Volume 2 Chapter 101 Crocodile Meat
After a short rest, I was ready to dispose of the crocodiles and take them away as soon as possible, the beach itself is not very safe, and I am always worried that other crocodiles will rush over.
After looking around to make sure there was no threat from other crocodiles, I first retrieved the nets that had been wrapped around it and received all the weapons together.
Different from the focused combat at the beginning, it is now more intuitive to take off the fishing net and watch it up close, and the more you look at it, the more you feel powerful!
I really admired myself for a while......
This is a large crocodile with a body size of nearly three meters, which should weigh three to four hundred pounds, and I stood in front of it like a child.
The success of the hunt undoubtedly gave me considerable confidence and verified the feasibility of the operation, which not only laid the foundation for future operations, but also recognized my own shortcomings.
For the time being, the only weapons that can deal damage are bows and spears, and the spear is not as effective as I wanted, and needs to be sharpened more sharply, and the wooden stick on the spear is not very suitable, and there will be a little elasticity when stabbing to remove some of the strength, and the effect may be better if you use harder wood.
The beach is not a place to stay for long, and the longer you stay, the greater the danger, and after looking at the crocodile for a minute or two, I forcibly woke myself up from the fruit, and took out a long knife and an axe to disassemble it.
The handling of crocodiles is a headache, it is not like a pig or a cow, it can be divided into countless pieces of meat with a gentle knife cut, this armor makes people speechless!
Not to mention, even a pig can take an hour or two, so I was worried about being attacked by a crocodile sneaking up behind me while I got carried away about breaking up the fish......
The weight of three or four hundred pounds is not something I can easily drag, I can only give up part of the weight in exchange for leaving earlier!
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The crocodile head was the first to be discarded by me, and the weight was reduced by fifty pounds at once, not to mention that this was really a manual work, and it took nearly ten minutes for the axe and dagger to cooperate with each other.
The other part that takes up the weight is the internal organs, and the moment you open its belly, a foul smell immediately emits it, especially the undigested fish meat is disgusting to look at!
At this time, violence is even more important, and in a minute or two, all the internal organs are removed and thrown away, and every second of watching is a loss to myself.
The internal organs are discarded except for the cod liver and kidney, and the crocodile liver and kidney have various effects such as tonifying the brain, generating blood, and removing dampness, but it is a rare tonic, which is a very good thing for me who lacks this source of nutrition on the island.
After removing most of the internal organs, at least fifty catties were removed at once, and now the weight of the crocodile is only more than two hundred catties.
It's still heavy, but with a rope tied to its legs, it can at least drag slowly, even if it can only move forward one meter in two seconds, and I reached the bottom of the mountain in two or three minutes, which is much safer than on the beach!
Sitting in the shadow under the big tree, I didn't rush to deal with the fish, anyway, the first action was to sit down and rest, I was too tired......
There's zero chance of bringing the whole fish back at once, but it's safe enough that I can slowly break it down into pieces.
Although the crocodile is called a fish, it is not a fish, it is more similar to lions, tigers and other beasts, so its flesh quality is not the same as ordinary fish.
The color of the meat looks similar to pork, but in fact, the meat quality is more similar to chicken, it is completely low-fat meat, and there is almost no fat!
The meat of the crocodile is not only delicious, but also has multiple effects such as nourishing the heart and lungs, nourishing blood and strengthening bones, tonifying the kidneys and driving away evil spirits and dehumidification.
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It suddenly occurred to me that hunting crocodiles would not only remove the threat to me, but also produce a lot of excellent meat, improving the loss of fish and seafood that I could not go to sea!
Although the difficulty of hunting is not small, it adds some excitement to my peaceful life on the island, and it is still a good activity to come to.
The strong sense of crisis when the crocodile was first spotted dissipated at this moment......
The next processing process was deliberately slowed down by me and carried out slowly, first of all, I cut off the four fish legs and threw them into the back basket, this leg weighs almost ten pounds, and the meat is quite firm, no wonder it has such a strong explosive power.
Then the whole crocodile skin is peeled off, which is also a good material, many modern high-end bags are made of crocodile leather, and a bag is prohibitively expensive.
If a crocodile were to be brought to the city, it would be worth a month's salary for me, and it would be worth nothing but food.
Unlike sheepskin, crocodile skin is quite laborious to peel, but it doesn't have to be so careful, it can be done in a wide open and closed way, and it only takes half an hour to peel off the whole fishskin.
After removing the fish skin, the pure meat is much more worry-free, and the next action is more wild, I directly cut it into three sections before and after, so that each section weighs only seventy or eighty pounds, and it is no longer a problem to transport it home.
The smell of blood was very strong, and I felt that it had spread far away, so for safety I quickly dragged a piece of fish up the hillside, to a position of thirty or forty meters up the hillside, and then turned back and dragged another piece again, until it was all on the hillside, and I carried it home piece by piece.
I had to admire my sense of crisis, and when I looked up at the beach, I saw that two crocodiles were eating the offal that had been thrown there.
If I still decompose the fish meat on the beach, the lowest possible price in the end is not to get any fish at all, and even put myself in danger!
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After almost two hours of tossing back and forth, the person was already so tired that he couldn't breathe, and his whole body was like he had just come out of the water, but the hard work was rewarded, and the three pieces of crocodile meat were placed in the open space outside the house at this time.
When I got home, I didn't rush to deal with the fish, I rested for another 20 minutes to regain my strength, and then jumped into the pool, and I was finally comfortable!
The clothes on his body were covered with sweat and the blood stained by the few hours of dealing with fish, which seemed to be unsuitable for the next scene of cutting meat and cooking.
When I got back to normal, I had to rinse the fish with water, and the processing on the beach left several pieces of meat covered in sand, and there was no way to move on to the next step.
The cleaned crocodile meat turned white again, and it looked particularly appetizing.
In appearance, crocodile meat is more beautiful than mutton, and it has a kind of white and flawless meaning, and the more you look at it, the more hungry you become!
The time is close to noon, and it is indeed the time for lunch, and the best crocodile meat is the freshest time, so it would be too sorry not to eat it at this time.
So while piling more than 200 catties of meat on the table, a fire was also lit on one side.
The first line is to cut a large piece into small pieces and throw it into a clay pot, and add a large handful of dandelions, a few slices of ginger and salt, etc., this large pot of stewed fish is mouth-watering!
On the other side, the decomposition of crocodile meat continues, peeling the skin and removing the bones, these steps are somewhat similar to the scene when the pig is killed during the Chinese New Year, and it is even more similar after the skin is removed!
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When all the fish is cut into long strips and the stew in the clay pot is almost ready, it is ready to start.
After tasting a few pieces of stew, I experienced the high-quality taste of high-end ingredients for a while, its quality is similar to chicken, but it is more chewy than chicken, and at the same time it tastes better, no wonder so many people in modern times love game, it is not for nothing!
Although the stew is delicious, I think that such fresh meat is just a way to eat I am sorry for myself, I am going to make a few more hard dishes, miss this village, and I don't know what day it will be the next time I eat such fresh meat.
After all, the discovery of the value of crocodile meat has changed my initial plan, not only to hunt blindly to eliminate the threat, but also to solve the meat diet in the future, and the secondary thing is to reduce the threat!
Next, I made a dish of braised crocodile liver, which tasted a little fishy, so I added two or three times the usual seasoning while stir-frying to suppress the taste, and the taste of the finished product was quite delicious.
At this time, I thought of crocodile tongue, and now I react a little late, it should also be a pretty good ingredient, and next time it must not be as atmospheric as today!
There is also a steamed fish paw, half a fish paw plus peanut oil, salt and secret oyster sauce has not been so enjoyable to eat for a long time as today's meal, but the gap is still a seasoning that cannot be ignored, and the lack of taste is still regrettable......
Because of the difference in seasoning, the final steamed fish palm is a little fishy, and because of the lack of taste, the fiber roughness of the fish meat is magnified a lot, so it tastes very woody.
This fish is not too big, and if you come across a super large crocodile that is more than five or six meters long and weighs more than a ton, I believe that the meat is even older and older.
Alas, seasoning is a big problem, the people take food as the sky, and my sky has collapsed by a small half!
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The temperature in May is not low at all, there is already a temperature of nearly 30 degrees, and more than 200 catties of fresh meat can not be eaten in a while and a half, and preservation has become a big problem.
Thinking about it, it seems that it can only be preserved in the same way as mutton, made into bacon or jerky to prolong the preservation time.
However, this amount is not easy to dispose of, and the salt also consumes several catties, and finally a large clay jar is washed and used for preservation.
Cut into long strips of fish meat first I am going to marinate for a night, tomorrow morning all with smoke, and finally hang in the room to dry, only about ten catties are left for these meals to eat, the current temperature after the meat after salt preservation for a day or two is still no problem.
Now I don't think there is too little meat, but I think it is too much, one crocodile meat can provide two or three hundred catties of meat, it is quite troublesome to deal with, and it is a pity to throw it away in vain.
This leads to the problem that it is unlikely that all the crocodiles on the island will be cleared out in a while, and this may continue for a long time.
There are more than 100 catties of bacon all made into bacon, and although the taste is not as good as fresh fish, it is also very good to make stewed meat.
Almost half a month of preparation, as well as the thrill of the fight, and the sweat when returning are all worth it, compared with this large tank of fish and meat, my efforts have not only been duly rewarded, but also extremely rich!