"What are we going to eat?"

"Although I was prepared, I still wanted to eat some normal food." Bao Waisi was in a nervous and expectant mood at this time, and came to participate in the show, except for some unspeakable but known purposes, he still had some ideas of his own.

I also have a general understanding of Bi Fang's program, and I have made a summary table of what to eat, from normal food to curiosity.

Eating raw earthworms, roasted grubs, roasted venison, boiled chicken, it seems that everything that can be eaten is on Bi Fang's menu.

[You can always trust Fang Shen's hunting ability]

[His seasoning can also be trusted]

[But don't trust his taste buds (doghead)]

"Yes." Bi Fang smiled, he pointed to the field in front of him, there were a few large trees scattered on it, but more than that, it was a bunch of shrubs, and herbaceous plants under the shrubs, "Actually, I can see many edible herbs at a glance." ”

"Ferns?" Bauwaisi looked at the weeds that Bi Fang was pointing at, and apparently recognized what it was. Bi Fang nodded: "The most wild plants in the suburbs of the central country are ferns, which are everywhere, from London to the north to the northernmost tip of Scotland, all of them are such plants."

"Ferns are ancient plants that live in shady forests and river banks, and they have been living on Earth for more than 300 million years. Long before the dinosaurs appeared, they occupied the sweltering primeval swamp forests along with the stone pines and horsetails.

"Wow." Bowes exclaimed.

"The women of the central country used to be crazy obsessed with ferns, I don't know if this is the reason for the proliferation of ferns in the central country, it can be said that the wild weeds in the central country are basically ferns." Bi Fang squatted down and flipped over the herbs in front of him.

"But some ferns are already very scarce, and some are very limited because of the limited suitable living environment. The reason may be traced back to the Victorian era, when it was very popular to pick ferns and grow them indoors. ”

"Gatherers search the villages for ferns and transport them to the streets of towns and sell them door-to-door. Of course, the rarer the fern sold, the higher its price. It didn't take long for certain species of ferns to become extremely rare due to the continued harvesting. ’

"The one in front of us is the broom fern, its young stems and leaves can be eaten, it is a semi-wild vegetable with high carotene and high potassium and copper, and the old plant can be used as a broom, hence the name.

Bi Fang flipped through them, found some young leaves, pinched them off with his fingernails, handed a little to Bao Weisi, and then stuffed them into his mouth and chewed them.

After taking it, Bauwaisi hesitated for a moment and stuffed it in.

"What does it feel?"

"It's a little dry." Bao Weisi chewed a few times, "The fibrous feeling is very abrupt, is it old?" Bi Fang nodded, he was a little old, but he could eat it.

"Not all ferns can be eaten, some fern leaves contain tannins, which generally need to be soaked in cold water overnight before eating, and they are usually hot processed, after blanching and rinsing can greatly reduce the amount of protofern glycosides contained in them, reducing the risk of cancer."

"Can this be eaten raw?" Bauwaith pointed to the broom fern.

Bi Fang shook his head: "No, according to our traditional Chinese medicine, broom fern is cold, which will have a bad effect on the human stomach, and it is easy to have diarrhea when eaten raw."

Bowes:

He looked at the half of the bracken that was left in his hand, and the dry vegetal smell in his mouth, and for a moment he didn't know what to do.

Bi Fang smiled: "It's okay, it's just a little young leaf, it won't be good."

"Okay."

Since you can eat it, don't miss it.

Ren Rong looked for it in the distance and picked everything he could eat, it was summer now, and there were fewer young leaves, but it was not nothing.

It took more than ten minutes to pick a small half plate, but it was still far from enough for two people to eat, and it was difficult for the plants to provide enough energy.

It's better to still eat meat.

So the two of them went on to the small river where they had drawn water, and looked for a slower bay where there might be fish.

"It's quite far from the coast, and the wind is much lighter, and you can see that the trees here are clearly luxuriant, and it's a swampy forest on one side."

Bi Fang pointed to the forest of his name in the upper reaches of the river, although it was still his name, it could already be called a forest.

"From the wilderness to the forest, the change in the vertical zone is obvious, so there is a significant increase in biodiversity, there is a higher density of animals here, and we are more likely to encounter prey, especially in the swampy woods."

"What's wrong with the swamp woods?"

"The swampy forests are very rich in fish.

"One of the typical ones is mangrove forests, which are also swampy forests, which grow in the coastal intertidal zone and are one of the most productive marine ecosystems in the sea-land ecotone, with nearly 80% of the world's fishing coming directly or indirectly from mangroves."

"But mangroves only live in subtropical and tropical regions, there are no in the central country, only special swamp forests, but they are enough, and the forest roots in the swamps will become entwined and provide habitat for many animals."

Walking into the swampy forest, Bauwais visibly felt that he was having more difficulty walking.

Dry mud sticks to the sole, and many take more effort to pull up.

Bi Fang lifted his spirit and reminded: "Follow me, don't trap in the mud, otherwise you will be in trouble."

[I feel like there's a snake]

[Indeed, the crocodiles and pythons in the swamp, are they really okay?]

Bi Fang shook his head: "There are no these two things in the central country, and it can even be said that there are no reptiles."

As far as survival in the wilderness is concerned, the island country of Yang can really be called a treasure land of feng shui.

In the Middle Ages, wild animals such as brown bears and wolves were nearly extinct in England, and in modern times they are completely extinct, and can only be seen in zoos, and the only remaining red deer and wild boar are regarded as the first class of prey, followed by hares, pheasants, geese and ducks.

If the big ones are gone, there should always be small poisons, right?

What about venomous snakes?

It can't be said that there is no at all, that is too absolute, because in modern times, there are various species invasions, as well as the phenomenon of random release of pets, which can only be said to be pitiful.

Not because of St. Patrick, though.

"There is a festival in Central China called St. Patrick's Day, which commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

"One of the legends about St. Patrick is that he drove all the snakes out of Ireland and is one of the most famous stories in Irish mythology.

This is also evident.

"But in the end, it's just a legend, and the scientific explanation is that during the Ice Age, the temperature in Ireland and Central was too low for cold-blooded animals such as snakes. The cold-blooded nature of snakes requires heat from their surroundings to maintain their normal body functions. ”

"It wasn't until 10,000 years ago that the glaciers changed and connected the central country, Ireland and the European continent, forming a land bridge, and species migrated and after that, some migrated to the central country.

"But it's very short, and I don't have much time, and then when the glacier melts, I think there's already a sea in between."

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