Chapter 1552 Food Storage
The whole process was very careful. Every part of a prey had extraordinary significance, which could help him survive better in this wilderness.
First of all, blood. He needed to bleed the hare first and store all the blood in bamboo tubes.
Because blood contains salt, he had no way to replenish salt after coming to this land, which led to frequent physical fatigue and lack of energy, which was a manifestation of lack of salt.
So, although he was very reluctant to drink blood, it was very necessary to drink some, but he needed to boil it as much as possible to avoid parasitic infection.
The second was fur. As the weather became colder, it was necessary to add some warm items to himself, and the fur of wild animals was a very good choice.
Cut open the belly, and then peel off the whole hare skin, which looked extremely complete. It needed some processing to make it into a warm item.
Then it was the blood and flesh of the hare, but when decomposing the blood and flesh, the young man discovered another very valuable resource.
That was fat!
This hare is definitely not small in size, and it is plump. It is obviously preparing for winter, so after cutting open its belly, you can see a lot of fat, which is thickly accumulated around the belly.
The young man took it all out. Fat is still very useful. The simplest thing is to supplement fat.
However, it can also be used in other places, such as making candles and placing them in the shelter for lighting.
It can also be boiled into fat oil, and put some in when cooking in the future, and the taste will be better.
At present, he will definitely not be so extravagant as to make candles with fat. Now eating is the most important thing, so he plans to keep the fat meat and boil it into oil if possible.
Finally, there is meat. The amount of meat left is not small. After uniform cutting, it is all put into bamboo tubes, seven or eight in total.
This time it is almost full of blood, fur, fat, meat, these are all rare resources. Looking at the fat and tender meat, the young man stared at it like a beast.
The first thing to do when returning to the camp is to take out a few bamboo tubes and then start cooking food.
Originally, he was going to stew a few pieces of wild rabbit meat in a bamboo tube, but after hesitating for a moment, he felt that it was too extravagant to eat like this, so he changed his method.
He only took out a piece of meat the size of a ping-pong ball, which was just over 100 grams, and chopped it into minced meat with an axe.
Later, he took out a bamboo tube of starch, added water to it, and stirred it into a paste.
Finally, he used a bamboo tube to boil a bamboo tube of pure water, cut the starch paste into small pieces and put it into the water. It became the common noodle dumplings.
Then he directly put this small piece of rabbit meat in it and cooked it into a relatively viscous noodle dumpling soup similar to porridge as today's dinner.
Although it was very, very simple, it was already delicious for people who had not eaten meat for a long time. When the meat entered his mouth and the freshness burst on his taste buds, the young man couldn't help but squint his eyes.
However, after eating a few bites, he found that it seemed a bit greasy to eat like this, so he added some bean pods to it as a vegetable embellishment, and the taste was better.
In addition, he boiled half a bamboo tube of blood. This thing must be supplemented. If there is no salt for a long time, the body will definitely not be able to bear it.
This meal is the best meal he has eaten since he came to this game world. The whole person is much more energetic, and his mood has become much more cheerful. The overall state has improved.
After eating and drinking enough, he began to think about how to store food and deal with the remaining ingredients.
It is best to drink the blood as soon as possible, but because the weather is relatively cold now, it should be able to be stored for a few days.
The fur can be exposed to the sun outside at that time, and can be made into gloves or hats after processing.
As for the meat, although it will not rot in a short time, for safety reasons, it is still chosen to be dried this year, that is, smoked.
There is a fireplace inside the shelter, which is also a heating and cooking integrated.
Directly cut the rabbit meat into finger-thick sizes, and then hang them in the chimney of the fireplace, use smoke to dry them, and then preserve them for a long time.
It is absolutely extraordinary to catch prey for the first time.
This means that there is one more meat in his diet, which makes his satiety and satisfaction much higher.
It also means that the trap can indeed catch prey, which increases his confidence in surviving in this area!
The noodle dumpling rabbit soup has also become the pillar that supports his survival in this strange and dangerous world for a long time.
In the next few days, his main task is to collect food.
The only difference is that he used to focus most of his attention on wild fruits, pods and rhizomes, and rarely paid attention to traps.
But now, he will deliberately set aside some time to study the layout and production of traps.
He has recently discovered that he can often see animals such as squirrels and rabbits around.
It should be that the weather is getting colder and the cold wave is about to come, so these small animals have begun to go out to forage, hoard the last batch of food, and prepare for winter.
So the number of wild animals is the largest at this time, and they are also the fattest.
The young man set up 20 to 30 stone traps around him, and in order to catch large prey like wolves, he took the time to dig a big pit, put bamboo thorns at the bottom of the pit, and covered the hole with hay.
If an animal like a wolf falls into it, it will be pierced by the thorns immediately and cannot climb out.
After doing this, he began to wait for the prey to take the bait, and checked the traps every day.
As his skills became more and more sophisticated, he did start to gain some results.
For example, on the 30th day, he had two gains in one day.
First, the stone trap caught a big rat weighing one pound, which was definitely a big gain.
After that, in the large bamboo thorn trap, he caught an extremely fat big rabbit, and the size of this rabbit was even larger than the previous one. It accidentally entered the bamboo trap and had a big hole in its stomach.
When the young man went over, his stomach was still bleeding. It was obvious that he had just died not long ago, so he immediately went down to fish it out and brought it back to the camp for processing.
These two harvests made his food storage much richer. He didn't plan to eat too much, so he dried all the meat into smoked jerky strips and stored them in the room.