Chapter 36: Nitrate
The two little rabbits, one male and one female, happened to stay and raise, and they could continue to breed rabbits when they grew up.
As for the two big rabbits, then directly kill and skin them and eat meat.
While the others were building a rabbit nest, Wen Xian and Fang Jiaren picked up a big rabbit and walked to the beach.
It is not troublesome to slaughter rabbits, the trouble is to skin and nitrate rabbit skins.
Animal fur is very warm, especially rabbit skin, which is very popular among women. With the right technique, the skins of these two rabbits can make two good skins.
They are stranded on a desert island with only one piece of clothing, and it will be difficult to endure in winter.
Now is the opportunity to start collecting furs, hoping to make a leather coat by yourself before winter comes.
The slaughtering and skinning of the rabbit was done by Wen Xian, with Fang Jiaren helping to grab the rabbit's hind legs while Wen Xian herself carefully stabbed the rabbit in the neck.
The blood released from the rabbit's neck was directly dug into a pit and buried on the spot, and was not put into the sea, let alone given to the little gray to eat.
Don't look at the calm in the sea now, but as long as the smell of blood continues, I don't know what strange things will be attracted.
This kind of risky thing, Wen Xian will not do.
And the little gray gray in the satchel is still small, she doesn't want the little gray gray to be contaminated with blood too early, so as not to stimulate the wolf nature too early, and she has to find meat for it to eat in the future.
They don't have any meat to eat, and they can't take care of a pet. Moreover, once the wolf opens the meat, they will become dangerous when they get along day and night.
After the blood of the two rabbits was cleaned, Wen Xian began to peel the skin.
Peeling is not a difficult task for her, a medical student. She peeled off the skin completely, and she was sighing for her good craftsmanship.
But she didn't know that Fang Jiaren's terrifying expression when she saw her skillfully peeling and looking at the rabbit skin with a mysterious smile.
Wen Xian didn't know what Fang Jiaren was thinking, so she handed the skinned rabbit to Fang Jiadao: "I'll come to the nitrate, and you can do the rest." The entrails were taken out and buried, and the rabbit was washed again. One is cut into pieces and stewed and eaten, and the other is brought back whole to make a roasted whole rabbit. ”
She actually wanted to make diced rabbit with chili peppers, but there was no oil or other seasonings, so she had to give up the idea for the time being.
Fang Jiaren took the rabbit with both hands, and hurriedly nodded: "No problem, madam, just leave it to me." ”
Although she had countless questions in her heart that she wanted to ask, such as why Wen Xian knew how to nitrate skin, and why she was so skilled in dissecting rabbits.
However, she did not dare to ask. She only dared to hide all kinds of doubts in her heart and bury her head and start working.
Wen Xian chuckled, didn't intend to comfort Fang Jiaren, and began to prepare the nitrate skin.
The process of nitrate leather is complex, usually going through washing skin, cooked leather and cutting skin, and finally sewing into leather jackets, leather pants and leather mattresses.
First of all, a sulfate mineral called miscanthus is used to wash the skin.
In the "Compendium of Materia Medica", "this thing disappears when it sees water, and it can eliminate all things, so it is called elimination." Born in the land of salt and brine, the shape is like the end of salt, where the cow, the horse skin must be cooked here, so there is now a common salt nitrate, skin nitrate said. ”
At the same time, it can also be used as a traditional Chinese medicine to treat "real heat stagnation, abdominal distension and pain".
But there is no miscanthus at the moment, so Wen Xian has to use the oldest way to nitrate.
A long time ago, the wise people of the ancients rubbed the skin by hand, scraped it with a bone knife, and ground it on a stone to make it softer.
The ancestors near the sea, inadvertently rubbed the skin repeatedly with saline-alkali soil close to the sea and rich in salt and nitrate, and were surprised to find that the skin was softer, more intimate on the body, and could be cut open with a sharp stone knife.
So, they twisted the bark into a rope, threaded the rope with a bone needle, and then joined several pieces of animal skins together, and the leather coat was born.
What Wen Xian is now emulating is this original method of nitrate skin.
She chose a beach first, grabbed some dirt from the side, folded and rubbed it on the rabbit skin. Of course, it is to put the soil on the side of the skin and rub the skin, not the rabbit hair.
Fortunately, rabbit skin is not large, and although it is laborious to rub, it is also easier than other large animal skins.
It's just that no matter how small the skin is, it still takes a lot of time to carefully knead all aspects.
After Fang Jiaren finished cleaning the rabbit and cutting one on the stone on the side, he saw that she was still rubbing the first rabbit skin.
So, she spoke, "This is the step of the nitrate? Madame, can you teach me, I'll get this. ”
The smell of oily rabbit skin is unpleasant, but now in this condition, no matter how uncomfortable it is, you have to endure it.
However, Wen Xian shook her head and said, "No need, I'll take the rabbit skin in my hand first to see the effect, and if the effect is good, I will nit the second one." If the effect is not good, think of another idea. You can take the rabbit back first, make lunch and then call me.
Yesterday's pheasant laid eggs, remember to cook one for Jingwan. Sea urchins are also available, and you can make steamed eggs with sea urchins. ”
Although she has been busy these days, she is still conscientiously helping the pheasant find insects to eat, and from time to time she picks up a few dead clams to add food to it.
Yes, pheasants still lay eggs. Except for the day after being caught, he was frightened and did not lay eggs, the rest of the days were laid every day.
Hearing her say this, Fang Jiaren had no choice but to give up. After returning the dagger to her, she walked back with a bunny meat of banana leaves.
Roast rabbit meat can't be eaten without salt, and try not to eat the coarse salt in the earthen stove where the water is boiled.
But this time, Wen Xian still asked Fang Jiaren to take some for marinating rabbit meat first. The rest, scoop it out first, and wait for her to go back.
There wasn't much salt in the stove now, so she was going to boil some more and put it together to refine the refined salt.
Thinking of this, Wen Xian couldn't help but shake her head, she really couldn't be idle for a moment.
The rabbit skin in his hand was rubbed and really softened. She then poured out the dirt, then picked up the dagger and began to scrape the grease from the rabbit's skin.
Scraping grease is a technical job, the grease is close to the skin, and you have to be careful when scraping to ensure that the rabbit skin is not scratched.
Of course, Wen Xian still believes in the accuracy of her medical studies for so many years. Although I was nervous when I scraped, I managed to dispose of a rabbit skin before lunch.
Looking at the rabbit skin after shaving the grease, Wen Xian hooked the corners of her lips and showed a satisfied smile on her face.
After the grease is shaved, the next step is to wash the fur. She shook the rabbit skin, went to the beach, and soaked the rabbit skin in the sea.
At the moment, there is no suitable place, so it can only be cleaned simply.
Before he finished cleaning, he heard Jiang Lingling's voice from afar. She was running this way, calling her back for lunch as she ran.
Wen Xian's eyebrows and eyes were bent, and she pulled the broken hair blown by the sea breeze to her ears. Then the rabbit skin in the sea was scooped up and shaken off the water, ready to take it back to dry.
As for the rest of the rabbit skin, after eating, she came over and continued to make it.