Chapter 274: Air-Dried Fish
It's strange to win the battle, how can Apricot catch so many fish, this winter.
On Sunday, Zhan Changsheng was curious in his heart, so he rode a bicycle to take his wife and children to Ding Haixing, who often went to the seaside near the reef.
"The water here is so clear!" Zhan Changsheng said as he hung the hook on the bait, and with a beautiful line, the line slid out a beautiful arc, fell into the water, and sat on the small pony he brought.
Duan Hongying looked at Zhan Changsheng and did the same, hung the bait on the hook, threw out the fishing line, fell into the sea, and sat motionless on the pony.
The rare warm sun in winter, the sea is also calm, the waves gently lap the scorched rock on the shore, roll up the silver flowers, and make a gurgling sound.
Ding Haixing didn't feel the cold at all, and it was not good to 'cheat' with them, and looked around, hey! There's a huge scorched rock over there, there's it.
"You guys fish, I'll go over there, wander around." Ding Haixing pointed to the beach road.
"There you go!" Zhan Chang Chang said without raising his head, his eyes like eagles and falcons, staring at the sea.
Ding Haixing walked behind the rocks, squatted on the seaside, and released his spiritual power, who would come to this place where birds don't in the winter, and put the sea fish in the space, and the sea fish in the sea of this generation, and the sea fish into the sea.
Using his spiritual power, he dragged these fish, swam to the side of Chang Sheng, and even jumped out of the sea.
"Hiss......" Zhan Changsheng looked at so many sea fish, "Do you still need to fish?" "Take out the fishing net directly to catch the fish, and the fishing net is the fishing net of the net after the fish is caught.
"Tut-......tut" Zhan Changsheng directly bent down and fished out a net of fish from the sea, four or five, one weighing four or five pounds, and shouted excitedly, "Apricot, red tassel, come and see a lot of fish." ”
Ding Haixing ran over when she heard this, pulled Duan Hongying, who was sitting on the other side with her back to Zhan Changsheng, turned around, looked at the fish in Zhan Changsheng's net, and couldn't help but widen her eyes, there are so many fish!
"Apricot, I'm going to kill the fish? You're here to catch fish. Zhan Changsheng dumped the fish in the fishing net on the dock and handed the fishing net to Ding Haixing, "Hurry up, don't let the fish escape." ”
Squatted down by himself, slapped the fish to death, removed the scales, gills, and internal organs, washed it, and opened it in one go, never dragging mud and water.
Then wash it with seawater, he can remember what his apricot said, the benefits of washing fish with seawater, the advantages of air-dried fish in this way, one is not to attract flies, and the other is that the sea fish is washed with seawater, which tastes good.
I washed and dried it neatly and put it in a basket, and when I got home, I pickled it in the apricots.
Ding Haixing fished five times, and directly caught more than 20 fish, all of which were mackerel, and these fish often fed in groups near the coastal islands and reefs, so they would not be caught by people in pigtails.
The best season of mackerel fishing is autumn, in the present when the resources are abundant, the sun touches the mountain before the downflow net, the net floats, the standard mango stretches for more than ten miles, the next morning, there are often three or four thousand tails, the weight of three or four kilograms of gratifying harvest.
And in the middle of winter, Ding Haixing can only say that luck has come, and no one can stop it.
"I kind of know, it turns out that fish are 'caught' like this." It's not okay to win the battle and not accept it! "You're in luck!"
"Hee-hee...... God loves people. Ding Haixing looked at the two of them and said, "Let's go, let's go home and make fish balls to eat." ”
"Howler!" Zhan Changsheng returned with his wife and children.
Mackerel meat is spiny and less, delicious and nutritious, and the meat is firm and tight, making it ideal for making fish balls.
"I'll take care of the fish and remove the bones." Ding Haixing took out three fish from the back basket.
"Wait a minute!" Zhan Changsheng took off the hook on the wall and tied his apron around her.
Ding Haixing, who had fastened her apron, cut the mackerel in her hand lengthwise along the abdomen, and patted the fish with the side of the knife to make it loose. Turn the fish over and you can easily remove the main spine in the middle. The spines in the belly of the fish can also be easily removed.
"It's amazing!" Zhan Changsheng said in surprise, took off his apron as he spoke, handed it to her, and said, "I'll try it." ”
Ding Haixing looked at the apron he handed over and said, "Do you have to let me tie it for you?" ”
"Yes!" Zhan Chang Sheng said stubbornly.
"Good, good! I'll give you a tie, I really don't know why you are so stubborn in this matter. Ding Haixing shook her head slightly and helped him tie his apron.
"I love the heartwarming feeling." Zhan Chang Sheng said faintly.
Ding Haixing's heart moved slightly when she heard this, she also liked this kind of happiness, happiness, and very sweetness.
"Alright, let's get rid of the thorns, we'll wait for the fish balls." Ding Haixing urged.
Zhan Changsheng followed her example and successfully removed the thorns, "Then what to do, chop into mud?" ”
"First." Ding Haixing took out a clean spoon for eating from the cupboard and scraped the fish off.
Three fishes were scraped off by winning three times and dividing five by two.
"Alright, I'll do the rest." Ding Haixing took over and said, "You go to the canteen to buy some dry food, and we will eat fish balls." ”
Send him away, so that Ding Haixing can continue to make fish balls, it is not convenient to have him.
"Okay!" Zhan Changsheng doesn't know much about making fish, so the work behind this is naturally handed over to the apricots who grow up on the seaside.
Zhan Changsheng went to the canteen to buy steamed buns, Ding Haixing brandished a kitchen knife, dangdang...... Puree the fish.
In the middle, Ding Haixing added a lot of space seasoning, otherwise, it would not be possible to make fish balls.
After the stuffing is adjusted, the water on the stove is boiled until warm, and the fish balls are squeezed in, and the fish balls float up to indicate that they are cooked. Add a pinch of salt, pepper and chopped green onion and you're ready to go.
It's better to have coriander, but unfortunately there is no now, Ding Haixing is very sorry!
The mackerel ball soup came out of the pot, and Zhan Changsheng also bought steamed buns back.
Fish balls are eaten hot, there is no fishy smell, and the taste is Q-bomb. In winter, a bowl of meatball soup is in the stomach, and the whole person is warm.
After lunch, Ding Haixing began to marinate those fish, in addition to the mackerel caught today, as well as the dried yellow croaker and dragon fish that she 'fished' a few days ago.
Air-dried fish is a special delicacy that has been passed down from generation to generation by fishermen in coastal areas, and it is a must for Ding Haixing's craftsmanship.
The earliest origin of air-dried fish is that the fishermen who go out to sea to fish sometimes catch very few fish, and the cost of returning to the port is too high, in order to prevent the fish from deteriorating, the fish is directly cut, rinsed back and forth in the sea water several times, directly hung on the bow of the ship to dry quickly, and can be eaten after waiting for docking. The fish dried in this way is moderately salty and fresh, and the taste is strong and delicious, which is a special delicacy passed down from generation to generation by fishermen in coastal areas.
After marinating, it is air-dried, and the air-drying technique is: under well-ventilated conditions, avoid direct sunlight and quickly air-dry (shade drying) to quickly dehydrate the fish, so that the fish protein can be well preserved, and the protein is more enriched and concentrated, with almost no loss, and the fat of the fish will not be esterified, without losing the freshness of the fish and the taste of the fish.
Air dry for 3-4 days. Fortunately, it is winter, so it will not fill the yard with fishy smell. That's going to cause protests from the neighbors.