People are in Taoyuan, there are really no beasts in the mountains behind my home

Chapter 96 How to Make Matsutake Delicious?
A few white-brown "little umbrellas" grow quietly in the soft soil.

As the layer of pine needles covering it was peeled away by Huang Jia, the fresh and tender matsutake appeared in front of everyone.

"Is this matsutake?? I heard it's quite expensive."

"It is indeed matsutake, but I have never eaten it. It seems that this thing costs more than 100 yuan a catty."

"Hiss! So expensive?"

"Of course, this thing cannot be cultivated artificially. It is pure wild. It tastes very tender and delicious."

"Beside this pine tree, there are three. There should be a lot of matsutake in the place the anchor is looking for."

"How to eat matsutake, is it the best?? I have never eaten this thing in the coastal area!!"

"I heard that the stewed chicken soup is very fragrant!! The taste is similar to that of abalone."

The audience in the live broadcast room had a heated discussion.

"Pluck these matsutake flowers first, and I'll go find some vines and weave a small basket."

"Well, I understand, but Lin Bei, you have to watch for me, what if I pick poisonous mushrooms?" Huang Jia, who was squatting, muttered.

"Can't tell the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible mushrooms? Didn't Mr. Ma teach you?" Lin Bei asked as he tore a few tough vines from the surrounding bushes.

"No, we don't have many mushrooms. We usually only eat shiitake mushrooms and fungus." Huang Jia lowered her voice and said embarrassedly.

"Matsutake, the scientific name is Matsutake mushroom, alias matsutake, synbacterium, and Taiwan fungus, belonging to Basidiomycotina and Trichomonadaceae."

"They are exogenous mycorrhizal fungi of trees such as pine oaks. They have a unique strong fragrance and are rare and valuable natural medicinal fungi in the world."

"Matsutake grows best in dry woodlands with little nutrients. It usually grows in autumn, and it usually parasitizes the roots of red pine, dead pine, and hemlock."

"Matsutake has very strict requirements on the growth environment. It can only grow in virgin forests without any pollution and human intervention. The spores must form a symbiotic relationship with the roots of pine trees, and the symbiotic tree species must be over 50 years old to form fungi. silk and fungus ponds, and at the same time need to rely on cypress, oak and other broad-leaved forests to provide nutritional support in order to form healthy fruiting bodies."

"Matsutake is actually quite easy to identify. Their size and shape are different from other mushrooms, and their color is generally chestnut."

"By the way, Huang Jia, we won't pick the matsutake that are too small. Let's just pick some big ones." Lin Bei explained while weaving the basket.

"Well, I see, the ones I picked are all bigger ones! Look, I found another one!!" Huang Jia said excitedly, looking at the matsutake in front of him that was as thick as a baby's arm.

"I'll go, this matsutake is big enough!! I don't know how the anchor will eat tonight!"

"How else can I eat in this mountain? It's a waste to cook soup!!"

"There are quite a lot of matsutake in this forest, but the matsutake here is different from the matsutake in Bashu, and the matsutake in western Tibet."

"You also found it? This color is similar, but the quality is still a little worse than that over there."

"Well, the overall matsutake is not that big!"

"It seems that matsutake is only produced in autumn, the anchor is here, it will be available in this season?"

"I know that matsutake prefers a dry environment, which is indeed different from here."

After Lin Bei made a simple basket, he handed it to Huang Jia.

I looked at the bullet screen myself and found that many audience members were a little puzzled, so I opened my mouth to explain.

"Our matsutake in the west of the lake is actually different from the matsutake in Bashu and western Tibet."

"Our side has abundant rainfall, and the environment and climate are different, so the matsutake that grows is also slightly different."

"However, they all taste the same, there is no difference, and they are safe to eat, so don't worry." Lin Bei picked up a matsutake and explained.

Huang Jia was picking matsutake in the pine forest, and Lin Bei was nearby, picking up some dry firewood. Half an hour later, the few returned to the previously agreed place and began to meet.

Zhou Jiang was carrying a large bundle of firewood, looking at the matsutake in Huang Jia's hand, he couldn't help being curious.

As he walked, he asked curiously.
"Huang Jia, Lin Bei, what kind of mushroom is this? Why is it the same as Pleurotus eryngii?"

"Haha, Zhou Jiang, how many years have you been in Lake West?" Huang Jia covered his mouth and smiled.

"It's been three years, what's the matter?" Zhou Jiang glanced at Huang Jia, feeling a little baffled, thinking that this girl must be sick?
"Zhou Jiang, your hometown should be in Guanghai Province, right?"

"Yes, I'm from Guanghai, what's the matter?"

"That's no wonder!"

Zhou Jiang:? ? ? ? ?
"You don't have this thing in Guanghai! This kind of mushroom is called matsutake!! It's very expensive and delicious!" Huang Jia explained.

"Matsutake?? It's that expensive stuff? I've eaten it in restaurants before, but I haven't seen any fresh ones."

"What? Is Lin Bei ready to show his hand?" Zhou Jiang heard that it was matsutake, so he couldn't help looking at Lin Bei.

"The ingredients are limited, so I don't know if it tastes good or not, but Zhou Jiang, you have to ask Xie Ze'an and Li Fei to catch some fish at the pool later." Lin Bei laughed.

"Catch fish? No problem! I reckon they should be back soon!"

"Okay, then it's decided!!"

A group of people returned to the camp where they were stationed with firewood, but they hadn't returned yet.

Zhou Jiang was obviously tired of eating self-heating rice these days, so he put down the firewood, talked to Lin Bei, and went to find Li Fei and the others.

Huang Jia carried the matsutake to the stream and began to clean the matsutake.

Because matsutake grows in soft soil and is covered by some fallen leaves, there are many dirty things on the surface.

Seeing that the two of them were busy with their own work, Lin Bei came to a weed bush and began to look for some ingredients for stewed fish.

Turmeric, also known as yam, is a common plant in the west of the lake, and many people are currently planting it. Compared with ordinary ginger, they have a more spicy taste, and the leaves are slightly thicker and wider. The stems are emerald green, and the roots are knotted. There are lumpy fruits.

Turmeric has the function of clearing heat and dampness, clearing lung and relieving cough, dredging channels and relieving pain, detoxifying and reducing swelling, it can be used to treat rheumatism, low back pain, wind-heat cough, carbuncle sores, bruises, sprains, soft tissue damage and bee stings Bite and so on.

After digging out two pieces of turmeric, Lin Bei cut off their roots, put them in his trouser pocket, and started looking for another wild vegetable.

By the stream next to the camp, there is a neat piece of weeds growing.The half-meter-wide creek is covered by these dense weeds in many places.

Lin Bei flipped through the weeds, and finally found a kind of wild vegetable that he especially liked to eat when he was a child.

"I don't know if the audience knows about this kind of wild vegetables?" Lin Bei raised the wild vegetables he picked in his hands, and said to the camera of the drone.

Seeing this kind of wild vegetable in Lin Bei's hands, the audience in the live broadcast room became a little curious, and they all sent bullet screens asking what kind of wild vegetable it was.

"Good guy, this anchor really can't go hungry, he can find food wherever he goes!!"

"I just dug turmeric, what kind of wild vegetable is this??"

"Looking at the one growing by the water, can this thing be eaten?"

"Coriander??? It doesn't look like it!!"

"Water celery, right??? This kind of wild vegetable is abundant by the river in our hometown."

"This is wild celery. I've eaten it. I ate its roots. The leaves are removed and fried. It's delicious!!"

"Yeah, not to mention how fragrant it was when I was young, I haven't eaten it for many years."

"Cress? Is there any difference between this thing and celery??"

"The anchor asks for popular science!!!"

"Water celery is also called wild celery, and it is generally grown in low wetlands, shallow swamps, river banks, or in paddy fields."

"The appearance and taste are similar to those of cultivated celery. The rhizome is smaller, the leaves are jagged and oval, and the smell is stronger than that of celery."

"As for how to eat, everyone will know later!!" Lin Bei smiled, pulled a large bundle of cress, then walked to the slightly spacious shore, and began to clean up the cress.

"Because cress grows near water, there may be leeches or other insect eggs parasitizing the roots, so when cleaning, be sure to wash it clean."

"Also, there is a kind of poisonous cress that looks very similar to cress. You must pay attention to distinguishing it. The poisonous celery that looks like cress is highly poisonous. If you can't tell the difference, try not to to pick and eat."

(End of this chapter)