Watching the chopped potatoes turn into juice and drip into the bucket drop by drop, Lin Yunchu was even happier. This meant that the success was almost halfway.
As the stone mill made a continuous creaking sound, the Lin family members watching from the side were amazed. Although they didn't know what Lin Yunchu was going to make in the end, they found it very novel to see that the round potato pieces had now turned into mud and water.
Thinking that the potato pulp that had been squeezed into juice would have to be filtered out again, Lin Yunchu thought he would have to find some clean gauze.
"Mom, do we have any clean gauze at home?"
Lin Yunchu raised his head and asked softly to his mother, who was standing beside him. His mother was already used to Lin Yunchu asking her for things from time to time, so she didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and got up to go into the house to find something for Lin Yunchu.
Pushing the millstone is strenuous work. After a while, Lin's father was already exhausted and out of breath. Seeing this, Lin Changting hurried over and asked Lin's father to rest aside first. He and Lin Changshun could take turns pushing the millstone, which could also save some effort.
This step was the most strenuous. Everyone in the Lin family took turns working for almost an hour and finally crushed all the remaining potatoes for the day.
Lin Yunchu found a bamboo frame and a clean large vat, spread the clean gauze he had just found on the bamboo basket, and then placed the bamboo frame on the large vat.
Lin Yunchu was talking in detail on the side, while Lin's father and Lin Changting and others put the freshly mashed potato water on the bamboo frame one by one, and Lin's mother was in charge of pouring in clean water.
Lin Yunchu squeezed the potato flour in the bamboo frame hard. As Lin Yunchu continued to squeeze, the potato flour mixed with clean water fell into the large vat below.
Finally, he scooped out the squeezed mashed potatoes and put them into a large basin at his feet. He then kept repeating this action. Pan Xiuxiu and Lin's mother watched carefully and saw that Lin Yunchu had exerted a lot of effort and looked very tired.
"Okay, Yunchu, we think we're almost there. You can rest for a while and we'll give it a try."
Pan Xiuxiu was afraid that Lin Yunchu would be too tired, so she spoke up quickly. They took turns. She saw that what Lin Yunchu had just done was not difficult.
And Lin Yunchu just needs to sit aside and watch. If she does anything wrong, she can remind her.
These didn't seem to be very strenuous work, but after working so hard, Lin Yunchu was a little out of breath. Hearing what Pan Xiuxiu said, she nodded to her. It would be better for several people to take turns. She could wait until Pan Xiuxiu and Lin's mother were tired, and then she could take over.
Lin Yunchu arrived at the yard and spread out a bamboo mat. He asked Lin Changshun to bring all the mashed potatoes that had just been packed to the yard and put them on the bamboo mat to dry. The potato residue can be made into steamed buns after drying.
If they can't finish the food at home, they can cook it and feed the two piglets raised in the backyard. Lin's mother and Pan Xiuxiu take great care of the pigs they raise now.
The pigs are fed with cooked rice bran and lush pig grass cut from the fields every day. The pigpen is cleaned every day and is very clean.
After working for a long time, it was finally done. Lin Yunchu went to the kitchen and used a clean wooden stick that he had used before to stir the water in the tank.
This was to scrub off the potato starch. Lin Yunchu stopped his actions only when he thought it was almost done. The people watching on the side were silent.
Only after Lin Yunchu stopped did he softly ask, "Is this... is this enough?"
It didn't look like there were any particularly complicated movements, and everyone was a little curious about what would be produced in the end.
Lin Yunchu's lips curled slightly, "Not yet, we have to wait a while."
This will take an hour or two to settle.
It just so happened that everyone had been working very hard just now and was very tired.
After resting for a while, Lin's mother took Pan Xiuxiu, carried a backpack, picked up a small sickle and went out.
The wild vegetables in the fields outside were growing well at this time of year, so the two planned to go out and pick some wild vegetables to make pickled cabbage. Everyone in the Lin family liked to eat this, and frying a bowl of it on weekdays was very delicious with rice.
Lin Yunchu calculated the time and saw that it was almost time, so he quickly went to the yard and carefully poured out the water that had just come up. After all the water was poured out, he saw something white and clear settled at the bottom.
Lin Yunchu raised the corners of his mouth. The thing that precipitated was potato starch. It seemed that he was halfway to success.
But this alone is not enough. Then scoop out all the starch that has settled at the bottom, continue to add water and stir, and continue the second sedimentation according to the previous method.
After repeating this process three or four times, the white potato starch is finally ready.
"Sister, is this all right?"
Lin Changan squatted aside, watching the movements of Lin Yunchu's hands. He had been waiting since yesterday until now, and he saw his elder sister constantly messing with the things in the water tank. He didn't know when he could eat something delicious.
Lin Yunchu lowered his head and did not stop what he was doing. He thought to himself: It's still early. I have to wait a few more days. By then, I will make the potato starch into long and thin vermicelli and dry it in the sun.
Seeing that Lin Yunchu didn't say anything, Lin Changan couldn't help but pout. Seeing that Lin Yunchu needed help, he immediately ran forward to help without thinking.
The two of them were busy taking out all the starch that had settled at the bottom of the water tank, and crushed it into fine flour. Lin Yunchu spread a bamboo mat in the yard, and then poured the potato starch on the bamboo mat and spread it out. Seeing that the weather was good, he estimated that it would be done after two or three days of drying in the sun.
The sun rises and the moon sets. It's just the beginning of spring and the sun is not very strong yet. Lin Yunchu is not in a hurry. She has been waiting for the potato starch in the yard to dry for five days. Seeing that it is almost done, she plans to try making potato vermicelli today.
Last night, she asked Lin's father to help her set up a rack in the yard and put thin wooden strips on it. After the vermicelli is made, she can put it directly in her own yard to dry.
Lin Yunchu thought of many ways, and finally told his father his ideas in detail, and asked his father to make a sieve by himself, which could be used to press the vermicelli.
Lin Yunchu poured some of the dried potato starch into a basin, dissolved it with clean water, and stirred it quickly with a mixer in one hand until the potato starch in the basin turned translucent white.
Then put it into dry starch and knead it evenly again. Looking at the white dough finally kneaded in Lin Yunchu's hands, everyone was a little surprised. Isn't this similar to when making dumplings and dough before?
I didn’t expect that the potatoes grown at home could be made into white flour. It’s really magical.
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