Sea urchin The sweetness of the sea
Tatagan Island, Malaysia
White-spined three-column sea urchin
sea urchin
Thorn-crowned sea urchin
White-spined three-column sea urchin
From lakes to oceans, people's pursuit of sweetness does not stop because they are far from land. The canoe has been adrift at sea for most of the day, and still has nothing to gain. 17-year-old Carter Haran re-entered the sea. Kat Haran is the best young man in the village, but he can't be careless every time he dives. Ocean currents bring a large number of jellyfish, which locals call "sea wasps". Jellyfish ( 's tentacles ) can spray venom , paralyzing its prey to death. The father and son returned in vain.
Tatagan Island, the Bajau settlement in Malaysia. The Bajau are the last maritime people in the world and will never set foot on land for almost the rest of their lives. Most of their dietary needs come from the ocean. Fresh sea catch is rich in glycogen, which is the main reason for the sweetness of marine ingredients. The higher the glycogen content, the sweeter the taste.
For lunch today, my sister prepared sea urchin rice balls. The whole family is going to take it further afield... The meals of the people on the sea are simple to cook. Sea urchin is used as a container to cook rice, and seafood is combined with carbohydrates for a delicious and quick energy boost. The deeper you dive, the faster oxygen is consumed. They finally found something: white-spined three-column sea urchins, tenants in the coral reef area. Small sea freshness does not fill people quickly. However, its sweetness is unexpected. It's the sweetest ingredient the Carter Haran family can get in the nearby sea, and it's worth the effort.
Carter Haran and his father prepare to dive in search of sea urchins
Find sea urchins
Eat sea urchin rice balls
Clean up sea urchins
Shrimp sea urchin roast
Sea urchin sweet shrimp
It is not only sugar molecules that can provide human beings with a sweet feeling, but amino acids can also make people experience the beauty of sweetness. Sea urchin yellow is rich in free amino acids and rich and sweet. The fine texture and fat of the particles give humans a sense of fascination that they want to resist and welcome. The sweetness of the sea dissolves the dullness of life at sea. In addition to the pleasure brought to the tongue, sweetness is more moving, and there is a subtle feeling that makes people feel from the heart.
The sweetness of roasted pig
Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong roast stalls
In Hong Kong, under the forest of buildings, every street stall has a private collection of delicacies.
Xin Ge is the master of the roast pig workshop. Today, he has two big things to accomplish. He first had to participate in clan worship. But on all major occasions, roast pig will appear as a starter. The appetite of hundreds of people, the new brother must satisfy one by one. The burnt aroma rich in fat brings joy to everyone, but the new brother must hurry up and leave. He has a daughter with good grades, and today is the day of the college entrance examination.
The news came as a surprise to the whole family, but life goes on.
This is the last hearth-roasted pig workshop in Hong Kong. Every morning, the new brother is always the first to arrive. To roast the pig, the skin is made with maltose. Maltose is more stable than sucrose and helps prevent pig skin from being burned by fire. 20 years ago, Xinge started this profession.
The traditional roasted pig, all relying on the high temperature of the furnace wall, the whole pig is baked and cooked, and the heat wave between the operation is scorching. The furnace temperature is kept around 300°C. Maltose slows down the spillage of fat and water, the carbohydrates that come with meat polymerize with amino acids and proteins, and thousands of aromatic substances are released like a storm.
Sugar imparts food its attractive color and flavor in an incredibly magical way. Fat and lean gold matching, full retention of gravy, pork skin turns a charming caramel color, the mouth is fragrant and crispy. The new brother still leaves early and returns late, and the daughter also maintains the usual work and rest habits, and this humid and hot summer is still long.
Sacrificial roast pig
The site of the festival
Rose dew char siu lard for rice
Grilled meat with sauce
Bitter melon rib soup
In addition to being busy, workers like to make soup to relieve the heat. Bitter melon, also known as cold melon by southerners, as the name suggests, is an ingredient that people use to clear heat. The residual temperature of the furnace is still there, and it is a ready-made heating tool. Most of the world's bitter substances come from plants.
In contrast to sweetness, bitterness is an early warning sign, but Chinese finds clues to sweetness.
Natural bitter compounds slowly precipitate in the mouth, but at this time there is a hint of sweetness, as if from the root of the tongue, the mouth and tongue are full of water, and the aftertaste is long, Chinese call it "back sweet", which is another realm of sweet experience.
The originally prohibitive taste, with ingenuity, patience, plus a pair of hands and some time, can make people skillfully reach the opposite shore of it. Perhaps only after experiencing the troughs and all kinds of unsatisfactory can we know better that those everyday and ordinary things that are within reach are so precious.