Snakes are an extremely scary thing for most people. Some people are so frightened that they cannot even walk when they see a snake!
It's just that this is a very high-quality ingredient. No matter where in the country, many people like to eat it. And when it comes to the provinces that are the best at making snakes, Shonan Province is definitely at the top.
The history of snake-eating in Shonan Province is very long. A long time ago, the great writer Liu Zongfang wrote an article about the snake catchers in Shonan Province.
There is a strange wild snake in Yongzhou: it has black substance and white markings. It will die if it touches vegetation. It bites people and cannot be controlled. However, if you get it and use it as bait, you can remove strong winds, contractures, and fistulas, remove dead muscles, and kill three insects. At the beginning, the imperial physician gathered them together according to the king's orders, and assigned them two gifts every year. If there are people who can catch them, they should be rented. The people of eternity are running around...
The world is too big to fit in a basket!
According to statistics, there are more than 3,000 types of snakes in the world. The small ones are only four or five centimeters long, while the long ones can reach nearly fifteen meters.
Among these snakes, some are edible and some are not. According to folklore, the more toxic the snake is, the tenderer the snake meat will be. However, making these poisonous snake meat will not only test a chef's cooking skills, but also It tests the courage of a chef, because cleaning this thing is definitely not a joke, and you may risk losing your life if you don't do it properly.
Therefore, when Ye Fei decided to make this delicacy, he was really a little worried.
After making all preparations and putting on thin but tough gloves on both hands, Ye Fei dared to open the storage compartment where the snake was stored.
But when he saw the snake in the storage compartment, Ye Fei still felt a little numb.
Inside the storage compartment, a cobra with gray and white patterns was curled up quietly inside. It just felt that the storage compartment was opened, and the snake's head lifted up with a hiss.
Ye Fei almost ran away in fright and quickly took a few steps back.
At the same time, Brother Caizi and Brother Dingding also saw the cobra.
The two of them almost peeed when they saw the cobra with its head raised high in front of them.
Especially Brother Ding Ding, even though this guy is tall and thick, he has very little courage. He ran back and howled strangely in his mouth.
"Fake, Fake, snake! You bought it. What the hell is Ye God going to do? Why did you find all these things?"
This thing is about to collapse. As a foreigner, he has never eaten snakes before, not even wild boars and wild ducks, so now that he saw this thing unexpectedly, Brother Ding Ding simply ran away.
Brother Caizi was also frightened, and he took two steps back. When he saw the cobra clearly, he became excited.
"Oh no, Ye Shen, today's delicacies are really hard. Do you want to make snakes for the second delicacy?"
Ye Fei hummed and said: "Taste snake!"
"Taste snake? An alternative existence in Hunan cuisine?"
"Oh? It seems you know this dish."
"Oh, I know more than that. This dish is simply my favorite. I'm not bragging to you. My favorite meat in my life is not chicken, duck, or pork. It's snake meat, no matter it's fried. Stir-fried snake meat or snake meat soup, both are simply delicious."
As he said this, this guy actually started walking forward.
Ye Fei took a look and hurriedly warned: "Be careful, this thing is a cobra, it's poisonous."
Unexpectedly, Brother Caizi didn't care at all. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a cobra. It's trivial. In fact, you don't know. I am an expert at catching snakes. I am known as a little expert in catching snakes."
Ye Fei: "..."
Damn, that's a really bad nickname.
Brother Caizi came to the storage compartment, and the cobra kept looking at him while spitting out letters.
Seeing that Brother Caizi was not in a hurry, he suddenly thrust his left hand to the side quickly, and the cobra's head ran directly towards his left hand.
Soon enough, just as Brother Caizi used his left hand to attract the cobra, his right hand reached out at lightning speed, and then accurately pinched the cobra's seven inches.
Hit a snake and hit it seven inches, hit a snake and hit it three inches.
This is the experience summed up by folk snake catching experts through constant exploration.
Why do we need to hit seven inches and three inches when hunting snakes
The three inches behind the snake's head is the most vulnerable part of the snake's body. The vertebrae here are very easy to break. If the vertebrae are interrupted, the spinal cord protected by the back vertebrae will also be damaged, thus blocking the snake's nerve center. In connection with other organs, this snake is considered useless.
The seven-inch area is another vulnerable part of the snake, because this area is where the snake's heart is. If a stick hits the seven-inch area of the snake and destroys the snake's heart, the snake will definitely die.
Therefore, judging from the part where Brother Caizi grabbed the snake, this guy is definitely an expert.
When someone caught it within seven inches, the snake felt its heart suddenly shrink, and then it felt the strength coming from the outside getting stronger and stronger. It felt numb all over its body, as if all its cells had stopped. Worked the same.
Before it could understand what was going on, the strength of Brother Caizi's right hand suddenly increased, and the veins on his right arm burst out.
"Go to hell!"
Brother Caizi roared, then lifted the cobra out of the storage compartment with his hand, and then threw it to the ground hard.
Look at this cobra, which is about one meter long. It writhed back and forth on the ground for a while, and then stopped moving.
This process takes a long time to write, but actually it only takes a moment.
By the time Ye Fei and Brother Dingding reacted, the cobra was already dead.
Ye Fei was dumbfounded as he looked at the arrogant talented man standing aside. He didn't expect this guy to be so tough. This guy of yours is a tough guy.
Brother Dingding was also frightened. His whole head was short-circuited. He was standing seven or eight meters away, looking straight at the dead snake on the ground.
This scene was all transmitted to the live broadcast room by invisible cameras, and the entire live broadcast room was turned upside down.
"I'm a talented guy, I'm so awesome."
"Ah, this guy looks very skinny, but I didn't expect him to be a ruthless person. His snake-catching skills are second to none."
"Dead? Such a poisonous cobra was caught to death by Brother Caizi in one fell swoop? Do you want to be so exaggerated?"
"Hahahaha, Talented Brother, good job. I wanted to spit all over you, but for the sake of helping Ye Shen kill the snake, I'll waive it. You're welcome."
The snake was killed by Brother Caizi. The next thing Ye Fei had to do was clean it up and start working.
Packing a snake is also a technical job. The first step is to skin it. Snake skin is a good thing. Whether it is used to make bags or belts, it is very expensive.
But Ye Fei doesn't care about these. What he cares about is that he has to make this delicious snake.
Taking off the gloves on his hands, Ye Fei came to the dead cobra, kicked it with his feet first, and found that the cobra was really dead, then he squatted down and picked up the snake.
From the moment he took it, Ye Fei felt that the snake's body was cold.
"No wonder people say snakes are cold-blooded animals, their bodies are really cold."
Brother Caizi said: "Ye Shen, it's not that the blood of snakes is cold, it's just that the body temperature of snakes is lower than that of humans, so people feel a little cold when they touch them."
Of course Ye Fei knew this. The system had clearly presented the information about this snake to Ye Fei in his mind.
But Ye Fei still nodded and said: "Yes, okay, let's deal with this snake now."
Lifting the snake onto the table, Ye Fei did not rush to peel off the snake's skin. Instead, he gently pressed his thumb on the area between the snake's head and pylorus for a while.
Brother Caizi understood immediately what Ye Fei was going to do, and asked with a smile: "Is there any?"
Ye Fei nodded and said, "Found it."
As he said that, Ye Fei took a pair of sharp scissors from the tool rack, and then gently cut the place where his left thumb was pressing. The snake skin was broken open, and a cut was made in the snow-white snake flesh. Then Ye Fei Fei squeezed it gently with his left hand and saw an oval-shaped thing jump out from the snake's wound.
When everyone in the live broadcast room saw this thing, they almost shouted in unison: "Snake gallbladder!"
Yes, the thing Ye Fei took out is snake gall. Snake gall is a good thing. It has the effects of dispelling rheumatism, improving eyesight, detoxifying, and can also regulate the human nervous system and immune system. The key is that this thing can also delay the aging of the body. , so this is a treasure.
However, Ye Fei knew that no matter how powerful the snake gallbladder was, he would not be able to preserve it. After all, it was the food provided by the system and there were rules.
He threw the snake gall into the trash can.
This made Brother Caizi scream angrily.
"Ye Shen, what a waste, this is a good thing."
Ye Fei said: "Our delicacies today are not made of snake gall, but snake meat."
"Can you give it to me if you don't want it?"
"No, all the ingredients I have here can only be cooked to order and cannot be taken away."
“…..”
Ye Fei ignored Brother Caizi and used the scissors in his hand to cut along the opening to the tail. When he reached the end, he returned and cut towards the head.
After cutting the snake skin from beginning to end, Ye Fei put down the scissors and peeled off the snake skin.
After all the internal organs and snake skin are cleaned, the next step is to remove the meat.
There are two ways to remove snake meat, one is raw and the other is cooked.
The method of raw snake meat is mainly used for larger snakes, just like the cobra in front of Ye Fei. Ye Fei decided to use the raw method to get the snake meat.
Ye Fei saw that at the back of the snake, near the spine, he first used scissors to cut two slits in the direction of the tongue, then put the scissors down, grabbed the edge of one slit with both hands, and pointed towards the snake's head. After tearing it apart, he took out a piece of tender snake meat.
Then he took another piece of snake meat in the same way.
After doing this, Ye Fei threw all the remaining things into the trash can. He wanted to make a saliva snake. The snake meat was enough, and it was useless to ask for anything else.
Two pieces of white and tender snake meat were placed on the chopping board. Ye Fei took the kitchen knife from his back and cut both pieces of snake meat into pieces of about six centimeters. Then he took a large bowl from the side. Put the snake meat segments in.
Turning around, he took out ingredients from a storage compartment, including ginger, garlic, red pepper, refined salt, top-quality peanut oil, starch, etc.
Shred the ginger, slice the garlic, and cut the red pepper into sections. After everything is ready, Ye Fei takes the wok and puts it on the stove, turns on the fire, waits until the pan is hot, and pours the best peanut oil in...
(End of chapter)