I have a Yokai cookbook [Gourmet]

As night falls, the moon hangs low in the west like a hooked sickle.

The temperature difference between day and night is also vividly reflected, and Chi Ming is sitting in the stern of the boat fishing with his coat on.

Under the soft illumination of small orange lights, the sparkling sea surface is also dyed a layer of golden yellow.

The fat cook followed suit and sat beside him with a fishing rod.

He felt a little bit that although he was a few years older, he was not as knowledgeable as his master.

Just like now, he couldn't figure out why the lamp should be hung close to the sea surface. Could it be that the fish in the sea could still find the light and swim over.

He opened his mouth several times, wanting to ask out the doubts in his heart, but seeing that the other party looked like a wise man who had settled down, he felt embarrassed to ask.

"What is that!" The fat cook stood up in shock, his eyes widened slightly from shock.

I saw a group of glowing creatures roaming densely in a circle around the small lamp. If it wasn't for its small size, the fat cook would have thought it was the legendary sea monster haunting it.

"Quick, gather the net together!" Chi Ming also stood up at this time, pulling up the fishing net that was originally laid out in the sea.

"Oh, good." The fat cook tossed the fishing rod in his hand, and hurriedly joined in the action of collecting the fishing net.

"What are these things? Why is there such a huge quantity!" The fat cook was a little curious and nervous when he came into contact with this kind of creature for the first time. Needless to say, this thing must be delicious, and he reckoned that it would not be a problem to take a bite of it.

"Small barrel squid, haven't you eaten it before?" Chi Ming was a little surprised. The history of squid being eaten should be long.The squid in front of me is a light-dispelling creature that lives near shallow seas, and fishermen should often encounter it.

"This is a squid? I remember that the squid sold in the market are several times larger than these, but I have never seen such a small one." The fat cook couldn't believe it. As soon as the fishing net was received on the fishing boat, he immediately grabbed a small one. The barrel squid scrutinized it carefully.

"Small-barreled squid are generally small in size, so they are more likely to be caught at night." Chi Ming poured a net of squid into the bucket.

He just had the mentality of giving it a try, and he never thought that such a small gun barrel could be trapped with the light.

"This small gun barrel is the same as the octopus, suitable for boiled squid. I will teach you another boiled squid tonight."

"Hey, good." The fat cook was so happy that his mouth was split up to the ear, and he took the initiative to wash the squid.

Chi Ming lowered the fishing net to the other side of the boat, moved the lights to the other side and continued to wait.

The small barrel is extremely small, but it doesn't affect his spouting a large amount of black ink when he is frightened.The fat cook washed them several times in a row before washing them thoroughly.

Chi Ming added a spoonful of salt, white wine, a few slices of ginger, and scallions to the boiling hot water, and then poured all the processed squid into the boiling hot water.

"Squid is small and fresh. It only needs to be boiled in boiling water for a while before it can be drained. Boiling may seem simple, but in fact it requires a lot of time and techniques. For example, this small squid with a barrel needs to Highlight its freshness and coolness. It looks light, but it tastes fresh. Not only should you consider the food is cooked, but also pay attention to the umami, nutrition, and food safety. If you control the balance between the two, you will also You will be able to master Baizhuo's tricks."

While Chi Ming was speaking, he fished out the squid, set up another pot, and started making dipping sauce.

"The dipping sauce can be configured according to your personal taste. My taste is very casual. You should not be used to spicy food. I simply use soy sauce water to make some." The diet of the people in the Ze area is light, unlike the spicy food in the Bashu area.

While Chi Ming was speaking, he poured the hot oil into the prepared sauce. With a sizzling sound, the aroma of the seasoning was stimulated to the extreme, and bursts of garlic mixed with the smell of bean paste came out.

"Try it."

The fat cook had long been eager to try, and hastily picked up a squid dipped in juice and stuffed it into his mouth.

A □ □ juice, sweet meat, chewy texture, everything seems just right.

"Master, it's so delicious, so fresh! This small squid is even more delicious than the big squid I've eaten before. It's a pity that I've lived for so many years, and it's only now that I can eat it."

The fat cook shook his head and sighed while eating, as if he had missed tens of thousands of taels.

"There are still many things in this world that you haven't eaten, and I have not been exposed to all the ingredients. But as long as people are alive and keep moving forward, everything is possible."

As a cook, I always feel itchy when it comes to ingredients that I have never tried.

Chi Ming is the same, but he is not paranoid.

"Well, Master, you are right! Everything is possible!" The fat cook swept away his previous regrets, and instead began to look forward to the unknown future.

"Hush, don't talk, there seems to be something over there!" Chi Ming put down the chopsticks in his hand, and tiptoed towards the place where the fishing net was cast just now.

The fat cook randomly stuffed a squid into his mouth, then got up and walked towards Chi Ming's direction.

Chi Ming walked in and took a look, and saw under the small orange light, the mermaid I saw in the afternoon was holding a fishing net with one hand and stuffing a squid into its mouth with the other.

It's just that the beautiful facial features are a little distorted at the moment, especially when he saw Chi Ming, he seemed a little embarrassed.

"you……"

The little mermaid looked at Chi Ming in horror, still holding the fishing net tightly in her hand, and inside the net was a bag of small squid with gun barrels.Where the eyes meet, there is even some grievance?

Chi Ming:? ? ?

"Ah, this is a merman!" The fat cook took a closer look, opened his mouth wide in surprise, a little at a loss, this thing with a human face and a fish body should be the legendary merman!

God, what kind of shit luck did he have to come across this kind of thing.

I heard that this kind of thing is designed to confuse people's minds, and then trick fishermen into the sea to drown.

"Master, don't look into his eyes, he will kill you!" The fat cook reacted belatedly, his back was covered in cold sweat.

"You, you're talking nonsense! I, I won't harm anyone!" The little mermaid who had shrunk her body smaller and smaller until only one head emerged from the water immediately blushed and retorted angrily.

"Then what are you doing here at night? Oh, I get it, you want to steal our squid!" The fat cook flinched a little at first, but when he saw the other party holding a bag of squid tightly, he immediately stopped. dry.

"I don't, I just saw that you are still eating, and I want to help you put away these squids." The little mermaid was so anxious that she cried, tears streaming down, and turning into pink ones at a speed visible to the naked eye. Pearl, falling into the sea.

Chi Ming blinked, everything happened too fast in front of him, watching the full-colored pink pearls fall into the sea water and disappear in an instant, his heart throbbed faintly!

It's a lot of money, and it's such a prodigal to just fall into the sea!

"Don't cry!" He was distressed.

When Chi Ming shouted, the little mermaid below cried louder, and the tears fell faster!

Chi Ming: ...

"Don't cry, I'll treat you to boiled squid, how about it?"

The little mermaid stopped crying for a moment, but she was still sobbing a little. A pair of pale green eyes were fixedly looking in Chi Ming's direction, and her lips were slightly parted.

"Are you telling the truth? Hiccup—" The Little Mermaid hiccupped, her eyes moist and glowing.

He just sneaked around Qianhai while his parents were not at home, but unexpectedly he couldn't move anymore.The smell was so sweet that he could smell it from miles away.

Originally lingering until dark, he wanted to go home, but before he swam far, he smelled the scent that made him want to stop, so he had to swim back eagerly following the smell.

Listening to what the people on the boat said, and smelling the tempting fragrance of the food, the little squid that tasted so delicious was no longer delicious.

He also wants to eat the boiled squid he said, woo~

"Of course it's true. Then do you come up to eat, or down?" The bottom naturally refers to the water.Chi Ming wasn't sure if the other party could go ashore.

"I can go ashore." The little beauty was so excited that she jumped out of the water.

As if by magic, as his fish tail touched the boat plank, the originally colorful fish tail instantly turned into a pair of slender human legs.And the place that was originally covered by fish scales also changed into the shape of clothes in the blink of an eye.

For Chi Ming, who was used to seeing monsters, he didn't have much emotional fluctuations anymore, but a flash of admiration flashed in his eyes.The mermaid is indeed beautiful, but compared with the little fox's style, his beauty is different.

"Ah, are these really given to me?" Xio has completely forgotten what his parents taught him, and he must stay away from dangerous humans, especially fishermen who are greedy by nature.

But he doesn't know why, he likes to stay beside this human being, it seems that the closer he is to him, the more comfortable his body becomes, and the whole person feels indescribably comfortable.

"Well, I don't know what kind of dipping sauce you like. These are soy sauce water, which is lighter. You can try it." Chi Ming pushed the plate towards Xio.

"Wow, it's delicious!" Xio imitated the appearance of the fat cook opposite, stuffed a whole squid into his small mouth, and swallowed it into his stomach without even biting a few times.

"It's so delicious, even better than what I ate in Shenxianju." Xio picked up another squid and stuffed it into his mouth, showing a satisfied smile, but completely ignored the warning eyes of the fat cook beside him.

"Have you been to Jiangze Fucheng?" Chi Ming poured all the squid that Xiu handed to him just now into the bucket, and now there is a big bucket full of squid. He is obviously very satisfied with tonight's harvest.

"Well, I've been to the capital secretly, and it's not fun at all. I want to go to Tongjun's Mansion in a few days. I heard that there is a restaurant called Chi Yan, and the dishes there are delicious." Hugh said happily I thought, anyway, his parents said that he was an adult after Chinese New Year, and he could go ashore like other adult sharks.

Although the human world is dangerous, it is also full of opportunities.

"Tsk, that pool banquet is just a waste of fame. What my master said was just average. Why did you go around such a long way to give money? If you want me to say, my master's cooking skills are better."

The fat cook snorted in disapproval, his eyes full of contempt.

This merman has nothing to do with the rumors, he is a foodie.

It looks so simple and deceitful, there is no one who says to get on the boat like him, if he has no bad intentions, if it were someone else, he would have been stunned by a stick and sold on the black market.

"You're talking nonsense, my cousin went to eat it, and he told me that the pool banquet was delicious, even better than those restaurants in the capital! You also heard it from hearsay, so I don't believe what you said!"

Xio retorted angrily, the obsession to go to Chi Yan for a meal had sprouted and thrived in his heart, and he forbade others to slander Chi Yan like that!

"It's up to you whether you believe it or not." The fat cook shook his head, and when he looked back, he saw his master looking at him with a half-smile, and shrank his neck involuntarily.

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