Magic Farmer Dara

Dara sat in motorcycle and headed towards the mountains where Grandmother lived. The road was dirt, so I had to go in a cloud of dust.

The village was small, only 12 families. They lived here recently, or relatively recently, by the standards of the East. Last 70 years. Grandma got this site from the plant where she worked. Now she lived there.

In the village, usually the gates and doors do not lock, all of them, no thieves and if there is, they know the traditions and do not steal houses like proud eagles, they do not hunt near their nests.

Opening the beautiful door of the gate, Dara, in the courtyard, saw Grandma Mahtab clamoring, near a boiling pot. She skillfully regulated the fire by removing or adding firewood.

Grandma, hello! How are you? How are your children? Grandchildren? Is everything alright? Outside is such a wonderful weather, and you bother!

Aah, it's you little mischievous, Dara! You've been gone a long time! Like mom, dad, brothers, aunts, uncles? How are you? What are you doing? Where do you go to work?

Well, sit down, here at the table, in the legs there is no truth. Pour yourself green tea, while I see you are busy cooking!

Dara, noticed that Grandma used not water but juice! And that means that she is preparing an ancient recipe, and a healing one from the 12th century! He read about it in an old Arabic treatise of the 14th century.

It was a recipe for cooking rice with meat on the juice of vegetables. There were two options for improving the bowels used pumpkin juice, but in order to better see the juice of carrots.

The recipe itself was simple, according to an Arab source, it originated in the "Tsvo" country. That is, we have, or rather, in the mountains south of Maly An, at 300 kilometers.

You need meat, onions, garlic, carrots for juice, and add to the pot, pumpkin, rice, oil.

Heat the butter, throw the chopped pieces of meat, fry until golden brown. Add onions, carrots, fry, until soft. Pour carrot juice and put on low heat for 30-40 minutes, put spices and garlic, if you wish, and quince. After putting rice. But here you need to choose it correctly, it should be rice with a long grain. Put steamed until ready, if necessary, add more juice. Give the rice the shape of a mountain, pat it with a spoon, if a deaf sound is heard, then the food is ready.

But here I look, Grandma Makhtab cooks differently ?! This is probably the second cooking option, "split". This is when rice and wax are cooked separately from meat, and meat in another pot. Then the food is less fatty and more dietary by modern concepts.

Judging by the cooking process, there was still an hour or so to complete the miracle of the dish.

Dara, came to her senses and immediately, taking a bowl, poured a bit of green tea, Grandma Mahtab, with respect.

Slowly, Grandma drank tea. Her eyes sparkled brightly under the caressing sun.

Well, son, why come to me, the old grandmother? What will our conversation be about?

I heard from Shabnam that you decided to become a farmer and open your shop in the capital? Probably you came to me about my berries?

Ah, this talker, Aunt Shabnam ?! She chimed about it to the whole world!

Dara, smiled brightly, that's what wisdom and discernment means!

Yes, Grandma Mahtab, precisely for them! While I'm just starting to prepare for opening a store on the ground, the farm has not yet been put in order, but for my online store, products are needed.

I've decided to sell there - dried fruit, marshmallow, jam, dried berries, nuts, mulberry flour. At first. And then, when there is a harvest on the farm, I will be able to exhibit my products from there.

What do you think Grandma Mahab? Can you sell me berries and dried fruits, nuts and flour?

Well, it's hard to say right away. My harvest this year was big, four kilograms will be. I don't need money, I'm already old; you'll not take much with you to a distant world. But here it is necessary to help children and grandchildren, the granddaughter learns on the contract. He needs to pay $ 2,500 from his second semester for tuition, and they say that the price of the contracts goes up. So, as I say the young "in"!

By the way, I can prepare my own pastille and agree with my neighbors about dried fruits, nuts and flour.

Will you pay me more for this? How do you like this idea? Oh, son?

Dara, was surprised again! Here are these old, wise and cunning foxes, as our neighbors Chinese say.

Well, this solved many questions for Dara. If Grandma Makhtab will collect everything herself in one place, cook, he will only have to deliver and prepare goods for sale!

And what, let's Grandma, I will sign a contract with you to buy all these products! And with the price we agree! Cg of berries on the market in the capital costs 10 dollars, in wholesale you can buy for 4. But they are with chemistry, and your Grandmother is all pure, her own, natural. Take for kg 6 dollars. How do you look at it?

Oh, my son will not be enough, let's still throw, a bit, because, you say yourself, everything is natural!

Well, Grandma, you caught me, okay, then let me throw 50 cents more. Otherwise, there is no way, while I only take the first steps, but how will it go and I will add the price to you, will we write everything in the contract?

Do you agree?

Well, son, come on this and decide!

I will cook pastila according to our old recipes.

Grandmother, and you can, try to make a pastila according to the Tula recipe. I once knew an exchange student from Voronezh, who in Russia brought delicious such marshmallow fruit, she is apple and protein. Sergey was his name, he is a historian, he left me a recipe, can you try to make it?

I love the new! So try, give your recipe! I'll call you tomorrow and tell if I can cook it or not. And also you and I need to decide how much you will buy berries, how many marshmallows, dried fruits, and flour you need.

Let me ask people in the village, find out, and then tomorrow we will discuss everything!

What do you say, Dara?

Okay, well, Grandma, you came up with it well! Then tomorrow we'll talk!

Goodbye!

Um, where are you in such a hurry? I won't let you go anywhere until you try to eat my food, and if you leave now, consider that I won't help you!

Good, good, Grandma Mahtab. I just said out of courtesy that I was leaving. I really want to try your version of this rice!

And now ... rice was a success. It was red from carrots, the aroma emanated amazing!

Golden pieces of meat soaked in carrot juice, garlic, pumpkin, quince. The taste was just magical! And such a texture of meat!

Dara washed two large bowls of rice at a time!

And Grandma Makhtab happily smiled looking at this eater!

Returning to the farm Dara, began to make lists of purchases of basic and range. How much can you pull?

From purchases and expenses:

- mini tractor (to determine the type)

- mounted equipment to it

- agrotechnical activities on the farm

- wire engineering communications

- obtaining permits, registration, etc.

- purchase of seeds

- purchase of natural fertilizers (and here it is necessary to specify!)

- purchase of refrigeration equipment

- purchase of ventilation equipment

- purchase of heating equipment

- spending on building materials (for the store)

- score

- furniture

- dishes

- mini processing plants (for the future)

- household equipment for processing berries

- mini bus (possibly used)

- arrangement of a minibus for the transport of products

- contract for the purchase of products from Grandma Mahtab

- salary to relatives in the Shop

- Lunches and a feast for builders in the store

Well, the rest will need to then add more.

Range: