Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 177 177. Charcoal Grilled Scallops
The howling ghosts and howling wolves disappeared in an instant
"How much? Did I hear wrong? The anchor said that a scallop as big as the palm of your hand only costs two yuan."

"Speaking of it this way, I do seem to have a bit of an impression. When I watched the anchor go to buy seafood yesterday, I thought I was wrong."

"I've decided that even if the anchor can't get me, I will travel by myself."

"A scallop that costs two yuan, is this the legendary freedom of scallops? I can buy 200 scallops for 100 yuan, and I get excited just thinking about it."

"Brother upstairs, calm down, the price of two yuan is bought in the market, and the processing fee is not included."

"Even if the processing fee is added, the cost will not be very high. The scallops here cost 20 yuan a piece, and the price difference is 10 times."

"Walk around, what work is there, scallops are so cheap, I want to go and have a look."

Li Xiao spoke to the live broadcast room.

"Two yuan is expensive. If you buy more than one yuan in large quantities, there will be one."

"When the time comes, you can eat whatever you want when you come here. Just don't eat too much. After all, this food is relatively cold. If you eat too much, you will easily get diarrhea."

"Okay, now everyone will turn their attention back to my hand. I think most of the audience in the live broadcast room are not in areas where coastal scallops are free."

"If the family members don't want to throw away the skirt directly, then we need to be careful when cleaning the skirt, because the skirt is the breathing port of the scallop, which will be used to filter out the sundries in the water, so it is very dirty. The reason why people in the area don’t like to eat skirts.”

As he said that, Li Xiao specially left a scallop, and instead of tearing off his skirt directly, he carefully opened the skirt and showed the dirty things in the folds of the skirt in front of the camera.

Then he purposely zoomed in on the camera to focus on the water. He put the skirt of the scallop on the water and scrubbed the skirt carefully with his fingers. Soon the black stains and some moss in the folds of the skirt were easily rubbed off. .

Seeing the skirt that was originally black and yellow turned into light yellow, the expressions of everyone in the live broadcast room changed.

"Grass, a kind of plant, my God, for so many years I always thought the skirt was black and yellow!!!!"

"Uh!!! Faint to death!!!"

"I just opened a package of my favorite spicy skirt, and found that it was red, black and yellow, which was exactly the same color as the skirt in the host's hand before it was washed, and I fainted in the toilet. "

"I ate a whale!! Fortunately, I don't usually eat this."

"Fortunately, I usually clean it with a brush before eating seafood."

"It turns out that the hem of the skirt originally looked like this. I thought he was always black."

Seeing the terrified barrage of the audience in the live broadcast room, Li Xiao still couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing, but he is a professional anchor, so he quickly controlled the expression on his face.

He threw the washed hem into the stream again casually. To be honest, he really didn't like it, even after it was washed.

"In addition, the viscera next to the scallop meat should also be discarded, because its viscera is his digestive organ, and the heavy metal content in his viscera is very high."

Speaking of which, Li Xiao picked it up casually, removed the internal organs, and threw them on the ground.

"The metal content in the internal organs of scallops is too high, so don't throw them into the water, otherwise they will be eaten by small fish and shrimp, and the heavy metal content in these small fish and shrimp will exceed the standard."

Nodding in the live room

"That's it, I learned it."

"By the way, why are some red and some white?"

"This person has black and pink, and the scallops have different colors, isn't it normal?"

"??? Can there still be fans? Sorry, I'm ignorant, black people, white people, yellow people, where are there people of pink race?"

"Wait, does this seem a little off?"

"Hiss, I seem to understand."

Seeing that the LSP in the live broadcast room was driving again, Li Xiao couldn't say anything except covering his face. After all, their driving skills are superb and they are not afraid of accidents. With his driving skills, he is afraid that the superman will come soon after he speaks.

He quickly changed the subject
"The red ones are the yellow of the scallops, which are only found in female scallops, and the white ones of male scallops, but in comparison, I think white is better."

While talking, Li Xiao went back to the stove and put the scallop meat back into the shell.

"The meat of scallop meat is too thick. I suggest that you divide his meat into two and then grill it. Of course, I don't have this concern, but I will cut two of them to show you. After all It’s just too hard to bake the whole thing together.”

After the words fell, Li Xiao took the clean scallop shell that was left aside just now, and put the scallop meat back into the scallop shell.

"We put the washed scallop meat back into the scallop shell, and inserted the knife parallel to the middle of the scallop shell, so that the scallop meat inside the scallop shell can be accurately divided into two equal pieces."

Li Xiao separated the two halves of the scallop shell again, and sure enough, he saw that the originally thick scallop meat was neatly separated in half.

He casually swept away the fallen leaves on the ground with the sole of his feet, ignoring the fact that the ground was full of mud, and sat directly on it.

How much water a wooden barrel can hold is not determined by the longest piece of wood, just like how much a barbecue grill can burn is not determined by the size of the barbed wire above it, but by the stove below. of.

The barbed wire you need to bring is big enough, but the draft oven below can only sear up to 4 scallops at a time.

Li Xiao was not too anxious, after all, it was still early, anyway, there was still a reward while live broadcasting, so why not do it.

First put 4 half-opened scallops on the wire mesh, the temperature of the flame is just right, and the distance from the wire mesh is not too far or too close.

Scallops are very easy to cook, especially half-opened scallops.

Within a minute, the scallop meat made a creaking sound, and some of the gravy began to seep from the edge of the scallop meat to the top of the scallop shell.

"When we first sear the scallops, don't rush to put the seasoning on."

He pointed at the scallop meat that kept bubbling with his chopsticks, and said.

"The fire for grilling scallops should not be too high, medium and low heat is fine. When the scallops start to drain again, we will season them again. If conditions permit, we can add a few drops of water or a little peanut oil. But we don't have this condition here, so we just roast them directly." gone."

However, since these scallops are very fresh, it took less than an hour from being discovered to going to heaven.

The water stored in it is also very sufficient, so even if no water is added, it will not be very difficult to grill if it is close to its own drainage, not to mention that Li Xiao still has the ability of [Roasted Bird Proficiency].

Seeing that the edges of the scallop meat began to turn yellow and rolled up slightly, he took out fine salt and sprinkled it on it. After sprinkling the salt, Li Xiao immediately turned the scallop meat over.

The scallops, which had started to squeak less, started to squeak again, which was very nice.

You need to move the camera slightly under the stove so the lens is focused on the flames
"According to this level of flame, we only need to grill for 1 to 2 minutes. Of course, this time is only suitable for scallops of this size."

"If the scallop meat on hand is too big, you must properly extend the grilling time, if it is too small, then shorten the grilling time appropriately."

"Of course, scallops are not the bigger the better. Once the scallop meat is too big, it will get old and the meat will be hard and difficult to chew."

"But if the scallops are too small, they will shrink severely once they are cooked, and there is not much meat, and the scallops that are not old enough will be very loose."

"So when you buy, try to buy a size that is about the size of your palm, which is very suitable for grilling and steaming.

Half-cut scallops are thin and quickly start gurgling as most of the water in the meat has been drained onto the shell.

Seeing this situation, he sprinkled different ingredients on the 4 scallops, sprinkled a little salt on the two on the left, and sprinkled a little chili powder on the other two while sprinkling salt.

Li Xiao put the 4 cooked scallops aside, because the scallops have shells, so they are not afraid of getting dirty at all.

At the same time, put the other two uncut scallops on the edge of the stove.

"The grilling method of uncut scallop meat is slightly different from that of cut scallop meat. The cut scallop meat should be roasted quickly with high heat, while the uncut scallop meat needs to be grilled slowly over low heat because of its thicker meat. Go bake."

"This is because the cut scallop meat has more fractures, and once it is roasted by heat, the moisture inside will quickly precipitate."

"If the water is evaporated, the scallop meat will be very dry and the taste will become poor, so we need to flip it quickly and season it, and then eat it."

While speaking, Li Xiao directly picked up the salted scallop meat with chopsticks, and because no soy sauce and minced garlic were added, so except for the browned edges, the other parts looked clean and white.

Although this piece of scallop looked ordinary, the smell that hit his face told him that the scallop meat looked so-so, but it must be very fragrant.

It's like you didn't put the scallop meat directly in your mouth, but put it in front of the camera.

Because the grilling time was not long, the water inside the scallops was not completely dried. When he put the scallops in front of the camera, a few drops of juice dripped on the ground due to the squeeze of chopsticks.

Li Xiao could hear the audience drooling across the screen.

"I'll go, this looks delicious."

"So this scallop meat can be eaten directly like this? I have always steamed it with garlic."

"Yes, yes, like the big brother above, I have always been a fan of steamed scallops with garlic. I didn't expect to be able to bake them like this."

"You guys don't understand. Steamed scallops will be sweeter, but grilled meat will be more fragrant. With gold and silver garlic and chopped green onion, it is simply invincible."

"Oysters and scallops are always the trump card of seafood barbecue. Whenever you buy seafood, these two things are essential. Without these two things, the barbecue that night will be dull."

"I saw that the live broadcast room said that minced garlic and fans should be steamed or grilled for this scallop. This statement is indeed true, but unfortunately I got up too early and only brought some basic seasonings. I will cook it for you when I have a chance in two days. Have a look."

"However, if the scallop is fresh enough, there is no need to use minced garlic to remove the fishy smell. If the seawater conditions are good enough, the scallop can even be eaten raw."

"However, eating raw scallops is relatively rare in the Han country, but people in the Sakura country prefer to eat these shellfish raw."

"However, I do not recommend that everyone eat this raw, because it is very unsafe, and you have no idea where the scallop in your hand came from."

"In addition, if the scallops are farmed, they cannot be eaten raw at all, because commercial scallop farming requires a large number of scallops to be farmed in a small volume ratio."

"However, people who have a little knowledge of farming will understand that high-density farming is often prone to breeding of bacteria, so the concentration of bacteria in seawater needs to be controlled at all times in the breeding tanks. In order to prevent bacteria from growing, a large amount of sterilizers will be put in."

"Although these sterilants will be decomposed and eliminated after high temperature, they will be directly absorbed by the human body when eaten raw."

"So I suggest that unless you catch the scallops yourself, I don't recommend that you eat any raw scallops without a clear source."

After speaking, Li Xiao directly threw the scallop meat on the chopsticks into his mouth.

The scallop meat was chewed carefully in his mouth, without adding too much seasoning, so that the whole scallop meat kept its original taste.

He opened his eyes, but the scallop meat was still chewing in his mouth.

Swallowing the chewed scallop meat, Li Xiao stretched out a thumb.

"Although there is a little less garlic, the taste of roasting without garlic is also very good, very fresh and refined, and the original barbecue."

"The scallops have a faint smell of sea water. The scallops have only a little fishy smell that is almost negligible. The gravy is very juicy. Since it is wild, even though it is not big, its meat quality is very good."

He tasted another scallop that had been dusted with paprika.

"The scallop meat with chili powder has a more spicy taste, and the spicy taste completely covers up the little fishy smell in the scallop meat, and the flavor is more intense and quite delicious. But if you want to add some garlic to this chili, it will Taste better."

Studio

"It's alright, alright, the anchor, don't hold back, can't you just admit that garlic is delicious?"

"I also think that the barbecue is not matched with minced garlic, and the aroma will be reduced by half."

"Come on, hurry up and get some minced garlic for my little Xiaozi."

"My family lives by the sea. In fact, fresh seafood really doesn't need to add any seasoning or ginger and spring onion. Those seasonings and ingredients are added mainly to suppress its fishy smell. Like the anchor, he just caught it and dried it directly. Yes, basically there is no fishy smell."

"It's actually the same as eating white rice. Eating white rice without adding other things can actually taste sweet."

Li Xiao quickly threw 4 slices of scallop meat into his mouth, and then his eyes fell on the two pieces of scallop meat that were smoking.

Because the two pieces of scallops have not been cut open, their internal muscle structure is very complete, so it is not like the four pieces of scallop meat that collapsed very badly when grilled.

Although the two complete pieces of scallop meat are also slightly tightened due to the precipitation of water, the tightening range is very small, because the complete structure allows the two pieces of scallop meat to lock the water in the body well.

Li Xiao held up the swollen scallop meat that had been fried until golden on both sides in front of the camera.

The scallop meat did not drip juice this time, but the golden flesh was more attractive than the scallop dripping juice just now.

This time Li Xiao actually heard the sound of swallowing saliva.That's right, that was the sound of his own swallowing.

He had grilled scallops himself before, but at that time he didn't have the ability [Roasted Bird Proficiency], so it was impossible for the grilled scallops to reach the level in front of him.

Looking at the golden scallops in front of him, Li Xiao said to the live broadcast room.

"Look, this is the highest state of grilled scallop meat, the whole body is golden without a single focus."

Before the audience in the live broadcast room complained, he directly bit into the scallop meat.

Of course, he didn't directly throw the scallop into his mouth, he just bit into half of it, so he wouldn't be so stupid, after all, after a little thought, he knew how hot the juice inside the scallop meat was.

As soon as the scallop meat was bitten open, hot juice splashed out from the cut.

These two scallops were not even sprinkled with salt powder, because they were eaten just now.He discovered it when there were a few scallops in front.

Just relying on the seawater absorbed in the scallop meat is completely enough.

Sure enough, this piece of scallop meat without any seasoning is really quite good.

The meat is very firm, and a trace of scallop meat is wrapped in juice and explodes in the mouth.

The juice has a slight umami taste of sea water, and the sweetness from the scallop itself.

The two originally conflicting flavors are perfectly blended together, shocking the taste buds.

"The fragrance is so fragrant that I don't even know what words to use to describe it."

After speaking, Li Xiao really didn't continue to describe, and directly threw the remaining half into his mouth.

Studio

"Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! I can't do it."

"I'll go, this one seems to be more delicious than the previous one."

"Isn't that obvious?"

After finishing the scallops, Li Xiao used a branch to take out the tinfoil shells from the pit.

The fire in the pit has been extinguished, but the shells must be cooked, after all, they all opened their mouths.

However, rice in a big pot is obviously not as delicious as a small stove.

However, seafood, seafood, is a fresh food. On the premise of being fresh enough, the taste cannot be too bad.

After eating the slightly inferior tinfoil shells, Li Xiao looked at the harvest in his bucket again.

His eyes lingered on the arm-long eel and the palm-sized three-spot crab, and finally, Li Xiao's eyes fell on the fat silver-gray eel that was constantly swimming in the bucket.

Well, there you are, Flash Eel.

He licked his lips cryptically, and after counting, he hadn't eaten eel for a whole year.

After all, things like eels are too expensive for his students from the countryside, ranging from 3 to [-], and an eel weighs at least [-] catties.

It wasn't something his previous living expenses could support, and in order to save some travel expenses, he would only go home during the Chinese New Year.

After careful calculation, it is true that I haven't eaten it for a year.

(End of this chapter)