Not only Huang Cansheng, the owner of Honggang who fled to Fesuo Port from Mande Kingdom, can process dry abalone, but Hua Zhenxing can also do it. Since he was in elementary school, he not only read the recipes, but also received personal guidance from Old Man Yang.
Old man Yang said that this is a pleasant side dish, "It can only be eaten once in a while to cultivate one's temperament, observe the changes in the nature of things, and use the merits of the last year to get delicious food in the next year. The true meaning of not being hasty and not drying up after seven days is like the taste of life."
, not just for a moment."
When Hua Zhenxing grew up, he always felt that Old Man Yang might be deceiving him. If he processed, cooked and tasted it by himself, he would indeed be able to experience the process that the old man mentioned.
But many things here are often done by the chefs, and the diners only enjoy the moment when the dishes are served. For example, in the grocery store, Hua Zhenxing is the chef, and Old Man Yang is the diner. He also expressed his doubts to Yang Tehong
.
Old man Yang looked at the processed and juicy abalone that Xiaohua brought in front of him, as well as the specially prepared knife and fork beside the plate. He shook his head and said, "Bring it back to the kitchen, cut it up and serve it up."
, pay attention to cutting it evenly! Aunt Ke said back then, don’t eat it if it’s not cut straight.”
Hua Zhenxing wondered: "Who is Aunt Ke?"
Yang Tehong: "That's Master Ke's mother!"
Hua Zhenxing: "In terms of idioms, didn't you, the old man, also tell me 'square without cutting'?"
Old Man Yang glared and said, "These are two different things. Don't mess around! You've already served such a dish that requires so much effort, but you still have to cut it in the end, okay?"
Hua Zhenxing had no choice but to go back to the kitchen, pick up the knife and fork, cut it, and then put it in front of Old Man Yang.
Old Man Yang ate several mouthfuls with great enjoyment, then put down his chopsticks and said, "What I once said is true. When I eat it, I will also appreciate the making process of this dish, and I will also appreciate the cooking of this dish."
of you.
Just like how we appreciate what happens in the world, it’s not just the moment in front of us. If you were really a chef, would you care about it? I’m afraid you just hope someone can say what I said back then?”
Old Man Yang is really good at fooling people! But recently, Huazhenxing had a little experience, that is, when he saw the residents of Fesuo Port choosing one kind of noodles every day when checking in and swiping noodles, it felt like an ancient emperor flipping brands.
Can people taste the real taste of that signature bowl of fried noodles? Anyway, Huazhenxing has tasted it himself. Whether some things and some words are just nonsense depends on your experience and realm.
There are also abalones in the Fesuo Port area, especially on the rocks near the mouth of the Beisuo River. The locals do not eat it and will not eat it. Every year, Huazhenhang collects the best-looking fresh abalone and processes some soft-boiled dried abalone. The quantity is not large.
, just what I eat at home.
When ventilating and drying, there is no strange smell like the "Abalone Shop" that the ancients said, because this is not a shop selling fresh food. After the fresh abalone is shelled and cleaned, Hua Zhenxing ties it with a cotton string and threads it into a bag.
Cooked on skewers, it has no flavor.
In the small dry season between the two rainy seasons, you can hang it directly in the shade of a tree. The temperature and humidity are quite suitable, but you must pay attention to the drying temperature. Abalone has thick flesh, and drying outside will form a protective layer to prevent air and bacteria from entering.
, and the inside cannot be completely dry, it will slowly ferment and form a runny heart.
There are many ingredients that must be fresh, such as bamboo shoots or matsutake mushrooms; there are also some ingredients that are more delicious after natural fermentation and have a natural freshness-enhancing process, such as shiitake mushrooms or scallops.
The dried soft-boiled abalone is amber in color, with a slight layer of white frost on the surface. The unique sweet smell is very light, and you have to get close to smell it.
When the dried abalone is almost done, it needs to be placed in a cool and dry place for a period of time. The soft-boiled abalone is still fermenting naturally, and then it is considered complete. As long as the environment is suitable, the processed dry abalone can be stored for a long time, which is a bit like
Shengpu in tea.
When Mr. Feng came last time, he was sitting in the small courtyard having lunch. He saw two bunches of dried abalone hanging under the shade of a tree. They were almost dried and were golden yellow with a slight frost on them. He was so greedy that his mouth watered.
Out of politeness, Hua Zhenxing told him politely that these soft-boiled abalones had not been processed yet, but there were processed abalones from last year and the year before that in the grocery store. If they really wanted to cook them, the abalones from the year before last would taste better.
Unfortunately, it takes too long to make this dish, so it is impossible to eat it on the same day. If Mr. Feng comes to play again next time, you can say hello a week in advance, and you can eat this dish then.
These are polite words but they are also true. It takes about a week to make this dish. The soaking and steaming process takes several days. Adding various ingredients and simmering it in a crock pot takes another two days. Finally, it is ready.
Prepare the sauce and serve it to the table.
Hua Zhen said it casually last year, but Mr. Feng became concerned about it.
But the message from Mr. Feng was also a reminder to Hua Zhenxing. After a period of busyness and a period of leisure, he seemed to have forgotten something, not the dish he promised last year, but his own feelings.
During the recent period, although he was not pushed by system tasks, he was still following the various things in front of him. Even though he had taken some time off, he seemed to have forgotten to take the initiative to regain a certain feeling.
All matters in the Klin district were on track, and there was no need for him to worry about it for the time being. Others were busy, so what was he doing every day?
In his mind, Zhenxingbang is only on the sand table. Except for the part of the road where he escorted Dr. Luo, he has never set foot in many other places. He doesn't even know that there are bamboo forests and wild ducks in the mountains.
The world he has seen since childhood is full of chaos and evil, so he is full of yearning and desire for the unknown and beautiful world. He cannot just sit in a safe grocery store and look at the dangerous Feso Port outside the door, nor can he count on a few elderly people.
Once everything is arranged, Huan Xiangguo will be his dream.
Apart from anything else, Chun Rong Dan was something he dreamed of himself. The "Chun Rong Dan Refining Mission" has only found two medicinal materials so far. Is it possible to wait for these elixirs to pop out on their own?
After putting down his cell phone, Hua Zhenxing began to pack his backpack, greeted the three elderly people, Manman and others, saying that he was going out for a few days.
After receiving the call, Old Man Yang went back to the grocery store that night and gave Hua Zhenxing a paper crane.
Old Man Yang didn't say much, he just asked Hua Zhenxing to take the paper crane with him and be careful not to lose it. It might be able to protect him at critical moments. But he also reminded that the paper crane might not be reliable, and everything must still be relied on.
Own.
Hua Zhenxing was so convinced that he even brought a long stick and the wooden magpie he made.
The long stick was also processed by Hua Zhenxing himself. He once used it to beat a dog, a hyena on the grassland. Later, the stick was used as a chisel by Teacher Ding Qi, who forcibly dug a deep tunnel into a rock.
Later, it was taken back to the grocery store, and it is said that Old Man Yang processed it again.
When Hua Zhenxing picked up this stick, he was very impressed. It looked like a long branch that had just been cut down. It was as thick as a walnut and even the bark had not been peeled off. But if you look closely, the bark has been integrated into the texture pattern of the wood.
, and it feels like playing with the unique paste formed over many years. It is neither slippery nor astringent when held in the hand.
After shaking vigorously, the stick's elasticity was just right and it was extremely tough. It was no longer the same as the original stick.
He had learned how to sharpen wood some time ago, and he could refine the wood with his spiritual consciousness as soon as he took out the knife. But now he tried using the spiritual consciousness refining method, and found that this was no longer a material that he could process, or that he did not need to process it anymore.
processing.
One end of the stick has a square tip, which doesn't look very sharp, but in Teacher Ding's hands it can be driven into rocks, and in Hua Zhenxing's hands it can be used as a spear.
Holding the stick in his hand at this moment, Hua Zhenxing had an inexplicable feeling that his strength had greatly increased. If he encountered the same group of hyenas again, he was sure that he could defeat them all without throwing away grenades... This feeling is not right, so be careful.
Okay, if you need to throw the grenade, throw the grenade.
Hua Zhen went out with his stick. The starting point of his trip was the mouth of the Beisuo River. He had been to this place before. During the heavy rainy season, in order to complete the "System Task 6", the area involved in the first and second phases of the Beisuo River Basin Transformation Project was
He's been everywhere.
He first looked at the abalones on the rocks by the sea. They were in very good condition and growing well. He had so many things to do this year that he actually forgot to process the dried abalones, but it didn't matter. There were still stocks in the grocery store.
Before going out, he took out a batch of soft-boiled abalone that had been processed the year before. Tuomanman helped soak the hair in the past few days and explained in detail how to do it. Soaking hair does not require much skills, just being careful and responsible. Of course Manman will be fine.
.Even if Mr. Feng doesn’t come, they can still eat by themselves.
Huazhenxing has been processing soft-boiled abalone every year for the past three years, but why didn’t they think of promoting it in Fesoport? Because soft-boiled abalone is not a fried noodle, it is not a necessary thing in this place, and it cannot solve the problems faced here.
It is an ingredient that needs to be processed for several months. It will taste best after two years, and it takes a week to cook it before eating. Just like Hua Zhenxing wanted to promote the art of nourishing energy, but he had no intention of doing so.
Promote facial contouring.
It is the dry season now, and the mouth of the Beisuo River can no longer be seen, but if you look closely, you can still find the water flow. Small water flows as thin as sticks are spread widely, meandering through the grass.
If it were this time in previous years, there would have been very little water flow, but this year it has increased significantly because the entire basin has changed.
This change is inadvertent. If you don't deliberately look for and compare, you won't notice it when you walk here. Hua Zhenxing walked westward with a stick, stopping at intervals to release the wooden magpie, and record the atmosphere at different heights.
Temperature, humidity, airflow data.
The Huanxiang Industrial R&D Department needs this data and has set up many sampling points to collect it regularly. Huazhenxing is helping them improve it and recording the accurate surveying and mapping dates.
It is difficult to predict changes in the climate of the river basin. Using supercomputer simulation also requires three prerequisites: computing power, algorithm models and original data. Without original data, nothing can be said. For Hua Zhenxing himself, recording these,
In his soul image, he can also grasp the changes that have occurred in this area in real time.
He wants to go west from here, first to the valley where the reservoir will be built, and then continue westward through the valley, over several mountains, and his destination is the place circled by Mr. Feng on the map. The straight-line distance is about eight miles.
ten kilometers.
It sounds like it's not far away. Hua Zhen will soon conduct a comprehensive inspection of the planned Beisuo River Basin and reach places he has never set foot in before, which is like continuing to open up the infinite unknowns in this world.
After sending Dr. Luo away, Hua Zhenxing had experienced this feeling on the way back to Fesoport. At that time, he had a longing. Since he was a child, Old Man Yang or Uncle Mo would take him on tours. Now he can
Explore on your own.
But after returning to Fiso Port, a series of things happened, and I forgot about this idea, and only now I regained the feeling. Walking in my own world, in the distance is a world that has never been opened but will be reached.
Just a few kilometers away from the coastline and heading west, Hua Zhenxing stopped because the "Chunrong Pill Refining Mission" suddenly responded.