Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

First take out the beef that was soaked in blood water yesterday, rinse it clean and hang it in the yard to dry.

Then Xu Han went to prepare the necessary seasonings. She added salt, spices and peppercorns into the pot and stir-fried them for ten minutes. She then took them out and let them cool for later use.

Drain the water from the beef, spread salt evenly on it, then rub and massage it to allow the meat to better absorb the salt.

Take out some chicken, duck, fish and rabbit and marinate them together, so that they can be smoked together later.

I also pickled some previously processed cow heads and cow hooves. I don’t know if they taste good or not, as not much of any of the meat was pickled.

Because Xu Han had never made it herself in her previous life, she just watched others make it through videos. If it tasted good, she would make more when she had time. She was mainly afraid that it would be wasted if it didn't taste good.

After finishing, the two started to have lunch. After lunch, Lu Chuan continued to dig the reservoir. Recently, Lu Chuan’s daily task is to dig and dig non-stop.

Xu Han went out with a hatchet. To smoke the meat, cypress branches were needed, and there were some near her home, so Xu Han went to chop them herself.

After arriving at the place, I cut some cypress branches that could be hooked, and cut a few bundles and put them directly into the space.

I don't know if these are enough. If not, I'll ask Lu Chuan to help chop some back. Anyway, the bacon still needs to be marinated for a week! There's no rush to use it.

While it was still light, Xu Han started making sausages.

Take out beef and a small amount of butter from the space, wash them clean, and then cut them into thin slices with a knife. Marinate the sliced ​​beef, then take out the lamb intestines, wash them clean and use them to make sausages.

Because I was doing a lot, just cleaning the beef took a long time. It seemed that I couldn't cut it well today, so I put it in the space and continue cutting it tomorrow.

In the blink of an eye, it was dinner time again. Xu Han made boiled beef with the chopped beef. It was especially delicious when served hot with white rice.

The next day, Xu Han continued to make sausages. After cutting the meat, she began to marinate the meat. She put secret seasonings in the meat and marinated it for a while before making sausages.

Because there were no tools, Xu Han used a beverage bottle in the space, cut off the bottom, and stuffed the meat from the top.

When stuffing the meat, if you can't get it in, just poke it in with a stick. If you are not skilled at it, the casing may be torn.

I changed another casing and continued. It was already afternoon when all the sausages were stuffed.

Use a needle to puncture the bubbles in the stuffed sausages, then use cotton thread to tie them into small sections so that they are easy to take out when eating.

After everything is tied up, wash it with hot water, hang it under the eaves to dry, and you can eat it after it’s dried.

You can also use cypress branches to smoke it before eating it. The taste is different. Try it when you smoke meat.

Tomorrow is Laba Festival. After dinner, Xu Han soaked some beans and wanted to make some Laba porridge.

Soak red beans, soybeans, mung beans, rice, millet, glutinous rice, peas, wheat kernels, etc. the night before, and you can start making porridge tomorrow.

The next morning, when Xu Han got up, she went to the kitchen to cook porridge first.

In addition to the beans that had been soaked in advance yesterday, Xu Han also added some nuts such as red dates, raisins, pine nuts, and walnuts into the porridge. It was simply a deluxe version of Laba porridge.

Fill a big pot with food, bring it to a boil over high heat first, then turn to low heat and simmer, and you can eat it after a while.

As the saying goes, after Laba, it is the New Year, but there is no New Year atmosphere yet! Now after hanging the sausages on the rope to dry, the feeling of preparing for the New Year comes instantly.

In addition to making Laba porridge, you can also soak some Laba garlic during the Laba Festival. It will be the best way to relieve the greasiness after eating too much fish and meat during the Chinese New Year.

Xu Han took out some garlic from the space and started peeling garlic in the yard so that she could make some Laba garlic to eat later.

When Lu Chuan came from the backyard, he saw Xu Han peeling garlic!

I asked, "You've peeled so much garlic, what delicious food are you going to make today?"

"Isn't today Laba Festival? I was thinking of making some Laba garlic to eat!"

"Sure! Laba garlic is sour and sweet, and tastes great! My wife is so thoughtful, I had forgotten about it."

"By the way, Lu Chuan, the New Year is coming soon. Do we need to go into the city? Do we need to prepare New Year's goods?"

"We have chicken, duck, fish, meat, vegetables and so on at home, so we don't need to prepare these, but we can buy some couplets or snacks. Although it's just the two of us celebrating the New Year, we still need to prepare some things!"

"Okay, let's go there! And bring the New Year gifts for Uncle Zhang and Uncle Li in advance." Xu Han said.

"Why don't we go there after breakfast? The weather looks bad, it might snow. If it snows heavily, we won't be able to go out.

I will not be back tonight. I will go to Xujia Village tomorrow to get the medicine I ordered, and then come back home in the afternoon."

Xu Han looked up at the sky. It was indeed not very good. It was probably going to snow heavily. It snowed some time ago, but it was all sleet or light snow. There was no thick snow accumulation, and the road was not particularly difficult to walk on.

But if it snows heavily, it will be dangerous to go down the mountain. You may not be able to go up after going down. It is better to go early before it snows!

So Xu Han said, "Okay, the porridge will be ready soon. I'll go over before I finish breakfast."

Because we had soaked the beans yesterday, we needed to get up early to cook the porridge. Today was Laba Festival so we both got up early.

Lu Chuan helped to peel the garlic, and after peeling it, it could be soaked directly. It was very simple and did not delay anything.

Xu Han cleaned the garlic heads, cut off the roots with a knife, then added appropriate amounts of salt and sugar and started pickling.

By this time, the Laba porridge had been cooked. Xu Han served a bowl to each person and added buns and eggs, and breakfast was ready.

Xu Han took a sip of the Laba porridge and said, "Try it. It's delicious. The beans are mushy, and it's sticky and sweet. The nuts in it are also delicious."

Lu Chuan took a sip and said, "It tastes good, much better than white rice porridge."

After the two quickly finished their breakfast, Lu Chuan was responsible for washing the dishes and feeding the livestock, while Xu Han continued to pickle Laba garlic.

Pour the pickled Laba garlic into the jar and press it firmly. Then pour some rice vinegar into the jar. If there is not enough rice vinegar, Xu Han will pour it all and add more when the system is refreshed tomorrow.

Take the pickled Laba garlic to the warehouse and place it in a cool and ventilated place. It will turn green after a few days.

After Xu Han pickled the Laba garlic, Lu Chuan had also taken care of the household chores.

The two men locked the gate and walked towards the county town.