Essay "Yantai Eat" series "Garlic Vinegar Jellyfish"
Text: Zhou Zheng
As soon as the autumn wind blows, the Jellyfish of Zhifu Bay blows up jellyfish as large as a lid, leisurely like small hills, shining in the daylight.
When I was a child, I was looking forward to the northeast wind in autumn, so we ran to the beach and hooked the sting with an iron hook, and a few people pulled hard, pulled the jellyfish to the shore to divide the jellyfish, you piece, I one piece, happy to run home, looking forward to going home Ha jellyfish.
At that time, there were many jellyfish, catching the tide in autumn, which was full of Zhifu Bay, and catching jellyfish had become a pleasure for Yantai people. Dad said: The jellyfish has ears and no eyes, and relies on a shrimp to direct its movements. Curious at the time, in order to find out about this, when we slaughtered jellyfish, we were careful and meticulous, like a doctor's autopsy, but always ended in disappointment. Later, I understood that the jellyfish was actually a big pocket of water, and it was half melted away before it was home.
The jellyfish that were cut home were all immersed in the basin, and the pieces of jellyfish as thick as cool powder shone with blue light in the transparent.
In autumn, every late night, the streets and alleys sound the sound of knives chopping cutting jellyfish, and the wet, tidal roar of the vendors: jellyfish ——! Garlic vinegar jellyfish ——! Fresh grin——!
At that time, Yantai specialized in vendors selling jellyfish. Most of these vendors carry their burdens through the streets and alleys to sell. The burden is also very simple, one end is oil and salt sauce vinegar, coriander, sesame seeds and other spices, but sesame oil and chili powder are necessary; the other end of the burden is a large wooden barrel containing jellyfish soaked in water. If someone wants to sell, they put down their burdens, set up the cutting board, take out a piece of jellyfish, the knife goes fast, and after a while, a large bowl of fine as silk jellyfish is cut, mixed with spices, and asks: Is it spicy? The guest nodded, drizzled with chili oil, dripped a few drops of sesame oil, and the guest sat on the matza and sucked a few sips and made a bowl through the bottom. Some carry two sesame seeds to burn two bowls of jellyfish is a full belly.
Mixing jellyfish is the easiest to do, first handle the jellyfish well, remove the head claws, put it in water and add some salt to purify the blood, when eating, take out a piece, cut into thin slices, and then cut into fine silk, blanch with water several times, apply into a bowl, add coriander, sesame seeds, chili powder, order some salt, plus garlic paste, garlic paste to give enough, garlic paste to improve the taste fast, white vinegar is inseparable, Ha jelly wants is the garlic vinegar flavor. At that time, sesame oil was expensive, and with sesame seeds, there was very little sesame oil.
Yantai people ha jellyfish, neither as a meal nor as a dish. It is generally a meal to cool off after dinner. The small dining table is placed under the gourd rack in the courtyard, and the large pot of jellyfish is in it, the transparent trembling jellyfish silk, the red pepper silk, the turquoise coriander segment, the lure people's saliva, the old neighbors of the old street are coming, and the courtyard is full of sucking sounds. This scene is like a Chinese painting of the sunset in the evening. Jellyfish in the mouth, beautiful, delicious heart, refreshing, no greasy, chewing crunchy, not fragrant.
Nowadays, in the autumn, jellyfish are rarely seen on the sea, and some people say that they are all caught to process jellyfish skins. The burden-grabbing vendor is gone. There are very few jellyfish mixed with their own at home.
However, in the autumn, the north wind blows, in those seafood hotels can be ha to jellyfish, but the price is amazing, not to find the feeling of childhood, that is the authentic ha jellyfish!
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