The Beastn families waiting for Tangtang’s household to refuse and give away the food were bound to be disappointed, because this year the population had grown, and in order to reserve food, there had been fewer opportunities to hunt for at. Therefore, she wouldn’t easily part with the food that was brought to her doorstep.
After her own Beastn skinned the animals, they placed ribs, lean at, pork belly, fat, fore and hind legs, internal organs, blood, fur, and heads into separate categories according to the old thods. Then, they stored the at and left the more difficult parts like bones, internal organs, blood, and heads to be processed later.
The blood couldn’t be let to waste and was turned into Blood Tofu right away.
The heads and internal organs were marinated in batches. As for the boned cuts like joints, leg bones, paws, and ribs, they would be dealt with after she had eaten the previous batch. Generally, she would first store these with fresh at in the space.
The fur was handed over to the Beastn for uniform skin processing. In her previous life, the process was complicated and helped by chemical materials to preserve the skins completely.
But in Beast World, they could only soak the dried skins in plant ash water to "cook" them, and after drying them out of direct sunlight, the skins would soften, and the fur would adhere more firmly.
Of course, although this sounds simple, it’s a ticulous and slow task. There’s grease in those furs, and it’s a matter of technique to nitrate-process them without damaging the fur. They had the experience of handling this long term, and she would only watch from the sidelines.
Now, their skill had improved to the point where they could peel the fur off a skinned head completely, which showed just how many skins had passed through their hands since childhood.
She stewed the internal organs. The small and large intestines were marinated with plant ashes and salt, scrubbed clean, then placed in a jar filled with salt to be marinated, waiting to be fried later.
Since the animals in Beast World were always on the move, they didn’t have much fat on their bodies. Even so, they scraped off several big bowls of fat, but didn’t render the oil that day, focusing on dealing with the furs, cooking, and making Blood Tofu instead.
There was a lot of internal organs. Only one pot was cooked, and the rest were stored in the ice-cold pantry – there was no need to keep them in the space, which was quite convenient.
After all, it took them three days to finish processing the ten hunted animals. Even though Tangtang didn’t suffer much, her fingers still froze like radishes.
"It’s so damn cold, it must be twenty degrees below zero, you can see the frost from your breath!"
In her previous life, clothes were fitted close to the body, but here, layers of fur were worn. Despite the layers, they still let in the cold.
She needed to find cotton, or at least duck down or silkworms. Oh, and wool – she needed to find more wool. She hadn’t yet found the opportunity to dye and knit the wool she had saved into sweaters and scarves. At the very least, she should make gloves—this cold weather was unbearable.
Since arriving in Beast World, Tangtang had always eaten more at than carbohydrates, and with the scarcity of fatty ats, mostly lean ones, she hadn’t gained much weight.
However, she had grown a little bit of baby fat compared to when she first arrived and had reached the shoulders of a few Beastn. In contrast, their heights varied, all above one ter eighty.
Tangtang added kelp threads and boiled eggs to the braised at. Around the stone pot, the entire family sat and ate as they cooked, and if they felt like there wasn’t enough at, they would add white rice to eat along. The simplicity of Beast World’s hot pot was ready, a pity there was tofu, nor noodles; otherwise, the flavor would have been even more amazing.
After entering the Cold Season, Tangtang’s household rarely fried food; they mostly made stews because it was too cold. By the ti she served it, and before everyone could sit down together, it would get cold. This was why Northeasterners ate stew every day in winter.
Tangtang didn’t eat rice but added so potato flour to the pot, along with kelp threads, braised eggs, and internal organs. Indeed, it tasted like stew, wonderfully delicious. Not only did the Beastn eat with gusto, but even the cubs were joyous, and Lili even had potato flour after eating rice. Now, the sisters’ tastes were growing more alike.
As for the beast heads, the tribe would use them for sacrifices, so after cleaning them up, they were buried in the snow, waiting for the right day to co out and worship the Beast God. This was similar to offering sacrifices to the Earth God and Kitchen God during festivals in her previous life.
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