Chapter 37: Clams
After watching the coconut meat he pried was destroyed by Mina and the others at a speed visible to the naked eye, Ye Luo had to reopen a coconut, pry out the meat inside and hand it to them, while he sat on the chair and drank a sip of sweet and refreshing coconut water from time to time, while watching them eat the coconut meat.
The three coconut leaves did not eat a single piece, so they all let Mina and the others eat it.
It's not that he doesn't want to eat it, it's not that he doesn't like it, it's that he has eaten a lot in his previous life and knows what it tastes like, plus he is embarrassed to rob a woman as a man.
What's more, Ye Luo subconsciously regarded the three daughters of Mina as his own women, and the delicious things naturally had to be left to his own women, right?
Besides, there are more than a dozen of them in the bag, and he can get them himself whenever he wants to eat them.
After watching the last piece of coconut meat being eliminated by Mina and the others, Ye Luo said with a smile: "I opened three coconuts, and you basically ate one by one, it seems that I don't have to cook at night." ”
"Cut. ”
Lavini cut a sigh and said angrily: "You underestimate us too much, even if you open a few more, we can eat it, and besides, if you can't eat coconut meat, it's easy to digest." ”
"No, if you don't cook dinner, then won't we be hungry at night?"
After Ye Luo took a sip of coconut water, he said, "Just kidding, I went to the lake behind the hillside to catch some freshwater shrimp, and they are almost as big as lobsters, enough for us to eat." ”
There are more than 20 freshwater shrimp about 20 centimeters in size, and the weight of each one is about 1 to 2 catties.
The leaves fall naturally clearly, these freshwater shrimp are no better than lobsters.
The lobster seems to be large, but the meat is not much, and the main weight is in its shell.
Freshwater shrimp, on the other hand, does not have a harder and heavier shell than a lobster, and naturally has more meat than a lobster.
Lavigny looked suspicious, "You're not lying to us, are you? I've never heard of a freshwater shrimp as big as a lobster." ”
Mina and Sfut didn't say anything, but they both had disbelief on their faces, they thought Ye Luo was lying.
Ye Luo sighed, pointed in the direction of the kitchen and said, "I'll put the freshwater shrimp in the wooden barrel in the kitchen, don't you believe you go and see it yourself, don't you know if I lied to you?"
As soon as the words fell.
The three Mina girls instantly ran into the kitchen.
Soon.
Their exclamations could be heard from the kitchen.
"Wow, it's really big!"
"Oh my God, how can there be such a big freshwater shrimp, it's almost the size of the lobster. ”
"It turns out that Ye Luo really didn't lie to us, it's too big!"
"You say, are we going to eat this at night?"
"Yes, didn't Ye Luo say it just now?"
"Great, I really want to taste such a big freshwater shrimp quickly. ”
“......”
Listening to the exclamations coming from the kitchen, a smile appeared on Ye Luo's face, and as he expected, Mina was as shocked as he was when he first saw freshwater shrimp.
It is rare to see freshwater shrimp of this size in the market, even if they are farmed.
The freshwater shrimp farmed are generally about seven or eight centimeters in size and can be caught and sold.
Normally, the price of freshwater shrimp is seven or eight centimeters, and the price of nine or ten centimeters is sometimes several pieces different from a catty, and a pound of more than ten centimeters will cost thirty or forty yuan.
This is still the usual price, and if it is the kind of holiday, even if the price is doubled, there are people rushing to ask for it.
The bigger the price, the more expensive it is, and this doesn't apply to everything.
But it is undoubtedly very suitable for seafood products, even vegetables and fruits.
In fact, the market is basically artificially farmed, and if it is wild, even if the size is small, the price will definitely be much more expensive than the farmed, if it is the same volume, its price will not be surprising.
Although the shrimp caught by Ye Luo were caught in the Crescent Lake, he could easily tell that both freshwater shrimp belonged to the wild.
Wild prawns grow in rivers without restrictions, shrimp whiskers are long, male shrimp yellow, female shrimp green, shrimp whiskers can have 2-3 times their body, because they need to find food and escape from natural predators, they are generally not too big, and those who are big basically live for a long time.
In contrast, the whiskers of farmed shrimp are much shorter than those of wild shrimp of the same size.
Because the freshwater shrimp are basically in the shrimp pond, and the shrimp pond is so big, the freshwater shrimp are still small when they are small, but once they are big, they are naturally small.
In fact, many domestic animals come from the wild, such as pigs, chickens, cows, and sheep, which became domesticated by humans a few years ago.
Nowadays, more and more wild animals are domesticated, such as wild boars, foxes, beaver rats, civets, baby fish, loaches, yellow eels, snakes, etc., and have become a delicacy on people's tables.
There are also some people who go out of nature to kill wild animals and open game restaurants, but their quality and safety cannot be guaranteed, because wild animals have many parasites, viruses and bacteria in their bodies, and if they cannot be removed or cooked, they will be transmitted to humans.
SARA was transmitted from civet cats to humans, as a case in point.
In addition, some so-called native chickens and natural grazing are not necessarily like that, and they also need to be distinguished.
Therefore, although wild meat is good, it may not be safe, and some are illegal!
Wild animals grow slowly, so the flavor of the meat is better, and eating wild grass has a natural aroma.
Domestic animals eat too many feed additives and veterinary drugs to stimulate their growth, a pig, less than 6 months can grow to 180 pounds, so the taste is not as delicious as before.
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"Well, I didn't lie to you. ”
Looking at the three girls who came out of the kitchen, Ye Luo said with a smile.
Lavigne walked to the place where she was sitting and sat down, there was still a trace of shock on her pretty face, and she said, "I've seen all those freshwater shrimp, they are not only big but also thick, and their bodies are almost up to my arms." ”
"Hearing you say that, I compared it, and it's really about the same. Ye Luo nodded, he looked at the arm of the third girl, and then made a comparison between his mind and the body of the freshwater shrimp, saying that it was as big as the arm was somewhat exaggerated, but at least two-thirds more than there was definitely one.
"Freshwater shrimp are almost the same size as lobsters, so what about the meat compared to lobsters?"
"Hmmm......"
Ye Luo thought about it carefully and said, "If it is the same head, the meat of freshwater shrimp will definitely be more than that of lobster." ”
"Why?" Mina wondered.
Ye Luo explained with a smile: "Lobsters and freshwater shrimp can be easily distinguished from the appearance, generally speaking, lobsters are more expensive than freshwater shrimp in price, and they are much heavier in weight, and the taste and texture are even more so. But there is no doubt that freshwater shrimp must have more meat than lobster meat for the same volume. ”
"The lobster seems to be mostly on its shell, but the freshwater shrimp is far less than the lobster's shell, and the meat is naturally more than the lobster's meat. However, the taste is not easy to evaluate, one is in fresh water, the other is in salt water, and it can only be decided by personal taste. ”
In his opinion, the two have their own advantages and disadvantages, and they are completely different in nature, the taste of lobster meat is not only tender, smooth, Q bomb, but also chewy, while the meat of freshwater shrimp is relatively hard and woody, if in terms of taste, then the lobster must be more delicious.
At this time, Lavigni suddenly said with an embarrassed face: "Well, can you cook one more when you make those freshwater shrimps, I don't think one is enough for me to eat." ”
"No problem, as long as you can eat, even if it's three, or four. Ye Luo responded with a smile, looking at the two daughters of Mina and Sft, who also looked speechless, Ye Luo cried and laughed: "Don't worry, I won't forget the two of you, I will make ten good at night, on average, there are two for one person, and the rest depends on which of you can eat, and if you can't eat, you can leave it to me to eat." ”
Hearing this, Mina and Sfut suddenly showed relieved expressions, and then they came to Lavigny's side, and the three of them chatted and laughed, directly treating Ye Luo as an invisible person.
Ye Luo didn't care about such a scene, and he didn't have time to chat with them anyway.
It suddenly occurred to him just now that there is no place where food can compare to the sea, and basically most of the seafood comes from the sea.
It's impossible to let him go to the sea to catch fish, but it's okay to let him go to the beach to find clams or clams or something like that.
In order to verify his guess in his heart, and at the same time to better complete the task, Ye Luo said to the three daughters of Lavigny, and then took a bag and went out.
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About twenty minutes later, Ye Luo came to the beach.
I walked straight to the place where it met the sea and squatted, stretching my hands out of the sand and groping for it.
It didn't take long for Ye Luo to feel the strangeness coming from his hand, and he hurriedly held the thing in his hand and cleaned it while the sea water was surging.
When he saw what was in his hand clearly, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile.
Really.
He guessed yes, there were clams here.
Clams.
It is a general name for edible bivalve shellfish, also known as clams, clams, clams, Shih Tzu tongue, mussels, and flower nails.
Of the 12,000 known species, about 500 are freshwater and the rest are marine. Usually inhabits sandy or muddy bottoms.
After Ye Luo threw the clams into the plastic bag, because his hands were going to reach into the sand, the bag would be taken away by the waves on the beach, and he had no choice but to hold it with his lips first, anyway, now the clams are only one and not heavy, and when the clams are a little more on the beach, they are not afraid of being taken away by the waves.
After a while, one after another, the clams were let out of the sand, washed and put into the bag.
At this moment, the bag that had already filled a small half bag directly let Ye Luo throw it on the beach, because it contained the clams, and did not let the waves take it away, while Ye Luo continued to squat and catch the clams.
What made Ye Luo so attentive was that he found that there were many types of clams he caught, including the more common flower clams, oil clams, and white clams on the market, and the relatively rare round clams, strict clams, and goddess clams also picked up a lot.
It wasn't until the bag was finally full and could no longer fit that he stopped and went home with a bag full of all kinds of clams.