Ghost Domain Licheng Chapter 105.Herring-flavored Shennong Dan
"This Chinese pharmacist, please rest assured, the treasure of my Shennong Valley, is definitely not a waste of fame, come here, put on jade silk gloves for the two distinguished guests!" Lan Jingling said to the people around her, and immediately two women walked towards us.
"Jade silk gloves?" I repeated with some confusion, and one of the women walked up to me and put the jade silk gloves on my hand, "Shennong Dan is inside, please check carefully." Lan Jingling said and handed me a jade bottle.
I nodded, took the jade bottle, and just as I was about to uncork the bottle, "Wait a minute, Hua Yaoshi, this jade silk glove can touch the Shennong Dan, wearing this jade silk glove, you can take out the Shennong Dan for observation." Lan Jingling suddenly said to me.
"Then thank you Blue Valley Lord, Blue Valley Lord has a heart, Blue Valley Lord, please rest assured, I will definitely check Shennong Dan carefully." I thanked Lan Jingling, after all, Lan Jingling had already placed great trust in us by letting us take out the pills now.
I slowly opened the jade cork, and suddenly, a strange smell came out, almost smoked me, I felt the smell of canned herring, straight out of the bottle.
The smell was so strong that even Mo Dao covered his nose, because it was so stinky that it made people want to vomit out the food they ate in the morning, and the stinky tofu was not so stinky.
I got a little scared and sniffed it carefully, and the smell was indeed quite stinky, something similar to the smell of rotting meat mixed with ammonia, and there was also a fishy smell of some fish that had been left in the open for a long time after death, and had not gone bad, but the fishy smell was already very prominent.
It seems that there seems to be herring in this Shennong Dan, this old Mr. Shennong will not have such a strong taste, and he actually adds this kind of thing in Shennong Dan.
If you want to say that I can understand the addition of durian in Shennong Dan, but how can this canned herring be added, how can people eat it, I estimate that people who eat this Shennong Dan will probably faint first, after all, it is too stinky.
Speaking of canned herring, it has a long history, it is said that canned herring originated in Sweden, rumored to be the world's most smelly food, and I don't know how Swedes eat it, this canned herring is generally listed in Sweden around August.
Every year from April to June, when the herring spawns, fishermen catch hundreds of tons of herring and prepare the raw materials for the pickling of herring, which is unique in the natural fermentation of herring.
In order to ensure that the herring does not rot and deteriorate during the fermentation process, the herring is always boiled in concentrated salt water over a warm fire after the herring has been caught, and then canned and allowed to ferment naturally in the can.
It is said that this technique of marinating herring has been passed down for nearly 300 years, and fishermen came up with a natural way to ferment and marinate herring in order to save money, because it consumes less salt.
By mid-August, the herring in the canned food becomes viscous and juicy, and the gas in the can also expands due to the fermentation of the herring, which makes the canned food bulge, which means that the herring has been salted and matured and can be marketed.
In Sweden, every year on the third Thursday of August, people hold a party dedicated to the herring tasting, which is said to be the best time to taste pickled herring.
On warm and short summer evenings, the Swedes set up tables and chairs in the garden, then serve herring to the table and feast on it, drinking and singing.
People tend to eat herring with potatoes, onions, sour cream or light, tasteless cakes, chew them carefully or swallow them in large pieces. Of course, strong wine is also an indispensable "throat lozenge" for people to have a herring party.
Having said that, the operation of mixing herring in this Shennong Pill really caught me off guard, and suddenly a thought flashed in my mind, could it be that this herring was specially added by Shennong in order to cover up the original smell of the pill?
As soon as this idea came out, it lingered in my mind, after all, this Shennong Danga herring was not justified in the first place, and only this reason could be explained.
At this time, Lan Jingling suddenly said to me: "Pharmacist Hua, this stinks too much, I can't stand it, you study it slowly, I'll go out first to breathe." ”
After speaking, Lan Jingling covered her nose and ran out, alas, it was so stinky that even Mo Dao couldn't stand it a little and wanted to go out, "You all go out." I said with a stench, and then looked at Shennong Dan again.
Mo Dao thought about it, but walked out, seeing that this Shennong Dan couldn't smell the herring just by smelling it and thought that there were other things, so I poured the Shennong Dan on my hand, and suddenly the whole house became even more stinky, and I couldn't help frowning again and again.
Having said that, the operation of mixing herring in this Shennong Pill really caught me off guard, and suddenly a thought flashed out, could it be that this herring was specially added by Shennong in order to cover up the original smell of the pill?
As soon as this idea came out, it lingered in my mind, after all, this Shennong Danjia herring was not justified in the first place, Lan Jingling suddenly said to me: "Pharmacist Hua, you study slowly, I'll go out first to breathe." ”
After speaking, Lan Jingling covered her nose and ran out, alas, it was so stinky that even Mo Dao couldn't stand it a little and wanted to go out, "You all go out." I said with a stench, and then looked at Shennong Dan again.
Mo Dao thought about it, but walked out, seeing that this Shennong Dan couldn't smell the herring just by smelling it and thought that there were other things, so I poured the Shennong Dan on my hand, and suddenly the whole house became even more stinky, and I couldn't help frowning again and again.
After thinking about it, I put the Shennong Dan back into the jade bottle, and then quickly stuffed it back into the jade bottle, after all, the smell was too strong, and I really couldn't stand it, so after doing all this, I put the jade bottle on the table.
Of course, after the jade bottle was placed on the table, I didn't dare to stop at all, and quickly ran towards the outside of the house, I didn't want to be the first to be killed by the stench.
"You're out too?" Lan Jingling saw me come out and said, "Nonsense, why didn't you say earlier that this Shennong Dan tasted like this, it stinked to me." I kept complaining to Lan Jingling.
"I'm sorry, Pharmacist Hua, I haven't opened it before, but I heard that this Shennong Pill can't touch the skin, so I don't know anything else." Lan Jingling said apologetically.
She really didn't know that this thing tasted like this, and her previous research was also researched through the documents left by her ancestors, after all, this Shennong Dan was too precious, and she didn't dare to open it casually.
"It's okay, I probably know some of the ingredients in it, first of all, there is herring in it, and this smell is the smell of herring." I said slowly to Lan Jingling.
"Herring? How I haven't heard of this fish. Lan Jingling frowned and said, "You must not have heard of it, because this kind of thing is not in the Ghost Domain, but this is not important, according to my speculation, this thing is just to confuse people." ”
"Confusing? What does that mean? Lan Jingling asked puzzledly, "It's very simple, the person who makes Shennong Dan doesn't want others to know the ingredients in it, so he added this herring to cover up the taste of the ingredients in the pill." I said with a wry smile.
"Stay away from us, it stinks." Mo Dao pinched his nose and said, then waved his hand at me, and I took another step towards her when I saw this: "I said Lao Dao, if you give me something, I will return it to you now, and I don't accept you to bite me." ”
"Don't make me swear!" Mo Dao looked at me with murderous eyes, "Okay, okay, I'll stay away." "The most important thing in being a man is to stand firm, so I chose to live and stay away from Mo Dao.
"Is it okay now? Ms. Mok. I smiled and said, just kidding, I won't offend Mo Dao, a murderous maniac, Mo Dao didn't pay attention to me anymore, "Then what are you going to do now?" Lan Jingling said to me.
She only pays attention to the prescription, and nothing else is within her scope of concern, "It's very simple, after the taste of Shennong Dan has subsided a little later, I will go in to distinguish it, if I really can't distinguish it, I may crush Shennong Dan." I said to Lan Jingling.
If it was before, Lan Jingling would never agree with me crushing Shennong Dan, but now that she smells this strange smell, she changed her mind and nodded to me: "You can do it, this thing is too stinky, and it is estimated that no one will eat it." ”
"Don't worry, Lord Blue Valley, when I come up with the formula, I can replace the herring, so that this Shennong Dan will not smell." I said with a smile at Lan Jingling.
"Really? Is this thing okay without that herring? Lan Jingling asked in disbelief, "Of course, herring was not the raw material of Shennong Dan in the first place, but it was added to cover up the smell." I explained.
"Okay, let's wait until the smell on our bodies is gone, let's go eat." Lan Jingling suggested, "Yes, but I guess the smell won't be able to dissipate for a while." I shook my head and said.
"Then let's just take a walk." Lan Jingling proposed, "Then let's go, I'm idle here anyway, fortunately, I'm wearing a lot, or I'll freeze to death." I said with a smile, and then followed Lan Jingling towards the outside.
The scene in front of me surprised me, looking at the sky of the sky slowly and leisurely drifting down the crystal clear snow, one by one, one by one, like a dancer dancing in the air, and like a fairy in the sky to the earth New Year's gift, pouring countless plain flowers to the earth.
I saw a white expanse between heaven and earth, snowflakes falling from the sky one after another, and the surrounding area seemed to be a white tent, and the earth immediately became covered in silver. I can't help but think of a poem "Suddenly like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms" is so beautiful!
The white snow fell more and more, and before long, the earth seemed to be covered with a silver coat, and the snow fell in all directions, and some fell on the big trees, and the trees seemed to be full of silver flowers.
Some fell on the roofs, and the houses were like wearing silver hats, and some fell on the mountains in the distance, changing the mountains into a speckled silver costume.
I didn't care about the cold anymore, so I ran into the snow and let the snow fall on me, and I reached out and caught the sparkling snowflakes. The snow melted to my warm hands in no time.
It is said that snow is the messenger of winter, a symbol of whiteness, it decorates the earth with its own unique posture, as clean as jade, as light as smoke, as soft as catkins, falling from the sky one after another, decorating this beautiful world with "silver wrapping, extraordinarily enchanting".
"How about it, I'm beautiful in this valley." Lan Jingling smiled at me and said, "Beautiful, this snow is even more beautiful, if it wasn't too cold, it would be nice to live here." I sighed from the bottom of my heart.