Chapter 1545: Salmon picnic

Alaskans have lived here for so long, and they must have their own lifestyle and traditions. This fishing waterwheel is a unique way of fishing in Alaska.
This fishing waterwheel is entirely made of handmade wood. The local people make this waterwheel in winter. After the river melts, the fishing waterwheel is placed in the river. The only power of this waterwheel is the water flow. Like the irrigation waterwheel, the waterwheel will rotate with the flow of water. .
When salmon swim over this fishing waterwheel, they are taken out of the water. Then down the ramp and fall into the wooden box next to it. This is the easiest way to fish. Catching hundreds of salmon a day is the same as playing.
The Cascoquem River is an important breeding ground for salmon, and there are all kinds of salmon in it, and the fishing waterwheel is now full of harvest. The wooden trellis next to the waterwheel contains king salmon, dog salmon, coho salmon, and powder. Salmon, sockeye salmon. Xiao Peng thought for a while, took out ten dollars and pressed the stone on the wooden grid, took a dark red salmon and walked back.
Emilia looked at it and curiously asked: "What kind of salmon is this?"
Xiao Peng answered this question: "Coho salmon."
"You lie, this is obviously dark red! Why is it a coho?" Emilia protested.
Xiao Peng laughed: "This coho salmon is not silver when it is in the sea, that is, the color of its belly is silver and there are patterns on its body, so some people call it piebald salmon, but after entering the river in the breeding period, it will become This dark red. In fact, many salmon will change their color during the breeding period. For example, the king salmon is really silver when in the sea. When it is breeding, it becomes gray; when the dog salmon is in the sea, it is gray. During the breeding period, there will be silver patterns on the body; males will have two red and silver patterns; the pink salmon is blue in the sea, and it becomes dark gray during the breeding period, and the males will hunch on their backs, so they are also called hunchback horses. Salmon; sockeye salmon has turned red. When you buy salmon, you can tell by looking at the color of the fish's skin, whether the fish lived in the sea or when it was migrating."
Emilia asked puzzledly: "What's the difference?"
Xiao Peng said: "The gap is big! The salmon that are migrating don’t eat and can only consume fat in the body, so the meat quality is much worse than when it was in the sea. You see, the king salmon sold in our fish farm is definitely not. When selling migratory meat, it’s because the meat is not as good as the fish from the sea. It’s good for your own business. Oh, but migratory ones are also good. After all, don’t they have roe? This one I carried is a female coho salmon with roe in the belly ."
"How do you know this is a mother?" Emilia asked curiously.
Xiao Peng answered this question: "The upper jaw of the male coho salmon is like a hook. Not only the coho salmon, but the shape of the rest of the salmon has also changed during the breeding period. Generally speaking, the male upper jaw has an extra hook."
"Then why did you choose coho salmon? I saw king salmon there!" Emilia became a curious baby.
Compared with other salmon, this king salmon is the most recognized ------ it is big!
The largest king salmon can grow one and a half meters long and weigh more than one hundred catties. Even if it is small, it is more than twenty catties. The coho salmon, the second largest species of salmon, weighs less than ten catties.
It is not without reason that Chinook salmon is hailed as the "king salmon".
Xiao Peng smiled and said, "How can the king salmon here be delicious? You don't want to eat sockeye salmon, and coho salmon is second only to king salmon and sockeye salmon in fat, and is the most suitable salmon for barbecue. . Bring'Ulu'!"
Because he was flying to Alaska by civil aviation, Xiao Peng was too lazy to consign it, so he left his Phoenix knife in Los Angeles and bought a Ulu here.
This ‘Ulu’ is a traditional knife used by the Inuit. Although it is called a ‘knife’, its shape is more like the blade of an axe. The lower part is a curved blade, and the upper part is a handle. Holding it in the hand is more like holding a finger. Xiao Peng felt very awkward when he first used it, but when he got used to it, he found it was actually very easy to use. Especially when cutting meat, you can use force-but it is useless when cutting vegetables.
Think about it. Inuit people eat meat. When do they eat vegetables?
Emilia went and brought Ulu and the cutting board: "Do different salmon have different ways of eating?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "Of course! For example, the king salmon is the top grade for eating sashimi! But because of its high fat content, the slightly fried taste is even better! Our fishery exports the king salmon from the Star-Stripe Country, those high-end restaurants Almost all of them are bought and eaten slightly fried. Dog salmon has the lowest fat content, so it is the best smoked. The smoked salmon made by Mrs. Waldes is the dog salmon. If you use king salmon, She has to smoke for more than twenty-four hours to have the taste; pink salmon has a very light taste, and the salmon salad you usually eat is made with pink salmon; and sockeye salmon, although you don’t like the color, it’s actually The most popular salmon, because it has good taste and high fat, and the price is cheaper than king salmon, so you can use it whether it is sashimi, light frying, grilling, or smoking."
Emilia asked curiously: "How do you plan to grill this coho salmon? How do you like grilling? It feels like there is nothing you can't grill."
Xiao Peng happily said: "Of course, I will tell you that. In my eyes, there is nothing that cannot be roasted and eaten. If there is, it is because I have not met me! It is not because you are talking to you. Even if you bring me a box of ice cream, I can bake it for you!"
Emilia gave him a blank look: "I see you can do it. But let me talk ugly about the front. You can make my taste worse now. If it doesn't taste good, I will protest with you."
Xiao Peng was not in a hurry. He came out of the plane with picnic tools and fresh water. After cutting the salmon belly, he took out the roe and soaked it in light salt water.
Emilia looked at the pink fish roe in the light salt water. The crystals were so beautiful that they were so beautiful. She couldn't help but reach out and put one in her mouth: "Well, it's so fresh!"
Xiao Peng had a disgusting expression on his face: "This is so fresh? Just like that, you still said that your mouth made me stubborn?"
Emilia dissatisfied and said: "What's the matter? Isn't fish roe the best to eat like this?"
Xiao Peng said cheerfully, "Look at it. Compare with Huaxia people? I really don't accept it!"
He took an axe to chop some branches, found some geese and stones piled together by the river, he went to the river and found a piece of granite slab, washed it and piled it on the support stone, and put solid alcohol on it. After the branches are lighted, heat the slate. After the slate is overheated, pour a little salad oil on the slate, stuff the salmon belly with chopped onion and garlic and put it on the slab to start roasting.
"Emilia, you go to the plane and wait for me first." Xiao Peng said.
Emilia was taken aback after hearing this: "Where are you going?"
Xiao Peng pointed to the woods: "I'll find something and I'll be back soon."
Seeing Emilia getting back on the plane, Xiao Peng turned and went to the woods. After a long time, Xiao Peng ran back all the way, his coat turned into a small package in his hand.
Emilia asked curiously: "What is this?"
Xiao Peng carefully put his coat on the ground: "Look, this is a good thing!"
Emilia took a closer look: "What is this? There is still such a big quail egg? Can such an egg be eaten?"
The egg that Xiao Peng holds in his hand is similar to the pattern of a quail egg, but it is as big as an egg: "Don't worry, all bird eggs on the earth can be eaten."
"You took out the bird's nest, what about the mother bird?" Emilia protested.
Xiao Peng shook his finger: "If the biologists from the Star Striped Kingdom know that I have brought this bird egg back, they will also thank me! This is the bird egg of the cuckoo. Because its sound is very peculiar, we Hua Xia Na Bian likes to call it the cuckoo. This kind of bird was originally not available in North America. It came from the bear country. Don't underestimate this kind of bird. It can have a great impact on the native birds of Alaska."
"What effect will it have?" Emilia asked puzzled.
Xiao Peng answered this question: "This kind of bird's reproduction method is to lay eggs in the nests of other birds and let other birds help hatch. When the cuckoo hatches, all other eggs in the nest will be smashed. , Leave it alone, and then let the host bird mother feed it to grow up. For the Alaska ecosystem, this bird is also a biological invasion. Biologists in the Stars and Stripes have a headache for this bird. We are Help them solve the problem!"
After hearing this, Emilia looked disgusted: "There are such shameless birds! They don't build nests, hatch, or feed?"
Xiao Peng nodded: "That's right, so we ate it!"
After speaking, he took a stainless steel lunch box, beat the bird eggs into it, then added a little water, sprinkled a little salt and started stirring, and finally beaten it into egg liquid and put it on the fire to make a steamed egg.
Then he added water to the small pot, added cooking wine, salt and sugar to the water and boiled. Put the fish roe soaked in light salt water just now, blanch it and take it out.
Emilia asked puzzledly: "What are you doing? The fish roe blanched in boiling water is not delicious, right?"
Xiao Peng smiled slightly, and put the fish roe on the steamed egg made just now. He took a spoon and handed it to Emilia: "Eat with the eggs and fish roe, how about it!"
Emilia took a bite suspiciously and her eyes lit up, and the spoon couldn't stop.
"Little greedy cat, don't worry!" Xiao Peng used'Ulu' to cut a large piece of fish from the salmon on the stone slab and put it on the plate. Just sprinkle a little pepper and a little salt on it and pass it to Emilia: "A bite of grilled fish and a bite of eggs, I promise to subvert your imagination!"
Emilia took a bite of fish in doubt. After a long while, she sighed, "Well, I can't live without your cooking skills in my life."
Xiao Peng felt euphoric after hearing it, and just about to pretend to himself, there was a loud noise in the distance.
"Sheet! Where's the gunshot?"