Liu Mang and the three of them boarded a small speedboat of Guwei and headed for Lake Michigan. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The road was sparkling, the water was rippling, and the wind on the lake was very comfortable.

"Mr. Gu Wei, aren't you fishing, why didn't I see the tools you brought?" asked Liu Mang curiously.

"Mang, you don't need tools at all, and you will know the horror of Asian carp in a while. Guvey replied.

"Really?"

The dinghy traveled on the large lake for more than twenty minutes, ready to turn into a small river more than thirty meters wide.

"Everyone, please put on your helmet and goggles, and be careful not to fall off the ropes on the boat. Coming to the mouth of the river, Guvi reminded.

"Mr. Goowe, we're just catching a few fish, so we don't need to be so cautious. Li Ruonan said with a smile.

"When the number of a creature reaches a certain level, there will be a qualitative change, and there are not a few people who are hit by Asian carp every year and break their bones. ”

"Yes, you'll find out later, it's scary. Jones was also a little nervous and put on his hard hat and goggles.

"Okay. Liu Mang was a little funny, he had been a chef for a few years, would he still be afraid that a few carp would not succeed? But he still put on his helmet and goggles as he said.

The boat entered the mouth of the river, and under the influence of the sound of the motor, a large fish of about two or three feet jumped out of the river and fell into the water with a 'pop'.

"That's a lot, indeed. Liu Mang nodded: "This is a tarpon, once it is frightened or lacks oxygen, it will swim in groups." ”

Before Liu Mang's words were finished, several big fish jumped out immediately. One of them flew straight over the side of the ship, over the heads of the crowd.

"Be careful, everyone!" shouted Guvey, increasing his speed and rushing into the river.

As the roar of the motor became louder and louder, the sound of 'crackling' water was endless, and countless large fish jumped up from the river, including many super big fish that were nearly a meter long.

"Oh my God, is there only fish left in this river except water?" Li Ruonan exclaimed.

"It's magnificent! Where is this river! There are more fish than in a fishpond!" Liu Mang was also amazed.

"Bang!" a grass carp more than three feet long sprang out from the side of the boat and slammed into Li Ruonan's helmet. Its strength was so great that Li Ruonan stumbled and almost fell into the river.

"Be careful!" Liu Mang hurriedly grabbed her arm.

Guvi was right, you don't need any tools to fish here, as long as you drive the boat into the river, there will naturally be big fish jumping on the boat.

In just a few minutes, seven or eight big fish in a panic fell into the cabin and jumped desperately on the deck.

"Mang, pick and choose. As he took control of the rudder, Guvi picked up one of the ship's iron hooks and plunged them into the heads of the big fish.

The further you go into the estuary, the narrower the river becomes, and the denser the carp becomes. And the strength of these big fish jumping up is not small, and they hit Liu Mang's face several times, and it hurts hotly.

It seems that it is indeed a wise choice for Guvi to ask everyone to wear helmets and goggles.

"That's enough, Mr. Goowe, let's go back!" Liu Mang said as he stood in front of Li Ruonan and Jones.

The deck is already full of fish, silver carp, grass carp, and carp, and the preliminary estimate is that they are hundreds of catties.

"Is enough to eat?" asked Grouvey.

"Enough!

So, everyone returned to the institute in a dinghy. There is a small building at the back of the institute, which is Guvey's private residence.

"Mang, how are you going to cook these Asian carp?" Gu Wei looked excited: "Is it still the same as last time?"

Liu Mang looked at the kitchenware and condiments in Gu Wei's kitchen, and frowned: "It should be difficult, Chinese cuisine can only be made with Chinese spices to make its taste, you don't have anything ...... now"

When you came to the United States, you brought a lot of things, including knives, stoves, various condiments, and so on...... A large container was loaded.

However, these things are consigned, and it is estimated that they are still waiting for inspection at U.S. customs.

"Ruonan, do they Americans particularly like to eat barbecue?" Liu Mang thought for a moment and asked.

"That's right, the American diet is dominated by grilling and frying, steaming and sautéing are very little, almost none. ”

"Alright then, I'll make today's dish the American way. ”

"Do you mean grilled fish?" Li Ruonan was a little strange: "But in this way, it can't reflect the characteristics of Chinese cuisine." ”

"It's okay, I'm going to add some techniques from Chinese cuisine and combine it with American barbecue to see if I can make something that meets the American taste. ”

"Well, I'm here to help, too. Li Ruonan took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves.

"Mr. Gu Wei, how long has it been since you cooked?, can such a knife still cut meat?" Liu Mang took out a long and sharp Western-style chef's knife from the knife holder in the kitchen, wiped the blade with his hand, and said with a smile.

"Uh...... I'm so busy! I usually order takeout. Gourvey was a little embarrassed.

Liu Mang then took out another sharpening rod and sharpened the blunt knife finely.

"Mr. Guwei, don't you have any vegetables here?" Liu Mang opened the refrigerator and found that there was nothing else except bread and beer.

"You'll be there. Gourvey was stunned and walked out with a basket.

After sharpening the knife quickly, Liu Mang took a grass carp of about four or five catties, first scraped off the scales to remove the internal organs, and then cut down from its tail and peeled off the skin of the fish.

"Oh, you're using the 'fried dace' method, right?" Seeing Liu Mang take off the whole skin of the grass carp, Li Ruonan understood.

"Well, that's right. Liu Mang nodded: "Foreigners don't like thorny fish, we have to cater to this habit, and the knife and fork are no better than our chopsticks, so it's not easy to pick fish bones at all." ”

'Pan-fried stuffed dace' is a traditional dish in Fengcheng, which belongs to the Cantonese cuisine. Roughly speaking, the fish is peeled from the bone spurs, and then very finely chopped water chestnut, shiitake mushrooms and tangerine peel are added, stirred with refined starch, and then repacked into the skin before cooking.

The shape of the finished fish is exactly the same as that of the real fish, but it is full of tender fish meat, and there is no fish bones, which saves people the trouble of spitting out the bones when they eat the fish.

"Mang, I'm back. Skinning two fish, Guvi walked in with a basket: "Fortunately, my neighbor is a good and hardworking man, and he has a lot of fresh vegetables in his vegetable patch. ”

"Yes! It's fresh. Liu Mang glanced into the basket.

There are quite a few vegetables in the basket, carrots, potatoes, lentils, celery...... And there are many herbs commonly used in the West, such as mint, basil and the like.