After a while by the river, an elk came dragging in.
"Oh, brother, you are really good. You can even handle such a big guy." Yan Yuan was very happy. When you are hungry, no one cares whether the food in your mouth is animal-friendly.
Xiao Yalin also looked at the elk with some expectancy, "I have never eaten this wild elk, so I don't know what the taste is like from the domesticated one."
"The domesticated ones are raised with feed, and their bodies are full of oil. The wild elk's body is full of fine meat, but it also has a lot of tendons, but the meat smell is much stronger than the domesticated ones," Liu Ruxuan said.
Liu Ruxuan had eaten wild elk before. When the special brigade was engaged in wilderness survival training, they specialized in game meat. At that time, as long as they could get it, they would stew giant pandas and eat them, and no one would care. However, it is naturally impossible to find giant pandas in the place where their brigade conducts survival training, and even hares are not easy to find. We went to very desolate places, and the only things we could eat were geckos and lizards.
"This thing is actually not delicious, not as delicious as pheasant. Deer blood is a good thing, but it's a pity that it was wasted by those guys. Otherwise it would be a good thing to make wine. When I get wild elk snow in the future, I will give it to Brother Yan, be more prepared." Jiang Bian said unhurriedly, unknowingly surrounding Yan Yuan inside.
He didn¡¯t hear it at first, but Yan Yuan said gratefully, ¡°Brother, thank you. You think about everything for me.¡±
"Jiangbian, why are you preparing something for that guy Yan Yuan? Can't you and I, Sister Yalin, prepare something?" Liu Ruxuan asked with a pout.
¡°I think Brother Yan has been quite tired during this period, so drinking deer blood wine can help him replenish his health,¡± Jiang Bian said.
Xiao Yalin covered her mouth and laughed.
Yan Yuan was not very angry. He smiled and said, "You guy, I didn't pay attention to your intentions. You actually got in for me too."
Liu Ruxuan said angrily, "You brat, you don't learn well at all. You just follow that bad guy Yan Yuan."
"Brother, what's in today's lunch? I'm almost hungry. Let's start preparing lunch. This time, I'll help you, otherwise your sister-in-law will always say that I will only eat ready-made." Yan Yuan said.
"How about the beggar chicken?" Jiang Bian asked.
"Okay, you mean to make the pheasant into a beggar's chicken? Please pay attention. Anyway, we don't have any other food for lunch. If this pheasant is made in other ways, it will really not fill our stomachs, but it is better to make a beggar's chicken." A good idea." Yan Yuan said.
"This is an authentic beggar chicken. The beggar chickens made in hotels in the city, although they have the same name, are not actually beggar chickens at all. The beggar chicken was one that was lucky enough to be caught in the mountains when a group of beggars were fleeing from famine. There were no cooking tools for pheasants at that time, so the beggars came up with a way, which was to wrap the pheasants directly in soil and roast them in the fire. When the soil was completely dry, they would break open the soil, just enough to remove the pheasant feathers. Pull it out cleanly. Apply some mineral salt and then you can eat it," Jiangbian said.
"Your version of the story about the beggar chicken is quite fresh, and it makes some sense. What do you want me to do?" Yan Yuan said.
"You come with me to find some suitable clay. You can't find it in this cave." Jiangbian said.
"Okay." Yan Yuan agreed, and the two of them walked out of the cave together.
The road along the river was familiar, and we quickly dug out the snow cover. We dug half a meter deep under the bushes and dug out clay with very good viscosity.
"The clay is pretty sticky, but it's still too dry. Brother Yan, you're responsible for kneading the clay. When it's as sticky as dough, it'll be ready." Jiangbian put the clay into Yan Yuan's hands.
¡°Can¡¯t you find something for me that looks like a lot of work, but is easy to do?¡± Yan Yuan asked with a frown, holding the clay in his hands.
Jiang Bian shook his head, "How about you skin the elk, cut a piece of meat from it, and then cut it into pieces, just enough for barbecue, and then chop a bamboo in front of it. Come here and break dozens of bamboo sticks out?"
"Forget it, I'll just stay with Clay." Yan Yuan said dejectedly.
But he was very quick at the riverside. He cut down a small bamboo not far away, removed the branches in a few strokes, and then returned to the cave with a whole bamboo.
Although I have never learned how to work with bamboo by the river, who among the children in the countryside did not use bamboo to make toys when they were young? Bamboo has many wonderful uses for children in rural areas.
The easiest way to make a water gun is to find a piece of bamboo with one end closed and make a small hole in the closed end. Then wrap a piston with gauze and stuff it into theBy pulling and pushing the closed end like this, the water sucked into the water gun can be sprayed far away.
The one that is more delicate is making bamboo spears. Make two holes on a length of bamboo pipe, then bend a piece of bamboo and place it in the hole. Then put a small stone in front of it and pop out the bent piece of bamboo to launch the stone.
Of course, if you have good skills, you can also use bamboo tubes to make flutes and bamboo flutes, but this is "high-tech" and ordinary children cannot make it. But if you just blow it, it's really not that difficult.
In addition, you can also use bamboo to make some fishing gear.
When I was a kid, Jiangbian made that thing. A kind of fishing gear made by the riverside when I was a child is called a fishing gear. This kind of fishing gear is specially used to catch loaches.
The loach has the characteristic of chasing water, and the loach takes advantage of this characteristic to surround a water opening, so that the water can escape from the mouth of the loach. When the loach swam against the water, it happened to get into the water. Once inside it is difficult to escape. Sometimes, one loach can catch seven or eight taels of loach.
"It's a pity that the loaches by the river were not valuable when I was a child, and the eels at that time were even less valuable. When it was time to become valuable, electric fishing machines came out in the village, and in the end, not even many fish were caught in the Lulijiang River.
Naturally, this unique skill by the river has lost its use, but I have learned almost the same skill as this bamboo stick skill.
Jiangbian first pressed the bamboo knife to make a hole in one end of the bamboo, then patted the back of the knife with his hand, which immediately broke into the bamboo, and then moved the bamboo with his hand to break the bamboo very crisply.
Anyone can break a bamboo in half, even if Yan Yuan comes on stage, it won't be a big problem. But breaking bamboo into two halves of exactly the same size is not an easy task. This requires technology to be able to do it.
The riverside controls the speed at which the bamboo breaks open, so that the direction of movement of the fork is exactly in the center of the bamboo.
After the bamboo is broken in half, it continues to be divided into two halves. Finally, when the broken bamboo is only as wide as a bamboo stick, it stops continuing to break. At this time, it is naturally not finished yet.
?The inner layer of bamboo is fished by the river, and then the outer skin is also removed. When doing bamboo work, the outer layer should be retained as much as possible, because the outer layer is very dense, like a layer of protective paint, which can protect the bamboo very well. But if it is used to make bamboo sticks, the outer layer needs to be removed so that the bamboo sticks look more beautiful.
Then cut the bamboo strips into a round shape, then cut them into appropriate lengths, and cut one end into a sharp point.
"Hey, brother, I really can't tell that you still have this skill." Xiao Yalin said with a smile.
"Yeah, it feels like it's a public good." Liu Ruxuan said. Hold the thin bamboo strip and look left and right.
Yan Yuan¡¯s skills with clay are not very good. Fortunately, this guy has kneaded dough in the kitchen, but there is still a big difference between the two. It¡¯s not that easy to take control.
Yan Yuan only fiddled with it for a while, and there was mud everywhere on his hands, face, and clothes.
"Haha, look at Yan Yuan. Hahaha." Liu Ruxuan burst out laughing.
Yan Yuan pinched the mud and rolled his eyes at Liu Ruxuan, "I said, brother, can you handle this mud?"
Jiang Bian looked at it and said, "It's almost the same. Brother Yan, put it over there. I'll take care of it later." Jiang Bian smiled and said.
Dozens of bamboo sticks were cut off by the riverside, which was basically enough, so they cut a piece of meat weighing two or three kilograms from the elk, placed it directly on the snow, and cut it into slices. String them one by one with bamboo skewers, put them on a plastic belt and carry them into the cave.
It is very warm inside the cave. On the one hand, the cave is originally warm in winter and cool in summer. In addition, a fire is burned in the spacious entrance of the cave, which naturally makes it even warmer inside.
Jiangbian put the plastic bag on the ground and said, "The elk skewers are ready. Is it okay for you to grill them yourself? I have some seasonings here. You can add some as you go."
There is a bottle of pre-prepared ingredients in a mineral water bottle by the river. Salt is also added to it. When the roast is almost done, just put a little on the elk meat.
"Okay, no problem. You know, except for you, Sister Ruxuan, there are all chefs here. Hurry up and prepare the beggar's chicken, and come over and have some." Xiao Yalin said with a smile.
Walking by the river, he evenly applied clay to the pheasant and wrapped it in several thick layers. Then put it in the fire. Cover the pheasant with a bright red fire. With two pheasants, it only took less than ten minutes for the riverside to complete the entire process.
Jiangbian finished all this before walking over.
"Come, brother, I will grill you some skewers here. You can eat some first. I just wanted toA lot. "As soon as they came over from the riverside, Xiao Yalin immediately handed over five skewers of fragrant elk meat that had been roasted.
Jiangbian naturally knows that it is impossible to grill too many mutton skewers in ten minutes. After all, the conditions here are too simple. Unlike those stalls that specialize in barbecue, there are very convenient iron racks that can start several skewers at the same time.
Jiangbian only took one of the bunches and said, "Okay, I'll try one first. Sister, you can eat too."
"Ruxuan, look how gentle and considerate Sister Yalin is, you should learn more from her. Let me try the one in your hand?" Yan Yuan reached out to grab a skewer of elk meat that Liu Ruxuan had cooked with great difficulty.
"You have a beautiful idea. Please understand that I am the only one here who is not a chef. You are a chef, but you have the nerve to ask me for ready-made food. It is really outrageous. Besides, Jiangbian is Yalin's younger brother. Who are you? ? Huh." Liu Ruxuan quickly dodged away, then quickly put the elk meat into her mouth, and gently took a bite on the elk meat with her red lips and white teeth.
"Aren't you my mother-in-law? We are closer than brothers and sisters." Yan Yuankou said cheerfully.
Liu Ruxuan snorted, "Let me tell you, bad guy named Yan, if you behave so badly, I may fire you at any time. There are not many good men like Jiang Bian in this world, but people like you Yan Yuan There are people with two legs all over the street. I don¡¯t necessarily want to hang myself from a tree with a crooked neck like yours.¡±
Jiangbian and Xiao Yalin listened happily.
Liu Ruxuan and Yan Yuan are really enemies. When they get together, they bicker non-stop, but everyone can hear the sweetness between them.
The elk meat has a delicate texture and a pleasant taste. After it is grilled and coated with the ingredients prepared by Jiangbian, it tastes even more delicious. I haven¡¯t eaten this food in Jiangbian for a long time. When I tasted it today, I just felt the aroma filling my mouth.
"Sister, your cooking skills are really good. This is the most delicious elk meat I have ever eaten." Jiangbian praised.
"Poor talk. It's obvious that the elk meat itself is very delicious, and your ingredients are also very unique, and the roasting effort only accounts for a very small part of it." Xiao Yalin tapped Jiang Bian's forehead with her finger, but she didn't expect this There was some oil from the roasted elk meat on his fingers, which was printed directly on Jiang Bian's forehead.
"It's really delicious." Jiang Bian said.
"Really? I'll also try Yalin's craftsmanship." Yan Yuan walked over carelessly and stretched out his hand to take it from Xiao Yalin's hand.
Jiangbian quit, "Brother Yan, you are too shameful. You have also learned cooking skills. You have to bake it yourself. This place belongs to me and my sister."
"Haha, I'll just try one. Brother, you also know that my brother is only half a bottle of water and his craftsmanship is not good. Otherwise, how could the restaurant be closed when I didn't meet you? It's just that my craftsmanship is too poor. "Yan Yuan had a begging look in his eyes.
"Eat, eat. I'll bake a little more." Xiao Yalin said with a smile.
"No, you can only eat one at most. We haven't tasted a few yet!" Jiangbian said.
"Stingy." Yan Yuan took one from Xiao Yalin's hand, and when the riverside wasn't paying attention, he grabbed another one with his other hand, and ran towards Liu Ruxuan with it.
"Mother, mother-in-law, I risked my life for my husband to get you the most delicious elk meat." Yan Yuan handed one of the roasted elk meat to Liu Ruxuan.
Liu Ruxuan smiled and said, "Everyone who sees it has a share, and whoever sees it has a share." The two of them couldn't stop laughing.
"Really, it's not like one family doesn't live together. Sister, look at Yan Yuan and Sister Ruxuan as a perfect match." Jiang Bian said.
"Jiangbian, I actually think you and Sister Yalin are a good match. You see, you both have good cooking skills, and both of you are good at making fish flavor. In the future, one of you will fish, and the other will open a fish restaurant. It's just like Production line." Liu Ruxuan smiled.
Jiangbian did not answer, Xiao Yalin raised her head and glanced at Jiangbian. Jiangbian's expression remained the same, Xiao Yalin felt sad in her heart. Jiangbian tasted the elk meat quietly, and also raised her head to glance at Xiao Yalin. Xiao Yalin's sad look completely fell into Jiang Bian's eyes.
Jiang Bian was about to speak, but Xiao Yalin said first, "Nonsense, Jiang Bian is my younger brother. I regard him as my biological brother."
Jiangbian looked at Xiao Yalin with a complicated expression.
"Why are you looking at your sister so stupidly? Hurry up and eat the barbecue. Do you really expect your sister to bake it for you and eat it ready-made?" Xiao Yalin said calmly.
?????????????????????????????????????????????????¡ Yan Yuan even stared longingly at the beggar chicken being cooked by the river.
"Brother, can you eat it?" Yan Yuan asked anxiously.Jiang Bian nodded, "Yeah, of course."
The soil was knocked open by the riverside, and the soil fell crisply. Inside was clean pheasant meat without any hair on it. When he cut the pheasant upside down, everything inside was not removed. At this time, Jiangbian used a knife to break open the pheasant, escape the internal organs and throw them away. However, during the whole process, Jiangbian was careful not to make the inside dirty at all.
At this time, pheasant meat is actually still very hot, but since Jiangbian started practicing, his body's ability to withstand cold and heat has been greatly improved. He held such hot pheasant meat in his hand as if nothing happened.
Jiangbian then sprinkled the seasonings evenly on the pheasant meat. Interestingly, not a single bit of the seasonings dripped down. The pheasant meat is like a sponge, absorbing the seasoning juices sprinkled on the pheasant meat.
¡°Now, I officially announce that the authentic Beggar¡¯s Chicken Tasting Conference has officially begun.¡± Jiang Bian said with a smile.
Jiangbian heard this tone over and over again at the fishing competition.
Yan Yuan came over quickly, tore off a pheasant leg with his hands, put it directly into his mouth, and then devoured it.
"Yan Yuan, were you starved to death in your previous life? You didn't show any signs of eating at all. How does it taste?" Liu Ruxuan had eaten a lot of elk meat earlier, and now her stomach is a little full. Although she really wants to taste the taste of this beggar's chicken, But looking at her slightly bulging belly, Liu Ruxuan frowned.
"It's just average." Yan Yuan said it was average, but the food looked even more ugly.
Liu Ruxuan finally became interested, "Humph, you never tell the truth. I'd better try it myself."
"ah!"
Liu Ruxuan just took a small bite and screamed.
"What's wrong, girl, did you bite your tongue?" Xiao Yalin asked.
"No, it's so delicious. It's an authentic beggar's chicken. If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have eaten so much elk meat. I can't even eat it now. Yan Yuan, eat less, and be careful not to become fat." Liu Ruxuan said.
¡°Mother, don¡¯t worry, no matter how much you eat, your husband won¡¯t get fat.¡± Yan Yuan said vaguely with his mouth full of pheasant meat.
The riverside pulled off a whole wing and handed it to Xiao Yalin, "Sister, you also have a taste of this pheasant."
"Brother, there is no problem with this new trick. It must be delicious." Xiao Yalin took the pheasant wing, Yinya carefully took a bite on it, and tasted it carefully.
"It's really good. The name of the authentic beggar chicken is well deserved. First of all, the clay is well selected. After the pheasant is roasted, the feathers of the pheasant are removed very cleanly. Moreover, the clay also has a unique flavor that goes well with the pheasant. The taste is very unique. In addition, the time for grilling is just right. It maintains the original moisture of the pheasant. In addition, the fragrance of the pheasant is fully wrapped in the chicken. Finally, there are these ingredients. This ingredient is the same as the one just now. The ingredients are slightly different, but this difference perfectly matches the taste of Beggar's Chicken." Xiao Yalin spoke highly of the Beggar's Chicken made by Jiangbian.