Chapter 41: Salt Water
Just as she was about to speak, Jian Xian said to her: "These four stone pots are all according to what you taught, and they are all already dissolved brine, what should I do next?" ”
"Next is filtration, and the special basket I brought with me is used to filter the brine."
With that, she took back all the filtered baskets that had not yet been warmed, and in front of the orcs, she placed four of them on the other four large stone pots that had been empty.
Once the strainer basket was stable, she picked up a wooden scoop for scooping broth and poured the black brine into the strainer basket.
Because the quality of the salt ore collected by them is not very good, the brine boiled is also more turbid, and there are many sediment impurities in it.
After scooping seven or eight scoops in a row, she stopped when the white cotton wool was all covered with black brine.
Filtration is a long thing, when the brine penetrates the cotton wool little by little, the fibers of the cotton wool are used to block and separate all the impurities in it, and finally the pure liquid that flows out of the bottom is the salt water.
Some things have limited manpower, and filtering is a delicate job, and the only thing that can do this job well now is time.
After the demonstration, the other three filter baskets were all detained and contracted by them, and seeing their cautious appearance, Han Shuang felt that there was nothing to worry about, so she directly withdrew from the crowd.
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The sun goes west, and the migratory birds return to their nests.
At about five or six o'clock in the evening, after a good night's sleep, Han Shuang came to the center of the square full of energy.
After more than five hours of filtration and precipitation, the black brine finally turned into clear salt water.
The four large pots of salt water looked no different from the clear water in the river, and when she walked in, Han Shuang dipped her index finger in some salt water and put it in her mouth, and her optimistic eyebrows and eyes couldn't help but bend up.
The salt water is thick and salty in the mouth, although it is a little too salty, but it is undeniable that this is the salty taste that she has missed for a long time.
Raising her eyebrows, she couldn't hide Yiyue in her black eyes: "Everyone taste it, compared to the salt of the mermaid tribe and the rock scorpion tribe, how does our salt water taste?" ”
After Han Shuang finished speaking, he dipped his finger in his finger and tasted it, and Bai, Wu, and Feng followed closely behind.
The joy in his eyes after tasting it was no less than that of Han Shuang, and his voice was slightly excited: "The taste is excellent, compared to their salt sand, our salt water is not only not bitter or astringent, but also has a fragrant aftertaste, and it is also refreshing between the mouths." ”
Bai said: "It's delicious, it's so delicious, their salt and sand can't compare with our salt water at all." ”
After speaking, he dipped it again and continued to taste, and there were Wu, Feng, and He who acted like him.
The taste of salt has been absent for a long time, but after all, she is a modern person who has eaten refined salt for twenty years, and although she misses it, she is not as eager to eat enough at one time.
Although salt water is good, if you want to use it more widely, you still have to make salt crystals and grind it into salt powder.
Looking at the orcs who were still frantically dipping in salt water to eat, she helplessly stopped: "Everyone stop, the salt water is only a semi-finished product, and then we will continue to boil until the water evaporates and forms salt crystals." ”
As soon as the words fell, the orcs stopped their movements, and Jian took the lead in looking at her and said, "Can you boil it now?" ”
"Yes." Han Shuang paused and continued: "But I want to build a few stoves for boiling first, the smoke and dust of the fire we are using now are too big, and the soot and other things are easy to fall into the stone pot and affect the purity of the salt, it is late today, and it will be boiled tomorrow, so let's build the stove first tonight." ”
"What is a cooktop? How are we going to build it? He asked blankly.