Due to these benefits and characteristics, the value of green-lipped abalone has been rising steadily in the past decade, and it is still in short supply.
Of course, Xiang Yang is not a professional chef, nor is he a medical expert.
Although Xiang Yang had those concepts in his mind when he was catching these green-lipped abalones, what he was thinking more about in his heart were the abalones in his hands and whether to make soup or hot pot with them when he returned.
In Xiang Yang's opinion, the best way to eat green-lipped abalone is to make soup.
However, the number of green-lipped abalone Xiang Yang has caught so far is too small. If he makes soup with it, let alone letting all the crew members on the ship have a taste, it may not be enough for Xiang Yang alone.
On the contrary, if it were sliced and made into hot pot, at least Xiang Yang and the management on the ship could have a full meal together.
After thinking about it carefully, Xiang Yang felt that instead of thinking about this, it would be better to catch a few more and then make a big pot of soup for everyone to taste.
And Xiang Yang also likes to make soup.
If you want to make soup, the green lip abalone can be sliced, served with vegetable guts and drizzled with oyster sauce to create an abalone with two flavors dish.
However, it is very troublesome to make soup with abalone, and Xiang Yang didn't know that no one on the boat knew how to make it. According to Xiang Yang, after the green-lip abalone is washed, ice water should be added to the abalone when making soup. Only ice water can prevent the green-lip abalone from shrinking and cracking or the hem from falling off.
Hot pot is not so troublesome. Just cut into slices, blanch one slice, and eat one slice.
Wild greenlip abalone is a seafood delicacy with tender and smooth meat.
The disadvantages are also very obvious. The cooking process is complicated and requires famous chefs to work meticulously. The common cooking methods in restaurants are braising, steaming, stewing with chicken or making it into rice.
The easiest way to prepare it at home is to cut the Australian wild greenlip abalone into finger-sized dices, cook it with rice, coix seed, carrots, etc. to make abalone porridge.
Green-lipped abalone porridge is especially suitable for patients and the elderly and infirm as a nutritional supplement.
Normal people can strengthen their body by eating a bowl of abalone porridge for breakfast or dinner.
Soon, Xiang Yang caught half of the green-lipped abalone in the net bag.
Adding the agar in Xiang Yang's net bag, Xiang Yang's net bag was almost full at this time.
Counting the time again, it was almost half an hour, so Xiang Yang did not linger any longer and swam straight towards the sea.
Back on the boat, the other crew members who had gone to sea came up.
As soon as Xiang Yang arrived on the deck, Fang Youqun shouted, "Brother Yang, guess what we found on the seabed?"
"What did you find?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"We found agar agar on the seabed, a lot of it. Brother Qing said that this stuff can be made directly into a cold dish, which is very delicious." Fang Youqun said excitedly.
"Agar?"
Xiang Yang was stunned for a moment, then he immediately realized that the transparent gelatinous substance in his net bag that looked like coral was actually agar.
Thinking of this, Xiang Yang suddenly showed a regretful expression.
"Brother Yang, what's wrong with you?" Fang Youqun asked in confusion.
Xiang Yang shook his head and said rather depressedly: "Nothing, except agar? Did you find anything else?"
Agar is a very cheap marine crop. In general cold dish or kimchi shops, it is sold at the same price as vegetarian dishes.
If we talk about wholesale price, it is almost the same price as kelp.
One agar agar filled up half of Xiang Yang's net bag, so much so that Xiang Yang did not even bring up several smaller green-lipped abalone.
If Xiang Yang had known it was agar earlier, he wouldn't have wasted his time picking such a big one.
This thing can't be sold at a high price, and if you eat it yourself you don't know how to make the seasoning, and it doesn't taste good when mixed together.
"Captain, there are bare mountains under this sea area. The ocean currents flow very fast, and the mountains are steep. There is no sand in many places on the seabed, only reefs. The sand and mud are all gathered in the deep sea that we can't reach. Except for agar, there is probably nothing valuable." Chen Qingsheng walked over and said to Xiang Yang.
"Who said that?" Xiang Yang asked with a smile.
"Does anyone need to tell me this? We all went down just now and only found some agar. Oh, I also saw some Antarctic clams, each about the size of two fingers." Chen Qingsheng said with a wry smile.
Xiang Yang smiled, took out the Antarctic red dragon from his net bag and asked, "Look what this is?"
"Red prawns, so big?" Chen Qingsheng exclaimed in surprise.
"This red prawn may be an accident. I have been looking for it for a long time downstairs, but I only found this one. When you go down later, don't look for it deliberately." Xiang Yang said with a smile.
Chen Qingsheng nodded, the excitement on his face gradually disappeared, he said with a little disappointment: "That's right, this is one of the top seafood red shrimp, how can it be so easy to find, Captain, the bottom of this sea is too barren, don't go down for a while, I will take people to get some agar agar from below, we can make a cold dish to eat in the evening."
"You'd better eat the vegetables on the ship sparingly. It's also good to eat some agar-agar, which can actually be considered a vegetable." Xu Fang on the side also echoed.
Xiang Yang smiled slightly, "Poor? I don't think so."
Chen Qingsheng, Fang Youqun, Xu Fang and other crew members looked at Xiang Yang in confusion.
In such a vast sea area, there are only some worthless agar, krill, and Antarctic clams. If this is not called barren, then what is barren
Xiang Yang stopped talking. Facts speak louder than words. Xiang Yang took out a green-lipped abalone from his net bag and handed it to Chen Qingsheng. "Take a look. Do you recognize this thing?"
Chen Qingsheng took the green-lipped abalone with a puzzled look on his face. It was just an abalone, wasn't it? Why did he ask me if I knew what it was
After taking the abalone and looking at it, Chen Qingsheng's expression changed instantly, "What is this? The outer ring is a circle of green?"
Chen Qingsheng suddenly raised his head and asked, "Captain, is this a green-lipped abalone?"
"That's right."
Xiang Yang smiled and nodded, handing the net bag to Chen Qingsheng, "I just took a walk down there, and caught so many green-lipped abalone just from the agar bushes and some reefs. There were also some that were too small that I didn't catch."
Chen Qingsheng took the net and looked at it, and immediately became excited, "Captain, are you saying that there are green-lipped abalones breeding under this sea?"
Xiang Yang nodded, "Yes, that's right. And as far as I know, green-lip abalone rarely live directly on reefs. They generally like to hide under rocks, in rock crevices or in rock caves. I was able to find so many green-lip abalone in such a short time, which means there must be a lot of them down there."
Chen Qingsheng was surprised and delighted as he held the net bag. "Captain, I'll take the people down right away."