Sandworms, commonly known as sea earthworms, sea centipedes. The scientific name of the checkered star worm, also known as the naked star worm, is commonly known as the "sand worm". Its shape is like a sea mud earthworm, it is long-barreled, the body length is about 12 cm, and the body is naked and hairless, the longitudinal muscles of the body wall are bundled, and each ring of the muscles are staggered to form a square lattice pattern, although the checkered star worm does not have the preciousness of shark fin and sea cucumber, but the taste is delicious and crisp, which is not reached by shark fin and sea cucumber. After the sandworms are dried and foamed, they can be made into a variety of exquisite dishes, and it is indispensable to hold wedding banquets or feasts in Xiamen, in addition, it is also a delicacy on the tip of the tongue on the usual family table! Such as radish sandworm soup, sandworm chicken soup, etc., the following list of dishes to feed the reader!
Such as: sandworm porridge: wash the sandworm first, cut the small tail of the sandworm at the end of the dry end, rub the inside, maybe there is residual sand, and clean it. Dry put some oil to burst, smell the aroma, normal cooking porridge can be, with some lean meat under the porridge is better.
Another example: sandworm pork belly soup: basic ingredients Sandworm 2 two, dried shiitake mushrooms, lean meat 4 two, pork belly 1, bamboo shoots a little.
There is also a simple clear soup, radish sandworm soup, this is simple and easy to learn, but also delicious, Xiamen with a banquet on an indispensable clear soup. Radish with white, planed into silk, sandworms with dry, a little peanut oil when the pot, the heat is well controlled, the oil and water can be rolled after the radish shreds, and then the pot can be out, then the aroma is everywhere, the taste is no less than "Buddha jumping off the wall".
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In fact, sandworms are also tonics, fresh sandworms are used in incandescent and medicine for soup, the soup tastes sweet and nourishing, is the best clean food treatment for the weak. In addition to this soup, sandworm delicacies are also delicious on the tip of the tongue.
But "infinite scenery in the dangerous peak", it is not easy to dig up a wild sandworm!
Sandworms belong to the link animals, inhabit the sediment of the beach, the substrate is good to the sediment, the sand content is more than 70%, and the requirements are loose and coarse, such beach wetlands are most suitable for the growth and reproduction of sandworms. Because it is very sensitive to the quality of the growing environment, once polluted, it cannot survive, so it is called "environmental marker organism".
Sandworms are also the "universal bait" in sea fishing.
Sandworms are link animals, and the time to dig wild sandworms should be selected in the period just after low tide. Just after the low tide, there are a handful of grass-like things on the beach that are the holes of sandworms. This beach in front of the hometown is a good place for sandworms to grow, but the hometown people rarely recognize the sandworm eyes (sand wormholes), when digging, if you are not careful, the sandworms' hearing and smell are very sensitive, and when they hear movement, they drill to more than a meter deep, so that you have no way to start. There is a sandworm expert in his hometown, and the village calls him a sandworm digger, and his name is Wang Yongsuo. Master Wang usually introduced that digging sandworms is not a simple job, and it is necessary to learn to have the following five points: first, to learn to identify sandworm eyes; second, to be clear and fast; third, the footsteps should be light; fourth, the hoe should be fierce, accurate, and fast; fifth, do not dig vertically, and should be at an angle of 45-50 degrees with the beach surface. Otherwise, as soon as there is movement, the sandworm will drill very deeply, and you will lose all your previous efforts!
Wang Yongsuo's teacher has experience in hand, digging sandworms for decades, starting to learn from the elderly from a young age, winning without arrogance, defeat without discouragement, and diligently practicing the skill of digging sandworms. From the beginning of learning, a tide can only dig a few to a few pairs, and finally after the light car is familiar with the road, each tide can dig up a few pounds of sandworms, and even as many as eight or nine pounds when efficient.
He went down to the sea to dig for sandworms, always guarding the rocks along the coast in advance, waiting for the tide to recede. As soon as the tide receded, he took a small sand hoe with a sharp mouth (a special sandworm hoe) carrying a small fish basket on his back and went down to the beach to look for sandworm eyes.
At this time when the tide was just low, the sandworm eye was the easiest to find, he could not walk three or five steps, and then the hidden sandworm eye could not escape his golden eye fire eye, saying that it was late and fast, the lightning hoe landed on the ground, a sandworm was displayed in broad daylight, the action was so skillful, so clean and sharp, it was really a kung fu that paid off.
Some young people see that the teacher Fu has gained a lot, and they also want to go to the sea with him to learn a few times, but if they want to think about it, they can't learn without perseverance, as the saying goes: "As long as the kung fu is deep, the iron pestle is sharpened into a needle." Therefore, many people in their hometown want to eat sandworms, so they have to use coolies to go to the sea
Hard digging, digging on the beach from beginning to end, a tide half a day to dig less than a pound and a half two, so the hometown people usually rarely go to the beach to dig sand bugs.
Someone said: "If you choose to be comfortable and lazy, then be prepared to accept the mediocrity of the future; if you are unwilling, start facing the challenge from now on." There is no state in life that can make us live more righteously than unremitting efforts. Only if you can withstand the wind and rain of the journey, you can see the rainbow sky. ”
The reason why Wang Yongsuo can become a master of sand worms is the result of this unremitting effort, which shows that every successful person is immersed in hard sweat, and even has countless lessons of failure, and finally succeeds.
Review: Luo Rongjun
Brief comment: Publicizing the delicacies of the hometown, inheriting folk crafts, and digging up sandworms is a small thing, but it also shows the wisdom of the sea catchers.
Final Judgment: Yan Jingxin
Author: Wang Yongshi, pen name Mo Fan.
Edit: Bu Yi
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