In the cold Arctic Circle, Bifang sat in front of a campfire wrapped in musk ox fur, feeling the warmth of the flames that dispelled the severe cold. Every cell melted from the ice and was re-energized.
"Bonfire is one of the charms of outdoor activities. If it is built with the best wood, you can barbecue food on the bonfire in the forest."
"Many loggers like to build a second, smaller campfire for barbecues, but I don't think this is necessary, unless in a large campsite where a large amount of food must be prepared, the average camper can decide according to his or her own needs. After all, each camper has
Experimenting is an important part of the joy of living in the woods.”
Bi Fang's face was beaming with joy and his eyebrows were raised. All the audience could see that Fang Shen was very happy at this time. After all, he had put the existential crisis behind him.
After roughly flattening the upper and lower sides of the two pieces of firewood, Bifang placed them on the ground, with one end a palm's width apart and the other end half a meter apart, forming a trapezoid, which was a satisfactory outdoor cooking range.
At the same time, for safety, Bi Fang placed a few stones on the wider end, and placed some hardwood poles across the stones as barriers.
"If possible, you can put a heat reflector on the wide side, so that you can make full use of the heat instead of watching it wasted in the air."
"It also makes the barbecue very even and can be used in any weather. Bread, fish, game or other meats can be cooked well, and it is easy to operate. The small size of the equipment is enough for two or three people."
Although he didn't have anything, it didn't stop Bi Fang from introducing these things to the audience.
The bonfire is between the two logs, and the opening at the narrow end is very convenient for grilling and frying.
"If resources are abundant, slow-burning green trees can be used as substrate logs or end logs. For this purpose, it is best to use chestnut trees, red oak, gray walnut trees, red maples, persimmon trees, etc."
"These are hardwoods, and they are the best wood for cooking and heating because they burn slowly, they give off a lot of heat, and they burn into a pile of glowing coals."
Bi Fang picked through the flames and found a large piece of black charcoal, proving that what he said was true.
"Cork is easy to catch fire. Although it burns quickly and has a strong fire, it turns into ashes after burning."
【What is hardwood and what is softwood】
【Ah, isn’t this the literal meaning? 】
【What if there is any mystery? 】
"There's no mystery, it's just wood in the literal sense. Hard wood. If a knife can't scrape it off, it's hard wood. If it can be cut easily, it's soft wood."
Bi Fang gave a brief explanation. While making the wooden basin, he also introduced the related wood.
"Hickory is by far the best firewood in the north. It burns vigorously, burns for a long time, and forms large pieces of charcoal, which can provide uniform high heat for a long time."
"Second to hickory is chestnut; loggers also like to use basket oak, ironwood, dogwood, ash, etc."
"Among these trees, the ones that split easily are red oak, basket oak, white oak, ash, and birch. Some woods split easier when they are still wet than after drying, such as hickory, dogwood, beech, and sugar.
Maple, birch and elm.”
"The most difficult woods to split are elder, blue ash, cherry, sour gum, hemlock, sweet gum, and sycamore. Of the softer woods, birch is the best fuel, especially black birch,
It’s one of the few woods that burns well when it’s not dry.”
"The trunk bark of hemlock is easy to ignite and ignites quickly, and birch wood can catch fire quickly even if it is wet. Driftwood is a good fire starting material, and dry pine knots are excellent ignition materials."
"Of course, when there is less sap in the winter, dry wood will also burn better. Trees in high areas burn better than trees in humid low-lying areas. Hardwoods are more abundant in highlands, while softwoods are more abundant along rivers.
"
Most of the wood has never been heard of by many viewers, but Bi Fang explained it clearly. Whether it is the advantages and disadvantages or how to find it, he explained everything at his fingertips, leaving many people with relevant experience speechless.
From south to north, from soft to hard, from texture to use, it seems that there is nothing Bifang doesn't know. It seems that he can apply to become a professional woodcutter.
[Fang Shen is still the same Fang Shen, without any change]
[Another day of not listening carefully]
[If you learn nothing, you will learn nothing]
[To be a little embarrassed, I have never distinguished any tree species, let alone what their uses are. Just looking at them gives me a headache, let alone distinguishing them]
[Plus one, I probably know a Ginkgo?]
[If it grows on the roadside as a landscape tree, I know it, but if it is placed in the woods, I am not so sure (funny)]
Using two branches as a support, the wooden basin was placed on top. Bifang cut the frozen hard musk meat into meat rolls with a knife and immersed it in boiling water.
It is belly meat with a layer of snowflake fat. Unlike ordinary wild animals, most wild animals have mostly lean meat. Whether it is grilled or boiled, it is difficult to avoid the fate of dry wood.
But unlike the musk ox, which doesn't move very much and is high in fat, even the tenderloin with the least fat content is oily, not to mention the plump belly. Just looking at it can make people move their index fingers.
"If you are making lunch normally, just using low heat can provide enough heat to make soup and fried food."
"If you have an iron pot, just insert a branch with forks into the ground, place a green branch at the branch, put the other end on the ground and hold it down with a stone, and hang the pot on the protruding branch.
Just go on it.”
"But our conditions are limited. We don't have any iron tools on it, so we can only use tree branches."
The sharp dagger cut off a whole piece of meat. In the wooden basin, the pink beef was rising and falling under the boiling water, constantly entangled, inseparable, and emitting billowing heat.
As if he had smelled the delicious food, Erha in the woods took the lead and ran towards Bifang, followed by his second and third brothers, with long hair.
Bi Fang quickly protected the bonfire to prevent the three fools from hitting it, and then had to cut more musk meat so that these three guys could have a taste.
When the meat is cooked, Bi Fang picks up a big chopstick with wooden chopsticks without blowing it. After being exposed to the air for a while, the temperature is just at the delicious point where it is scalding but not scalding. He stuffs it into a big mouth and is so satisfied!
The three idiots also whimpered one after another. Bi Fang placed three pieces of bark on the ground, fished out the meat and put it on top, so that the three big guys could share the delicious food.
The way of eating it is like scalding mutton in a hot pot, which makes the audience envious.