The super lord of the island

A month later, good news came from the kitchen. The smoked duck that Mai Duo tried was initially successful. She used a plant called lemongrass in the forest as the smoking material.

This kind of grass grows all year round and is found everywhere in the forest. After picking it, rinse the lemongrass and look for a piece of pine wood that is rich in oil.

The pine wood is soaked in water and burned on a charcoal fire. When it is half dry and half wet, the pine wood will release a green smoke with an extremely strong rosin smell.

This green smoke has a high temperature. If it is smoked directly on chicken and duck meat, the meat will be cooked and smoked, which is a failure.

Mai Duo placed the washed lemongrass evenly on top of the pine wood. After the strong smoke passed through, most of the impurities were absorbed and the temperature also dropped.

The remaining less strong pine smoke is mixed with the fragrance of lemongrass. The two blend together and blend into the duck meat.

The duck meat with its internal organs removed is unfolded and smoked from all sides. Because the meat wall is thin, it is smoked for five hours on one side, then turned over and smoked for another five hours, until it reaches its best condition.

After smoking, hang it in a cool and ventilated place. The best temperature is between 0 and 10 degrees. It can be air-dried for 10 to 15 days.

When Mai Duo brought the final waxed duck to the castle table, Jia Lan was really surprised.

"Sir, this one is the original flavor of the knife-cut, only the salt and smoked mallard itself, slightly roasted and heated by charcoal fire; this one is the cured duck soup that I stewed with duck meat, and added mushrooms And shrimp, you and the ladies can try it."

When the silver lid is opened, two aromas from the left and right hit the nostrils. The rich salty aroma makes people can't help but move their index fingers.

At this time, Mr. Jialan no longer cared about the aristocratic elegance and etiquette, and reached out to pick up a piece of original smoked roast duck leg and brought it to his mouth.

What is visible to the naked eye is the tight duck skin. The smoking process locks the fat firmly in the skin. When awakened by the charcoal fire, the clear fat overflows on the surface.

Jialan took a bite of the skin-on-skin meat. The dark brown duck meat was in a stringy shape, highlighting its tight and elastic teeth. Every time you chew, a rich salty aroma fills your lips and teeth, making you want to chew the bones together. broken.

"Is it delicious, sir?"

Fei Manman asked anxiously, but Jialan had no time to answer. In the blink of an eye, all that was left of a big duck leg was a bare duck bone.

Seeing this, Elena and Tynis started to taste it one after another, but none of them said a word when they ate it.

It wasn't until the original smoked roast duck was empty that Feimanman lamented the deliciousness of the food.

"Is this really the taste of pickling? It's unbelievable..."

“It’s so delicious, I’ve never had such delicious food on Walrus Island!”

The two women gave very high praise.

"Haha, since the master and his wife like it, you might as well try this duck stew again. You won't be disappointed."

Sure enough, other ingredients were added to the stewed duck. The freshness of the mushrooms, the crispness and tenderness of the prawns, and the saltiness of the duck meat were perfectly integrated with each other to form a rich and layered taste. In terms of deliciousness, it was even better.

"It's delicious! It's really your Maiduo!"

Master Jialan wiped his mouth, pondered for a moment, and then said.

"There is no difficulty in this smoking method. Keep it secret. We will make it on a small scale temporarily and sell it to tourists as a specialty product to build a reputation for the specialty product. After the early reputation is accumulated, we will expand the scale in one fell swoop and hand it over to the Crystal Chamber of Commerce for export. The islands.”

"Then what price should we set?"

Mai Duo nodded and asked.

"Well...as a specialty product targeted at tourists, the price cannot be set low."

The live mallard duck that Tinis brought to Diamond Island for sale previously was sold at 8 silver per catty, which is the same as the reed chicken, but the mallard is heavier. A single live duck can weigh more than 10 catties. The overall range It's around 10 to 13 pounds.

Calculating the average weight, each live mallard can be sold for 90 silver.

On this basis, adding the material cost and labor cost in the smoking process, it is not excessive to double the price of each finished smoked duck.Because the taste is worth the price.

After thinking about it, Jialan decided to come up with a round number, one gold and fifty silver each, and sell them by the piece, not by the pound.

In fact, it’s not necessary to keep it secret. Ordinary families can’t smoke large quantities of live chickens, ducks, and poultry. If you buy one, you have to get firewood to burn it and smoke it. If it fails, expensive poultry meat will be wasted. No one will Take the risk.

Therefore, keeping the smoking method secret belongs to Jialandou.

"By the way, my lord, you have to give it a name, like Snow Beer."

Maduo said expectantly.

"Yes, you deserve a resounding name!"

Jialan raised her hand to rub her chin, where some beard had grown, and it felt addictive.

"Yes! Since the production process requires smoking and pickling, and pine wood and lemongrass are used, let's just call it rosin duck! If reed chicken is used as the raw material, it will be called rosin chicken! And so on!"

"Okay, sir, let me go down and get ready."

"Hmm, hurry up. After the pine-scented duck is smoked, it will be served to the castle first!"

Master Jialan felt relieved after adding the last instruction. After all, he had not tasted the taste of his former parents for a long time. The familiar smell of bacon gave him the illusion of returning to Blue Star.

【Ding!The effect of prosperous shipping has been triggered!Redirecting to task page...]

[Task name: Storm I

An extremely strong cold air flow swept in from the north, and the warm air mass collided in the sea between the Amethyst and Red Coral Islands to form a strong storm group. The storm forced the merchant ships on this route to choose to go to the Sunless Island as a A transfer station to bypass the bad weather and head to the red coral waters.

Sunless Island Pier provides a landing place for many merchant ships. Seize the opportunity and your town can make a lot of money from them]

Just as Jialan sent Mai Duo away, a system notification about a new mission event came to her ears.

"Is there a storm?"

With a skeptical attitude, Jialan went to the top of the castle and started the G100 Laishe weather observer installed on the observation platform for the first time, which was created by the Goblin Kingdom.

Theoretically, it can observe meteorological weather within a radius of 10 to 30 kilometers.

If the system mission content is correct, this storm will definitely be observed.

"Let me see... the position due north..."

Jialan extended his mental tentacles to replace his limbs, controlled the precise gears at the base to rotate, pointed the huge observation instrument to the north, and moved his eyes up to observe carefully.

I saw the storm at first glance.

The clouds covered a large area of ​​​​the sea, black at the top and white at the bottom, with blue light spots rubbing out in the middle, which were thunder and lightning.

The turbulent waves even reached the coastal areas of Wuguang Island, and the tide washed away much more violently than before. The height of the intermittent fountain at Mermaid Sea Cliff was the highest in recent years.

This shows how powerful the kinetic energy of the waves that the storm swept around was.

Fortunately, the natural port of Sunless Island is on the east side, avoiding the front. The concave-shaped bay maximizes the shielding of waves and ensures calm sea surface in the inner bay.

(End of this chapter)