Doomsday Bunker Upgrade Chapter 323: Dehydrated vegetables

The total amount of vegetables that can be harvested in Chenxin’s greenhouse in one month has exceeded two thousand catties.

In addition to cabbage and lettuce, there are carrots, cucumbers and tomatoes, as well as peppers, which are indispensable for the people of Hunan Province.

Cucumbers, tomatoes, and peppers were planted by Mo Qingyan last month, and there are no results yet. If these crops all bear fruit, Chen Xin’s total vegetable output will have to go up a step further.

So far, Chen Xin's six-layer hydroponic planting tray in the greenhouse has two layers of upland rice, one layer each for cabbage, lettuce, and pepper, half a layer for carrots, and a quarter layer for yellow flowers and tomatoes.

Among them, cabbage and lettuce can be harvested once a month. This is also the main vegetable production in Chen Xin. They are used to exchange the bulk of living supplies with the SWAT team every month.

As for carrots, peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes, they will only be harvested every few months. Although most of them will be exchanged for supplies by Chen Xin, most of them will be stored and eaten by themselves.

In addition, some other vegetables and fruits were sporadically planted in the corners of the greenhouse, as well as the herbs Chen Xin promised to plant for Hong Rui, but this only took up a small space in the greenhouse. The output is almost negligible, that is, enough for the people in the shelter to taste the early adopters and change their tastes.

But even so, the total output of vegetables is more than 2,000 catties per month. Even though Chen Xin has expanded the total amount of transactions with the SWAT team and exchanged most of the monthly output in exchange for living materials, What's left is still a big weight.

Although hundreds of kilograms of vegetables are thrown into the warehouse, it is not a problem to directly store them in the freezer at the current low temperature, but Chen Xin's warehouse has to hold other things, and can't put down many vegetables. Once it catches up with things like rice and carrots When everything can be harvested, the warehouse will inevitably blow up.

So it is inevitable to make fresh vegetables into dehydrated vegetables.

Dehydrated vegetables are not traditional dried vegetables. The two are very different in terms of processing methods and nutritional value.

Traditional dried vegetables are dried under the sun for a long time to lose moisture. Because the drying time is too long, the vegetables not only lose their color and moisture, but also lose a lot of nutrients and damage their tissue structure. Even if they are soaked in water It will not recover, and the taste will be very bad when eaten.

So usually, sun-dried vegetables are not eaten directly, but are used for pickling to make secondary processed products such as pickles, pickles or kimchi, which are convenient for storage and improve the flavor.

If it is eaten normally, these pickled dried vegetables are of course refreshing side dishes. Enriching the color, seasoning and relieving greasiness are all very good choices.

However, if it is under the condition of food shortage, long-term consumption of pickles will undoubtedly cause many physical problems such as malnutrition. In the current cold apocalyptic environment, it is very unhealthy.

The dehydrated vegetables are different, because they are artificially removed from the water in a short period of time. Both nutrition and taste can be retained to a great extent, and they can be restored to their original state as long as they are put in water. , it can be said that it is both easy to store and easy to eat. It is a very good way to store vegetables in the last days.

The method of making dehydrated vegetables is not difficult. After Chen Xin helped Mo Qingyan put the part of the harvested vegetables that needs to be handed over to the SWAT team into the warehouse, he began preparations for making dehydrated vegetables.

"Ingredients, do you plan to cut these vegetables?" Mo Qingyan asked Chen Xin curiously as she watched Chen Xin move the fresh vegetables to the kitchen.

Chen Xin nodded, took the vegetables out of the plastic box and put them in the sink, turned on the faucet to rinse, and replied to Mo Qingyan: "Cut into strips to save some, but the whole plant is not good. Drain the water, and it is not easy to dry."

"Then let me help, what should I do?" Hearing what Chen Xin said, Mo Qingyan took the initiative to help.

"Isn't it enough to cut into long strips?" Chen Xin raised his head to look at Mo Qingyan in a strange way, and asked in confusion, "I remember Long Niang, you should have done this, right? Why? It doesn't seem like you can do it?"

Mo Qingyan, as a wild survival enthusiast, of course can do emergency reserves of dehydrated vegetables, but she does not look like she can do it.

Faced with Chen Xin's question, Mo Qingyan just said a little stubbornly: "I'm not worried that your practice is different from what I know! You are an intermediate chef, who knows if you still need to adjust something."

"Uh..." Facing Mo Qingyan's obvious arrogance, Chen Xin could only touch his eyebrows and said, "This is just for dehydrated vegetables, not dried fruits and vegetables, why should I do it? Seasoning. But you reminded me, I can adjust it next month, plant less cabbage and lettuce, plant sweet potatoes and other crops, and then make some dried fruits and vegetables to eat."

"...Okay, as you please." Mo Qingyan looked at Chen Xin, and when she heard what he said, she couldn't say anything more.

Chen Xin saw that Mo Qingyan didn't say anything, so he turned his attention back to the processing of the vegetables in front of him, washed some of the vegetables in the sink, and broke them into pieces before saying to Mo Qingyan : "These vegetables I washed are all shredded, and the cutting board and kitchen knife are there, be careful not to cut them."

"Understood, do I look like the kind of person who can cut vegetables?" Mo Qingyan replied to Chen Xin, then walked to the stove, took the cutting board and kitchen knife, and washed Chen Xin well put the vegetables on the cutting board and cut them up.

While cutting vegetables~IndoMTL.com~Mo Qingyan suddenly asked Chen Xin: "Are you going to get back together with Alan?"

"Why are you asking this?" Chen Xin was a little surprised, and Mo Qingyan's question was obviously beyond his expectations.

"Huh? Isn't it? You two are sleeping in the same bed. If you say you don't want to be with Alan, then you are a scumbag." Mo Qingyan's attitude was very direct, and she said Very straightforward.

"This...Look at Alan's meaning, you also know the original situation. I can't say whether she would like to be with me or not." Chen Xin replied somewhat evasively.

This answer obviously could not satisfy Mo Qingyan, she yelled at Chen Xin with a bit of dissatisfaction: "You can't tell me what you mean? Alan already sleeps in the same bed with you, and she still asks you to look at it. Is she willing? What do you want a girl to do you think she is willing to be with you? Alan has to say "we are together" to you, right?"

"This... Okay, I know, I'll have a good talk with Alan about this." Chen Xin nodded embarrassedly, but as he continued to wash the vegetables, he muttered in a low voice One sentence: "Then what do you mean by living in my house like this?"