mtl008 Chapter 150 Bath Beans
Chapter 150 Bath Beans
"We can plant sweet potatoes in two days." Sumu felt that the temperature had changed in the past few days and it was time.
"Sweet potato?"
This is another vegetable I have never heard of.
"Yup!"
"Let's go back and roast it and try it first!" Su Mu said excitedly.
When the two of them went back, several people were basking in the sun at the door.
"Third brother! Shall we roast some sweet potatoes?"
"Okay!"
Sumu went into the house to get the sweet potatoes, while his third brother was digging a hole outside.
"Third brother, a pit of that size will do." Su Mu was holding a small basket of sweet potatoes, all of which were plump.
Put firewood in the pit, and when the firewood burns into red charcoal, you can throw the sweet potatoes in.
"Mumu, do we grill it like this?" Ji Shiyan asked.
"Yeah! Just throw it in."
"Su girl, what are you grilling?" The emperor came over to join in the fun.
"Roast the sweet potatoes. They'll be ready to eat in a little while."
The charcoal fire flickers, and it takes about an hour to bake like this.
Su Mu used a wooden stick to pry open the charcoal fire on the sweet potato, revealing the slightly black sweet potato inside.
"Hot, hot, hot!" The sweet potato tossed left and right in his hands.
"Each of you take one, peel it and eat it."
When the sweet potato in your hand is no longer so hot, remove the black skin on the outside to reveal the orange-yellow sweet potato inside, steaming and emitting an enticing sweetness.
The fragrance lingers in your mouth after one bite, a unique taste that comes from grilling over charcoal fire.
"It was pitch black outside. I didn't expect what it would look like inside." The emperor looked around while holding the sweet potato.
"It's really delicious." Ji Shiyan exclaimed.
"Really? This thing can be used as a staple food, but you can't eat too much."
Su Mu's hands were covered in black dust from peeling sweet potatoes.
"Su girl, why can't you eat more?"
"Oh, this. Eating too much will cause heartburn and constipation." Su Mu didn't think there was anything wrong and responded casually.
"Little sister, can I have the second one?" The third brother was a little worried.
"That's still possible."
"Can it be used as a staple food?" Ji Shiyan grasped the key point.
"Yes, sweet potatoes are very filling."
"If this is planted in large quantities, it will provide another food source besides rice and flour."
"And the yield of this sweet potato is very high, comparable to that of white radish, or even higher than that." Su Mu threw out a heavy hammer lightly.
“The output is so high!”
The output of staple food and vegetables has different meanings. If the output of sweet potato is high, then even if every family only plants one acre of land, they can feed their family.
"The sweet potato yield is so high!" The emperor was shocked when he heard it.
"Grandpa, let me give you this big one." Su Mu handed a big sweet potato to Su Dingguo.
"Yes, and the sweet potatoes can be planted in a few days."
The two men seemed to be thinking about something.
"Is there any preparation needed in the field for planting sweet potatoes?" Su Dingguo asked while eating sweet potatoes.
"We need to dig ridges and prepare the land in advance, and pile up some base fertilizer, wood ash, and rice bran."
"Then I'll hire someone to prepare the land first."
Su Mu rubbed the dust on his hands, which was difficult to clean, and suddenly an idea flashed, "Let's make some pig pancreas to wash our hands!"
"Little sister, what is pig pancreas?"
"It's something that washes your hands. It can wash them cleanly."
"Then let's start making it!"
After eating the roasted sweet potatoes, they went to make pig pancreas.
Ji Shiyan shook his head. These two people were really impetuous and active. He washed his hands and went to help.
"Mom, do you have pig pancreas at home?"
"Yes, it's in the small basin over there. You don't need it and you can't eat it." Wang took out two or three pieces of pig pancreas. "Mumu, what do you need this for?"
“Make pig pancreas soap!”
"Soap? Is it similar to soap nuts for washing hands?"
"Yes!" Su Mu nodded.
Take out soybeans, mung beans, osmanthus, wood ash, some aromatherapy spices, some chrysanthemum branches and leaves, and all other miscellaneous things.
"Mumu, I can come and help you." Ji Shiyan walked in.
"Okay, when it's done, you're ready to take a few pieces as well."
"Let's beat these pig pancreases into pieces first." Three people each took a piece of pig pancreas and beat it hard until it became a paste.
"This level is enough." Su Mu picked up a piece and checked it.
"Add wood ash and spices while stirring, and knead until it is no longer sticky."
"Mumu, is that so?"
"Yes!"
While the two men were kneading the pig pancreas, Su Mu found a few bamboo tubes and cut them into round slices of certain thickness, which served as the mold.
The kneaded pig pancreas is like dough as a whole.
"Put the pig pancreas into this mold, press it tightly, remove it from the mold and dry it in the shade before use."
"Bang bang bang" the mold is placed on a smooth stone slab, and then it is knocked hard with a flat stone. After it is demolded, a flat round pig pancreas is completed.
"This kind of pig pancreas will be very moisturizing when used in autumn and winter."
Ji Shiyan arranged the pig pancreas pieces neatly.
"Ji Shiyan, shall I make you some more fragrant bath beans?"
Ji Shiyan was puzzled, "Bath beans?"
"Yes, it can be used to wash your face, hands, and body." Su Mu said jokingly.
Ji Shiyan inexplicably felt as if he was being teased, "Thank you, Mumu."
"Little sister, I want to smell good too!"
"I'll make it for you. Let's make a few more and give one to each of us."
"The materials used for bath beans are more refined. Let's grind them all into powder first."
Mung bean powder, soybean powder, osmanthus powder, pearl powder, crushed chrysanthemum leaves, plus a lot of aromatic ingredients.
"Little sister, do you need so much powder?" After grinding one after another, it felt like there was no end to it.
"What we have here is just a simple one. If you want to make something more sophisticated, you'll need seventeen kinds of flowers, pearl jade chips, and all kinds of precious spices, and ground medicinal herbs to mix together." The best bath beans require a lot of things.
Mix all the powders together, and the mung bean flour absorbs the sweetness of the flowers and the freshness of the leaves, making the whole bath exceptionally beautiful.
"When this one we make today is done, it will have the scent of osmanthus, which is very pleasant."
Use your hands to roll the mixed dough into a ball of suitable size, and the bath beans are ready.
"How is it? Isn't this bath bean beautiful?" Su Mu handed the bath bean to Ji Shiyan, "Smell it."
Ji Shiyan sniffed it and said, "It smells really good."
"This bath bean can also be used to wash clothes."
"This bath bean is amazing! Let's try it, little sister!" The third brother ran out and grabbed a handful of charcoal ash, gave a little to everyone, and rubbed his hands black.
"First wet your hands with water, rub them with pig pancreas several times, and use your fingers to wash every crevice like I did. Then rinse with clean water. Look! It's clean." Su Mu put his hands in front of the two people.
"Let me try too." Ji Shiyan took the pig pancreas and washed his hands.