space fisherman

Chapter 192 Eight Pieces of Crab

This is what Ye Yuan only found out after he came back. At first Ye Yuan didn't care about it, thinking that no matter how much wild game there are so many people, they can finish it in 2 days.

In the end, when they saw the wild game that Yu Hongbo and his crew caught, they realized what the concept of "many" was.

Not to mention anything else, 35 hares, 26 pheasants, 5 geese, three wild deer, and some birds were killed.

Ye Yuan didn't know what to say, so much game, it really couldn't be eaten in a few days.

But Ye Yuan didn't blame these crew members, looking at their embarrassed expressions.

Ye Yuan can only ask Gong Hongzhuang to process the wild game, freeze it, and eat it slowly on the boat when he returns to the voyage.

When Ye Yuan returned to the island, the crew had already set up the barbecue stove on the beach, and Gong Hongzhuang also built a simple stove, saying that he wanted to show off to the chefs on the island.

Ye Yuan was also very curious about what kind of dishes Gong Hongzhuang wanted to show off his culinary skills.

The chef on the island has also come here and communicated with Gong Hongzhuang in English. Ye Yuan came to listen to the chat between the two.

"Today I'll teach you how to cook a Chinese-style crab, called salt-baked crab. This dish is simple and easy to make."

Gong Hongzhuang put a large iron pot he found somewhere on the simple stove he built, and at the same time introduced the name of the dish he was going to make to the chef on the island.

Ye Yuan has heard of this salt-baked cooking method in many dishes, the most famous of which is of course salt-baked chicken.

As for the salt-baked crab that Gong Hongzhuang mentioned, Ye Yuan really has never eaten it, so he wants to see how this dish is made.

According to Gong Hongzhuang's words, this dish is very simple, and Ye Yuan also wants to learn it on the side.

Gong Hongzhuang put the iron pot on the built-up stove, heated the pot with charcoal, then spread a thick layer of salt in the iron pot, and started to stir fry the edible salt.

After the salt is sizzling hot, add the Atlantic blue crabs caught by the crew at the seaside, and then cover the crabs with a layer of salt, and finally cover the pot and wait for the crabs to mature.

Ye Yuan rolled his eyes, this is too simple, and he had the nerve to say it.

Seeing Ye Yuan's expression, Gong Hongzhuang directly said happily:

"The boss thinks it's easy, right? You can taste it later."

While waiting for the salt-baked crab to come out of the pot, Ye Yuan observed the movements of the crew on the beach.

These crew members set up small fires on the beach, on which were roasted hares and pheasants, and who knows who got two deer legs and put them on the fire to roast.

Looking at the food roasting on the fire, Ye Yuan's appetite was also whetted.

"All right"

Following Gong Hongzhuang's words, Ye Yuan's attention was also drawn back.

Gong Hongzhuang used the shovel in his hand to pull some excess salt aside, and as the edible salt was pushed away, the orange-red blue crab inside was revealed.

Looking at the orange-red blue crab, not only Ye Yuan, but even the crew members who were working around swallowed their saliva.

At this time, Gong Hongzhuang used iron tongs to put the blue crabs one by one into the tray.

Seeing Ye Yuan staring at the blue crab in his pot, Gong Hongzhuang directly handed over one

"Boss, try it."

Ye Yuan carefully took some blue crabs that were still hot, and at the same time Gong Hongzhuang also handed one to the island chef next to him.

Break open the crab shell of the blue crab, a burst of heat steamed out, and the white crab meat, against the background of the orange crab shell, added a burst of appetite.

The smell of crab meat is a little more fragrant than steamed crab.

Ye Yuan didn't care about other people's eyes, and removed the parotid glands on both sides of the blue crab on his own.

The parotid glands of crabs are used to filter some dirty things, and it is generally not recommended for people to eat them.

After cleaning the parotid glands, he took out the crab intestines, which were also inedible, and then the crab's stomach and heart were all cleaned out by Ye Yuan, these were inedible.

Many people like to eat crabs, but it is still troublesome to eat crabs. Not only are many parts of crabs inedible, but also they cannot be taken with many foods at the same time.

For example, crabs cannot be eaten with persimmons.

Because crab meat is rich in protein, and persimmon contains a lot of tannic acid, these two substances will react with each other.

This causes the protein to coagulate into clumps, which are difficult for our stomachs to digest.

Eating the two together will cause nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and other uncomfortable symptoms.

It cannot be eaten with mutton. Mutton is sweet and hot in nature, while crab is cold in nature.

Eating the two together not only greatly reduces the warming effect of mutton, but also damages the spleen and stomach. For people with yang deficiency or spleen deficiency, it is very easy to cause spleen and stomach dysfunction, which in turn affects the vitality of the human body.

In addition, crabs cannot be eaten with strong tea, watermelon, kelp, seaweed, pears and other foods.

In short, in Ye Yuan's view, eating crabs is a very troublesome thing.

After cleaning up those inedible parts, Ye Yuan directly took a bite of the snow-white crab meat, and the crab meat entered Ye Yuan's mouth, and the chewy crab meat filled the whole mouth with a unique fragrance of salt-baked crab meat. .

“Delicious, better than steamed”

While eating, Ye Yuan gave Gong Hongzhuang a thumbs up.

If some professional crab eaters saw Ye Yuan eat crab like this, they would definitely scoff.

Because eating crabs is very particular. Generally, professional crab eaters will follow the lines of the crab meat and eat them in a single bite. There is no one like Ye Yuan who eats them in one bite.

In ancient China, there was a special tool for eating crabs called "eight crabs".

Eating crabs in Huaguo has a long history, dating back to the Western Zhou Dynasty.

From the records in "Zhou Li" and "Zi Lin" in the Jin Dynasty, it can be known that Huaguo has a history of eating crabs for 800 years.

Since ancient times, eating crabs seems to be a very elegant and elegant thing.

As early as the Ming Dynasty, skilled craftsmen created a whole set of exquisite crab-eating tools.

According to the Ming Dynasty gourmet guide "Kao Chi", the first crab-eating tools in the Ming Dynasty included hammer, upsetting, pliers, shovel, spoon, fork, scraper, and needle.

Translated into modern Chinese are round waist hammer, small square table, tweezers, long-handled axe, spoon, long-handled fork, scraper, and needle.

These tools are called "crab eight pieces".

After the ancients invented crab-eating tools, eating crabs became an elegant and chic food enjoyment.

Eating crabs with small and exquisite gold, silver and copper tableware is full of wit and wit. It can be said to be a kind of elegant and elegant dining activity.

Not only that, but there was also a professional process for eating crabs in ancient times.

First, use a hammer to gently tap the edge of the crab's back shell back and forth. This is to loosen the crab shell first, so that it is easy to lift the cover.

Then the back shell and navel were lifted off, and the big cover was easily removed after being hit many times with a hammer.

Use tweezers to remove the crab gills, which are thick white slices, and the crab stomach covered with bones, and then use a stick to remove the crab meat from the crab belly.

(End of this chapter)