The reason why sweet potatoes are not suitable as a staple food is mainly because they are rich in dietary fiber, and it is easy to fart if you eat too much.

Just imagine, if everyone in the world ate sweet potatoes every day, then basically every city would be shrouded in stinky farts.

It's scary just thinking about it.

Therefore, sweet potatoes are only suitable as a temporary food, not as a staple food.

Liu Che didn't know this, but said with some disappointment: "Mr. Tang is right. Since this sweet potato is the food of Xiandao, it must be very precious. The yield per mu is low, so it is naturally difficult to promote it as a staple food in the world!"

Tang Qi rolled his eyes and said: "Who told you that the yield per mu of this thing is low? Just the wasteland on the island can easily produce five or six thousand kilograms!"

"Five...five or six thousand catties?"

Liu Che's eyes widened for a moment, and he felt that his three views had been subverted.

Just before, one rice plant per mu produced 5,000 to 6,000 jins of rice. Now, one mu of sweet potatoes produced 5,000 to 6,000 jins of sweet potatoes. This is simply a fantasy.

How can such a high yield per mu of grain be produced in two varieties at once?

"Mr. Tang, are you looking for fun with me?"

Liu Che asked Tang Qi with a resentful expression.

Tang Qi curled his lips and said: "How can I have time to entertain you? Sweet potatoes are so high-yielding! It just so happens that the sweet potatoes in this field are all ripe. You and Lao Wei can pick an acre of land and weigh it yourself. It's less than

If it’s five thousand pounds, I’ll take off your head and play it as a ball for you!”

People in ancient times were relatively honest.

When Liu Che heard that Tang Qi had sworn such a strong oath, he immediately believed it.

"If...if that's the case, this acre of sweet potatoes can feed dozens of people!"

Liu Che's mouth trembled with excitement.

At this time, Wei Qing said: "Mr. Tang, these sweet potatoes are so high-yielding, is it difficult to grow them? Do they require high land requirements?"

Liu Che also reacted and quickly asked: "Yes, Mr. Tang, are these sweet potatoes easy to grow?"

Tang Qi couldn't help but laugh and said: "You two really lack common sense. Sweet potatoes are almost the best food to grow in the world. They have extremely strong adaptability and are much better than rice."

Rice cultivation requires a lot of water and has high requirements on land fertility, but sweet potatoes can grow on any piece of rotten land!"

"It's such a good thing. If it can be promoted, it will benefit the world. No Han people will starve to death anymore, and I can leave my name in history, hahaha!"

Liu Che's eyes sparkled, he held a sweet potato in his hand and almost kissed it.

"Okay!"

Tang Qi waved his hand and said: "Don't waste time, pick more sweet potatoes quickly, and I will make shredded sweet potatoes for you when you get back!"

As a person who had been alone for a long time, Tang Qi was still very excited to suddenly see three people of the same kind, and he couldn't wait to show off all the delicious food he knew how to cook.

Liu Che was also a foodie. When he heard Tang Qi say this, he immediately nodded in agreement and ran to the fields to pick sweet potatoes.

Wei Qing and Wei Zifu naturally followed the emperor to the ground.

Tang Qi was the only one who stood by the side of the road with no intention of going down to the ground.

If Tang Qi smoked another cigarette, he would look like a working supervisor.

About two minutes later, Liu Che and the others picked eight or nine kilograms of sweet potatoes, hugged them in their arms, and happily followed Tang Qi back to the cabin.

Tang Qi washed the sweet potatoes, peeled them and cut them into pieces, then prepared to make shredded sweet potatoes.

Shredded sweet potatoes are considered to be the sweet beets in Shandong cuisine. Because of their sweetness and deliciousness, and the low price of sweet potatoes, this dish gradually spread throughout China and became a home-cooked dish.

Tang Qi himself liked this dish very much and was very good at making it.

The first step in making shredded sweet potatoes is to fry them.

Tang Qi first burned half a pot of oil, and when the oil was hot enough, he threw the sweet potatoes cut into pieces into the oil pot.

The sound of sizzling is accompanied by the steaming hot air, and a faint aroma of fried food arises spontaneously.

Sweet potatoes need to be fried over low heat so that the surface of the sweet potato pieces becomes crispy and golden.

Fry until the inside is about 60% ripe, then the sweet potato pieces can be taken out and drained of oil.

If you fry it again, the shell will be a little burnt, which will affect the taste.

Next, it’s time to boil the syrup.

Boiling syrup is actually a very particular matter. There are dry boiling, water boiling, oil boiling, oil and water boiling, etc. It tests the skill of the chef.

Among them, oil-based slurry is the most complicated, and the color of the syrup produced is also more beautiful, and the drawing effect is also stronger.

Tang Qi is not a professional hotel chef, and Liu Che and the other three are not hotel guests, so there is no need to torture themselves with the art of making oil and slurry.

Tang Qi directly took another pot, added some water to the pot, and then added sugar to it.

The sugar is ordinary cane sugar, which is sweet but not greasy, and is perfect for making carrots.

The sucrose quickly melted into the water over a low fire, causing small bubbles to pop up.

Tang Qi kept stirring the sugar water in the pot. Gradually, the sugar water became thicker and became slightly yellow in color.

The air is filled with sweet smell.

Liu Che just smelled this smell and couldn't hold back his saliva.

Food in the Han Dynasty was really scarce.

Even Liu Che, the emperor, had never eaten anything good, and now he was just craving for syrup.

When Tang Qi heard the sound of Liu Che swallowing his saliva, he couldn't help but smile. He turned to look at Liu Che and said, "Old Liu, you are playing an emperor after all. Can't you be more reserved? I can make you hungry even if I boil syrup?"

Liu Che suddenly blushed with embarrassment and stammered: "I...I just feel a little thirsty, not greedy!"

Tang Qi was too lazy to make any more jokes about Liu Che and continued to boil the syrup.

Soon, the syrup will be ready.

Tang Qi threw the previously fried sweet potato pieces into the pot and stir-fried them vigorously to coat every piece of sweet potato with syrup as much as possible.

This process is also quite a test for the chef.

You can neither use too much force nor not use too much force.

Too much force will damage the outer shell of the sweet potato cubes, and if you don't exert enough force, the sweet potato cubes will heat unevenly.

Fortunately, Tang Qi has practiced it many times and is very familiar with the stir-frying step.

The sweet aroma became more and more intense, and it kept drifting into the noses of Liu Che and the others.

Liu Che's mouth started to drool again.

"As expected of Mr. Tang, the dishes he makes are so tempting. I feel like I can eat three big bowls!"

Liu Che murmured to himself, not caring about hiding his greed.

Just at this time, the shredded sweet potatoes are also ready.

Tang Qi took the slippery carrots out of the pot and stacked them layer by layer on the stoneware plate.

The golden sweet potato pieces are piled together, and the heat is difficult to dissipate for a while. The syrup has not yet solidified and flows slowly on the surface of the sweet potato pieces.

During the process of fishing it out, the thread drawing has already begun.

The golden sugar strands are gradually stretched and thinned, and finally become as slender as hair.
Chapter completed!