Chapter 537: Are Bear's Paws Really Delicious?
At night, Bi Fang turned on the live broadcast.
Audiences who couldn't wait for a long time flocked to it.
You can't have both fish and bear's paws, everyone understands the truth, they have been exposed to it since childhood, and everyone wants to see what this bear's paw is like.
[Sit and wait for the boss to evaluate the bear's paw]
[It seems to taste it]
[The food eaten by the old party is getting more and more high-end]
Bi Fang shuttled through Taichi Town like a normal tourist, and followed the path to a small restaurant that was very prosperous.
Instead of looking for any fancy restaurants, he followed the advice of the bath owner to a small restaurant that had a very good reputation among the local population.
The restaurant is not small, and it is full of diners.
On the largest long table in the middle, a few diners who were still a little rich, called a large group of people, and the table was filled with pale cyan Deli bottles and pig's mouth cups, which are the most common combination of drinking sake, and it is also the most common drinking vessel in this book.
It is said that the shape of the Deli bottle comes from the ancient sake container used to worship the gods, and it has been popular since the Edo period to drink in a small Deli bottle with a capacity of about 1-2 pieces.
Everyone's face was slightly red and drunk.
The waitress with a single ponytail looked at everything with a smile, ready to serve every guest at any time, and when she saw Bi Fang open the cotton curtain and walk in, her eyes lit up instantly.
"Mr. Bi came on time."
Bi Fang smiled: "What should I do if the taste of the ingredients changes if I am not on time?" A lot of things, when it's cold, it doesn't taste good. β
The waitress smiled slightly: "When the thing was delivered, our generals were shocked, saying that they had never handled this thing."
Boiling bear's paws is time-consuming, so Bi Fang chose to deliver it to the store in the afternoon and paid a large processing fee for it.
I had the money to take, and even though the chef had never cooked a bear's paw before, I felt that the task was daunting, so I took on the task head-on.
Bi Fang also generously said that there is no need to be too embarrassed, just treat it as a thick piece of fat pork.
Those who are experienced in the cooking of bear paws on the earth are either in the white bear realm, or they have entered the bureau, or they are seventy or eighty, and their teeth have been lost.
The requirements really can't be too high, and no one dares to do it if it's too high.
The waitress led Bi Fang through the lobby to a small box separated by cotton curtains, and stepped back after confirming that the food was served now.
The audience was eagerly awaited.
A bear's paw can be made into many dishes, and everyone wants to know what it tastes like.
Bi Fang never imagined that he would be able to eat such high-grade ingredients one day.
[I want to try it too]
γTaste?γ Taste it and go to jail]
[Damn, he pretended it]
While waiting for the delicious food to be served, Bi Fang also took time to chat with the audience in the box.
"Before the hunt, I said that bears are similar to people, they walk with their heels fully on the ground, and they can support their weight to walk forward."
"It's very different from the way other animals walk, because horses, sheep, etc. all walk hoofed, and the metacarpal bones at the end of the limbs don't touch the ground and walk with 'fingernails,' whereas cats and dogs walk on their toes."
"At this point, humans are obviously much more advanced than other animals, and six million years ago, Australopithecus gradually came to live on the ground from trees, and at this time they slowly learned to walk upright."
"Later, in the process of evolution, we gradually formed the arch of the foot at the position of the foot, which allows people to not get too tired when they travel long distances."
"Bears have evolved into omnivores, they are both carnivorous and vegetarian, and because they often have to travel long distances to find food, they have retained five toes and a plantar walking style, which is very labor-saving when walking."
Bi Fang dipped his chopsticks in water and drew a simple bear's paw on the table.
"But bears have not evolved the same arches as humans, so each bear has flat feet, but this does not affect the running speed of bears, which can reach speeds of up to 40 kilometers per hour in the wild."
"Bears can also walk on two legs skillfully, for example, if they find honey in a hive on a high place, they will choose to walk on two legs to increase their height to obtain food."
"Because of the long trek to find all kinds of food, bears slowly grow thick bear's paw pads and accumulate a lot of fat and fascia, so many ancient people yearn for bear's paws."
After going around in a big circle, Bi Fang went back to the original point.
Historically, fat has been the best part of meat, such as fish maw, snowflake beef, and fatty lamb.
Where there is fat, it will not look too woody like other thin parts, and it tastes like chewing wax.
Lean meat chews like wood peel residue, and fatty meat is the taste of meat.
Not to mention the lack of oil and water in ancient times, in the eyes of heavy manual laborers and civilians, fat meat would appear extraordinarily fat.
Of course, in ancient times, people who could afford to eat bear paws would not have any shortage of oil and water, so bear paws themselves must have their own unique taste, so that they can be on the menu of the Manchu and Han full seats.
"Compared with the bear's hind paw, the bear's forepaw is a powerful weapon and a powerful tool, bears and tigers can use palm strikes, when fighting with other animals or hunting, bears will stand up and use palm blows, while fanning and grabbing, the bear's forelimbs are infinitely strong."
"Many bears rely on the strength of their forepaws when they fish and dig potatoes and sweet potatoes."
Bi Fang bit his chopsticks, and he was looking forward to it.
Bears are essentially quite successful creatures that have evolved, and brown bears can even compete with the big cat Siberian tiger in terms of combat power.
They have very broad shoulder blades, both the humerus, ulna, and radius are very large, can withstand blows and bites, and the muscle mass of the body is very large, reaching about 80%.
The shoulders, waist, and front and back limbs are basically covered by thick muscles.
It is only an extraordinary person like himself who can do one-on-one heads-up, and if he is replaced by an ordinary hunter, almost all of them are dead.
After saying this big circle, a thick smell of sauce suddenly came, Bi Fang raised his head slightly, and a large plate was the first to open the cotton curtain.
A multi-layered wooden plate filled with steaming chunks of meat.
The waiter placed them one by one in front of Bi Fang's table,
Teriyaki, stewed, charcoal-grilled, tempura, spicy, steamed, a total of six dishes.
I have to say that there are many similarities between this cuisine and Chinese cuisine.
[I don't agree with the sashimi (dog head)]
γHungryγ
γIt's dinner time!γ γ
Bi Fang disassembled the chopsticks and inserted them into the teriyaki first.
Bi Fang, who is proficient in wilderness survival and hunting, is a little rusty about how to cook.
Living in the wilderness, basically only boiled and roasted are better, and the seasoning is sprinkled with a handful of salt at most, and it is impossible to get a more layered brewing seasoning.
The chopsticks are easily inserted into the meat, and with a gentle flick, the meat is clearly shredded, and the meat is very soft and rotten, and it looks very crystalline, a bit like a variant of braised pork.
Bi Fang felt that teriyaki and teriyaki were similar, both salty and sweet.
Sandwiched on the chopsticks, the meat pieces shake like jelly, put in the mouth, melt in the mouth, but unexpectedly with a hint of strength, but then what comes is an extremely strong smell......
"Ahem." Bi Fangqiang resisted the desire to spit out, coughed twice, and swallowed after taking a sip of water.
On the barrage, there are still a lot of people asking what it tastes like.
Bi Fang wiped his mouth, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It tastes good, but it's not delicious......
The audience slowly typed a question mark.
Bi Fang organized the language: "The sauce is okay, but the meat itself is fishy, fatty, and very greasy. β
The fat is good, but it's a little too oily, like eating a piece of pure fat.
As soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
Many viewers didn't buy it.
[Old Fang, you're not lying, are you? γ
[What Mencius said about the incompatibility of fish and bear's paws is false? γ
The barrage was dense, and suddenly, a long barrage attracted everyone's attention.
Regardless of whether it is true or not, professionalism alone makes people feel awesome.
[It's really not delicious, the newly cut bear paws, you can't eat them immediately, you can't stew them until the second year is completely dry, and the newly cut bear paws can't see water, you have to wipe the blood with straw paper, and then prepare a large-mouth porcelain altar, first use lime to pad the bottom. γ
[Then spread a thick layer of fried rice, put down the bear's paw, and then stuff it tightly with fried rice around it, and then put lime on top to seal it, and let it sit for a year or two before you can take it out and wash it for cooking. γ
For a year or two, the audience was shocked.
Wouldn't this rot?
[After the bear's paw is cleaned up, it is necessary to smear a thick layer of honey first, boil it on a simmer for an hour, then wash the honey, put the ingredients away, and stew it with a simmer at the beginning, preferably with charcoal, simmer for three hours, and then boil the pot rotten. γ
[If you don't stew with honey first, there is no way to stew for three days and three nights, there is no way to put down the chopsticks, the smell is very strong, and even so, the taste is actually average. γ
Hiss.
The audience gasped, and the world warmed a few points again.
Even Bi Fang was shocked, who watched his live broadcast, and there were people who could make bear's paws?
[Dare to ask Your Excellency, where is sacred? γ
[Ah, me? I don't know how to cook, my grandfather told me, and he told me that bear paws are really not delicious, just a piece of fat meat with a strong smell. And it is difficult to handle, if it is not handled well, it is better to eat ordinary chicken, duck and fish. γ
"Who is your grandfather?"
Bi Fang was extremely curious.
[My grandfather Zhang Zhengxiong. γ
[But there should be very few people who know each other, as for what Mencius said, in fact, it is just Mencius using the bear's paw as a metaphor, not that the bear's paw and fish are delicious, but that the bear's paw is more rare, and it is difficult to kill a bear in ancient times, so the cherishment of the bear's paw is high. γ
So, bear's paw is really not tasty.
The ancients liked it, probably because...... High enough?
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