Chapter 312: Shark Skin Salad
This pill seemed to not only detoxify, but also restore physical strength. Chu Qiao felt that his eyesight seemed to be better than before, and the physical strength consumed in the battle with the shark was also completely restored.
Chu Qiao stood up suddenly and looked at the shark. The shark had died from lack of water and bleeding.
Chu Qiao looked at the shark and frowned. This guy is actually poisonous. How can he eat it?
Director Xiao watched her regain her strength and said, "You must have fainted because you exerted too much energy just now. How are you now?"
"I'm fine now. The medicine I just took replenishes my Qi and blood. It will help me recover my strength quickly."
Xiao Wang glared at him and said, "Why didn't you take out this good stuff earlier? We wouldn't have to walk so hard."
"This was prescribed by an old Chinese doctor. There is only one pill." Chu Qiao said seriously.
Xiao Wang looked at the shark beside him and didn't know what to say. After all, the shark risked his life to bring back such a big fish.
Huang Li squatted next to the shark and said, "Chu Qiao, you are awesome. We can have shark sashimi today."
As he said this, he cut off a piece of shark meat and was about to put it into his mouth.
"Don't eat it."
Chu Qiao was so scared that he knocked the shark meat out of her hand.
Huang Li felt a little aggrieved, but seeing Chu Qiao covered in blood, she could only endure it.
Chu Qiao frowned tightly: "This shark is poisonous, it can't be eaten."
"No way, this is the first time I've heard sharks are poisonous."
Chu Qiao nodded. "Animals all have mechanisms to protect themselves. Pufferfish aren't the only fish that are poisonous. The Greenland shark is also poisonous. There's a neurotoxin in its meat. Eating fresh shark meat directly can cause poisoning."
"Then... wasn't it a waste of time?" Xiao Wang and Huang Li were so frustrated that they almost wanted to gut the shark to vent their anger.
"It's not a waste of time. Generally, these toxins can be degraded during the natural fermentation process. Icelanders ferment Greenland shark meat before eating it."
"It's as good as nothing. Are we just going to sit here and wait for it to ferment?"
【Xiao Wang, please be quiet.】
[Exactly. You were admiring me just now, but now you're questioning me.]
【A fence-sitter.】
[Master Chu just now was trying to find food for you guys and nearly died in there.]
【Do you have any conscience? 】
Chu Qiao knew everyone's desire for fresh food, so he didn't take Xiao Wang's venomous words too seriously. "What I mean is, the meat of this fish is of very poor quality, and it's also poisonous. We can't eat the flesh, let alone wait for it to ferment. But the skin isn't poisonous, so it's edible."
Xiao Wang looked at the shark and drooled: "Crispy fish skin..."
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and do it!"
Chu Qiao pressed Xiao Wang's hand: "Let me do it."
Chu Qiao didn't want to see them tear the fish into pieces, but he was also worried that they would cut their hands when removing the fish skin and get poisoned.
Chu Qiao knelt on the side of the fish, started the operation from the muscle on the ventral side of the head fin, and gently cut through a layer of ventral skin until the tail fin.
She pinched her abdomen with her left thumb and index finger, and dug her right thumb into the skin and gently cut it open, separating the skin from the muscle.
After peeling the fish to the spine, Chu Qiao turned the fish upside down, picked up the eyelids and lip skin of the fish, and completely separated the fish skin from the flesh.
After that, the whole fish became very slippery, and the white fish meat looked extremely messy in the sand.
Chu Qiao picked up Shark and walked towards the lake.
"What are you doing?"
"Since we can't eat shark meat, we might as well release it back into the sea."
Director Xiao looked at her back and murmured to himself: "Chu Qiao is the most insightful person I have ever met."
Chu Qiao put the peeled fish skin into the sea water, picked up the sand from the beach and wiped it on the fish skin.
Xiao Wang immediately got angry: "What are you doing? Why are you dirtying the fish skin?"
【This time I stand with Xiao Wang. 】
[Master Chu has another reason, why are you so anxious? ]
[Master Chu, quickly slap them in the face.]
Chu Qiao pointed to the slime and meat left on the inner layer of the fish skin.
"These are poisonous and must be cleaned. We don't have brushes or other tools right now. How about using your toothbrushes?"
Xiao Wang covered his backpack and said, "Don't try to take my toothbrush."
"If you don't have a brush, you can only use local materials and use sand instead of a brush. The fine sand can rub off the remaining meat inside the fish skin. Don't worry, you can just rinse it off with water later."
"Then let's do it together." Xiao Wang couldn't wait to eat the food and waved to Huang Li on the shore: "Come and help."
The three of them worked together to smear sand on the inside of the fish skin and rubbed it continuously while folding it in half.
Thanks to their efforts, the fish skin, which was not thick to begin with, became as thin as a cicada's wing. When the two of them pulled it open, they could actually see the light coming from the other side.
Xiao Wang swallowed his saliva: "This...how are we going to eat it?"
Chu Qiao tilted his head and thought about it. There are many ways to cook fish skin, such as frying, grilling, and serving it cold.
But in order to allow those who have been eating dry food to eat the freshest and most chewy fish skin, it is still necessary to serve it cold.
Chu Qiao cut the fish skin into 30-centimeter-long squares, about the size of a handkerchief.
She didn't have a chopping board, so she had to use the stone slab where she had placed the cup when she was distilling water yesterday.
Director Xiao was relatively calm, handing things to Chu Qiao and helping him. Xiao Wang and Huang Li stared at the fish skin, wishing they could eat it raw.
When making this dish of cold fish skin, the restaurant chef pays great attention to knife skills, and the fish skin must be cut very finely.
Chu Qiao's knife skills were even better than those of a five-star chef. The fish skin the size of a handkerchief was quickly transformed into thin threads of uniform thickness and 5 cm long under Chu Qiao's hands.
Chu Qiao mixed the moss that Director Xiao had just cut from the soil with the fish skin.
Fortunately, the water in Iceland is very pure, and the fish do not have a fishy smell, so there is no need to blanch them in superheated water.
The fish skin is salty to begin with, so no seasoning is needed. It is very refreshing when eaten, and the delicious taste of the moss blends together. Chu Qiao tried a bite and almost narrowed his eyes in enjoyment, nodding continuously.
“It’s delicious.”
Xiao Wang picked it up with his hands and put it into his mouth without any care.
Chu Qiao put the finished product on the foam board and started cutting the rest.
Chu Qiao continued walking while sharing his experience with everyone:
"I didn't blanch it with water. Normally, the shark skin you buy on the market is dried, and it needs to be soaked. Remember to wash the soaked fish skin thoroughly and blanch it with water."
[Wait, what did Master Chu say? Shark skin?]
Where can I buy it?
Can sharks be killed?
Tell me where I can buy it, and I'll go buy it right away.
[Could it be that those sharks were poached?]
[No, I would feel guilty eating it.]
"Shark skin is sold on the market. It's not poached. There are a few countries in the world where shark hunting is legal. The Ice Country where I live is one of them."
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