Chapter 16 Cooking
Alfonsino is red all over and has a pair of eye-catching big eyes, which looks particularly festive and cute. Because of its adorable appearance and delicious taste, alfonson have also become a popular high-end ingredient on the festive table.
There are many ways to cook alfonsino if the ingredients are fresh enough. Sashimi is definitely the best choice. It's just that this is quite a strict requirement for the chef's knife work. But for Reina, who grew up in a fishing village and took on the responsibility of taking care of her father, this is not a particularly difficult thing.
Running water from the pipes washed over the wooden boards, and Reina picked up the alfonsino and gently hung the scales with her knife. The scales that had been scraped off were carried off the board by the running water. After processing the scales, the water in the Reina River opened up a little more, and the impact of the water washed away the scales on the board and on the alfonsino snapper.
After disposing of the scales, Reina turned on the faucet a little smaller, and then used a clean towel to clean up the water left on the board and the fish.
Reina held the fish with one hand, and then carefully picked open the gills of the alfonsino with a knife. Immediately afterward, she carefully slashed the inside with a sharp knife, and then the gills were successfully removed.
Reina used the same method to treat the gills on the other side, then rinsed away the remaining blood from the board with a stream of water. She used her knife to cut the flesh attached to the fish's head. Then press the blade of the knife on the junction of the fish bone, and gently pat the back of the knife with your hand, and the connection between the head and the body of the fish is cut off by the sharp knife.
Reina put aside the cleaned head and continued to process the alfonsino. Reina gently sliced with a knife along the midline of the fisherman's abdomen, and then removed the internal organs of the abdomen with her hands. Since there is no valuable roe in the internal organs. These internal organs lose their value to be used again.
After cleaning the blood from the fish's belly, Reina made two more incisions along the sides of the fish's back. This is a clever way to avoid the bones on the back, while maximizing the taste of alfonsino.
Seeing Reina skillfully dismantling this alfonsino, Akemi, who had been standing outside the camera and observing Reina's movements, couldn't help but feel a sense of admiration that she had never felt before. Akemi, who came from a wealthy background, is no stranger to the deliciousness of alfonsino seaf. But she had never seen how to break down a alfonsino from a distance. Although it looked a little bloody, Reina's smooth movements made her feel a sense of fluidity in her technique. It was a feeling that made Akemi suddenly seem to have finally captured some inspiration for Mizushima Ikumi's performance. At this moment, she felt that it seemed to be Ikumi herself standing in front of her.
"It turns out that Superintendent Mizukawa let this girl join the crew for such a purpose?"
Suddenly, Akemi suddenly understood the good intentions of Superintendent Mizukawa. Because of the relationship between her living environment, Akemi has always had an insurmountable sense of alienation from the Mizushima Ikumi she played. And now, the girl standing in front of her allows her to capture the feeling of the character of Mizushima Ikumi. This may be the intention of the Mizukawa overseer. Having a girl with a similar life experience to Ikumi join the crew would give Akemi's performance a more specific object to imitate.
Reina deftly shaved a large piece of fish flesh off the bones. The fish bone that was separated from the flesh of the fish was cut off by Reina and put aside again. Until now, all that had to be disposed of were the two pieces of fish that had been left behind. Reina cut off the fins and threw them into the pool, and then she cut off the bones in the belly of the fish. By this time, all the bones on the two pieces of fish had been processed.
Reina turned on the water again, cleaning the cutting board and the flesh, as well as the head and bones that would be needed later. After all the ingredients to be used were cleaned, Rena wiped the water from the two slices of fish. The fish was then moved to another clean cutting board.
Both of these slices of fish will be made into sashimi. However, because of the difference in taste, it has to be processed again. Reina cut off two pieces of fish close to the back of the fish. Next, the thick knife is used to cut the tight back of the fish into sashimi slices. The fish with the stomach wrapped in gutta is rich in fat, so thinly sliced alfed alfonsino is the best way to express the deliciousness of alfonsino seabream.
Akemi watched as Reina expertly sliced the fish into thin sashimi and then placed it on a cold plating. The sashimi with a tight back and the sashimi with a fat belly are carefully separated. The fish head is placed at one end of the plate, and the surrounding area of the plate is dotted with lemons to accompany the meal.
“cut!”
Superintendent Mizukawa stood up from behind the monitor with a smile on his face that he hadn't seen in a long time. The filming process just now was simply done in one go. This is a feeling that Superintendent Mizukawa has not experienced for a long time.
"Reina-chan, you're doing well!"
Kanako, who had been standing outside waiting for the end of the shooting, also hurried to Reina after the filming was over. This drama is Kanako's brainchild, and because of the problems in Akemi's performance, Kanako has encountered several times that she could not shoot and had to revise the script.
"Thank you, Kanako-san!"
Reina wiped off the water stains on her hands, then changed the towel to the staff who came to clean up, and bowed to thank each other before rushing to Kanako's side.
"Reina-chan, I really didn't expect you to be so skilled in handling sea bream......"
"I was a little nervous at first, but then I forgot that it was a shoot. ”
"Oh, is it any wonder that Reina-chan is so good at cooking, and she often handles alfonsino sashimi?"
"Of course, alfonsino is such a valuable ingredient as rare to be found, but mackerel is the most processed. But since it's sashimi, it's not so rusty to deal with......"
"So, can you give me a taste of these made sashimi?"
Just when Reina and Kanako were chatting, Akemi didn't know when she came to the two of them, and then asked Reina with some restraint.
"Of course, please give me some advice!"
Reina didn't expect Akemi to take the initiative to come over to say hello, and for a moment she even had a feeling of flattery. After greeting each other, Rena brought Kanako and Akemi to a table, then brought the sashimi she had just made to the table, and brought wasabi and soy sauce to the two of them.
"Please tell me truthfully how it tastes, even if it doesn't taste good......"
Reina said sincerely to the two.