Chapter 32 Arrival in Korea
After the two of them had finished eating, they went to thank the ship's owner, my grandson, Taro.
"Thank you for the old man's life-saving grace, I am grateful to the two of us, and he will definitely repay the old man's great kindness if he has the opportunity in the future." Li Sui and Jin Shihou bowed deeply to my grandson Taro.
"Meeting is fate, what kind of big favor is not big favor?" My grandson, Taro, smiled kindly at Li and the others.
"After the two of you arrive in my homeland, if you don't dislike the land, you can come to my house as a guest, my hometown sushi is very famous."
Speaking of this, there was a sense of amazement in the eyes of my grandson Taro.
Yes, think about the fact that I haven't eaten sushi from my hometown for more than 50 years, looking at my dyed gray hair, it's really "the country's accent has not changed and the sideburns are declining".
When my grandson Taro speaks of sushi, he is referring to traditional Japanese cuisine.
China and Japan are two countries that face each other across the sea, and in their long history, the two countries have influenced each other in terms of crop types and food customs.
However, due to the different terroirs, the two peoples have different pursuits for the taste of food.
Chinese cuisine pays attention to "color, flavor, and flavor." "Two-thirds of Japan's land is mountainous, and Japan itself is an island country surrounded by the sea.
Therefore, they have the saying "the luck of the mountain" and "the luck of the sea", they respect nature, and pay special attention to the original taste of the ingredients in their cuisine.
Someone once said, "There is a principle in Japanese cuisine that the flavor should not exceed the original taste of the ingredients." ”
Sushi is a dish that brings out the best in the flavor of the ingredients.
Legend has it that people in the subtropics have found that if cooked rice is placed in a clean fish bogut, placed in a jar, and then placed in a cellar, the food can be preserved for a long time.
In addition, because the fermentation of food gives the food a unique umami taste, this is the source of sushi.
However, when this food was introduced to Japan, the Japanese initially rejected it because of the fact that rice has been regarded as a sacred food since ancient times, and because of their strong taboo against meat.
So the development of sushi in Japan has gone through a difficult and long process.
Eventually, the Japanese embraced the cuisine, and sushi became an important representative of Japanese cuisine.
There are 12 types of sushi, which are rolled sushi, taimaki, hand roll, thin roll, gunkan roll, oshi sushi, nigiri sushi, Inari sushi, loose sushi, Edomae sansushi, and Gomesan sushi.
Sushi is a simple recipe, and the rice commonly used in Japan is Akita Komachi and Yingzhiguang.
However, when cooking sushi rice, pay special attention to the ratio of rice to rice, and the ratio of rice to water is one to one.
Sushi vinegar made from salt, sweet and sour (vinegar is based on Japanese-style white chrysanthemum vinegar) is then added to the cooked sushi rice, but it is also important to note that the ratio of rice to vinegar is 180 grams of sushi vinegar per kilogram of hot rice.
It is best to add the vinegar little by little and stir thoroughly, and the color of the rice will be very soft and oily.
If you add an extra lemon or two plums at this time, it will make the rice taste more fragrant.
Depending on the ingredients, you can also add the corresponding condiments. Once the rice has cooled, you can start making sushi.
Spread the nori on the sushi table, then place the rice you just stirred, as well as your favorite meat and vegetables.
It is then rolled up, shaped using air extrusion, and then cut open with a knife dipped in water.
At this time, you can sprinkle different dipping sauces according to your taste.
At this time, it can be said that there is a special taste.
Although Li Sui and Jin Shihou listened to my grandson Taro's words, they were a little moved, and they also wanted to go to Japan to taste sushi.
However, this is not the time for them to go to Japan, after all, they have to go to the Korean Peninsula to deal with something.
At this time, Jin Shihou took off the jade wrench in his hand and handed it to my grandson Taro.
"Old man, although I'm a little embarrassed to say this, but the two of us have something to deal with in North Korea, can you trouble the old man to send me and the two to North Korea first? It's a thank you gift. Jin Shi said with a sad face.
The reason why I want to give the jade wrench to my grandson Taro is because the silver ticket on Jin Shihou's body has already been soaked in the seawater.
At this time, the only valuable things on Jin Shihou's body are these things that he wears on his body.
My grandson Taro listened to him, waved his hand and said, "I'm an old man, what do you want this thing for?" There's no need to be that troublesome. ”
"I think you two seem to have read books, so let's answer a difficult question to me, and if you answer it, I will immediately turn around and send you to North Korea."
"If you can't answer, it's okay, come with me to Japan for a few days, and then I'll send someone to send you to North Korea later, how about it?"
Why is it a problem? Jin Shihou didn't understand why the people he met along the way were so fond of making problems, Chen Zuyi was like this, and the same was true of the old Japanese people he met today.
However, Jin Shihou believes that as long as Li Suishu is there, there is no problem in this world that cannot be solved.
"Sir, please." At this time, Li Sui gently saluted my grandson Taro.
"We all know that there are seventy-two Confucian disciples who are proficient in the six arts, and what I want to ask you now is, how many of these seventy-two are adults? And how many are young people? ”
As soon as my grandson Taro had a problem, it was related to the Four Books and Five Classics, and it seems that he has not been treated in vain in China for so many years, and he can really be regarded as a veritable "China expert".
At this time, Jin Shihou immediately turned his attention to Li Sui, he himself had studied books, but he went to business within a few years, so he didn't expect him to be able to answer my grandson Taro's question from the beginning.
After pondering for a moment, Li Sui replied, "There are clouds in the Analects, and those who are in the twilight of spring will be made in spring clothes." There are five or six champions, six or seven boys, bathing in Yi, dancing in the wind, and returning with a song. ”
"Five, six, thirty, six, seven, forty-two, add up to exactly seventy-two, so there are thirty adults and forty-two youths."
"Hahaha, sure enough, it's the back waves of the Yangtze River pushing the front waves, I can't imagine that the old man has solved the problem for many years, and Xiaoyou solved it so quickly." My grandson Taro listened to Li Sui's answer and laughed.
"Come on, turn the bow of the ship, and go to North Korea first." At this time, my grandson Taro ordered his men to turn around.
In this way, after the big ship was sailing on the sea for two months, Li and the two finally saw the shadow of the coast.
In front, there is the DPRK that they have in mind.
After thanking my grandson Taro, Lee and the two of them landed on the shore.