Chapter 368
Su Qingci remembered that the price of gooseneck barnacles in the market varied greatly depending on their quality.
Good quality ones cost more than 10,000 yuan per pound, while poor quality ones cost several thousand yuan per pound. Its selling price is even dozens of times that of lobster and king crab.
The reason why it is expensive is not only because it is a top-level luxury delicacy, but also because it is extremely difficult to pick.
Gooseneck barnacles have very high requirements for water quality and cannot be cultivated at all. They mostly parasitize on seaside reefs with extremely high water quality, and on the surface of some marine organisms, such as whales.
But it is simply unrealistic to pick it from the surface of marine life, so the only place to get it is from the reefs on the seashore.
However, the reefs where gooseneck barnacles grow are generally located in areas with very strong winds and waves. Most of the time, gooseneck barnacles are covered by sea water. They can only be picked during the short period when the tide recedes and the reefs are exposed to the sea surface.
It can be said that the picking environment is very dangerous. It requires not only very rich experience, but also excellent judgment and superb skills.
They can jump off the rocks to pick the fruits in a short period of time when the waves recede and the wind and waves calm down, and they have to escape quickly before the tide comes up. It can be said that the pickers are picking at the risk of their lives, and they will be swept away by the waves if they are not careful.
In later generations, many people died every year from picking gooseneck barnacles.
The difficult picking process makes gooseneck barnacles so hard to come by that their value has doubled, and they have also earned the nickname "delicacy from hell."
In her previous life, Su Qingci had the good fortune to eat at top-notch high-end restaurants with Ms. Xu Jia several times. The wonderful taste still haunts her memories...
It can be said that it is so fresh that it is unrivaled in the food world.
Just as Su Qingci put out the tools from the farm and prepared to show his skills, the tide came again.
It was too late to retreat at this time, so Su Qingci made a quick decision and entered the farm.
With a loud crash, huge waves hit the reef, and the rocks that were exposed above the sea just now were instantly submerged by the sea without a trace.
Su Qingci squatted on the farm and carefully observed the pattern of the waves receding and sweeping in.
I quickly mastered the rhythm and found that every time the tide receded, I had about fifteen minutes to pick gooseneck barnacles.
But the tide came up again and it took three to five minutes to completely recede.
That means that every twenty minutes, she has about fifteen minutes to come out and pick gooseneck barnacles.
Wearing gloves on both hands, Su Qingci held up a shovel and appeared on the reef in a flash.
Without saying anything, he raised the shovel and started to shovel at the gooseneck barnacles.
He worked as hard as a tiger, but when he bent down to pick them up, there was not a single one.
Can't shovel it off.
Su Qingci grabbed one and pulled it hard, and with a bang, she pulled it off.
"This adhesion ability is too strong, isn't it? How do I do this?"
Su Qingci muttered to himself, but his hands were not idle either. He threw the shovel onto the farm and exchanged it for an axe.
He raised the sharp axe and started chopping. After a while, his arms were so sore that he couldn't lift them. Seeing the waves coming up again, Su Qingci quickly ran into the farm with the basin in hand.
After a full fifteen minutes, there was only a pitiful half basin left in the small basin.
Boom~Crash~
Just as Su Qingci's figure disappeared, huge waves hit the rocks.
The waves receded again, and Su Qingci came again, this time holding a small electric saw.
Flip the switch.
The chainsaw started to rumble.
Su Qingci found a good position and cut the gooseneck barnacles on the stone wall.
It is useful, but it breaks more often.
Anyway, the villa has a fresh-keeping function, so it doesn’t matter.
When the waves came again, Su Qingci carried a full basin into the farm.
Give yourself a quick arm massage, as you still have to fight later.
After going in and out several times, the gooseneck barnacles in the farm slowly accumulated.
But it was really a very physically demanding task. Later, her arms were so sore that she couldn't lift the chainsaw. Su Qingci was unwilling to give up, so she could only jump on the rocks and bring some movable stones covered with gooseneck barnacles directly into the farm.
Put it up first and then knock it slowly when you eat it.
Compared with gooseneck barnacles, ordinary barnacles are very big and fat. Although they are not valuable, they taste good. They are usually only available in coastal cities. Su Qingci did not miss them.
This big barnacle is much easier to remove than the gooseneck barnacle.
A net bag was simply placed underneath, and an engineer shovel was used on top to shovel. Barnacles as big as a fist fell down with a clatter, and soon the large scoop net was full.
From sunrise to sunset, Su Qingci never stopped.
At night, I was so tired that I lay on the carpet in the living room and didn’t want to get up at all.
But thinking of the top-notch luxury food, she forced herself to get up.
Su Qingci picked up half a basin of injured gooseneck barnacles and washed them clean.
Excessive processing of this freshly-caught seafood will only cause it to lose its original flavor.
Su Qingci returns to its original simplicity, boiling it in water without adding anything else, which greatly restores the original flavor of the barnacles.
I made myself another small condiment.
Holding a large basin, he lay on the table in the living room and started fighting impatiently.
Its small shape looks like a pair of small feet. When you peel off the shell and take off its stockings, you will see crystal clear and plump flesh inside, which you can put in your mouth.
An incomparable sweetness and freshness spreads between the lips and teeth.
After drinking half a bowl of it, Su Qingci was so beautiful that her soul almost flew away.
With a thought, the garbage on the table was thrown into the trash can at the door. After eating and drinking her fill, Su Qingci burped and fell asleep on the sofa with her limbs spread out.
I was so tired the day before that when I woke up the next day, my whole body was still sore, especially my arms, which I couldn't even lift.
After a delicious meal last night, Su Qingci discovered that the broken gooseneck barnacles tasted different from the unbroken ones. In addition, her arms were sore and she couldn't lift the chainsaw.
Today she wore a straw hat and held a pair of pliers, squatting on the rock and pulling slowly.
Anyway, she has no plans to leave in the short term, so she has plenty of time and can pick them slowly!
He slowly pulled the little foot out, his eyes inadvertently glancing at the rock next to him, and a red tentacle quickly stretched out and retracted.
Su Qingci's scalp tingled and she quickly stood up. The thin red thing looked like a tentacle or a snake's tongue.
She is most afraid of snakes. This is the seaside, and she must be careful not to let a snake fly out and bite her. Even the farm can't save her.
Su Qingci's mind swept towards the agricultural products, and soon she saw a harpoon at the fish farm by the river. She waved her little hand, and the harpoon appeared in her hand.
The harpoon was one meter and one meter long, with three sharp prongs on the front. Su Qingci raised the fork and thrust it towards the rock.
A colorful prawn was startled and jumped out from under the reef.
Su Qingci opened her eyes and looked at the big shrimp. Not counting the nearly one-meter-long antennae, the body alone was at least fifty or sixty centimeters long.
Green, blue, pink, black, brown, light yellow...there are so many colors distributed on its body, it is so beautiful.
It turned out to be a national second-class protected animal in later generations. It is also called the colorful shrimp king - the embroidered lobster.
Su Qingci remembers that when she was a teenager, she saw a report on the news push on her mobile phone.
It is said that a fisherman in Zhejiang City caught a 6.6-kilogram colorful turtle, which was bought by a rich man for one million!
Su Qingci estimated that the one in front of him weighed no less than six kilograms.
The person holding the fork was instantly excited, not because he cared about its million-dollar value, but because the meat was plump and sweet, making it a top-quality ingredient for sashimi.
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