Chapter 19: The Potato (Part II)
There were not many potatoes dug up, only sixteen, and although the knights had worked hard to dig the soil, nothing else was gained.
Looking at the potatoes in front of him, Lei Zhe wanted to open his mouth to eat two like a treasure, there are many ways to eat potatoes, the most important thing is that it can be made into bread instead of wheat, potatoes are very easy to survive, and the yield is extremely high.
With the current agricultural technology, as long as the potatoes are planted well, all civilians in the entire territory will not have to worry about eating and drinking.
"Lord Count, these ......" Colmar looked at the dirt-covered object on the ground in confusion, it didn't look like a treasure.
"Potatoes, a food that can be used as a substitute for wheat, take these packs back with you. ”
"Instead of wheat?" Colmar was stunned, could this unsightly thing replace wheat, forgive his ignorance, he really didn't believe it.
"You'll know when the time comes. "Although this is a magical world, the age is a bit like the European Middle Ages, and it is normal to have no potatoes.
Potatoes have high yield, rich nutrition, strong adaptability to the environment, and good taste, as long as Lei Zhe grows out, he will use fried, shredded potatoes, potato chips and other delicious ways to promote potatoes.
It's a normal thing to see this delicacy even on the royal table.
After returning to the manor, Lei Zhe carefully scraped the soil off the potatoes, found all the sprouts, took a knife and cut all the potatoes to be planted.
"Brother, what are these things?"
"Potatoes, delicious, my brother will make you fries when the time comes." ”
As he spoke, Lei Zhe dragged the silver tray and walked out into the sun, and he still knew that he would properly urge the seeds before sowing the seeds, and the land was also ploughed by the slaves.
These are potatoes that have already sprouted, and they only need to be sunbathed for a while to make the shoots thicker before they can be planted, which does not take long.
Looking for someone to bring a long table, Lei Zhe cleaned the remaining potato pieces and cut them into long strips with his own hands, and his skillful skills made the chef on the side look a little dumbfounded, Lei Zhe is a person who has been away from the kitchen since he was a child.
"Lord Earl, salt water. ”
"Hmm. "I didn't say much about putting all the potatoes directly into the brine, and I thought that I would season them after they were ready, but looking at the grains of salt, Lei Zhe gave up that plan, and it was best to use salt water to taste.
Ten minutes passed quickly, and patting Erin, who was bored and almost asleep, Lei Zhe scooped out the potatoes and led the servant to the kitchen, which he had never entered.
The manor-type kitchen is still very formal.
"My lord, this is boiling water. ”
"Well, Adolf, what I told you to make. ”
"Here, sir. Adolf handed over the chopsticks, and Adolf was puzzled as to what these two strange sticks were for.
Touching the chopsticks that he hadn't touched for a long time, Lei Zhe wanted to tap his head, because of the original memory, he was still quite used to using forks and spoons, but when he touched the chopsticks, those thoughts disappeared suddenly.
To eat delicious food, chopsticks are naturally the most convenient.
The potatoes were quickly sandwiched from the brine to the silver platter, because the quantity was not much, and soon all the potatoes were placed in the silver platter, which in the 21st century is at most ten yuan, and the shape is very bad.
After putting in the boiling water for two minutes, Lei Zhe scooped up all the potato strips with a wooden scoop prepared in advance, and in an instant the unique smell of potatoes permeated, smelling this familiar smell, Lei Zhe remembered the old man.
I picked one up and took a bite into it, and it tasted very good, with a faint salt flavor and the taste of potatoes themselves.
"I want to eat! I want to eat!" Erin, who was watching from the sidelines, almost jumped up to get the contents of the plate, and Lei Zhe picked up the potatoes with chopsticks and handed them to the little girl's mouth.
"Be careful, it's still a little hot. ”
"Float, float!" After blowing two breaths, the little girl took the potato sticks into her mouth with a strange look, and soon her eyes became shining, potatoes are a favorite food of many children.
"Eiffel, open your mouth. ”
Eiffel obediently ate the potato into his mouth, and a taste that he had never tasted lingered in his mouth for a long time.
"Is it delicious?"
"Delicious!"
"Don't you like Eiffel? Hehe, you'll find out later. "It's just a semi-finished product of French fries, and the taste is naturally not very good, as long as you go through the oil pan, the taste will change greatly.
It didn't take long for the potatoes to cool down, and he put the prepared vegetable oil into the pot, and when the oil was hot, Lei Zhe threw the drained potato strips into the pot.
Zizi!
Soon the oil dyed the skin of the potato strips golden brown, and with great speed and skill, the potato strips were removed from the pan and placed in a wooden grid.
"It smells so good!"
"You can try it, but be careful not to burn. "If you talk about the times, he may have been the first person to invent French fries, and the idea of opening a KFC in Rost was born in his head.
Then he smiled and shook his head, these can only be regarded as boring things after leisure, and the real use of potatoes is still to be used to make bread and fill the stomach every day.
"Wow, it's delicious, brother, what is this!"
As soon as she entered the mouth, Erin's eyes widened, and she looked at the fries on the silver plate in disbelief, the crispy texture on the outside and tender on the inside, as if it was about to melt her roots.
"The fries, just delicious, but unfortunately there is no ketchup. ”
Soon a large plate of potato strips was ready, and these special cooking methods were obviously not available here, and both little girls had the feeling of being hungry for days, and the potatoes were stuffed into their mouths one after another.
"Adolf should try it too. ”
"Hmm. Adolf nodded, carefully picked up a piece of fries and put it in his mouth, and then looked at Lei Zhe strangely, it tasted really good, but this kind of food has this cooking method, and the chef on the side didn't know, how did Lei Zhe in front of him know?
"You say, if this food replaces wheat and enters the lives of those civilians, will it succeed?"
"My lord, this is impossible, I have learned from the Knight Captain Colmar that these items called potatoes are not easy to come by, and it is unlikely that those civilians want to eat them. ”
"If you can produce a lot of bread, and the yield is higher than that of wheat, and you can make bread, can you replace wheat? ”
"The yield is higher than that of wheat. Looking at the fries in his hand, Adolf hesitated, then shook his head.
This complex cooking method is not something that ordinary people can eat, and it is possible that this taste will become a royal food, but it is too much to think that it can be eaten by ordinary people.