PS: If you want to hear more of your voices and receive more of your suggestions, search for the WeChat public account "qdread" now and pay attention to give more support to "All Food Frenzy Cooking Era"! Sikong Yao looked up, the fresh and vigorous seafood was constantly beating, wandering, exuding exhilarating vitality, and hearing the lively sound was endless, which was all a joy. This is Shantou's largest fishing market, full of fish, and you can find any seafood you need here, even if it is a $500 imperial salmon, it has also appeared here.

Here, even in a basket of shrimp, there is no dead one to be found.

Sikong Yao teased: "I think Brother Xie's purpose in going to this fishing market is to find the sweetness that is missing in the radish cake, right?" ”

Pierced by Sikong Yaodao, Xie Xin's face immediately turned red, but he said reluctantly: "I'm just hungry and want to buy some fresh live fish to entertain you, Shantou is a coastal city, isn't it a matter of course to eat fish?" ”

Although he said this, Xie Xin's eyes looked in the direction of the dry goods store inintuitively, which made Sikong Yao smile lightly: "Well, okay, but I want to find some dried shrimp with a unique flavor to make the soup base, I don't know if Brother Xie has any introduction?" ”

Xie Xin pretended to agree, and then said: "Ah, over there, that dry goods store is not bad, the boss is a real person, and the things sold will not be overused." ”

Sikong Yao, who was aroused by Xie Xin's interest, immediately smiled and said, "Okay, let's go there, I hope to be able to buy dried shrimp that can be boiled into a sweet soup base." ”

Sea rice, also known as dried shrimp or shrimp, is blanched in salted water and dried for white shrimp, red shrimp and green shrimp. It is included in the bag, beaten and kneaded, sifted by the wind, peeled and impurified, that is, the product made by adding salt to steam, drying, drying, shelling and other processes. Because it is like rice in the grain, it is called sea rice. With white shrimp as the top grade, the color and taste are good. Fresh food becomes beautiful. White shrimp whiskers are long. The body and flesh are white, so the predecessors have the song of "bending the body of the boy jade waist, two inches of silver beard and one inch of muscle". Soak the sea rice in water before serving. The meat is soft and tender, the taste is fresh and mellow, fried, fried, steamed, boiled are all appropriate, the taste is delicious, and it is one of the "three fresh".

Sea rice is highly nutritious. It is rich in calcium, phosphorus and other trace elements that are beneficial to the human body, and is a good source for the human body to obtain calcium. Foods that contain a lot of calcium include dairy products and eggs. Sea rice is very high in protein, more than 55%, and dairy products and various legumes are also high in protein. So sea rice is also a good food, in Chaoshan and other coastal areas. Extremely popular.

Dried shrimp is rich in nutrients, containing several times to dozens of times more protein than fish, eggs and milk; It is also rich in potassium, iodine, magnesium, phosphorus and other minerals, vitamin A, aminophylline and other ingredients, and its meat is soft and easy to digest, and it is an excellent food for people who are weak and need to recuperate after illness.

Dried shrimp is rich in magnesium, magnesium has an important role in regulating heart activity, can protect the cardiovascular system, it can reduce blood cholesterol content, prevent arteriosclerosis, and at the same time can dilate coronary arteries, which is conducive to preventing hypertension and myocardial infarction. Scientists at Osaka University in Japan recently discovered that astaxanthin in shrimp helps eliminate 'jet lag' caused by jet lag.

It has a sedative effect and is often used to treat neurasthenia and autonomic disorders. The elderly often eat shrimp skin, which can prevent osteoporosis caused by calcium deficiency; Putting some shrimp skin in the meals of the elderly is good for increasing appetite and enhancing physical fitness.

Xie Xin probed a handful of sea rice. After feeling the crispy feel, he introduced to Sikong Yao: "Shopee skin can be divided into two types: raw dried shrimp skin and cooked dried shrimp skin. The former is salt-free. The finished product is lightly dried, with high freshness, and is not easy to return to moisture and mildew. The latter is boiled with salt, drained and dried, and still retains the umami. When storing, the two kinds of shrimp skin cannot be mixed, and they can be stored separately to maintain their original flavor. The skin of the shrimp is flaky, hook-shaped, the carapace is transparent, the color is red-white or yellowish, the flesh is plump, and the body length is 30 mm. To distinguish the quality of its quality, you can hold it tightly with your hand, and the shrimp skin is scattered after letting go is a moderately dry high-quality product, and the one that does not disperse after letting go and has a lot of crumbs or sticky is a defective or deteriorated product. ”…

Xie Xin shook his hand hard, and the sea rice in one hand was completely scattered, and the grains were separated, which was extremely beautiful, and this was the best choice.

Sikong Yao immediately smiled and said, "I see, sea rice like this is of excellent quality, right?" ”

I pinched it and put it on my nose, and the fresh sun-dried fragrance made the sea rice exude the unique fragrance of dry food, and I closed my eyes and felt it carefully, as if I could still feel the meaning of the ocean.

Sea rice, in addition to sea salt, can be said to be another essence of the sea condensed, soft in the mouth, delicious. The shrimp meat of the sea rice itself is very small, and the meat is even less obvious after drying, giving people the feeling that there is only one layer of shrimp skin. Shopee skin can be used to enhance the freshness and flavor of various dishes and soups, and is an indispensable seafood condiment in Chinese and Western dishes.

Because of the evening market, there were not too many customers, and the owner of the store was busy a few times, and said that he was trying to win over business on the side, and said with a smile: "Yo, it seems that he is an expert." ”

Xie Xin casually put down the dried shrimp, and then asked the shopkeeper, "Uncle, is there a better quality dried shrimp here?" ”

The boss was immediately stunned, the shrimp skin in Xie Xin's hand was already the best sea rice sold in the store, but Xie Xin was still not satisfied, and he was a big connoisseur in his heart, but he was afraid that he didn't know how to pretend to understand, so he asked: "Why is this sea rice not to your liking?" ”

Xie Xin laughed, obviously knowing that he was deflated, although he is not an expert in umami cuisine, but when making hot pot cuisine soup, the use of sea rice is also quite frequent. ”

The so-called color, that is, the body surface of the dried shrimp should be bright and shiny, yellow or light red, because this kind of dried shrimp is dried on sunny days, mostly light, dark and not clean, and is dried on rainy days, generally salty. The best colors in a batch are roughly the same, and there are more than two colors, most of which are of bad quality, and some are bad mixed with good ones, which are counterfeit and shoddy.

The body shape, the body shape of the dried shrimp is curved, indicating that it is processed with live shrimp (there is a gradual death contraction process when live shrimp die). If the dried shrimp is straight or not too curved, most of them are processed from dead shrimp. The body is clean and fat, no skin, no claws, and no empty shells.

Impurities, the size of the dried shrimp is uniform, and there are no impurities and other fish and shrimp, which is the top grade. Regardless of the fact that the dried shrimp mixed with impurities deliberately inflated the price is missing two catties, the taste of the cooked shrimp will be a little biased, so it is listed as the key point for selecting dried shrimp.

Finally, the taste is also, take a dried shrimp and chew it in your mouth, and feel the fresh and slightly sweet for the top quality. The quality of the salt flavor is poor, some people use the salt flavor to suppress other abnormal tastes, so as to fill the number indiscriminately, shoddy, if you feel that the salt taste is too heavy, it is necessary to weigh the value of sea rice.

was said by Xie Xin so straightforwardly, the shopkeeper also laughed, and seemed to be a little self-deprecating: "It's amazing, today the flood washed the Dragon King Temple, I didn't expect you to be an expert." ”

Xie Xin immediately smiled and said: "I don't dare to be, I just listened to what my father said, and I just said nonsense according to the gourd, I just don't know if there are better shrimp in your store?" ”

The shopkeeper nodded, and said with a smile: "Originally, I didn't want to sell it, for fear that those outsiders wouldn't know the goods, but you're different, so I'll show it to you." ”

Hairy shrimp is the largest shrimp resource in Chaoshan area, and the common ones are Chinese hairy shrimp and Japanese hairy shrimp, the former is mainly distributed in the Yellow and Bohai Seas, and the latter is mostly found in the East China Sea. The two are very similar, and if you don't look closely, you think it's the same kind of shrimp.

When the owner of the shop took out his collection of Japanese hairy shrimp, Xie Xin's eyes lit up at the moment, this sea rice has no salt, strong umami, good taste, white and bright color is better and shiny, the texture is moderate soft and hard, and it is very umami. …

Xie Xin couldn't help but boast: "Excellent! ”

The shopkeeper immediately laughed and said: "This sea rice also has three, six, nine and so on, just this little shrimp, I spent a lot of money to buy, those laymen don't understand, all as a quality, I just hid it, eat it by yourself, if you want to buy it, these can be handed over to you." ”

I am afraid that it will be arbitrarily bargained by those who don't understand the goods, but the owner of the store also has a temper, so he hid this good sea rice, so when he saw and heard Xie Xin's inquiry before, he would react like that.

Xie Xin nodded and said happily: "Very good, thank you uncle." ”

After packing the sea rice for Xie Xin, the owner of the store said casually: "What, do you want to cook soup?" ”

Xie Xin took the dried shrimp handed over by the shopkeeper, and immediately smiled: "No, it's to cook radish cake, haha, I want to add some fresh soup base." ”

The shopkeeper pondered for a while and muttered, "So willing to spend a lot of money? ”

Xie Xin nodded and said, "Ha, no way, it's delicious." ”

The shopkeeper smacked his mouth, and couldn't help but salivate: "It seems that he is also a glutton." ”

At that time, the fishing market is getting late, the sky has already darkened, the surrounding stores are beginning to proof, the previous lively sound has gradually faded away, the fishing market after the guests retreat, if there is not a fresh and vigorous fish beating, I am afraid that it will also seem a little deserted.

Suddenly, there was a cry outside the store, and he shouted inside: "Lao Li, these things are yours today, and they can't be sold." ”

The owner of the store also replied: "Okay, let it go, the money will be settled at the end of the month." ”

Sikong Yao looked at the basket of foam boxes parked at the entrance of the storefront, and was suddenly shocked, and asked Xie Xin a little stunned: "Brother Xie, what do you think of this?" If you use ......" (the novel "The Age of Full Food Frenzy Cooking" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued)