Chapter 640: Gift From Nature (Part 2)
I don’t know if it’s his Atlantis bloodline that makes Arthur extra strong, or if he’s just born with strength. In short, surviving in the primeval forest is not a problem for him at all. Cutting and carrying wood is just the beginning.
What Arthur has to do is very simple, that is, lay the chopped wood horizontally on the ground, then place the entire refrigerator horizontally on the cylindrical wood as a chassis, and then put other supplies on it.
When pushing the refrigerator, the wood becomes wheels, which saves effort and makes it move faster.
Although, for Hal and Schiller, it might be much faster to carry it directly, but since they agreed not to cheat, it would be better to use a method that ordinary people can use.
This is a double-door square refrigerator that was probably customized to fit into the special space in the aircraft cabin. After the power is turned off, it no longer has the cooling function, but it can at least be used as a storage box, and the insulation layer of the refrigerator can also be used. Let the food melt slowly until you are back in the cave where the temperature is cooler.
Since the rolling logs themselves have weight, some herbs will be flattened directly and will not block the way forward. When the refrigerator rolls to the frontmost log, the wood behind it must be moved to the front. Go, at this time it is basically three people taking turns.
Hal and Schiller's special abilities prevented them from feeling tired at all, but surprisingly, Arthur could also keep up without falling behind at all.
There was a short distance from here to the cave they stayed in before, but Arthur did not look tired until the end, and when he was carrying the refrigerator into the cave, he still had time to chat. He said: "Say Really, it reminds me of when I went to sea with the fleet.”
"You may not know how tiring offshore fishing is. When I was 17 years old, I went out to sea to catch tuna with my uncle and didn't sleep for four whole days..."
Schiller lifted the front half of the refrigerator, turned around and asked, "Are you responsible for keeping an eye on the fish finder?"
"No, of course not. How could I do that kind of work? I'm just an ordinary sailor, responsible for catching fish." Arthur shook his head and said, "At that time, we didn't encounter tuna, but it didn't matter. Originally, tuna was Rare fish, bluefin and yellowfin tuna are hard to come across.”
"But at that time, we happened to encounter a group of bonito, which is also very popular, and because they were in groups, the catch was very large. In those days, we just lowered the net, collected the net, lowered the net, Close the net, eat some burgers when you're hungry, drink some energy drinks when you're tired, or go smoke a cigarette..."
"However, hard work pays off. There was a shortage of dried bonito at that time, and the catch sold for a lot of money. This also made my uncle's business better. When he got older, he stopped doing it. Instead of engaging in offshore fishing business, he started to be a dealer of various types of fishing boats.”
"Oh." Schiller suddenly remembered and said, "That's the uncle who lent you the fishing boat? He does look like a captain."
"He is the best captain." Arthur said quite proudly, but soon he sighed with regret and said: "Actually, my father was also a legendary captain when he was young, and even the whole East Coast reverberated. With the name of Captain Curry..."
“At that time, he brought back a blue marlin that broke the East Coast fishing record. It’s hard for me to describe to you how big this fish was, but everyone was shocked. He was a popular good luck captain at the time. "
"But for some reason, he stopped going to sea and stayed in Blüdhaven and became a lighthouse keeper. Many crew members felt sorry for him. My uncle also tried to persuade him, but no matter what, he They don’t want to go to sea anymore.
Arthur looked ahead. In the gaps between the dense rainforest, he could still see the blue water. He said, "There is a legend about an old sailor who followed him. He encountered a siren on the sea and experienced a series of dangerous adventures." , and finally returned to the shore.”
"They said that he offended the sea monster and was cursed by it. From then on, he could never touch the sea water again. I don't know if this is true, but I know that he often looked at the sea with a kind of longing in his eyes... …”
Several people put the refrigerator on the ground and rested there for a while. During the rest, Hal asked curiously: "I don't mean to offend, but your mother..."
"My father said that she died in a shipwreck, but it must have been when I was very young. I don't remember her at all." Arthur shook his head, as if unwilling to talk more, and Schiller, who knew the truth, did not There was no intention of reminding him that this was his private matter after all.
Of course, although I don’t know what the attitude of Atlantis in this universe towards humans is, one thing must be admitted. As long as Gotham is still a coastal city, Atlantis will not be able to make much waves.
Although ordinary industrial pollution can hardly threaten Atlantis in the deep sea, Gotham's industrial pollution certainly can. To say the least, if a fish unfortunately bites the clown first, then returns to the ocean. , then it won’t be long before Atlantis will become a gift from nature.
When the three of them moved the refrigerator and other supplies back to the cave, Oliver's eyes widened in surprise and he said, "...Where are the passengers?"
Arthur put the refrigerator on the ground and said: "It was not the passenger plane that crashed, but the vehicle I used to come to California. The pilot Hal wanted to drive this plane to find me, but unfortunately it crashed."
"Don't worry about it. Let's see what nature has given us." Schiller walked to the refrigerator and opened the door. He found that most of the things in the freezer had melted, but the things in the fresh layer were still well preserved.
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Most of the food in the freezer is meat and seafood. In this temperature environment, this kind of food cannot be preserved for too long. Schiller knew this, so he simply turned out all the meat that began to melt and prepared to deal with it all at once.
Many people know that in order to extend the shelf life of meat, a seasoning must be used, that is, salt, but there is only a small can of salt in the food storage room of the aircraft, which is in a very common Western seasoning bottle. It can be sprinkled with a little seasoning when grilling meat, but if you want to use salt to treat meat, this amount is definitely not enough.
Fortunately, there is both sea water and fresh water on this island, that is, the most basic conditions for salt production are met. As long as the method of making salt from sea water is used, they can get salt to treat meat.
At present, these meats can be kept in the cave with relatively low temperature for a short period of time. During this period, it should be enough to spend some salt to process them.
Schiller has the theory of seawater salting in his mind, but he has never put it into practice. When he proposed this point, several people looked at each other in surprise. After all, in modern society, salt has become a seasoning that can be seen everywhere. Even Arthur and Oliver, who live in the seaside city, have never made salt with seawater themselves.
Schiller plans to make a meal with these relatively fresh foods, and then assign tasks to each of them and start a real desert island survival journey.
Among the four people, only Schiller and Hal can cook. The food made by Arthur and Oliver can only be said to be edible, and there is no taste at all. Therefore, Schiller and Hal each took on part of the responsibility of cooking.
The conditions in the cave are very limited. There is definitely no stove. There is only a stone pot and the stone slabs made before, and there is no grill or rack to support the stone pot.
Arthur sawed the wood he had brought back, cut it into sticks, and built a simple rack above the flame, so that he could hang the stone pot on the rack to cook.
After that, Arthur began to try to burn charcoal, but perhaps because of the special properties of palm wood, it was difficult for charcoal to keep burning and hot, so he could only build a similar rack to support the stone slab.
Although the stream water outside could also be used, it would have some impurities because it had not been left to stand, and several people were a little hungry and did not want to wait for the stream water to stand, so Hal climbed up the coconut tree and picked a few coconuts as a source of water for cooking.
This kind of coconut tree is not a coconut tree specifically used for eating, so the leaves are very small and the coconut juice has no taste, but it is enough for cooking.
Schiller first used the previous metal saw to make a gap in the coconut, then poured the coconut juice into the pot, and found some dried mushrooms from the vegetables in the refrigerator. When the coconut juice was heated to a temperature of about 50 or 60 degrees, the mushrooms were thrown in, and then a stone slab was found to cover the pot.
After boiling for about a minute, when the water starts to boil, take the pot away, pour out the water, throw in the chicken pieces cut with stones, crack open a few coconuts, pour in coconut milk to blanch the water, pour out the water, add coconut milk to cover the ingredients, and start stewing.
Hal was responsible for the other meats, but he did not fry the meat directly on the stone slab at the beginning, but took out the thawed oysters and shrimps from the refrigerator.
Peel the oyster meat and the shrimp meat, fry out the juice, chop the two ingredients, add the peeled tomatoes, chop and fry together.
Then, take out the shrimp heads, put them on the high temperature stone slab to fry the shrimp oil, mix the shrimp oil with the sauce made before, and it becomes an orange-red seafood sauce.
"In Seaside City, this is the seafood sauce that every restaurant uses for seasoning, but we usually use smaller clams and the kind of shrimp that can't be sold outside. Although they are not as big as these ingredients, they taste more delicious."
Arthur and Oliver were almost crazy about the food made by these two people. Not to mention that mushroom stewed chicken is a golden combination, the meaty smell and fragrance can be diffused throughout the cave through the stone cover.
And the seafood sauce made by Hal is more fragrant, because the stone itself is not covered, the smell of cooked food will make everyone who is extremely hungry salivate.
"I can't wait, hurry up, I want to eat now, my stomach is protesting with hunger..." Arthur squatted beside the stone, waiting to eat it as soon as it came out of the pot.
Although Oliver didn't say anything, it was only because of his last reserve as a nobleman. He didn't want to act like a person who had never seen the world, but he had been hungry for so many days, and he obviously wanted to eat as soon as possible.
However, neither Schiller nor Hal had ever tried to cook in such an environment. The poor conditions aroused their passion for creation.
Schiller took out a few slices of bread and placed them on the lid of the stone pot. Because the open fire ignited by branches was very strong, the flames engulfed the entire stone pot, causing the stone slab on top to be very hot. After Schiller baked the bread slices a little harder, he began to break them into pieces.
After the bread slices are very crumbled, add a small amount of coconut milk and mix them to form a lake shape, then spread them into pancakes and fry them into pancakes. Fry the beef until it is about medium-rare, chop the onions and peppers, and spread it on After the beef is served, roll it into the pancake along with the cheese.
Because the pancakes are smaller, they look more like dumplings than tacos. However, because the dough is made of bread, there is no way to pinch it, and it looks more like a folded miniature pizza.
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Seeing this scene, Hal knew that he had to show his skills. He brought a piece of pork tenderloin and a piece of pork belly. He first fried the pork belly with oil, then cut the pork tenderloin into minced meat and lightly used the oil. Fry and mix with the previous seafood sauce.
Take out a larger coconut, crack it open, cut off the upper part, keep the coconut juice inside, then put the dry spaghetti noodles in it and heat it on the fire under the stone slab.
The pasta becomes soft very quickly. Before the coconut shells are burned, the noodles are almost cooked. Stir-fry the cooked pasta with the seafood meat sauce, and then take the four coconut shells that were used before. , heat it slightly on the fire, put a small piece of butter on the bottom, divide the pasta into four portions, sprinkle with grated cheese, and the seafood Bolognese Cheese Coconut Pasta is ready.
Seeing this, Schiller knew he had to show his true skills. When he started to roll up his sleeves, Arthur, who was already dizzy with hunger, rushed to stop him and said, "Professor, it's okay, this is not Michelin." At the competition site, let’s start eating…”
Schiller glanced at the proud Hal and said: "No, you have to respect my food. Get out of the way. I remember there is a whole duck in the refrigerator. It should have melted by now. I'll go Make a clay oven and show you what real roast duck is..."
Oliver was lying on the ground and almost couldn't breathe. Arthur was also lying on the ground. In addition to being helpless, he was really hungry and had no strength.
Half an hour later, Bruce, who followed the smoke and found the cave, stood at the entrance and looked at the two people who were almost fainting from hunger and the table of delicious food with doubts.