Start with hooves

It's relatively leisurely on weekdays.

But we are exposed to countless information from morning to night, and it is difficult to completely break away from countless trivial matters.

In this remote wilderness near Canada's Great Slave Lake, Surui only needs to focus on surviving and improving his quality of life as much as possible.

When he saw the mother bear on the other side of the river, he immediately took out the bear repellent buzzer and bear repellent spray, and was ready to escape at any time.

Unlike Paddington Bear on Lanai.

The brown bear named Paddington grew up with humans and his wildness has long been lost.

Encountering wild bears with cubs in the wild would be particularly dangerous. Moreover, they are protected by local laws and are not on the list of animals that can be hunted. The bow and arrow Suri carried with him was useless and could only be used to protect himself.

Fortunately, after shaking the shrill bear bell, the three bears, one big and two small, quickly went into the woods. Suri waited patiently for a while with a portable video recorder in his hand. He said that maybe there was no shortage of food in this season, so the bears did not show much aggression.

While he still had enough energy and the water temperature was still tolerable, he placed his portable camera on a rock and began to work on building the dam.

The plan was to block the two sides with stones, leaving only a gap in the middle of the stream, and then use fish nets or fish baskets to collect freshwater fish and wait for them to come to the door along the water flow.

This traditional fishing method is still widely used around the world. Unfortunately, he didn't find any bamboo around him and didn't know how to make fish baskets with bamboo strips.

After eating instant noodles in the morning, Suri didn't take any food with her.

Normally he didn't think it was a big deal, he could eat anytime he wanted, but at this moment, although he wasn't hungry yet, he already had a strong sense of urgency, and didn't want to go to bed hungry on his first day here.

Because there were bears around the residence, Suri returned to the camp after building only a two or three meter long dam, which was about one tenth of the entire project.

In addition to setting up temporary tents and looking for food, he also has to set up some warning devices around him in advance, so as not to discover these dangerous big guys until the brown bears come in front of him.

of course.

Compared with other contestants, Suri is quite confident. He makes sure to put a submachine gun loaded with 25 rounds of bullets next to his sleeping bag before going to bed at night.

When the time comes, if you fire a volley of bullets and aim at the right spot, not to mention a mere brown bear, even an elephant will be unable to withstand it.

When he went out previously, he didn't know there were bears around, so he certainly wouldn't let his guard down when he went for a walk near the camp next time. His safety was guaranteed, so there was no need to worry too much.

Return to camp and rest for a few minutes.

Suri began to collect wood to make a fire, intending to burn some charcoal first, which could be used for brushing teeth and also to absorb impurities in water.

On the other hand, he had never used a flint and steel before and needed to practice beforehand to avoid having to wait until dark to do it.

The process of making a fire went more smoothly than expected.

When the bonfire was burning, Suri took a multi-functional saw that could be used as a knife and went to cut a few small trees nearby to serve as sticks to support the waterproof cloth.

He was quite satisfied with the location of the camp. Not only did it have a wide view, it was also not far from the stream and the Great Slave Lake. There were also some dead wood around that could be used directly as firewood.

There are too many things to deal with, and I don’t have time to think about anything else while I’m busy working.

It can be seen from this that many of the distracting thoughts in the mind are usually caused by idleness. Now Su Rui only needs to focus on physiological needs and safety needs.

I'm really lucky.

While felling trees, they met a snowcock standing on a low tree to rest. Su Rui played with bows and arrows out of interest, so he drew his bow and shot an arrow, which just brushed the snowcock's neck.

The fat snow chicken subconsciously spread its wings and flew away, but soon hit a tree and fell into the bushes. It fluttered for a while before it died. Suri didn't think about whether he would be scolded by extreme animal protectors and vegetarians again after the show was broadcast. He was just glad that he had a good meal tonight.

Carrying a few wooden sticks as thick as his wrist in one hand and a portable camera in the other, he hung the snow chicken upside down around his waist and returned to the camp happily.

We were busy until the evening and had set up a temporary tent using plastic bottles picked up from the lake. We placed it on the path that led to the camp, which would make a lot of noise if animals stepped on it.

other time.

Su Rui was busy fetching water and digging mud, and he simply processed the captured snow chickens.

At this moment.

After tying the portable camera to a tree, Suri used a stone as a bench and bent over to mix the mud.

There was no socializing in this place, so he took a break from his busy schedule and said:
"Before I came here, I never thought that I would drink water filtered by socks. Of course, they were clean new socks filled with charcoal to act as a filter."

"There's an old saying in our Chinese culture: if you hold your urine, you can travel a thousand miles, but if you have diarrhea, you can't even take a single step. There are many microorganisms and germs produced by decaying plants in the forest. I don't want to have a stomachache. I boil the filtered water for about 10 minutes, and it should be fine."

"You may be wondering why I dig in the mud, and now I can explain the answer."

“There are three purposes.”

"One is to try to find earthworms as bait for tomorrow. They wriggle on the bottom of the water and are more likely to attract fish."

"Second, I need mud to build a makeshift bonfire so that I don't burn myself and my supplies while I sleep."

"Third, I want to make a traditional Chinese delicacy called beggar's chicken. The correct way to make it is to wrap it in lotus leaves or tin foil, but I don't have those, so I can only make do with it."

Done.

Suri began to demonstrate how to scald the snow chicken with hot water, and then pluck out the hair as cleanly as possible bit by bit.

This is a very time-consuming task, but what he has the most right now is time.

They plucked the hair until it was almost invisible, sprinkled some fine salt on it, wrapped it with the leaves of some kind of berry, then mixed it with pine needles and mud, smeared it on the outside of the berry leaves, finally pinched it into a ball, put it in the fire and waited patiently.

Most of the other contestants are still hungry, but Suri has already prepared delicious food for herself. I believe that the effect will be explosive when the show goes online.

Moreover, countless Chinese restaurants around the world will probably follow suit and launch the "Beggar's Chicken" dish. After all, the other dishes are not only delicious, but the preparation process of Beggar's Chicken is particularly interesting and has the potential to become a hit food.

Not sure how long it should be baked, so Surui baked it a little longer.

The flame of the campfire was neither big nor small. He didn't use the multi-purpose saw to pick out the hard lumps of mud from the charcoal pile until the flames disappeared.

Taking advantage of the cooling temperature, Suri tried out some all-natural charcoal toothpaste in advance. Although the taste was not pleasant, it was indeed very helpful in freshening breath.

After some cleaning.

He finally faced the portable camera and cracked open the beggar's chicken wrapped in mud. When he smelled the fragrant aroma, it meant that the dish was basically a success.

Although it still lacks a lot of seasonings and there's no way to sprinkle some chili powder on it, it's much better than boiled chicken in plain water, and it also locks in the fat of the snow chicken.

If you roast it directly over the fire, the fat will just drip into the campfire and make the snow chicken meat become woody.

According to Su Rui's method, even the sizzling chicken skin tastes very good. (End of this chapter)