Chapter 165 The advent of the ice-making method
"Barbecuing doesn't require so much meat. Even a whole pig feast doesn't require so much meat." After Qin An answered, he thought about what he was going to do with such a big wild boar.
Seeing that Qin An didn't intend to use it all, Zhang Han reminded: "Sir, the blood of this wild boar has entered the internal organs. It needs to be processed in time, otherwise the body will smell bad and cannot be eaten."
"Yes, it needs to be dealt with in time, why not give it away." Li Si suggested.
"It's okay to give it away, but if you don't know how to cook it, it will only waste such good ingredients." Qin An said, "I originally thought I could hunt a small wild boar and everyone could have a barbecue.
But you brought a wild boar so big that it could feed the whole village. "
"How about sir, make a wild boar feast for everyone," Zhang Han said.
Qin An rolled his eyes at Zhang Han and said in a deep voice: "Old Zhang, do you think I am very relaxed, so you want to find something for me to do, and doing it can be exhausting?
There are at least 2,500 people in our village. Ten people per table means more than 200 tables. Can I handle this by myself? Even if I am a chef and can cook ten tables of dishes at a time, who will do the rest? "
Zhang Han immediately waved his hand and said: "Sir, I misunderstood, I misunderstood. I didn't mean it. I was just afraid that the wild boar would be wasted. I just said it casually."
His eyes couldn't help but look at Ying Zheng. Seeing that Ying Zheng was a bit blaming, he said again: "Sir, I apologize again for what I said just now."
Everyone else laughed. Everyone knew that Qin An was just talking quickly and Zhang Han was a little too serious.
Ying Zheng followed up and said: "Sir, Lao Zhang didn't mean it, just forgive him. We still want to think about how to deal with this wild boar."
Qin An nodded and said: "I'm not angry. I just teased Lao Zhang. Isn't Lao Zhang very nervous?"
Zhang Han wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "I was indeed frightened by Mr."
"Okay, this matter is over. I'll take care of the wild boar, and you have someone get some saltpeter. There are also buckets and clean water." Qin An said.
"No." Zhang Han responded.
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Sir, what do you need saltpeter for? I know that Xu Fu needs saltpeter for his alchemy."
Qin An smiled and said: "Of course it's ice making. Saltpeter can make ice, and it's very simple. Just throw the saltpeter into the water."
"Sir, don't be ridiculous. Since saltpeter can make ice, why has no one ever used it?" Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Village Chief, this has never been used in the village. I don't know since which dynasty everyone started using saltpeter to make ice in the summer.
Ice cubes that are directly thrown into the saltpeter cannot be used. Ice cubes need to be stewed in water before they can be eaten.
If the village chief doesn't believe it, I'll show you the ice-making process when Zhang Han comes back. "Qin An said.
"Okay. I can't wait to see such a magical thing," Ying Zheng said.
"Okay, I'll deal with this wild boar first. Zhao Su, the four of you come here to help."
Qin An then asked his four disciples to help process the wild boar meat.
Seeing this, Hu Hai thought that he was just washing dishes, and the four of them were dissecting fish and wild boars, which was much harder than me.
His heart suddenly became more balanced and his complaints were gone.
The four Fusu people came to Qin An and listened to Qin An's detailed introduction to every part of the wild boar, and then told them what to do with these parts.
Finally, Qin An cut off the fine pork belly and used it for barbecue.
Then the pork chops, pork bones, pig feet, pig heads, etc. were separated and cut.
After everything was done, Qin An wrote a list of ingredients for the braised buns and gave it to Fusu.
"Let's see if there are any of the items on the list in the village."
"promise."
Immediately, Fusu looked through the list, but didn't recognize anything, so he found Meng Yi.
Meng Yi took a look at the list and said: "I only think there are a few, they seem to be medicinal materials. We seem to have brought a lot of medicinal materials in this cargo. I will help the young master get them."
"good."
Not long after, Zhang Han and Meng Yi brought everything Qin An wanted to Qin An at the same time.
It's just that Meng Yi's stewed buns lack more than a dozen ingredients, so there's nothing that can be done about it. Many spices were not used in the Qin Dynasty, and they have never been seen before.
"Sir, we only found a dozen things on the list, and we have never heard of the others." Meng Yi said.
"If even Boss Meng doesn't know about it, then there is no other way but to use existing materials to make braised food." Qin An said.
Ying Zheng walked up to Qin An and said, "Sir, why don't we take a look at your ice-making process first?"
Qin An smiled and said: "Village chief, you have forgotten what I said, just throw the saltpeter into the water."
He immediately picked up a few pieces of saltpeter and threw them into the barrel.
Zhang Han not only brought saltpeter, but also a bucket of water, which Qin An had ordered.
Ying Zheng thought Qin An was just talking, but he didn't expect that he actually did it.
Li Si and others looked at the bucket curiously.
If it can really turn water into ice, the people of the world will be blessed again in summer and can keep themselves cooler.
For a while, no one was grilling anymore. Everyone except Qin An was staring at the barrel.
As time went by, everyone saw that the bucket began to take risks.
"It's smoking. The bucket is actually smoking. Is this magic?" Li Si said in shock.
Others also had such questions, but Li Si was the first to speak out.
Ying Zheng came to Qin An who was cutting pork and said, "Sir, why is there smoke?"
Qin An stopped cutting meat, looked at the bucket, and said with a smile: "This is not smoke, but cold air. It means that the heat of the clear water has been absorbed by the saltpeter. If you throw another piece in, it will freeze faster."
When Ying Zheng heard this, he immediately said, "Third brother, throw another piece of saltpeter into the barrel."
"promise."
Immediately, Jiang Lu threw another piece of saltpeter into the barrel.
Ying Zheng quickly came to the bucket and saw that someone in the bucket was freezing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the cold air like fairy air was also increasing.
"It's frozen. It's really frozen." Jiang Lu looked at the bucket in disbelief.
"Haha..." Ying Zheng laughed and said, "Okay, that's great. I don't have to worry about the heat anymore."
Qin An, who was cutting the pork, stopped again and said: "Go to that basin of water, put the basin and water on the ice, and there will be edible ice soon.
In addition, I put some ice in a room, stored it in a room, and put all the excess pork on the ice. As long as the ice does not melt, it will stay fresh for at least a month. "
When everyone heard this, they were immediately shocked by the method of keeping ice cubes fresh, so that people would not waste it.
Qin An also talked about how to dig cellars to store ice and how to dig cellars to preserve freshness. Meng Yi and Li Si both recorded them one by one.
After getting the ice, Qin An also chilled the beer.
