Chapter 17: Clam Soup

Tang Hai set himself a holiday one day a week, after all, God has to rest, let alone people?

For Tang Hai, he was reluctant to let him rest when he was poor in the past, and the double holiday day seemed to him to be a waste of life, and it was best for everyone to adopt the rest system of the Han Dynasty in China, on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar calendar, only two days off per month......

But now that he can make money, Tang Hai originally had two thousand dollars in the small treasury, and now he has only sold it for a few days, and it is almost four thousand dollars, but he wants to rest more.

Weekend.

After waking up, the first thing Tang Hai did was to take a bath.

Human beings are energetic creatures, and scientific studies have shown that if there is no sunrise and sunset to urge, and if there is no clock, many people's biological clocks will be more than 30 hours.

And taking a bath is just a way to reduce people's energy, Tang Hai even remembered that when he took the physical education exam in junior high school, the teacher specially told him that he couldn't take a shower when he got up, otherwise he would be easy to pass the exam.

Cooks also need to take more showers to maintain hygiene.

Tang Hai, who has recently made some money, has lost the gloom of some time ago, and he has changed a lot of people (stuffy) and loud (sassy), and he actually got up and played a set of punches, called 'the eighth set of broadcast gymnastics for middle school students in the country', also known as 'the vitality of youth'......

I wanted to ask Rose to go fishing this morning, but who knew that Rose was scared sick by him? Think about it, for two consecutive nights, making a wish on the river, every time a fish jumps out of the water and sends it to the door, it is impossible for normal people not to be frightened. There was no way, the fishing thing had to be postponed.

There are a dozen or so friends coming today, Peter, Bill, Chiyo, and some of the organizations that are having a good time. Every time they came, they would bring good things, such as canned sea fish, beef, and even Chinese bacon, as well as fried chicken, potato strips, and cola, which could be eaten immediately, and Tang Hai only needed to be in charge of cooking the fish soup.

Tang Hai felt a little strange, obviously everyone had a party last week, why did they have a party again this week? Thinking about it again, Chiyo God mysteriously said that Peter had something to discuss with him, and he felt that it was good news.

In the past, when he was short of money, Tang Hai really only burned some fish to entertain, but now that he is not short of money, he can't make sure that his income is the most among his friends, so there is no need to save money for entertaining good friends.

After practicing radio gymnastics, Tang Hai drove his broken three rounds to the Seattle fish market, and specially bought some bonito and clams, planning to treat everyone well.

The clams are sold here according to their size, and Tang Hai bought a big clam with two or two weights, this thing is the most delicious soup, and both Eastern and Western people love to eat it.

After arriving home, Tang Hai first made a soup fish hot pot, and the fish was the carp that Rose sold to him. Tang Hai's friends have all eaten the Chinese food he cooks, and all of them are proficient in the technique of spitting fish bones, but they are not afraid that they will not be used to eating them.

Wild carp making sauerkraut fish soup itself is a holy product, not to mention that Tang Hai also fed the carp with a special feed last night, which has improved the quality, even if it is used in ordinary ways, it can also make delicious fish soup.

The reason why Tang Hai's carp soup has so many people will never forget is because he treats carp in the same way that he handles cod, and in his words, he has never seen a chef who has cod cooking skills above him, which is not bragging.

First of all, the carp is broken open and the internal organs are removed, and after washing, it is smeared with salt to absorb the water and the blood that is too fishy, and it is concentrated to be the essence.

Secondly, this is also the most important point of fish soup, which is to use large fish bones to knock out the bone marrow to make the broth.

The cod Tang Hai did this, and the carp did the same.

Fish bone marrow is rich in 'brain gold', that is, a certain polyunsaturated fatty acid, referred to as Dha, knocked on the bone marrow to make soup, not only delicious, but also rich in nutrition. The reason why the big carp is used to make hot pot or soup is actually because the bone marrow comes out after being cut into pieces.

After Tang Hai boiled the soup, he took out the fish bones that were specially taken out and wrapped them before throwing them into the trash.

Put some of the ingredients of the sauerkraut fish in the pot in order, boil for a while, and concentrate the hot sauce to become the bottom of the hot and sour fish soup for a while.

Affected by the cold snap in California, the weather is still a little cold now, and there is nothing more comfortable than a mouthful of delicious soup, so Tang Hai went to get the clam soup again.

The base is bonito and kelp, wash it and add water to boil, wait until the soup is boiled off about 30%, and the delicious golden and transparent soup will appear, at this time, take out the bonito and kelp, filter the soup again, put clams to cook. As soon as the clams are boiled, they can be eaten straight away, and even soaking rice in this soup is a delicacy.

At this time, the sound of a car outside the door sounded, followed by the sound of a horn.

Tang Hai knew that it was his friends who came, so he took off his apron and went out to greet him. As a result, as soon as I went out, I found more than a dozen people gathered on the riverbank, pointing to the riverbank and talking.

"Don! It's only been a while since I've been here, and you've done a great job of managing the river here! It's unbelievable! Chiyo heard the footsteps, turned around and found that it was Tang Hai, and immediately shouted like a child.

The river that Tang Hai is responsible for is itself of excellent water quality, after all, it is the pride of Washington State.

In addition, Tang Hai poured a lot of 'culture fluid' during this time, and the aquatic plants in the river grew quickly, locking in soil erosion. And his four silver carp are also filter feeding experts......

As a result, the river in front of Tang Hai's house is obviously 2 meters deep, but it looks like it is less than one meter! It's so clear that it gives people the feeling of 'clear spring stone upstream'!

You can directly see pebbles, aquatic plants, small river mussels, and one or two small black-backed fish with sharp eyes!

Tang Hai drove the boat on the river yesterday, and he had a wonderful feeling that the river was so transparent that it didn't exist, and he seemed to be floating in a spaceship, not to mention the people in front of him.

Peter hurried towards Tang Hai and slapped him on the shoulder with both hands! With a terrifying, as if the back of a mountain, his eyes stared at Tang Hai's eyes with blazing eyes!

"I knew that it was a very correct choice to hand over to you here, and the person who can make such a fine river fresh will definitely have a hand in river control! Of all the chefs I know, you're the best at cleaning the river! ”

Tang Hai stared at Peter, could it be that he felt that his words were complimenting people?

Peter also realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, and hurriedly added, "Of all the river cleaners I know, your cooking skills are the best!" ”

Tang Hai was still staring at him.

"Okay, let's not talk about it yet, let's fill our stomachs first, I can already smell the smell of Tang cuisine's fish soup. Let's talk about what we can do after eating. Chiyo smiled sweetly.

A group of people entered the house and looked for a place to put things, and sure enough, it was all kinds of meat, and even kangaroo meat!

Kangaroo meat tastes great, no less than beef, this thing is an Australian specialty, but Australians themselves don't eat it because kangaroos are too well-behaved......

As long as Tang Hai is not allowed to slaughter, Tang Hai feels that it doesn't matter!

"I didn't expect you to come so quickly, and I got some clam soup, and I haven't even made the soup yet!" Tang Hai was a little annoyed.

"It doesn't matter, I'll help you, I'll get it done soon." Chiyo smiled and put a bucket of chicken nuggets on the table, and walked to the kitchen with ease.

Tang Hai had never seen Chiyo cook, so he was worried that she wouldn't be able to do it well, so he hurriedly followed.

I saw that Chiyo was actually very skilled in washing her hands, apron, and selecting clams to put in the pot......

Clams open on their own once ripe, but dead clams do not. However, the clams picked by Tang Hai must not have died, and after a while, the strong aroma of the clam soup spread.

Tang Hai has been watching at the door, Chiyo's cooking skills...... Well, it's not about art, that is, you know how to cook the dishes!

However, then Tang Hai straightened up!

Chiyo took a soup spoon and tried to scoop out a piece of clam meat!

The way to judge whether the clams are good or bad is to see if you can use a spoon to remove the meat directly from the clams when they are just cooked!

"Chiyo, you know how to cook, too?" Tang Hai was surprised, he had never seen Chiyo cook, he made it for Chiyo and several people to eat.

"If you can't cook, you can make clams." Chiyo turned her head and smiled at Tang Hai, her sweet and well-behaved appearance, a little like the Japanese female chess player named Yukari Umezawa, giving people the feeling of a sister next door. After a pause, she smiled again, "Our Hokkaido daughters make clams. ”

It was only then that Tang Hai remembered Japan's 'clam culture'.

In Japan, clams also mean 'girl'. Two clam shells can only be closed if they are one, and they cannot be closed if they are not one. It's like a girl, only when the other half of her life appears, they will have a happy life.

Because of this characteristic, the clam shell developed many small ways to play, and later even developed cultural art such as 'clam murals'.

Not only Hokkaido's daughters can make clams, there are very few girls in Japan who can't do it.

Clam rice, deep-fried, soup, grilled, raw, nigiri sushi......

At least a dozen categories and dozens of common cooking methods!

Tang Hai was thinking about something, Chiyo had already boiled a big pot of fragrant clam soup!

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