After being stranded on a deserted island, they all plotted against me

But at this moment, the four of them have formed a situation of "mutual restraint", so they can only put it into their own mouths.

No one dared to take the initiative to "feed".

However, Zhang Liu really had no appetite for food at the moment.

He had already simulated the process of making taro dumpling wrappers in his mind, then picked up a metal dagger and started his action.

The four bamboo tubes were split in half, revealing semi-solidified taro paste that was similar to thick lotus root powder and felt slightly warm to the touch.

The taro paste is wrapped in a white film with distinct fibers.

This is the bamboo membrane inside the bamboo tube. Zhang Liu also tried to tear it with his hands.

But it will directly bring down a large piece of taro paste...

Considering that waste is shameful, he finally had no choice but to rub the bamboo membrane into it.

Anyway, this thing doesn't taste like anything, and it won't get stuck in your throat after you crush it.

Pour all the taro paste onto the banana leaves and Zhang Liu sprinkled about one-sixth of taro powder on it.

Then start using your hands and doing it.

The four bamboo tubes of taro paste were actually quite a lot. Zhang Liu estimated that they weighed at least two or three pounds.

After the outer bamboo film was crushed, the slightly mushy taro paste inside immediately adhered to all the taro powder.

When he was kneading the food, he needed to use his fingers from time to time to scrape off the taro paste stuck to the banana leaves, and then mix it back into the "taro paste ball".

Seeing his actions, the four girls stopped eating the fruit fillings and looked at him intently.

Just like the fruit filling, the cooked taro paste also acquires quite good plasticity after being completely mixed with the fried dried taro powder.

Continuing to press hard, Zhang Liu could clearly feel the difference between taro and flour.

When flour is added with water, it is commonly called "awake".

To explain in detail, only water molecules occupy the gaps between particles, making intermolecular interaction possible. The existence of molecular forces gives the dough a relatively stable volume and shape.

But at this moment, the taro paste does not have this kind of "toughness".

No matter how he pressed it, it still remained "soft" even though it had almost dried up after absorbing all the taro powder.

Gritting his teeth secretly, Zhang Liu picked up the bamboo tube and added another one-sixth of taro powder into the soft taro paste.

By now, half of the bamboo tube of taro flour has been used up, and its addition has indeed caused the taro paste to begin to dehydrate and become hard.

Sitting on the ground, he used his palms to press down the taro paste dough in front of him that was gradually becoming "elastic".

Zhang Liu turned to Anya, Lan Yueting, Su Yan, who were already dumbfounded, and Xiang Wanying, who was looking forward to it, and said, "Please prepare some more fruit fillings. We will start making taro dumplings soon."

"Okay!" After hearing his words, the four of them nodded together and started to get busy.

When Zhang Liu finished kneading the "taro paste dough" in his hands.

The new fruit filling is also prepared.

In order to avoid adding taro powder, the new fruit filling does not contain egg yolk fruit, but instead adds tamarind.

Although doing so will change the taste of the filling from sweet to sweet and sour.

But this problem is not a big problem, it can be easily neutralized by adding a little honey.

The taro paste dough and fruit paste filling have already reached the perfect blending ratio. All that’s left is to combine the two together and turn them into fruit-filled taro dumplings.

The procedure for making taro dumplings is very simple.

Tear off a piece of taro paste, roll it into a small ball with your palm, and flatten it.

Then pinch the edges to make it thinner, forming a "taro cake" shaped like a flying saucer.

Take out a piece of the filling, roll it into a small ball and place it in the center of the taro cake, then flip up both sides and wrap it.

After doing this, a taro dumpling is immediately freshly baked.

In order to prevent it from sticking to the bottom, Zhang Liu also placed it on a machete and put it in an earthen stove to dry the surface, and finally put it on the banana leaf.

The size of a single taro dumpling is about one-fifth of the size of a girl's hand.

Although it looked a bit gray, no one present would doubt the taste of it.

Because everything added in is good stuff!

At the same time, in theory, it is now edible. After all, whether it is taro paste, taro powder, or the fruit filling inside, it can be eaten directly.

But at the moment, the taro dumplings still need the final step of frying.

So everyone held back...

In order to eat the fried taro dumplings earlier, all four girls joined in the preparation.

Although among the people present, only the head maid Xiang Wanying had close contact with the kitchen and had some cooking experience.

But at the moment, making taro dumplings is not a difficult task in itself.

Anya, Lan Yueting and Su Yan quickly got into the state after experiencing some clumsiness at the beginning.

And the assembly line division of labor began.

Anya was responsible for kneading the taro paste.

Lan Yueting is processing and flattening taro cakes.

Su Yan made the fruit filling balls.

Xiang Wanying completed the final edge banding and baking.

The combined speed of the four was about three times faster than Zhang Liu's.

As it gradually darkened outside, four bamboo tubes of taro paste, a total of twenty taro dumplings, were neatly placed on the banana leaves.

The next step is frying.

In order to prevent the taro dumplings from exploding and injuring people, Zhang Liu made an "explosion-proof frying box" out of bamboo before frying.

The specific shape is to use charcoal to burn several holes through the wall of a bamboo tube.

Its function is to place the taro dumplings individually, then fry them in a pan, and hang them above the bamboo tube with a rattan stick to prevent the embarrassing situation of not being able to be fished out.

The bamboo shell is relatively sturdy, so even if the taro dumplings explode inside the bamboo tube.

That wouldn't hurt Zhang Liu or the girls sitting next to him watching.

First, control the fire in the earthen stove to a low heat and make sure that the lard in the clay pot will not suddenly catch fire due to the high temperature.

Under the gaze of the four girls, Zhang Liu placed the bamboo tube into the oil pan.

"Zizzizi..."

The lard, which has been heated to the point where it fills the room with fragrance, reveals its horrible side.

Although it looks calm, at most there are a few small bubbles.

But less than a second after the bamboo tube was put down, tiny bubbles began to appear around its wall.

This is the sign of the moisture in the bamboo tube being blown out...

Fortunately, it had been used for a long time and did not contain much moisture, so it did not explode directly.

"I'm starting."

Under the nervous gaze of the four girls, Zhang Liu whispered.

He picked up a taro dumpling and was about to put it into the bamboo tube when the classic saying "the kids next door are crying because of their greed" suddenly flashed through his mind.

After thinking for a few seconds, Zhang Liu dipped the taro dumplings in taro flour and then carefully put them into the bamboo tube.

Chapter 453: The Tenderness of a Proud Girl (Monthly Ticket Plus Chapter 25)

"Pfft..."

As the taro dumplings are put into the pot, the unique sound and aroma of frying spread instantly.

Since the taro dumplings were already cooked, Zhang Liu counted to ten silently in his mind and then lifted the bamboo tube out of the wok.

Pour out the taro dumplings with a slightly white surface from the bamboo tube.

He put the bamboo tube back into the oil pan...

Then put the second taro dumpling in.

Repeat this... the third one... the fourth one...

Zhang Liu controls the frying time of each taro dumpling to about ten seconds.

Soon twenty taro dumplings were piled on the banana leaves.

Their own scorching temperature directly burned the banana leaves used as trays below and caused them to change color. The originally green banana leaves have now turned dark green, as if they had produced oil.

Smelling the rich fried aroma in the air, the four girls swallowed subconsciously even though they had already eaten dessert to fill their stomachs.

He stared at the pile of taro dumplings in front of him without blinking.

"Let's fry one side again, and it will be almost done." Seeing the eagerness of the girls in front of him, Zhang Liu held two branches for stability and carefully took the small clay pot off the earthen stove.

Then, while he was talking, he put the twenty taro dumplings on the banana leaf back into the pan and started frying them again.

This method can make the fried coating of the taro more crispy and delicious.

"Sizzle, sizzle..." This time, twenty taro dumplings were put in at the same time, and the bamboo tube was not used as a medium, so the whole oil pan began to churn.

But because it had been taken off the earthen stove, the churning did not last long.

During this time, Zhang Liu also took out the bamboo bowls that the girls had prepared long ago, and then began to take out the re-fried yellow and white fried taro dumplings and put them in.

To be honest, he was quite helpless.

I brought the earthen bowl from the green pool, but the girls still like to use bamboo bowls...

There were four bamboo bowls, each containing five pieces. This scene made the four girls subconsciously look confused.

The original distribution plan in their minds was four per person, and then five portions.

"All the taro dumplings today are for you to eat. I won't eat any." Zhang Liu looked at the expressions on the faces of the four girls in front of him, and then he said seriously, "Before we eat, I have something to apologize to you for."

The girls looked at each other with expressions of confusion.

At this moment, even Xiang Wanying, who was very good at discerning emotions from micro-expressions such as eyes, could not figure out what Zhang Liu wanted to express.

She even began to worry whether the other party wanted to make their relationship public...

"You've worked hard these past few days." Zhang Liu placed the bamboo bowls in front of the four girls and said in a low voice, "Because of my arrangement, everyone has been repeating the boring work of building bamboo houses and cutting bamboos. There is absolutely no leisure time..."

As he spoke, he also looked at Su Yan and said in a grateful tone: "Su Yan, thanks to you saying that you don't like taro soup, I realized the problem with my mentality these days."

"Ah?" Su Yan blinked blankly. She still couldn't understand Zhang Liu's thoughts and actions.

"I have been too anxious recently. Whether it is to live a stable life here, escape from the predicament, or set out to explore the jungle, these should not be completed in one or two days. But in the past few days, almost all of my thoughts have been devoted to this, and I have ignored your feelings." Zhang Liu looked at Su Yan, Anya, Lan Yueting, and Xiang Wanying, and then said softly: "Thank you for your hard work."

"No...no." Lan Yueting had already understood what Zhang Liu said, and her voice was obviously lacking in strength.

In fact, just as Zhang Liu said, she was indeed a little tired of building the bamboo house in the past few days.

That's why he felt happy and even smiled when he was able to go outside with Xiang Wanying to pick fruits.

Anya looked at Zhang Liu without saying anything, but her eyes were full of tenderness. She had never expected that he would say such caring words...

As for Xiang Wanying and Su Yan, they also showed deep emotion on their faces.

"So as a punishment, I won't eat this taro dumpling today. I'll share mine with you." Zhang Liu smiled, then looked at the girls and said, "Don't worry, I'll roast taro for myself so you won't go hungry."

Before he could finish his words, a certain tsundere girl in a red sportswear spoke up.

"Zhang Liu...Say it in advance!"

"I...I'm not feeling sorry for you..."

"If you make a mistake, you will be punished!"

Anya was a little shy to say such words in front of everyone, so she remained tough.

Picking up a slightly hot taro dumpling, Anya said, "To punish you, you must eat this!"

I feel like my suggestions are somewhat “not a punishment”.

In order to get Zhang Liu to step down, she decisively found a lame excuse for herself: "This taro dumpling looks over-fried, it must be not tasty, I don't want it! I'll punish you to eat this!"