66. Honey and fried bee pupa
The bee farm is only twenty kilometers away from Nandu Town, and it doesn't take much time to make a round trip. However, the bee farm also has a commuting schedule, and it will no longer accept foreign tourists after 5 o'clock in the afternoon, so Ergou did not insist on coming after yesterday.
After a night of heavy rain, the air in the countryside is especially fresh today. Unfortunately, the sun outside is a bit poisonous, which can be seen from the road surface that has been dry all morning. So not long after they came out, they still had to close the windows and turn on the air conditioning.
The second dog didn't stop in his mouth this way, and after a while he tasted the delicacy of the silkworm chrysalis, and then said that the roasted grasshopper was actually very fragrant, and after a while, no one paid attention to him, and then he talked about roasted stick insects and fried cockroaches.
From the moment Qi Jueda got into the car, he silently stuffed headphones into his ears. Hao Dong could still listen to it at the beginning, but after the cockroaches and centipedes came out, he couldn't bear it a little.
Fortunately, Ergou belongs to the type that can go from south to north around the theme, and the silkworm chrysalis ants have been talking for a long time before, and the topic of cockroaches and centipedes has just begun, and they have also arrived at the place.
The area of the apiary can't be too small, but the place they arrived at is probably just a faΓ§ade, and it doesn't look big, just the size of an ordinary three-store storefront.
The three of them got out of the car and entered the store, and the air conditioner had been turned on in the house, and the heat subsided all of a sudden.
Qi Jue usually looks like an uncle who won't care when the sky falls when he is fine, but fortunately, the momentum around him has been reduced, so that it is not too eye-catching. Hao Dong was still looking around curiously, and Ergou went directly to the counter, looking improper: "Niu'er, do you miss your brother?" β
The little girl sitting at the counter followed her eyes when the three of them entered the door, and stopped at Qi Jue after turning around and never moved again.
At this time, the second dog leaned over with a dead face, and the people rewarded him with a roll of the eyes: "This master, don't let us give you credit again." β
Ergou was not embarrassed at all: "It was a misunderstanding last time, my brother brought the wrong card once, and I can't remember it for the rest of my life." β
Hao Dong felt that no matter how long it was, he probably wouldn't be able to see the way Ergou looked when he faced the girls, so he simply couldn't see it, and turned his head to look at the bee products on the shelf next to him.
It doesn't matter if you look at this, I just chuckled in my heart. The honey sold in the supermarket is not cheap if it is slightly better, and he originally thought about whether the price of honey from the origin can be more affordable. As a result, I found that the honey here is pure honey known as raw honey, and the price is full of pure gold!
Raw honey has higher nutritional value than honey sold in supermarkets, but the taste is not necessarily better. After all, it is natural honey taken directly from the beehive and has not been seasoned in any way. This honey may have more medicinal value, but for gourmets who only seek deliciousness, the taste is not as good as ordinary honey.
Hao Dong looked at it for a while and was bored, and at the same time, he probably saw that this place may not really be retail, but should be wholesale-based.
Fortunately, Ergou didn't forget the main purpose of their visit this time, and after a few words with the little girl, he asked people to contact the person in charge of supply and marketing here - this guy only remembers to eat, and he took someone's business card before, but he lost it, so he couldn't contact anyone when he came over today.
The little girl was obviously quite impressed by him, and seemed to care more about Qi Jue, so she didn't refuse Ergou's request, and it didn't take long for the person in charge to really come out.
Ergou went up to greet him, reviewed the last shopping experience, and expressed his desire to send business to his door again. The person in charge surnamed Xu smiled all over his face, and politely welcomed the three of them inside.
Ergou buys things, in fact, it really belongs to the type that doesn't count money, especially food. Sometimes the queen doesn't pay enough, and he even prefers to pay for it himself.
Before, Hao Dong thought that Ergou's consumption concept was quite extravagant, but later he slowly found that although he bought a lot, he also ate a lot, in fact, it was really not much waste.
Now Qi Jue has gradually been developed into a foodie, and the two of them have added up, and their consumption capacity has increased significantly. For example, the large amount of fish they bought before had to be several thousand small, but the one that gave them a roast for a while in the past few days has already eaten seventy-seven, eighty-eight.
So when he saw Ergou and that Section Chief Xu buying thousands of yuan of honey in one go, Hao Dong was not surprised at all.
Anyway, there are various types of honey, not only can they be used for brewing or cooking, but the queen can even use them as skin care products, and they will definitely not be wasted.
Ergou has been here once before, and he spent a lot of money that time. This time it was a big deal, and Section Chief Xu was about to laugh out of the folds on his face, so when he heard Ergou ask if there was a hive to deal with, he immediately agreed: "Yes, there are freshly picked ones, and there are also bee chrysalis ones that have been picked, which one do you want?" β
Bee pupae and cicada pupae are not very different, the latter two are jujube type incomplete development pupae directly cooked, while bee pupae are not the kind, bee larvae are picked out from the beehive, a small white worm.
Of course, this kind of insect is not completely larvae, and there are also those that have entered the metamorphosis period, but in general, the degree of numbness is definitely greater than that of silkworm pupae and the like.
This kind of thing, although Hao Dong is a chef himself, he doesn't have much appetite to cook. As soon as Ergou opened his mouth, he planned to make it clear to this guy right away, he would never do it.
As a result, because fried bee pupae are not technical, even if Hao Dong seriously affirmed that he would not do it, as soon as Ergou heard that there were freshly picked bee pupa, he still did not hesitate to immediately ask for two catties, and then went to cook and fry it himself.
Since they got the temporary right to use the small kitchen of the bee farm because of the second dog, the second dog was tossed by the second dog, Hao Dong looked at the pile of honey and thought about it - he saw Xiao Qi Ye's eyes glued to the honey jar before, and he could do something simple to relieve his hunger first.
To put it simply, the drink category must be more dominant.
I searched the inventory in the small kitchen, turned out a few milk fruits, and a small bag of Pu'er tea. These were all bought from Section Chief Xu, and Hao Dong planned to make two drinks, but he still lacked dried chrysanthemums and agar.
Fortunately, the chrysanthemum itself is planted here, and the production of dried chrysanthemums is not large, but it is also sold to the outside world, and it can be bought directly. Agar was not a regular kitchen necessity, but fish gelatin powder was bought at a small local shop next to the apiary, which could be used instead.
The two drinks Hao Dong wants to make, one is called honey banana milk, which is actually a kind of baby food. But according to the fruit reserves in the kitchenette, this can only be done as well.
The drink is very simple, the bananas and oranges are peeled - especially the white meridians in the oranges must be cleaned, otherwise the taste will be affected - and then mixed with honey and beaten into a paste with a blender.
Then use hot milk to pour it in, stir well, cool it, and you can drink it.
As Hao Dong expected, Qi Jue picked up the milk cup, smelled the fragrance, and showed a very relaxed expression on his face, and obediently nestled on the chair and drank it slowly.
Another drink, honey pu-erh jelly, is a little more complicated.
Soak dried chrysanthemums first.
The purpose of this step is actually to wash it, so it doesn't take long to throw the dried chrysanthemums into the water, rub them slightly, and rinse them again.
Then brew Pu'er tea soup.
Attention needs to be paid to the tea soup, it is best to use brewing. Because the taste of Pu'er tea itself is very strong, if it is soaked for too long, the tea soup is too strong, and the taste is not good.
The meaning of brewing is that after the water is boiled, it is washed down into the tea leaves from a certain height, and then let it stand for a while, and when the color of the tea soup comes out, the tea soup is taken out separately with a strainer.
However, because Pu'er itself is very strong, the tea soup can be brewed several times, and the amount of tea leaves pinched out by that small bag of Pu'er is enough to make a large water bottle of tea soup.
When I got to this point, Ergou had already fried the two catties of bee pupa, and even if the range hood was turned on, the whole kitchen was still filled with a burnt smell, which was very appetizing.
It's a pity that as soon as he saw the big pot of golden insects, Hao Dong suddenly lost his appetite, and could only look at Ergou and Qi Jue, one by one, and the one who chewed it was called Huanshi.
Hao Dong was depressed, while taking the dried chrysanthemums that had been washed before, washing the hot tea soup into it, soaking it for a while, adding fish gelatin powder, and stirring it constantly until it became a pulp.
Finally, pour honey into the tea soup, mix well, pour out a small cup, add ice cubes, and drink a big mouthful, the sweet and slightly bitter aftertaste instantly fills the mouth, which finally suppresses the bitter force that is gluttonous and dare not eat a little.
The small theater that I want to jump on during the New Year's holidays 3:
"About Adaptation"
Before arriving in Macau, Hao Dong never thought that he might not be able to adapt to the soil.
Although I only think about part of the previous events, and my memory may not be accurate, but now I have been running around with the queen's team for a long time, and there has never been anything uncomfortable, so this time, I was quite caught off guard.
Hao Dong's symptoms were obvious, vomiting and diarrhea, and a red rash on his body, which looked very terrible.
Fortunately, Qi Jue here has also been here many times before because of family affairs, and he is quite familiar, so the two arrived for half a day, and the first stop for sightseeing was the clinic.
The doctor was very conscientious, prescribed medicine, injected a drip, and told them to eat light food recently, and then let them go.
Hao Dong, who was soft, looked at Qi Jue after being busy for himself, and felt very guilty: "I'm sorry ......"
Qi Jue looked at him deeply in silence, hooked the corners of his mouth, and shook his head to say: It's okay.
After a while, I remembered something and asked, "Are you still uncomfortable?" β
Although he was still very weak, after the drip, the symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea had been contained, and he was no longer so uncomfortable, so Hao Dong also shook his head: "It's okay." β
Qi Jue touched his forehead and found that the heat had subsided, the rash on his skin was slowly subsiding, and the tension in his eyes dissipated slightly: "The doctor said that I should eat lighter, I only ordered shredded chicken porridge for dinner, is it okay?" β
Hao Dong nodded: "That's enough, I'm sorry for you." β
A soft smile appeared in Qi Jue's eyes, and he gently took his hand: "Don't be so polite, rest well, we'll go out to play when we get back." β
Obviously, it was not the first time to see Xiao Qi Ye laughing, but this time, Hao Dong still felt a feeling of dizziness, and he laughed stupidly.
This man is actually really gentle, Hao Dong thought so, and under the dual effect of medicine and tiredness, he fell asleep again.