Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Xu Han first took out all the ducks that Lu Chuan had hunted recently and chopped off the duck heads, necks, feet, and gizzards.

Chop some duck wings and stew them later. Save the remaining duck bones for frying later.

Put the chopped duck into a large wooden barrel, soak it in blood water first, and then start cooking after a while.

After finishing, Xu Han went to turn over the mint that was drying outside.

He turned around and went outside the wasteland and pulled out all the weeds in the pumpkin and winter melon fields.

There were no weeds in the sweet potato field, as they were all covered by the sweet potato vines. There were no weeds in the pumpkin field either. What needed to be pulled out were the weeds next to the pumpkin vines.

Now is the season when pumpkin vines grow rapidly. Pull out the weeds around them to make way for the growth of pumpkin vines.

Looking around, there are golden flowers everywhere and many small pumpkins.

After pulling out the weeds, Xu Han picked the more tender pumpkins and saved them for stir-frying pumpkin dishes or drying the pumpkin shoots.

Young pumpkins are also very delicious! Picking off the young pumpkins is also for better growth of old pumpkins.

Old pumpkins that mature early will easily go bad if left for too long. Wait until the pumpkin vines become withered and yellow before storing the old pumpkins. The old pumpkins that have been hit by sweet frost will be sweeter and more sticky.

Xu Han picked several baskets of young pumpkins today. She will go home and cut the pumpkin shoots and dry them in the sun for preservation.

Winter melons that are too tender cannot be dried in the sun because they contain too much water and are difficult to dry in the sun. You can only wait for a long time and wait until they are a little older before picking them.

After picking all the fruits, Xu Han went home.

First clean the duck that has been soaked in advance and prepare to braise it.

After cleaning the duck, blanch it with scallion, ginger and cooking wine to remove excess blood foam and fishy smell.

After blanching the duck, take it out and put it in cold water to clean it.

Then start to prepare the seasoning. First, fry some sugar colored water so that the braised duck will look better in color and taste better.

Add a proper amount of oil to the pot, then add sugar, stir-fry until the sugar changes color and bubbles appear, then add a large pot of water and bring to a boil over high heat.

Add appropriate amounts of spices into the pot, including a large amount of peppercorns and chili peppers, as well as light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, rock sugar, and sweet noodle sauce.

After the water boils, put the cleaned duck in at different times and marinate for 40 minutes, then soak for four or five hours before eating.

Xu Han didn't make lunch either, but made herself a bowl of pea jelly to relieve the heat and stave off hunger.

When I woke up, it was already 3:30 in the afternoon. I went to the kitchen first to taste the braised duck I had made in the morning!

I took a duck foot and started to eat it. Hmm! It tasted just like Zhou Hei Ya, sweet, spicy and a little bit numb. It tasted better than the ones bought at roadside stalls!

Not bad! The perfect replica was successful.

Take out all the duck and put it in a colander to drain the water, then prepare some vegetarian dishes to braise.

Take out a few potatoes, peel them and cut them into thick slices, wash off the excess starch and set aside.

Then cut the kelp that has been soaked in advance into sections, and add some enoki mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms.

It would be better if there were lotus root slices, but it is not yet the season for eating lotus roots, and there is no lotus root for sale in the market.

After the water boils, put the vegetables into the pot and cook for three, four or five minutes. Take them out and put them in a large wooden basin and soak them in the soup.

You can take it out and eat it at night. Don't throw away the soup from the braised duck. Just add some water and salt and use it next time you eat it. After soaking the vegetables, put them in a space for storage.

After finishing everything, Xu Han started cutting pumpkin shoots in the yard.

Divide the pumpkin into four and cut it into thin slices directly without washing it. You still need to soak and wash it before eating!

Wrap the cut pumpkin slices with wood ash, put them aside to soak in water, and take them out to dry tomorrow. This way, the pumpkin shoots will be crispy and will not become soft and rotten.

You must put a lot of wood ash, and it must be enough to cover the pumpkin slices completely dry. Otherwise, the pumpkin slices will contain too much moisture and will still go bad.

After all this was done, Lu Chuan also came back.

"I'm back! I braised duck today. It's a great dish to go with wine. Would you like to drink some?" Xu Han asked.

Seeing Xu Han's good mood, Lu Chuan also said happily

"Sure! I wonder if the fruit wine I made earlier is drinkable! I'll take it out and take a look!"

"Wait a minute, I'll go with you. I'll go get a bowl first so I can try it later!"

The two went to the cellar together. Lu Chuan opened a bottle of mulberry wine, smelled it first, and then used bamboo wine bucket to scoop up a little to taste it.

"How is it? Was it successful? Is it delicious?" Xu Han asked expectantly, blinking her big eyes.

Lu Chuan poured some for Xu Han and said, "It tastes good, sour and sweet, not too strong, try it!"

Xu Han couldn't wait to smell it. Hmm! It smells pretty good. It must have worked.

He took another sip, smacking his lips as he savored the taste, "It seems to be a success, not bad, not bad, very delicious, better than beer!"

"You girls should prefer fruit wine. I still prefer beer and white wine. Fruit wine is sour and sweet, but white wine is stronger."

"Then you drink white wine! Leave this for me. I like it."

In modern times, Xu Han often drinks with friends. He is not a very good drinker, but he loves to drink.

But he has good self-control. When he drinks outside, he always drinks just enough and never gets drunk.

Lu Chuan opened other fruit wines and tasted them all. They all tasted sour and sweet, and the alcohol content was not high. Suitable for girls to drink!

"Remember to bring back a small wine pot next time you go to the county town! Otherwise, you will have to use bowls to divide the wine like we did today, which really doesn't look good!" Xu Han said to Lu Chuan.

"Okay, I'll pick out a few sets of wine utensils when I go to the county. I haven't used them before, and I haven't thought about buying them."

The two of them left the cellar together and went to the yard. Xu Han took out a red wine glass from the space and used it to hold the fruit wine. It was also very beautiful.

There are many sets of glass wine glasses in the space! They were all bought by Xu Han for her own drinking at home.

But there is no decanter. It is more troublesome to divide the wine. I can just wait for Lu Chuan to buy it next time he goes to the county town!

Xu Han put the table in the yard and took out the snails that she had made some time ago from the space. Paired them with today’s duck and vegetarian dishes, it was simply too delicious!

These are not enough! The two of them have not eaten staple food today, and Xu Han also had pea jelly for lunch.

Lu Chuan grilled food for himself outside and brought some steamed buns and pickles every day. But today he brought pea jelly, so he must be hungry now.

So Xu Han took out some side dishes and white rice from the space. Eat some rice first, and then drink some wine when you are full.