Chapter 577: Emptiness, Loneliness, and Cold (Part II)
The huge Miao Frog Flower had been frozen in its entirety, and the position that had not been completely eroded by the power of ice was relatively limited, and there were not many good pieces of meat that could be eaten, so when Ling Mo was taking the meat, his movements were much more casual.
He pointed like a knife, and slashed at the body of the wonderful frog flower, and after taking off the hind leg meat, front leg meat, rib meat and second knife meat of the wonderful frog flower, they were piled together in a mess, and as the frozen power gradually subsided, the tissue parts also slowly oozing blood, and the ground was wet in a large area.
Seeing that Ling Mo had only taken a few pieces of meat, he had cut the other parts in a mess and began to bloody offal, Zero leaned over and asked with some curiosity:
"Dad, I've heard people say before that although the back meat of frogs is small, it is very delicious and chewy, why don't you want it at all? Also, can't frog offal be eaten? There are all kinds of parasites and so on......
Ling Mo kept his hands on it, skillfully and smoothly peeling off the miscellaneous connective tissue, discarding the stomach, lungs, intestines and other organs, groping in the chest cavity of the wonderful frog flower, and then ripped off the whole heart.
The frog's heart was the size of a freezer, and when it was lifted above Ling Mo's head, it was still beating slightly, and the coronary blood vessels were also spurting red blood one by one, like a leaky leather tube. Ling Mo only took a brief look at it, and then ripped off all the blood vessels and valves that were not needed, leaving only the good meat in the atrium and ventricle positions, probably less than ten catties. Then he looked at Zero and smiled:
"It's true that the back meat of frogs is delicious, but the back of this wonderful frog flower is the connection between its animal part and the plant part, which is simply the place where the roots and flesh are mixed, and the taste is very similar to that of unsoaked bamboo shoots, which is very woody.
As for parasites in the internal organs...... You are already a mature martial saint, and your father taught you a common sense, for martial saints, there are only two kinds of things in this world, those that are nutritious to eat and those that are not nutritious to eat, there is nothing that cannot be eaten.
In the stomach of our Martial Saint Martial God, it is more appropriate to say that it is not so much a stomach as a pulverizer dissolution pool. ”
Zero: "......"
Arching his hand to show that he was taught, seeing Ling Mo bend down again, his head burrowed into the opening of Miao Frog Hua's stomach, and continued to touch it in its body, Zero hurriedly said:
"Dad, are the ingredients enough, right? I can feel that there is a lot of energy in these peeled meats, and it is not a problem to fill up our state, no matter how much it is, it will be useless, and it will escape if you can't finish eating, right?"
"One thing missing. ”
Ling Mo's muffled voice came from Miao Frog Hua's stomach, and then Zero heard a soft sound of "tearing", Ling Mo jumped away from Miao Frog Hua's corpse, he was obviously holding something in his hand, Zero didn't need to think about it to know that it was definitely a very core organ of Miao Frog Hua, because Ling Mo had just torn it off for less than a second, Miao Frog Hua's corpse had undergone a huge change!
The giant tree with a rafflesia on its back suddenly "came to life"!
First of all, the crown of the Rafflesia on the top was retracted and shrunk, and a large amount of pale yellow smoke was sprayed rhythmically, which was not only corrosive, making it difficult for people to open their eyes, but also smelly in itself, just like cooking in a pressure cooker, giving full play to every bit of flavor in the material!
Immediately after that, the giant tree shook, sprinkled thousands of leaves, and then from the bottom of the tree burst out of countless roots, like tentacles inserted into the frog flower has died frog body stretched out, creepy sucking sound into a piece, these vine-like roots bulge one by one, obviously absorbing nutrients in the frog's body!
Soon, the remnants of the frog flower were sucked into a flat leather bag, crumpled and squeezed together like a milk bag that had been squeezed hard. Feeling that there was nothing left to suck into, the roots soon became entangled with each other, twisting into seven or eight large tentacles.
Then, these tentacles slammed in Ling Mo's direction, as if they were about to stab into Ling Mo's body. But when the tentacle approached Ling Mo's side five meters, the Rafflesia flower seemed to be alive, the corolla let out a frightened scream, and the tentacles hurriedly retracted!
Ling Mo just watched Da Wang Hua's movements from the side, without the slightest intention of stopping it. After watching this strange tree go away, Ling Mo stretched out his hand to greet Zero, and showed her the small berry in his hand:
"Well, you're in for a treat, this is the "plant egg" of the frog flower, and it is also the most essential part of its body, as a condiment for frog meat dishes, it will make the whole dish rise to more than one level. ”
Following Ling Mo to see a lot of strange creatures, Zero was not as easy to be surprised as before at this time, she thought silently, and then asked:
"Does the picture just now show that the frog flower is a combination of two organisms? That is, plants and animals are organically and mutually beneficial and symbiotic assembled together to form a new creature?"
"That's right, the wonderful frog flower is actually a combination of the back-backed frog and the rafflesia.
Rafflesia is actually a parasitic plant, which generally parasitizes on the stems of other plants, absorbs the nutrients of that plant, and finally produces that huge flower. It's a pity that although the Rafflesia itself is large, its seeds are particularly small and extremely difficult to bring. In order to produce healthy offspring, it needs more nutrients, that is, to grow the flowers bigger! Unfortunately, when the flowers are too large, it will affect the parasitic plants to absorb sunlight and produce nutrients. It's an endless loop with no solution.
In order to break this strange circle, in the past I don't know how long ago, a seed of Rafflesia accidentally fell on the back of a frog with a back, and the thick mucus on its back happened to meet the living conditions of Rafflesia. Thus, the rafflesia took root on the back of the frog. ”
Ling Mo handled the ingredients, and did not forget to tell these strange stories to Zero:
"Originally, this should be a commonplace event where the host is sucked to death, but the wonderful thing is that the frog has a lot of glands in its back, which is where its immune system is located. In order to prevent the invasion of Rafflesia, those immune cells and tissues waged a long struggle with its mycelial roots, and over time, the two sides actually reached a strange balance, and no one could help anyone!
Continuing to fight will only lead to the death of both sides, so they each take a step back and fuse each other's germ cells to become "plant eggs" with the characteristics of both sides. Isn't it beautiful to give birth to a child born in this way, which can be regarded as both a frog and a rafflesia, and to give birth to a descendant is equivalent to two creatures having offspring, a piece of effort, and double the happiness?"
Zero nodded, his expression a little subtle:
"I see...... The instinct of living beings is to keep offspring, and as for whether the offspring they leave behind are similar to themselves, they don't really care, do they?
The reason why Rafflesia and the back-backed frog fought was mainly because they were afraid that they would die and not be able to leave offspring, and the appearance of plant eggs satisfied the instinctive desire of both parties for reproduction, and after solving this biggest contradiction, they found that the two of them were quite comfortable living together, right?"
"Very good, Zero, you are now half a Warcraft expert. ”
Ling Mo said with rare approval:
"As you might have guessed, the Bearback Frog and Rafflesia have developed a wonderful symbiotic relationship, with Rafflesia making up for the Frog's lack of attack power, allowing the frog to eat easily with its rattan whip, and the Bearback Frog providing Rafflesia with valuable mobility so that it does not have to be trapped in one place and wait for its resources to run out.
But symbiosis is only symbiosis after all, and it is only established under the precondition relationship of "birth", and the plant egg is not only the bond of symbiosis between the two parties, but also the shackles that each other brings for each other. As long as it is torn off, the animal part and the plant part of the frog flower will fight to the death, and only the winning side will survive. ”
Combination of flora and fauna.
Symbiosis.
Through these keywords, Ling Mo had already vaguely guessed why the Golden Fortress wanted its mechanical grasshoppers to be close to the Miao Frog Flower, and how similar their symbiosis between machinery and flesh and blood was to some extent similar to the state of the Miao Frog Flower!
As he pondered over the mess, he couldn't help but feel a little absent-minded, and the action of handling the frog meat became rough, feeling less like a formal "Last Supper" and more like a food stall chef who was casually handling errands.
Thinking that Ling Mo's thoughts had returned to just now, falling into the trough of being played by his ex-girlfriend, Zero rolled his eyes and made a joke, trying to divert his attention:
"Dad~~, this is my daughter's last supper, can you make a high-end atmosphere?
Of course, I know that my father uses the highest quality ingredients, and the processing techniques and taste are also first-class, but this appearance is too miserable and low-end, right?
Now that we are in the wilderness, the conditions are limited, I don't pray for my father to give me the whole extravagant sacrament dinner, but a little more gorgeous, a little less luxurious, to satisfy my girlish heart, okay?"
I've heard the word "light luxury?"
Ling Mo squeezed the blood and water out of the frog's meat, took out all kinds of spices left by Skeletron Leorik with his left hand, picked up the pots and pans collected by the Ragdoll Bear with his right hand, and said to Zero with a frown while marinating the frog meat:
"I've never liked this word very much, it's a made-up word.
Those who spend dozens of dollars to buy a coat are called dicks, and those who spend tens of thousands of dollars to buy a coat are called luxury, so why not call those shoppers in the middle who can't go up or down, and spend thousands of dollars to buy a coat, as "heavy dicks", instead of calling it "light luxury"?
After all, the word light luxury is good, giving people the illusion that although I can't reach it for the time being, I am still flowing to the upper class, and the motivation of the person who coined this word is very impure, just to segment the market and induce people to make unnecessary consumption. ”
“......”
The word "heavy dick" directly knocked down Zero, and she slowed down for a long time before she laughed, twitching the corners of her mouth and saying:
"In some ways, Dad still knows a lot about human society. ”
Noticing that Ling Mo wanted to add something, Zero hurriedly cut it off in advance, and almost burst into tears:
"Don't say it again, Dad, then please, make a "heavy dick" style dinner for your daughter, please!
“......”
Seeing a hint of seriousness in Zero's joke, Ling Mo raised his eyebrows, closed his mouth, and began to quietly process the ingredients.
Frog is also known as field chicken, in fact, it is somewhat similar to chicken in taste, but it is more tender than chicken, and it is more elastic, but the disadvantage is also similar to chicken, it has no taste of itself, or the taste is very light, relying on marinades, seasonings, and ingredients to taste.
Ling Mo first sliced the cut frog leg meat and heart meat into thin slices, for the materials to be marinated in advance, a proper thinning can not only greatly shorten the time of marinating the meat, but also make the flavor more even.
Then he glanced at the secret ingredient list left by Skeletron King, Ling Mo took out 20g of star anise, 18g of Sichuan pepper, 6g of tangerine peel, 5g of dried ginger, 43g of cinnamon, and 8g of cumin from the seasoning, and then mixed 800 grams of Orleans marinade, 400 grams of cooking wine, 100 grams of custard powder, 160 grams of food powder, 60 grams of garlic powder, 60 grams of chicken powder, 100 grams of soy sauce, 100 grams of baking soda, 120 grams of pepper, 60 grams of sugar, 40 grams of ginger powder, finally mixed together and added four kilograms of warm water, it is made into the secret marinated meat of the gourmand Leorick (this is the recipe of 20 catties of frog meat, if you are interested, you can reduce it proportionally and make it yourself).
Then throw the frog meat into the marinade, if it is a normal chef, it will take about fifteen minutes to repeatedly grasp and knead, and wait until it feels sticky and then let it stand for an hour before it is considered to be marinated, but Ling Mo obviously doesn't need it, he dances with both hands into an afterimage, and shoots continuously on the surface of the meat slice, making a crackling sound that is even denser than when he sprints at the end, the meat slice is completely marinated in a few seconds, as for the degree and uniformity, it is the best choice, no one can be stronger than a martial god in this kind of micro-manipulation place.
Then it is wrapped in flour and fried, this is another place that can give full play to Ling Mo's advantages, the powder in every place on the meat slice is wrapped just right, there is no phenomenon of any thickness and thinness, after being soaked in the pot and fried over low heat, the fat in it is forced out of a part, after all, the oil content of frog meat is still much higher than that of chicken, and some people even use this as a basis to create an effect similar to the salt bomb of toad oil, if you do not remove the excess oil, eating two more bites will give people a greasy feeling.
The fried toad meat does not have to be too transparent, the surface can be slightly crispy, and then Ling Mo left the bottom oil in the pot, added ginger slices, garlic cloves, and chili oil to fry until fragrant, put the fried toad meat until it is eight medium-rare, and stir-fry it a few times until it is fully cooked, and finally sprinkle in a little pepper to enhance the flavor.
Zero couldn't wait to get up and take a deep sniff of the rich fragrance of frog meat, and couldn't help but move his index finger! Even Yoshi, who had almost frozen to death before, sucked in his saliva and expressed a strong desire to eat.
Considering that the other party had done his best in the inner world before, and was willing to work as a dog and horse, Ling Mo also agreed to its request to serve the table, Yoshi was overjoyed, and even jumped to the table, and was stunned when he saw such a perfect dish, and before moving the chopsticks, he hesitated and asked Ling Mo:
"Forgive my presumptuousness, Lord Watcher, to be able to make such a precious dish shows that you are quite fond of cooking, and that cooking and cooking delicious food should be a very happy and enjoyable thing for you.
But when I was lying half-dead just now, I looked at your back in a hazy way, why did I feel that you were so ...... What about loneliness?"