1815. Feast at sea (5/5, again
Qin Shiou caught more than ten eels. When he caught the bamboo net, there were a few small eels inside. This was not what he caught, but he crawled in. Small eels appeared from time to time on the sea.
This is unimaginable in other waters. American eels are the most precious type of seafood in the North Atlantic. Rare things are precious. The reason why they are so precious is also related to the rare quantity, but eels in fishing grounds are not uncommon.
Catching the little eel, Qin Shiou asked the melon to throw it into the sea. The melon blinked silly and asked, "Why? The small ones are delicious and tender!"
Qin Shiou asked strangely: "Have you eaten the little eel? Who gave it to you?"
The melon shook his head, bit his tender little fingers and said vaguely: "I haven't eaten melons before. Melons eat small fruits and meat. Mom said that the little ones are delicious."
Qin Shiou touched her little head and smiled and said, "Well, my mother is right, but small fish and animals cannot be eaten. They are like melons. They have not grown up and have not seen the beautiful world yet. Will it be very cold to eat them like this? Go and put them in the sea."
The melon nodded in a vague way, grabbed the small eel and squatted on the edge of the drifting island and put it in the sea. She ran back and forth a few short legs and released the small eels.
Qin Shiou praised the kind-hearted child, and Melon laughed proudly.
He picked up the female fish and prepared to pack up. The melon grabbed him and raised his head in anticipation and said, "Dad, Dad, please praise Guagua a few more words, and praise a few more words."
Qin Shiou: "..."
Sister Qin looked at it and laughed, took the eel and said, "You guys are having fun. I'll deal with these fish, just chop the head and wash off the internal organs, right?"
Qin Shiou shook his head and said, "I'll do it. The eel is not easy to deal with. You have to be careful of the bitter gallbladder. It is hidden in the organs and will break if you are not careful, so the meat will not be delicious."
The skin of wild eels is very tough. Like loaches, there is a layer of mucus on the surface, which is very difficult to fix. This requires washing it with alkaline water, washing the mucus off and chopping off the fish head, and then gently dissecting it with a fish killer. Pick out the internal organs with the tip of the knife. Finally, you have to use an oblique knife to remove the spine bones. Another reason why the eels are deeply loved by white people in Europe and the United States is that there are few thorns. In addition to the large vertebrae, the rest is only a little fish bones on the back, which can be put into the mouth.
After he picked the eels and broke their stomachs, Sister Qin took them over and washed them with clean water. There was a seawater desalination processor on the cruise ship. The fresh water processed did not meet the standard of direct drinking, but it could be used to take a bath and wash vegetables, which was very convenient.
The cleaned eel meat appears delicate pink. When you gently press the fish with your fingers, the fish will immediately pop up, which is incomparable to farmed eels.
These eels are more than 60 cm long, each fish is chopped into ten segments, and they only have one spine. The bone has been pulled out, so the fish segments are spread out like slices of meat, with similar thickness. This is also the characteristic of wild eels, and the flesh of the whole body is as good as the development.
While the fish was tender, Qin Shiou took it to a boil and swam in it for a while. He took it out until the fish was slightly yellow and lighted it up. He put it in it and lighted sesame oil, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar and maple syrup. In addition, there was no need for too many seasonings, so as to keep the eel delicious.
Marinate the fish. He prepared other things and brought fresh kelp and dried seaweed from the shore. Cut these two into shreds and mix with scallions. When the fish is almost marinated, boil and fry again. This requires controlling the heat. Put the sauce in the pot and pour in the prepared sauce for a while to cook. You cannot just rely on frying, otherwise the delicate fish will be fried hard.
The red and black sauce was bubbling, and the unique fresh fragrance of seafood rose. The melons playing outside sniffed. Immediately ran in and found my own small bowl, and sat obediently at the dining table with the small bowl waiting.
My brother-in-law and Qin's father cleaned up the other fish, including a half-large silver cod, a big turbot, two fat sea bass and a pile of small herring. The fish was full, and the vegetables brought from the vegetable garden were enough for the group to have a meal.
With the brilliant and cold starlight, Sister Qin leaned against the cabin door and looked out, exclaiming: "It turns out that the nights on the sea are so beautiful, and I thought the air on the sea would be fishy. When my brother-in-law and I went to the island city last summer, I felt that the sea water there was not very good, and you tasted pretty good here."
Qin Shiou laughed while churning the eel meat: "Actually, there is a fishy smell in the sea, but there is no smell. The fish, shrimp, seaweed here will not rot and smell after death, but will be decomposed and eaten by scavenging organisms. However, you are lucky. The strong wind just blew the sea a few days ago, and the fishy smell on the sea surface was blown away. There was no convection up and down, and the fishy smell in the depths of the sea water has not spread yet, so I took you out to the sea. This is the best opportunity to watch the sea in winter."
The sauce was stewed into a paste. He closed the fire and covered the pot and let the sauce simmer the eel for a while, so that it would be more delicious.
Next is to make other fish dishes, sprinkle a piece of sea bass with oil and braised, stew the cod, apply oil and sauce to grill it in the oven, and remove the head and cut the herring and mackerel to fry.
Looking at Qin's father fried fish, Xiaohui smiled at Shirley and said, "My grandma's fried fish is delicious. You can eat more later."
Gordon teased Xiaohui and curled his lips, "Why do you only say to Shirley? If Shirley eats more, then I will? I also want to eat more, okay?"
Xiaohui was thin-skinned and scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "Of course, that's fine."
Shirley kicked back quietly, and accurately kicked Gordon's knee behind him, grinning in pain, and sucked in a cold air: "Sherley, why are you crazy..."
"You come out, I'll tell you what I'm crazy about." Shirley smiled sweetly, turned around and quickly grabbed Gordon's ear and pulled him out of the yacht restaurant. Gordon screamed and begged for mercy. Melon held Xiaowan and tilted her head and looked at it seriously, her big eyes blinked, not knowing what she was thinking.
Seeing that Gordon looked miserable, Qin Shiou clapped his hands and said, "Sherley let him go, go wash your hands, let's have a meal, hurry up."
Shirley patted Gordon on the cheek with her hand and smiled and said, "Go and thank Qin for saving your life." Then she went to wash her hands with disgust, and took her hand sanitizer several times, saying that Gordon's ears were dirty.
You have to drink wine when eating at sea. In winter, the sea is wet and cold, so it can freeze into the cracks of people's bones. Qin Shiou took out a bottle of brandy. It has a high degree, strong heat, and a spicy and strong taste. This is the drinking wine that fishermen always drink when going out to sea, and it is the most distinctive.
In addition to Duoduo, the teenagers also received a small glass. Drinking some strong wine overnight at sea is good for the body.
The strong aroma of wine and the delicious taste of fish and shrimps, and the fragrance of vegetables, the sea meal begins. (.) Mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
Chapter completed!