Chapter 176: Delicious in the Mountains
For foodies, it's not just a pleasure to eat, it's also a pleasure to make. Watching the ingredients become delicious dishes under your hands, and winning the cheers and praise of others, will give you a sense of accomplishment.
Qin Fen is not a gourmet, but he is quite interested in cooking. Now a few big snacks are looking at him, and he naturally agreed, and said with a smile:
"Okay, let's have an authentic mountain meal this time."
Under the leadership of Qin Fen, a group of people marched towards the bamboo forest that they had stumbled upon before.
At this moment, it is close to evening, wisps of twilight dust and smoke have risen in the bamboo forest, making the bamboo forest look like a layer of light smoke, plus a shower has just fallen, the bamboo leaves are rolling with a little drop of crystal water droplets, the breeze blows, the bamboo leaves are dancing, as if it is like a fairyland on earth, giving people a sense of tranquility and elegance.
It's a pity that the vast majority of adventurers are Lower Riba people, and they turn a blind eye to such a beautiful scenery. The elf girl rushed into the bamboo forest first, found a relatively empty place, and then quickly cut down the bamboo, cleaned the ground, and after a while, she made a spacious open space of dozens of square meters.
Qin Fen took a deep breath, and the fresh air after the rain poured into his nose and into his lungs, and then spread through the blood throughout his body, and the feeling of being refreshing and refreshing was invigorating.
Bamboo is known as the "negative ion machine", and people who often live in the city often have the illusion of fluttering fairy when they go to the wild bamboo forest and bamboo sea. Compared to the air quality in the large bamboo forest, the air quality in the city is really worrying. Don't say you don't feel anything - it's just a matter of 'long time in abalone/fish without smelling it'.
Wild bamboo forests are very "clean", and where they grow, other large plants and trees are generally not allowed to grow, and even shrubs and other things are not welcomed by them. With their tall bodies and dense interlocks, they leave most of the direct sunlight above them, leaving all the other creatures who try to get involved here malnourished, depressed, and finally become their nourishment.
Qin Fen walked to the side of a bamboo, brushed aside the bamboo leaves and dead branches on the ground, quickly dug up a bamboo shoot, and said:
"Everyone has eaten bamboo shoots, right? Let's dig some first. "No way, who makes adventurers a big stomach.
There are three treasures in the bamboo forest - bamboo shoots, bamboo mushrooms, and bamboo rats. These three things are born next to bamboo, and they are all rare and delicious.
Not to mention the bamboo shoot, it is the young plant of bamboo. Spring bamboo shoots are tender, winter bamboo shoots are fat, each has its own flavor, and each is good at winning. Bamboo mushroom is actually a kind of mushroom, but it is only born from bamboo, its taste is very fresh and its quality is very tender, and it is the same as the meat, and the soup cooked can make many gourmets bite off their tongues.
Although bamboo rats are rodents, they are not as disgusting as rats living in urban sewers. In fact, some people even catch it and feed it as a hamster or something. They will hit the hole under the bamboo roots, feed on the young stems of the bamboo roots, bamboo shoots and tender bamboo, etc., and often eat round and rolling meat, which looks like fluffy potatoes at first glance, and its flesh is delicious and rare.
Even the rice cooked in a bamboo tube has a fragrance that lingers on the lips and teeth, far from being comparable to the rice cooked in a rice cooker.
Qin Fen had eaten a bamboo banquet in the real world, and the delicious ingredients, coupled with the chef's skills, even if he thinks about it now, he has an endless aftertaste.
After listening to Qin Fen's narration, a few foodies were naturally not far behind, digging bamboo shoots and bamboo rats. It didn't take long for the ingredients to be ready.
Bamboo rats are generally similar to mice, but in terms of specific body shape, the difference is not small. The fat bamboo rat looks more like a gray potato with a small tail. Everyone didn't feel disgusted, so they disemboweled, skinned and clawed these bamboo rats by the stream that passed through the bamboo forest, carried out a simple cleaning work, and then left them for Qin Fen to deal with.
Qin Fen was not idle, first asked Miss Yinzi to help brush these bamboo rats with fine salt, and at the same time selected the bamboo shoots with just the right taste and prepared to use them.
Some chefs are particular about bamboo shoots when making game, and pay attention to the "four nos".
Do not remove the shell, do not use a knife, do not wash with water, and do not see the wind. That is to say, before the bamboo shoots are done, they must be completely impermeable to wind and water.
Whether it is shelled or cut, whether it is washed or seen in the wind, it will make the young bamboo shoots old, and it will not be able to make the very new and tender bamboo shoot taste.
Qin Fen first used a knife to start from the roots of the bamboo shoots, remove the bamboo shoots, and then for each one, he found a bamboo rat of the corresponding size to stuff it from the roots of these bamboo shoots, and then closed the outermost bamboo shoots. He then wrapped the clay in shelled bamboo shoots filled with bamboo rats.
At this time, the blazing bonfire had already been lit, and Qin Fen lined up the bamboo shoots wrapped in a cylindrical shape on the grill, and turned around to cook the other ingredients.
On the other side, the water in the cauldron was already boiling, and white bubbles were tumbling. Miss Yinzi has already cut the bamboo shoots into slices of suitable size and uniform thickness, put them in and scald them for a while, and then take them out and cut them into small pieces. He cut the unknown dinosaur meat sent by the Sith into pieces the size of braised pork, and added them to the cauldron together with the blanched bamboo shoots, added half of the water, covered the pot, and slowly cooked over low heat.
By the way, I cooked a pot of bamboo three fresh soup, as the name suggests, it refers to bamboo rats, bamboo mushrooms, and bamboo shoots, and the three are stewed in one pot, although the method is simple, but it is difficult to hide its deliciousness.
After the pot is served, it is all water grinding work, and I can't be in a hurry for a while. After all, it's not as rugged and bold as barbecue, and it takes time to release the deliciousness. The big stomach king of the Sith next to him was afraid that the food prepared by Qin Fen would not be enough, and he didn't know which unlucky little dinosaur cut a fat hind leg from it, and flipped it on the big bonfire to roast it, and after a while, it overflowed with fat and smelled of meat.
Qin Fen came to the side of the stream and found that the stream was extremely clear, like a green silk, flowing quietly in the bamboo forest. The water is so clear that you can see through it at a glance, and even the pebbles at the bottom of the water are vividly visible. The brook is full of red, white, yellow, purple, and blue flowers, which are mixed everywhere, and although they are not famous, they have dark fragrance and sleeves.
Qin Fen became interested, remembering a delicacy he had eaten when he was a child, so he went down to the water to pick some moss, and at the same time commanded Qianxue to catch many slender fish with the length of his fingers.
Because of the growth environment, moss is not suitable for eating most of the time. However, moss grown in a clean environment with clean water is still quite tasty when cooked in a suitable way. It is said that it has a wide range of effects, such as sub-health, migraine, middle-aged obesity, senile dementia, hypertension, and cerebrovascular disease. Of course, whether it works or not, who eats it knows. Even if you accidentally eat something wrong, you can go to the hospital to queue up for registration.
After getting the moss, catching small fish, and waiting for the hot oil in the pot to boil and the thin layer of oil in the pan 'crackling', Qin Fen scattered the moss that had squeezed out the water and put it in the pot.
When the hot oil meets the dry moss, it quickly seeps in. After about a minute, Qin Fen poured the dehydrated but still alive fish in his hand into the pot.
In the crackling and jumping of the small fish, a strange fragrance gradually rose, from light to strong, diffuse, making everyone can't help but sniff violently.
"Wow, it smells so good!" The elven girl exclaimed rather exaggeratedly.
The others also looked wildly at each other. Even Qin Fen didn't expect that this casual childhood barbecue in his memory could actually exude such an attractive fragrance. After all, moss itself is tasteless, and even if it does, it is mostly a faint bitter taste. I didn't expect that the ordinary moss at the bottom of the stream, with this little-known small fish, would release such a wonderful fragrance when fried and fried together.
Sure enough, there is no shortage of food anywhere, but there is a lack of eyes to discover it.