Master of Magic

Chapter 282 Refining Maltose

Because of Zi Luo's help, Ye Fengqing soon got three-day-old wheat seedlings.

This means that the time to get maltose has been shortened by three days.

At this time, Ye Fengqing began to throw away the fine sieve, and took out all the germinated wheat seedlings.Put it in clean water and wash it back and forth three times.After confirming that all the seedlings were clean and juicy, he took out a stone mortar for pounding medicine.Put the wheat seedlings in one by one, smash them with medicine, leaving only green juice.

At this time, the unique sweet aroma of wheat has begun to fill the air.

Zi Luo impatiently licked|licked her mouth, blinked her big moist eyes, flickering at Ye Fengqing's busy figure, her eyes were full of admiration.

"Is the maltose ready soon?"

"No, this is just the first step."

Ye Fengqing didn't turn his head back, passed the juice back and forth with fine gauze several times, after filtering out the impurities, put the juice aside for now, covered it with a piece of wet white cloth, then turned his head and continued to search for other ingredients in the kitchen.

Not long after, Ye Fengqing found some cassava in the kitchen, and began to peel the cassava, rubbing the cassava over and over again on the washing board under running water.Soon, the flowing clear water became cloudy, washing away countless fine protein powders, which gradually settled at the bottom of the pool.

The curiosity in Violet's eyes grew stronger.

At that time, of course she didn't understand that Ye Fengqing was purifying starch.

Because starch was not widely used to make food in the ancient world of cultivating immortals.The cooking of food still focuses on the true color and original taste, not particularly on the appearance.The variety of food is very limited.

In addition, this also means that if he wants to make maltose, he must first prepare the starch needed to make maltose.As for starch, there are two main sources of purification recognized in modern society: cassava and cassava.

Fortunately, Ye Fengqing actually burned cassava in the kitchen of Jinlinchi, which can be used to purify starch and eat it.With a little work, he can easily get pure natural cassava flour.

Not long after, Ye Fengqing really rubbed the cassava into dices and dices according to the memory of his previous life.Without regret, he threw the remaining cassava directly into the trash can.He turned around and picked up the cloudy liquid deposited at the bottom of the pool one by one, and then slowly waited for the powder to settle out of the bowl.

That's right, these powders that have settled in the turbid liquid are the last substance Ye Fengqing needs - starch.

At this point, Ye Fengqing has obviously completed more than half of the preparations for brewing maltose.

As there was still some time, he began to gather firewood and toss about the stove.

Where can Zi Luo see Ye Fengqing clean up the stove and start a fire?

"Hero, let me do this trivial thing?" She quickly snatched the firewood from Ye Fengqing's arms, squatted under the stove, and began to stuff the dried branches into it one by one familiarly.

Not long after, the fire in the stove completely jumped up.The red flame shot out from the small opening in an instant, illuminating the face of Zi Luo who was on fire, and brought out a little bit of her popularity from her already unearthly appearance.

At this time Ye Fengqing began to clean the pot.Pour all the juice that has just been fermented for a period of time into the small pot, and slowly stir the juice in the pot with a spoon.

As the temperature continued to rise, the turquoise juice that Ye Fengqing poured into the pot soon began to slowly fade under the action of the temperature, changing from fresh turquoise to a yellowish liquid.Seeing that the color had almost changed, Ye Fanqin added the freshly precipitated water starch into the boiled juice bit by bit.

At this time, Ye Fengqing began to feel some resistance when he stirred the spoon.The reason is simple. After the utility bill is prepaid, it will absorb the surrounding moisture and substances and form a gel-like form.But the resistance caused by the water starch did not last long?When the light yellow liquid part continued to change towards dark yellow, Ye Fengqing added two tablespoons of white sugar into the pot.

At this point, Zi Luo, who was on the sidelines, couldn't bear it anymore, covered her mouth, and exclaimed in a low voice.

"Hero, when you squeezed the juice before, I could smell a nice sweet smell. I think the taste will become mellow and obvious after brewing. But if you add so much sugar now, will it be too sweet in the end? ?”

Ye Fengqing was a little dazed.I just wanted to say that what the wheat juice fermented before was just some sugar substitutes, that is, things that smell sweet, but actually taste not sweet.But he changed his mind, in the ancient world of cultivating immortals, people didn't pay attention to scientific research.Therefore, sugar substitutes have always been a secret, and no one would believe it even if they were told.

At this time, I'm afraid we still have to say it in a different way, so as to be more trustworthy.

Ye Fengqing thought for a while, and could only tell Zi Luo this way.

"The sugar smell you smelled before is actually a little taste in the wheat stalks, because it is easy to volatilize, so you play very sweet, but after heating, this substance is almost volatilized, and the taste is naturally It will become much lighter. If the maltose wants to maintain the sweetness and taste before, you must add some sugar, such as white sugar."

Zi Luo made a sound of sudden realization, and never bothered Ye Fengqing to refine maltose anymore.

Then, less than an hour later, after Ye Fengqing's continuous efforts, the juice in the pot has completely shrunk, turning into a translucent, burnt yellow liquid.At the same time, the liquid began to exude a fragrant breath.

Ziluo took a deep breath, dipped a bit of the gradually cooling maltose with her fingers, and put it into her mouth.I just feel the freshness of wheat fragrance between the lips and teeth.There is also an endless aftertaste of sweetness.She closed her eyes intoxicated.Squeeze a satisfying monotone from your nostrils.

"Hmm~"

“This is so delicious!”

"I didn't expect you to be so simple and satisfied." Ye Fengqing saw Zi Luo's gluttonous appearance, and he shook his head and put the roasted maltose aside.He took out a piece of jade from the storage bag and placed it on the burning stove!
Do not!
To be more precise, this is not a piece of pure jade.

It is boxy as a whole, and its size is about 120mm*120mm.The whole body of jade is pure white, not even the slightest blemish can be found.Lukewarm to the touch.The surface is full of neat square grids that have been drawn out artificially.

Obviously, its previous use should be a chessboard.It's just that Ye Fengqing really can't find a substitute right now, so he just uses it to deal with it casually.

(End of this chapter)