Seeing this, Queen Lin's heart softened, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up a little. She smiled and shook her head, but when she was about to cheer up and deal with the ingredients, she inadvertently noticed the movements of Yu Yu's hands, and was a little dazed for a moment.
Lin Yinghou knew that Yu Yu was strong and brave, and was not afraid of big snakes. However, she never expected that Yu Yu was so skilled in handling food. No, it was not just skilled, but also very neat and beautiful, with movements as smooth as flowing water.
She just held the knife in one hand, fixed the bottom of the snake's head with one hand, and cut directly into the snake's belly with the other hand. Without any hesitation, she peeled off the skin of the whole snake smoothly, removed the head and tail, and divided the food into three large portions in a few seconds.
Not only that, if you look closely, you will find that the three large portions are not divided randomly, but are carefully considered.
The lower part has less meat but is more chewy, the middle part of the abdomen is fatter and has more fat, and the parts with relatively even fat and lean are divided into another pile. At first glance, you can tell that they are ingredients prepared for three different cooking methods: frying, stewing, and braising.
This is still not the point. The point is that it is covered with extremely beautiful carvings, especially the part in the middle that is fatter and has more fat. The grid-like carvings are extremely neat and uniform. From a distance, it looks like a bunch of unfolded chrysanthemums, which is extremely beautiful.
This knife skill is simply... It made Queen Lin stunned. After an unknown amount of time, she slowly reacted and found her voice again, "Xiaoyu, do you know how to cook? Have you learned from the master?"
"Cook?" Yu Yu was stunned by the sudden question for a moment before reacting and shaking his head. "Not really. I just cooked for my family so much that I'm pretty good at it. I haven't really learned from a professional chef."
"Too much...? You have a large family...?"
"Yeah, it's quite a lot. I have three older brothers, my dad, and my grandparents. We all live together, but none of them know how to cook. I don't know when I learned to cook."
"You two live together now?"
"No, I live alone now, and..." Yu Yu didn't know what he was thinking about. There was a hint of disgust on his face, and he couldn't help muttering a few times, "I don't want to live with those guys. They eat more than me..."
She eats more than Yu Yu... Thinking of Yu Yu's appetite, Queen Lin accidentally thought of the scene where three strong men were squeezing a poor 'little white flower'... She couldn't help but nodded with sympathy to express her understanding.
The ingredients were packed up here, and Yang Yang and his team who were picking ingredients also came back. Unfortunately, they didn't find the ginger that the locals talked about, but they were surprised to find a small bunch of chili peppers.
The program team provided some seasonings, such as salt and oil, but nothing more. However, there were no restrictions on the kitchen utensils. The pots used for stewing and frying were directly brought down from the boat.
According to normal survival programs, these kitchen utensils and appliances should not be provided. The standard equipment is only the small iron lunch box commonly used by the military. If you want more, you can only get materials from nature.
But considering this is the first episode of the show, and the location is so barren, and they even managed to "surprise" themselves by catching such a large snake, Director Zhang is no fool; he knows what the audience wants to see. After all, what they want isn't a true glimpse into the lives of savages, but something far different from the everyday. If these snake dishes were actually made, they might actually be a different kind of thrill.
Director Zhang's "generosity" made the whole evening quite pleasant.
Over there, Queen Lin put the snake meat in boiling water for a while, took it out and drained it, then heated the oil and started to make braised snake meat.
On the other side, Yu Yu also heated up the oil, poured the fattest snake belly meat into the pot and stir-fried it, then added the appropriate amount of water, chopped chili peppers, salt, etc., stirred it, covered it with a lid, and moved the pot to the edge of the fire where it was not so strong, and simmered it on low heat. The next step was to wait for time.
But while waiting for the braised snake meat to be taken out of the pot, Yu Yu was not idle either. He quickly slipped over to the side of the big men who were busy frying the snake meat.
The oil was already boiling, even a little too hot. Because of the overheating, Yang Yang had just thrown in a piece of marinated snake meat when the oil splashed out. Yang Yang screamed in alarm and jumped far away.
The splash made these grown men realize that something must have gone wrong, but they had no idea how to provide first aid. Fortunately, Yu Yu arrived in time and kicked out the burning firewood underneath. He also quickly moved the pot to a location with a more suitable temperature. After a while, the oil pan used for frying cooled down a little.
Seeing that it was almost done, Yu Yu picked up the marinated snake meat again and threw it in piece by piece. As soon as the snake meat touched the hot oil, it made a very beautiful "sizzling" sound. When the sound reached its most beautiful point, he turned the hot meat over in the pot. When both sides were almost fried, he took it out and drained it, then fried it again later and it was done.
Frying food is not difficult. After watching Yu Yu demonstrate it several times, Yang Yang started to imitate him. After a while, when the first batch of fried hot meat came out of the oven, a rich and tempting aroma came out.
"What's that smell? Why is it so fragrant..."
"Where did it come from...?"
"It's time to stew the snake meat."
Yu Yu answered and reached forward to lift the lid of the pot.
As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, the slightly boiling snake meat inside attracted everyone's attention. Because there was no soy sauce or other seasonings, the snake meat in the stewed pot looked whiter than the ordinary stewed meat. And because the fattest and meatiest part was taken, it was a bit oily and stewed until it was soft. It looked as tempting as a high-end dish, and people couldn't help but be moved.
At this moment, almost everyone heard the sound of themselves swallowing saliva uncontrollably, and their eyes could not be moved away. They had an urge to rush over and take away the whole pot, completely forgetting what kind of horrible animal the meat was made of.
Yang Yang's voice immediately attracted the attention of the other members. Looking in the direction Yang Yang pointed, they really saw a small school of fish hanging not far behind the boat.
Why do we say that they are not just swimming downstream, but following their boat? This is because of the order.
Everyone has had the experience of a large school of fish swimming past or crossing the boat while on a boat trip. It only takes a moment, and the fish usually just brush past the side of the boat without stopping.
The only marine creatures that can be said to have similar ship-following behavior are dolphins, which have a certain level of intelligence. Many people often see dolphins jumping and swimming along the side of cruise ships on a whim, and most of them will stay on the side or behind the cruise ship for a short time.
And now, why do we say that the school of fish behind the boat seem to be following the boat? It is because the behavior of the fish looks somewhat similar to the behavior of dolphins following the boat.
They did not pass by the boat, nor did they swim around in a disorderly manner. Instead, they formed a school of fish and swam slowly and orderly behind the boat, one after another.
Sometimes they would scatter because of some noise, but would gather again after a while and continue to follow the animal tenaciously.
It looked like... a group of sea guards following the king, following closely and relentlessly to express their loyalty.
Moreover, as time went on, more and more fish joined in, and the school of fish became larger and larger, swimming slowly around the boat in a crescent shape, but not very close. Instead, they maintained a very gentlemanly distance that did not make people feel scared.
"This school of fish must have become spirits, right? Why do they look like a group of knights?" King Bo couldn't help but marvel at them and couldn't help but stretch out his hand.
But before they could touch them, their hand was still some distance from the water surface, and the fish suddenly scattered as if frightened, moving away from the boat, and only gathered again after a long time.
Bo Tianwang's action aroused the curiosity of others and they followed suit. Suddenly, the fishes were frightened and ran around in panic, their formation was completely dispersed.
But the amazing thing is that no matter how scattered the frightened fish formation becomes, after a period of time, they will always return to their previous crescent-shaped formation like stars surrounding the moon.
"This shouldn't be a spirit, maybe it's just the living habit of this kind of fish?" Yu Yu also speculated with a smile, looked at the school of fish that had regained its formation, and stretched out his hand towards the water like everyone else.
However, the next moment, the smile on Yu Yu's face suddenly froze.
The school of fish surrounding the boat didn't scatter in surprise like before. Instead, when Yu Yu's fingertips touched the water, they actively and enthusiastically swung their tails, sweeping Yu Yu's palm affectionately... This behavior made Yu Yu's mind immediately pop up two words:
behave in a spoiled manner.
to please.
"..." How is this possible? This is a fish, not an animal with a bit of intelligence. How could it be so flattering and coquettish? This must be an illusion! That's right, it must be an illusion!
But the fish took a few deep breaths and prepared herself mentally. When she looked over again, she found that the fish were not only jumping their bodies happily and swinging their tails, but were also crowded together and rushing towards her eagerly.
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