"Almost."

Li Yi explained with a smile: "The olives in the olive vegetables and the olive kernels used in the five-kernel filling all come from a kind of black olive.

Olive vegetables are eaten in the Chaoshan area, which is boiled with local old pickles and black olives, boiled until crispy, and used to accompany meals.

Cantonese cuisine is generally made of black olives into olive corners, marinated with salt and soy sauce, when used as condiments, the effect of removing the smell and increasing the flavor is very good, and when steaming fish and steamed pork ribs, it will be delicious. ”

"No wonder, I think this smell is a bit like olive vegetables, but it is many times more fragrant."

Yang Shaoyue sniffed the aroma and couldn't help but stuff the olive kernel into his mouth and bite it down.

Kasha!

The fluffy taste made her raise her eyebrows slightly, and after chewing a few times, the unique fragrance of the olive kernel burst out, and she was immediately amazed: "Hmm! This smells so good! What a weird incense! It's a bit like almonds, and it's a bit like pine nuts, but it's much fresher. ”

"The fragrance of olive kernels is quite special."

Li Yi explained: "Its kernel is rich in compounds such as parahydroxyacetophenone, snake aldehyde, dehydroemetic rofuferol and so on, which are the source of its fragrance.

It is because of this special aroma that the olive kernel is classified as the king of nuts by Cantonese pastry. ”

"It's really fragrant!"

Yang Shaoyue nodded in agreement, but she was also a little puzzled: "How come I haven't heard of such a fragrant dried fruit before?" ”

"Because the production is relatively small."

Li Yi explained: "Most of the olive nuts on the market now come from Gui Province.

But the best olive kernel still comes from the Zengcheng area of Guangdong Province.

One of the best is the Xishan olive kernel produced in the Xishan area, which is the one I bought.

In Cantonese cuisine, Xishan is synonymous with olive kernels.

Some of the dishes with the word Xishan in the menu basically refer to olive nuts.

For example, Xishan Tian chicken button, Xishan fish paste soup, etc., are all dishes with olive kernels.

But the yield of olive kernels is too low, a black olive tree can produce three or four hundred catties of black olives a year, and the income of olive horn and olive kernels together is more than 10,000 yuan.

After deducting the labor costs of inviting someone to beat olives, pickle olives, and cut olives to extract olives, it is basically difficult to recover.

The local economy of Guangdong Province is relatively developed, and doing something else is more profitable than growing black olives, so there are fewer and fewer plants. ”

In the live broadcast room, there were viewers in Guangdong Province who posted barrages.

"My family is from Zengcheng! When I was a child, I went up the mountain with my family to shoot olives, so hard! ”

"My family is still planting, although I can't make a lot of money, but I generally don't worry about selling, and I have been ordered in advance."

"Zengcheng grows olives, not as delicious as Xishan olives, when I was a child, my relatives bought them, and I ate half a catty alone! As a result, I had diarrhea that night! ”

"There are really fewer and fewer real Xishan olives, and my family is buying Puning's car heart olives."

"There used to be many kinds of black olives in Panyu, but now there is no one."

Yang Shaoyue looked at the barrage while eating olive kernels, and regretted: "It's a pity! Such delicious olives should be more varied, and they are usually delicious as snacks! ”

As she spoke, she didn't forget to give a few sisters beside her: "You guys try it, this is super delicious!" ”

Seeing this, Li Yi stepped forward and picked out a few of the largest and fullest ones, put them on a plate, and gave them to Liu Yifei.

"Thank you..."

Liu Yifei took it, whispered thanks, and smiled slightly.

Yang Shaoyue noticed this scene, couldn't help but smile, and quipped: "It's so eccentric!" Picked the biggest ones away. ”

"People are wounded."

Li Yi said, turning his back and making a gesture at Yang Shaoyue.

Seeing Li Yi's gesture, Yang Shaoyue suddenly remembered the pain of being hit by a bullet last night, and he shrank his neck in fright, not daring to joke anymore.

Liu Yifei picked up the olive kernels on the plate, looked at them carefully, and was a little puzzled: "Why does it look like this?" Kind of... Like..."

She was too embarrassed to say what she thought she had.

"Like a bug, huh?"

Li Yi glanced at the texture on the olive kernel and said with a smile: "Normal, it originally looks like this, in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Qianlong period, it is said that its flesh is white and literate, and it is layered like a sea clam.

You can taste it, and it tastes a bit like a dried silkworm chrysalis. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Yifei was a little surprised, and then smiled: "If you say that, I don't dare to eat it." ”

"It's just like it, it's still a dried fruit in itself."

Li Yi said, stepped forward to pick one up, put it in his mouth, chewed it, and ate it sweetly: "Look, it's nothing." ”

Seeing this, Liu Yifei also picked one up and took a small bite.

Kasha!

"Huh?"

Her expression was a little strange, and she tasted it suspiciously, and then smiled: "Crispy, it feels a little layered and a little weird to eat, but if you don't say it's like a fried silkworm chrysalis, I don't think it looks like it, but after listening to you, I feel very similar." ”

"That's the taste characteristics of a top-quality olive kernel."

Li Yi said with a smile: "The roasted olive kernels will be layered, and they taste fluffy and crispy, which is indeed a bit like a silkworm chrysalis."

Especially the Xishan olive kernel, its tail will be a little left, also called the left tail, which looks asymmetrical, more like a silkworm chrysalis. ”

Hearing him say this, Liu Yifei looked at the half-eaten olive kernel in her hand again, and then shook her head: "Don't say it, if you talk about it like a little bit, I can't eat it anymore." ”

Li Yi smiled and asked her, "How does it taste?" ”

"It smells so good."

Liu Yifei couldn't help but take another small bite, chewed carefully, and shook half of the hand with a smile: "I can also eat this as a snack." ”

"That's right, the five-kernel mooncake with Xishan olive kernel is the real Cantonese-style five-kernel mooncake."

Li Yi said with a smile, then picked up the prepared dried nuts, came to the stove, and poured them into the cauldron.

Then, he poured the honey he had just left into the pot and stir-fried it with a spatula.

This honey is used to mix the five-kernel filling.

Zhao Jinmai: They don't like to eat the green and red silk in the five-kernel filling.

Although the traditional green and red silk made of green apricots and rose candied fruit still tastes very good, there is no good traditional green and red silk on the market.

So Li Yi didn't add green and red silk to the filling, but only mixed pure five kernels with honey.

As he stir-fried, the five-kernel filling in the pot had been evenly coated with a layer of honey.

Zhao Jinmai came over and asked curiously: "This is similar to Maren Candy!" ”

"It's pretty much the same."

Li Yi smiled: "There are no olive kernels in the maren candy. ”

"When we're ready, we can send some to Sister Reba, she definitely likes to eat it."

Zhao Jinmai said, took out his mobile phone, took a few photos, and sent them to Reba.

It didn't take long for a barrage to float through the live broadcast room.

Reba: Wow! It's delicious to watch!

"Sister Reba!"

Zhao Jinmai smiled and beckoned to the camera and said hello.

Reba: Sister Mai Mai, I miss you! Sister Yifei's feet are not good? It's so distressed, I hope it will get better soon, and come to play with me early.

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai smiled and asked, "Why don't you come to play with us?" The naan pit in the yard is still for you! ”

Reba: Alas! I want to too! I can't grab a spot, there are too many people who want to be on your show now, so let's wait until you finish recording, come and play with me! I invite you to go up to the mountains and eat the sheep!

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