Chapter 177: Soft-Shell Crab
The sky is long and the sun is far away, and the water is pure and cold - Li Bai.
The afternoon passed quickly, and the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on the surface of the lake, showing a magnificent and fantastic color, and a feeling of coldness and solitude.
However, Jiayi and the others don't have this romantic feeling now, he just wants to jump into the lake now, and take out a few of the prawns and crabs at the bottom of the lake to eat. It is best to have a large fish without spines, which is more suitable for satisfying cravings, in fact, it should be the best meat rich in oil, and the fish is still slightly light, especially without soy sauce and other seasonings, and it looks a little bland. There are too many shells and too little meat in crabs, so it is good to taste slowly, but it is not very enjoyable to use it to quench the cravings in the stomach.
"Jiayi, what are you doing in a daze? What are you doing staring at the lake?" Husley stood next to Jiayi, and couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw Jiayi staring at the lake fixedly.
"Goo~" Kaichi swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "It's nothing." ”
Xiusli obviously didn't believe it, this expression, obviously hungry and thirsty, shouldn't he be thinking of a woman, and was about to ask dirtily, when he heard Jia Yi mutter: "There must be many fish in this lake, big fish." ”
So it turned out that this was the case, and Husley instantly understood, when did he come from, the black bread of the academy is not limited, but it is hard and hard to swallow, and it seems that the recipe has not changed for hundreds of years, it is very traditional. At that time, as soon as he approached the street, his mouth would water when he smelled the aroma of food, and in order to avoid being unable to resist the temptation, he later tried to avoid going to the street, lest he could not resist the temptation.
At that time, some of their seniors would tempt them with food and eat it in front of them. But since a senior was thrown into the lake, few seniors have done this kind of thing again. At first, the seniors will not be convinced, but the younger students are outnumbered and have the same hatred, and the teacher's partiality, the senior students find that it is really not cost-effective to do this kind of thing again - there is no benefit in winning, and losing is enough for the classmates to laugh at graduation.
Husley suddenly had a bad taste, and said: "This lake is still very rich in aquatic products, fish and shrimp all year round, especially in winter, now is the season, there is a kind of fat fish, the meat is thick and fat, fine scales and fewer spines, very fat, and it will not be as greasy as pork, the colder the weather, the better the meat quality, if it is the beginning of spring, when the weather is warm, the taste will not be good." The sweet shrimp in the lake is also a must, there is a shrimp island in the center of the lake, the underwater terrain is complex, but the terrain is relatively gentle, it is the place where the sweet shrimp are the most, after scooping up, even if it is eaten raw, there is a sweet taste. If you boil it with water a little and add a little lemon juice from Kohler Island, have you ever eaten lemon? Although it is sour, it is the most suitable for aquatic products, otherwise the shrimp meat will not feel when it is hot, and it will feel too fishy when it is cold. If there is no lemon, you can also use sage to mix the sauce, the two tastes about the same, sage you know, the sage sauce prepared by the master actually tastes better, more layered, and the sour taste neutralizes the fishy smell in the mouth, and then it is sweet and sweet, and then mixed with the sourness, so that the mouth is full of flavor, and you can't stop eating it, and you will never feel the ordinary shrimp. ”
At this time, Husley himself couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva, and then continued: "But my favorite is the crispy fried soft shell crab." ”
"Soft shell crab?" Jia Yi couldn't stand it anymore, but he still did his duty as a praising actor, and when he picked up, he seemed to be a little eager to listen.
"The crabs in the lake are the fattest in the autumn, because in the winter the lake temperature drops and the food is reduced, so the crabs need to grow fatter before the winter and store energy for the winter. At this time, the crab tastes the best, and if it takes a while, by the time it is now, the crab will slowly lose weight, and there will be nothing to eat.
"However, the shell of the crab is hard and it is not convenient to eat, and many people do not like this hard thing and feel that it cannot be tasted. Therefore, the best way is to find the crab that has just molted when the crab is the fattest in autumn, and the crab is as soft as gauze, and when it molts, it will even fade off the intestines, which is the cleanest. This kind of molted crab is wrapped in egg wash and fried over high heat until it is brown. At this time, the long crab becomes a crispy fried soft shell crab, which tastes crispy on the outside, delicious on the inside, and has no shell and no thorns, and can be eaten whole, which is the most delicious. ”
Speaking of this, he let out a long sigh: "It's a pity, it's past the season now, and you won't be able to eat it until next year." ”
Jia Yi secretly swallowed his saliva, what Husley described was originally tempting, but he usually heard it, Jia Yi also wanted to taste it, not to mention that he was like this now, even if he saw a beautiful woman, he was thinking about meat bun hamburgers, duck legs and chicken wings.
He also thought it was troublesome to eat crabs and peel their shells, but he didn't expect that there would be such an operation, eating crabs that had just shed their shells. In the previous life, this kind of crab was considered an inferior product, because the shell of the crab is easy to harden, and the crab will consume a lot of energy to grow, become hollow inside, the meat is soft, and it is easy to die, which is really not a good thing. When the shell starts to harden but is not yet completely hardened, the crab has no head and must be thrown back into the water to allow it to continue growing.
If the whole shell can be eaten as Husley said, it must be just shelled, not even the next day, and the shell will start to harden the next day, and it cannot be eaten whole. And the crab Jiayi who has just shelled has seen it, and the whole body is as soft as tofu, and if you are not careful, you will break your feet and claws, and with a little force, you will squeeze it out. If you want to eat this kind of crab, you have to be like the academy, right next to the production area.
Jia Yi had never eaten this kind of shell crab that was as soft as tofu, and he was a little curious: "The crab has lost its shell, and the meat inside is not familiar, and it is not yellow, right?"
Husley said: "It seems that you also know it! So you want to just shell, the long crab roe of the shell has not been consumed, and choose to choose the autumn when the crab is the fattest, although the yellow is not very much, but it is indeed just right, and there is no need to worry about internal organs or anything, there are more places to eat." The meat quality is not as delicate as that of hard crabs, but it does not have much effect, because the shell of long crabs is particularly hard, and it does not affect the kitchen knife to cut it. ”
Jia Yi was a little dumbfounded, although the quality of ordinary kitchen knives at this time was average, but how to say that it was also iron, it really deserved to be the magic world, and even the crabs were surprisingly hard.
Husley continued: "The only drawback of this soft-shell crab is that it is too rare, before the crab shell, it will find a place with abundant aquatic plants to hide itself, and there is no fixed place, it is too difficult to find. And the shell must be found as soon as possible after the shell, and the shell will be the second day, and you won't be able to make crispy fried soft-shell crabs. And if the crab is caught, it will not be shelled, and if you want to raise the crab to the shell, you can't do it, so you can only go to the lake to dive and catch it. Even as a mage, you have to make a reservation, and you can't eat it for a short time, and you can't sell it outside. If I hadn't told you, you would have to wait a few years to know that the academy still sells soft-shell crabs, but unfortunately, you can't eat them now, otherwise I can invite you to eat them. Let me tell you, the taste of this soft shell crab is really a must, the outside is a little crispy, the egg liquid is wrapped in the crab shell, and it is also a little flexible, to the inside, the crab legs are very tough, the body part is the richest, and there is absolutely no need to worry about eating sediment, these things have all been faded when the shell is made. ”
"Husley, I'm still in the 'fast' period, three months have not yet passed, and I can't eat anything. Also, the water seems to be a little cool tonight. Jia Yi couldn't stand it anymore, and if he listened to it any longer, he was afraid that he would not be able to help but break his skills and interrupt Xiusli's talking.
Seeing that it was almost over, Husli no longer teased Kaichi: "You are not a monk, what kind of 'fasting' is there, the fast of the church is not as strict as our school tradition, I am afraid that only those ascetics who are about to disappear can compare." But the teacher is not about to arrive, I don't know what is customized, it took so long. ”
Husley came to the lake at night, not to introduce what to eat in the lake, Orlando was coming back from Mochache Island tonight, Husley came to pick him up, and Jia Yi, as Orlando's "disciple", was also notified.