Dozens of fishing boats, the harvest is more or less, less than three or five fish, more than half a cabin, and the catch of seafood is also varied, the common pomfret in the nearby waters, hairtail, large yellow croaker, small yellow croaker, eel, grouper, etc., as well as in response to Chen Xu's request to catch a variety of shellfish shrimp crab and squid and other varieties that are not needed at all.

There are many kinds of seashells, large and small, including oyster scallops, clam snail shells, and even Chen Xu collected a basket of long-legged pike crabs, which made Chen Xu very happy.

Barracuda crab is the characteristic seafood of the southeast coast, now it is the autumn season, crab fat paste yellow is the best time to eat crabs, some time ago from Dongting all the way to Wuzhong, the hairy crabs of the Yangtze River and the hairy crabs of Taihu Lake have eaten a lot, but such a big sea crab is the first time to encounter today.

When he was diving, Chen Xu had also seen a few big crabs on the bottom of the sea, but this thing was a dream to catch it with his bare hands in deep water, and he gave up after trying a few times.

In addition to the shrimp and crab, the squid squid that started with legs made Chen Xu's mouth water, and he also remembered the iron plate squid for many years.

Before I crossed over, I went to a food stall with my friends for a supper, and every time I went to a food stall for squid, it was a must-order delicacy.

And at that time, I heard that these seafood were soaked with various preservatives to keep it fresh, and now it is absolutely primitive and unpolluted live seafood, and when it is taken out of the cabin, it is still waving its wrists and feet and crawling around.

A group of fishermen helped pick up the fishing boats, and a group of servants and boatmen helped sort and pack the baskets on the shore.

"Master Hou, this is too much, I can't eat it all for several days, it's better to buy less!" Looking at the rows of filled fish baskets densely placed on the seashore, a domestic servant steward couldn't help but remind.

"If you can't finish eating, you can raise it, or you can marinate it and dry it and eat it slowly, dried fish and fresh fish are two completely different flavors...... Hey, don't throw it away, don't throw it away, get it up and take a look......" Chen Xu smiled and waved his hand, and when he spoke, he watched a fisherman throw a ball of pale yellow stuff into the sea, and quickly opened his mouth to stop it.

"Master Hou, this is just a big water hat, I just brought it with the net, I can't eat it, what is the use of coming?" The fishermen were puzzled, but they brought the thing ashore.

This is a large jellyfish, and the long tentacles carried in the hands of fishermen drag directly to the ground.

Jellyfish are generally poisonous, but Chen Xu remembers that there is a cold jellyfish skin that tastes crisp and sour, which is made of jellyfish, which is also a rare seafood delicacy, and he has eaten it several times in food stalls.

But it's a pity that Chen Xu doesn't know how to eat the big jellyfish.

"Take it and ask the cook to remove the corners and tentacles of this big jellyfish, leaving only the meat cap on it, and then cut it into shreds and marinate it with salt!"

Although he didn't know how to eat it, Chen Xu decided to try it out.

"Master Hou, can this thing really be eaten? Someone has cooked it before, and after cooking, there is nothing, and it is all melted! The fisherman reminded.

"Everything in the world is not poisonous and cannot be eaten, the water hat you are talking about is called jellyfish, also called jellyfish, if it is done, it is also very delicious!" Chen Xu squatted down and explained with a smile while looking through the fish basket.

"That feeling is good, if the water hat Hou Ye really makes it delicious, I'm afraid we all have to follow the light, although there are a lot of fish and shrimp in this sea area, but the most is this kind of ghost thing, if Hou Ye came a month earlier, this thing is simply flooded, the sea is floating everywhere, and it hurts to be stung for a long time when you go down to the sea to catch fish......

For more than half an hour, all the seafood on the fishing boats was landed and sorted, and the fishermen who had sold the fish and shrimp also took advantage of the fact that before it was dark they all rowed away with their coins and on the beach in the twilight. More than a dozen earthen stoves have also begun to light fires to cook rice, and hundreds of people are busy cleaning up and preparing dinner back and forth.

Hundreds of fish were made, the largest one was three feet long, but most of them were just over the size of a foot, and the larger ones were dissected and washed by the cooks and salted on the big boats, and the smaller ones were prepared for dinner.

There are also dozens of pike crabs, all of which are also cleaned up and ready to make a few pots of spicy crabs for everyone to taste along, and the prawns are still boiled in water, which is simple and delicious, and there is no need to even stir-fry.

The fish, shrimp and crabs were all cooked by the chefs and kitchen workers of the two large ships under the command of the chef of the Hou Mansion, and Chen Xu once again dressed up as his chef and became the chief chef to start cooking.

First of all, it is natural to pick up the shells of the afternoon today, there are both clams and razor clams, there are dozens of catties, and they have been raised with water for nearly two hours after being classified according to the variety, Chen Xu asked the kitchen to jump more than ten catties to clean and set aside.

Heat the oil pot, add ginger, garlic and pepper and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the clams and stir-fry for a few minutes, wait until the shells are all opened, sprinkle in some five-spice powder and mustard and continue to stir-fry, and then add water, pour some soy sauce and salt, put in chopped green onions, cover the pot and simmer for a few minutes to dry the soup.

When Chen Xu was cooking, there were two cooks who watched carefully, and after understanding it, he would go to the stove next to him to make a tasting for the other servants and boatmen.

When Chen Xu was busy, there was a cook from the Hou Mansion next to him who soaked the vermicelli brought from Xianyang, shredded the onion, peeled the garlic and pounded it into garlic paste, as well as the kitchen worker cut ginger and cut ginger, washed onion and washed onion, cleaned iron plates, charcoal stoves, barbecue grills, prepared bamboo skewers and various barbecue seasonings, etc.

This huge team of chefs coordinated their division of labor, only stunned a group of Fang Shi who were left behind by Chen Xu.

"Good smell, this must be the most fragrant dish that the old man has ever smelled in his life, there is no one!"

There was a strong fragrance floating in the air, and the Adam's apple seduced by a group of alchemists was shaking, and saliva was bubbling out.

"Indeed, Qinghe Hou is known as the originator of food, and it really lives up to its name, just this taste, the old man is almost unable to walk!" The other alchemist, too, had a beard and his eyebrows shaking.

"It's true that the aroma is irresistible, and the taste must be beautiful, but it's a pity that I can't make it even if I learn it, and it's difficult to prepare this sauce and seasoning utensils every day......"

"Yes, Qinghehou has such a luxurious way of eating, we can't enjoy it!"

A group of monks stood next to smell the fragrance and discuss, Chen Xu's movements were also very numb, and soon a large pot of clams came out of the pot, and Chen Xu tasted three, four, five, six, seven or eight in one breath before reluctantly putting down the chopsticks.

Although it spans 2,000 years of time and space, this simple and cheap seafood dish is still the most familiar and delicious dish that makes him want to stop.

After tasting the clams in the sauce, Chen Xu rolled up his sleeves and then finished the second dish, stir-fried razor clams.

The flavor of this dish was even stronger, and the fresh and spicy smell spread with the evening breeze, which not only seduced most of the boatmen and musketeers, but also a group of people such as Ying Shi, Meng, Wan, Yu Ji, and Chen Xi, who were playing on the beach half a mile away, and all of them gathered around the stove to watch.

"Husband, can you really eat this shell?" At this time, Ying Shiyan still didn't believe it.

"How can the husband deceive you, it is really delicious, and the food stalls used to ...... Well, the fishermen by the sea don't know how to do it, this pot of shellfish has been made, you can taste it first! ”

"Mother, Xi'er wants to eat flower shells!" Xiao Chen Xi is well versed in his father's way of food, and he has never been picky about eating, as long as his father makes it, it will definitely meet her appetite, and he tugged on Ying Shiyan's sleeve and began to shout.

A maid hurriedly took an enamel bowl and put some clams on the board, and Chen Xi picked up an old man who didn't know how to put his mouth up, so he had to look at his father with a pair of clear and watery eyes.

Chen Xu put down the spatula, picked one up from the vegetable pot with his hand, first sucked the remaining soup in the shell with his mouth, and then dug out the clam meat inside with his hand and put it in his mouth.

Instantly, a delicious flavor with the scent of scallion sauce spreads in your mouth.

Although this dish is not much different from the spicy snail in terms of ingredients and methods, the taste is not the same, and the natural umami of the seashell alone is enough to enhance the quality of this dish countless times, which is very different from the snails that grow in the mud of inland ponds and rivers.

Although the snail is also good, it naturally has a muddy taste, so it has to be raised with water for two or three days before eating, and the tip of the snail must be clamped off to remove the internal organs, otherwise the strong earthy smell and mud and sand are unbearable, even if the snail is processed very clean every time, Chen Xu still has to put enough sauce and seasoning when making it, and use a strong fragrance to cover up the taste of the mud in the snail.

In fact, eating a snail is to eat the taste of a spice sauce, and then it is used as a pastime to chat and drink, and it is really not delicious.

But the seashells are different, the sea sand is clean, basically unpolluted, so there is no muddy taste, and the natural umami does not need too many seasonings and spices to make it very delicious.

So in essence, snails and clams are two completely different dishes.

One is represented by roadside stalls.

One represents the food stalls.

Although they are all commoner-level late-night food, the venue makes a clear distinction in their status.

"See it, it's like this way Daddy!" Chen Xu chirped, smiled and threw the shell on the ground.

Chen Xi had already started eating before his father finished speaking, sucked the soup first, and shouted excitedly before he had time to eat meat: "Wow, it's delicious, mother, auntie, eat quickly......"

Although Chen Xi is young, his eating speed is not inferior to that of adults, a pair of small hands dance fast, sucking soup, eating clam meat, and throwing shells in one go, which is deeply inherited from Xing'er eating food, and he ate three or four in an instant, and while eating, he had to stare at the enamel bowl in front of him, for fear that the people next to him would rob her of her deliciousness.

"Is it really that delicious?" Yu Ji hesitated and picked up a clam and sucked it, and her beautiful little face instantly unfolded with great surprise, and instantly turned into another beautiful clam beast and started eating.

"I'll try one too!" Meng Wan looked at the two little ladies who were eating happily, and couldn't help but pick one up, open her little mouth and suck it gently.

"Wow, it's really delicious, it's much better than the sauce snail, sister, try it......"

So just as Chen Xu continued to stir-fry razor clams, a group of women of all sizes gathered around the board and ate with boundless happiness, and soon the ground was full of shells.

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