Lin Pingmao knew his eldest son had a point: "But so many snake skins...are we just going to throw them away like this?"
Seeing this small pile of snake skin, Lin Rui couldn't help but ask curiously: "Grandpa, haven't you ever eaten cold-mixed snake skin?"
Lin Changxi looked at his son curiously and asked, "Can snake skin be eaten cold?"
“Yes, remove the scales first, then put it in boiling water, cut it into thinner pieces, sprinkle with oil and salt, mix it and you can eat it, there will be no waste at all!” He had tasted this cold-mixed snake skin when he was on a business trip to a city that specializes in wild game. It was crispy, tender and chewy, and the taste of chili oil made it especially delicious with rice.
Although there's no chili oil here, can we make do with wild ginger, oil, and salt? People can even swallow the crudely processed wild boar offal, so cold-mixed snake skin is definitely better than pig offal in terms of taste.
Lin Pingmao couldn't bear to see the snake skin being wasted. When he heard Lin Rui's words, he felt reassured and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes, Rui'er is right, let's do it!"
Brothers Lin Changtai and Lin Changshou went straight to the corner to pick up the snake skins. They curiously asked Lin Rui, "Rui'er, where did you hear this? We've been in Linjia Village for so long, and we've never heard of anyone eating snake skins!"
Peeling the skin is one way to eat it, and another way is not to peel the skin. After scraping off the scales with a knife, cut it directly into pieces and boil or steam it. After all, the cooking methods of farmers in ancient times were so monotonous. It was very difficult to fill their stomachs, so how could they be picky about taste?
Lin Rui laughed and said, "Isn't this business in Longting Town and Linjing? I've been to many restaurants and have gained a lot of experience. I even learned about cold-mixed snake skin in a restaurant."
Lin Changtai glanced at his son and said, "Mingzi, listen, learn from your brother Rui. Don't be like your parents, who spent their whole lives digging for food in the fields, facing the loess and back to the sky, suffering all their lives and achieving nothing!"
Lin Ziming looked at Lin Ruihan, smiled, and continued to light the fire.
Lin Rui scratched his head and smiled foolishly: "Uncle, you are too flattering to me. Mingzi can't learn from me. Didn't I do enough ridiculous things when I was young?"
The original owner had all the five vices, eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. Now his uncle wanted his son to learn from him. Even Lin Rui felt embarrassed now.
Lin Changtai smiled cheerfully, "There's an old saying that admitting one's mistakes is the best way to improve. Rui'er, you used your intelligence in the wrong place before, which led you to find yourself in danger. Now you've changed for the better. Don't you think you've made great progress?"
After some lively greetings, the boiling snake soup began to steam, and the delicious aroma of wild ginger and snake meat filled the entire rain shelter.
Niu Niu, Mu Tou and San Liang kept swallowing their saliva. The half-grown kids were eating their father out of money. They were in the stage of growing up and could eat a lot.
All the snakes caught today were eaten as a snack. According to Feng Zhenniang and her two sisters-in-law, it would be better to eat half and pickle the other half, so that some food can be stored in case of unexpected needs.
Lin Ziren muttered, "The wild boar meat is pickled, and the black python is pickled too. Can't we just eat as much meat as we want? Anyway, we don't have to spend money to buy it!"
Before Chen Mei could lose her temper and scold her son, her father-in-law Lin Pingmao said, "Just eat it all. We don't have much salt at home to begin with. If we continue to pickle it, there won't be any salt left for the soup. Who will we borrow from then? It will be difficult for every household. How can you ask me that?"
The snake soup is ready, the snake skewers are ready, the snake skin salad is ready, and the beggar snake roasted over the fire is also ready.
"Wow! So much meat!" Niu Niu clapped her hands happily. Lin Susu first served her daughter a bowl of snake meat soup, and then got a piece of roasted snake meat.
The snake meat segments were roasted until golden brown, and the meat was fragrant and firm. It was difficult for Niu Niu's small teeth to bite them, but she would squint her eyes with joy every time she took a bite of the meat.
Although they lived under the same roof, the two families ate snake meat separately. The population of Lin Rui's family was comparable to that of Lin Pingmao's family, but there was the variable of three or two taels.
Sanliang's stomach is really like a bottomless pit. If he is allowed to eat as much as he wants, the meat from more than a dozen snakes in the family may not be enough for him alone. If he shares the table with Lin Pingmao's family, the other party will definitely suffer. Aunts Chen Mei and Chen Zhi will never agree to that.
Lin Rui was not very fond of these wild game, at most he just enjoyed them as a curiosity. When he was eating wild game in the city, he heard that eating snake meat was particularly good for the skin, and if you ate too much, even mosquitoes wouldn't bite you.
The snake soup is so delicious with just a little ginger slices and salt. Chunks of snake oil float directly on the surface of the soup. When you drink it in one gulp, it feels like the whole body that lacks oil and water is emitting a strong vitality like a dead tree coming back to life in spring.
The whole roasted snake meat skewers were very firm. Lin Rui ate while pulling, and his brothers-in-law and sisters also chewed the snake meat quickly. The nerves in their bodies controlled them to quickly replenish the nutrition.
Especially Sanliang's way of eating shocked Lin Rui. When he ate snake meat, he would at least spit out the bones, but Sanliang just bit it into pieces and swallowed it into his stomach in two or three bites.
In the videos I saw on Bilibili before, snakes were collectively called spicy strips. Seeing them eating them one bite after another, they really lived up to the name.
The fish skin mixed with wild vegetables is crispy and chewy, mixed with the fragrance of plants.
It has another flavor here.
After the beggar snake broke open the mud ball that wrapped it, the aroma of meat rushed into its nose again.
Lin Rui felt that he was trying something new, such as starting a food-broadcasting mode while fleeing from famine.
Lin Ziren touched his stomach filled with snake meat and couldn't help saying, "This is the first time in my life that I feel like vomiting after eating meat!"
Chen Mei rolled her eyes at her son and said, "Even meat can't fill your mouth!"
The Lin Changtai brothers laughed and nodded in their hearts in agreement with their son/nephew's words. In the past, when they were in Linjia Village, they had caught wild game such as wild boars, rabbits and black pythons, but in order to make more money, no one was willing to eat such precious meat. They would send it to the restaurant in the county town to sell.
It's useless for the children at home to just watch. If you don't earn money, how can you build houses for them and save money to marry them off? Winter cotton and cloth clothes for the New Year all cost money.
Only when you manage the household do you know how expensive food, oil, salt and fuel are!
This whole snake feast ended up with snake bones all over the floor. Not everyone has such good teeth as Sanliang, who could chew the snake bones into crumbs and swallow them.
Zhao Qing tried two pieces, and when he tried the third piece, he felt a dull pain in his teeth and cheeks. He was so scared that he stopped eating immediately. It was not to the point where he had no food to eat yet, and it would not be worth it to ruin his teeth just to eat bones.
After consuming enough fat, oil and water, everyone changed their decadent appearance. Even Lin Zijun, who had almost collapsed from diarrhea, recovered and felt much better.
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