After returning home, the first thing Gongliang did was to dig out the bear paws buried in the stove.
The bear's paws were wrapped in volcanic mud and were so hot from the charcoal fire that if he accidentally touched them, he screamed.
The volcanic mud has been baked white by the charcoal fire. With a gentle tap, the dried mud on it falls off the bear's paw, and the fine hairs on it also fall off completely, leaving only clean paw flesh.
When Gongliang took the palm, he specially took the old blind man's right palm. After removing the fine hair, it looked particularly plump and thick.
There is actually a reason why the right palm is taken.
He once read a note in his previous life, which wrote: "Black bears love honey the most. Nine out of ten bee nests in Changbai Mountain are built in dead trees lying on the ground. Black bears are really good at stealing honey, with thick skin and flesh.
It is thick and not afraid of bees stinging it. It eats enough honey in late autumn and then hides in the holes of big trees to hibernate during the winter. Black bears can walk upright and their front paws are particularly flexible. When hibernating, they use one of their front paws to press against the valley.
Tao, the other palm is specially used for licking and sucking. This year, the left front palm will be used, and next year it will be replaced with the right front palm. Therefore, when cutting out the bear paws for cooking, the two must be stewed in separate pots. Some people say that the palm is pressed against the one in the valley.
After being stewed, it always smells a little bit, so you throw it away and don't eat it. This is just a rumor and speculation, and it is not enough to be believed. However, one palm does not move all winter, and one palm is licked non-stop every day. The saliva essence is soaked day and night, and this palm is fat.
Being plump and plump is natural.”
It was also because of reading this note that when Gong Liang took the old blind man's bear paw, he smelled it and saw that the right palm smelled of honey and was plump, so he took the right palm.
The old blind man was actually the same species as the black bear he had seen in his previous life, but he was taller.
Ordinary black bears are called blind bears because of their poor eyesight. The name "old blind bear" comes from the fact that this is an older black bear among black bears. It is much larger than ordinary black bears and has a very ferocious temperament, but it has not yet reached the level of a ferocious beast.
, barely breaking away from the realm of ordinary beasts and entering the ranks of ferocious beasts.
After the old blind man removed the hair from the bear's paw and washed it, Gongliang put the bear's paw into a pot and simmered it according to the method he had learned before. After an hour, he quickly took it out and rinsed it with cold water, then removed the skin, claws and bones.
Then wash the bear paws, apply a thick layer of honey on them, then put them in a pot and cook over low heat for another hour.
The cooked bear paw this time seemed to be more than double the original size, and the body became softer.
After Gongliang waited for the bear's paw to cool down, he began to peel the skin and extract the meat. The skin of the bear's paw was rough and difficult to peel, which really tested his knife skills. After taking out the paw meat, he put it in a pot and cooked it over low heat until it became soft.
After that, stop the fire and let it cool down completely, then cook again after it is cold, and then stop cooking again. After three or four times, Gongliang will bring the pheasants, birds and mountain mushrooms that he brought to the bear's paw soup, and put them in with the bones of ferocious beasts.
In the thick soup, the whole bear paw was stewed together, and some fresh creek fish were added.
Bear paw itself has no taste, and these ingredients must be used to taste it.
After another eight or nine hours of stewing, the bear paw was finally cooked. Gongliang poked it lightly with chopsticks, and the gelatin in the palm meat kept coming out, and the entire bear paw had almost melted in the stew.
It took him two days to make this bear's paw.
In his previous life, he had no other hobbies. He was only interested in two things, one was travel and the other was food. Food especially took precedence over travel. At that time, he liked weird things like bear paws, but they were protected by the country at that time, and
His own financial resources were limited, so he didn't eat these things at all. However, he did learn the skills of how to handle these things. When he came here, he saw such good ingredients. If he didn't eat them, he would be a fool.
Since the old blind man's bear paw is not yet at the level of a ferocious beast, Brother Xiaoshi can also eat it.
It's just that there isn't a lot of meat in this palm, so Gongliang kept it in mind and planned to keep it and secretly take it out to eat at night.
It's a pity that Brother Xiaoshi has been coming to his place frequently in the past two days. Knowing that the bear's paws were cooked today, he just sat at his house and prepared to eat without going anywhere.
Gongliang had to practice spearing in the afternoon. He was afraid that the stewed bear paws would be eaten by the two guys after he went out. He had no choice but to take out the bear paws and share them with them. He comforted himself in his heart that there were still some in the house.
A red palm is a ferocious beast. They can't eat it, and they won't be able to enjoy it alone.
This time Gongliang didn't forget Yuan Guanguan, and quickly gave it a bowl of bear paws, and then started to snatch it from brother Xiaoshi who was immersed in dealing with the bear paws.
The bear's paw was thick with gum, and he had broken the bones, peeled off the skin, and stewed it until it was boiling. The water had already melted between the flesh of the paw, and there was no longer half of the meat. So it was impossible to pick it up with chopsticks, so it had to be scooped out with a spoon.
Gong Liang took a spoonful of bear paw and put it into his mouth. He felt a fresh and sweet taste penetrate his tongue buds, mixed with the taste of pheasant, birds, river fish, mountain mushrooms and wild mushrooms. It was really wonderful. He stopped as soon as he tasted it.
After a while, the three of them devoured the small pot of bear paws.
After all, the old blind man's bear paw is not the meat of a ferocious beast, so he can only taste it and cannot get any energy from it. And eating with Xiao Shi and his two brothers who are particularly good at eating, they can't eat much at all, just want to have fun.
It was difficult to feel full. Therefore, Gongliang had to cook something else to eat.
However, after tasting the bear's paw, he was looking forward to the taste of the red palm. The red palm was as big as an armful, enough for him to eat.
After eating, Gongliang walked out of the tribe with his long spear and a pair of short spears.
When he came to the woods next to the waterfall where he caught the stream fish, he started practicing.
Therefore, the woods next to the waterfall became his target for spear practice. There is no skill in using a spear, it is just a straight thrust. It is very simple. As long as you follow the three words "fast, accurate and ruthless", you will be invincible.
The Bengquan that Gongliang practiced before can actually be applied to spears. It should be said that Bengquan is more suitable for spears because it thrusts straight like an arrow.
The simpler it is, the less fancy it is. Although it is easy to practice, it is difficult to master it. The same is true for spears. It is easy to learn, but it is very difficult to practice until it stabs like a swift arrow and catches like thunder.
But it was not easy for Gongliang to continue practicing. After a while, a tree was riddled with holes.
After practicing spearing for a while, he took a break and then started practicing throwing short spears.
It is easy to throw a short spear, but it takes time to practice hitting the target accurately, and the most important thing for a good man is time.
He practiced like this day after day. Gradually, he was able to run very fast wearing a 400-pound iron armor and carrying a huge log, and he could thrust out and retract a flying spear as fast as a lightning bolt.
There was also a certain accuracy. At this time, the tribal warrior returned from hunting, and his hunting was about to begin again.
Seeing the warrior return from hunting, Gongliang quickly ran to the leader and asked for a few bags of the blood of the ferocious beasts. Except for keeping some for his own use, he poured the rest into the rice fields where three-color rice was grown.
Strangely enough, after the ferocious beast's blood was poured out, the three-color rice seedlings that were originally green in color slowly turned dark green, and the seedlings began to grow slowly.
It seems that the three-color rice needs to be watered with the blood of ferocious beasts, otherwise it would grow very slowly before watering, and it would not grow so fast.
However, ferocious beast blood is not available every day, so now we can only rely on the ferocious beast's internal organs. Although the ferocious beast's internal organs contain less energy and blood essence, it is better than nothing.