Golden Fishing Village

Chapter 384 386. Kelp Tea (15)

Ao Muyang was not kidding when he said he would take Ao Qianlai to make kelp tea. He was really going to make this kind of drink because he was bored at sea.

Kelp tea is unfamiliar to most people. Even people living by the sea have rarely seen this kind of drink. For most people, kelp is just a vegetable.

Ao Muyang learned how to make this drink by chance. This drink is not from the seaside, but from the inland, because the kelp used is not fresh kelp, but dried kelp.

There is dried kelp on the ship, a lot of it. This thing is a must for ocean-going ships. Dried kelp is light and does not take up space. After soaking in water, it can be mixed with cold or stir-fried, and can be made into a variety of dishes.

Ao Qianlai took a plate of dried kelp, and Ao Muyang asked him to cut it into strips.

Ao Daguo passed by and asked in surprise after seeing it: "What are you doing? You wasted fruits the other day, and today you're wasting kelp again?"

Ao Qianlai smiled innocently: "No, brother Daguo, Yangzi taught me to make drinks with kelp. Have you heard that kelp can be used to make kelp tea fungus drinks? That's really strange."

"Kelp tea fungus?" Ao Daguo sneered, "I haven't heard of it, but I know about red tea fungus, Haibao tea, as for kelp tea fungus? Oh, Longtou is knowledgeable, that's not surprising, he knows a lot."

He thought that Ao Muyang was fooling this guy, finding him something to do to prevent him from destroying fruits.

After all, for people living by the sea, the price of kelp is much cheaper than fruit.

The method of making kelp tea fungus drinks originated from red tea fungus, The latter is a traditional Chinese beverage with a history of one or two hundred years. It is also known as "Haibao". It is a beverage made by fermenting sugar, tea, water and bacteria.

To make this beverage, you need bacteria. There is a custom of drinking red tea beverages in spring and autumn in Hongyang. Some people on the ship brought these bacteria to cope with stomach discomfort caused by long-distance voyages.

After fermentation, red tea beverages can produce substances that are beneficial to the human body. It tastes sour, and the acidity can inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria, which is very beneficial to human health. The effect is very good, especially for atrophic gastritis and gastric ulcer. Fishermen with stomach problems always have strains.

This can be seen from the common name of kombucha, which is Haibao. The Haibao tea in Ao Daguo's mouth is the common name of kombucha beverage for fishermen.

It is not difficult to make this beverage. Wash and cut the dried kelp, then add sugar and rinse with boiling water. After the kelp is roughly rinsed, boil it with hot water.

Ao Qianlai patted his head and said, "Yangzi, why do you have to rinse with hot water before boiling? Just boil it directly with boiling water. Look how smart I am. This step saves one step at once."

Ao Muyang smiled bitterly: "Uncle Qianlai, I have no doubt about your wisdom, but you can't do this, otherwise the kelp will be easily boiled. Soak it first and then boil it. In this way, the kelp will still have some chewiness in the end and can be mixed with cold dishes. "

He asked Ao Qianlai to cook kelp in the cabin kitchen. After cooking for a while, he turned off the fire and started to cool it down.

When it cooled to about 30 degrees, he taught Ao Qianlai to pour the kelp and water into a large bucket, add sugar, and then inoculate the fungus according to the method of cultivating red tea fungus. Finally, he clapped his hands and said, "Okay, Uncle Qianlai, wait three to five days, it will ferment and mature and you can drink it. Be patient."

Ao Qianlai was full of confidence: "I have plenty of patience-come, cook another pot?"

The amount of kelp required to make this kind of beverage is not much. The ratio of kelp to sugar and water is one to five to one hundred. One bundle of kelp can cook many buckets of beverages.

So, Ao Muyang waved his hand without any pity and said, "Cook it. "

The Dragon Head sailed through the wind and waves, heading south, and the color of the sea began to change. Some shallow waters appeared beautiful green, like lively jade.

Seeing this iconic green water, the people on the boat were excited. We had arrived at the South China Sea.

There are nearly 2,000 species of marine fish in my country, of which more than 300 are important economic fish, and 60 to 70 are the most common and high-yield main economic fish.

In terms of sea areas, the South China Sea has the most fish species, with more than 1,000 species, of which 100 to 200 are worth fishing.

Every spring, the South China Sea All the big fishing boats have to go to the South China Sea, and the annual harvest depends almost entirely on the catch in the South China Sea.

There are many islands and reefs in the South China Sea, and the green seawater surrounds the small islands.

The reason why there is such beautiful seawater is, firstly, related to the light and the purity of the seawater, and secondly, because there are beautiful coral reefs on the seabed, which are all the result of corals receiving light.

After the boat arrived around a small island, Ao Muyang dropped anchor and let the crew rest.

Ao Daguo led people to lower the boat and paddle on the green sea surface, and then someone shouted: "There are no sea snakes, no sharks, this area is safe."

"Then go down and take a bath. "Ao Mudong took off his T-shirt to reveal his dark skin, put on goggles, took a deep breath, and dived into the water.

Ao Muyang also went into the water. This time he came to the South China Sea with Tiger. Tiger had been running all the way with the Big Dragon Head, and was very tired both mentally and physically. He needed him to comfort him.

As soon as he entered the water, the tiger swam over.

Ao Muyang looked at the tiger and felt that this long journey had made the tiger lose a lot of weight.

"Just think of it as helping you lose weight." Ao Muyang patted Tiger's big head and comforted him, "Look, running a marathon every once in a while is very helpful for your health. Do you feel more energetic?"

Tiger barked in grievance. It swam aimlessly in the sea, but it was very tired.

Ao Muyang flicked out a little gold drop. Tiger was his own son, so the gold drop he flicked out was bigger and heavier than usual.

In addition, he threw out another small gold drop. The gold drop fell into the water, scattered thousands of times, and merged into the surrounding seawater.

After a short period of calm, the sea water began to become lively.

Many large and small sea fish suddenly appeared, and a small group of swordfish came to meet them. They were like torpedoes and swam very fast, like arrows in the ocean, floating up and down, shuttling back and forth, and were very agile.

After that, more fish appeared, including mackerel, herring, blue round trevally, sardines, black pomfret, etc., which are all very important economic fish species, but the fish schools are not large, all small schools, and have little fishing value.

Ao Muyang floated to the surface with the tiger, and several familiar large mines appeared in the distance of his vision.

Seeing these large mines, his face was happy: Good luck, tuna!

Similar to the image of the two bluefin tuna in his fishing ground, these fish are big and round, and they swim very fast in the water with great momentum!

However, the abdomen of these big fish is not light blue, but yellow to silver with horizontal stripes, and the dorsal fin, anal fin and finlet are all light yellow, which is very different from the bluefin tuna, thus identifying them: yellowfin tuna!