Since before the catastrophe, rivers, lakes, seas, forests and mountains have been nature’s generous gift to mankind.
If you rely on the mountains to eat, you can rely on the sea to eat. As long as you work hard, you will often have gratifying harvests.
Lin Chou circled around the water pool and easily ambushed a silly rabbit that was drinking water. This rabbit was very fat, weighing nearly twenty kilograms. Its fur was smooth and smooth, and its muscles were very elastic to the touch.
Rabbits are made of living meat except for their brains. They have a good texture and taste after being slightly processed.
The only drawback is that rabbit meat is bland and tasteless. If chicken and rabbit are stewed together, the stew will only have the aroma of chicken. Because rabbit meat is easy to attach the flavor of other ingredients, it is also called "hundred-flavor meat".
If you want to make delicious rabbit meat, you still need to put in a lot of effort.
It was around the Autumn Festival, and it was the time when rabbits were fattest and most delicious. Lin Chou found some green plants and natural seasonings in the forest for later use.
"Brother Chou, look, look."
The potted plant was holding a big, fresh and jumping fish in his hand, showing off proudly.
This is an arm-length freshwater silver carp with a huge head and slender tail. The white fish has snowflake-like purple and blue patterns on its body, and its belly is round and swollen, as if it is a pregnant woman.
Lin Chou used a shovel to split a large stone in half and dig out a groove, which turned out to be a pot.
Due to limited craftsmanship, this "pot" is actually a bit thick and doesn't look very nice.
A fire was started with rosin, and whole dead branches were burned. Three stones were used as supports, and a stone pot filled with stream water was placed on the fire.
Lin Chou took the opportunity to deal with the silver carp. The belly of the silver carp was full of caviar and fish oil, and the meat was plump. He removed the gills and scales, took out the internal organs and cleaned them. The water in the stone pot had begun to boil.
Put the whole silver carp into the pot for half a minute, take it out and let it dry aside. Pour out the water in the stone pot and replace it with another pot and bring it to a boil.
"What is this for?"
Lin Chou put the silver carp into the pot again and squeezed the juice of a raw green lemon on it. "The silver carp has a strong earthy smell. Just blanch the silver carp in water to remove the blood foam and smell, and then cook it with the juice of the unripe wild lemon."
, it also has the effect of removing fishy smell, but the conditions are limited, so this is the only way.”
The beige fish roe of silver carp was in strips with snow-white fish oil attached to it. Lin Chou evenly sprinkled a small amount of green salt on the surface and placed it in a circle along the edge of the stone pot.
Next comes the highlight, the rabbit.
Make an opening on the top of your head, chop off four claws, and tear off the entire rabbit skin easily.
The skinned rabbit meat with its internal organs removed showed a delicate pink color. Lin Chou chose to bleed the rabbit to death so that the rabbit meat would appear more crystal clear.
Use the ubiquitous shallots and cassava to stuff the rabbit's abdomen and sew it up. The shallots are fresh and spicy, and can bring a unique plant fragrance.
Cassava is a shrub-like perennial plant with enlarged roots. It is slightly poisonous when eaten raw. When cooked, it has a sweet aroma and a soft texture like bread.
Wrap the whole rabbit in layers of banana leaves, thread it on a sharpened branch, and set up another fire for barbecue.
Under the heat of an open fire, banana leaves emit bursts of fragrant smoke and white juice, and are then dried.
The banana leaf is very thick and contains a lot of water. When the outside is burned, the juice inside boils and transfers the heat to the rabbit meat. This is another form of cooking.
After half an hour of baking, the banana leaves basically turned into ashes. Lin Chou peeled off the layers of banana leaves, exposing the rabbit meat that had turned slightly white and slightly green.
The boiling steam and the fragrance of red onions emerge from the simple sutures on the rabbit's abdomen, which is particularly tempting.
Sprinkle a little green salt on the surface, pick out the burning dead branches from the fire, leaving only the red charcoal fire, put the rabbit on the charcoal fire again, and roast it carefully.
Rabbit meat is very easy to dry out, and roasting rabbit without gravy is a failure. At this time, the rabbit mesh suet specially reserved by Lin Chou came in handy.
Every few minutes of roasting, cover the surface of the rabbit with a few pieces of net oil. Under the red charcoal fire, the suet turns into golden fat and flows on the surface of the rabbit, locking in the moisture. Under the action of the fat, the rabbit meat quickly
It changes from pinkish white to golden yellow, and the meat is fragrant.
The potted plant wrinkled its little nose, "It smells so good. Is it better? Is it better? I'm so anxious."
Lin Chou said, "If it were the fat slug that was roasted, we would already be eating now."
"snort."
After another excruciating half an hour, the rabbit meat became golden and attractive. Lin Chou cut off a piece of honeycomb, kneaded it into a ball, and spread it evenly on the surface of the rabbit, keeping it slightly away from the fire.
The orange-yellow honey bubbles up in attractive tiny bubbles on the surface of the rabbit meat, and penetrates into the muscle texture, spreading a sweet flavor.
Zuo Chen couldn't wait any longer. He took out a tablecloth from the treasure box and wrapped it around his neck. He also took out two small bowls and a spoon.
Lin Minato said curiously, "Hey, is there anything you didn't bring with you?"
Zuo Chen counted on his fingers, "I'm a girl, so I need to bring a lot of things, including cosmetics, sunscreen, soap, facial mask, toner, bedding, dry food, needles and thread, tent, tableware, anti-wolf spray, light source and dry food..."
"Have you forgotten your thoughts after talking so much?"
"..."
"Let's eat!"
Lin Chou announced, and Zuo Chen immediately forgot about someone's sarcasm and cheered.
On the edge of the stone pot, the silver carp roe has turned golden yellow, the bottom is slightly burnt, the surface is shiny, and it has the freshness of the fish soup and a light smoky flavor.
Lin Chou picked up a piece of fish roe and put it into his mouth. The texture of the simply cooked silver carp roe was more delicious than the best caviar. You could accurately taste the elasticity and sticky texture of every fish roe on the surface.
The fish roe inside is completely different, dense and soft, spreading in the mouth like ice cream melting.
"good!"
Lin Chou's eyes lit up, while Zuo Chen was holding a bowl of fish soup, drinking it happily regardless of the scalding heat.
Perhaps the stone pot played a mysterious role. The silver carp fish soup is as white and thick as milk, without any fishy smell, and has a fragrant aroma. It leaves crystal traces on the wall of the bowl. This is a bowl of fish soup that can "hang the cup".
Zuo Chen tore off a whole rabbit leg again, opened his mouth and bit it, "Uh-huh, hot, hot, hot, so hot! Hiss!"
The surface of the rabbit meat is browned, and the honey roasted over low heat makes the surface of the rabbit meat almost reflect the light of the fire. You can see the moist luster in the torn parts, and every muscle texture is filled with mouth-watering pink gravy.
The fragrance overflows.
This is the mastery of Lin Chou's grilling technique. The surface is charred and crispy, and the inside is juicy.
Zuo Chen took a bite, and the rabbit meat first exploded in his mouth with a slight tearing and crunching sound, and then the hot, rich and extremely delicious meat juices splashed out.
"Well..."
The potted plant closed his eyes and could not speak a word. Any language became redundant. Only this wonderful exploding rabbit meat was the only eternal truth.
(PS: Thank you for the 100 starting coin reward from Brother Huanma. By the way, Brother Huanma hasn’t appeared for a long time.)