Chapter 148: The King of the Crab King
Johnson couldn't help but ask: "There are always all kinds of difficulties in life, when you are unhappy?"
"Then don't think about it!" Cai Lan said casually: "You can escape, eat and drink, in fact, it's good to escape, come back in a circle, and be very happy." ”
"In the sixties and seventies of the last century, when families were very poor, I saw a man in Suzhou passing by a pond, seeing duckweed, leaning over to fish it home, and raising it at home. In those difficult times, you can still find such a little fun, this is the aesthetics of life. ”
It dawned on Johnson that he had heard a saying: What is a true warrior?
is that after suffering countless tribulations,
You can also be brave enough to love life!
"Don't think highly of yourself, don't look like I've written dozens of books, and you walk around the bookstore and you'll find that you've only written one of them. ”
"Going to the British Library is even more scary, so it's not a big deal. Don't wonder if your work will last forever. A hundred years from now, who will know you?"
"Don't think too much about life, all the difficulties and troubles are thought out by yourself, and it's not a big deal to think about it!"
A few dishes were served on the table, chatting while eating, Johnson helped the other party fill the red wine again, and asked tentatively: "Do you still have your tour group now?"
"Yes, why not?" Cai Lan picked up a piece of fish, put it in his mouth, and said beautifully: "Next, I will go to the island country of Niigata, a place where rice is produced, to eat peaches." ”
"I used to work quite passively, and I went to eat everywhere in order to shoot a show. A lot of friends complained, why don't you take us to such a nice place?"
"In the end, I couldn't bring them one by one, so I just formed a tour group and took everyone to play from time to time. I'll let you know when I'm ready, and the benefit is that every penny is spent on travel and not advertising for people. ”
"Last year, I went to a place called Xiaoqiangu, and in winter the snow covered the mountains and couldn't go out, so the women used hemp to roll into ropes and weave cloth, and after weaving, they spread the cloth on the snow, and as soon as the cloth was spread, it was so thin and transparent, like cicada wings. It will not touch the skin on the body, it is very comfortable, and it costs about 70,000 or 80,000 yuan to make a piece of cloth into a garment. ”
Picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "And drinking, it's good to be happy, and being slightly drunk is the real happiness." Don't drink too much, too much, there are two things that are the heaviest in the world: one is books, and the other is a drunk woman. ”
"Drinking until you are fluttering and muttering is a happy thing. Don't chase wine, don't get dizzy, don't gag, don't disturb people, don't make noise, don't force people to drink, don't toast, don't guess, don't karaoke, don't repeat topics, ten is not alcohol. Drinking until you want to stop is the realm. ”
"You young people, remember to be punctual, keep your promises, try to be better than your older ones, and be filial. If you want to do better than others, you must sleep less than others, read more books and study, young people should not sleep too much, and you will have a coffin for you to sleep in when you are old. ”
"To be a good eater, you have to be curious. I tried everything, so my wife used to say that it would be easy to kill me, and that it would be good to poison something delicious. ”
"If you want to be a food critic, don't let people treat you first, and pay out of your own pocket to maintain fairness. Try to tell the truth, of course, there are still sympathy points, and a few more words of praise for the restaurant opened by a good friend, it doesn't hurt, don't be too outrageous......"
The more they chatted, the more enjoyable they became, because Johnson was a die-hard fan, and he liked food, Cai Lan was very happy, and a bottle of red wine quickly became delicious.
"Here, try the best crab!"
Cai Lan pointed to a large plate of crabs, his face was flushed, and he said excitedly: "Butter crabs are originally just a kind of blue crabs, and in the hot summer and high temperature season, mature cream crabs like to live on the shallows and enjoy sunbathing when they spawn. ”
"When the tide recedes, the sunlight raises the temperature of the shallow water, and the paste in the crab's body is broken down into red butter, which penetrates into all parts of the body, making the crab body a color between red and yellow. About one in 100 crabs has a chance to metamorphose into a butter crab, which we call the king of crabs. ”
"It's a pity that this is artificially cultivated, wild crabs are also known as sea butter, there are very few, and each five-star restaurant is at least two or three thousand, which can be met but not sought. ”
After speaking, he picked one up and introduced: "Butter crabs are divided into grades, and the industry is divided into first-hand, second-hand and anointing oil. The head and hand refer to the top butter crab, the crab oil is evenly melted, melts through the whole body, penetrates the joints of the crab, and each crab leg is evenly distributed, showing a full orange-yellow transparent shape. ”
"As long as the crab legs are broken, the butter drips, and the amount is very small, one in a hundred. Second-hand crab is a butter crab left over by the head hand, the oil color is red, the joints may not have oil, the oil fragrance and meat fragrance are not as good as the head hand, which is the kind we eat. ”
"Then it's the anointing crab, the oil is not completely dispersed, and there is a little red hard paste in the oil. The most important is the water and oil crab, which is completely watery oil, and the meat is less oily. ”
"First of all, put the crab in ice water and submerge the crab, if it doesn't freeze to death, it will struggle in the steamer, causing the crab to break. The top butter crab must be whole in its entirety, as long as there is a little bit of mutilation, the butter will run out of the gaps, and for butter crabs, steaming is the most perfect. ”
Signal SC Johnson to taste, open the crab cover with his hands, a special crab oil fragrance comes to the face, the crab is covered with a layer of yellow-orange-orange crab paste, take a deep breath, the oil is sweet and tender, delicious and unique.
Tear open the crab legs, the golden paste juice is fused with the meat, suck it with your mouth, and your mouth is full of rich crab paste, and your teeth and cheeks are fragrant......
Cai Lan finished eating one, licked the oil on his fingers, and said with satisfaction: "There is also a wonderful method, the secret Huadiao steamed butter crab." Add the eight-year-old Huadiao King under ice water to soak the crab and let the mellow aroma of the old wine penetrate the crab body. ”
"Steaming for 15 minutes, soft butter, golden and delicate, aged fragrant flowers, looming. At this moment, Jiangnan and Nanyue meet and between the teeth and cheeks. ”
Johnson is full of praise after eating, it is worthy of being recommended by idols, artificial breeding has been so amazing, if it is wild......
"Come, try this oil-soaked recipe. Cai Lan pointed to another dish that had just been served and said, "If I were to say where the best seafood is on Hong Kong Island, there would be only one answer: Liufu Mountain!"
"Fangli is a local specialty, the bigger the better, we call it the Fish Emperor. The method is very peculiar, peel the fish, and then quickly pass it directly in the hot oil pan. ”
"It's not even fried at a fast speed, it's like a glimpse of light, so the fish is very tender, and diners often use one word to evaluate the food, which is called melt-in-the-mouth?"
Johnson picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, immediately squinted his eyes, and raised his thumb, which is called the real melt in the mouth!
"Sea Dragon Emperor Soup, isn't it a very domineering name?" Cai Lan personally helped Johnson fill a bowl of soup, golden and attractive, and said with a smile: "Nine section shrimp, urine shrimp, big green shrimp, and finally add the most noble lobster, a few green vegetables boiled, how about the taste?"
"Steamed rat spots, this is the boss's signature dish. It tastes sweet, and when the fish is steamed is the most testing of kung fu. Preferably, the middle part of the fish is connected to the fish bones, if the fish bones are not glued to prove that they are old......"
"Scallop lotus leaf rice, halfway through the rice, stop and put it on the lotus leaf, with scallops, shrimp, shiitake mushrooms and other ingredients. Wrap it tightly in lotus leaves, then put it in the pot and start steaming......"
"Big red suckling pig, my favorite method, the layer of oil under the fat is all shaved off, leaving only the thinnest piece of pork skin, which is fat and thin pork belly, and each skin tastes crispy and fragrant......"
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