Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 145 Preparing New Year’s Goods

After dinner, the two went to wash up and rest.

Another good dream...

The next morning, after Xu Han got up, she began to prepare food for the New Year.

First take out the previously dried pine nuts, put them in a large water tank, stir them, and then use a colander to scoop out the pine nuts floating on the water and discard them.

Those floating on the water are pine nut shells, which do not have pine nuts inside. Those with pine nut kernels sink to the bottom.

After rinsing all the pine nuts with water, take them all out and put them in the sun to dry during the good sunshine at noon. After they are dry, they can be stored.

Xu Han took another small bowl of pine nuts and planned to fry them first and save them for eating during the New Year.

Put the pine nuts in a large iron pot and stir-fry continuously until the color of the pine nut shell becomes darker and the aroma of the pine nuts comes out. Then increase the temperature in the pot over high heat and quickly scoop out the nuts and place them in a basin of cold water.

Soak it in a basin of cold water for two minutes, then take it out and place it on the kang to dry.

During the drying process, you can hear the sound of the pine nut shell cracking. When eating, just tap it lightly with your teeth and the pine nut kernels inside will come out.

After finishing, Xu Han took a bite and found it was indeed very fragrant. Now she could finally enjoy pine nut freedom.

It was lunch time, and Lu Chuan came back from digging outside. Xu Han took out some mutton offal soup from the space as lunch for the two of them.

The mutton offal soup was also added with pure sweet potato vermicelli made by the two of them, which was especially delicious.

"Is the road outside easy to walk on today? Is it easy to dig the hole?" Xu Han asked.

"There's still a lot of snow that hasn't melted yet, so it's not difficult to walk in the snow, and it's not difficult to dig holes."

"Then don't be in a hurry, take your time, there is still a long time to go!"

After lunch, Xu Han said to Lu Chuan, "Come back early today! Let's make fried hemp leaves. Prepare them in advance so that we can fry them directly in two days."

"Okay, you knead the dough first, I'll be back in an hour and a half." After saying that, he took the tools and went outside again.

Xu Han began to prepare the materials needed to make hemp leaves.

First, wash the sesame seeds, take out a large porcelain bowl, put flour and the washed sesame seeds in it, add appropriate amounts of salt, cooking oil and water and start kneading the dough.

The hemp leaves fried in dough with cooking oil are crispier and more fragrant.

Knead the dough into a large, smooth dough. Since you are making a lot, knead the dough separately.

After the dough was kneaded, Xu Han divided it into small pieces, rolled them into thin slices, and set them aside for later use.

Clean the specially made griddle, then bring in two green bricks and place one on each side to set up the griddle.

He went out again and picked up a lot of small branches and put them in the kitchen so that he could bake the buns in a short while.

After everything was ready, Lu Chuan came back and the two of them started to roast hemp leaves.

Lu Chuan was responsible for lighting the fire and turning the dough, while Xu Han rolled out the dough and put it on the griddle.

The dough does not need to be overcooked, just cook it until it is cooked through. Do not let it burn, otherwise you will not be able to fry the hemp leaves.

When Xu Han was too busy to roll the noodles, Lu Chuan would be responsible for roasting the noodles and eating them as burnt buns. They were very crispy and could also be eaten as snacks.

Xu Han took a piece of burnt steamed bun to taste it. It was just the right amount of salty and crispy. She wanted to eat more after eating it.

They did this until the evening and still hadn't finished. There was no time to make dinner for the two of them, so they just made do with some food in the space, such as eggs, corn, etc. It was quick and convenient.

After eating, I continued working on it and didn’t finish everything until the evening.

After being exposed to smoke for the entire afternoon, her body was smelly and greasy. Xu Han didn't care that it was already evening and insisted on taking a shower and washing her hair.

By the time her hair was completely dry, it was already eleven o'clock in the evening. At this moment, Xu Han really missed the hair dryer. The time it took for her hair to dry was really too slow.

The next morning, when Xu Han got up, Lu Chuan had already gone to dig the pit. After finishing breakfast, he began to cut the noodles and sesame leaves that had been baked yesterday.

Stack the dough sheets neatly one by one, then roll them together, cut them into wide strips, spread out the strips, and cut them into diamond shapes with a slanting knife. This way the hemp leaves are cut.

Put the cut hemp leaves directly into a bamboo basket lined with oil paper.

After Xu Han cut the meat, she filled a whole bamboo basket. After frying it, it can be eaten for a long time.

After preparing the hemp leaves, Xu Han took out some hawthorns and prepared to make something delicious with them.

Let’s make a hawthorn cake first. Wash the hawthorns, and then remove the hawthorn core and hawthorn stems.

Put the processed hawthorns into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and start boiling the hawthorns. After cooking, take them out, put them in a basin and crush them with a rolling pin.

When pounding, try to pound it for as long as possible; the smaller the better.

Put the mashed hawthorn into the pot and start to cook the hawthorn cake. Add an appropriate amount of granulated sugar while cooking.

Adding other sugars will not make it shape, only granulated sugar can be added.

Because there is not much granulated sugar in the refrigerator, Xu Han did not make much hawthorn cake today. It doesn’t matter, she can just make it next time when she wants to eat it. It’s not a big deal.

When the hawthorns are big enough to hang onto the shovel, scoop them out into a mold.

In order to make it easier to remove the mold, be sure to brush a layer of oil on the mold.

After smoothing it out, take it outside and freeze it for a while. Once it is formed, you can cut it and eat it.

There are still some hawthorns stuck on the utensils used to make hawthorn cake. You can’t throw them away. Just add some boiling water to it and you will have a particularly delicious hawthorn-flavored drink.

After finishing this, Lu Chuan also came back. Xu Han didn't cook, and the two of them ate the food in the space again.

"I made hawthorn cake today, but it's not ready yet! It should be ready for you to eat when you come back in the evening."

"Hawthorn cake is pretty good. It's really good to have a piece of it when you're eating greasy food." Lu Chuan said.

"Then do you want to eat candied haws? I can make them too." Xu Han asked innocently, blinking her big eyes.

"Of course! I like it the most." Lu Chuan teased Xu Han.

It was obvious that Xu Han wanted to eat it herself, but was afraid of being accused of being greedy. Lu Chuan had already seen through her little thoughts.

After getting the answer she wanted, Xu Han said happily, "Okay! I'll make some more today and put them in the space, so I can take them out and eat them whenever I want."

In the afternoon, Xu Han started to wash hawthorns again, preparing to make candied haws later.

After washing the hawthorns, use the leftover bamboo from Lu Chuan's cooking to split them into thin bamboo sticks, and then string the hawthorns onto the bamboo sticks one by one.