BEING A FARM GIRL

5. discuss cooking oil

the family still faithfully listened to Gayatri's explanation of the rare foods they had just learned of its existence and its benefits, including sweet potatoes that can not only be boiled but can also be fried. but the question in their heads, what is fry..??

for a lifetime they have never heard the word fried, let alone fried food. they only know with a system of boiled and boiled poached. there is no term baked, fried, or other. being curious about the fried word, Diran the older brother immediately asked Gayatri.

"Yes, what is fried deck..?" diran asked with a million curious in her heart. Gayatri again ditching, Is so outdated, until the word fried and fry only they do not know.

"The fried broth, like cooking fish in hot oil, will taste crunchier and tastier" Gayatri said. the presence that still did not understand only bothered his head as well as the two of their parents.

Gayatri, who realized that her brother still did not understand the explanation, asked her sister and her parents again.

"Is there oil here..??" ask Gayatri.

"There are children, but the oil is used only for traditional medicines and not anything else" said Mr. Senopati. according to them, the oil comes from the fatty meat that Gayatri meant.

"is that oil frying.??" asked them again because they were not satisfied to get an answer from the sister.A ambiguous question thrown by her brother Diran was successful in making Gayatri shake her head.

"Yes, sister, just like this.. Is there an old coconut here..??" gayatri asked again.again both his parents and his brother shook their heads.not because there was nothing, But because they did not know what a coconut was.

"hm.. Is that a coconut, son..?? for a long time Dad just heard his name." said Mr. Senopati with a stupid look did not understand.see his father's funny expression Gayatri chuckled. I'm running out of words to explain what coconut is and what it's fried.

"em... look at it well. later aya will prove or find the first coconut fruit, then later aya will show how to make cooking oil and how to fry. for now, the yam is ripe. But you want to say you want to sell the forest products we just looked for..??" said Gayatri again resuscitated the father with his initial intentions.

Gayatri immediately drained the sweet potatoes they had boiled earlier.Tri also moved some for his father to bring as his provisions on the trip.

soon Gayatri also prepared and placed the boiled yam on a plate and called her family to taste the food.

"dad, mother, sister.please eat.no need to worry this tastes good." said Gayatri while taking a piece of yam on the plate and put it in her mouth. both her parents and her brother who saw it were only able to gulp their saliva. They want to hear the speech or opinion of Gayatri first.

But because Gayatri ignored them and enjoyed her food, her family no longer waited for Gayatri to give a statement or ultimatum about this food. hesitantly the three of them took the pieces of yam that had been boiled down and put them directly into their mouths.

when the sweet potatoes greet their senses, the three suddenly round their eyes.how they think it tastes so sweet, but Gayatri did not mix anything but water and this sweet potato.

"Yes... Why is this sweet..?? Did you mix something deck..??" ask Diran to Gayatri. Gayatri smiled when she got a question from her sister.

"of course not Kak, the sweet taste is indeed directly from his own body." said Gayatri. while both their parents did not care about the small conversation of their children. they dissolve in the pleasure of sweet potatoes that they have boiled and eat it without stopping.Biran who saw both parents eat the sweet potato without ceasing to protest.

"dad, mother left it for Diran and sister."presence protest when he saw his parents eating the food without any concern. both parents who heard the boy's protest smiled shyly.

"hehehe.pardon my father and mother, son, it tastes very good and of course it is the first time we feel food like this. this fruit grows a lot in the forest but we do not know its efficacy and usefulness.If only we had known that this sweet potato can be eaten surely we will not starve." said Mr. Senopati.

"it will be cooked again. Dad seems to be in a hurry to go on sale before sunset" said Gayatri again. Gayatri did cook quite a lot because she knew that the time they left for the forest to look for foodstuffs they only ate the remaining food. so when Gayatri cooks yams as proof and experiments Gayatri instead cooks a lot, all for their lunch.

"Mother will also go to sell with dad.so brother and sister at home No need to go anywhere" said the lady diaswari. Mr. Senopati also agreed.since his children recovered from the leprosy, Mr. Senopati never once allowed his son in ran go with him shopping or selling to the market. He did not want the noble women to ask for and force their will on his son.

"yes, I also agree with your Mother's words.Bet brother and sister at home alone and do not go anywhere.wait for father and mother to come home." said Senopati.

Mr. Senopati and his lady diaswari have their own reasons for saying that their children do not need to go anywhere, because it is deep in their deepest hearts, he said, both of their children are eager to lighten their burdens.

"Well son then." said Mr. Senopati. after they finished tasting the boiled sweet potato, Mr. Senopati and the lady diaswari was immediately ready to go to the market selling their forest products.

Gayatri also helped her parents to bark at the rambutan fruit and tie it neatly so that the buyers and both parents did not bother looking for a place for the rambutan fruit. not only rambutan fruit litchi also follow them.

after both parents Gayatri felt enough and complete. They immediately went to sell to the market with the sun that was already overhead. Fortunately, the market was not in the city center.The small market was in a village not too far from where they lived. fortunately, the market is open from morning until late at night.

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after the departure of both of their parents. Gayatri also immediately looked at the brother who was still cleaning the furnace and some equipment they had just used earlier.

"Sister, accompany Gayatri to find coconuts. If it is not wrong around this area Gayatri saw there are coconut trees whose fruit has fallen." Gayatri said to her brother.badiran thought, really also what was uttered by his sister. it is better to search and find out what the coconut fruit is like. Iya also still curious about how to process cooking oil which he said can fry sweet potatoes.

"Alright but we do not for long yes deck, later Brother got scolded by mother." said bawahan. Diran actually half-heartedly agreed to his sister's invitation, but since Gayatri woke up from her long sleep, her nature completely changed.if her request was not approved or did not want to accompany Gayatri away, so Gayatri would happily go alone.of course as a brother would not let his sister go alone let alone go around the forest.

Gayatri who heard the words of the older brother also teased his older brother.

"yes yes, sister, Aya just found out that she was very afraid of being loved by her mother" said Gayatri quipped her brother. Diran was just pathetic lips without chiming in the words of her sister.

after he finished cleaning the place they used when tasting the sweet potato, Diran immediately took one basket that he had brought to the forest.

"let's go, brother is curious about the coconut fruit. Is the coconut fruit can also be eaten deck..??" ask Diran.

"of course you can, kak. coconut water is very has many benefits for the health of the body. the contents are also very good to eat when hot like this." said Gayatri which of course makes her brother more curious.

"Yes, let's find it." said Diran again.

no wait a long time They immediately went to look for coconuts. it turns out that the coconut fruit thrives around the area where they live.The proof is not far they left their hut that, they are, they immediately met a towering coconut tree with dense fruit. Gayatri was very happy to see that.

"look Brother !! we have found the coconut fruit." said Gayatri cheerfully. Diran immediately set his gaze in the direction pointed by his sister, how surprised to see a tree so high and soaring up into the sky. As far as the coconut fruit really does not have many benefits that are only ignored by them and even the locals who come hunting into this forest.

"are you sure this is the coconut tree deck..??" ask Diran with her stupid look. Gayatri did not care anymore, Iya immediately collected the coconuts that had fallen near the tree one by one. then asked the brother to help both peel the coconut skin.

"So let's peel the skin because if we take it with the skin, we will only get a little" Gayatri said again. Diran did not ask anymore, Iya immediately approached the sister and helped her sister to peel the coconut skin.

Gayatri who saw the many coconuts, he thought for a moment.it is unlikely they will finish peeling the skin of this coconut fruit without the help of other tools. moreover, the brother seemed to have difficulty opening and separating the coconut skin with his shell.

actually Gayatri has a coconut shell peeler in her dimension space, but it is impossible she took it out in front of her brother's eyes.maybe her brother will ask and surely Gayatri can not answer. Gayatri continued to think with her small brain.Suddenly, her head immediately crossed an idea.

"So please lend me a breaker for a while" said Gayatri while asking for a cleaver in the hands of her brother. Diran was immediately surprised it was impossible in the run to let her sister hold the hard object.

"for what, brother won't let you hold this hard object with your hand just say what you want." said Diran again. Gayatri sighed harshly.

" huf... then find Gayatri a sturdy wooden stick and sharpen or pointed at the end" said Gayatri, Diran kept looking for wood and made the ends of the wood as Gayatri had hoped.

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