Chapter 754: The Snail Who Wants to Become an Immortal
Chu Chu and Jade Hairpin, the two of them talked and played for a while.
When you are tired of playing, you can gather a handful of firewood, this sword casting is really troublesome, you have to watch it from time to time, like cooking in ancient times, and you have been working hard to burn the fire.
Xuan Chu felt that he had been playing with the jade hairpin for a while, and was a little hungry, so he said, "Jade hairpin, have you ever followed the master and eaten the food cooked by his old man?" Is it delicious? ”
Xuan Chu thought to himself, and he didn't know how the master cooked? Can you eat it?
The jade hairpin shook her head and said, "I haven't even eaten it from the master, where have I eaten it!" ”
Xuan Chu said: "By the way, I don't know what the ancient immortals ate?" Dragon liver phoenix marrow? ”
Jade hairpin smiled and said, "Hey, master, I know what the Eight Immortals eat......"
Chu Chu said curiously: "Hahaha, it's really fake, what are you eating?" ”
The jade hairpin smiled: "Lu Dongbin's flowing eggs......"
Xuan Chu was curious: "What is a Liuxia?" ”
Jade hairpin smiled: "Hehe, the owner doesn't have a mobile phone, you can check ......"
Xuan Chu said: "When you get to this Jade Void Peak, there will be no more electricity, where can I turn it on, you can tell me what it is, and wait for me to go back and check it out?" ”
Jasper hairpin smiled: "A kind of insect ......"
Xuan Chu said: "Well, when you hear it, it's the food of the south, and the northerners can't stand it, but you continue to listen to it?" ”
Later, after Chu went back, Baidu took a look,
Liuxia, I almost didn't vomit in disgust! Damn! I can't stand the fact that someone actually eats these...... That's for later.
Jade hairpin smiled: "Legend has it that in ancient times, one of the eight immortals, Lu Dongbin, traveled to the coast of Fujian on a spring day with a beautiful wind and sun, peach and plum white, and suddenly saw a mountain shaped like a blooming lotus flower, and couldn't help but be happy in his heart, descending from the clouds, standing on the top of the mountain, enjoying the beautiful scenery in the mountain forest. At this time, a snail secretly climbed onto Lu Dongbin's trouser tube, in a vain attempt to cling to the immortal and become an immortal. Lu Dongbin was greatly disappointed, swept away the dust in his hand, and read: "Go down!" For the benefit of the people. The snail was immediately broken into two sections, and one fell into the field of the brook and multiplied into a "liuxia"; The other section of the tidal flat that fell to Heyu Island multiplied into "mud nails". They have become a unique accompaniment to the local people. The "Xishanyang" and "Heyu" here are both coastal towns in Fu'an. ”
Xuan Chu smiled: "Hahaha, this snail is definitely a drama spirit, after seeing the master, he actually wants to climb on his clothes and become an immortal, so if he succeeds, after being taken to heaven by the master, won't he become a fairy snail, or a snail in the heavenly realm?" ”
The jade hairpin smiled and said: "Hehe, it is possible, every year after the summer harvest and before the second crop of rice transplanting, as soon as the water in the field is drained, the village farmers in Xishanyang begin to arrange the fishing of "Liuxia". At night, the "stray flies" crawled out of the cave in groups, and the villagers had already squatted at the entrance of the cave, opened their pockets to catch them all, and took them home to make "stray eggs", and people caught the "stray flies".
Xuan Chu didn't know what this thing was at this time, so he was curious: "How do you eat it?" ”
Jasper hairpin smiled: "Wash it with clean water, put it in a wooden barrel, and raise it with fresh egg whites." When the "Liuxia" is full of food and drink and its stomach is swollen, add a little refined salt and vinegar and stir it with a small wooden stick. Mix the "Liuxia" and egg whites, put them in a pot, bake them over a warm fire, and press them into a flat cake shape. The roasted "Liuxia Egg", in the pale yellow, slightly red and green lines, resembling satin brocade; In the strong egg aroma, with a slight smell of cockles, it is suitable for wine and rice. Because the "Liuxia Egg" is a local specialty of Xishanyang, and it is the only one, the local villagers often give it as a precious gift to relatives and friends to show their deep nostalgia.
Every year after the autumn harvest, when the tide is low, the villagers in the Heyu area of Baishi Town, Fu'an carry a small fish basket, bring a special short-handled small wooden hoe, and go to the seaside tidal flat to find a small animal about 1~2 cm long, which is what people call "mud nails". When the "mud nails" were first excavated, they were dark gray, the same color as the mud of the tidal flats, and it was not easy to distinguish, and after being washed with water, they were grayish-white. It lives mainly on the surface of tidal flats and lives in clusters. As long as people find its settlement, they can pick up a large bowl of "mud nails" in one go. After taking it home, people bring the captured mud nails to the well, pour them into the soil basket, and constantly wash them with well water, and press them vigorously with their hands until the mud in the belly of the "mud nails" is squeezed out. Put the washed "mud nails" in a pot and cook them, add seven or eight times the water and the appropriate table salt. After the water boils, put the "mud nails" and the thick soup into a bowl and place them in a cool and ventilated place to dry. Due to the high collagen quality of the "mud nail soup", after 8 to 12 hours, the whole bowl of soup will freeze, and the local villagers call this kind of thing "mud nail jelly". The best finished product is frozen in a silver-gray translucent shape without any impurities. In addition to adding a little oil and salt, no other condiments are added when eating, and it tastes non-greasy, light and refreshing. Moreover, because of the strong freezing power of "mud nail jelly", it can be pinched with chopsticks when eating, or even put it in a steaming rice bowl, and it can still not melt for a long time. Anyone who has eaten "mud nail jelly" praises it. ”
Chu Chu sighed: "Hey! It seems that Master doesn't have any conditions to eat delicious food, so he actually eats insects in the mountains! ”
Jade hairpin smiled and said, "By the way, master, I know" Zhang Guolao's Zhenjiang cuisine. ”
Chu Chu smiled: "Hehe, there is finally a meat eater, tell me quickly?" ”
Jade hairpin smiled and said: "One day, Zhang Guolao was playing chess with two scattered immortals in his cave mansion, and suddenly received an invitation from the Queen Mother, asking him to go to Yaochi to go to the Pan Tao Club. When he had finished the game, he mounted his little donkey and set out on the road.
He was riding a donkey and was on his way, when he suddenly smelled a strange fragrance coming from the world, he twitched his nose twice, and really wanted to go down to have a look, but when he saw that the time was not early, he had to urge the donkey to move forward again. A breeze blew, and another strong fragrance wafted, he twitched his nose twice, for some reason, as soon as he smelled this tempting fragrance, Zhang Guolao not only felt hungry, but also lost interest in going to Yaochi. He hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind, turned the donkey's head, pressed the cloud head, turned into an ordinary white-bearded old man, followed the fragrance, and came to the door of a small hotel on Jiuhai Street in Zhenjiang. ”
Chu Chu smiled: "Hahaha, this is obviously advertising this store at that time!" And then? What is delicious? ”
Jade hairpin smiled: "It turns out that this small hotel is a mom-and-pop shop. On this day, the two of them were worried. It turned out that tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and a few days ago, my wife went to the street to buy a pack of nitrate, and when she was going to her parents' house in a few days, she would bring it to her father to make firecrackers. Unexpectedly, three days ago, this bag of nitrate was salted by her husband as a pig's trotters, and it was not until this morning that his wife found out when she was looking for nitrate. When the two of them looked at it, these four pig's trotters were not only pickled, but also ruddy and bright, which was better than salting. What to do? Eat it, I'm afraid of poison, throw it away, and I'm a little reluctant. ”