The iron piece is placed on a clean basin. After the sweet potato is ground into pieces, it will naturally fall into the basin and become white sweet potato residue. These sweet potato residues contain a large amount of starch. Sweet potato flour is made from the starch extracted from these sweet potato residues. made.
Grandma Xiu and He Xiuman were grinding sweet potato dregs while Gao Mingcheng went to the house and took out some clean white cotton cloths. He washed the cotton cloths first and then waited for them to be used.
The ground sweet potato residue also needs to be added with a little water. After mixing evenly, put it into a white cotton cloth and filter the residue to obtain a starch-containing aqueous solution.
After the aqueous solution is precipitated, it becomes white sweet potato starch.
These sweet potato starches are mixed with water to make a paste, which can be used to make sweet potato flour. The sweet potato starch can also be dried and stored.
Sun-dried sweet potato starch can be mixed into a paste to make sweet potato starch at any time. It can also be used for cooking. It can be used as a meat tenderizer to make the meat tender and smooth. It can also be used to thicken the meat. It can also be fried and eaten directly.
After mixing the sweet potato starch with water, pour it into a pot with oil. Keep stirring until it becomes a paste. After seasoning, continue stirring until the paste matures and becomes a jelly-like viscous substance. It’s ready to be plated and eaten.
This is also an emergency recipe in winter when fresh vegetables are scarce.
When Gao Mingcheng and others obtain fresh starch, they will make it into sweet potato flour, so there is no need for the step of drying. They will dry it after making the sweet potato flour.
Gao Mingcheng went outside to get some wood, and then used the wood to build a simple shelf. There were triangular wooden stakes on both sides, and a wrist-thick wooden pole was placed across the middle. Then he took out the large and small pots at home. , placed under the wooden pole.
After making preparations, he pinched the four corners of the white cotton cloth with his hands and said to Gao Zhuang: "Bring me a pot of sweet potato residue."
"Why."
Gao Zhuang responded, picked up a pot of sweet potato residue, and poured it on the white cotton cloth. The water passed through the white cotton cloth and dripped directly into the basin below, while the sweet potato residue remained inside the white cotton cloth.
With Gao Zhuang's movements, the cotton cloth became heavier and heavier, but Gao Mingcheng's wrist was very steady and did not shake. After the pot was poured, he squeezed the sweet potato residue wrapped in the cloth with his hands to squeeze out all the water inside. Come out and ask Gao Zhuang to pour another pot of sweet potato residue.
After pouring two pots, there was too much sweet potato residue wrapped in cloth and could no longer be accommodated.
So Gao Mingcheng tied the four corners of the cloth to the horizontal wooden pole, and relied on gravity to let the remaining water drip into the basin.
At this time, the water in the basin is white and turbid. After letting it sit for a while, the starch will sink and the clear water will float. The sweet potato starch will be separated successfully.
If the color of sweet potato starch is not white but brown, you can also add some clean water after pouring out the water, stir it, and re-precipitate.
Some dirty things will float in the water, and then after settling, just pour the water away.
The work is not complicated, but each task takes time.
The four of them worked for two hours to grind all the sweet potatoes into sweet potato residue. It was said that four people were involved, but He Xiuman, as a pregnant woman, was the least involved. Gao Mingcheng and Gao Zhuang were responsible for the busy work.
In the evening, Duomei came back from her second sister's house. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw a lively group of people working.
Seeing her coming back, Grandma Xi asked her if Duoyu was doing well and if the child was okay.
Duo Mei naturally said yes and briefly explained the production process of Duo Jade. He Xiuman listened with serious expression.
In a few months, He Xiuman will also give birth to a child, so she is naturally particularly concerned about this related topic.
Duo Mei went to the kitchen to cook, and Grandma Xixi and He Xiuman were also preparing to go home.
Gao Mingcheng asked them to stay for dinner, but they were declined.
Gao Mingcheng did not strongly persuade them to stay, but said: "Grandma, the sweet potato starch will settle overnight. Then you can come over and make sweet potato starch tomorrow morning!"
"Okay, I'll bring the tools for making sweet potato flour tomorrow." Grandma Xi agreed with a smile, so she and He Xiuman went back to the old village first, leaving Gao Zhuang to finish the work.
Gao Zhuang poured the last bits of sweet potato residue into one of the cloth bags, and then helped Gao Mingcheng pack away the pots and buckets he took out.
"Brother Mingcheng, let's come back tomorrow morning." Gao Zhuang waved to Gao Mingcheng and left with a smile.
A lot of water was used in the process of washing the sweet potatoes and grinding the sweet potato pulp, but the Gao Mingcheng family's well was really good. Even after carrying so many buckets of water, there was no tendency for it to bottom out.
The water used for washing sweet potatoes will not be wasted like this, but will be poured into the corner, where some flowers and trees are planted.
After the others left, it was getting dark. Gao Mingcheng checked the tools placed under the eaves and made a total of three large bags of sweet potato residue. On the wooden frame, there were a row of three simple bags made of white cotton, filled with The sweet potato residue was removed, and the basin underneath was also filled with aqueous solution.
The aqueous solution is still in a turbid state and needs time to change.
"Mingcheng, it's time to eat." Many beauties shouted loudly in the kitchen.
At the dinner table, the two of them chatted while eating.
"My second sister's family also has a lot of sweet potatoes, but they were afraid of spoilage, so they chopped them up and dried them long ago, saying they would be used to make porridge in winter." Duomei said.
Her family didn't have a cellar. Her father was in poor health in the last few years, and there were only four daughters in the family, so they didn't dig their own cellar.
Later, after Duoyu and Zhang Chengyuan got married, Zhang Chengyuan wanted to find a place to dig a cellar, but he was excluded from digging. So until now, there is no cellar at home.
After the sweet potatoes are dug out, if they are not placed in the cellar, they will go bad easily and it will be wasted.
They are all grown with hard work, and no one is willing to waste them. If there is no water, there is no way to make sweet potato powder and preserve it, so just dry it in the sun.
Dried sweet potatoes can be stored for cooking porridge in winter.
Gao Mingcheng said: "His family doesn't have time to make sweet potato flour this year. So, ask your brother, do you still want to dig a cellar? If you want to dig, just dig next to our cellar. No one dares to say anything after digging here. "
"Okay." Duo Mei responded, and then talked about interesting things about the newborn with a smile.
But Gao Mingcheng sounded lazy. In his previous life, Duomei also took great care of his nephew. If anyone in the family had a stutter, they were willing to share it with him. Later, when the family became rich, they even paid for the tuition of the nephew. This nephew was also studying. Seed, who passed the exam all the way to the capital, and finally worked and bought a house in the capital, might not come back once a year, and even if he came back, he wouldn't be very kind to his aunt Duo Mei.
Many beauties talked about this later, feeling resentful, but Gao Mingcheng didn't say anything. After all... he also paid for the tuition of his nephews and nieces, and there were rewards for doing well in the exams.
And his nephews and nieces didn't treat him very well after they grew up.
So in this matter, he is evenly matched with many beauties.
Now seeing that many beauties are attracted to this nephew, Gao Mingcheng thought to himself that the plan to have a baby should be advanced!
When Duomei has her own child, her love will naturally transfer.
In this life, he will raise his children with many beauties and experience the joy and fatigue of being a father.
As for other people's children, praise them if they are good, but if they are not good... then it is none of their business!
Parents, take care of your children!
(End of chapter)
