Chapter 666 Gathering_2

This method could directly scorch the pig hair on the surface as well as the residual pig hair within the pores, and then only a tool was needed to clean the pigskin surface thoroughly.

After processing, the pigskin was cut into small strips, and at a ratio of one to five, put into cold water and brought to a boil over high heat; when the water in the pot began to boil, it was turned down to medium-low heat and simmered slowly. Once the gelatin had separated from the pigskin and dissolved into the water, the heat was reduced further to a gentle simmer to reduce the liquid.

By the time the proportion of pigskin to water in the pot had reached two to one or three to one, it was directly poured into a mold to cool, occasionally stirring with chopsticks in the beginning to prevent all the pigskin from settling at the bottom, as this would produce an aesthetically unpleasing aspic.