They Gather Here

She made a cup of green tea, served it with sesame dessert, and handed it to Luo Zhen.

A cup of light green tea can relax the body, and the sesame dessert can delight the soul. Although it is a small detail, it reflects the owner's heart.

Luo Zhen took a sip and nodded in enjoyment.

"Does your family grow tea?" he asked.

"No." Chitanda shook her head, "It was given to my father by a friend in Ikeda Town."

Ikeda Town should be in the west of Mino, which is the "country" where Oda Nobunaga first received and paid.

Luo Zhen can only feel that he is worthy of being a famous family, and he has a lot of friends.

His eyes moved to the wall, and he found that there were pictures of beautiful rural scenery, very realistic, and it could be seen that they were not pictures found on the Internet.

Of course, Chitanda wasn't such a boring person either.

Luo Zhen stretched his waist, and got straight to the point: "Chitanda, what about the dishes you agreed upon?"

"Ah, that's right!" Chitanda clapped his hands.

The girl stood up, and took out an aluminum box from the refrigerator. When the aluminum box came into contact with the air, a layer of hoarfrost immediately condensed on it.

However, she did not open it directly, but made other preparations first——

Prepare the dressing.

Luo Zhen immediately judged that the aluminum box contained seafood or river fresh food. This kind of food is very easy to oxidize, such as prawns. When they see the air, the gills of the prawns will turn black.

Chitanda's actions also confirmed this conjecture.

The girl rummaged through the box and took out salt, soy sauce, ginger, and rock salt.

The so-called "rock salt" can prolong life is pure nonsense. Most of them are used to dip fish tails and fins to prevent scorching during charcoal grilling.

Chitanda lit the charcoal basin and brought it to the low table, instantly feeling like a local cuisine around the stove.

Then, she opened the aluminum box, took the sweetfish out of it, put it on a bamboo skewer, smeared several seasonings on it, and tested it on the metal rack.

It's really grilled!

Luo Zhen couldn't help but secretly speechless.

"Chitanda, why is this fish so ugly?" he asked.

"It should be caused by the 'friend fishing method'." Chitanda's answer was not sure.

Ayu has the habit of guarding its territory. Whenever foreign ayu invades, the landhead fish will immediately start to expel them. In response to this habit, fishermen use live ayu as bait and put them in the water to lure the landhead fish to come out to fight. Pick.

Still fighting before taking the bait, coupled with being deceived by humans, it is no wonder that the sweetfish has a fierce face.

O cunning man!

Luo Zhen couldn't help being amused, but when he saw that the other party was cooking seriously, he couldn't laugh, so he sat there and waited quietly.

As a result, the wait was 40 minutes.

Chitanda is still the same temper, single-threaded, not saying a word.

Luo Zhen had no choice but to swipe his phone.

at last……

"You can eat it!" Chitanda said.

"Okay." Luo Zhen nodded.

"These two sweetfish come from the Nagara River, one male and one female. The female's eggs are best eaten with Polygonum leaf (Ruzhu) vinegar. I'll pour you a dish."

With that said, the girl stood up and poured two plates of vinegar, one for each senior.

Luo Zhen said in a low voice, "I'm starting~", then immediately picked it up with chopsticks, and took a sip.

The meat is firm, the back is especially plump, the liver and gallbladder are large, and the taste of sweet and bitter alternates in the mouth.

It is also because of the large size that the aroma of the fish is a little less, and the bones are very hard, so it is a pity that it cannot be swallowed whole.

However, this is exactly the characteristic of high-end Japanese materials——

Highlight the original flavor of the ingredients.

Fortunately, the special products of Gifu Prefecture that Chitanda found were fresh enough to do this perfectly.

"Senior Luo, is it delicious?" Chitanda asked.

"Not bad." Luo Zhen nodded.

"I'm just worried that what I cook can be regarded as 'innovative cuisine'."

"..."

"Sure enough?"

"Frankly, I don't think it counts."

"However, I want my classmates in Tokyo to know about my hometown. What should I do?"

This girl really has her own obsessions.

Luo Zhen cast his eyes on the grilled fish on the plate and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he asked, "Chitanda, do you have small fish here? Sweetfish."

"Yes." Chitanda nodded, "Soak it in salt water for four hours first, and then dry it outdoors for four hours."

"That's it, let's make sweetfish porridge."

"Can porridge also be mixed with many ingredients?"

"Seafood porridge!"

"But, for dried fish..."

"You can rest assured."

Luo Zhen stood up and walked into the kitchen.

Chitanda immediately followed to fight, and took out small dried fish in bulk.

Luo Zhen took a sip and found that it was not very salty, but extremely sweet, probably because the concentration of salt water used for soaking was not high.

This is just right, and it is most suitable for making sweetfish porridge.

He instructed Chitanda to rinse the dried fish, drain the water, and take out the internal organs one by one. He took out the shredded pork and marinated it with salt, honey, and mirin.

Next came the vegetables.

He asked, "Chitanda, apart from seasonings like green onions, what green leafy vegetables do you have?"

"Nagua." Chitanda replied.

Green is quite green, but there are no leaves!

Forget it, barely use it.

Luo Zhen took the vegetable melon, washed it, peeled and removed the flesh, and cut it into small pieces.

At this time, the shredded pork has been marinated for 10 minutes, which is enough.

He poured oil into the pan and heated it up, poured in the shredded pork and stir-fried until it changed color, took it out for later use, then poured out the waste oil, added a little more oil, sautéed the ginger, silk, and scallions until fragrant, then poured in dried fish and mushrooms Stir-fry until slightly charred, serve out.

Next, it's time to cook porridge.

This point can be left to Chitanda.

The girl washes the rice, puts it into the pressure cooker, and then adds an appropriate amount of water, puts the fried dried fish and shredded pork into the pot, and puts the chopped vegetables and melons in the pot. Cover the pressure cooker with a lid, and heat it up to SAIC, then turn it on. Continue to cook on low heat for about 10 minutes, then turn off the heat.

The final job of seasoning was handed over to Luo Zhen.

He waited for the pressure cooker to exhaust naturally before opening the lid, adding salt and pepper, and sprinkled with chopped chives.

Dried fish porridge, you're done!

Luo Zhen poured it into the casserole, and in an instant, a fresh fragrance wafted in the room.

This fragrance is very light, but it lasts for a long time, which is the charm of hot food.

The two sat down at the low table again.

"Chitanda, try it." Luo Zhen said, "It must be a taste you have never tasted before."

"I trust you." Chitanda nodded.

She picked up the spoon, said curiously, "I'm starting~", and then scooped a spoonful of porridge into her mouth.

Delicious!

Rich in texture and rich in flavour.

Whether it is dried fish made from sweetfish or vegetable melon, there is a local flavor, and it is a local cuisine that only belongs to Gifu.

The only pity is...

"It would be fine if I didn't use a pressure cooker." Chitanda whispered.

"Indeed, it will be more delicious in a ceramic casserole." Luo Zhen echoed, "Or, the dried sweetfish can be grilled directly on charcoal, put into a casserole to make porridge, and extract all the essence. It will definitely be extremely sweet."

"Just thinking about it makes my mouth water~"

"Me too."

The two couldn't help but sighed.

Chitanda drank the porridge silently, letting the warm current fall into her stomach, and then rush to her limbs.

In an instant, the girl felt like crying.

"Senior Luo, I've looked up the song "Thinking of Wujiang Song"." After finishing speaking, she recited the full text, "'The autumn wind blows and the leaves fly, and the water in Wujiang is fat. Three thousand miles away, I haven't returned home yet. I can't help but look up to the sky and feel sad.'”

It even rhymes in Japanese?

Great!

"Then do you know what it means?" Luo Zhen asked.

"I don't know."

"The autumn wind blows the leaves and leaves fly, and the perch in Wujiang is fresh and fat. I am three thousand miles away from home, and I can't go back. I can't suppress the sorrow and hatred of missing my hometown. I can only lament to the sky."