Chapter 89

Turning wheat into flour.

A light brown powder, rather than the familiar white.

I'm quite anxious about whether this will work as wheat.

Well, I'll give it a try.

For bread making, natural yeast is needed.

Usually, it's purchased from a store, but there's none here.

So, I have to make it from wheat flour.

I'm glad I helped my sister, who got hooked on bread making.

For some reason, I was called the "yeast person" and had to make various types of yeast.

Well, as a form of payment for helping...

It's nostalgic.

Two silver spoons of the same size from silver ore.

One red bottle prepared and everything is ready.

I sprayed everything with a cleaning agent, took one spoonful of wheat flour, and put it in the red bottle.

Then, I added one spoonful of water, mixed it, and sealed the bottle, storing it at room temperature.

After 24 hours, I added two spoonfuls of wheat flour and two spoonfuls of water, mixed it again, and stored it at room temperature for another 24 hours.

I can see bubbles forming.

So far, so good.

I'll continue to ferment it while increasing the amount.

Next, I'll mix four spoonfuls of wheat flour with slightly less than four spoonfuls of water.

I'll put it in the refrigerator and check the fermentation status.

After three days, I'll add four spoonfuls of wheat flour and a little less than four spoonfuls of water, mix it, and store it in the refrigerator.

I'll repeat this process a few times, and when the bottle is about 80% full, I'll check the fermentation status.

When it has a fermented smell and a fluffy texture, the starter will be complete.

Fermentation in this world is faster than in Japan, so I need to check it daily at first.

By the way, there's a one-eyed creature next to me. What is it?

...

While making the natural yeast, I remembered one concern.

I don't have a scale.

It's essential for making bread.

A balance scale might work as a substitute.

It won't measure precise amounts, but it should be able to measure multiples.

I made a balance scale.

I adjusted the weights on both sides of the balance scale using universal rocks to make them equal.

I made a few more of the same items and split one of them in half, then adjusted the balance scale to make it exactly half.

I repeated this process to create the parts of the balance scale.

Now, I can roughly measure 1/2 and 1/4.

I feel like I've made progress.

The one-eyed creature is still next to me, which is a bit scary.

After confirming that everything is ready, I realized something important is missing.

I don't have a tool to bake!

I was surprised that I forgot this.

I've seen pizza ovens on TV; they should work for bread too.

First, I need to decide where to set it up.

Since charcoal rock doesn't produce smoke, it should be okay inside the house, right?

Hmm, I'm a bit worried. Maybe I'll put it on the wooden deck and see how it goes.

If it works well, I want to build it inside the house.

The current kitchen is in the style of a Japanese system kitchen.

I make large pot dishes on the outdoor barbecue grill.

Maybe I should consider remodeling the kitchen, but I'll think about it later.

I decided to build it next to the five large barbecue grills.

To prevent heat from directly transferring to the wooden deck, I'll make a base from gold ore.

I think a larger size would be better, so I'll make it about 1 meter wide and 1.3 meters deep.

It should be fine.

I'll process the rock to the same size as the gold ore, with a height slightly below my waist, and use it as the base.

The pizza ovens I've seen on TV are dome-shaped, so I'll make it dome-shaped.

I'll process the rock into a dome shape and place it on the base I made.

I'll use magic to blend the rocks together to complete it!

I'll perform a test bake.

I'll heat the charcoal rock and place it in the back of the oven.

I'll try grilling some meat as a test.

It's delicious.

It has a different kind of deliciousness compared to barbecue.

It was well-received... I made about five pizza ovens.

It should be enough.