Chapter 455: Bazaar
"This pie is really special. Maddo said as he looked at the pie that came up.
Now they are working hard to find a shop that specializes in making Tasia pies, which are not the first of their kind in Elmod, but they are recognized as the best in Elmod, and in all of Almod, this shop is said to be one of the best.
Jiayi and they didn't have a meal when they came, so there weren't many people, so they found a place to sit down, and when the pie was served, Ma Duo sighed like this.
The Tasia pie is a large piece of bread, almost 12 inches in size, and of course there are larger ones, the largest is said to be 24 inches, enough for 7 or 8 people to eat a full meal.
This thing looks a little like pizza, but it is a little different from pizza, its filling is on the inside of the crust, not on the outside, and when you eat it, you can see the filling inside, all kinds of fish and shrimp, bacon, and a lot of cheese, it looks like a pizza with the filling inside the crust.
However, it tastes very good, the filling inside is very sufficient, a bite, the crust is a little crispy and flexible, but the inside is full of fish, shrimp and bacon flavor, the taste of cheese is not very strong, but it gives the filling a layer of light milky flavor and a slight sourness. Shiso and basil are added to the inside, which dilutes the already faint fishy smell of fish, shrimp and cheese a lot, giving it a more layered taste.
Jia Yi nodded contentedly, although this thing looks like pizza, but it is much better than pizza, because the pizza he has eaten has definitely not so many fillings in it, especially the seafood in the filling is like no money, it is stuffed to the brim, and there are even large slices of shrimp meat and crab meat cut into slices, which is very Q bomb.
The only thing that is a little bad is that because there are too many fillings and the crust is thin, you must be careful when eating and hold the bottom of the crust with your hands, otherwise all the filling will spill out. And no matter how careful you are, you will inevitably cause the filling to be scattered on your hands.
After eating the pie, you have to eat the filling on your hand clean, which does not look very elegant, so this kind of food is not on the formal banquet most of the time, so as not to eat a large lump of filling on your hand, whether to eat or throw away, it is not easy to choose, and your hands are dirty.
After eating the Tasia pie, March led them to the market next to the port, where most of the seafood in Alter was distributed, and where the freshest catch was delivered every morning.
As soon as he arrived at the gate of the market, he saw someone carrying a basket out and dumping it towards a huge garbage pile next to the market, and snorting and dumping all the contents onto the garbage heap.
Flies rose above the garbage heap, and when the garbage was finished, it fell again.
The contents that were poured out were crabs the size of bowls, lobsters that were half an arm's length, and long eels with a broken appearance, which were about 40 centimeters in size, and now they were all dumped into the garbage heap like garbage.
Next to the garbage pile, there are two people guarding to drive away the wild dogs next to them.
Jia Yi was a little surprised: "What's wrong with all this seafood? Why are they all piled up here?"
It is said that some places like to pile up fish and stuff until they stink and eat, but it should be in a relatively cold area and climate, and at this time, it should be spoiled at night.
There was a very old uncle next to him, who heard it and said: "These are all garbage discarded in the market, if they are not in good condition, or they are too small, they are all defective products that cannot be sold, and every afternoon, a lot of seafood will be thrown away here." ”
Saying that, he seems to be a little disgusted, and he seems to be very disdainful of these so-called defective products.
"These, they are all defective products?" Jia Yi felt a little surprised, these seafood are not small, just like discarded lobsters, which are the length of half a small arm, almost more than 20 centimeters long, and they are all discarded.
"It's a waste to throw away such a big lobster. Jia Yi whispered to himself.
The uncle next to him heard it and said with a smile: "What's the waste here, such a small lobster, only the poor will eat it, and it won't be sold in the market." ”
The uncle introduced to Jiayi that although the garbage in these markets was piled up here, it was not really discarded. In front of this are the local gangs who help keep the market in order, and the garbage dumps belong to them as extra income.
In the evening, they would pack up the fish, shrimp and crabs and sell them to the poor people of Amod, where bread was sometimes much more expensive than the broken fish.
Jia Yi opened his mouth wide when he heard it, it was rumored on the Internet that the poor people in Shanghai barely survived by eating hairy crabs for 45 years, this is a rumor, after all, there are eight crabs in the Ming Dynasty, it can be seen that crabs were already a delicacy at that time, but now it is true here - poor people barely survive by eating lobsters that are one foot long.
However, the truth is not as good as Jiayi imagined, at this time there is no good preservation technology, these fish, shrimp and crabs are piled outside, and many of them begin to rot at night, but they can't be found, so the risk of eating this kind of seafood is still quite large, because the number of these cheap seafood vomiting and diarrhea and even dying is not a few.
Entering the bazaar, there is not much seafood in it now, many of the seafood that has been dead for too long has been thrown away, and most of the rest are crustaceans, crabs, lobsters, and some shellfish.
The lobsters in this are basically not lower than the length of the forearm, that's it, March still dislikes that these lobsters are too small, like the lobsters that Jia Yi bought in Hema before, and they only deserve to be thrown outside.
Of course, he was a poor man in his previous life, and he only deserved to eat such a long lobster.
Because there is no means of refrigeration, the fresh marine fish at this time is more expensive than things like lobsters, because it is easier to continue to raise shrimp and crabs after they come out of the water, but it is not easy for marine fish to feed after they come out of the water, especially when the number is large, it is easier to die of hypoxia when they are crowded together.
In particular, deep-sea fish are prone to death due to stress as soon as they come out of the water.
So at this time, there is no way to fish in the open sea, because the distance is too far, and it will be rotten when you come back.
If you want to buy good fish, you have to wait for the first fishing boat to come back every morning and buy fresh fish as soon as possible.
At this time, most of the fish caught are made into salted fish, after all, there is no shortage of salt on the seaside, and it is still very easy to pickle. It is said that whaling is practiced in some places, and then it is decomposed and dragged to a small island to boil whale oil, and the whale meat is smoked to make it easier to preserve.
Jiayi and the others bought lobsters with two arms length, which was almost close to one meter, and for the market, such a long lobster was already considered a first-class product. In order to buy it, Jiayi and they paid a premium of at least 20%, which is still due to Jiayi They are mages, and the stall owner is not easy to refuse.
Let the shopkeeper send the lobster to the Chamber of Commerce, and Jia Yi and they are ready to continue going out for a walk.
The stall owner who had just sold the lobster seemed to be in a good mood, and said to Jiayi: "Mage, there is an auction at the goddess's horn tonight, and it is said that there are many novelties, you can go over and see if you are interested?"
Maybe it was because Jiayi didn't bargain much when they spent money, so he felt that the few people opposite were generous, and recommended this place to them.
"Oh, what are you auctioning off?" Jia Yi was a little interested, after so many years, it was the first time he had the opportunity to participate in the auction.
Legend has it that many of his ancestors had accumulated original capital at auctions, and he also wanted to open his eyes to see if there was anything to gain.
"This, hehe," the stall owner laughed wryly, "I'm just a fish seller, how can I know, but I heard that there is such an auction at the Goddess's Horn, you can go and ask, you are a mage, they will definitely not refuse, just tonight, after dinner." ”
He originally wanted to show off and highlight that he was well-informed, but he didn't expect to drop the chain in the end and not install it.