After wandering around for more than half an hour, Chen Hong caught nearly three pounds of cat's eye snails. These things are very interesting. They follow the seawater when the tide goes out and like to hide in the sand after the tide goes out.
Sometimes it forms a bulge on the beach. The operculum is round and convex, bright dark green, while the shell is milky white. At first glance, it looks like a cat's eye, hence the name "cat's eye snail".
At high tide, they cling tightly to the rocks to avoid predation by other predators.
Cat's eye snails have delicious meat and can be considered one of the best-tasting types of sea snails.
They are also the most popular toys for children at the beach; they squirt water when squeezed, making them very popular with kids.
Chen Hong also caught two coconut snails, one weighing over a pound and the other nearly three pounds.
The brownish-yellow seashell moves slowly in the seawater, looking from a distance like a ripe papaya.
In some places, they are also called papaya snails.
The shell is yellowish-brown with some dark brown spots, and it is oval-shaped. It is also a relatively delicious type of conch.
The stripes on the snail meat were very attractive, with alternating dark brown and yellow hues, resembling a type of chocolate bread that Yu Yang liked.
Chen Hong caught a lot of these snails in the sea two years ago, and also dug up a lot of Melo pearls.
These snails are delicious whether stir-fried, braised, or stewed! Especially when stir-fried, they are fresh, fragrant, crisp, and tender, with an excellent flavor!
The ocean is a true treasure trove; you never know what unexpected surprises await you next.
The tide was still receding, and Chen Hong no longer had time to search the beach; it was time to go home and cook.
Besides, it's almost five o'clock, the sun isn't so strong anymore, and the temperature is gradually dropping. If the children stay at the beach any longer, they're more likely to catch a cold.
Dad and Xiaohao's mom had already gone far away and couldn't be reached by calling. Chen Hong called Dad's cell phone and told them to come back quickly because they were going home.
After cleaning up their things on the beach, Dad and Xiaohao's mom returned.
Chen Hong secretly buried the clams her mother had caught on the beach and then called everyone to walk back together.
Yu Yang and his friends proudly showed off their find to Chen Hong, "Mom, Mom, look! I dug up more than a dozen big razor clams, they're so plump and big! Shall we cook them for dinner tonight?"
Chen Hong patted the children's heads and praised them generously: "You're really amazing! These razor clams you dug up are huge! Chop some chives, and it'll be enough to stir-fry a plate of them."
But you can't eat them tonight. Let them purge the sand first, and I'll cook them for you tomorrow.
Amidst the children's laughter, everyone happily returned home with their prizes.
When Chen Hong got home, the first thing she did was kill a chicken!
The old hen I raised last year, I haven't eaten even once since the New Year!
It's the most fragrant dish to stew with bamboo fungus now! This chicken has always drunk water from the space and eats corn grown on Chen Hong's land, which has been irrigated with water from the space.
It's fair to say that this chicken eats a more green, healthy, and nutritious diet than 99% of the world's population.
Now, the chickens at Chen Hong's house lay only the premium free-range eggs that are served in the hotel restaurant; only regular customers and family members can afford to eat them.
High-end ingredients that ordinary tourists can't even buy.
This chicken didn't even need to be blanched. Chen Hong plucked the feathers, removed the internal organs, cleaned it thoroughly, chopped it into pieces, and added it to the space water for stewing. The aroma was already so strong it could be smelled from miles away.
What's more, Chen Hong also added a piece of old Solomon's Seal and a handful of soaked bamboo fungus.
I didn't add a single bit of scallion, ginger, or cooking wine, but once it boiled, the aroma of the chicken was simply irresistible.
In addition, the chicken flavor is mixed with a faint aroma of Polygonatum sibiricum and a unique mushroom aroma of bamboo fungus.
What's even better is that the chicken meat is delicate, neither dry nor fatty, tender, juicy, and incredibly flavorful.
Before the stewed chicken was even ready, Yu Yang and his children had already circled around the kitchen door several times.
"Mom, you stewed chicken again? It smells so good!"
"Aunt Hong, the chickens you raise are really good. Not only do they often lay double-yolk eggs, but even when you stew them, they taste so delicious!"
Little Hao said cleverly, "Aunt Hong, if I want to eat chicken in the future, can I ask my mom to come to your house to catch it?"
Don't worry, my mom will give you the money!
Before Chen Hong could say anything, Yu Yang nodded in agreement, "No problem! Come and catch some if you want to eat! But if you eat the big chicken, you'll have to buy some small chickens to make up for it."
"If we wait until we go home for the Chinese New Year, and then we want to eat chicken, there won't be any left to kill."
Xiao Hao patted his chest with great generosity, "How could I? We can't do something so dishonest as to eat and take for free."
I'll have my mom catch one to make up for it, no, I should catch one to make up for five.
A big chicken and a small chicken are incomparable; adding another one would be a huge loss for your family.
"No need for that, I'm afraid my chicken coop won't be big enough! Hahaha!"
The children all laughed!
Chen Hong's head was throbbing from their commotion, so she took out a box of strawberries and a box of cherries from the refrigerator and told them to wash them and take them to the living room to eat.
"Oh! Time for fruit!"
With a whoosh, the five children swept away to the living room like a gust of wind.
After chasing away the flock of ducks, Chen Hong quickly began cooking. The portions Chen Hong prepared for dinner were always exceptionally large, served in large plates and bowls.
Stir-fried eggs with toon sprouts, garlic-flavored chrysanthemum greens, stewed halibut, braised pork ribs, sweet and sour pork tenderloin, stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, spicy stir-fried octopus, stir-fried coconut snails, steamed orchid crab, and pan-fried cod.
Finally, we added the stewed hen, which weighed over six pounds, making a total of ten dishes. The stewed hen was considered a soup dish.
The meal was quite plentiful, and the children ate at the coffee table in the evening.
The adults sat at the table and ate.
Unfortunately, not everyone showed up tonight. Aunt Guo and her team of women were busy entertaining tourists at the hotel restaurant and simply couldn't spare the time to have dinner together.
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