Cheng Qian touched it with his hand.
He gestured with his finger to the blue-black fish skin, and said in surprise, "This whale skin is so thick."
It's really thick, almost two fingers thick, and the whale oil underneath is also thick, a thick layer.
"Teacher, can this whale really be eaten raw?"
"Well, it's good to eat raw."
"Then get some to eat."
Cheng Qian said excitedly.
The queen also had some doubts, "Can I eat it raw I ate a little bit before, it was fried and eaten, and it was not bad, but I haven't eaten it raw." ” Li Chao asked people to bring aprons and knives.
The chamberlain brought two knives for cutting meat, looked at the knives like willow leaves, and then looked at the thick piece of whale meat, Li Chao shook his head.
"Go get a butcher's knife to chop bones."
When he went to get the knife, Li Chao went into the kitchen, found the seasoning, and began to prepare the dipping sauce.
In fact, you don't need to make any seasoning, you can get some soy sauce, and of course, if you make sesame paste.
Waiting for the knife to come, Li Chao cut it directly.
The meat and oil were separated, and the whale skin was not taken, but still attached to the oil.
Cut the whale oil directly into small strips, just like ham strips.
Then I took some more meat and cut it into thin slices.
Li Chao cut about two or three catties of each, then stopped and put down the knife.
"Okay, let's try it."
Cheng Qian looked at the whale oil and meat on the board and asked, "That's it."
"Well, the most traditional way to eat, in the far north, there is a continent of ice and snow, where the winter is very long, basically more than half of the year is covered by ice and snow, and even in some northernmost places, they have polar days and polar nights.
Six months of the year are daytime and six months are night.
In the polar day, the sun never sets, and in the polar night, the night never passes.
The winters in that place are very cold, so they like to hunt whales, and the whales they catch are eaten raw.
After eating whale oil raw, they are not afraid of the cold. ” Li Chengqian looked incredulous, "Teacher, it's impossible, how can this sun not set for half a year, how can it be six months in one night?"
"It's not that they don't go down, it's just that when the sun is about to go down, it rises again.
During the polar night, it is indeed dark every day, and there will be auroras, and the sky will be colorful. ” Cheng Qian was skeptical, "Teacher, have you ever been to the polar region?"
"I haven't been, but my teacher, Venerable Sanzang, went with his uncle when he was young.
There are two such places in this world, one in the extreme north and the other in the extreme south, both of which are ice and snow worlds, and there will be polar day and polar night. ” "It turns out that there really is such a place, half a year of day, half a year of night, so magical.
It's okay every day, but every day and night, how can you live?"
"They try to store as much food as possible during the polar day.
The weather is cold there, and the fish and birds you catch can be stored for a long time. ” Cheng Qian picked up a piece of whale oil with skin and put it in front of his eyes and looked at it.
"You can eat it," Li Chao said with a smile.
Cheng Qian hesitated a little, so Li Chao picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, and then motioned him to do the same.
Cheng Qian put the piece of whale oil with the skin in his mouth and chewed it slowly, and he found that the taste was better than he expected.
"The whale skin is chewy and tastes a bit of beef jerky.
Well, whale oil doesn't have any special taste, it just feels like a piece of lard with a fishy smell. ” When Empress Changsun heard Cheng Qian say this, she also picked up a piece and put it in her mouth, and found that it was indeed as Cheng Qian said.
The taste is not very good, she doesn't like it very much, compared to the cooking dishes she learned from Li Chao, the taste is far worse.
She picked up another piece of whale meat and put it in her mouth.
After chewing a few times, she felt that the whale meat was not as delicious as the whale skin, and it still tasted like beef, but you were raw beef, and the whale meat was stronger than the fishy smell of whale oil.
After tasting two pieces, the queen shook her head, "I found that the fried whale meat I ate yesterday is more delicious."
The one that tastes like cooked beef, and this one just looks like raw beef. ” Cheng Qian also nodded, the whale meat was not as delicious as he imagined, but it was not bad.
"It's really similar to beef, a whale is hundreds of thousands of catties, which is equivalent to thousands of cows.
Teacher, I think whaling is a really good idea, if we can catch more whales, we don't have to worry about running out of food. ” Li Chao also chewed a piece of fish skin, and said with a smile, "That's not as simple as you think."
Such a blue whale, in the sea, it is an unscrupulous overlord, we want to catch such a big whale, and even the boat will be torn off by him.
It requires a specialized whaling crossbow and requires a lot of experience and skill.
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Under normal circumstances, we will not catch such giant whales, we will catch whales that are hundreds of pounds and thousands of pounds, and such whales are better to catch. ” Whaling, of course, is a good idea.
Especially in the sea today, it is not as large as in later generations, and the number of whales in the sea is quite large.
It's also easier to catch, but the current equipment and technology are also a little lacking.
Grazing cattle and sheep on the grassland also requires a lot of time to shepherd, and whales in the sea do not need to be herded.
Don't worry about catching them all, people don't have the ability to do this nowadays.
Whales are still very nutritious, whale skin can be used as scabbards, etc., and can also be eaten directly, whale oil is a good thing for the people of the Tang Dynasty who are short of oil.
Fat is not only fat, but also plays a role in preventing constipation.
In addition to eating whale meat raw, there are many other ways to eat it.
In general, whale meat is actually coarse, not as delicate as fish meat, and does have some resemblance to beef.
Therefore, whale meat can also be smoked, sun-dried, marinated, and of course, whale steak can also be fried directly, just like frying steak.
Deep-fried whale meat is also OK, but it will be a little harder to chew.
If you really want to make tricks, you can also make tricks, what fried whale steak, fried whale steak, steamed whale meat, smoked whale meat, raw whale fillet, roasted whale meat, grilled whale, whale soup, pickled whale skin, whale tongue slices, etc.
If you want to be ordinary, then it's the same as beef, fried and eaten, cold salad, marinated, whatever you want.
If you are rich, then you can use whale meat to wrap whale meat buns, whale meat dumplings, it's okay.
The key is still difficult to get, after all, stranded like this unlucky big blue whale is hard to find.
Ordinary whales can't help but eat thousands of catties and hundreds of catties.
"Teacher, then let's build your three-masted sailboat and install the eight-bull ballista, then it will be much easier to catch whales?"
"If you have a three-masted galleon, and a crossbow gun, whaling should be a lot easier."
Cheng Qian smiled, "Then let's quickly build a shipyard and use the three-masted sailboat to hunt whales as soon as possible." t1706231537: