First Arrival Territory: 190.Hangyi Hangyi (3/8)

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Hangi is a Maori specialty, which basically involves digging holes in the ground, then putting hot stones into the hearth, and finally putting the wrapped food into the hearth, and enjoying the original taste of the food without adding any condiments other than salt during the steaming process.

This dish is very time-consuming to make, often taking three or four hours, so if you want to eat it in the evening, you have to make it at three or four o'clock in the afternoon.

Of course, this dish is very suitable for making a large pot dish, and three or four people can shoulder the weight of dozens of people.

Aturu arranged for two women and two men to prepare the dish, while the others had to continue to work.

The Maori people have a very strict division of labor in cooking, which is also their tradition, and on the dish of hangyi, the men dig pits and light the fire, and the women prepare the food.

Wang Bo had only eaten Hangyi once, but he had never seen it, so he was very curious, so he stood aside and watched.

The two Maori men first dug the pit very hard with shovels, which was half a meter deep and one meter in radius, much larger than the area of the tree pit.

These big men are not at a loss, they are simply humanoid excavators, humming and quickly digging the soil pit, the two of them took off their clothes to reveal their fat bodies, and they were not afraid of the cold wind howling, and they worked shirtless.

After digging the pit, the two stuffed the pit with flammable newspapers, sprinkled wood chips and diesel, and then made a shelf on the surface of the pit out of wooden strips, on which were placed wood and stones were piled on top of the wood.

These stones are smooth and thin pebbles, gray and black in color, Wang Bo picked up one with his hand to look at it, and then dipped his hand in ash: "Hey, this is a stone that has been burned in firewood?" ”

A big man smiled and replied in not very fluent English: "Yes, mayor, it was burned, it was used before, it is our family's, it was not destroyed by the earthquake, and it can still be used." ”

Atulu leaned in and explained, "This is a cooked stone, and I have made Hangyi rice many times, and it carries the delicious food that I have accumulated before, which can be used as an introduction. ”

Lao Wang suddenly realized that this thing should be regarded as the old soup of the Maori people, and some people in his hometown cooked pig's head meat and pig water, which was to use the old soup as an introduction.

After the stones were placed, a passage was reserved for a large hantong guò, and then the newspaper on the lowest level was lit. Because the pit was propped up with wood, the ventilation was good, and a little fire burst into flames.

lit the fire, the two big men squatted next to them and opened their hands to roast the fire, Lao Wang couldn't help laughing, it turned out that they were not afraid of the cold.

A big man beckoned to him: "Mayor Town, come and make a fire, you want to make a fire in winter." ”

Two women brought two large black iron cages, and they also came to roast the fire, and then put vegetables and meat on them.

Wang Bo will not eat other people's food in vain, he asked Bowen to drive back from the refrigerator to bring the remaining beef and mutton from the refrigerator, there are many people, and there is also a lot of meat brought, and the beef and mutton add up to more than 200 catties.

These Maori people also knew that the beef and mutton at Sunset Ranch tasted good, and when they saw so much meat brought, they clapped their hands happily and danced as if they were about to have a party.

At the bottom of the cage, two layers of cabbage leaves are spread, a layer of fine salt is sprinkled on top, and then the beef and mutton, chicken and duck meat cut into strips and pieces are put on top, and salt is sprinkled, this time not with fine salt but with salt blocks.

In this way, sprinkle a layer of salt and put a layer of meat, and then put some vegetables such as potatoes, eggplants, beans, cucumbers, etc., which are wrapped in a gauze and arranged in an orderly manner.

Seeing Wang Bo's curiosity, a woman grinned and said: "You don't need to wrap it with a gauze net, it will break when it is cooked, it is difficult to eat, and it is easy to wrap and eat." ”

Lao Wang nodded suddenly, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Smart approach!" ”

In this way, the vegetables and meat were set aside at intervals, and a thick pile was piled up, and the Maori people looked at it with a smile on their faces, and they had a true love for food.

Because of the use of diesel, the fire was raging, and the firewood quickly burned through, and the pebbles were burned red, which shows the high temperature.

Wang Bo said: "Why not use coal? Smokeless carbon, which is more likely to cause high temperatures. ”

A Maori man scratched his head and said, "I haven't used it, and my ancestors haven't used it." ”

Wang Bo: "......"

When the stone is hot, then the cooking begins. Two Maori men quickly shoveled the stones to the side with shovels, shoveled out the firewood that was still burning inside, and carefully piled them together.

They move very quickly, because they will use these hot stones to steam the meat in the cage later, so the hotter the stones, the better, and the faster they move, the better.

After shoveling the coal, the two men put the stone back into the pit, placed the cage on the hot stone, covered it with a clean, wet sheet, and finally sealed it with the hot charcoal that had been dug up.

Wang Bo nodded when he saw this, this is similar to the method of calling flower chicken in some parts of China, he can also use this method to grill fish in his hometown when he was a child, and the final stewed fish meat does not have a little ash, it is tender and beautiful.

After the soil was covered, the four Maori went back to planting trees, presumably with a meal to enjoy, and the men got to work very fast and sang songs in Maori.

The Maori people sing the same as their own people, heroic and rugged, and the melody changes are not complicated, like a roar, anyway, how refreshing it is.

Atulu was also singing, or rather yelling, but he was very clever, and saw that Wang Bo looked dazed and couldn't understand, so he ran over and sang to him in English:

"We came from the distant ocean in a big ship, roar!

We walked barefoot onto this land, roar!

The birds sing here,

People save zài here,

You ask me, roar!

What is the most important thing in the world?

My answer must be,

That's food, that's food, that's food, roar ......"

Lao Wang glared: "How much do you love to eat?" Feelings are not important to your ancestors except for eating, right? ”

Maori love to eat, but they don't actually know how to eat it, as you can tell from the nation's signature delicacy, Hangyi.

For dinner, they also prepared dishes such as spiced sauce meat, stuffed pork belly, manuka honey braised chicken, honey baked potatoes, and chili baked potatoes.

The dishes were brought from home by a group of people, one for each person, and then waited until night fell and everyone gathered around the fire pit in Hangyi to prepare for eating.

Wang Bo didn't bring any food, and although he offered beef and mutton, he was still a little reluctant to go, so he asked Anderson to bring a lot of beer.

His boldness won the love and respect of these men, and when they got the beer, they came to him to toast, and the bottles collided and the hops splashed everywhere.

At this time, someone looked at the sky and said, "Come on, Hangyi! ”

"Hangyi! Hangyi! Hangyi! A group of Maori exclaimed excitedly.

Only then did Wang Bo know the origin of the name of this dish, which should be a tone word to express excitement.

When the dirt was shoveled off, the lid was opened, and when the sheets were finally lifted, a wave of heat and aroma hit the face, which instantly overwhelmed the cold wind and made people feel appetizing. (To be continued.) )