Food feast

Chapter 24 Hairy Crab

After a night's rest, the three people who had been in the car several times regained their vitality. At this time, they were thinking about where to go to find delicious food today.

Father He and Mother He also followed suit, and the threesome turned into a fivesome.

However, the benefits of having a large number of people showed up at this time, especially the addition of two local gourmets who love food, so the next itinerary was arranged by He's father and mother.

A few people are not going to a big hotel or a big restaurant.Because it is so famous, people who come to Suzhou know their existence, so it is not easy to compile them into magazines.

So this trip focuses on street food.

In the early morning, it is not advisable to eat too greasy, so I found a shop that is famous for making wontons, and went to taste the three delicacies wontons made with meat bone soup, shredded eggs and seaweed as seasonings.

In addition to the special wontons, the pan-fried steamed buns in the store also have a unique flavor, golden in color, hot and delicious.

When the store brought up the wontons and pan-fries, Xu Xiyang and his nephew were once again happy to follow Xiao back to their hometown. Fortunately, they persisted, otherwise they would have missed such a delicious meal.

The almost transparent skin is as thin as crepe, with a little pink meat filling in the middle. It is served in the most common white porcelain soup bowl. The clear soup is sprinkled with some green onion and garlic leaves, and tender yellow shredded egg skin. Or add a little seaweed and dried shrimps.Although the soup is light, it has a different flavor in it.

Scoop up a wonton with a spoon, and the wonton is full of the spoon, which shows that it has enough ingredients.

One bite, the skin is tender and smooth, and it melts in the mouth.The fillings of the three delicacies are overflowing in the mouth, the shiitake mushrooms are springy, the pork is delicious, the bamboo shoots are crisp and refreshing, and the sweet soup cooked with the fillings is the best feeling.

Another sip of the bone broth that has been boiled for a long time is so fresh that the eyebrows are about to fall off.The taste of Jiangnan is all in this bowl of small wontons.

Let’s eat another pan fried, although it is not the most famous Dumb pan fried in Suzhou, but it is also delicious.

The raw pan-fried fresh out of the pan is steaming hot, and when you bite it lightly, it is full of soup, which is sweet but not greasy; the meat filling is very fresh and has a bite; the skin is crispy and has the aroma of sesame seeds.

Fried rice is served with a bowl of small wontons with three delicacies. The grassroots happiness is reflected in this grassroots delicacy.

In the early morning when the cooking smoke was curling up, everyone greeted the beginning of a new day with this steaming bowl of small wontons paired with golden and crispy fried rice.

While Zhixiao and the others were enjoying a delicious breakfast, He Yanshuo and Boss He finally boarded the flight to Suzhou. Boss He wanted to give his family Taohua a surprise, a surprise he had prepared for a long time.

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Eating hairy crabs is a seasonal enjoyment. Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, once praised: "Crab claws are golden liquid, and bad hills are Penglai. You must drink fine wine and ride the moon to get drunk on the high platform." It’s Suzhou, how could Xu Xiyang’s uncle and nephew miss the hairy crabs in Yangcheng Lake? Although a magazine is going to be compiled, this can’t stop the two of them from tasting delicious food.

As the saying goes: "When the autumn wind blows, the crab's feet are itchy. In September, the navel is round and in October." In September, female crabs are eaten, and the female crabs are full of thick meat; in October, male crabs are eaten, and the navel of male crabs is pointed. Shape, paste foot meat firm.

The best way to eat Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs is to steam them. You don’t even need to add ginger and scallions to remove the fishy smell and enhance the aroma, because only in this way can you taste the original deliciousness of the hairy crabs.

So Dad He took a few people to the vegetable market to pick the hairy crabs that had just been salvaged from the lake, and prepared to go home and cook a whole crab feast for everyone to taste.

"The selection of hairy crabs is also very particular, and the selection of Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs has five things to look at.

Looking at the crab shells, the shell shells are bright, shiny, and dark green, and generally have a thick and firm body; most of them are yellow, and most of them are thin; it is better to choose golden hair and golden claws.

Second, look at the navel. If the navel protrudes, it is usually full of fat; if it is recessed, it is mostly insufficient fat.

The third is to feel that the crabs are heavy enough when you hold them with your hands, so you can choose fat and creamy hairy crabs with plump crab meat.

Fourth, look at the crab legs, the claws are strong, and the legs on the crab legs are full of hairs. Generally, they are fat and healthy; the hairless ones are mostly soft and fat-free.

Five to see male and female, as the saying goes: In the eighth month of the lunar calendar, female crabs are selected, and after September, male crabs are selected.It is already September at this time, so I was elected as the male crab. "

Although Zhi Xiao served as the host of the magazine, Father He wanted to help his son, so he was giving science popularization to several people all the way here.

Xu Xiyang's uncle and nephew were ready to move, and they chose a few gates according to Father He's explanation.

"Uncle He, how about this one?" Xu Xiyang happily held up the hairy crab that was selected after a long time of selection and was waving a pair of large pincers ferociously.

Without waiting for Father He's consent, Xu Xiyang was clamped by the hairy crab in his hand, and he screamed in pain.

...Father He was speechless. He just wanted to remind Xu Xiyang not to take the hairy crab like that, and to hold the crab from behind the crab shell so as not to be pinched, but the crab seemed to know that it would be eaten today before he reminded He quickly pinched Xu Xiyang to avenge him being eaten.

"Quick, put the crab back in the water so it will loosen."

After hearing this, Xu Xiyang hurriedly put his hand into the plate containing the hairy crabs, but he moved too much, the one that clamped him loosened, but was caught by another one, and the pain made him move more and more. Come, so I was pinched by several other hairy crabs at the same time.

Several people watched the dramatic scene in front of them, and felt speechless. This is too good at tricking, and there are so many troubles even if you choose a crab.

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When Father He took the prepared hairy crabs out of the pot, Zhi Xiao Ji stretched out Lu Shan's hand. The steaming steaming hairy crabs were so hot that Zhi Xiao couldn't hold them, but he didn't let go. Wouldn't it be a pity to miss it.

Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs are "the king of crabs". Their color, aroma and taste are beyond words.

Zhi Xiao glanced at the Yangcheng Lake hairy crab that had been bitten open in his hand. The orange-red crab roe, white jade-like grease, and white and tender crab meat created a beautiful view of the West Lake with heavy makeup and light makeup.

Just looking at it before eating it, you can know its deliciousness. Its color, aroma and taste are the best, and there is nothing better than it. The crabs in other lake areas are incomparable. No wonder Mrs. Zhang Taiyan, Ms. Tang Guoli The poem said: "It's not that Yangcheng Lake crabs are good, so why live in Suzhou in this life."

Ah, I can't do it, I'm so greedy, I have to eat this annoying little fairy quickly.

Eating hairy crabs is also very particular. The authentic tools for eating Yangcheng Lake hairy crabs should have "eight crabs", which are scissors, tongs, crochet needles, and small spoons.Moreover, Suzhou people eat hairy crabs, which is the most able to demonstrate to Guangzhou people. After eating crabs, they can put back another crab.

But modern people have often simplified it. A pair of scissors and a long pick are enough, but the movement should be light when using it, so as to have a delicate and elegant taste.

Zhi Xiao’s eating of hairy crabs is even more simplified to the point of eating them directly. He believes that only this way of eating hairy crabs can experience the joy of eating crabs.

The author has something to say: golden autumn and August are the best time to eat crabs. Huadiao with hairy crabs is so delicious that the tongue wants to swallow it.