Chapter five hundred and two wine steamed barnacles
"Okay, don't scare him. You guys eat first. I still have food to cook. Vertex 23S. The fastest update."
Lin Chou said with a smile, carrying the wine bottle to the kitchen.
After taking a sip of wine and putting the bottle on the island, Lin Chou began to toss those poor little barnacles.
The barnacles growing in the Mingguang Sea are typical cone-shaped barnacles. They do not have the slender "necks" of gooseneck barnacles that are edible, and they are not as expensive.
Before the Catastrophe, gooseneck barnacles, a seafood that drove Europeans and Spanish people crazy, cost more than thirty euros per kilogram even if sold in bulk in large seafood markets.
Moreover, this price is still the starting price of the auction, the competition is quite crazy, and only a few people can enjoy it.
There are many names for barnacles, such as "chicken-foot snail", "dog-claw snail", "ghost-claw snail", "rasp shell", and "horse tooth". These are its nicknames.
With these cute nicknames, you can imagine what barnacles look like.
Barnacles are called "seafood from hell" by the Spaniards, not only because of their hideous appearance, but also because they grow in many reefs and rapids in the ocean, making it extremely difficult to pick. There are even a lot of them every year.
Barnacle hunters died in the vast sea trying to pick barnacles.
Therefore, people often exaggerate and say that for every barnacle eaten, a barnacle hunter loses his life.
There are no gooseneck barnacles growing near Mingguang, but cone-shaped barnacles are very common.
Cone barnacles are very small, often only growing one centimeter in height each year, and their edible parts are even less.
Wash the surface of the barnacles carefully with a brush and put them directly into the stew pot, pour some rice wine on them, put them on the stove and simmer them over water.
It only takes a moment and it's delicious.
"...Holy shit, is this good?"
Lin Chou put the stew pot on the table.
"It's just barnacle stew, how much longer will it take?"
The busty sister frowned and looked at the evil-looking little things in the container, "What are barnacles?"
Bai Qiongshou picked up a small barnacle, deftly tore off the rough hard skin along the lower end of the gray-white shell plate, put it into his mouth and sipped gently, like sucking a snail.
"Barnacles only grow at the bottom of reefs and cliffs where the ocean currents are the most turbulent and the sea breezes are the strongest. They are difficult to pick. It tastes very delicious... Do you want to try eating it like this?"
Chi obviously had never seen such a weird thing before, looking at Bai Qiong's head suspiciously,
"They don't look like they taste good."
Bai Qiongshou picked up the third barnacle,
"Even though it looks ugly, it's actually beautiful inside."
Chi Jiang was hesitant, and imitated Bai Qiongshou's method of pinching off the bottom of the barnacle, but she obviously used too much force, and half of the barnacle was crushed into flat pieces by her.
After the barnacle is opened, there is a small amount of bright red soft meat inside, which is plump and shiny and resembles the flesh of a blood clam.
There is just a small amount of barnacle meat stuck in the shell, with a little light yellow juice on the side. The barnacle meat hidden deep in the shell is like a delicate and bright flower, which is quite beautiful inside.
"Don't hesitate, just bite it in one bite."
The delicious taste is undeniable, and Chi's frown quickly soothed,
"Well, it's so delicious..."
The tender edges of the barnacle meat are as translucent as freshly peeled longans, and the red heart has a slightly springy feel. After biting through, a pool of deliciousness blooms in an instant.
The delicious taste of barnacles does not need to be modified or seasoned. A little mellow rice wine can just bring out the sweetness and elegance of barnacles, which is enough.
After each person tasted a few, the bowl was at its bottom.
At the bottom of the stew pot, a layer of protein that resembles egg flakes and tender bean curds is steamed out.
It and the elegant oily yellow juice accumulate thickly together, and even the slightest breathing movement can make them tremble.
This is the absolute essence of Barnacle!
Shen Feng's saliva came down in a flash, and he swung the spoon as if he were swiping bricks.
In an instant, I received several scorching glances.
Shen Feng stopped in embarrassment,
"Ahem, cough, cough, come together, come together."
With a gentle pick of the spoon, a small portion of the frozen protein was brought up together with the juice locked in the honeycomb pores.
With a slight sip in your mouth, they melt instantly like the most beautiful foam in the world, and you don't even have time to feel its texture in your mouth.
Don't you see that the clothes are fragrant and the beauty is already curling up?
However, as long as this mouthful is fresh and sweet, there is nothing else to ask for.
Wu Ke said weakly,
"It's good, but a little too little."
Shen Feng stared,
"You've eaten so much, but you haven't had enough of the pot stickers yet? I'm confused, how can you, an ordinary person, eat so much? How dare you eat so much? Besides gaining weight, you've also eaten too much What’s the use? Can it make me stronger?”
Wu Ke snorted,
"I can't become stronger, but I can become bald."
...
Outside the gate of the small hotel, Li Heigou took over the task of taking care of the Pangolin and washed the car next to the creek.
Sikong got out of another car, wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat, followed by a fat duck, and finally a group of bodyguards.
"Hiss...I can smell the fragrance even from such a distance. This guy secretly eats something good without telling me."
"Hey? Brother Black Dog, why don't you go up to eat, are they abusing you?"
Li Heigou waved his hands repeatedly,
"Ahem, it doesn't work. Mr. Sikong, please go up. I haven't finished my work yet."
"strangeness."
Sikong scratched his head. It's so early in the morning. I don't know if I have a good breakfast. I don't know what kind of work I have to do now.
"Then I'll go up...it smells so good, what on earth is it...hiss..."
Li Heigou breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Sikong leading the duck and a group of bodyguards up the mountain.
mmp, that guy ate bugs again.
It's not safe here. I have to go back to the base city and hide.
When Sikong came in, Wu Ke was licking the bowl.
Sikong was stunned,
“Fuck, it’s gone??”
Wu Ke burped, licked his lips, put down the bowl, patted his belly and said,
"Yes, it's in the belly."
Sikong pointed at Wu Ke,
"Quack, drag him out and give him a full-on egg-stomping performance."
"..."
Wu Ke smiled bitterly,
"It's not my fault, everyone ate them all."
Lin Chou said with a smile,
"You're here just in time, there's a new dish on the menu today, please take a seat first."
"..."
"oh."
Sikongxin sat down reluctantly, "I still want to know what good things your kid ate behind my back."
Shen Feng laughed and said,
"Nothing, just some vegetable leaves and small crabs. The highlight is yet to come."
Sikong said suspiciously,
"Really? I always feel like things are not that simple... You must be lying to me."
"If you don't believe me, just ask Lin Chou!!"
Sikong moved his nose,
"I smell the oil from pancakes... No, you ate pot stickers! You actually secretly ate my favorite pot stickers!"
"Fuck!"
Everyone scolded me, why does this kid have such a long nose?