He Mingde finished most of the seafood hotpot before he finally came back with a stainless steel lunch box.
"Have you all eaten and are you full?" He Mingde asked loudly as soon as he arrived, completely unaware of the strange looks everyone was giving him.
Chen Qingsheng stood up and took a look at the stainless steel lunch box in He Mingde's hand. Inside were two small yellow croakers that had been cut into small pieces. "Brother De, why is there so little meat? Did you steal some on the way?"
"Nonsense, do you think I'm a cat? And you're eating raw fish." He Mingde rolled his eyes, "It seems that you didn't leave any seafood hotpot for me after you finished it, and now you're thinking about these two small yellow croakers?"
"How can I not leave some for you?" Xu Fang put the soup spoon into the basin and immediately pulled out a palm-sized swimming crab from the bottom of the basin. "The best ones are reserved for you. Hurry up and put the small yellow croaker in the pot. Everyone has been waiting for a long time."
"I didn't ask you to wait..."
Everyone started to make noise and noise again, and He Mingde slowly poured the small yellow croaker pieces in the lunch box into the seafood pot.
The small yellow croaker pieces were cooked in the seafood pot in no time. The rich aroma filled the air and made everyone salivate.
Of course, there were only so many small yellow croakers, and no matter how greedy you were, you couldn't wolf them down. Each person only got a small piece of fish.
Everyone enjoyed the seafood hotpot very much, especially the two small yellow croakers, which were shared by everyone until not even a drop of soup was left. This rare and famous delicacy was so delicious that it lived up to its name.
After eating the seafood hotpot, a group of people sat on the beach and chatted, burping.
Xiang Yang led a few people and walked towards the center of the island.
There is a high bulge in the center of the island, and the trees are gradually becoming lush, with many spore plants dotted among the trees.
Spore plants are commonly known as mushrooms and are also called wild mushrooms. Countless mushrooms dotted among the trees form a colorful world. The red, white, black, purple and blue ones look extremely beautiful.
Wild mushrooms are very precious mountain delicacies, but many of them are highly poisonous. Every year, many people are poisoned by eating wild mushrooms.
Xiang Yang didn't dare to pick most of these mushrooms because he couldn't name them, but he recognized one kind that looked like a small black umbrella.
"It's actually the Agaricus." Xiang Yang picked up a black wild mushroom the size of a beverage bottle cap from the ground and said with shining eyes.
The goose mushroom is also called the yellow grain mushroom. It gets its name because it appears in mountainous areas when the grain turns yellow every year and the geese fly south to remind humans that there are mushrooms available for picking in the mountains.
The best goose mushroom is the one grown when pine flowers fall to the ground during the Cold Dew season. It tastes delicious and has a unique fragrance, making it a favorite mountain delicacy.
So far, there is no clear artificially cultivated variety of goose mushrooms. The goose mushrooms seen on the market are generally pure natural strains.
From the southernmost to the northernmost part of our country, and from the westernmost to the easternmost part, there are traces of Amanita argitis. Among them, the two lakes region has numerous hills, vast pine forests and a humid climate, which is particularly suitable for the growth of Amanita argitis. These two provinces have the largest production of Amanita argitis, with the best quality and excellent taste.
Xiang Chen also picked a palm-sized goose mushroom with shining eyes and said, "I've eaten this kind of mushroom before. The soup made by cooking it with pork is so delicious."
There are many ways to cook goose mushrooms, but people in the southern coastal areas generally prefer to drink soup. Usually, the pork is cut into slices and fried with oil, and then an appropriate amount of water is added to cook it with goose mushrooms.
When the soup turns golden yellow, a unique aroma will waft from the amanita argyi. The soup tastes best at this time, and one sip of it is enough to make your tongue fall off.
"Go back and ask someone to get a net bag so we can pick some mushrooms to take back. Remind everyone not to pick mushrooms they don't recognize." Xiang Yang ordered.
"Yes, I'll go right away." Xiang Chen trotted towards the edge of the island.
Xiang Yang himself lowered his head and searched carefully nearby. Amanita muscaria are usually found in large patches, and they are easier to pick as they do not grow alone.
In just a short while, Xiang Yang had already discovered dozens of amanita argyi.
However, the agarics that Xiang Yang discovered were all too big. The smallest one was as big as a Lao Gan Ma bottle cap, and the largest one was even bigger than a palm. Xiang Yang liked to eat the agarics that were the size of a beverage bottle cap.
Although anemone mushroom is listed among the delicacies of land and sea, it is different from other delicacies. For most of the delicacies of land and sea, the bigger they are, the better they taste, the richer their nutritional value and the more expensive they are.
The smaller the amanita argyi is, the tastier it is and the more expensive it is.
The roots of the palm-sized goose mushrooms contain a lot of mud and sand and are very difficult to clean. If you pick them and sell them, the market price can only be 30 to 40 yuan per catty. The goose mushrooms as big as hot sauce bottle caps can be sold for 70 to 80 yuan per catty, and the goose mushrooms as big as beverage bottle caps cost more than 100 yuan per catty.
The goose mushroom, which is the size of a beverage bottle cap, is not only easy to clean, but also has the same delicious taste as the big goose mushroom after being cooked. The most important thing is that it has the crispy texture that the big goose mushroom does not have. When you take a bite, it does not feel like eating soft mushrooms. Instead, it feels a bit like chewing stewed radish. After chewing it, the fragrance lingers on your lips and teeth, and the freshness goes from the tip of the tongue all the way to the stomach.
"Where? Where is the amanita mushroom?" He Mingde's loud voice came from behind Xiang Yang. A group of crew members rushed over here after hearing Xiang Chen say that there was amanita mushroom in the woods in the middle of the island.
Xiang Yang smiled as he took a net bag from a crew member and stuffed the collected goose mushrooms into the net bag, then shook it towards everyone, "Isn't this it?"
"Oh my god, they are all agaricus the size of bottle caps. Captain, aren't you too sharp-eyed?" The crew members immediately burst into exclamations when they saw Xiang Yang raising the net bag.
Chen Qingsheng's eyes widened. Having been on the sea for many years and being used to eating seafood, he actually particularly liked wild delicacies. He immediately rubbed his hands and said, "Captain, these goose mushrooms are the main course for tonight, right? Come on, leave it to me, leave it to me, I'm the best at cooking goose mushrooms."
"Pah." Xiang Yang, who had seen through Chen Qingsheng's true nature as a foodie, immediately slapped Chen Qingsheng's claws away. "If I let you cook it, how can I drink the soup? Don't even think about it. I'm going to take these goose mushrooms home to stew pork. If you want to eat them, pick them yourself."
He Mingde looked around Xiang Yang carefully, "Xiaoyang, where did you find these goose mushrooms? Why don't I see any?"
Xiang Yang rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle, you are lying with your eyes open. There are so many goose mushrooms and you told me that you didn't see any of them?"
He Mingde glanced at a palm-sized amanita argitis that Fang Youqun had just picked and said with disdain, "I mean the small amanita argitis in your net bag. The big ones taste like cotton candy and have no chewing taste at all. Why would I pick them?"