Take a deep breath and drink up the slightly cool Longjing tea in the cup.
I adjusted my mentality and lowered my expectations a little.
Just like a blind date,
Guys, don't always expect to meet someone with big breasts, long legs, white skin, gentleness, consideration, and understanding.
Girls should not think that the other person has a good life, a good waist, a good job, is tall, handsome, and loves others.
Because anyone who has these advantages has long been snatched away by the crazy bees and butterflies around him, and the remaining ones are either sea kings or scumbags. Do you still need a blind date?
Therefore, you cannot set your requirements too high just because there is a five-star review.
I refilled my cup of Longjing, chatted with my water friends, and the fourth dish was served.
【Yellow croaker rice cake】
The corner of Li Xiao's mouth twitched unconsciously, and it was white again. On an oval-shaped plate, there was a large sliced yellow croaker placed horizontally in the middle, surrounded by 7 thumb-sized rice cakes.
"I took everyone to eat small yellow croaker this morning. Unexpectedly, at noon, we actually had large yellow croaker."
Seeing the big yellow croaker appearing in front of the camera, the audience almost
"Wait a minute, what do I see? Seven stars accompanying the moon?"
"The talent is upstairs, but it does look like seven rice cakes and one piece of fish!"
"Is this the legendary side dish, a load, a wok, a meal, and a guest?"
"It makes sense!!"
"What are you thinking? This is a large yellow croaker. I saw the menu just now. It's a wild large yellow croaker."
"Isn't it the same fish whether it's wild or not?"
"That's not right. Wild fish is much more expensive than farmed fish. Eight liang of farmed yellow croaker costs 28 yuan, while eight liang of wild fish costs 800 yuan."
"800 yuan? 8 taels per piece? In other words, 1 tael costs 100 yuan?"
"Oh my god, I remembered correctly that this [yellow croaker rice cake] is 258 yuan? Doesn't it seem expensive?"
"It's not that they are too expensive, it's just that we are too poor."
"It's outrageous to suddenly get stabbed in the heart upstairs. We are all from the same roots, so why rush??"
.....
Since it is a single serving, there is only one piece of this large yellow croaker.
So Li Xiao used chopsticks in his right hand and a spoon in his left hand to put a piece of rice cake with thick juice into the bowl, leaving the good stuff behind to eat. Otherwise, if you eat the good stuff first and then the bad stuff, the later ones will be even worse.
have eaten.
The rice cakes that have been stewed for a long time have become very soft and glutinous. They can be easily cut off with chopsticks, soaked in the yellow croaker juice, and stuffed into your mouth.
Delicate, soft and chewy, but not chewy.
Because the rice cake and yellow croaker are stewed together, even the rice cake is full of the flavor of yellow croaker.
The unique sweetness of yellow croaker is completely absorbed by the rice cake.
Rice cakes, shark fins and bird's nests are a food that has a special texture but no taste. The final taste depends entirely on the soup.
“This rice cake is quite high quality. It’s neither hard nor sticky. It’s soft, glutinous and very delicious.
If I guess correctly, this should be a type of rice cake unique to Sakura Country. After all, they have a sous chef here who is from Sakura Country."
Some people in the live broadcast room don’t believe it
"The host just opened his mouth to say it. Don't we also have rice cakes in Han Dynasty?"
"Is there anything wrong with this anchor's brain? Why do I remember that Sakura Country is our vassal country?"
"Hey, hey, what's the point? Sakura Country also has rice cakes, and we passed it on."
"Yes, Sakura Country's rice cakes are really good. I ate them once when I was traveling."
"Although we are ancestors, the development of each place is different!!"
"Be rational, maybe the host just likes this taste?"
...
Li Xiao didn't expect that his casual words would almost trigger a scolding war. Fortunately, he had enough fans in the live broadcast room, so he quickly explained
"Sorry, sorry, that's not what I meant. What I meant is that this famous dish from Jiangsu and Zhejiang is actually very good. However, according to the traditional method, the rice cake here will be very sticky and difficult to bite."
"What I mean is that replacing it with Sakura Country's rice cakes, which are softer and easier to eat, is a good change, but it doesn't mean what you think."
.....
Seeing that the live broadcast room quickly returned to calm, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. He kept moving his hands, using chopsticks and a spoon to pick up this piece of large yellow croaker worth at least 200 yuan.
He didn't rush to speak. After all, this was a piece of fish worth 200 yuan. He informed the water friends that
"The reason why wild large yellow croaker is so valuable is because it has been fished in large numbers in recent times, so the wild large yellow croaker population has become extinct rapidly."
"However, our country later released a large number of large yellow croaker fry on the coasts of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and some offshore areas of Sakura Country, so that these large yellow croakers, which were Level 3 protected fish a few years ago, could re-enter the diet."
"The scarcity is, of course, only one of the reasons why wild large yellow croaker is so expensive."
"In addition, research shows that this wild large yellow croaker can scavenge free radicals produced by human metabolism, delay aging, and have preventive and therapeutic effects on various cancers."
"It can also invigorate the spleen and appetite, calm the nerves and stop dysentery, replenish qi and replenish essence. It has good effects on anemia, insomnia, dizziness, loss of appetite and postpartum physical weakness in women."
"For those with weak constitutions and middle-aged and elderly people, eating large yellow croaker will have good therapeutic effects."
“So you can often see wild large yellow croaker on the dining tables of many wealthy people, and this wild large yellow croaker grows very slowly, so the bigger it is, the more valuable it is.
For something of this small size that weighs less than a kilogram, the price is not too high.
But if it weighs more than one kilogram, it is said to cost 1,500 per kilogram, and if it weighs more than two kilograms, it will cost 5,000 per kilogram.”
After explaining, Li Xiao did not continue to watch the barrage.
After all, the bowl in my hand is not like the big white plate with alcohol heating under it. If it gets cold and becomes fishy, wouldn't this two hundred piece of fish be wasted?
Fresh! Fresh! Fresh!
The fish meat enters the mouth, and the skin is relatively tough because it has been fried before stewing. It will not rot even if it is simmered for a long time, and it also has a slightly burnt aroma.
The fish meat is very tender, and the heat and time are just right.
The fish meat is very firm and not loose at all. Even if it has not just come out of the refrigerator, it is not far off.
He had just acquired [Ability: Proficient in Seafood Selection] this morning. Not to mention eating it, he could tell whether a fish was fresh just by looking at it, and freshness was the main selling point of this famous dish from Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Li Xiao took three mouthfuls and ate most of the large yellow croaker in the bowl before stopping to explain.
"Yellow croaker rice cake is very simple to make, as long as you grasp three key points."
"First: the fish you choose should be fresh. If there is no large yellow croaker in the nearby market, you can also choose small yellow croaker instead. After all, fresh small yellow croaker is still easy to buy."
"Second: The stew sauce should be light. After all, this dish mainly focuses on the freshness of the fish. If the sauce is too thick, it will overwhelm the dish."
"Third: The time must be grasped. Because it is stewed, if the time is too long, the fish will be old. If the time is too short, the rice cake will not taste good."
