Elven settlers

Chapter 171 Fish Broth

The tea soup has an oily golden color and looks very delicious.

As the water vapor evaporates, a fragrant smell mixed with rosin and sweetness is emitted, which is very attractive.

"Go ahead, drink it when it's not hot."

Rock raised his legs to drive away a few woolly sheep attracted by the aroma of the tea soup, and then put the soup pot aside for Abo to watch.

Then he picked up another pot that had only boiled river water, and walked to the side of King Catfish whose internal organs had been cleaned, and prepared to remove the layer of mucus on the surface of King Catfish's body.

Compared with the huge body of the catfish king, Rock's cooking pot seemed a little small. He could only cut a part of the catfish king's body into pieces and cook it several times.

Because he didn't have much experience yet, for the first time, Rock cut the head of the fish that didn't look very tasty.

The pieces of meat chopped into football sizes were thrown into the pot by Rock. At this time, the water in the pot was no longer boiling, and the temperature was only about [-] or [-] degrees, which was just right.

After soaking in hot water, the mucus on the surface of the meat quickly turned into a white foam-like substance.

Rock felt that the soaking was almost done, so he fished out the meat, then found a basin, and washed off the white foam with clean water.

At this point, even if the meat of Catfish King has been processed, it is relatively convenient in general.

It is too restricted by the kitchen utensils, only a part can be processed at a time, and the water has to be boiled and soaked continuously.

The processed catfish king meat is pinkish white, very tender to the touch, and has no strong fishy smell.

The three elves who were watching Rock's work had already grown their mouths early.

"Ow~"

Rock looked at the three big mouths lined up in front of him. Under the firelight, Abo blamed their eyes for their extremely earnest gazes, and it was hard not to pay attention.

So in order not to distract himself, he had no choice but to cut up three fist-sized pieces of meat and threw them into the mouths of Heluga, Arbor and Geranium before sending them away.

After cleaning up the ingredients, Rock put a pan on the fire, poured some soybean oil on it, and then chopped some shallots and ginger.

His seasonings and other ingredients are almost gone, and the vegetables grown in the vegetable garden haven't grown yet, so he has to go to Sunshine Town to replenish them.

When the oil was almost hot, Rock put the sliced ​​green onion and ginger into the pot and choked the pot, then put the processed fish pieces in and briefly stir-fried.

"Zi"

When the fish came into contact with the hot oil, a puff of white smoke came out.White smoke with a seductive aroma got into Rock's nose.

Now he couldn't help it anymore, he cut off a piece with a knife and blew it into his mouth.

"Oh...it smells so good!"

Although no seasoning was added, just frying it with oil, the tender taste and delicious taste of the catfish king meat still captured Rock's taste buds in an instant.

"In the future, I can often catch a few to eat. With my fishing skills, it should be easy, haha."

Another recipe was unlocked, and Rock was in a very good mood.Researching different food combinations every day and looking for various ingredients that have never been tried before is also a rare joy in the life of reclamation.

The catfish king's meat is tender and delicious, with fewer fish bones and is easy to handle. It is very suitable for Rock's current situation where he is a beginner in cooking but has to cook a lot of food for each meal.

However, the only difficulty is that Pokémon like Catfish King, which lives on the bottom of the river, is not very easy to catch without water-type elves.

But for this, Rock is full of confidence.

After tasting two pieces of fried fish, he continued cooking.

As long as each piece of fish is fried until the color turns slightly yellow, it will be picked up by Rock and put into the cooking pot beside it.After frying a full pot of fish, pour the filtered clean river water into the pot, and then sprinkle some fine salt and pepper to taste.

Originally, the water quality of the Jingkong River was very clear, and it could be used directly for cooking.However, due to the flooding in the river this time, the river water was involved in the sediment and became a lot turbid, so Rock had to filter it before using it.

His filtration method is not complicated, it is simple filtration and precipitation.

Rock first rolled a piece of birch bark into a large conical funnel, and fastened it with paper clips where the birch bark joined.

Then put a layer of crushed charcoal in the funnel, then put a layer of fine stones, and put charcoal on top of the fine stones, so that after a total of six layers are stacked, the water can be filtered through the funnel into another empty bucket.

Finally, let the filtered water stand still for a while, and wait for the remaining impurities to settle to the bottom of the water, and then the upper layer of water can be used.

This filtering method was only temporarily used by Rock, so it was relatively rough, but he felt that this was enough given the quality of the ecological environment in his territory.

Rock put the cooking pot containing the fish broth to the edge of the fire, so that the temperature was lower and the stew could be slightly slower.

Just at this time, the tea soup that was just boiled was almost cold, and Luo Ke took a pot of soup for each velvet sheep, and they immediately drank it deliciously.

In the end, there was a little soup base left, and Rock shared it with the three elves.

I didn't expect that the tea soup that I made just to supplement the energy of the velvet sheep tastes good. The bitterness of the pine needles, the sweetness of the honey and the birch bark are just neutralized, and there is a wonderful bitter-sweet taste.

What's even more amazing is that after Roque drank the tea soup into his stomach, he felt a little less tired.

Although he didn't know if it was a physical illusion, Rock finally decided to write down the recipe of this honey birch pine needle tea, so that he could drink it again when he was free.

"Don't worry, it will be your turn to eat later."

Rock appeased the Delubis who were staring at him anxiously, and then skewered meat skewers. These fish skewers were used for barbecue.

Roque and the elves didn't eat anything all day today. After fighting all night last night and running around in the rainstorm in the afternoon, apart from being physically exhausted, they were already hungry.

Therefore, Rock did not save, and directly cooked the whole huge catfish king, which he felt was just enough for himself and the elves.

When the fish kebabs are browned on the outside, the fish broth is done.

At this time, the Delubis didn't care about taking a break anymore, and they lined up in front of Rock with their respective rice bowls in their mouths.

Rock distributed broth and barbecue to each deruby, and then he and Arbor blamed them for their food, and finally began to enjoy them.

It may be because the stewing time is not long enough. The color of the fish broth is not that bright milky white, but only a layer of yellowish white, which looks a little dirty.

But it smelled very good. Roque, who was already hungry with his chest pressed against his back, couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and took a sip of the fish soup.

(End of this chapter)