sown, let's do it later."
"Uncle, what my eldest sister asked you to make, we will use the greenhouse to grow it, uncle, you go and cut a few bamboos first, and then open up the bamboo joints in the bamboo.
Uncle, you say, this bamboo can't burn, is there any way? Huang Yiyun asked.
Originally, when he was making an iron stove, Huang Yiyun wanted the blacksmith to make an iron pipe, which was used to expel the smoke from charcoal or firewood.
It's just that to build three such iron pipes, it's not much cheaper than three iron stoves.
After Huang Yiyun felt that it was not cost-effective, and after thinking of the bamboo in the back mountain, he felt that he wanted to think of a way, and the bamboo should be able to replace the pipe made of iron.
"Uncle, I mean to say, this bamboo is not directly in contact with the fire, I want to be erected on the iron stove, when the iron stove burns the fire, it is inevitable that there will be some smoke, and when the time comes, the vegetables smoked in the bamboo house will affect the growth of the vegetables, so I want to make this, put it on the iron stove, and exhaust the smoke from the iron stove." Huang Yiyun explained after seeing that Huang Conghe was still a little confused.
"Uncle Na knows, if you don't have direct contact with the flame, if you only use it to exhaust smoke, where to smear a layer of thick soil on the surface of the bamboo, even if the inner bamboo is burned through, the outer layer of soil will not burn after it is formed, it is not resistant to burning, and I am afraid that it will burn and crack in the long run.
However, we can make a few more spare, even if it is burned, we have a replacement. Huang Conghe replied after understanding.
The next few days.
The Huang family was completely busy.
Huang Li's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took the third sister, the fourth brother, and the fifth sister to plant vegetables in the bamboo house in the greenhouse.
Huang Yiyun led the third sister and the sixth sister to wash the pork, pork liver, pig heart, pig trotters, and pig intestines, and then marinate them with salt.
Huang Conghe also sorted out the bamboo tube that Huang Yiyun said emits smoke.
The time has come to get the iron stove as agreed.
It's now halfway through the tenth month of the lunar calendar.
The weather gradually cooled down.
The temperature is only a few degrees during the day and can even drop to zero degrees at night.
Charcoal should be burned in the bamboo house, otherwise the temperature in the bamboo house is not enough, and the vegetable seeds will freeze to death, which will affect the vegetable seedlings.
Fortunately, Wenfu Castle is located between the north and the south.
The temperature is minus twenty or thirty degrees in winter compared to the original hometown, and in Wenfu City, the lowest temperature in winter is only minus ten degrees, most of which is minus a few degrees, and the temperature is not too warm.
"So boring?" The fifth sister was a little bored.
At this time, the temperature outside was only three or four degrees, and in the firewood room in the backyard of the Huang family, firewood had already been burned, pork, pig heart, pig liver, and taro sent by the Liu family, Huang Yiyun all used iron ropes to string them up and hang them on the fire and smoke them.
The fire smokes on the pork, and the lard that falls from the pork makes a 'sizzling' sound on the fire.
The Huang family's family is in the firewood room, roasting the fire.
The weather is gradually getting too cold, and when it is idle farming, there are no children to go out to play, and a few small ones are a little bored at home.
"If only it snowed, we could hunt birds in the yard?" The seventh brother sighed with some pity.
Originally, a few days ago, they had scattered food in the yard and wanted to catch birds, but these birds were not fooled and could not catch them at all.
Because the heavy snow did not cover the ground grass.
Naturally, birds and finches can find food, so they are not fooled at all.
Of course, the Huang family didn't stay in the fire room all the time.
During the day, the Huang family also needs to send people to the greenhouse bamboo house to take care of the vegetables that have been planted.
Because Huang Yiyun wants to save the cost of buying charcoal.
Huang Yiyun plans to burn firewood in the iron stove during the day to maintain the temperature in the greenhouse bamboo house.
Firewood is not resistant to burning, and people need to add firewood from time to time, not to mention, the fire in the stove can not be extinguished, and the greenhouse bamboo house must be sprinkled with water to maintain humidity.
At night, charcoal is burned in the iron stove, which is more resistant to burning than firewood, as long as you get up every hour or two to take care of it, and add charcoal once or twice.
However, the price of charcoal is not cheap, it takes fifteen copper plates a catty, fortunately, charcoal is relatively light and resistant to burning, but a catty of charcoal can be used for a long time.
On this day, the Huang family threw more than a dozen sweet potatoes in the firewood room and roasted them in the fire.
Wait until the outside is charred and tender on the inside, and after it is cooked, then take it out with a stick and eat it separately.
In such cold weather, it is actually best to eat baked sweet potatoes.
The fragrant taste of sweet potatoes, peeling off the burnt yellow skin, revealing the red flesh of the potatoes, take a bite of the sweet potato, sweet and glutinous, soft, sweet, and steaming white smoke.
Freshly baked sweet potatoes, still hot hands are not good, a few small, two hands to pour back and forth, from time to time in the mouth to bite a bite, the mouth is still constantly exhaling this hot breath, when it is hot, but also continue to eat sweet potatoes.
It seems that the hotter the better.
It's Sven who eats the third sister, peels the sweet potato, and if she is not afraid of being hot, she will take a big mouthful, and if she is afraid of being hot, she will take a small bite and take a piece, chew it slowly and taste it slowly, and taste it seriously. On a cold day, it is also a good time to warm your hands.
"This baked sweet potato is so delicious. It's fragrant and sweet, I've only eaten steamed sweet potatoes and sweet potato porridge before, but I didn't think that eating baked sweet potatoes would have a different taste? Huang Liu also ate two sweet potatoes and said.
"Uncle, delicious is delicious, but after eating, I always fart, this is a little annoying?" After the seventh brother ate a sweet potato, he sighed and continued to take a sweet potato and eat it.
Between eating, drinking, and farting, the seventh brother chose to fart.
"You kid, just eat, what are you talking about?" Huang Jiang patted the seventh brother's head funny.
Huang Yiyun knows the reason why he farts after eating sweet potatoes.
Because the starch particles in sweet potatoes are not destroyed by high temperature, they are difficult to digest. In addition, sweet potatoes contain an oxidase, which is easy to produce a large amount of carbon dioxide gas in the human gastrointestinal tract.