Farming and Reclaiming Wasteland, I Pampered Hou Ye In Ancient Times

Chapter 503: watermelon rind

Chapter 503 Watermelon Peel Cooking

"Okay, thank you Brother Chu, Shan'er took a few people to cut watermelons and share them with everyone." Zhao Chengan instructed his son.

"Yes, father, the child will go right now." Zhao Qingshan called a few people to cut the watermelon and left the military camp. They were father and son.

"Master Chu, you and Madam Chu eat first." A lieutenant picked up a large watermelon, skillfully cut it into several strands, and handed it to Chu Lixuan one by one.

"Let's eat, our husband and wife have already eaten it just now, take the watermelon rind back with them to cook and eat."

Jiang Xinyan was talking nonsense in a serious manner. He looked at the dirty hand of the lieutenant, not to mention that Chu Lixuan has a cleanliness addiction, even if she has no cleanliness addiction, she doesn't want to eat.

She has a very flexible mind and won't leave words for them to doubt. The couple did eat watermelon just now.

After eating, I threw the watermelon rind in the space, and then I remembered to give a few thousand catties of watermelon to the soldiers of the Zhenxi Army to taste.

"Mrs. Chu, can the watermelon rind still be used for cooking?" The stewards of the Huotoujun were interested, and it happened that they had rice now, and there was no cooking yet!

It's not that they can't live without food, but it's better to have food, and you can live without food.

It is also possible to have rice and no vegetables. If you are hungry for a long time, as long as you have enough white rice, you will be Amitabha.

"Yes, the watermelon rind is salted, crisp and delicious. It's perfect for porridge."

Jiang Xinyan has always been kind-hearted, seeing that the barracks in Zhenxi are really poor and poor, not only have no rice but also no vegetables, so she wants to teach them.

Unlike in their castle, where the seasonal vegetables are planted, there are so many fruits and melons, you can't finish them no matter how you eat them!

I haven't eaten half of the dried radishes dried in winter. In spring and summer, dried bamboo shoots and dried cucumbers have already been dried in a warehouse.

When we go back, the beans should be edible, but if we cant finish eating, we will dry the beans and eggplants

"Mrs. Chu, you said that the watermelon rind can be marinated to make porridge? Please tell me how to do it again. I have to remember that there are several thousand catties of watermelon here!" A steward of the Fire Head Army humbly asked for advice.

Jiang Xinyan didn't hide it, and patiently taught them how to do it, "It's actually very simple, wash the leftover watermelon rind, cut it into strips and marinate with salt.

After marinating for half an hour, wash the marinated watermelon skin and drain, add salt, pepper, and soy sauce to taste.

There is also cold watermelon rind. The hard outermost layer of the watermelon rind is shaved off with a plane, leaving the light green watermelon rind, then rinsed and drained.

Cut the watermelon rind into strips with a length of about five centimeters, put it in a pot, sprinkle salt on it, mix well with chopsticks, let the salt evenly distribute, and then let it stand for a cup of tea.

Watermelon peels that have been marinated with a small amount of salt will precipitate out of water, so discard the precipitation.

Pour thin salt soy sauce into the watermelon rind bowl, drizzle a little sesame oil, mix well and serve.

Don't throw away the outermost layer of green clothes after they are shaved off, soaking in water can reduce the fire and relieve the heat.

Cold watermelon rind is the easiest and healthiest way to do it. Of course, watermelon rind can also be used for stir-frying. It is also very delicious to stir-fry with green peppers, edamame or other vegetables. "

Unfortunately, you don't have edamame here. Jiang Xinyan was embarrassed to say this, and said it to show off.

Most of the watermelon rinds in their castles are fed to pigs, and people occasionally eat a meal, pickling some or making cold porridge for breakfast.

After listening to Jiang Xinyan's words, not only the fireheads gained knowledge, but other people's saliva was also drooling.

They ate watermelon in previous years and threw away the skin. Looking back on it now, I really regret it, it was so inappropriate!

"Master Chu, this watermelon is so sweet! The last general has eaten countless watermelons in his life, and he has never eaten such a sweet one." A small general said.

"Yes, before the end general came to the barracks, there were enough watermelons every summer. We planted a lot of watermelons in our village." A lieutenant recalled that year.

Since they came to Yumenguan, they had limited watermelon for a year, but it was not that they had never eaten watermelons that were so sweet.

"That's because you are hungry at this time, and everything you eat is extra fragrant and extra sweet." Chu Lixuan said calmly.

He naturally knew that the watermelons he planted were extraordinarily sweet, but he didn't want to appreciate it and thought of a perfect excuse for them.

"Yes, what Chu Ye said is too right, the last general just smelled the fragrance of rice, and it was extraordinarily fragrant. I feel that it can be eaten raw, hehe..." A lieutenant said naively.

"Yeah! I'm hallucinating from hunger. We haven't eaten a full meal for three months, and we don't know when the military salaries of the imperial court will be distributed."

The families of the soldiers are waiting for their salaries to be sent home! Their wives and children are in the barracks, but they are also starving!

Chu Lixuan didn't want to talk about these words with them, so he said goodbye to Zhao Chengan and his lieutenants, and drove away without looking back with his daughter-in-law.

Looking at the distant back of the couple, everyone was eating extra sweet watermelon, and even more unscrupulous discussions.

"The Marquis of Zhennan is worthy of being the **** of war of our Dongchen country. He is really brave and invincible on the battlefield. The most important thing is that he was exiled and lived better than us."

"Hey! What do you compare to the God of War? How much food did his subordinates send over, we didn't even see the back of his subordinates."

"Why can't we compare? There are so many people in our military camp! Next year, we will be farming by ourselves. It is better to beg for ourselves. It is said that the people who help him farm are the disabled soldiers who are not wanted by the king of Zhenbei!"

Zhao Qingshan said forcefully, he really thought the same thing in his heart, their town west army planted hundreds of thousands of acres of potatoes this year.

It was only because the Zhenxi Army was not attacked by the Western Chu that Yumen Pass was not broken. If there were no potatoes, the Zhenxi Army would not know how many people would starve to death!

The wealthy family in the military camp would send some rations before. In the past two months, the government in the capital could no longer support them. How can they get the border?

"Yeah! Relying on yourself is the most powerful. We have all seen that, even if the Marquis of Zhennan was exiled, they would still live a leisurely life with their own money and rice."

Zhao Qingshan once again emphasized that he intends to let the disabled soldiers farm the land next year, so that the disabled soldiers can be well settled.

To blame, it is because the sage wanted to exile Zhennan Hou, so that the Nanman would invade the Dongchen country with ambition, and besides, the Lu family army was really useless.

The Lu Jiajun, who was so hated by the Zhenxi Army and the others, was not having a good time at this time. The Lu Jiajun, who was so hungry and dizzy, was chased and beaten by the southern barbarians every day.

The Lu family's army was retreating steadily, and the reinforcements of the court did not last long, so they followed them.

They have been having bad luck since the Chu family army changed to the Lu family army. Jinyiwei led more than a thousand Jinyiwei and sent a batch of food.

put down the food and left without looking back, for fear that the Nanman would attack the city again, and they could do nothing.