Lin Jiangbei looked in the direction of Tao Pengshi's finger, and saw that the parcel had two lines of the recipient's address and name in Chinese: Mr. Yokoyama Akima, No. 22, Lane 930, Disway Road, Shanghai Public Concession, as for the sender's address, there is only one line of Japanese: 63xx Nishimachi, Nakatosa Town, Takaoka County, Kochi Prefecture, Japan.

When he was at the Zhejiang Police Academy, Lin Jiangbei was entrusted by Yamada Kazutaka to collect the parcel for Yamada Kazutaka on his behalf, and knew that the Chinese address and name on the above line were translated by the post office here in China.

Although the parcel was tightly wrapped in kraft paper, Lin Jiangbei, with his keen sense of smell, still smelled a strange slightly fishy fragrance emanating from the kraft paper.

Hey? What kind of scent is this? How can it smell like the fragrance of dried fish, but it is richer and purer than the taste of dried eel, dried mackerel and other common dried salted fish in Hangzhou, and the fishy smell is much lighter?

Lin Jiangbei thought about it, while reaching out to take this package in his hand, sure enough, as Tao Pengshi said, this parcel looks quite large, but the weight in his hand is not heavy, and through the thick kraft paper, I feel that the things wrapped inside are very hard, and the touch of dried eel, dried mackerel and other salted fish dried by coastal fishermen here in Zhejiang is still very different.

"Lao Zhang," Lin Jiangbei turned around and called Liu Xuan's pseudonym, "Didn't you work in the post inspection office before?" Let's feel what's in there. ”

Hearing that Lin Jiangbei's subordinate had worked in the post inspection office before, Tao Pengshi's eyes when he looked at Liu Xuan were immediately different. For them, the staff of the post office, who can work at the post office, are all powerful characters that make them look up to the mountains.

Liu Xuan smiled, reached out and took the parcel from Lin Jiangbei's hand, weighed it twice in his hand, and then pressed the parcel twice with both hands, and then said to Lin Jiangbei: "Boss Cheng, you don't need to open the bag to check, this parcel contains dried bonito." ”

Bonito is a marine fish that is very popular among Japanese people. Japanese people also like to eat fresh bonito after it has been dried and smoked. Because dried bonito is so hard after drying and smoking, it is difficult to cut even if you use a knife to cut it directly, so in ancient times, many Japanese people sharpened it into a knife and used it as a knife. When eating dried bonito, you should not cut it directly with a knife, but carefully shaved it into thin fillets with a shave.

Although it is said that the production process of dried bonito is complicated and lasts for a long time. After steaming, smoking, fermentation, drying, etc., the bonito made is as hard as a wooden block, so it is also called "wooden fish", also called the bonito festival. The bonito festival is one of the favorite condiments used in Japanese cuisine and Japanese households, so it can be said that there would be no "Japanese food" without dried bonito.

The reason why Lin Jiangbei learned about the knowledge of dried bonito was that Yamada Ichitaka told him. Yamada Ichitaka once complained to Lin Jiangbei that he served as an instructor at the Zhejiang Police Academy for three years, and the most regrettable thing was that there were no authentic Japanese restaurants in Hangzhou, and he couldn't eat his beloved dried bonito.

At this time, hearing Liu Xuan say that the parcel contained dried bonito, and then thinking of the strange aroma with a faint fishy smell on the parcel, Lin Jiangbei basically agreed with Liu Xuan's judgment in his heart.

However, basic recognition is basic recognition, Lin Jiangbei is still very strange, why does Liu Xuan dare to be so sure that his judgment is absolutely accurate, so much so that he doesn't need to open the bag to check?

As if to see Lin Jiangbei's question, Liu Xuan continued: "When I was at the Nanjing Postal Inspection Office, I often checked the parcels sent from Japan received from the Japanese Embassy, and then there was a very peculiar phenomenon, that is, I often checked some dried bonito from these parcels received by the Japanese Embassy. And most of these dried bonito parcels come from Kochi Prefecture, Japan. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the Japanese shipping address written on the bottom of the parcel and said, "This Kochi Prefecture in Japan is the production area of Japan's famous bonito. ”

"According to the Japanese, bonito is best eaten at two times of the year. One is from March to May, when the bonito is called 'Hatsu bonito', also known as 'ascending bonito', and the other is from September to October, when the bonito is called 'autumn bonito', also known as 'descending bonito' or 'returning bonito'. ”

"Among them, 'Hatsu bonito' is the most highly regarded and is regarded as the ultimate delicious food, and Japanese folk even have a saying that 'selling wives and children also eat Hatsu bonito'!"

"Bonito is a migratory fish that migrates to the waters of Kochi Prefecture from March to May every year, so dried bonito produced in Kochi Prefecture is the most popular among the Japanese. Many Japanese aristocrats in a foreign country also have to find a way to get authentic dried bonito from Kochi Prefecture to taste! ”

"This is also the reason why there are several Japanese restaurants in Nanjing where you can eat dried bonito, and the officials of the Japanese embassy in Nanjing have to send some dried bonito from Kochi Prefecture from Japan."

"I see!" Lin Jiangbei sighed and said to Liu Xuan, "Lao Zhang, I didn't expect you to know so much about Japanese customs!" ”

"Mainly because I often check out dried bonito in my mail bag, so I had to figure out what it meant to Japanese people. Why would they go to such lengths to send these things from Japan? So I consulted a lot of seniors in Japan, and finally figured out this problem! ”

Lin Jiangbei nodded, he also heard Yamada Ichtaka say, dried bonito is delicious and abnormal, and the way to eat it is very simple, as long as you use wooden bonitum to make dried bonito into bonito flowers, and then cover the bonito flowers on the white rice that has just come out of the pot, and then drip a few drops of soy sauce, a bowl of nutritious and flavorful rice is done, no need for any chef or cook to help deal with it, as long as you can cook rice.

"Boss Cheng," Liu Xuan said again, "although I'm 100 percent sure it's dried bonito." However, in order to be safe during the period, it is better to open the parcel and check it. What if there is something else in it besides dried bonito? ”

"yes, better check it out!" Lin Jiangbei nodded, pointed at Master Tao Peng, and said, "Master Tao, you first find a domestic ordinary parcel, and let Lao Zhang show you the technique of opening the parcel on the spot." ”

"No more, no more!" Tao Pengshi hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Since Mr. Zhang has worked in the post inspection office before, what else do I have to worry about?" Just open this parcel and you're good to go! ”

Liu Xuanyi was bold, and when he heard Tao Pengshi say this, he was no longer polite, and he didn't even wait for Lin Jiangbei to speak, as soon as he flipped his wrist, a snowy blade came out, and then he swiped the seal of the kraft paper as fast as lightning, and saw that the kraft paper sealing paste was like ice cream encountering a hot knife and was gently cut open by the blade.

When the kraft paper was opened, I saw that it was a package wrapped in two layers of thick oiled paper. It was also tied with a red ribbon and tied with a beautiful bow.

Liu Xuan shook his hand lightly, untied the ribbon, opened the oil paper, and saw ten dried fish neatly stacked inside.

"Is this dried bonito?" Lin Jiangbei picked one up with his hand and sniffed it lightly on the tip of his nose. Compared with the little fragrance on the kraft paper just now, the fragrance emanating from the dried bonito is dozens of times stronger. In contrast, the fishy smell on the dried bonito just now did not become stronger than the faint fishy smell mixed with the scent on the kraft paper just now.

"Yes, that's dried bonito!" Liu Xuan rummaged through the dried bonito with his hand, and didn't find any other items in it, so he also picked up a dried bonito and sniffed it vigorously at the end of his nose, and then said in surprise: "Hey, these dried bonito are actually different from the ordinary dried bonito in Kochi County, they are actually smoked from longan wood!" ”

"Lao Zhang, are there any different smoking ingredients for this dried bonito?" When Lin Jiangbei heard Liu Xuan say this, he hurriedly asked.

"Yes!" Liu Xuan said, "Dried bonito is more particular about smoking materials, ordinary ones, they are smoked with straw, and those that are a little more particular are smoked with chestnut wood and beech wood." The most upscale is smoked with longan wood. ”

"The taste of dried bonito smoked with different ingredients is very different. For example, dried bonito smoked with straw has a stronger grass flavor, chestnut smoked bonito has a more obvious smoke flavor, while beech smoked products smell more fishy, and longan wood smoked products have a richer flavor and more layers of taste! ”

"Yes, that's dried bonito!" Liu Xuan rummaged through the dried bonito with his hand, and didn't find any other items in it, so he also picked up a dried bonito and sniffed it vigorously at the end of his nose, and then said in surprise: "Hey, these dried bonito are actually different from the ordinary dried bonito in Kochi County, they are actually smoked from longan wood!" ”

"Lao Zhang, are there any different smoking ingredients for this dried bonito?" When Lin Jiangbei heard Liu Xuan say this, he hurriedly asked.

"Yes!" Liu Xuan said, "Dried bonito is more particular about smoking materials, ordinary ones, they are smoked with straw, and those that are a little more particular are smoked with chestnut wood and beech wood." The most upscale is smoked with longan wood. ”

"The taste of dried bonito smoked with different ingredients is very different. For example, dried bonito smoked with straw has a stronger grass flavor, chestnut smoked bonito has a more obvious smoke flavor, while beech smoked products smell more fishy, and longan wood smoked products have a richer flavor and more layers of taste! ”