flstandardbreds Chapter 116: Soybeans have great potential
Chapter 116: Soybeans have great potential
Although they really wanted to complain in their hearts and wanted to say "things in dreams should not be taken seriously", the two maids just smiled and said nothing.
Yun Xi picked up the half of the auspicious cloud she had embroidered yesterday and looked at it again and again. She was not satisfied with it no matter how she looked at it. Although she had only received systematic training once, her aesthetic taste had been improved.
Her mentality has also changed, from "making do with it casually" yesterday to "striving for excellence" today. Since she has made up her mind to study hard, she naturally can't just do things perfunctorily.
If you are not satisfied with something you embroidered, just take it apart.
Yun Xi picked up the small scissors used to remove stitches and started removing them.
Chunmei asked in confusion: "Madam, what's going on?"
"Today I looked at yesterday's embroidery and couldn't bear to look at it anymore, so I took it apart and started embroidering again."
Chunmei: “…”
Although the lady's embroidery skills are not very good, how can one dislike oneself? And it's only been one night, and the self of today has begun to dislike the self of yesterday?
She didn't understand, but she didn't say anything.
After Yun Xi finished dismantling it, she started embroidering again. She found that the one hour of study was not in vain, and she had made a qualitative improvement compared to yesterday!
Qiu Ye said frankly: "Madam, practicing in your dreams is really useful!"
Yun Xi smiled and said, "Maybe my sincerity will work."
The whole morning was spent learning and practicing embroidery.
Mu Sheng brought Mu Jinyan back. The child was in better condition than yesterday and seemed a little more determined.
The father and son went to the front yard to take a medicinal bath as usual. Mu Jinyan's expression was no longer expressive, and he was obviously getting used to it.
During lunch, Mu Sheng said to her, "I have sent someone to dig a fish pond for you. God is helping you. After such a rain, digging a fish pond has become easier."
Yun Xi smiled and said, "It seems that I am lucky."
At this time, digging ditches and canals is absolutely a purely physical job. Wetting the land after a heavy rain can indeed save a lot of effort.
During the nap, Yun Xi entered the study space to continue learning embroidery. Master Lu was still smiling and talking. He didn't think at all why her disciple came back just after leaving. He continued teaching from the previous lesson.
In the afternoon, Yun Xi did not practice embroidery anymore. She suddenly thought of some things that she could do immediately: pressing oil, making tofu, making dried bean curd skin, and making yuba.
It can't be said that she thought of it suddenly. Mu Jinyan was acting coquettishly with her and said that she wanted to drink sweet soy milk at night. Yun Xi agreed and thought of the development of soy products and by-products. There are so many things that can be made from soybeans.
Soybeans are very common in this world. Most people grow them. They are one of the five grains and are eaten as a staple food on people's tables. However, their properties as a side dish have not been developed.
Yun Xi rubbed her hands in anticipation and asked the system: "When you went to collect information before, have you ever seen soybean oil, tofu, or bean sprouts?"
"No. There is only soy milk, which comes from the host. The people here eat animal oil. They have discovered vegetable oil, but no one eats it. They use it to make silk cloth. The book says, 'Pearl oil, pounded and mixed to apply on silk, dries and becomes oil-like. Apricot oil is the same.'"
Yun Xi: "... Stop showing off your knowledge. Since we don't have it, let's get started. I remember that in my world, vegetable oil was not officially put on the table until the Song Dynasty. We can advance this process a lot."
"Yes, yes, yes, come on, host. I'll find the oil extraction method for you."
"Choose the simplest one. Let the people here figure out the rest. Although soybeans are a well-known oil crop, their oil yield doesn't seem to be very high."
"Yes, I tested it and found that the oil yield of soybeans here is only about 15%. This is considered average among soybeans."
"That's fine. The remaining bean dregs can be fed to livestock, and in years of famine, humans can also eat them."
The bean cakes left over from oil extraction become more fragrant the more you chew them. Don’t ask her how she knows this; the answer is that she has eaten it.
In her original world, these things were used to feed pigs. When she was young, her parents took her to see all kinds of traditional things, and she tried them out of curiosity. Woohoo, her family laughed at her for a long time because she ate pig food.
It is actually very simple to make soybean oil by hand. The process is not complicated, it just takes a little effort.
Simply put, the soybeans are cleaned, ground with a stone mill, and steamed in a wooden steamer for two to three hours. Clean straw is placed on the hoop, and the steamed soybean powder is poured on the straw, and then a layer of straw is added to make a "cake", which can then be squeezed.
The tools needed for the previous steps are all in the kitchen, but for the final step of oil extraction, new tools need to be made. Otherwise, it will be difficult to extract the oil.
Yun Xi drew the tool drawings and called Chunmei.
"Give this blueprint to the manager of the outer courtyard and ask him to find a craftsman to make it for me. The sooner the better. Come and ask me for the wages you need."
"Yes."
Chunmei took the drawings and went out.
The manager of the outer courtyard took a look at the blueprint and saw an iron hoop and a large wooden object whose use was unknown.
He didn't think much about it and agreed readily.
The master had instructed that if the lady asked him to do something, as long as he could do it, he would do it directly, and if he couldn't do it, he could ask the master again. It was such a small matter, there was no way he couldn't do it.
It is impossible to press oil today, the tools are not complete. When making soy milk in the evening, make some tofu pudding by the way, just add a little vinegar to the soy milk.
Yun Xi personally directed the kitchen to prepare the stewed sauce for the tofu pudding, as she personally liked salty tofu pudding.
There was a new dish on the Mu family’s dinner table that had never been seen before, and you could decide for yourself whether to have it salty or sweet.
After trying them, Mu Jinyan chose the sweet one, while everyone else chose the salty one.
Mu Sheng said: "I didn't expect there are so many ways to eat soybeans. Then are the utensils you asked the steward to make today also related to soybeans?"
"Well, I won't tell you yet. You'll know when it's done."
"Then I'm looking forward to it."
This picture shows tea oil extraction. The method is universal. Rapeseed oil, sesame oil, and soybean oil are all OK.