Returning to the camp with a large pile of python meat, the water in the aluminum pot had already boiled, Liu Danqing didn't care about it first, let him boil for a while, took out a wooden bowl with a knife and handed it to Xiao Weiwei, and said: "Weiwei, I'll give you a task, go to the chili sauce, and then smear it on the python meat, is there any problem, don't cry your nose." ”

Xiao Weiwei is a native of the magic capital, although there is no problem with eating sauerkraut fish on weekdays, but what they order is slightly spicy, although the red pepper of this rice country is not ranked as spicy, but after all, it is still pure chili pepper.

Xiao Weiwei raised her proud head and replied, "It's a trivial matter, no problem, leave it to me." ”

handed over the work to Xiao Weiwei to the chili sauce, and Liu Danqing began to make wooden bowls again.

You have to make a wooden bowl for this camp, and Liu Danqing is really hard enough, but it can't be helped, these wooden bowls are thick and stupid, and they are not easy to carry.

As for making the wooden bowls light and delicate, with that effort, all ten wooden bowls were done.

Two wooden bowls were processed again, Liu Danqing picked up the aluminum pot with banana leaves, poured the boiling water into the wooden bowl to cool, and took the aluminum pot to the small pond and took most of the pot of boiling water.

Back at the camp, Liu Danqing began to introduce the menu he had prepared today.

"Today, I'm going to make one dish and one soup. The dish is a spicy roasted Burmese python, the soup is a Burmese python broth, well, I'm talking nonsense, what else can we do besides the Burmese python, hehe. ”

"Let's not talk about the spicy roasted Burmese python first, it's very simple, it's a python meat smeared with chili sauce and roasted on the fire. And the Burmese python broth is exquisite. ”

"Now, I'm going to blanch the python meat in boiling water, because there are no fishy things like ginger and green onions, so I'm going to put some American palmetto fruits in the water, and I'm going to put them in there. ”

"Blanching meat is to remove the fishy smell in it, and one thing you must pay attention to at this time is that you can't wait for the water to boil before putting the meat, you should put the meat down when the water is cold. ”

"The audience may have some questions now, that is, I once said that the fruit of the American palmetto inhibits estrogen, which is not good for Weiwei's body, why do I use them now, in fact, it has something to do with those kudzu. ”

"While waiting for the water to boil, I want to peel and cut these kudzu roots, which are rich in isoflavones, which are a natural phytoestrogens, which can regulate the body's endocrine, for those with low estrogen levels, it is manifested as an estrogen-like replacement supplement, and for those with high estrogen levels, it is manifested as anti-estrogen-like activity. ”

"So the people of Dongying are very fond of kudzu, they once wanted to buy a large number of wild kudzu from the country, but they were stopped by the government of the country, which thought that this kind of business practice might increase the value of the kudzu, so that people began to protect the kudzu, resulting in the destruction of the original ecology of the country. ”

"The taste of kudzu is slightly sweet, slightly bitter, with a hint of ginseng, which can enrich the taste of python soup and replenish carbohydrates for us. ”

After cutting the kudzu root and putting it together with the young stalks of the American palmetto, Liu Danqing put part of the snake meat that Xiao Weiwei had smeared with chili sauce on the first layer of the grill, and then put part of it on the second layer of the grill, roasted it first, and said: "Let's roast the snake meat for a while, and when the snake broth is cooked for a while, we will take down the roasted snake meat and continue to spread some chili sauce." ”

"Okay, now that the water is boiling, you can see that some white foam has appeared in the aluminum pot, these are the most fishy things in snake meat, let it cook for a while, and the fishy smell will come out a little more. ”

After waiting for a while, Liu Danqing still used palm leaves, picked up the aluminum pot, poured out the boiling water inside, put the kudzu root and the tubers of the American palmetto into it, and carried it to the small pond together.

After saving some water and cleaning all the ingredients inside, Liu Danqing pulled some water again, returned to the fire with the aluminum pot, put a few large pieces of firewood in the fire, and then put the aluminum pot on it.

After taking a few red peppers and pulling them off, and putting them in the pot, Liu Danqing said: "Weiwei, you are here to watch these, turn over the roasted snake section in a while, and I will cut down some small trees and come back to build our shelter." ”

"Okay, you go, by the way, Qingqing, the water will boil in a while, and it doesn't matter if the water vapor steam onto the snake meat?"

"It's okay, a little water vapor can steam it up, and it can also make the pepper taste better, don't worry. ”

After Liu Danqing answered Xiao Weiwei, he took his mountain knife and walked to the forest next to him.

"You see, there are mainly pine trees here, which is what our country calls Dough fir, these are the coast Douglas fir, which is a very good building material, with excellent strength-to-weight ratio, wear resistance, and easy to process. ”

"Today, we are going to use them to build our shelter, although it is a bit overkill, but it is also a pleasure to fall asleep at night smelling the faint rosin. And these pines are also easy to cut, after all, they are a type of cork. ”

Seventeen or eighteen arm-thick Douglas pines were cut down at a very fast pace, and Liu Danqing did not prune the branches, but dragged them back to the camp two at a time.

While cutting down the branches, Liu Danqing explained: "These Douglas fir trees, the whole tree can come in handy, the trunk can be used as a building material, build shelter, and these branches with leaves can be used to smoke python meat, so that the smoked python meat, with a light rosin fragrance, is more delicious." ”

"Now our python soup has been boiled, but don't worry about it, let it cook for a while, boiling the pot is good for removing the fishy smell in the food, but it will make the meat look older, and now we have nothing to use as a lid to put it on, so we can only hope that the meat of the python can resist this boiling pot. ”

Looking back, Liu Danqing first cut off a section about two meters long at the bottom of the Douglas fir trunk, and Liu Danqing used three cut off trunks of about 1.5 meters to put them on the ground first, and then put the two-meter-long trunks horizontally one by one.

"I am still the first to build our bed, in the wilderness, if possible, or do not sleep directly on the ground, at night, the air temperature drops rapidly, at this time the ground temperature will be higher than the temperature, the moisture in the earth will evaporate, sleep directly on the ground, it will lead to a saying in our Chinese medicine, called dampness into the body. ”

"Now, I will lay some palm leaves, palm leaves are very good bedding materials, it is very clean, there will be no insects, unlike the fluff on some plants, there will be some small insects that are invisible to the naked eye, especially some varieties of fleas, very small, not visible to the naked eye, but with some viruses, it will be itchy and painful after biting. ”

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