Searching for food through the beast world

There are treasures in the bamboo forest

It feels really depressing to eat only vegetables without staple food. Ding Xiao regrets not taking two white beans into the basket.After lunch now, the smell of Wei Kun's food is still quite strong, making him thirsty all the time.I really hope to find something that can replace the staple food as soon as possible. When he thinks that he will have to eat only vegetables or meat for several months, he feels his tongue is dry.well!Have another sip of water.

Kun picked up the bamboo basket and put another black hazel beast into it.The two decided to walk for a while to digest and digest food. Of course, such a walk is very suitable for romance, but it is a pity that the two of them are not very familiar with this project.

Walking along the creek, Ding Xiao's eyes have been wandering around the bank.Although the weeds are not big, they are still very comfortable to the eyes.After a preliminary estimate, there are still a lot of pearl fruit around here. If there is no accident, the wild harvest this year must be as good as last year.These wild vegetables are estimated to be ready to be picked when I and Kun go back. For example, the cress that grows by the stream must be picked by the roots. By the pond and the canal!

I don't know if the seedlings have emerged in my field.Also, the fish in the fish pond should have increased a lot, right?When you can't wait, you should be able to fish out a few and enjoy the taste of "fish in your own fish pond"!

Thinking of fish, Ding Xiao's hands itch.Weighed the hunting fork that has been used as a walking stick in my hand, thinking that I can't keep using this as a shovel!Whatever you say, you have to consider the dignity and mood of the hunting fork.If you can't catch others, you are still very good at inserting fish. "Kun, is there a place nearby where you can catch big fish? I want to eat fish at night."

Kun thought for a while and replied: "There is a wide river to the east of Zhulinpo, and there should be big fish in it. Otherwise, let's live by the river at night. I remember there is a cave facing the river."

A cave is better than being directly by the river.In fact, Ding Xiao is not against such things as living in a cave.He was not very willing to let Kun suffer from the cold wind outside the tent at night. "Cave? Is it on the mountain of Zhulinpo?"

Kun nodded: "Yes. The Bamboo Forest Slope is very large, with more than 20 hills with different heights and bottoms, but most of the mountains are covered with bamboo. That's why it's called the Bamboo Forest Slope."

I thought it was a small hillside when I heard the name, but I didn't expect it to be a mountainous area!I have to say that Ding Xiao became excited after hearing this news. How many bamboo shoots must there be in such a large bamboo forest and mountainous area! "Then let's go there quickly! Maybe we can catch a big fish today!"

With Kun moving forward at full speed, the two of them ran to the big river near Zhulinpo in just over half an hour.

This river is indeed very wide, compared with the "Tianhe" beside their Tianhe Village, the word "geng" is added.The trees on the opposite bank are dense, and now you can see a piece of greenery.On the shore on their side, there are fewer trees, but judging from the new shoots of withered grass, it is estimated that there are more lower grass plants.Turning your head to look over the mountain, bamboo gradually replaced other tree species, which looks really spectacular.Especially for someone like Ding Xiao who has never seen a bamboo forest, he was even more excited.

After getting off the back of the tiger, Ding Xiao immediately ran to a bamboo and patted it vigorously. "The bamboo here is very thick!" It seems that the color is mostly yellow-green. According to his visual inspection, the thickest bamboo is about as thick as a water tank, and the height makes Ding Xiao even more horrified. Estimate the tallest ones to be as high as five or six floors!

In fact, Ding Xiao also noticed that this kind of bamboo was definitely not the same as what he had imagined in his previous life without using the eyes of the sky to show it.What's more, now Tianyan told him that these bamboos are edible in themselves, and they are similar to bamboo shoots in nature, taste and efficacy.It's just... how to eat the bamboo itself called "Tianzhu"?It feels bang bang hard, is it a test of the teeth?

Seeing Xiaoxiao's surprised expression, Kun hurried over and asked, "Xiaoxiao, what did you find?"

Ding Xiao patted the bamboo twice again: "The eyes of the sky show that this is edible. But how can you eat it so hard?"

Kun let out an "oh", and then said: "Of course you can't eat this. But the ones that have just grown can be chewed. You come and see this." He pulled Xiaoxiao to a size of two meters. On the edge of the tall Hsinchu, if you break it with your hands, the bamboo pole will be broken in two.And the two of them immediately smelled a unique fragrance of bamboo. "This one can bite. Dad told me when he took me here to hunt before, long ago when our orcs were not so strong, it was easy to catch so many prey, and some very hungry orcs would come to break these The freshly grown Tianzhu is used as food to satisfy hunger. But it is not delicious." After finishing speaking, he directly put the bamboo pole in his hand into his mouth, and he took a bite.

Seeing Kun's "creaking" bite with great vigor, Ding Xiao felt his teeth itch, and felt an extremely uncomfortable feeling in his throat. "Stop chewing!"

Kun immediately shut up: "It's tasteless, but it's still hard to bite, you can't eat it."

Subconsciously rubbing his cheeks, Ding Xiao picked up the bamboo pole that Kun had bitten.The outer skin of this new bamboo is also very hard, but it is definitely not as thick as an adult bamboo.There is a circle of tender green hard skin about [-] mm near the outer skin, next to the hard skin is the white part and then the hollow in the middle.I poked it with my hand, huh?The white part seems to be softer!

Discovering this, Ding Xiao hurriedly asked Kun to dig out the white "crumb" inside, and tasted it impatiently.Immediately after tasting it, your eyes light up. "Kun! This is really edible!" The "pulp" in the bamboo is slightly sweet, but not enough to make people feel that it is sweet, so it is accurate to say that the bamboo meat has no taste. Only the bamboo fragrance that can be smelled in the nose.In terms of taste, the bamboo meat of Tianzhu tastes slightly tough but has not yet produced long fibers. It tastes quite good, like eating raw potatoes.Maybe after steaming it can be eaten as a staple food like white beans and yams or something.Of course, it can be fried and eaten as a dish.

Hearing what Xiaoxiao said, Kun immediately dug out a piece of bamboo meat and put it in his mouth.Sure enough, it is quite different from the feeling of chewing the skin, and it does not have the slightly astringent taste when I just ate it. "Then let's try this tonight!" If possible, they could get some back, but even though these young bamboos were edible, he hesitated to tell others about it.After all, this bamboo forest mountain area is too important to the dozen or so laughing villages near their winged tiger tribe.Many things in life are made of these bamboos.

Since young bamboo can be eaten, let alone bamboo shoots!

With the help of Tianyan, Ding Xiao quickly found the location of the bamboo shoots where the ground was slightly broken and pointed. "The bamboo shoots of this kind of heavenly bamboo are very tender! It's a bit different from the ones I've eaten before." Breaking apart a bamboo shoot, Ding Xiao sighed with emotion at the white and clean body of the bamboo shoot inside.

At this time, Kun already had five Hsinchu bamboo poles and four bamboo shoots in his hands.There are also five bamboo shoots in the bamboo basket beside Jian Xiaoxiao.He made do with Xiaoxiao, with a faint smile on his face, which was a privilege for their cub companion. "It looks really good. It's almost enough for us to eat for dinner. Doesn't it mean to catch fish?"

After hearing this, Ding Xiao immediately put the bamboo shoots in his hand into the bamboo basket: "Okay! I'll go catch the fish, and you go get the stone stove!"

As expected by the two of them, the fish in this river are really big and plentiful, especially since it is far away from the nearby villages, and no one usually comes to fish, so seeing people is like coming to the river to drink water The animals are similar, and there is no need to avoid them at all.This can greatly speed up Ding Xiao's fishing speed.Basically, one fish can be caught with three forks on average.

Ding Xiao was not greedy for the food of the two of them, he caught four fish and got out of the water.To be honest, the river is quite cool in this season. Fortunately, it was around three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was just enough today. In addition, after noon, it is now the time when the heat tends to return, so He didn't feel the water was cold, the key was that he was only by the river, and the water had just reached his knees.

Rao Ding Xiao didn't feel cold, after going ashore, Brother Kun quickly hugged his partner up, and then put him on the animal skin by the stove for him to warm up.Then I went to the river to deal with the four fish and the black hazel beast.

Ding Xiao sat there not idle, took the clay pot to his side, and began to peel the bamboo flesh with a saber.

With the help of the knife, the speed of peeling the bamboo flesh is quite fast.Ding Xiao was very happy to dig out a whole jar of bamboo meat from five bamboo poles about two meters in length, which proves that the "meat" rate of this kind of tender bamboo is still very high.You must know that although they are about two meters high, they are not much different from eggs in thickness.And there is a hollow in the middle of the bamboo. Although the hollow in this kind of new bamboo is not big, the problem is that it is as thick as my little finger.

Ding Xiao of the bamboo shoots intends to use them to make roasted pork with bamboo shoots. Although they only have the meat of the black hazel beast today, and the taste is relatively strong, but fortunately, the nature and flavor of the two ingredients do not conflict.As for whether it tastes good or not, he doesn't worry about it, their family Kun will never say it's bad.Even a bowl of bitter vegetables has been wiped out, isn't it? !

The bamboo shoots of this kind of Tianzhu are crispy, tender and juicy, with a little sweetness. After trying a piece, Ding Xiaosheng liked the taste quite a lot, and suddenly came up with the idea of ​​roasting two bamboo shoots.So Kun quickly went to dig two more bamboo shoots and came back.He wanted to try how the texture and taste would be after cutting the bamboo shoots into strips, wrapping them in pork belly and grilling them.Anyway, I want to barbecue, so I'm sure it's not bad for my little experiment.

The meat that has been blanched to remove the blood is first boiled with ginger until it is half-ripe.In this way, a little bit more of the smell can be removed. After all, the meat of this black hazel beast is more smelly than mutton, so it is good to get rid of some of it.

Then pour out the water in the pot, re-boil a pot of water and put the meat and ginger in, then put the five-spice seasoning packet in the pot, and just stew like this.After stewing for about 10 minutes, Ding Xiao put the bamboo shoots cut into hob pieces into the pot.Then simmer for another 10 minutes, almost the soup in the pot will bottom out.At this time, add vegetable salt and a little sugar to enhance freshness.A simple roast pork with bamboo shoots is ready.

Kun couldn't wait to lean over and opened his mouth, waiting for Xiaoxiao to feed him the first bite.After chewing and swallowing the bamboo shoots, he opened his mouth again immediately. "I want to eat meat!"

Ding Xiao immediately satisfied Brother Kun's request, and after Kun swallowed the meat, he asked expectantly, "How is it? How does it taste?"

Kun nodded with a smile: "It's delicious! The taste of bamboo shoots is similar to that of meat!"

Huh?Hearing what Kun said, Ding Xiao quickly picked up a bamboo shoot, blew it and put it in his mouth.Sure enough, a smell of meat spreads in the mouth. If it is not for the crisp and tender taste, it is completely meat in terms of taste.It seems that the ability of bamboo shoots to absorb flavors is super strong!etc!Why do you feel that the smell is not so strong?Can this bamboo shoot also remove the smell?He quickly tasted the meat of the black hazel beast.Sure enough, even if he ate only meat, the smell was much less.The bamboo shoots of Tianzhu are really good things!

I don't know if I can make dried bamboo shoots.Forget it, think about it when you can't sleep, now you have to marinate the fish quickly, or else it won't taste as good after being grilled and sprinkled with salt after a while.

"Kun, when you were making bamboo tubes, did you and Dad get the bamboo from here?" While cutting the bamboo meat, Ding Xiao chatted with Kun.

Kun shook his head: "Actually, there is a mountain with a few bamboos in the safe area near our Tianhe Village, but almost no one would go there to cut bamboo for use. The first experiment was done on the edge of the village. Later, those who sold My second uncle and I came here to cut the bamboo.”

Looking at the bamboo tube with salt on the side, Ding Xiao asked: "But this bamboo tube is the same as the one I've seen before? I haven't seen you and Dad take out this kind of bamboo meat from that bamboo?"

Kun replied: "I don't know why. But when chopping thin bamboo to make bamboo baskets, you have to throw away a lot of bamboo meat, but it's not so thick. I didn't know it was edible before. It's a pity to throw away so much."

From this point of view, the bamboo flesh of this kind of natural bamboo should be less and less as it grows, and it will be completely absorbed by the bamboo after it reaches adulthood, and it will become the outer skin of the bamboo. "Then tell everyone that the bamboo meat can be eaten or not, so that there is no need to waste it when making bamboo baskets in the future."

Kun shook his head: "I'll think about whether to tell everyone. Although there are a few bamboo forest areas like this in our winged tiger territory, they are still not many compared with other trees. Bamboo is very important."

"Are you worried that if you think that bamboo meat can be used as a staple food, then everyone will come to chop bamboo?" Such words are indeed not very good. "But the growth rate of this kind of new bamboo should be quite fast, right? Otherwise, we can plant a bamboo forest near the village."

"Let's talk about it later, just let me think about it. But let's forget about it this year." Kun had to consider not to let his Xiaoxiao's ability be exposed.This year, the experimental field has been built, and Xiaoxiao has to start learning to hunt again. He has to build a new house quickly, and has no time to do these things.Anyway, it has been a waste of so many years. When the time comes, I will explain to everyone that the bamboo meat is needed by the family. It would be better if the animals are kept for feeding. They know whether it is for humans or animals!

"It doesn't matter, you will have the final say on these things in the future. You are a child prodigy! But our family can't wait until next year to eat." Looking down at the remaining bamboo skins at his feet, Ding Xiao suddenly had an idea. "Kun, you know how to weave bamboo baskets?"

Kun nodded: "Yes. You want to make new bamboo baskets?"

Ding Xiao shook his head, but then nodded again.Then he took out his pen and paper and drew an image of a shrimp pot on it. "I think the skin of these bamboos is quite resilient. Can you weave a bamboo basket like this for me?"

Looking at Xiaoxiao talking and gesticulating the size and request, Kun immediately agreed after hearing it: "Okay. Although it is strange, it can be edited. What's the use?"

Ding smiled and replied: "When I was catching fish just now, I saw shrimps in the river. You see, we will put the leftover bones in the cage and put them in the river. When we get up tomorrow morning, There should be shrimp in the bamboo basket."