Chapter 492 Preservation methods that do not destroy nutrients
Whales are full of treasures, especially the fat, which can be eaten and used for lighting. The meat contains various nutrients including vitamin C, which is very suitable for consumption in seasons when fruits and vegetables are not available. .
Hurry and the others were going to marinate some of the whale meat in the wooden barrels provided by the cargo ship, but Frederick immediately stopped them.
He had eaten the hometown food brought by Hua Qiulei. The pickled fish meat smelled like stinky tofu, tasted like mud, and tasted like Laoshan white flower snake grass water. They didn't eat it themselves. In the end, they all seemed to Send it to the police station for interrogation of prisoners.
Frederick couldn't bear to eat this stuff all winter, so he taught them another way to preserve whale meat.
"This is the temperature." He pointed to the thermometer in the pot and said, "around 65 Webster degrees, not higher than 70, heat for half an hour."
Whales have a lot of fat, and Frederick taught them how to use it. Make confit duck legs the same way you make confit whale meat.
First heat the whale oil to a high temperature for sterilization. After it cools down, put the whale meat cut into pieces and keep the temperature for half an hour to kill most of the heat-labile bacteria. This temperature can also prevent vitamins be decomposed.
While operating, Frederick said to Hurley: "This can kill most of the bacteria, but some bacterial spores can be regarded as bacterial seeds, and they are still alive."
“So it needs to be heated every three days to let the spores grow and become heat-intolerant, and then kill them before producing new spores, a total of three times.”
"Although it's a bit troublesome, it can keep the nutrients in the meat from being destroyed by high temperatures."
Hurley immediately asked: "Are the nutrients you are talking about the vitamins mentioned in "Food and Health"?"< br>
Frederick scratched his head and said: "I haven't read that book, but it should look like it from the name."
Hurley said: "That book is your Wesson Science It was published by the Society, and it concluded through feeding experiments on pigs and monkeys and a large number of hospital cases that there are several major types of life-sustaining trace substances in food, and people will get corresponding diseases if they are deficient."
< br>“The book says that there is a kind of vitamin No. 3 in fruits and vegetables. If the body lacks this vitamin, it will cause tooth loss, and it will be destroyed when the temperature is high.”
Frederick thought for a while, it should be the project hosted by Psyche.
There was no time for multiple sterilizations now. After putting the oil-soaked whale meat into wooden barrels, Frederick used necromancy magic to sterilize it.
A scream was heard not far away, and a fox, attracted by the smell of whale blood, was hit in the head by a stone and died immediately.
Frederick turned around and took a look. Lu Li, who was in charge of driving a while ago, stoned a fox to death and happily went over and dragged it back.
The fox meat here is relatively delicate. It is stewed with seaweed and has a mellow flavor. It warms the body after eating it.
After the fox skin is peeled off, it can only be dried in the sun and thrown on the carriage. When the camp is settled, it can be used as a door curtain.
On the other side, Jin Li led people to clean up the stone house built by the previous people. The windows except the door were almost sealed, leaving only the chimney at the top.
They pulled wood from the nearby mountains, lit a fire in the stone house, drove out the bugs, and then hung the whale meat on the roof.
After the meat is hung, the wood is lit in the stone house, and then moss and seaweed are placed. The smoke smokes non-stop for two days, and finally the door and chimney are blocked. We will pick it up again after a while.
Now the temperature here is at least a few degrees and at the highest is more than ten degrees. In this way, whale meat can be stored for a long time without fear of wild animals eating it.
Almost all the edible internal organs of the whale have been eaten in the past few days, and the inedible ones have been thrown far away, attracting many wolves and foxes to eat. Finally, a large group of green slimes have dried up the residue on the ground. Clean.
Frederick used the quagmire technique on the narwhal bones, and the entire skeleton sank to the ground. Otherwise, hungry animals would chew it up in the winter until only the bones were left, which would eventually be secreted into a green, acidic substance. Slime eats it.
In the howling north wind, the convoy embarked on the road to the grouse forest. Originally, everyone traveled by car, but now we have to transport extra confit whale meat, so we have to walk.
The group of people have been practicing martial arts since they were young and have strong physical fitness. Jin Li can control the distance she walks every day, which is nothing.
Frederick kept looking around, looking curious about everything.
The twelve main Aurora warriors in this team each have their own division of labor. Heli and another vanguard went out to explore the way. Two shield guards protected the flanks on the side of the mountain. Two mages and two Archers holding crossbows were scattered in the convoy, and the remaining four guards protected them.
There are no full-time medical personnel in the team, everyone can treat them, this is a required course for them.
In addition to their usual weapons, each of them prepared a double-barreled shotgun and two revolvers. The shotguns were usually placed on the roof of the car and were easily accessible.
Frederick also noticed that there were several spears placed on each vehicle. They were usually separated and could be quickly connected to a length of more than three meters through the screw mouth. If necessary, they could even be connected to a length of more than ten meters. .
Lu Li walked with Frederick carrying a heavy crossbow. Seeing that he was very concerned about the spear, she explained: "There will be swamps here. If someone sinks, the wooden pole can be lengthened to pull the person out." Come back.”
Frederick nodded, that’s it.
He asked: "Are there many swamps on the road?"
Lu Li shook her head and said: "I haven't been here before, so I don't know very well."
"Look The map shows that we have a long way to go by the water, and the water must be swampy.”
Frederick looked around at the terrain. The mountains on both sides of this section of the road were relatively gentle, and there were no traces of landslides or mudslides. It would not be a problem for the railway to pass through here.
Places with mountains on one side and water on the other are more troublesome. If there is too much melted snow, the roadbed may be washed away.
Before he came, he had crammed in the knowledge of railway site selection. He would know the situation by walking through it and taking a look at it.
And the road is not wide right now, it can only allow one car to pass, and it will have to be widened by then.
Lu Li asked him curiously: "If there is iron ore in the Grouse Forest, how long will it take to build the tribe?"
Frederick thought for a while and said: "It will take several years."
"The first year of work is to build a port where we disembark, and a crane is needed to unload tools and machines from the ship."
“There are many stone mountains and forests around. The materials of roadbed and sleepers are not a problem. We need to build quarries, gravel plants and sleeper processing plants.”
“We also need to build a pine tree. The tar factory refines pine tar, and the sleepers treated with pine tar will not be eaten by insects or mold. They can be used for more than ten years, but they will be very smelly."
"Next, the railway will be laid next to the iron mine. Go up, transport the machine there, and build an iron mine and a living area there so you can start mining ore.”
"Preliminary estimation, if everything goes normally, it will take about five years. If unexpected difficulties are encountered, it will take ten years."
(End of this chapter)