Chapter 640: Gift From Nature (Part 2)
It is not known whether it is the Atlantis bloodline that makes Arthur extra strong, or whether he is born strong and powerful. In short, surviving in the primeval forest is not difficult for him at all. Cutting and carrying wood is just the beginning.
What Arthur has to do is very simple, that is, to place the chopped wood horizontally on the ground, and then put the entire refrigerator horizontally on the cylindrical wood as a chassis, and then put other materials on it.
When pushing the refrigerator, the wood becomes a wheel, which can save more effort and move forward faster.
Although, for Hal and Schiller, it may be much faster to lift it directly, but since it is agreed not to cheat, it is better to use the method that ordinary people can use.
This is a double-door square refrigerator, which should be customized to adapt to the special space in the aircraft cabin. After cutting off the power, it no longer has the refrigeration function, but at least it can be used as a storage box. Moreover, the insulation layer of the refrigerator can also slow down the melting of food until it returns to the cave with a lower temperature.
Since the rolling logs themselves have weight, some herbaceous plants will be directly flattened and will not hinder the way forward. When the refrigerator rolls to the front log, the wood behind must be moved to the front. At this time, the three people basically take turns.
Hal and Schiller's special abilities make them basically not feel tired, but surprisingly, Arthur can keep up and will not fall behind at all.
There is a long distance from here to the cave where they stayed before, but Arthur did not look tired until the end, and when he moved the refrigerator to the cave, he still had time to chat. He said: "To be honest, this reminds me of the time when I followed the fleet to the sea."
"You may not know how tiring it is to go deep-sea fishing. When I was 17 years old, I went out to sea with my uncle to fish for tuna. I didn't sleep for four days..."
Schiller lifted the front half of the refrigerator and turned back to ask: "Are you responsible for watching the fish finder?"
"No, of course not, how can I do it? If I had that kind of job, I would be an ordinary sailor, responsible for fishing. "Arthur shook his head and said, "At that time, we didn't encounter tuna, but it didn't matter. Tuna is a rare fish, and bluefin and yellowfin tuna are hard to come by."
"But at that time, we happened to encounter a group of bonito, which is also very good to sell, and because they come in groups, the catch is very large. During those days, we just cast the net, collect the net, cast the net, collect the net, eat hamburgers when we are hungry, drink energy drinks when we are exhausted, or go out to smoke a cigarette..."
"However, hard work pays off, at that time It happened that there was a shortage of dried bonito, and the fish sold for a lot of money, which also made my uncle's business better. When he got older, he stopped doing deep-sea fishing and started to be a dealer of various fishing boats. "
"Oh." Schiller suddenly remembered, and he said, "Is it the uncle who lent you the fishing boat? He really looks like a captain."
"He is the best captain." Arthur said proudly, but soon, he sighed with some regret and said, "In fact, my father was also a legendary captain when he was young, and even the entire East Coast echoed with Captain Curry's name..."
"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 stunned. He was a lucky captain who was popular at the time."
"But for some reason, he didn't go out to sea later. He stayed in Bludhaven and became a lighthouse keeper. Many crew members felt sorry for him. My uncle also advised him, but no matter what, he didn't want to go out to sea again. ()
Arthur looked forward. In the gaps between the dense rainforest, he could still see the blue sea. He said: "There is a legend of an old sailor who once followed him. He encountered a sea monster at sea and experienced a series of dangerous adventures before finally returning to shore. "
"They say he angered the Siren and was cursed by the Siren. From then on, he could never touch the sea again. I don't know if this is true, but I know 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. 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 should have been when I was very young. I don't remember her at all. "Arthur shook his head, and seemed unwilling to talk more. Schiller, who knew the truth, did not intend to remind him. After all, this was his private matter.
Of course, although I don't know what the attitude of Atlantis in this universe is towards humans, 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 can certainly. Even if there is a fish that unfortunately bites the Joker first and returns to the ocean, it won't be long before Atlantis becomes a gift from nature.
When the three of them moved the refrigerator and other supplies back to the cave, Oliver widened his eyes in surprise and said, "...Where are the passengers?"
Arthur put the refrigerator on the ground and said, "It was not the passenger plane that crashed, but the means of transportation I used to come to California. The pilot Hal wanted to fly this plane to find me, but unfortunately it crashed."
"Don't worry about it, let's see the gift of nature." Schiller walked to the side of the refrigerator and opened the door. He found that most of the things in the frozen layer had melted, but the things in the fresh layer were still well preserved.
The food in the frozen layer is mostly 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 if you want to extend the shelf life of meat, you must use a seasoning, that is, salt, but there is only a small can of salt in the food storage room of the plane, which is in a very common Western seasoning bottle. It is okay to sprinkle 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 seawater and freshwater on this island, which means that the most basic conditions for salt production are met. As long as they use the method of making salt from seawater, they can get salt to process 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 put forward 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 a seaside city, have not personally made salt from seawater.
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 were very limited. There was definitely no stove. There was only a stone pot and the stone slabs that had been made before, and there was no grill or a rack to support the stone pot.
Arthur sawed the wood he had brought back before, cut it into sticks, and built a simple rack to support it above the flame, so that the stone pot could be hung 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 food, so the leaves are very small and the coconut milk has no taste, but it is enough for cooking.
Schiller first used the metal saw to cut a hole in the coconut, then poured the coconut milk into the pot, found some dried mushrooms from the vegetables in the refrigerator, and threw the mushrooms in when the coconut milk was heated to about 50 or 60 degrees, then found a stone slab to cover the pot.
After cooking for about a minute, when the water began to boil, he took the pot away, poured out the water, threw in the chicken pieces cut with stones, cracked a few coconuts, poured in the coconut milk to blanch it, poured out the water, added coconut milk to cover the ingredients, and began to simmer.
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, and after frying the juice, chop the two ingredients, add the peeled tomatoes, chop them together and fry them.
Next, take out the shrimp heads and put them on the hot stone slab to fry the shrimp oil. Mix the shrimp oil with the sauce made before, and it will become 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 small shrimps 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 spread throughout the cave through the stone cover.
And the seafood sauce made by Hal is more fragrant, because the stone slab itself is not blocked, and 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 slab, waiting to feast on 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 obviously wanted to eat as soon as possible.
However, Schiller and Hal had never tried to cook in such an environment. The poor conditions aroused their passion for creation.
Schiller took out a few slices of bread and put 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 the bread slices.
After the bread slices were very broken, a small amount of coconut milk was added to mix and turned into a paste, then spread into a pancake shape and fried into pancakes. The beef was fried to about five minutes, and the onions and peppers were chopped and spread on the beef, and then rolled into the pancakes together with the cheese.
Because the pancakes are relatively small, they look more like dumplings than tacos, but because the dough made of bread cannot be pinched, it is more like a folded miniature pizza.
Seeing this scene, Hal knew that he had to show his skills. He took a piece of pork tenderloin and a piece of pork belly. He first fried the pork belly to extract oil, then cut the pork tenderloin into minced meat, fried it slightly with oil, and mixed it with the previous seafood sauce.
Take out a larger coconut, crack it open, cut off the upper part, keep the coconut milk inside, then put the dry Italian noodles in it and heat it on the fire under the stone slab.
The Italian noodles soften very quickly, and before the coconut shell is burned, the noodles are almost cooked. Stir-fry the cooked Italian noodles with seafood meat sauce, then take the four coconut shells used before, heat them slightly on the fire, put a small piece of butter at the bottom, divide the pasta into four portions and put them in, sprinkle with cheese, and the seafood meat sauce cheese coconut Italian noodles are ready.
Schiller saw this and knew he had to show his real skills. When he started to roll up his sleeves, Arthur, who was already dizzy with hunger, rushed up to stop him and said, "Professor, it's enough. This is not the Michelin competition site. Let's start eating..."
Schiller glanced at Hal who was very proud 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 thawed now. I will make a clay oven to show you what a real roast duck is..."
Oliver, who was lying on the ground, almost couldn't breathe. Arthur also lay on the ground. In addition to being helpless, he was really hungry and had no strength.
Half an hour later, Bruce, who found the cave by following the smoke, stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the two people who were almost fainted from hunger and the feast of food with doubts.
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