Searching for food through the beast world

Bitter Lake

Opening the lid on the bamboo tube, Ding Xiao took a deep breath.I don't care how hot the freshly baked bamboo tube rice will be, so I just take a spoonful and put it in my mouth.

He also got used to the heat of the entrance after eating the barbecue for so long, so it didn't burn him out.But let him chew for a while and neither swallow nor spit it out.

Seeing Xiaoxiao's eagerness, Kun quickly handed over a bowl of cold boiled water. "Drink your saliva, it's already cold."

Ding Xiao stretched out his hand to reject Kun's kindness, and then began to chew carefully.Um! ! !The rice nuts in this bamboo tube rice really have the same taste as rice, and it feels like dry rice.Especially infiltrated with the aroma of bamboo, meat, vegetables, and the unique aroma left by the black incense tree bacon, and combined with the rice aroma of the rice cracker itself, the feeling of eating it in the mouth is indescribable. !Ding Xiao chewed carefully, savoring all the good taste in this mouthful of rice.It feels like biting your tongue off is not enough! "This is so thick...Kun, get thicker!" While scooping the long-lost rice into his mouth, he didn't forget to let his big tiger taste something new.

Originally, the aroma of the rice in a bamboo tube made greedy people go straight out, and then seeing his partner eating so deliciously, Kun felt that the rice was delicious before he even got into his mouth.well!Why is Xiaoxiao so good at home? !In fact, even if the Beast God gave him a pair of eyes that can see food, it is Xiaoxiao's own ability to make ingredients delicious!I am so happy, no one is happier than myself!

Ding laughed and ate two and a half of the five tubes of rice in one bamboo tube. If he hadn't run out of steam in the end, he probably wouldn't want to give up.

Kun has never seen Ding Xiao eat something so desperately.Even after finding pearl fruit and grinding it into flour, Xiaoxiao likes steamed stuffed buns, dumplings, flatbreads, etc., but he would not eat them so carelessly.Sure enough, it's still my favorite food, right?But to be honest, this rice is really delicious, I really can't get enough of these two half-bamboo tube rice! "Smile, when you were in your hometown, did you eat rice every day?"

Ding Xiao lay on the ground, rubbing his stomach and replied: "Yes. The place where my hometown is located is a rice-growing place, so I have been eating rice since I was a child. I haven't eaten rice for more than half a year since I came here. I got it today, and I can't control it. Hehe, but it's really delicious, right?"

Kun nodded with a smile: "Yes. It's delicious. There will be more delicious ones in the future, and I will accompany you to find them slowly."

Ding Xiao turned over, moved towards Kun's direction twice, and then pillowed on Brother Kun's lap. "Let me tell you, there are actually many kinds of rice. The rice I'm talking about is rice, including upland rice and paddy rice. There is also wheat, which we use to grind noodles. There are also millet, glutinous rice, japonica rice, barley and so on. , in short, there are many, many kinds of rice. But the ones I mentioned are not grown on trees in my hometown, and we may also have rice that is not grown on trees. Anyway, I am very confident now, and I will definitely find more Great food that's easy to store!"

Gently rubbing Xiaoxiao's cheeks with his fingers, the posture and atmosphere of the two of them at this moment is really indescribably beautiful! "I will continue to look for what you said. It doesn't matter if we can't find it in a short time. We have plenty of time. After we get married, we can go to further places to look for it."

Pulling away Kun's oily claws, Ding Xiao conceived this way: "I think there should be many good things that are ignored by people in the safe zone of our Mavericks! This year, I can learn to hunt while staying safe Search in the district. Don’t delay! Ah, by the way, you can wash all the dishes and chopsticks in a while, I want to draw all the new food I saw in the past two days while it’s still dark.”

At dawn the next day, the two packed up and returned all their belongings and headed to the next destination, Kushui Lake.

This time they stepped up their schedule, Kun didn't have to go hunting, and simply ate some dried bacon at noon, so Ding Xiao looked at his watch when he arrived at Kushui Lake, and it happened to be [-]:[-] in the afternoon.

Kun has already learned to recognize Xiaoxiao's watch.But he felt that looking at the shadow of a tree could also calculate the time accurately.Anyway, with them, there is nothing that must be calculated in minutes and seconds.I just think it's amazing to have such a small thing that automatically follows the time. "Look, the trees start to decrease here, do you smell the smell? Isn't it fishy?"

There was indeed a watery smell in the air, and there was also a bad smell, but he didn't think it was too bad. "Indeed. But where there is water, there will be a fishy smell, right? Are we going to pitch a tent by the lake tonight? Or are we looking for a place in the nearby woods?"

Kun thought for a while, and then said: "If you can accept this smell, you should stay by the lake. There is no smell of beasts around here. It should just be some animals that eat grass. I will take you to the lake first. , and then find a higher place to pitch the tent."

Ding Xiao nodded: "There is nothing unacceptable about this. Safety is the most important thing."

The closer to the water, the rarer the grass and trees on the nearby ground, and the color of the ground gradually changes.Ding Xiao didn't need to be close to the lake at all, just looking at the white stones on the shore, he knew that it must be a salt lake.

Although the sky eye shows that the white stone is salt, and it is non-toxic edible salt.Dante couldn't help but pick up a stone and taste it with a smile.It was really salty!It didn't taste like anything else.It seems that these salts that have been crystallized by wind and sun can be used for direct consumption.These Yihu people have ignored such a large piece of salt lake for so long, what a reckless waste!

"Kun, this is really a salt lake! Look, the white stones on the side are salt, and the purity is very high, you can eat it directly! In the future, we can use the salt in these salted meats and pickled vegetables. You don’t need to marinate a pig’s leg, you can use a pot of salt! It’s a long way to go back and forth for two or three days even if you come here to carry the salt once, it’s a bit far away.” He took two steps to the water’s edge, dipped his hand in the lake water and let it go into the mouth. ……Pooh!Sure enough, as Kun said, it was really bitter and astringent.It seems that the concentration of this salt lake is too high.

"It's far from a problem. If there are more people coming, just take back enough amount at one time. Everyone is not short of salt on weekdays. As you said, it's good to use these salts when they are used to marinate things." .Otherwise those orcs who make vegetable salt will be very sad."

Ding Xiao nodded: "Yes. It is still necessary to encourage everyone to grow a variety of pickles to make salt. After all, there are as many things as you can grow. No matter how big the salt lake is, it may sooner or later be used up. Okay, you go to build it. Tents. I'll try to pick up some salt rocks and break them up."

Kun immediately nodded: "Okay. But Xiaoxiao, can I have bamboo rice again tonight?"

Thinking of the bamboo tubes in the bamboo basket that he looked at before departure in the morning, Ding Xiao had to nod: "Okay. But I didn't pick fragrant bean sprouts today, so the taste may be a little different."

Brother Kun immediately narrowed his eyes with a smile: "It's good to make it with a smile, everything is delicious!"

Picking out two palm-sized salt stones, and taking out the bamboo tube that Kun made yesterday, Ding Xiao chose to scrape down the salt noodles with a knife, and use this salt to season the food tonight.

The crystal stones of these two salts were heavy and much harder than he had imagined.So Ding Xiao scraped at a slower speed.But also because the scraping is slow and careful, the salt that falls into the bamboo tube is very fine, and there are almost no large particles.But about halfway through the scraping, he found that there was a stone core inside the salt rock. It seemed that these salt crystals wrapped the stone, and then formed a little bit of salt rock instead of a whole lump of salt.

After setting up the tent and picking up the firewood, Kun moved closer to Ding Xiao and started to build a stove. "Smile, how much salt shall we bring back this time?"

"It's enough to put two bamboo tubes. We have to pick rice crackers and a lot of earth snails when we go back. This lake salt can't escape, so you can come here anytime. You will have a hard time carrying too much." After finishing speaking, he stretched out Dip your index finger in the salt noodles, and then pass it to Kun's mouth: "Try the taste of this salt, is it much stronger?"

Clutching his partner's wrist and putting his finger in his mouth, Brother Kun tasted it carefully.But obviously what he tasted was not the taste of salt! "tasty!"

The corners of Ding Xiao's mouth twitched: "Hey! You are enough! Make me drool! Hurry up and get some fresh water, otherwise what will we have for dinner at night!"

Reluctantly opening the delicious food in his mouth, seeing Xiaoxiao retracting his hand and staring at his eyes, Brother Kun really felt an itch from the heart.well!Actually have to endure tomorrow!Really hard work! "Okay, I'll go right away, you just stay here. I can't go far."

Ding Xiao waved quickly: "Go, go! Don't stay here and hinder my work!" Continue to scrape the salt noodles.

Brother Kun smacked his mouth twice, then left silently.If you don't touch it, then kissing should be okay, right?Hey!Ok, deal!

It was five tubes of rice in bamboo tubes again, but Ding Xiao only ate one tube today, and brother Kun digested the rest.

But don't get me wrong that Xiaoxiao doesn't like to eat it, but he made another half jar of mud vegetable and pork liver porridge.Soak the rice crackers in clear water for about 10 to [-] minutes, then start to cook in a pot, watch the heat until the rice is cooked into porridge, and then put the shredded pork liver and shredded cabbage into it.Add salt, green onion powder and ginger paste into it and stir evenly, wait until the pork liver is cooked through and then eat.

Ding Xiao made this pork liver porridge with crushed pearl fruit before, but the crushed fruit is different in size, and the pearl fruit that is too crushed into powder will turn the porridge into a paste, although the taste has not changed. But the taste is still not as refreshing as using rice directly.So today, this half can of porridge also made Brother Kun drink a bowl beautifully, hehe!So what if Feng was the first to eat pork liver porridge?It’s still the best one made by Xiaoxiao at home!Made of rice! (childish--)

For the remaining pork livers, Ding Xiao cooked them in salt water.To be honest, besides being suitable for drinking, this dish is also very suitable as a snack for carnivores. Ding Xiao has done this before. "Kun, how about trying the pork liver boiled directly in salt water? In fact, there is no garlic and soy sauce, otherwise it will taste better when dipped in garlic sauce."

I just took a bite of the chopsticks that Xiaoxiao handed over, the taste is neither soft nor hard, it has the fragrance of pork liver itself, but it doesn't have the smell of internal organs.It's just a small piece and a piece is not enough.Speaking of which, the pork liver made in this way can be used as dry food and taken for hunting. It will definitely make those guys greedy! "This is delicious. If you catch a pig in the future, you can make this and bring it to me for hunting."

How could Ding Xiao guess Kun's inner idea, thinking that the big guy liked it very much, so he nodded immediately: "Success! The pork liver of this violent-toothed pig is big enough, and some barbecue pancakes or something, That's enough for lunch."

Seeing Xiaoxiao eating a mouthful of porridge and rice in a bamboo tube, and occasionally a piece of pork liver, the consumption rate of the stew in the pot is low, Brother Kun said with emotion: "Xiaoxiao, after you have rice crackers, you can eat a lot .It means eating less meat.”

Ding Xiao glanced at him: "Meat? Do you think there is no meat in the rice I made?"

Brother Kun chose not to argue: "Well, just eat more. I like you to eat more. You can eat more of anything."

"I'm eating, don't be flirtatious with me. It's not eating dumplings, what's so sour! What do you think of this salt?" After asking, he continued to pour porridge into his mouth.Well! ! !It is so delicious!

"It's much saltier than vegetable salt. Just sprinkle a thin layer, and the meat will taste good enough. It's really economical. But it doesn't have the smell of vegetable salt." Kun replied truthfully.To be honest, although lake salt is not bad, he, who grew up eating vegetable salt, still prefers the original taste.

Ding Xiao took a bite of the pork liver, and muttered while chewing: "Let me tell you, where I used to live, all I ate was sea salt. At the beginning, I was not used to eating vegetable salt here. But now I think vegetable salt is more fragrant. Anyway, you can tell Uncle Pengjia about the salt lake. It doesn’t matter if the village doesn’t use it. When we need it, let’s come and get some pickled vegetables and bacon. Good."

The next day, the two of them decided to go back after breakfast.Because there are so many salt stones beside the salt lake, Ding Xiao no longer has the desire to try boiling salt.He picked 13 stones the size of Yuan Kun's fist and took them back, without letting Ding Xiao scrape them down little by little.

The rest of the way back is much slower.Basically, Ding Xiao adopts the attitude that he will never miss it when he passes by, and he will never leave any of the rice fruit trees he sees.Otherwise, these fruits will be topped off by the new branches and leaves next month, which is a waste of things.

The burden on Kun is getting heavier and heavier, but fortunately, the pork of the violent tooth pig is constantly decreasing, so Xiaoxiao asks every day, "Is it too heavy? Don't get it tomorrow and go home?" He still said firmly: "It's not heavy. I can carry it on my back."

In fact, he didn't lie. He carried such a big Corrosion Beast back to the village by himself.Although it was indeed strenuous to carry it for several days, the weight of these rice crackers and earth snails alone was far from his upper limit.It's just that every time Xiaoxiao asks himself this question, he will linger in his heart for at least half a day.Sure enough, it is happiness to have a partner who loves her dearly. Even grandma has never worried about whether she will feel heavy when she carries her prey back.So you are definitely the most important thing in Xiaoxiao's heart! (I still have my dad!)

For these two days of meals, the two of them basically kept eating a meal of rice every day.Brother Kun is most interested in the grilled rice balls made by Xiaoxiao.Although you have to cook the rice first, mash it a little, then make it into small balls, put bacon and bamboo shoots in it, or fish fillets, and then put it on the fire, and brush it while roasting It's a little troublesome to brush with barbecue sauce or something.But the taste that comes out is really very attractive.And the taste is crunchy on the outside, fragrant and soft on the inside, it is so delicious that he can't describe it.

In addition, Kun is very keen on eating the barbecue sauce directly on the rice, especially eating rice sandwiched in the barbecue is his favorite.Of course, for their males, meat is still the most important thing, so Ding Xiao felt that Kun was using rice as a dish to adjust his staple food, meat.

But after thinking about it, his own big tiger is already very powerful. Basically, there are not many things he doesn't like to eat.In the past two days, even if I let him eat bitter vegetables, he never frowned again.Sure enough, there is progress!

In fact, what Ding Xiao didn't realize was that every time he finished eating bitter vegetables, Brother Kun would find an opportunity to kiss him. With this motivation, what is bitter vegetables afraid of? !