Chapter 591: Nutrient intake problem solved! (It’s still 10,000 words, please vote for me!)
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The next afternoon.
The 11th factory area of the 221 base.
Mentioned earlier.
Among the 18 branch factories in the base, three factories are involved in the handover of materials with the outside world in normal times.
They are:
Second branch,
Branch 11,
and Branch 12.
Among them, the situation in the second factory area is quite special. It is considered a ‘part-time’ situation:
Most of the time.
It is mainly responsible for the development, production and testing of high-energy explosives and the overall assembly of future nuclear weapons. It can be regarded as a standard scientific research center.
However, due to the outermost location and excellent road conditions.
During some business periods, the second factory area will also be responsible for the transfer of materials that require vehicles.
For example, the grain, journals and Xu Yun's medium-rare food that Lao Guo and the others brought back were from the base of the second factory area.
But the part-time job in the second factory area is just that.
When it comes to materials that really need to be transported by train, the base's handover location is still at the 11th and 12th branches with regular platforms.
The difference between the two branches is that the 11th factory area is a dangerous goods station, while the 12th factory area is a general supplies station.
Of course.
To be precise, the dangerous goods here should be 'sensitive' items, not just flammable and explosive chemical products, etc.
For example, some precision instruments and some experts from outside - such as Qian Wushi and others, were all 'transported' to the 11th branch and got off the bus.
Another example.
The express delivery of black soldier fly larvae will be delivered today.
At this moment.
A large group of people have gathered at the platform of Factory 11.
Among them are the base management like Li Jue Lao Guo, the young workers of the sideline team like Zhou Shaoping and Zhang Gongding, and the melon-eating party members like Xu Yun who are watching the excitement.
It is now half past two in the afternoon, which happens to be the time when the sun is at its hottest. So many people who have just finished work and haven’t showered yet are gathering outdoors.
to be honest.
The smell is a bit strong.
However, no one cared about it at all. Even people from later generations like Xu Yun had no reaction - after all, his nose was almost burning like Voldemort, and he couldn't smell much
At this time, everyone's eyes were fixed on the southeast direction of the platform.
That is.
The location of Shanzhou, the capital of Xihai Province.
After a while.
"Xiao Zhou."
Li Jue withdrew his gaze from a distance and asked his assistant Zhou Cai:
"How long has it been since the train left?"
Li Jue didn't like the binding feeling of the watch chain on his wrist, so he rarely wore a watch. When asking for the time, he would go directly to Zhou Cai.
Zhou Cai flipped his wrist neatly and reported a time:
"Director, it's about three hours since departure."
Li Jue nodded and asked again:
"Where's the breeding room?"
Zhou Cai wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled:
"There is nothing wrong with the training center. Comrade Gonpot and Director Liu have already cleared the space the day before yesterday - otherwise the higher-ups wouldn't have transported the black soldier flies here today."
Li Jue was silent for a moment after hearing the words, and finally breathed out a faint breath:
"This old Zhou, this tmd is planning a surprise attack."
The Lao Zhou mentioned by Li Jue was not a member of the base, but the general manager of Shanzhou or, to be precise, the Xihai Province Secrecy Front.
About two days ago.
Gongbu and others from the Animal Husbandry Sideline Team cooperated with Liu Youcheng and finally built a breeding room for cultivating black soldier fly larvae.
Li Jue and others routinely reported the situation to the capital and hoped to receive follow-up instructions from the capital.
But there was silence in the capital for two days. Li Jue even wondered if something unexpected had happened - for example, they all flew away while catching the black soldier flies.
Then this morning, Lao Zhoucai from Shanzhou suddenly sent a secret report:
The first batch of black soldier fly larvae will arrive at the base this afternoon!
Ever since.
The base quickly made preparations for the handover. Although nothing went wrong during the whole process, it was somewhat embarrassing.
Woochi——
Woochi——
Woochi——
And not long after Li Jue asked about the time.
There was a sound of a train moving on the railway not far away.
"The train is coming!"
I don't know who in the crowd shouted something.
Everyone at the scene had just come to their senses as if they were just waking up from a dream, and they all gathered at the edge of the platform:
"The train is really coming!"
"This thing is much bigger than the commuter train at our base."
"Not only is it big, it's also much thicker. Look at the circle outside. It's really dark."
“It’s so slow”
Then under the gaze of everyone.
This round-head train, which is rarely seen in later generations, slowly stopped beside the platform while puffing out black smoke.
After a while.
Wow——
The first carriage of the train was opened from the inside, and a man walked out of the car first.
This man is about forty years old, wearing a gray cadre uniform. He is not tall, but has a bloated figure.
To know.
In this day and age, due to the scarcity of supplies, fat people are still rare.
For example, last year the Workers' Daily published a report that among the more than 4,000 people working in a state-owned mining factory in Sichuan Province, only 6 weighed more than 150 kilograms - although I don't know what the purpose of such statistics is.
After meeting this person.
Li Jue, who had been waiting here for a long time, couldn't help but step forward, hit the opponent hard on the shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Hey, old Zhou, you have gained weight again after a few months. You look like 180 pounds now, right?"
"Why, Lao Guo and I and other comrades are suffering here in Jinyintan, but you are enjoying yourself in Shanzhou and enjoying life?"
Li Jue just finished speaking.
The fat man named Lao Zhou suddenly smiled bitterly, shook his head and said:
"Old Li, please don't bury me."
"Don't even think about it. If I eat a lot of meat and fish for personal enjoyment, can the organization still allow me to be responsible for confidentiality work in Shanzhou?"
"Yes, I have gained a lot of weight, but it has nothing to do with being popular and spicy. It is all caused by pressure."
"Here, if you don't believe me, look at my arms and belly. They are both puffy and fat."
Hear this.
Li Juebian also suppressed his original smile and patted his shoulder with some emotion.
All classmates who are fat should know.
In addition to excessive nutritional intake, stress is also one of the reasons why a person may gain weight.
When people are under great stress, secretions in the body will be disrupted and metabolism will slow down.
At the same time, something called cortisol, the stress hormone, is also produced.
Cortisol increases plasma cholesterol, activates esterase under the skin of the limbs, and promotes the decomposition of subcutaneous fat.
What about the broken down fat?
It will be redistributed on the face, upper chest, back of the neck, abdomen and buttocks, forming central obesity.
In a certain sense - note that in a sense.
The reason why many decadent people are called fat nerds is that their fat content has a lot to do with cortisol.
Later generations also had a professional term for this, called stress obesity.
It's obvious.
This is the case for Lao Zhou, who was teased by Li Jue.
Then Lao Zhou raised his head and looked around, gently patted his chubby belly, and said to Li Jue:
"Speaking of Lao Li, it's all thanks to you that I'm so fat now."
Li Jue was suddenly startled and said in surprise:
"We?"
"Of course."
Lao Zhou raised his chin randomly towards a certain direction in the sky and said:
"Didn't you shoot down three U2s some time ago? Even now the other side is still in the dark."
"They know that something must have happened to these three U2s, and they are probably in danger, but they know nothing about the specific process and reasons."
"So in the past few months, Xihai and Longyou next door have almost become team-building areas for enemy agents. They pop up like cockroaches one after another and cannot be defeated."
Said.
Lao Zhou suddenly thought of something again, pointed to the train beside him and said:
"There are also the black soldier fly larvae sent this time. Lao Li, do you know why the organization didn't notify you in advance?"
"The reason is that there are too many enemy agents on the West China Sea during this period. For the sake of confidentiality, the scope of people who know the situation must be limited."
"Later, when the capital was gathered together, well, your breeding room has been completed anyway, so why not notify anyone in advance? This will not be more stable."
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Li Jue was suddenly startled.
Good guy.
What’s going on with co-authorship?
He was wondering why there was such a sudden attack on the organization. It turned out to be because the enemy agents had become stressed due to the recent loss of contact with U2?
I remember Ye Duzheng told him a few days ago about the principle of butterfly wing storm. Could this be one of them?
Then he looked at Lao Zhou up and down again, and patted him on the shoulder for the second time:
"Lao Zhou, you have worked hard."
"Hey, what's this?"
Lao Zhou waved his hand indifferently, looking very free and easy:
"If you can fight down three more U2s, let alone gain 20 pounds, I won't have any problem with your ears growing like that!"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that I wasn't there when we played U2 and missed that great show. Otherwise, I would still be able to brag to my grandson in the future."
Li Jue's face was still a little solemn at first, but in the end he was amused by Lao Zhou's words:
"Aha? Three more fights?"
"I'm afraid that won't work. Don't forget, there is only one U2 left on the other side, and I guess I don't have the courage to come to the mainland."
"So Lao Zhou, if you want to see us take down three more U2s, I guess it's not possible."
Lao Zhou was startled when he heard this, and then he laughed as well:
"That's true. I guess even if the other side wants to come back, it's unlikely that the other side of the sea will send them another plane."
"It seems that I will never have the chance to see U2 knocked down with my own eyes. By the way, I heard that there is a magical ax in your base. If I make a wish in the opposite direction to it, do you think it will come true? ?”
Li Jue:
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Lao Zhou's last words were obviously just a joke, so soon, his expression returned to normal again.
"Okay, Lao Li, that's almost the end of the small talk."
Mention business matters.
Lao Zhou's whole aura also changed instantly, and his eyes became sharp:
"The mission is special, now we should start handing over this batch of goods."
Li Jue's expression also condensed when he heard this, and he made a listening gesture.
"Look."
Then Lao Zhou pointed to the back half of the round-head train he was riding and introduced:
"Except for the coal-burning room, this train has a total of six carriages. The first and last carriages are used for passengers, and the four middle carriages are used for cargo."
"According to news from the capital, this shipment contains about 70,000 black soldier fly adults and 150,000 black soldier fly larvae."
"Both of these insects were placed in a closed but breathable wooden box using moist soil and alfalfa. It took about five days from the time they were successfully captured."
"The adult black soldier fly needs a certain amount of space, so the wooden box size is 1X1X0.25. There are about 1,000 adults in each box, which is 75 boxes."
"The mobility of larvae is low, and the mobility of some eggs is even 0, so about 3,000 larvae can be placed in a box."
"So although there are more larvae than adults, their number of boxes is less than that of adults. There are only more than fifty boxes in total."
Hearing what Lao Zhou said.
Han Li, who had just been pushed to Lao Zhou by Lao Guo, also nodded subconsciously.
The larvae of the black soldier fly are somewhat similar to mealworms. They are a species that is cultured at a high density and can be tossed vigorously.
Classmates who have been fishing guys in this life should all know this.
Mealworms are a magical tool for making nests, especially for catching cockroaches. Oh, I said it wrong. I said it wrong.
The colony density of mealworms is very high. Generally, if a washbasin is spread two centimeters thick, the number of mealworms can reach about a thousand.
And the hive of posterity.
The standard bee box generally consists of a nest box with 10 frames. The outer perimeter of these frames is 420 mm long and 250 mm high - this is the industry standard.
With bees crawling on both sides.
A 4m x 2.5m standard bee conjoined box can accommodate tens of thousands of bees.
Therefore, a 1X1X0.25 box can accommodate 1,000 adults and 3,000 larvae.
It can only be said that the capital is still too conservative.
Of course.
Considering the importance of these black soldier flies, it is completely understandable for the capital to be cautious.
After all, this batch of black soldier flies are not the original samples, and you can catch them again if they are gone.
Once something happens to hundreds of thousands of black soldier fly larvae, the entire plan of the rabbits will be seriously affected - unless you can find another gathering point immediately.
At the same time, even for such low-density wooden boxes, trains can transport them all at once, so there is no need to squeeze them hard.
Then Li Jue went over some procedures with Lao Zhou, and after all was completed, he began to arrange for the Qinggong sideline team to move the wooden boxes.
At this point.
The young workers' sideline team who had been on standby came in handy.
There are more than thirty young workers present today, including some of Xu Yun's old acquaintances, such as those members of the interest group.
Then under the instructions of Zhou Cai and several other leaders.
The young workers worked in pairs and moved the boxes one by one to the transport truck next to the platform as horizontally as possible.
Half an hour passed.
All more than a hundred boxes have been moved.
At this point.
Lao Zhou's mission for this trip has been completed.
However, he was not in a hurry to leave the base. Instead, he took other vehicles with Li Jue and others and drove to
The black soldier fly breeding center at the base.
Twenty minutes later.
Thorny——
With the sound of brakes.
Several cars stopped at an area on the edge of the base.
This area is located in the southeast corner of the base and does not belong to any of the eighteen branch factories.
However, although this area seems to have no ‘owner’, in fact its security can be said to be one of the best in the base:
To the west is the main body of the base, and to the east, south and north are the Jinyintan grasslands covering an area of 1,100 square kilometers.
Other than that.
There is also a military barracks stationed around this area, and there is a battalion of soldiers on patrol for a long time.
It's very difficult for anyone to get here.
Simply speaking from the perspective of preventing human damage.
Looking at the entire base, even the main factory office may not be as safe as here.
As the person in charge of the entire Xihai Secrecy Front.
When the base was completed, Lao Zhou personally visited Base 221 several times and was no stranger to this distinctive area.
In Lao Zhou's impression.
The view in this area is quite broad. Standing here, you can overlook the magnificent scenery of the grassland. It is a very good place to rest.
But at this moment.
On the originally empty ground, a building appeared at some point.
The appearance of the building is very similar to the vegetable greenhouses of later generations. The height seems to be only about three meters, but the length and width are more than fifty meters.
However, the material on the top of the 'greenhouse' is not a transparent plastic film, but pieces of black iron. The overall look is quite solid.
"Old Zhou, look."
While the Qinggong sideline team began to unload the goods, Li Jue led Lao Zhou to the edge of the building:
"As you can see, this is the black soldier fly breeding center established at our base, and this is the first phase of the breeding greenhouse we built."
"The height of the greenhouse is 3.5 meters, and the length and width are 60 meters. The total area is about 3,600 square meters, which is five acres. Or close to six acres."
"Of course, this is only the first phase of our project, and the breeding center is still undergoing expansion - after all, there is not enough time."
Looking at the greenhouse in front of him, Lao Zhou nodded in understanding.
Because Xu Yun provided the gathering point in Jingxi, the rabbits saved a lot of time looking for the black soldier fly.
Therefore corresponding.
The time taken by Base 221 to vacate the breeding room has also been shortened a lot, only one week.
In this day and age.
It is obviously unrealistic to build a breeding center covering dozens or even hundreds of acres in such a short period of time.
It is not easy to build such a first-phase greenhouse with iron sheets.
After all, although the greenhouse does not need to have a deep foundation, these days there is no PE protective film like that of later generations.
If you want to build a greenhouse of this size, you can only use a steel frame plus concrete and iron sheets. The process is not easy.
If Base 221 did not have the ability to smelt steel and could provide a large number of parts in a short period of time, it would not be enough to guarantee the supply within a week.
Half an hour later.
The boxes transported from the transport truck were placed on the trailer in groups of five, and several donkeys dragged the truck to the breeding greenhouse.
As soon as I entered the shed.
Lao Zhou raised his eyebrows:
"Oh!"
Actually.
At this time, there were not a few base leaders who were as surprised as him, Gein.
The scene inside the greenhouse was indeed beyond their expectations.
According to what Lao Zhou thought.
Most of the greenhouses are small pots placed on the ground, with some weeds in the pots for cultivating larvae, and that's it.
But the current situation in the greenhouse is completely different from what he imagined:
The first thing that came into their sight were three huge puddles inside the shed.
The depth of the puddles is about tens of centimeters, and some green plants are planted. The area of each puddle is about fifty square meters.
Other than that.
Fine screen windows and screen doors were placed around the puddle, sealing it into a confined space.
"Let me introduce it to you."
Since Gonpot, who is in charge of breeding, has an introverted personality and does not speak Mandarin well, Liu Youcheng, director of the chemical laboratory and person in charge of the development of insect meal, took the initiative to introduce the work:
"These three puddles are the breeding areas for adult black soldier flies. The green plants in them are mainly to properly simulate some wild environments."
"In addition to what you see, we will also control the temperature at 35℃-36℃ and the humidity between 50-60℃."
"After the adult black soldier flies enter the breeding area, they will stay on plants and screens. They usually lay eggs in one to two days, and they will die quickly after laying eggs."
"According to the plan, we will process the dead black soldier flies every day and collect the eggs of the black soldier flies to the breeding room."
"You can take a look here. The black soldier flies in this part are the adults that hatched from the first batch of eggs in the base."
Said.
Liu Youcheng pointed to the lower right corner of the pool.
Everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked in the direction Liu Youcheng pointed.
Sure enough.
In the direction pointed by Liu Youcheng, there were about dozens of silent and motionless black soldier flies.
This batch of black soldier flies came from samples delivered to the base three days ago. At that time, Yuan Guoliang, Hou Guangjiong and others arrived at the base with them.
There were thousands of black soldier fly larvae in that batch of samples, some of which were in the first and second stages, while some were close to hatching into adults.
After this part of the larvae grows wings and reaches complete metamorphosis.
Liu Youcheng and others led them to the breeding area for observation. Only two adults died in three days.
Immediately afterwards.
Liu Youcheng led everyone to the area behind the pool.
Several long tunnels were dug out in this area. The tunnels did not contain water, but there was a lot of dark brown soil, which looked like it came from the outside world.
"Well, this is the growth area of larvae."
Liu Youcheng pointed to these tunnels and said:
"We have laid some food beds in the growing area, and ground grass will be transported in from outside every day."
"Food beds are found in all directions. They are characterized by a small area but a large number, which can basically ensure the food intake of the larvae."
"Look, the one on the far right is the larvae growth area for our trial operation."
Hearing this, Xu Yun poked his head in that direction.
I saw a large number of yellow-pink 'tip buds' buried in small layers in the tunnel pointed by Liu Youcheng.
A yellow light bulb hangs above the tunnel, and the black soldier fly larvae are squirming and eating.
And it is different from later mealworms or barleyworms.
The odor of black soldier fly larvae is very light and does not have the rancid smell of barley bugs - Xu Yun once raised barley bugs when he was raising harvest ants in his previous life, and it smelled like that
Then Lao Zhou looked around the greenhouse, pondered for a moment, and asked Liu Youcheng:
"Director Liu, I have a question - I wonder how long it will take for our greenhouse to expand to its full form?"
"If I remember correctly, if we want to ensure the nutritional intake of all employees in the base, we must provide at least 200,000 adult worms every day, right?"
Mentioned earlier.
A second-stage black soldier fly larvae is about two centimeters in length, weighs about 3 grams per worm, and has a protein content of about 1.5 grams.
After deducting the 10 grams of protein provided by staple food, each person needs to consume approximately 15 grams of black soldier fly protein powder per day.
Base 221 has just over 10,000 people, so it needs to provide about 200,000 larvae every day.
At the same time, in addition to these 200,000 larvae.
It is also necessary to ensure that a sufficient number of larvae are cultivated into adults, so the daily production of black soldier fly eggs must be at least 500,000.
The figure of half a million is not very difficult. After all, a village-level breeding center in later generations can produce hundreds of thousands of black soldier fly larvae every day.
But these days, infrastructure efficiency is a difficulty.
An insect breeding area of this magnitude requires at least a hundred acres of land to meet the requirements.
However, Liu Youcheng had obviously discussed this matter with Li Jue a long time ago, so he gave the answer without much hesitation after hearing this:
"Yes, Commissioner Zhou, with the current specifications of our breeding center, we definitely cannot afford the nutritional intake of everyone in the base."
"But it's only the end of August now, and there are at least three months left before winter. There is still plenty of time."
"According to the current progress, we will be able to expand the breeding center to 100 acres in early October."
I heard the time given by Liu Youcheng.
Lao Zhou thought for a moment and finally nodded slightly.
The expression on his face also softened a lot.
One hundred acres of land is about 67,000 square meters. If I give an example, it is a rectangle with dimensions of 320x200.
Ignoring the foundation laying process, it should take more than a month.
It will then take about another month to expand the black soldier fly community. Theoretically, the corresponding community number should be reached just in time before winter.
As for the black soldier fly larvae this month.
They can be used as an occasional snack or ground into powder as a reserve.
After all, there are hundreds of thousands of black soldier fly larvae today.
Based on these larvae, there is no problem in expanding the seeds to provide two or three additional meals for everyone in the base within a month.
Later, with the assistance of many young workers and donkeys.
These adult and larvae boxes, which traveled thousands of kilometers to the 221 base, were also transferred to adult breeding tanks.
That's right.
Both boxes were transported to the adult breeding area at the same time.
Then several staff members wearing similar bee-proof suits walked into the pool, closed the screen window, and opened the boxes one after another.
The first to be opened were more than seventy adult worm boxes.
Click——
With the box opening.
Less than half a minute later.
Some adult black soldier flies flew out of the box and quickly landed on the mesh of the screen window, motionless as if they had found a home.
But look at it.
Lao Zhou frowned slightly outside the screen window:
"Director Liu, that's not right. How come the survival rate of these adult insects is so low?"
Lao Zhou had very good eyesight. After he reached the tenth or so box, he discovered something:
The number of adult insects in the box does not seem to be large, estimated to be only 40% or even 30%.
However, Liu Youcheng beside him seemed very calm. He had made some achievements in biology. Hearing this, he explained:
"Commissioner Zhou, don't be too nervous. This is actually a normal situation."
"The adult life of the black soldier fly is very short, and according to our observations, the death of this insect is a standard [sudden death]."
"That is, it was flying around alive and well, but maybe it suddenly fell to the ground with a crash in the next second and was completely dead."
"Therefore, among the captured black soldier flies, there must be many adults who were close to death."
"And these adults have been transported on the road for several days, and some of the original prime adults have also entered the old age. In addition, the transportation conditions on the road are poor, and a survival rate of 30% is considered high."
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"It's like another larvae box. Do you believe that when you open it, there will be many adult worms inside?"
Lao Zhou thought about it and it seemed to be the same.
After a while.
He suddenly seemed to realize something. He patted his forehead lightly and suddenly realized:
"Oh, I see!"
"It is for this reason that you transport the boxes of adults and larvae together to the adult breeding area first?"
Liu Youcheng smiled and nodded:
"Exactly."
More than ten minutes later.
Several staff members who opened the completed worm boxes put away these boxes and the dead black soldier fly bodies, and opened the boxes containing the larvae.
Sure enough.
After the larvae box is opened.
In an instant, many adult black soldier flies flew out and quickly selected their positions on the screen window.
The staff waited quietly for all the adults to fly away before closing the larvae box again.
After screening these metamorphosed adults.
The remaining larvae can be safely placed in the larvae culture area.
certainly.
There may also be some logical loopholes in this approach.
For example, among the remaining larvae, some will completely metamorphose into adults in a few hours or even minutes.
But this kind of logical loophole is just what it sounds like, and it can only stay at the logical level.
In the face of hundreds of thousands of larvae, this small proportion of events can be completely ignored.
After all, as long as there are not a large number of adult worms in the larvae culture area, it actually has no impact on the growth of larvae.
For example, in the black soldier fly gathering place next to the Sandieling Waterfall in Jingxi, isn't there a large number of larvae and adults coexisting?
An hour later.
After releasing all the adult insects, the staff returned to the screen door, and Liu Youcheng outside turned on the strong light.
Although the black soldier fly requires a temperature above 35 degrees, it itself does not like light.
So with the strong light exposure.
The black soldier flies near the screen door flew to the back end or side of the pool. Except for a few nails at the entrance, no black soldier flies gathered outside.
So the staff could safely push open the screen door and walk out with the boxes.
Another half hour passed.
The larval culture area was also installed through the same process.
At this point.
The first batch of large-scale transfer of black soldier fly adult larvae has finally come to a successful conclusion.
"That's right."
Looking at the black soldier fly larvae that were chewing the grass scraps, Lao Zhou suddenly thought of something:
"Old Li, you always say that the larvae of this thing can grind powder, but you don't know what it tastes like?"
"I think the adult insect is black and long, like a miniature version of a grasshopper. Could it be that its taste is somewhat similar to grasshopper eggs?"
"That's much better than grasshopper eggs."
Li Jue smiled and waved his hand, turned around and whispered a few words to Zhou Cai.
After hearing this, Zhou Cai said yes, quickly turned around and ran towards the outside of the greenhouse.
After a while.
Zhou Cai pushed a simple version of the car and carried a bamboo drawer back to the crowd:
"Director, the things are ready."
Upon seeing this, Li Jue patted Lao Zhou on the shoulder, led everyone to the car, and opened the lid of the bamboo drawer.
Phew——
A puff of white smoke suddenly rose.
After the smoke dissipated, everyone could see clearly what was inside:
On the mat of the bamboo drawer, there were more than ten steamed buns made of mixed noodles!
Then Li Jue pointed to the steamed bun in the bamboo drawer and said:
"Powder made from black soldier fly larvae is added to these steamed buns. Well, the white spots on these steamed buns should be the crumbs of the powder."
Then Li Jue picked a steamed bun at random, and without fear of burning it, he broke it into several pieces and handed them to the people around him:
"Come on, let's all have a taste."
Lao Zhou carefully took the wowotou, blew on it, and stuffed it into his mouth.
With the entrance of Wo Wo Tou.
A bulge was visible to the naked eye on Lao Zhou's cheek, and it kept jumping up and down as he chewed.
After a while.
Lao Zhou's eyes suddenly lit up:
"Huh? It smells so good! It seems a bit similar to taro?"
Hear this.
Xu Yun on the side couldn't help but smile.
That's right.
The protein powder made from black soldier fly larvae has a very special taste.
Not only is it not as astringent as grasshoppers, or locust larvae to be precise, it actually has an aroma similar to taro.
This is because during the steaming process of steamed buns, the protein powder of black soldier fly larvae undergoes a Maillard-like reaction.
under high temperatures.
Some of the proteins in black soldier fly larvae will be decomposed into amino acids - this decomposition will initially begin at about 80 degrees.
At the same time.
There is a small amount of reducing sugar in the body of the black soldier fly larvae, which is the biggest difference between it and some other insects.
When the steamer temperature is high enough.
Amino acids and reducing sugars undergo Maillard-like reactions to produce glucocorticoids and heterocyclic compounds similar to ginsenosides.
These two flavors are the source of the familiar [taro flavor].
Of course.
Since the entire process cannot reach above 150 degrees, the standard Maillard reaction of browning that occurs when frying steak is naturally impossible to occur.
Therefore, strictly speaking, this is a kind of denaturation similar to the Maillard reaction.
There are no pathogenic bacteria and the taste is high quality.
This is one of the characteristics of black soldier fly larvae.
It's just that in the later generations when Xu Yun traveled through time, the domestic food supply had reached a very complete and high-standard level.
Therefore, for most people, eating bugs basically does not appear on the dinner table.
But for this era.
The emergence of black soldier fly larvae is undoubtedly a great solution to nutritional intake!
While Lao Zhou and others were munching on steamed buns.
The capital is thousands of kilometers away.
A middle-aged Chinese man wearing glasses fell into a state of confusion:
"What, a Coke expo in Moscow?"
Note:
It’s another 10,000-word update. Please give me your monthly vote. This month is really important, and it even affects some aspects of my next book. So if you have votes, please vote. If I don’t change my vest for the next book, I will fight for some resources. .
So if you have votes, don’t vote at the end of the month. Only the beginning of the month can help me.
In addition, the fan title event has started this month. There are 30 places. Just leave a message in the comment area. The leader is basically stable, but fans of the same level are on a first-come, first-served basis.
I will continue to update tomorrow, please vote for me! ! ! (End of chapter)