Traveling through ancient times: Savages are hungry for food

The next day.

The two slept until almost noon. Ping An and Xi Le jumped in and asked for food, which woke them up.

After washing up, the two of them cooked lunch together in the room filled with the fragrance of bamboo.

It’s a wonderful feeling, Sang Tian calls this feeling - home.

There is a stew of pig’s trotters and pork ribs in the casserole, beef with green peppers is stir-fried in the iron pot, and tomato and shrimp soup is in the bamboo tube.

The fragrance and heat spread around the two of them, and outside the window in front of them were endless mountains and rivers, a vast expanse of lush greenery.

I hope that life will always be this simple and happy.

After dinner, Meng and his friends called Yong and Cang to go to the bamboo forest two or three miles away to build a nest for Mengmeng and the others.

Oh, Mengmeng and Daidai are the names of the panda couple.

Thinking about it, they are only close to Meng and a few others, and are still strangers to other tribesmen.

What's more, the bamboo forest is close to the tribe's residence, and the tribesmen pass by it every day; what's more, it is more convenient for them to eat bamboo.

So they built their nest in the bamboo forest.

As for bamboo rats, they can only hope for the best and hide in their holes.

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In the afternoon.

The tribal transport team returned.

Horses and donkeys returned carrying people and goods, forming a caravan that snaked like a dragon.

It looks quite oppressive.

Sang Tian brought the children to wait early.

Who told them to all clamor for the smoothies, iced drinks, iced watermelons, etc. that Sister Sang mentioned?

The transport team helped Sang unload the saltpeter he needed.

After a whole day of sun exposure, hard work and traveling, everyone was exhausted and sat under the bamboo shed, drinking the cold mung bean soup in the pot.

The horse had already run to the river to drink water.

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The dissolution of saltpeter in water is an endothermic process.

At room temperature, dissolving an appropriate amount of saltpeter in water may reduce the water temperature to around 5-10°C.

The specific temperature drop depends on factors such as the amount of saltpeter used, the initial temperature and volume of the water, etc. If the amount of saltpeter is increased, the water temperature drop will be more obvious.

But under normal atmospheric pressure and common saltpeter and water ratio conditions.

In fact, it is difficult to lower the water temperature to below 0°C simply by dissolving saltpeter in water.

In other words, people like Sang Tian, ​​who only have natural saltpeter raw stones, cannot make ice solely with saltpeter.

Only a few methods can be used.

For example, the first method is to use containers with good thermal insulation properties to reduce heat loss.

This kind of Sang Tian can only ensure that the water temperature drops by about ten degrees.

The second method is to use a large amount of saltpeter and a relatively small amount of water.

Most likely, the water temperature will be close to 0 degrees.

But to really make it freeze - it's difficult!

But to that extent, smoothies aren't difficult.

So Sang Tian could only agree to make smoothies, iced drinks, and iced fruits for the children.

Don’t even think about popsicles or ice cream.

Can't even make ice cream.

Ice cream liquid contains sugar, raw materials, etc.

To make it solidify, the temperature must be between -10 and 20 degrees Celsius.

I can only make it in winter for them to try, but they dare not eat too much.

Children with weak spleen and stomach are prone to diarrhea if they eat cold food in summer, not to mention winter.

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Sang Tian asked the children to pick up some saltpeter blocks that they could carry and carry them under the bamboo shed.

I prepared the materials with Duo, Jie and others.

For example, Tremella soup, mung bean soup, and lotus seed soup can all be made into chilled soups, which taste cool, relieve heat, and relieve greasiness.

Look at the members of the transport team who just returned, they are sweating profusely.

Sang Tian directly prepared a large ceramic basin, poured water into it first, and then added a lot of saltpeter.

Then pour the mung bean soup from the pot into a wooden basin and place it in a saltpeter basin that has begun to cool.

Yes, ice made from natural saltpeter is not edible directly by humans.

Therefore, you must put the ingredients inside with something in between.

Food should not come into direct contact with water used to make saltpeter ice.

Soon, the mung bean soup was very cold.

Serve it out and let the boys deliver it to the tribesmen in the transport team.

The moment Lin touched the bowl.

As if burned, he turned his hand away and rubbed the tip of his ear.

Ming jokingly said, "Why, is this bowl biting you?"

Lin's face turned red.

"No! It's obviously too cold!"

The kids put some big leaves under the food before bringing it over.

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The males sitting under the bamboo shed, sweating profusely, kept showing off.

They were also very curious. Was the saltpeter that Sang was talking about really that magical?

Soon, they exclaimed in surprise!

"Wow! It's so cold!"

"The temperature is as cold as the river water at the beginning of spring!"

"It's so hot today! After drinking this, I feel refreshed all over!"

"So refreshing! He, give me another bowl!"

"I also want."

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Let’s start with the modern popular jasmine milky white.

It’s just impossible to make it with ice, it can only be made chilled, but I think that’s enough.

After all, this is ancient times.

It's comfortable enough to spend the summer like this.

People must learn to be content with what they have.

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First, you need to make jasmine tea.

Sang Tian poured water into the pot and heated it to boiling.

After the water boils, put the jasmine tea into a small basin, then pour in the boiling water and steep for 3-5 minutes.

Allow the tea leaves to fully release their aroma and flavor.

Then filter out the tea leaves with gauze to get pure jasmine tea.

If you want a more refreshing taste, you can put the tea into saltpeter ice water to cool it down now.

Since it is an ice drink, it is natural to put the boiled and sterilized milk into saltpeter water to cool it down, just like tea.

After the temperature of the tea and milk has dropped, mix the jasmine tea and milk.

Generally speaking, the ratio of tea to milk is about 2:1.

But Sang Tian felt that the ancient tea had a strong flavor, so she adjusted the ratio to one to one.

Finally, add the freshly boiled sucrose syrup.

It’s the same as in a milk tea shop, you can have it with 50% sugar, 30% sugar, full sugar, etc.

Now scoop out the milk tea and put it into saltpeter ice water to cool it down.

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Sang Tian also immediately went to do the next one.

That is, blueberry smoothie.

There’s still plenty of blueberry jam left from last year.

Blueberry jam is already sweet because sucrose is added when it is cooked, so the most you can do now is to add less sucrose.

Stir well with a spoon to allow the sweetness to fully blend into the blueberry jam.

Sang Tian had already placed a thin iron plate in a large amount of saltpeter ice water, with only enough water in it to cover the bottom of the iron plate.

At this moment, a layer of small smoothie has condensed on the surface.

This smoothie is much sandier than the modern fried yogurt smoothie.

Crumbly and soft.

Sang Tian slowly poured the flavored blueberry jam into a bowl of crushed ice, stirring it with a spoon as he poured.

Mix the blueberry jam and crushed ice thoroughly so that the crushed ice absorbs the flavor and color of the blueberry juice.

Well, not bad, not bad. If I were to travel back to ancient times, Sang Tian would definitely call it Lanrong Snow Mountain.

Sell ​​it for dozens of taels of silver.

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The last dish is chilled watermelon.

All you need to do is put the cut watermelon pieces into a wooden basin filled with saltpeter ice water to cool them down.

Sang Tian, ​​Duo, Jie and the children.

Bring the chilled jasmine milkshake and blueberry smoothie to the furnace.

The blacksmiths are very busy, not to mention that they need to stay by the furnace every day and deal with firewood.

Forging iron is also a physical job.

Send it there quickly so they can cool down.

Sure enough, it was just as Sang Tian expected.

After experiencing the high temperature, it is a real treat for them to taste such ice water smoothies.

The smoothie was not enough, so the chilled watermelon was brought over, which finally satisfied them.

The remaining jasmine milk and iced watermelon were naturally consumed by the tribesmen who came to try them!