Chapter 36 Shrimp cure

Judging by common sense, there is no doubt that fish and shrimp scales contain a small amount of phosphorus, but it is unlikely that the amount is so large that it will affect human health or cause cancer.Because in the mainland, from the northeast to the southwest, the coastal areas produce dried shrimps. I have eaten dried shrimps for decades without feeling any infection.However, in the past ten years or so, dried shrimps on the market have been bright red in terms of color. Half of the dried shrimp skin is not clean, either with shrimp feet or with shrimp tails. One can tell that the color is not the original color, and it must be disguised and added with pigment.No matter whether he adds harmful or harmless pigments, he always avoids them. If he wants to eat, he can only buy some pale yellow dried shrimps produced in Korea on the street.

Among a group of good friends, Mr. Liang Junmo has the most exquisite taste of seafood. He said: "When eating seafood, the north is better than the south. The water in the north is cold and turbulent, and the scales of fish and shrimp grow slowly, and the fibers are thin and full. South fish and shrimp are just the opposite. Taking prawns as an example, the prawns produced in Tianjin, Tanggu, and Qinhuangdao are fresh and tender, and the prawns produced along the coast of Shandong are fresh, but the meat is not as good as those produced in Tanggu. Delicate. During the peak production period, the laborers on the Tanggu Wharf even eat prawns boiled in salt water. As for the prawns in Donggang, Taiwan, although the sales are quite good, they are too old to eat, and the umami taste is even worse. It is regarded as a rare seafood, but those who can eat it are dismissive. Recalling that when I took the Beiyang liner from Zizhulin, Tianjin to Shanghai, the ship passed Yantai, and anchored in the sea. The railing of the ship goes up. In addition to Yantai grapes and apples, they also sell jellyfish, bighead fish, and dried prawns. In the 14th year of the Republic of China, one silver dollar could buy 100 pairs of dried prawns and bring them to Shanghai. As a gift, many people don’t know how to eat it. Once I invited someone to dinner, the pork belly was cooked with dried prawns, and the bowl was cleaned up. Even the leftover broth was poured into the bowl by Kuaishou for bibimbap. This meal is now When I think about it, I still think it tastes mellow." Liang Molao's eloquent remarks and evaluation of the dried shrimp can be said to be extremely appropriate.

Unlike Taiwan, there are Yuhuo seafood shops that specialize in fish and shrimp, razor clam oysters, and abalone fins in Beiping. These dried seafood are sold by dried fruit shops.Beiping Yuguozi Shop is entirely run by compatriots from Jin Province, so it is also called "Shanxi House". The most famous ones are Qianmen Street Tong Sanyi, Xidan Archway Quanjude, and Xisi Archway Longjinghe, all of which are more than a century old.Tong Sanyi's annual export of dried fruit, candied fruit and seafood has reached four to five million US dollars.There are as many as thirty or forty kinds of dried shrimps in his family, and it's not that the experts can't name so many tricks.Among them is a kind of Xiaojingou, the shrimp body is small, the color is red and transparent, it is used to make eggs and noodles with Xiaojingou fried sauce, and it is smoother and more fragrant than diced meat fried sauce.Back then, Hong Wenqing and Sai Jinhua were from Suzhou, and they didn't appreciate noodles, but they made this half-meat and half-vegetarian fried sauce from time to time to accompany their meals.Hong's son, Zhaodong, has repeatedly described it in his "Essays on the Court", and it is sure to be true.

Pot stickers are temporarily poured with water and oil on a pan and baked. Whether the stuffing is beef, scallions, mutton, cabbage, or pork and leeks, they all feel a bit greasy. The thickness is appropriate, but there are not many people who mix the flower and vegetable stuffing so that it is clear and creamy. Either it is heavily mixed with yellow fungus, or there is too much tofu vermicelli.Beiping is the birthplace of pot stickers, but I haven’t tasted Huasu pot stickers in Beiping; instead, I ate Huasu pot stickers once in a Baoding restaurant in Hankou. The stuffing is fragrant, fresh and plump, which makes people want to eat it again after eating it once.The master Bai’anzi in Hankou said: “Eggs should be beaten loosely and fried thoroughly. The dried shrimps can be soaked in hot oil, and avoid soaking them in hot water. Once the dried shrimps are hot, the umami taste will be gone.” His pot stickers are very delicious, that's why.An old friend Fang Yingchu called the Huasu potstickers in the Baoding restaurant "extreme potstickers", which is not a flattering word.

Before the Anti-Japanese War, I went to Qingdao to recuperate due to stomach problems. Every morning, I went to the beach to bask in the sun and breathe fresh air. At about ten o’clock, there would always be an old man in his sixties holding a shiny, bright The wine gourd that has turned purple, went for a walk under the trestle bridge.After a while, a worker brought a sack, poured out the half-dried dried shrimps in the sack, and put a small mazar (a small foldable stool) beside the dried shrimps for the old man to sit down.Some shrimps were dried in the shade for a long time, so he quickly picked them up and put them in his mouth, took a sip of wine, sat for about half an hour, burned the knife four or three times, and after eating twenty or thirty shrimps, he got up and staggered away.It was like this every day, and I watched it for more than half a month. One day, I went up to him to strike up a conversation, but I didn't know that this guy was very optimistic and talkative.He said that he suffered from hiccups in the first half of the year, and his throat was blocked by food and water, and he couldn't swallow. He has a secret recipe: while the dew is still thick and the dawn is early, spread the dried dried shrimps on the sea sand, chew the dried shrimps when they shrink and jump, and serve them with white dry wine. As long as you eat more than a dozen pills a day, it will take effect naturally after half a month.He has been eating for more than 20 days, and his diet has been smooth, and he can stop after eating for a full month.Unexpectedly, dried dried shrimps and soju can cure diseases, which is really unheard of.

Farmers in the Zhi, Shandong, and Henan areas of North China have a very poor diet. The staple food of each meal is whole grains. If they can eat a meal of Ermizi rice (boiled with white rice and miscellaneous grains) or stick a pot on the ground, that is a reward.If you eat dumplings stuffed with cabbage and pork, it will be a feast for the Chinese New Year.One year I went to Jining, Shandong Province on business, and I was a guest at a soy sauce garden, which took up half of the city. I happened to catch up with their employees for a treat.I walked closer and saw that a bowl of egg custard was floating with a few dried shrimps, and then there was a large bowl of boiled cabbage with dried shrimps.In the past, when Hou Baolin talked about cross talk with Guo Rongsheng, he teased the farmers in the north with boiled cabbage with dried shrimps. Unexpectedly, it was not an exaggeration, but a fact.Recently, dried shrimps have been unsalable due to the problem of fluorescent agents. When I went to the vegetable market, all kinds of dried shrimps, large and small, flooded the streets, and no one cared about them.