Chapter 347: Wild Sushi
While Euphemia and her maid Jenny and Clara's maid were approaching the stream with a large pile of fishing gear and weapons, Clara Never, the eldest daughter of Baron Latimer, was standing alone on the edge of the rock and watching curiously.
"John, plug the gap over there with a stone, so that the fish can't slip off the edge." Alfred Walton stood in the stream and commanded Clara's brother, "Is it blocked?" Now I'm going to dive in and check it again. ”
"John, what the hell are you and Alver doing?" Clara, who was ignorant, looked at the two of them who had been busy in the stream for a while, and asked her brother in her childish girlish voice.
John grabbed the stems of the large tufts of grass that were growing vigorously on the shore and climbed ashore, wiped the water from his face and threw it twice on the ground, "Alph said that the river would be blocked with stones, so that a lot of fish could be caught." ”
The corner of his eyes flickered, and John turned his head to look at it and hurriedly greeted him with a smile, "Good day, Miss Yufemia." ”
"Whoa!" When Euphemia and the others put the things on their hands and bodies on the grass, they greeted the baron's eldest son one after another. Then, as Euphemia walked to the shore with the skirt of her skirt, she saw Alfred come ashore, "Elf, I've got everything you want, do you really want to block the river and catch fish?" ”
Dressed in only a pair of linen pants and dripping with water from his body, Alfred stood on the shore with his hands on his hips and smiled, "Yes, that's what I used to do when I was training in Sir Alex's territory, Katrick Village. With that, he walked towards the place where the tools and weapons were stacked.
Glancing at John, who was crouching on the ground admiring a dagger in his hand, "John, grab your tomahawk and go cut down some trees with me." ”
As the two boys each took a tomahawk and headed toward the woods on the shore, the two remaining young noble women and their maids came to the shore and sat down on two huge stones. Clara enjoyed spending time with Euphemia, who was 10 years her senior, and because she had no sister before she met Sir Augustine's family, she treated Euphemia as her own sister.
Euphemia didn't want to be with a 7-year-old girl who didn't know anything, but the other party was the eldest daughter of a baron. Although Clara's father's title was the lowest in the hierarchy, her father was still a nobleman. Out of respect for Clara's status as a noble lady, Euphemia had no choice but to accommodate her.
Soon, the two and a half boys cut down some dead wood and fresh trunks and branches. Jumping into the stream and reinforcing the river with dead wood, trunks and branches, more than half of the river that had previously been blocked with stones, created a homemade dam. In order to prevent the water level from rising due to the blockage of the river, the two made several small water outlets in the middle of the dam.
Gradually, the previously quiet and steady stream became turbulent due to the dam. Fish such as salmon, trout, eels, gills and sturgeon, which grow in natural environments such as streams and rivers, appear in large numbers near the dam. Alfred stood on the shore, watching closely at the various wild fish that jumped and churned in front of the dam, swallowing hard, and quickly carried all his tools and weapons from the grass to the shore.
When he picked up the longbow and arrows, he suddenly saw a long rope on the ground, and looked at his sister in surprise: "Effie, how do you know that I still need rope?" ”
"Stupid, you want to learn from your sister to shoot fish with a bow and arrow, how can you drag the fish back without tying the arrows with a rope?"
"Hehe, Sister and Sister Isabel will always be two wise sisters." Alfred turned his face to the others, "I'm a knightly squire with a chivalrous spirit, so I'll give Miss Clara and Miss Euphemia the first salmon I catch later." ”
In the back of Clara's mind, fish is basically baked with other ingredients. When I heard Alfred's "heroic words" today, I looked at him with two young eyes, "Elf, are you going to bake one yourself... Do you give me salmon to taste? ”
"No, Miss Clara. Today I will let you taste another taste of salmon. ”
"What do you mean? Another taste? Clara turned her head to look at Euphemia sitting beside her, "Sister Effie, what does Alphor mean?" ”
Salmon fillet dipped in horseradish is of course a method passed on to her younger brother and sister by Isabel Walton. Among the various foreign foods that are popular in her native state of Texas or on the East and West Coasts, she has always loved sushi as a foreign food. As for the reason for the love, it is none other than that sushi is cute, delicate and delicious.
Sushi with a mild taste and nothing particularly strange is acceptable to her and the people around her. Not only that, but she also developed the "super skill" of eating sashimi dipped in horseradish (wasabi). In addition, since sushi is made from nutritious, protein-rich seafood, sashimi, vegetables, eggs and rice, she thinks it is very nutritious. Unfortunately, a good quality sashimi in her hometown sells for at least $10 a serving. In desperation, many times she can only choose sashimi that is not sold out on the day and is thrown away, and sold at a reduced price.
Now it's different, there are plenty of free salmon, or salmon, in the stream of my father's estate. This kind of good thing that she can't dream of, how can she let it go easily. As a result, catching salmon in a private stream on private territory is one of her favorite pastimes to relax and enjoy food. And because in the north, where the Catholic religious atmosphere is strong, the only thing that can be eaten during the fasting period is fish and a pitiful few non-meat foods, so she has already begun to blatantly "kill" wild salmon.
Less than two months after returning to the estate from Lancaster Castle, Alfred quickly fell in love with the practice of practicing archery and eating fresh fish. As a member of the Jazz family, Yufermia naturally refuses to be left behind the youngest child in the family, and joins the team to eat raw fish one after another.
"Miss, you'll find out later." Euphemia smiled and glanced at Clara, who looked curious.
"Alright, let's get started." Alfred carried a bow in his left hand and an arrow with a rope tied to the bow string in his right hand to the shore where the dam was located.
"Sister Effie, I feel a little cold." John, who was a little weak, looked at Euphemia with his arms folded on his chest. Euphemia nodded, and turned back to Jenny, "You go to the grass and get John and Alver's clothes back first, and then go and get two coats." ”