At that time, I was still at school, and my father sometimes took me to business parties.

I still clearly remember that when dishes like mussels are served, the host will specially introduce that the battle is more grand than the current Australian lobster.

Although mussels are not rare at the dinner table now.

However, it was very hot at that time, and it was popular not only in Chinese mainland, but also in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and Japan for many years.

If you want to master the delicious food on the table, you must know something about mussels.

Even if it is like a dead star, it still has a considerable position at the dinner table.

Like mussels, it is used to make sashimi.

Whether eating Chinese food or Japanese food, it will be made into sashimi.

The taste of mussels lies in its delicacy.

The taste is tender, crisp, smooth and slightly thick.

If you have eaten the sashimi of Arctic shellfish in Japanese cuisine, then, Zheng Otter, I think they taste the same.

After a few more aftertaste, you will feel a fresh and sweet taste.

Or, before eating, you can put some mustard and dip it in soy sauce, which will taste more delicious.

When eating, there are always people who like to call it "Elephant Trunk" and "Elephant Trunk".

You can tell each other very calmly,

"In fact, the elephant clam is its real name. Although' like a mussel' sounds more vivid and looks really like a nose, there is a difference between' pull' and' nose'. "

If the other person happens to be an enlightened and studious person, you can popularize it again.

"Elephant clam, English name Geoduck, scientific name Pacific diving cement clam, also known as emperor clam and goddess clam, is a kind of clam."

Sashimi (sashimi), which we often eat, is its "nose" part, called siphon, which is fat and thick, and the longest can reach one meter.

However, when many girls have seen the real mussel, that is, this trunk shape, it makes them a little embarrassed.

Adult men and women should understand that this is too like a man. ...

Oh, I'll stop!

At this time, you can explain the importance of this "trunk" to mussels.

"Although the appearance of ivory mussels makes people think, the creator has the mind of the creator."

"Elephant clam is an otaku with severe autism and likes to bury himself under the sand. For many years, I have relied on this elephant trunk. Oh, it is a siphon, which passes through heavy sediment and exchanges food with the outside world. "

"Don't look like a clam stayed at home for many years, but its life span is very long. Elephant mussels over 100 years old abound. Unfortunately, we met humans. Like the blue sky and white clouds in the past, there are fewer and fewer long-lived elephants! "

For mussels, you can taste it, tell its appearance and describe its living environment.

Then, we should also know a little about the practices and processing methods of elephant trunk mussels.

Most sashimi is eaten raw, but sashimi like mussels is not eaten raw, but not cooked.

When someone asks you how to do it, you can go straight to the core in a few words, "scald it quickly and enjoy it!" "

Yes!

The specific processing method of mussels lies in quick ironing.

To put it simply, wash the ivory mussels, boil them in boiling water for about 30 seconds, take them out, remove the stockings-like membrane on the "elephant trunk" and cut them into pieces horizontally or vertically.

When you are like Zheng Otter and I, you often act as the host of the banquet and stand in the ordering hall to order food.

Like mussels, not just sashimi.

You can still eat it twice.

You can say to the waiter, "Sashimi is like a nose, serve it first, and porridge is based on clam gall, and then serve it."

The spherical mussel bile is located between the elephant clam and the siphon, and the boiled seafood porridge is also quite delicious.

So is Australian lobster. Leftovers are often used to cook porridge, which is quite delicious.

Ordering like this is very professional.

If we discuss the question of "why clams are so expensive" at dinner.

The simplest answer is: "China has a large population and a big appetite! Nothing can stand us eating! "

Of course, it is not just a few simple words.

China people, including Hongkong people and China people, like to eat mussels, not only because of its delicious taste and various ways of eating.

The high nutritional value is indeed part of the reason.

The bigger reason is that many rich people think it is like a clam shell, and its special unspeakable part can play an aphrodisiac role.

Hong Kong gourmet Chen Mengyin once said:

"China people pay attention to diet, mostly for appetite, and then combine medical care with diet. The concubines are full and can't help eating. "

Very in place!

This is the biggest reason why "rich people in Chinese mainland liked to eat mussels more than ten years ago".

At that time, China people just got rich and had no worries about food and clothing, so they thought about lust and what to eat.

This led to a rapid increase in the price of mussels, which almost killed them.

Another point is that the labor cost of catching mussels is relatively high.

The origin of mussels is on the west coast of the United States and Canada, where labor is already very expensive.

And like mussels, they like to live in the depths of seabed sand piles or shallow beaches.

At the bottom of the sea, divers need to dive into the bottom of the sea, find siphon pipes from sediments and dig them out.

On the beach, you usually have to dig deep to get it.

At the same time, the captured mussels must be large, and the small ones cannot be sold at a price.

These mussels are difficult to obtain, coupled with high labor. Although there is artificial breeding now, the price of mussels remains high.

Finally, you can add a sentence in a teasing tone.

"Of course, the rich people in China always like to eat the most expensive, so as to have face! The more expensive the food, the more people will order it. Isn't this more expensive! "