Chapter 278 It’s so difficult to make sugar

Author: Dongyuejian

Chapter 278 It’s so difficult to make sugar

Baijia's brown sugar workshop officially opened fire. The celebration ended with a burst of firecrackers, and then everyone dispersed because the workshop was about to close and they could not enter at will in the future.

Baifuer stayed as a technical guide, and started the two cold stoves together. The dry firewood swept by the flames instantly burned brightly in the stove. When the fire was strong, he carefully put pieces of chopped wood in. The first one in the queue

The big pot quickly started to heat up.

There is still water in the pot.

"This stone mill works well. When the sugar cane is put in, the sugar cane water is squeezed out."

"Oh, why is this sugar cane water so green? It doesn't look right."

Bai Fu'er stood aside and didn't explain to everyone. She just said: "That's right. You can see that it is a little yellow when it comes out, and it turns green slowly."

"The sugarcane bagasse is piled aside. When it gets too much, I take it to the corner over there and dry it in the shade and use it as firewood."

The stone mill came quickly, and soon a large barrel of sugar cane juice was produced. A strong wooden pole was set up beside it. A large cross was hung in the middle of the wooden pole. The four corners of a large gauze cloth were firmly tied to the four corners of the cross.

It's a big bucket. What you have to do now is to scoop the sugarcane juice just squeezed out one by one into gauze and filter it. Only then can the filtered sugarcane juice be poured into the first big pot.

The person lighting the fire sighed, "No wonder this stove can't stop burning. Such a big fire can't boil the first pot of water quickly. I see many tongues of fire going back from the tunnel."

Baichang Fu nodded, "The water in the first pot in the queue is boiling, and the last pot is a little hot just now. It seems that it won't be boiled until the afternoon."

Bai Fu'er frowned lightly. These days, she has been trying to recall the process of making large batches of sugar. This is different from the small quarrels at home. It takes a long time for the water in the first big pot to boil, so she knows the quality of this pot.

Not much higher.

"We just turned on the stove, and the entire stove is not completely dry. This pot has been burning for a long time. We must remember that the next pot needs to be boiled quickly."

"What do you mean, it means that it needs to be boiled quickly. There is a problem with boiling it slowly, that is, the sugar in the sugarcane juice will be lost."

"It takes a high fire to make the whole pot of sugarcane juice bubble completely. If you slowly bubble it like this, the big problem is that the fine residue inside cannot be removed. Then the sugar will be bought back and melted in a bowl.

, there will be residue left at the bottom of the bowl, and this pot of sugar can basically be judged to be defective by now."

Wang Quan didn't understand, "Little boss, can you burn your scum by opening a big bubble?"

Baiful shook her head and pointed to the boiling pot. There was already a lot of foam floating in the pot. She picked up a specially made big spoon and started to skim the foam. She explained as she did so:

"This is foam skimming. The fire will boil it to create big bubbles, and the scum inside will roll up and mix in the bubbles, and we can skim them out."

"This step is very important. Whether our brown sugar is good or not depends on this step. At this time, the fire must be stable and flat. Don't make it bigger or smaller, which will affect the bubbles. The scooping depends on your skillful hands.

Have you ever made bone broth at home?”

"If you lower the ladle deeper, the delicious soup will be beaten out. If you lower the ladle shallower, it will break the bubbles, and the residue inside will leak out."

"Anyway, this pot of brown sugar is almost useless. You all can try it."

A group of old men, all of whom had never touched a spatula, didn't know what to do with a big spoon.

Bai Fu'er urged, "Hurry up, this can't last long."

Baichang Fu gritted his teeth, and was the first one to stretch out a big spoon. He broke up the foam with one spoonful, and then went to skim the first one again. This time, he went deeper again, and the foam started to rise.

Half a spoonful of the sugar cane juice below was also skimmed off.

Just as Xiao Li's three sisters-in-law came over to watch the fun, Baifu'er asked her mother to demonstrate on the spot. Wen stepped forward and said, "This is not good. If you keep it open for a long time, the foam will disappear and the scum will be gone."

It can’t be fished out.”

"You have to be gentle and quick with your hands. If you spot this thing right, you will skim it away with a spoon. Don't be slow. The slower you go, the more the foam will disperse."

I saw that she started very quickly, and soon the foam floating on it was wiped off by her, making several men feel ashamed.

"It's not a big deal, I just need to practice more."

Baiful thought for a while and saw that the water in the second pot had boiled, so she took out a new piece of gauze and asked her father to hang it on the second pot in the same way as tying a cross.

"Now clean the second pot, scoop the sugar cane juice from this pot into the gauze and filter it again, and filter the small residue that just leaked out."

She ordered the people below her to make a move. When the first mouthful was free, the squeezed sugar cane juice was poured in again. This time the person who lit the fire remembered to burn it quickly and fiercely.

Several men were preparing to use the spoons to skim the foam again. In order not to waste it, they also found a clean bucket to pick it up and prepare it for secondary use.

The whole workshop is busy. In the outer courtyard is the sugar cane stall of Bai Changqing. From time to time, when someone brings sugar cane, they will laugh and laugh for a while. I have no choice but to make money.

The yard was also very busy. The mules pulling the stone mill were very excited and kept talking about the sweetness of sugar cane. Only the people in the kitchen were very nervous.

The busy state lasted until mid-afternoon, and the pot of sugar cane in the morning finally turned into sugar.

"Come and see this candy, our first pot."

The sweetness of brown sugar spreads all around. The brown sugar in the pot is dark red in color. Baifuer stretched out his chopsticks to dip a little bit into it. After blowing it to cool down, he entered the mouth. The sweetness in the mouth was accompanied by the sandy texture of brown sugar, and it quickly melted in the cavity.

Already.

"Okay, get ready."

Everyone's face was flushed. There was nothing we could do. First of all, there was too much humidity in the kitchen, and sweat and righteous water mixed into water droplets all over our foreheads.

Second, it was not easy. Their hands were stiff. They had to know the price of brown sugar. Their worth was only a few kilograms of brown sugar. How could they deal with it after it was ruined by them?

It can be said that it is not easy.

The large wooden board holding the sugar had been cleaned and oiled. Seeing that there was not much sugar, a piece of bamboo was placed in the middle as a partition. Baichangfu and Wang Quan wrapped the sides of the iron pot with thick cloth and carried it over.

The syrup is poured on the partition board, and edges are made around the template so that the brown sugar can't slip away without worrying about it flowing out.

The next step is to roll out the brown sugar to a level almost as high as the wooden board and wait for it to cool.

Naturally, the weather was getting cold very fast. It took only two sticks of incense to make it cool enough. Wang Quan came over with a steel scale. Next, they had to keep trying to find out how big the weight was.

Looking at the chopped brown sugar, Baifuer felt that it didn't matter. Everyone would try this pot. It would not be easy to sell.
Chapter completed!