Doomsday Drifting Begins with Shipbuilding

Chapter 38 Sashimi

So far, Chen Xuan's menu has only grilled herring.

Although he had harvested some other fish and a mutated seagull before, he didn't have time to think about how to cook these new ingredients because he was busy on the road.

Moreover, the number of these fish is scarce, and Chen Xuan is not willing to eat it.

The mutated herring was the most, even though he had eaten more than a dozen of them, the remaining amount was still nearly twice that of the mutated bass and mutated crucian carp.

The numbers of the latter two are about 30 respectively.

There are even fewer salmon, there are only eight, you can count them at a glance.

But one salmon is worth two other fish.

These fish have been exposed to the sun for two days, and most of them have lost their moisture and become hard.

The only exception is salmon.

Salmon, also known as salmon, belongs to a type of marine fish with very beautiful orange-red and white striped fish.

Before the end of the world, salmon itself became a frequent guest on the dinner table because of its rich oil content.

After the mutation, according to Chen Xuan's previous preliminary observations, except for the sharper teeth and richer oil in the salmon itself, he did not find any other special changes.

Who would have thought that after being exposed to the sun for two days, I wouldn't be dehydrated at all.

I have to mention that the mutated salmon has surprisingly good water storage.

Although it has been in the sun for two days, the orange-red flesh still remains elastic when touched in the hand.

What's more, the fish didn't show any signs of rot.

Chen Xuan was very surprised by this situation.

how did you do that?
If this kind of fish can exist and be discovered before the end of the world, shouldn't it be focused on research?
Not to mention anything else, just about moisturizing and antisepsis, those who engage in the beauty industry will go crazy first.

Is it because salmon is rich in oil?After all, oils are an important part of moisturizing.

However, this reason was quickly rejected by him. Just kidding, the pork content is much richer, so it should be bad or bad.

The fat content is rich, and the taste should be more influential, which only shows that it is delicious.

There should be some deeper reasons in it.

But it's not that easy to study, and it's not a good time to study now that the sun is setting.

We will consider this matter later.

But in any case, the preservation of the salmon is good news for him.

He just happens to be able to make a delicious salmon sashimi right now.

Best of all, this dish doesn't require any seasoning.

It's perfect for him who is currently short of supplies.

Sometimes, high-end ingredients don’t even require cooking.

Chen Xuan roughly knows the method of cooking sashimi. He has seen many related videos on the Internet before, and now he can follow the gourd and start working directly.

For the sake of convenience, Chen Xuan started processing directly on the raft, so that he could directly wash the fish body with sea water later.

In the first step, he needs to use a knife to process the fish.

However, the knives he found in the restaurant before were all smelted into metal by him.

Originally, Chen Xuan considered keeping one, but later he found that those knives were not particularly easy to use.

In terms of sharpness, the wooden knife he made is much better.

So handling fish can be done with a wooden knife.

Chen Xuan picked out a salmon from the fishing net and started to process it.

First cut the salmon in half and remove the head.

The salmon has already been cut several times when cleaning the internal organs, and now it can be easily done along this cut.

The wooden knife easily slid across the body of the fish without any resistance.

And the fangs in the fish's mouth seemed to have the same lethality as the iron beaks of the seagulls he had seen before.

Then Chen Xuan separated the fish skin from the orange flesh.

I saw him using a knife as an aid, and then tore off the fish skin with his hands.

The fish skin has strong toughness, even if it is torn vigorously by him, it still does not break and remains intact.

This is almost the same as cowhide.

Such a good thing seems to be used for something in the future.

After the fish meat is separated, the next step is to pull out the fish bones one by one.

This step is a bit troublesome. According to my memory, those up masters in the video used tweezers.

Where would he find tweezers now?
Although it is possible to improvise one out of metal, it would be too much trouble.

Metal is not as easy to deal with as wood, and he still hasn't figured out what's so special about the metal in this panel.

He had no choice but to use simple and crude methods to violently pull out the thorn with his bare hands.

With his current strength, it is still easy to pull out a fishbone.

It's just that it will inevitably destroy the integrity of the fish itself, and it won't look good when cut out later.

Forget it, it's not for show anyway.

Be rough when it should be rough.

He quickly pulled out the big and small fishbone, and the fish meat became a mess.

Looking at the bits and pieces of fish in front of him, Chen Xuan looked a little embarrassed.

Uh, let’s make it ugly, as long as it’s edible.

Fishbone is not as sharp and strong as teeth, and it doesn't seem to be much different from fishbone before the end of the world.

But he put it away anyway.

In the last days, nothing is superfluous.

Next, he needs to remove some bloody, dark flesh, otherwise the fish will be very fishy.

However, Chen Xuan searched for a long time but found no such meat.

This was another point that surprised him.

This is simply fantastic meat quality. If it is auctioned before the end of the world, a salmon will cost at least hundreds of thousands.

And later he will enjoy a meal worth hundreds of thousands.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and there was a hint of expectation in his eyes.

The next step is to carefully clean the fish.

After rinsing the fish with seawater once, Chen Xuan used fresh water for the second rinsing for the first time.

Over the past few days, he has saved some fresh water, and now it is not a waste to use it to clean up the salmon.

Although he said this, Chen Xuan couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain when he saw that half a coconut's worth of water was poured out in one go.

After cleaning the fish, he comes to the last step, filleting the fish.

This step is the most demanding of knife skills.

It needs to be cut evenly and moderately, so that the taste of salmon can be fully expressed.

Different from the previous opening and closing, Chen Xuan did this step very slowly and carefully. He treated this step as if it were done by hand.

At the same time, he also wanted to use this method to train himself to control the wooden knife.

This is cooking, but it is also a kind of spiritual practice.

However, due to the violent removal of fish bones before, a lot of fish meat was broken, so the final product could only barely have a discernible shape.

Chen Xuan placed the fish meat in the porcelain bowl he found earlier.

Be refined when it should be refined.

Maintain a sense of ritual even in the apocalypse.

Get it done.

Before eating, he took some seaweed oil from the system space and sprinkled it evenly.

All of a sudden, a delicious and ornamental fish appeared in front of my eyes.

The orange-red salmon meat is paired with golden seaweed oil, which is really wonderful in appearance.

Chen Xuan used two small wooden sticks as chopsticks to pick up a piece of fish.

The golden seaweed oil drops drop by drop along the fish meat, and at the same time, the tangy aroma makes the index finger move.

This chopstick is probably worth nearly a thousand yuan.

Taking a bite, Chen Xuan felt that the fish meat melted directly in his mouth, and then a strong aroma spread from between his teeth and cheeks.

The taste was so delicious that he swallowed hard and wanted to swallow his tongue.

Salivating unceasingly, Chen Xuan slowly ate all the sashimi in the bowl one by one.

Every time he eats a piece, he closes his eyes and savors it carefully.

At the same time, warm currents surged through his stomach, which was the energy of the mutated creature spreading through his body.

Until the whole salmon was eaten, Chen Xuan was still unsatisfied.

Although his stomach felt full, the lingering fragrance in his mouth made him want to eat more.

He could enjoy such a feast seven more times.

He looked up at the sky, and before he knew it, a bright moon rose quietly, and night had already fallen.

(End of this chapter)