64. Preparation before grilling fish
This fish catching is a technical job, but it is not as simple as catching fish directly, especially when you look at the fish in the river on the river, and the position of the fish you see is rarely the actual location of the fish.
Fish are generally positioned at a lower and lower position as judged by the human eye.
There are two of them now, and the best way is to catch the fish by one and catch the other, as long as the catcher is fast, because the fish will hit the man's hand on its own.
This method can also be used to catch chickens, ducks and pigs.
In that pond in Majia Village, they never get tired of catching fish, and they can catch one quickly every time, let alone in this kind of place where you can see a lot of fish with the naked eye.
"Come on, you go here to catch the fish, I'll catch it."
Ma Dashan commanded Ma Xiao to go in his direction.
Ma Xiao opened his arms, squatted in the water, and slowly walked in the direction of Ma Dashan.
There are so many fish in this water that Ma Xiao can touch them from time to time.
How is it that there is a fish stuck to my hand all the time?
Ma Xiao's whole hand felt the fish scales, and when he pushed it, he felt that the fish was quite heavy, and it looked like a big fish.
Ma Xiao looked down and saw the appearance of this fish, it was a crucian carp!
It's really a big one.
Ma Xiao's other hand slowly approached, slowly approaching.
With a bang, I grabbed the fish and got out of the water!
I didn't expect to catch it!
The crucian carp in his hand began to panic at this time, fluttering his body, writhing everywhere, trying to break out of Ma Xiao's hand.
How could Ma Xiao let it run away so easily? Immediately he grabbed his hands tightly and threw his legs and ran to the shore.
This fish has a lot of strength, and Ma Xiao can't hold it for a long time.
Running to the shore, Ma Xiao smashed the fish in his hand to the ground, smashing the fish and stunning, and he would not flutter anymore.
Ma Dashan was stunned for a while.
Doesn't that make you catch fish? Why did you just catch a crucian carp? It's still so big. Is this fish brainless? Can you catch it all like this? No, I'm going to try it too!
Ma Dashan walked slowly in the water with his arms outstretched.
This...... Is there really a stupid fish?
Ma Dashan put his hands together, and also grabbed a fish, which was quite big, almost more than a catty.
"Hahahaha, look, I caught one too."
Ma Dashan cried happily with the fish in his hand, and was about to run ashore, but one of them did not pay attention and tripped over a stone at the bottom of the river.
The "poof" sound startled Ma Xiaoyi on the shore.
"Dashan, are you alright......?"
Ma Xiao asked worriedly.
Ma Dashan suddenly strung his head out of the water and spit out a big mouthful of water.
"Oops, I'm going to let it slip."
Ma Dashan wiped the water on his face and said.
"You'd better be careful."
"Well, I'll get another one."
After speaking, Ma Dashan opened his arms and walked slowly into the river.
Ma Xiao on the shore no longer cares about Ma Dashan, he is still busy dealing with this fish.
He didn't have that set of knives around, so he had to look for something nearby that could be used.
Let's say a tree branch.
He found a random dry branch on the ground, and when he pulled it, he broke it.
"No, this dry branch is too easy to break, I have to find one with a higher tenacity. Like what...... A new shoot. ”
Ma Xiao looked around for a moment and set his sight on the bushes by the river.
"The branches of this thing should work."
Ma Xiaoxiang hit a branch that was thinner than his little thumb, this toughness is really high, Ma Xiaoxiang turned this back and forth several times, and he didn't break it.
Ma Dashan also encountered a problem, the stupid fish like before seemed to be gone, and those fish were suddenly shrewd, and he slipped away before he could touch them.
But he didn't believe it, and he continued like that.
Ma Xiao turned the branch around for I don't know how many times, and finally ripped the branch off.
"Oops!"
He pulled so hard that he threw himself down.
Yes, I still have to prepare firewood, otherwise I will have to make a fire later.
Ma Xiao, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly thought.
It is estimated that it will be grilled fish for a while, after all, it is the most convenient at present.
If you have a knife, the most convenient thing is sashimi, and you can cut the belly of the fish into slices and eat it directly as long as you handle the bones.
But even if there is a knife, Ma Dashan doesn't like to eat it raw.
This firewood is very convenient to pick up, as long as you look on the ground to find the kind of branches that fall on the ground because they are too dry, this kind of firewood is very suitable for firewood.
Ma Xiaoyi didn't know how many firewoods he had collected, which was more than enough to grill fish or something.
Ma Xiao, who had finished collecting firewood, sat on the edge of the river with the thriving branch in one hand and the stunned fish in the other, ready to start handling the crucian carp he caught.
When dealing with fish, the first thing to deal with is the scales, but you can't clean the scales on the fish with this branch...... Huh? Maybe it does.
Ma Xiao's way of dealing with fish scales is generally with wire or steel wire, and it is very convenient to hang up the fish scales with that method, as long as you scrape against the body of the fish.
How do you get a thread out of this shoot? Actually, it's a very simple thing.
Pluck off the outer leaves of the branches, and then peel off the bark, the green ones inside can be torn into strips, carefully tear off the three, and then use the twist to weave the three staggered into a ...... It's a little too thick to fit in.
It was just a moment of convenience, and before I could react, I made these three into twists by myself.
Ma Xiao shook his head, and then tore out a thin one, which was quite tough.
Reverse the body of the fish, row up, either the wire or need to spend a little more effort, not only to spend more effort, but not so smooth, need to scrape back and forth, some stubborn scales have to be buckled off by hand.
It took him several minutes to deal with the scale problem of this fish, no way, Ma Xiao still has some requirements for the processing of this ingredient, which may be a common problem of cooks.
After the scales were scraped off, Ma Xiao put the fish into the river and washed it, washing the fish a little clean.
Then use a torn flat tender strip to poke it hard from the belly of the fish, and then separate it back and forth, and take out the internal organs and everything, and the internal organs that were taken out were thrown at Ma Xiao's feet, and then I will deal with those things later.
After confirming that the inside of the fish's belly was hollowed out, Ma Xiao went to rinse it again.
And then there is the processing of the fish gills, in fact, the fish gills can be treated without processing now, because what he will do in a while is grilled fish, and besides, will the two of them not know that the fish gills cannot be eaten?
The gills are the part of the fish that is used to filter impurities and dirt in the water, so it is better not to eat it.
But Ma Xiao's belly is so clean, can this fish gills still be left untreated? Of course not.
Without saying a word, he pulled out the fish gills directly.
"Whew, it's still too troublesome without tools."
Ma Xiao stood up, went to get a skewer suitable for making skewers, and poked it through the fish's mouth.
After a while, the fish head is grilled downward, and the water on the side of the stomach can flow out along the skewers, so that the inside can be cooked faster.