The cloudless sky was a little overcast, and the barren Vaca Mountains were silent.

Ye Zi and Yiyang girl lay on the grass by the pond, holding hands, looking at the sky: "It's going to rain." ”

Ye Mo squatted on the edge of the pond and reached out to touch the water.

The water in the pond is not cold groundwater, there are some aquatic plants growing on the clear bottom, and a few fish that cannot be named swim under the water. Suddenly, a catfish sprang out of the lush aquatic grass and swallowed a small fish in one gulp.

This catfish is big enough, and the bottom of the water becomes muddy with one movement. Ye Mo's eyes were quick, and he picked up the small pebbles on the ground and hit them hard. Pebbles are like bullets out of the chamber, shooting at the catfish.

'Wow', with a very loud sound, the pebble entered the water, and a straight bubble opened in the middle of the catfish's head.

The water was flushed red, and Ye Mo jumped down and grabbed it with one hand. It's a big one, half a meter long. Ye Mo dragged it to the shore, causing the two girls to shout for a while.

The creek in the pond is connected to the river in the Napa Valley, and this catfish is supposed to run in with the stream when the water is high. The half-meter-long large catfish should have a large belly, and the pond may not be able to meet its needs, and this pot-bellied catfish looks like a bare giant eel.

Loading the catfish back into the car, Ye Mo saw Kevin and a group of people driving towards him as soon as he got out of the valley.

"HI, BOSS." Kevin led the staff and geological exploration staff of the estate.

Ye Mo waved his hand to them, saw that their car was loaded with barbed wire and wooden stakes, and asked, "What are you?" ”

"The guardrail of the territory is broken. We found wild wolf tracks around. ”

"Oh." Ye Mo frowned, the Waka Mountains near Napa Valley should be said to be free of wild wolves, and now they have to pay attention to their appearance. Ye Mo followed and took a look.

The cars were bumpy on uneven roads, but fortunately they were all pickup trucks, and the powerful chassis was high enough. After driving for about 20 minutes and finding that there was no road ahead, the group moved the stake barbed wire fence out of the car, took other tools, and climbed over a small hill. This is the edge of the territory, and wooden stakes that reach Ye Mo's chest are stuck in the ground, surrounded by three layers of barbed wire, and the wire is still covered with thorns. The wooden stakes are spaced six or seven meters apart, and every two or three of them, on which is hung a dilapidated wooden sign: Private property, no entry.

"By the way, I just saw a herd of deer in the territory. Could it be that the wolves are chasing the deer? ”

"It should be." The geological prospector next to Kevin said, "Wild wolves will chase their prey and migrate, never dying. ”

"We've got to get rid of these damn wolves before the wine festival starts...... Kevin felt like his head was getting bigger, enough was enough, and now there were wolves again.

It's not easy to find wild wolves in the 52-square-kilometre mountainous area. Unless a helicopter is dispatched, check to see if there are any damaged guardrails.

Leaving the Waka Mountains, Kevin went to the local police station and applied for a helicopter to assist in the wolf hunt. Ye Mo found Master Yang in the restaurant and brought out the catfish.

Master Yang hurriedly walked up and said, "What a big catfish." ”

"Caught in the mountains, pure wild catfish. It's just a little thinner. ”

"Skinny catfish is delicious."

Ye Mo smiled, carried the catfish into the kitchen, and looked inside: "Isn't there no sauerkraut in the kitchen?" ”

"I have it at home. I'll go back and get it for you. ”

"Thank you." In the kitchen, Ye Mo cleaned up the catfish, then boiled a pot of water, and threw it in whole. Boil in boiling water for more than a minute, and quickly scoop up the fish when the skin turns white. Put it in another clean pot, rub salt on it, pour in the white wine, and marinate.

"Brother, do you want to make catfish soup?"

"Catfish soup?" Zhao Yiyang had only heard of pangasius hot but didn't know what catfish old soup was, and asked.

"It's a very old dish. It is completely different from the current method of scalding catfish. The old catfish soup must be a big catfish, the bigger the better. ”

When Master Yang came in at this time, he heard Ye Mo talking about the old catfish soup and said, "I've heard of this dish." It seems to be a local old dish in the Sichuan and Shu areas. This dish is very particular, it needs a large iron pot and is simmered slowly. Catfish to wild big catfish, the bigger the better, boil water, catfish directly into the pot to cook. A pot of water should be boiled until only one-third of it remains......"

"Oh, Master Yang also knows this dish?"

"I've heard a master say it, but I've never seen it. This dish is very troublesome, and there are very few large iron pots in modern times except in rural areas. The important thing is that the wild catfish must be wild, I heard that the same method, wild catfish and domestic catfish are not the same taste at all. ”

Ye Mo smiled, this dish is the old Taoist's best dish, because wild big catfish are scarce, and they can only be eaten during the New Year's Festival.

Ye Mo washed the cauldron and filled it with half a pot of water.

The catfish is marinated with domestic high-grade liquor, and the alcohol is lit. The alcohol burned out, and the water in the pot next to it had not yet boiled, so Ye Mo directly threw the fish into it, threw two whole pieces of old ginger, and covered the pot.

"This old catfish soup must not be boiling water when the fish is served. Otherwise, the boiled fish will be very hard and the soup will not be delicious enough. ”

Master Yang watched quietly from the side. Ye Mo had already started preparing the soup stock.

The sour radish was cut into long strips, then a couple of bottles of ginger were cut. Bring the pot to a boil, pour in the oil, ginger slices in the pot, stir-fry the sour radish slightly, add the amount of cold water and bring to a boil.

The most important thing in the old catfish soup is the sour radish, and the amount of sour radish must be enough, otherwise it will not be able to suppress the earthy smell of the catfish.

Chef Yang had only heard of the old catfish soup, but what he had heard was completely wrong. Bring the large catfish to a boil over high heat and keep the heat until the fish broth is white. Next to it, the soup stock of the old catfish soup is simmered until the fragrance wafts out, and then poured into the catfish pot and changed to simmer and simmer.

Follow a handful of shallots wrapped in balls and throw them directly into the scald.

All that's left is to wait slowly.

A full pot of hot should be burned until only one-third of it is left. Simmer for at least two or three hours.

Steve came over with two old men who were the same age as him: "Hey boss, I heard that wild wolves have been found in the mountains. ”

"Yes. Kevin is going to the police station for help. ”

"These two are old friends of mine, and they call themselves old hunters and want to join the hunt for wild wolves." Steve explains.

Ye Mo shook hands with them and said, "Welcome." The hunt will probably begin tomorrow. ”

Steve sniffed: "Severn. Poplar. Are you cooking traditional Chinese food? I smelled the fragrance from afar. ”

"It's made by the boss, old soup catfish."

"Huh? Catfish? That ugly black monster, can you eat it? An old friend of Steve's said.

"I'm sorry, but this friend of mine is open-mouthed, he doesn't know much about Chinese food culture." Steve looked embarrassed and said, "Pate, this Saiwen. Yang is a Chinese chef, the top chef. My boss also comes from mysterious China, where the food culture is vast and profound. Once you've eaten the most authentic Chinese food, you'll never forget it. Moreover, he will have doubts about his own life, wondering why he can endure bread and hamburgers for fifty years. ”

Americans eat fish in addition to frying or frying. Their cooking methods are very different from those of the Chinese, and they will not get the troubles of Chinese food. Moreover, the United States is rich in marine resources. Marine fish are less polluted, nutritious, and less spiny. Freshwater fish, on the other hand, have many bones and the problem of freshwater pollution. When the United States developed, a lot of water was polluted, the United States once issued a decree prohibiting freshwater fish, today we see that the water in the United States is clean, but its fish still can't be eaten, why? Its chemicals have settled into the soil and water, and there are still a lot of chemicals underneath it.

"Well, I'm sorry. But I wonder where this fish was caught? If it's a fish in Lake Coles, I advise you not to eat it. The water inside is very unhygienic. Pate said apologetically.

"Don't worry, man. The fish we caught in the Waka Mountains is no man's land. ”