Hearing Wu Lei's exclamation, Li Yi glanced at the whitebait floating up, didn't care, directly scooped it up with his hands, put it on the board, and explained casually: "This is the Taihu Lake whitebait, which is relatively delicate, and it dies when it leaves the water, and there are already a lot of dead inside." ”

When Wu Lei heard this, he looked at the whitebait on the board again, but found that it was turning white at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Huh?"

This scene directly stunned him: "Why did it turn white all of a sudden?" ”

The whitebait that was just in the water is still translucent, with a faint silver-white color, which is very beautiful.

But after being fished out by Li Yi, its body quickly turned snow-white, like a hard-boiled egg.

"It's normal, it's just protein denaturation."

Li Yi didn't think so, but Wu Lei still didn't understand, and asked confusedly: "What do you mean?" Protein denaturation, isn't it denatured after cooking? You mean that the fish is cooked? ”

"It's not."

Li Yi explained with a smile: "It's because after it dies, the bioelectric signals in the body disappear, the regulatory mechanism in the body is disrupted, and the protein is denatured."

Have you ever seen a freshly caught squid? Live squid come in different colors, and some are still translucent and even change color.

But once killed, the squid tends to turn white immediately, which is also because after the squid dies, it can no longer control the reflexin protein in the body, resulting in the denaturation of the protein and turning into the original white.

Many aquatic creatures will be like this, and the same is true for squid, including the Taishan red scale fish I told you before, there is a legend that it will turn into oil after death, and it is the same situation, protein denaturation. ”

Wu Lei didn't seem to understand it, but he had indeed seen the squid that had just been caught by the fishermen and slaughtered on the spot, and it was indeed like what Li Yi said, it would turn white in an instant.

As Li Yi spoke, the silverfish on the board had completely turned pure white, only two eyes were still black, and the other parts were snow-white.

The camera faithfully recorded the entire process of changing color.

The audience in the live broadcast room watched this scene and listened to Li Yi's explanation, and they were also amazed.

"It's amazing! I've heard that whitebait will die when they come out of the water and turn white, but I didn't expect it to become so fast. ”

"I've eaten squid sashimi, and when the master slaughters the squid, it really changes color instantly, which is not an exaggeration at all."

"There are also whitebait sellers here at home, but they all sell this kind of dead whitebait, as well as dried whitebait, scrambled eggs with whitebait, and fried leeks are very delicious and fresh."

In front of the camera, Li Yi did not waste this freshly dead silverfish.

He took the thinnest kitchen knife and shaved off the sides of the whitebait's body with the knife down the head of the whitebait.

Seeing his operation, the audience in the live broadcast room reminded one after another.

"Whitebait doesn't need to be deboned!"

"Whitebait can be eaten directly, and the bones are soft."

"What a waste! The whole body of the whitebait is a treasure, and it is too wasteful to be boned! ”

Li Yi could see the audience's barrage, he kept in his hands, and explained: "I know that whitebait can be eaten directly, but I want to make fish flowers, and I must use clean meat."

The bones of the whitebait are very soft and basically inedible, but if you mash it into a meat puree to make petals, it will still be grainy, and the eyes of its head will also affect the color, so it is better to keep only the meat. ”

Hearing him say this, the audience was relieved and turned their attention to his knife skills.

The whitebait in Li Yi's hand is only the thickness of chopsticks, about seven centimeters long, and it is not easy to hold with his hands.

But under Li Yi's blade, with only two left and right knives, the flesh of the whitebait was shaved off.

Seeing this scene, the barrage in the live broadcast room was full of barrages.

"Brother Yi's knife skills really don't have to be said, it's too strong."

"He is a man who can cut tofu into shreds!"

"Look at the real decompression, is there a big guy to record a screen, make a pure enjoyment version, I watch the decompression video before going to bed at night."

"With this knife method, Brother Yi's circumcision is absolutely fast and accurate."

“？？？”

After shaving off the whitebait, Li Yi put it in a clean small bowl.

In the shrimp pot next to it, the shrimp are beating and splashing.

Seeing this, Li Yi took a bottle of Moutai over, handed it to Wu Lei, and asked Wu Lei to pour half a bottle into it.

With the high degree of white wine soaking, the shrimp in the basin struggled less and less, and gradually got drunk to death.

Seeing that the shrimp were no longer struggling, Wu Lei licked his lips and asked, "Brother Yi, can you eat it?" ”

"You want to eat?"

Li Yi raised his eyebrows slightly.

Wu Lei was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly: "Isn't this a drunken shrimp?" Add some sauce and eat? ”

He is a native of Modu, and drunk shrimp is still very common in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Li Yi drunk the shrimp to death in order to make it easier to peel the shrimp meat, but since Wu Lei wanted to eat it, Li Yi did not refuse.

"Then you can make your own sauce!"

Li Yi was busy shaving his meat, and he didn't have time to help him with the sauce.

No problem. “

Wu Lei took the task with great interest, and went to work on the sauce.

After making a bowl of sauce with soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, chili oil, chopped green onion and other seasonings, he returned to the desk, fished out some drunken shrimp, and soaked them in the sauce.

Then, he took the chopsticks, picked up a drunken shrimp from the sauce, and put it in his mouth.

Seeing that he really ate a drunken shrimp in his mouth, Zhao Jinmai on the side couldn't help but take half a step back, looking frightened.

"What?"

Wu Lei took out the shrimp meat and said with a smile: "This way of eating is very fresh, can you try it?" ”

"No, no, no! Do it yourself! ”

Zhao Jinmai waved his hand again and again: "I can't eat it, aren't you afraid of parasites?" ”

"This kind of shrimp is generally fine, and it can be sterilized if it has been soaked in high wine."

Wu Lei was still persuading: "It's really delicious, you can try it." ”

"Eat it yourself, I really can't eat it."

Zhao Jinmai refused to try.

She could see that some of the shrimp in the bowl were not yet dead, and the shrimp whiskers and legs were still moving, which was too scary to eat raw.

But Wu Lei didn't care: "I often eat like this in my hometown, and adults like to order a plate of drunk shrimp when they drink, especially with wine." ”

"I'll try!"

Huang Xiaoming looked curious, stepped forward to pick up chopsticks, picked up a drunken shrimp, and planned to taste it.

He is a coastal city, and his acceptance of raw seafood is still higher.

But just as he was about to send the drunken shrimp into his mouth, the drunken shrimp bounced down as if it had returned to the light.

Syllable!

"Oops!"

The drunken shrimp had the sauce on it, and it flicked it violently, and it immediately bounced into Huang Xiaoming's face.

Huang Xiaoming was caught off guard, and the juice was directly bounced into his eyes.

"Brother Xiao Ming, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Wu Lei was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire with concern.

There is chili oil in the sauce, as well as balsamic vinegar and soy sauce, which is still irritating to the eyes.

Huang Xiaoming didn't speak, but hurriedly ran to the vegetable washing sink, closed one eye, fumbled with the faucet, turned on the faucet, and rinsed his eyes.

After a busy time, he finally washed his eyes.

When he returned to the desk again, looking at the drunken shrimp in the bowl, he couldn't help but shudder, and he didn't have the courage to try again.

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