American Ranch

Chapter 23 Fishing and BBQ
Just as Qin Yi fixed the boat, he turned his head to get the fishing rod, and found that Lai Pi was holding an apple and eating it vigorously!Qin Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, this little guy was quite at ease, just now he slept in the cabin, and now he woke up and started eating!

Regardless of it, Qin Yi put the earthworm through the hook, stood on the bow of the boat and began to throw the hook!
Another few minutes passed, but Qin Yi still had nothing to gain. Looking at the sparkling water around him, he suddenly became a little absent-minded.He flicked the hook intermittently in his hand, looking at the clear stream, from time to time a group of a few or a dozen trout with black spots passed through the aquatic plants, swaying leisurely.

As for the Asian carp that is flooded in the Mississippi River and the Sun River is also abundant, I only saw a few on the side of the creek, not many.Qin Yi has read the information. The wild trout resources on the ranch are very good. In order to protect the living environment of wild trout, the ranch used to hire people to clean up the Asian carp in the creeks and lakes, and then in the creeks and Sun River. At the intersection, set up a very high block to prevent fish from jumping over.

Although this cannot completely eradicate Asian carp, it can basically ensure that wild trout will not be affected.Of course, it costs a lot of money to hire someone to clean it up, but the trout here is well protected and the scenery is beautiful, which attracts many tourists who like trout fishing. Therefore, the entertainment of ranch trout is also A source of income for the ranch.As long as the creeks and lakes in the ranch don't flood, Qin Yi doesn't care about the others!However, we still have to keep doing it to clean up carp.

Thinking wildly for a while, he came back to his senses, looking at these fat herring and grass carp, Qin Yi was moved again, Nima didn't eat fish once a month or two when he was making silk in China, there are so many here, foreigners I don't know how to enjoy it!

Suddenly, as the boat swayed slightly, Ye Fang shouted eagerly in a low voice: "Xiao Yizi, hurry up, bring the net bag! I caught one!"

Qin Yi quickly put down the fishing rod in his hand, and quickly picked up the small net bag in the cabin and moved towards it!But the fish was a little far away, Qin Yi lay on the side of the boat and stretched out his hand, even the net bag couldn't reach it.

"I'm going to row the boat, get closer and fish with the net!" Qin Yi put down the net and went to untie the rope, and quickly rowed towards the fish!

Laipi stopped eating apples, and looked at the struggling trout in the water, his small eyes were wide open, probably he had never seen such a scene.

At this time, Ye Fang experienced the initial excitement, and he had already reacted, and began to slip the fish and take up the line with the movement of the boat.

"Haha, it's not too small. Try grilling it at night. This kind of wild trout is rarely eaten in China!" Ye Fang was very happy to see the trout that basically didn't run away. He is not rare for farmed trout. There are farms, but wild ones, and he hasn't eaten them a few times!
Qin Yi also pouted, he had never even eaten the farmed trout. Domestically farmed trout cost dozens of yuan a catty, so he was reluctant to eat it at that time!

Both foodies are looking forward to the barbecue tonight!

It was a few meters away, and it was reached without much effort. The boat stopped, Qin Yi lay on the boat, and stretched out the net to catch it. Ye Fang cooperated to pull the trout into the net without much effort. on board.

"It's really not small, it's almost 40 centimeters, and it weighs 3 catties!" Qin Yi handed the net bag to Ye Fang and asked him to have a look.

"This should be a rainbow trout. Look at the belly of the fish, a red band."

The trout struggled fiercely in the water, and when they got out of the water, they stopped struggling. Ye Fang poured the fish out, holding it in his hands and looking over it.

Lai Pi was also watching curiously, pointing at the rainbow trout, bouncing and squeaking at Qin Yi, probably the first time he saw a fish, novelty!
"Haha, let Su Xi cook it tonight!" Qin Yi doesn't know how to cook it, but it can be cooked through roasting, so I'm afraid that the good ingredients will be wasted!

"Then I'll catch a few more, and try to braise one in brown sauce at night. You have to learn, and I'll follow suit after you learn!" Ye Fang laughed. He just caught a rainbow trout, and he was full of energy. It's working again!

"That's fine, you can go fishing for trout. I'm not good at taking the bait. I'll catch a few herring and grass carp. I don't like it, let's eat it myself!"

After the division of labor, the two are busy with their own work.

If you don’t fish for trout anymore, then the fishing method is simple, you can put bait casually, you don’t need to make a nest, and there are many fish.Qin Yi put the fishing rod on the side of the boat, handed Lai Pi half of an apple to him, and gnawed lightly on a big apple himself.Time passed quickly, Qin Yi caught more than a dozen fish in less than an hour, most of them were half-meter-large fish, each time he had to slip for a while to catch them, and there were also a few small fish, Qin Yi kept them all. , Small is only relative, each piece is 1 cm long, just braised in soy sauce when I go back, pickled the big ones, cut into pieces and fried in oil!
After fishing so much, Qin Yi didn't take the bait any more. He rowed the boat slowly, running back and forth in places with fast-flowing water or lots of rocks. Ye Fang took the bait there, so he took the net bag to cooperate.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, together with rainbow trout and brown trout, Ye Fang caught 7 of them, all of which were more than 30 centimeters in length. Some of the smaller ones were not kept, and they were put back into the water to let them continue to grow.Qin Yi saw that the time was almost up, and he wanted to go back to prepare the barbecue at night, so he took Ye and put it back. When he arrived at the pier, he put on a pickup truck and drove home. It was already 6 o'clock, and Qin Yi didn't have time to pack the fish, so he took Ye and put it away. The warehouse moved barbecue grills, tables and chairs, and then went to the wine cellar to bring beer and red wine.

In the wine cellar, looking at the wine-making equipment, Qin Yi thought of a large pile of fruits in the space, which he couldn't finish eating, and used them to make wine?The fruit wine brewed from this high-quality fruit should be delicious, right?Alas, I just wanted to eat delicious fruits, but now, I can eat more of them as a meal!

After doing this, Qin Yi called Ryan and asked him and Susie to come over to help first. The salad and trout depended on Susie's craftsmanship, and the other cowboys would come directly after they came back from grazing.

After hanging up the phone, I asked Ye Fang to divide the beef frozen in the refrigerator into pieces, let it dry at room temperature for a while, and then grilled it directly, and went to clean up the herring and grass carp by myself.In Qin Yi's hometown, these fish are not called that way, they are all called common names, such as hunzi, mullet slices, silver carp and so on. When I was a child, the water in Caihe River was still very clear, and these fish could be touched. Unlike now, there are so many rivers. Duan basically can not see the fish!
There is a small automatic fish killing machine in the kitchen, which cleans 1 or 3 carp in one minute. Although it is still necessary to wash the cleaned carp twice by yourself, it saves a lot of work by not having to remove the scales and internal organs by yourself!After cleaning up the carp, Ryan and Susie also arrived. Recently, the vegetable seedlings have grown, and Susie stopped grazing and concentrated on taking care of the vegetable garden. Ryan was originally in the office of the worker's house, not far away, and soon can come.

They are very familiar with each other, and Qin Yi is not polite, so let the two of them directly help!
"Susie, is it okay to descale trout with a machine?" Qin Yi didn't know if using a machine would affect the quality of the trout meat, so he didn't move, waiting for Susie to clean it up.

"No problem. Usually the food at home is cleaned by machines. Top chefs may be more particular about it, but it doesn't matter generally."

Susie took over the cleaning of the fish, and Qin Yi asked Ryan to help divide the meat. Ye Fang, a guy who had never cooked before, cut the meat with his own personality. They are different in width, narrow and thick, and they are sweating profusely from exhaustion. They also see Qin Yi and Ryan sweating profusely!

But I think he hasn't done it after all, so it would be nice to help.

"Third, take a rest first and let Ryan do it."

Ye Dalai was careless and didn't feel embarrassed, "I'm so exhausted, I see how relaxed you are all doing!"

Ryan was also happy, and explained with a smile: "This is frozen, you have to cut it down, fast and steady."

As he said, lay the meat flat, press it with his left hand, and take a knife with his right hand to quickly cut across, and a piece of beef will be separated.Qin Yi also nodded his head, cut it so that it can be heated evenly when roasted, the whole piece can be roasted together, and it tastes good.

After looking at it for a while, Qin Yi was not idle, cut the big carp into pieces, salted them, and saved the fish pieces for frying tomorrow, and marinated the small ones whole. Whether it is braised in soy sauce or dried on a shelf, we will talk about it tomorrow. Bar.

"Yi, how do you plan to eat the trout?" Su Xi packed up, wondering what Qin Yi's plan was.

"It takes more than 20 hours to freeze at low temperature to make raw fish. It's too late today. Let's bake it tonight. Susie, who is better at it, you or Ryan?"

"The grilled fish requires Susie, Yi, you don't know, Susie's grilled fish is very good! It's a pity that I don't cook it often, and I haven't eaten it for a while. Today is a blessing!" Ryan laughed on the side , Susie smiled and said nothing.

"Then let Susie grill the fish, I want to try it too! Keep one trout, and I will cook braised trout in brown sauce tonight, and let the rest be grilled fish." Susie smiled and nodded, letting Qin Yi Help take the fish fillets down.

This Qin Yi will, after a while, Su Xi takes the meat and puts the sauce on it, and marinates it to taste first.I wanted to throw away the bone at first, but Qin Yi didn't let it go. I'll make a soup then, and drink the soup after eating the barbecue. It should be beautiful!
The time soon reached 7 o'clock, several people moved all the ingredients to the grill, Susie also took out all the desserts she had just made, and then lit the fire to start grilling, and the cowboys would be coming in a while.

Qin Yi also stood by and learned how to grill fish.

It's similar to barbecue. After marinating, brush the sauce and oil first, and then brush it every few minutes during the roasting process. It seems quite easy, and Qin Yi plans to try it himself later.

This time I got two barbecue grills, Susie grilled fish, and Ryan grilled meat. Qin Yi stood on the side and helped Ryan turn the skewers, which can be regarded as training his skills. In the end, Ryan asked Qin Yi to grill, and he was on the side Pointing, it seems that he wants to pass on his skills to him!
The cowboys arrived soon, Burke and Rachel came first, and then they all came one after another. Qin Yi hurried back to the kitchen to stew the fish bones, and then ran out to work on the barbecue. The cowboys didn't need to entertain Yes, they are all ranch people, let them drink beer and chat by themselves.

"Hey, guys, the beer barbecue is enough, of course, don't drink too much for the vigilante, there will be opportunities in the future! I will let everyone try my craft!"

The cowboys responded loudly, chatted and drank, and the whole lawn suddenly became lively!

Seeing that Qin Yi was helping, Burke didn't intervene. He poured a glass of beer and happily chatted casually with Ye Fang who was standing at the side. From time to time, he introduced a cowboy to Ye Fang. They drank beer and the atmosphere was good.

Rachel brought a dessert and made a salad while eating.

After working for about 10 minutes, the barbecue was ready, and the grilled fish took a few minutes. Qin Yi asked Ryan to taste the meat he grilled, and called the cowboys to eat if there was no problem.

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