Chapter 1054: Juicing
Osmanthus knew that Chu Lishou also cared about herself, so she didn't insist any longer, but changed the topic and began to talk about the things in the syrup.
Most of the things that are ripe at the moment are green vegetables, and although the idea of using green vegetables to make sugar can be had, even the osmanthus itself is not sure about the taste.
But there was one thing she had already remembered, and that was the corn that had already set ears but was not fully ripe.
Turning around and going to his own field, Osmanthus wrapped the hem of her skirt in her belt and went straight to the two rows of corn near the wall.
At this time, although the corn has ears, the corn kernels wrapped in it are not yet ripe, and if you exert a little force, it will turn into strands of corn syrup.
If this kind of corn is picked and eaten, it will definitely not work, but if it is only used to change the taste of the sugar cubes, Osmanthus thinks it is still feasible.
Osmanthus specially picked those ears of corn that did not grow big, or grew close to the branches, and the first time they were used to make it, they didn't dare to make more, and they stopped when they were four or five.
Looking at the cucumbers in the cucumber field, two of them are also grown, and if you don't pick them and eat them, I'm afraid they will rot in the ground.
As soon as the osmanthus heart was horizontal, he simply picked it off and prepared to make some cucumber-flavored sugar cubes.
Looking at the three cucumbers that the osmanthus picked and placed aside, as well as four or five things that were not green and yellow, Lao Liao couldn't help but be dumbfounded, "Girl, you mean, you want to use these things to make sugar?" ”
"Yes, that's it." Osmanthus nodded affirmatively, and after putting down the hem of her skirt, she beckoned Chu Lishou and them to help them take the things and walk towards Lao Liaotou's sugar workshop together.
The first step is juicing.
The cucumber was easy to say, so he smashed it directly, put it in a wooden basin and let Chu Lishou and Chu Lixin take the rolling pin that Liu Da Niu took from home and continue to mash it.
Then isolate it with cotton gauze and squeeze out the juice as much as possible.
Although the two big men had worked hard to squeeze out the juice of the cucumber, the remaining crushed cucumber still had some watery meaning.
Osmanthus didn't force it, but said with a smile: "Okay, there is a new dish at noon, Dad, Fourth Uncle, Lao Liaotou, Uncle Liu, let you improve your food at noon today, and taste the taste of cucumbers in winter." ”
As soon as these words came out, several big men were stunned at first, and then they all showed a smile.
Just when the cucumber was pounded and the juice was squeezed, the thick fragrance of the cucumber was already wafting all over the workshop, and even a few big men couldn't help but swallow their saliva, obviously attracted by the cool taste.
After the juice of the cucumber was ready, Osmanthus let Lao Liao Tou start to boil the syrup, and at the same time began to squeeze the juice of the corn by himself.
Corn and cucumbers are different, not to mention that they can be eaten all over the body, even if they can't be squeezed cleanly, the rest can be used as a dish.
Osmanthus first scraped off the thin layer of corn kernels on the corn with a knife, even if it was accidentally destroyed, it didn't matter, and then asked Chu Lishou and Chu Lixin to smash the corn kernels and the remaining corn cobs respectively.
Although corn on the cob is not tasty, the cob at this time has enough moisture, and it also has the taste of corn, so it is also a good choice to squeeze out the juice.
As for the remaining corn leaves, osmanthus did not want to waste them, but boiled a large pot of water, washed the leaves and threw them in it, and boiled it like this, although the soup did not taste as good as corn kernels and corn cobs, but also had a faint corn taste.
In this way, the three juices are mixed together, and the juice comes out much more than that of cucumbers.